Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Medical Fitness to Drive and a Voluntary State Reporting Law

This project evaluated the functional impact and efficacy of Missouri’s Voluntary Reporting Law (House Bill HB-1536) for drivers considered as potentially unfit due to real or suspected medical-functional deficit or compromise. Passed in 1998, HB-1536 provides a voluntary, legal process whereby concerned family members, police officers, physicians, license office staff, and others can report a driver for re-evaluation and possible license revocation. The reporter’s identity is maintained as confidential, and HB-1536 provides civil immunity protection from prosecution for breach of patient confidentiality (if applicable). HB-1536 is non-specific with respect to age, such that a 20-year-old with psychosis can be reported as readily as an 80-year-old with dementia. However, historically, most of those reported were 50 years of age or older (93%). HB-1536 is administered through the driver licensing authority in Missouri, the Department of Revenue (DOR), in cooperation with the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) which provides on-road testing services utilizing a standardized operational test applied to all prospective drivers regardless of age or functional condition.
Mental Workload of Common Voice-Based Vehicle Interactions across Six Different Vehicle Systems

This report presents the results from a driving study that evaluated the mental demands of simple auditory-vocal vehicle commands using five 2013 and one 2012 model year OEM infotainment systems. Participants in this research completed a series of voice-based music functions and phone dialing tasks while driving an on-road course. Each participant drove six vehicles on a seven – nine minute loop through a residential neighborhood in which they were periodically instructed to dial a 10 digit number, call a contact, change the radio station, or play a CD. All interactions took place using “hands-free” voice systems which were activated with the touch of a button on the steering wheel. Evaluated systems included: A Ford equipped with MyFord Touch, a Chevrolet equipped with MyLink, a Chrysler equipped with Uconnect, a Toyota equipped with Entune, a Mercedes equipped with COMAND, and a Hyundai equipped with Blue Link. Mental workload was also assessed in a single-task baseline drive and during a demanding mental math task, which respectively formed the low and high workload baselines. Across these eight conditions (6 OEM systems interactions + low and high workload baselines), measures of mental workload were derived from reaction time, subjective assessments, and heart rate.
The Principles of Project Finance

Contents: Introduction Section 1 Themes: Project finance - a banker's reflections, Stephen Crane Dos and don'ts for successful projects, Anne Baldock The role of financial advisors in project finance, David Edwards, Peter Brown and Catriona Coulthurst Multisource project financing, Dennis Nordstrom, Simon Dickens, Matthew Brown and Kelann Stirling The role and impact of export credit agencies in project finance, Terry Newendorp, John Sachs and Jennifer Hara The role of multilateral banks and ECAs, Bob Sheppard Basel III and its implications for project finance, Edward Chan and Matthew Worth DA(c)jA vu or a new paradigm? , Liam O'Keeffe Project bonds in project finance, Jean-Pierre Boudrias and Rebecca Kotkin Insurance principles in project finance, David Borthwick The equator principles - the global standard, Suellen Lazarus Chinese and Korean contractors in large project finance transactions, Clare Rhodes James. Section 2 Sectors: Financing renewable energy, Mark Henderson Financing offshore wind, JA(c)rA'me Guillet International renewable incentives, Simon Currie Project financing LNG projects, David Ledesma RBL in the oil and gas sector, Keith O'Donnell Non-recourse financing for mines, Eero Rautalahti The evolving market and models for PPPs in Europe, James Neal Emerging markets project finance, Kate Baragona Forecasting traffic on infrastructure schemes, Charles Russell Light rail - the issues, Robert Lewin UK waste projects - an assessment, Melville Haggard. Section 3 Countries: Project finance in emerging markets, Atif Ansar Project finance in Australia, Phillip Cornwell, Rob Watt, Ben Farnsworth and Hugh Boylan Vietnam infrastructure: needs and challenges, James Harris and Stanley Boots Indonesia, The future, Andrew Kinloch Key challenges in India, L. Viswanathan Project finance in Turkey, Yesim Bezen and Banu Aslan Project finance in Russia, Marc Partridge Unleashing Africaa (TM)s infrastructure potential, Ravi Suri and Simon Lassman Public Private Partnerships in France, Marie Bouvet-Guiramand and Julien Brusau Cuello Fixing US infrastructure, John Sellers Brazil - for the future, Christopher Ryan, Howard M. Steinberg, Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli, JosA(c) VirgA-lio Lopes Enei, Mathias von Bernuth and Paulo de Meira Lins. Section 4 Top Ten Case Studies: From Thomson Reuters Project Finance International Index.
Ion Adventure in the Heartland : Exploring the Heart's Ionic-Molecular Microcosm

Background Preparation for Our Expedition Tourist's Guide to EKG Language Safety Equipment: Autonomic Nervous System (Simplified) The Magnificent Ionic-Molecular Microcosm The Adventure of Myocyte Ionic-Molecular Physiology Ion Channel Cruise Introduction to Autonomic Modulation Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Modulation of Myocyte Ion-Kinetic Structures The Ion-Kinetic Structures of AV Node Conduction and their Autonomic Modulation Exploring the Ventricular Conduction System Introduction to Autonomic Regulation of he SA Node and Automaticity Foci A Quick Review of Autonomic Modulation of ion-Kinetic Structures Index.
CFD Simulation of a DME Fuelled CI Engine

A computational study is conducted for a DME fuelled CI engine of 373.3 cm3 displacement and 17.8 compression ratio at moderate load with detailed chemistry. Due to the symmetry of the cylinder, the simulations are conducted on a sector of the cylinder, from the closing of intake valve to the opening of exhaust valve. In the pilot injection strategy employed, 10% of the total fuel is injected during the pilot injection and the balance in the main injection at 50 BTDC. The computational model is first validated using the experimental data. Results show two-stage ignition characteristic for the DME injected in the pilot injection.
Comment on “Characteristic Time Scales of Decadal to Centennial Changes in Global Surface Temperatures Over the Past 150 Years” by J. L. Le Mouël, F. Lopes, and V. Courtillot

Based on Singular Spectral Analysis (SSA) analysis of global earth surface temperature and solar activity (sunspots), Le Mouël et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000671) suggest that the variability in Earth surface temperature observed since 1850 is natural and controlled by the Sun. We cannot agree with their conclusions for several reasons: the lack of compelling results from the Fourier spectra and SSA estimates which are provided without confidence intervals, the small radiative forcing associated with the sunspot variability, and finally the simple evidence that the slowly varying components of the temperature and sunspots time show opposite trends in the last 30 years.
A Free Energy Perturbation Approach to Estimate the Intrinsic Solubilities of Drug-like Small Molecules

Optimizing the solubility of small molecules is important in a wide variety of contexts, including in drug discovery where the optimization of aqueous solubility is often crucial to achieve oral bioavailability. In such a context, solubility optimization cannot be successfully pursued by indiscriminate increases in polarity, which would likely reduce permeability and potency. Moreover, increasing polarity may not even improve solubility itself in many cases, if it stabilizes the solid-state form. Here we present a novel physics-based approach to predict the solubility of small molecules, that takes into account three-dimensional solid-state characteristics in addition to polarity. The calculated solubilities are in good agreement with experimental solubilities taken both from the literature as well as from several active pharmaceutical discovery projects. This computational approach enables strategies to optimize solubility by disrupting the three-dimensional solid-state packing of novel chemical matter, illustrated here for an active medicinal chemistry campaign.
A WIDE RANGING STUDY ON THE MOTIONS OF SWATH SHIPS WITH AND WITHOUT FORWARD SPEEDS

Using physical and theoretical models for the seakeeping analysis of SWATH ships, this paper reports a comparative study between single and tandem strut SWATHs and between circular and rectangular hulled SWATHs. The models are analysed both stationary and travelling in waves from an arbitrary heading, i.e. head, bow quartering, beam and following seas. The effect of design changes, such as number of struts per demihull, hull form, spacing between the two demihulls and the introduction of stabilising fins on the motions is assessed. Advantages and disadvantages are clarified to provide some design recommendations to the SWATH designer. The paper demonstrates that the present analytical tool gives excellent correlation with a wide range of experimental results. Finally, some advantages of corners are emphasised based on the comparative study with the U.S. Navy KAIMALINO within the criteria given.
Economic Development and Environmental Degradation in Indonesia: Panel Data Analysis

This study analyzed the relationship of economic development, population density, and the number of vehicles on environmental degradation from 31 provinces in Indonesia for the period 2011-2019. Panel data analysis, which is widely used to examine issues that could not be studied in either cross-section or time-series alone, is used herein. The empirical results support the hypothesis on the direction of causality from those three factors of environmental damage in the country. The results concluded that economic development, population density, and the number of vehicles impacted on environmental degradation in Indonesia. The smallest cross-section random effect indicates the lowest environmental quality when all factors are fixed. The empirical findings provide important policy implications for Indonesia and it will direct its economic development model towards a green economic one. On the other hand, the growth of the population should be equalized with growth in human development. The distribution of population should be equalized among provinces by opening a new economic cluster to supply new work-fields. In addition, it should be for the country to create a more-educated population in order to protect environmental quality. Despite the unstoppable growth of vehicles, the government should implement the development of eco-friendly combustion technology besides reducing fuel consumption. Moreover, the road-making by plastic-based material can be considered to prevent land damage from plastic waste and might also recycle plastics which has caused pollution in Indonesia.
Play practice : engaging and developing skilled players from beginner to elite

Part I. Fundamentals of Play Practice Chapter 1. Approaches to Teaching and Coaching Sport Chapter 3. The Process of Playing Skillfully Chapter 5. Teaching Specific Elements of Skilled Performance Part II. Play Practice in Action Chapter 7. Teaching Field Invasion Games Chapter 10. Teaching Court-Divided Games Chapter 12. Teaching Target Games Chapter 14. Sport for All.
Cooperation and Networking in EE : Spreading the European Way of QA and Accreditation (EUR-ACE SPREAD)(Plenary Session)

In recent years European cooperation projects have worked successfully towards the development of the European Higher Education Area: several important results have been achieved by facing the grand challenges of the near future. Among these ones: to complete the Bologna Process, to attract to engineering studies some of the best young minds, to offer good LLL opportunities, to broaden the formation to include non-technical skills without lowering the scientific/technical level of the learning process, to enhance the collaboration between universities and enterprises on educational issues and, last but not least, to develop, test and spread a European system of Quality Assurance for the accreditation of Engineering Programmes (the EUR-ACE System) . European Engineering Education shall now definitely look beyond the borders of the old continent, aiming to affirm its quality and improve its attractiveness across the Atlantic and in newly emerging economies. At the present moment, EUGENE (EUropean and Global ENgineering Education), a new European Academic Network in the field of Engineering Education supported by the European Commission within the LLP programme is opening itself to the cooperation with academics, students, industrialists and professional partners worldwide: the umbrella for this cooperation has just been established through IFEES and could serve brilliantly to this scope. Eventually, it is expected that the EUR-ACE accreditation system will further spread throughout Europe and gain importance at global scale.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Agricultural Ecosystems Facts and Trends Foreword The rapid increase in food prices in many countries has led to substantial media attention on agriculture. We hope that providing this Facts & Trends publication will help uncover some key trade-offs that mean extremely challenging decisions for governments, farmers, consumers and industry. This publication does not attempt to cover everything there is to know about agricultural ecosystems. Rather, it tries to present well-documented facts and fi gures to better understand the challenges facing the sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems. We have used existing data from the World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many other sources. We present it here in a simplifi ed and condensed format to stimulate forward thinking and ongoing dialogue between business, civil society, government and other stakeholders.
A GIS Connection Between Brownfield Sites, Transportation and Economic Development

This report outlines the design and development of a web-based data distribution system for brownfield site redevelopment in Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio. The system is designed to advance smart growth initiatives by creating the link between transportation infrastructure, economic development and the sustainable utilization of brownfield sites in the region. Smart growth is part of a new mobility trend to support economic redevelopment and part of a broad national effort to reduce urban sprawl, reduce congestion, and to use public resources with greater efficiency. The Lucas County Brownfield system developed here is a comprehensive data delivery tool that can assist policymakers and stakeholders with capital investment decisions to encourage smart growth within the region through the economic redevelopment of brownfield sites. It is envisioned that this web-based system will be a resource for commercial real estate developers, government officials and other regional brownfield redevelopment stakeholders.
Expansion or Incubation? Which is Better to Manipulating Stem Cells for Improving the Effects of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

Background: Delayed hematopoietic recovery was one of the factors that limited the clinic application of umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation. Two different methods of overcoming the limitation were evaluated by this systematic review and meta-analysis. One strategy was to expand UCB unit ex vivo for increasing cell dose and another strategy was to incubate UCB unit with small molecules in vitro for enhancing bone marrow (BM) homing ability. Methods: Relevant literatures were collected from 2000 to 2020 by searching the databases of PubMed, Medline, and EMBASE. A total of 15 studies that met the inclusion criteria were included in the meta-analysis. Results: Similar clinical effects including neutrophil recovery (P=0.308), platelet recovery (P=0.4754), and 100-day survival (P=0.4216) between two methods were observed. Faster neutrophil recovery was associated with higher infused total nucleated cells (TNCs) (R2=0.4526 P<0.05) and higher infused CD34+ cells (R2=0.9777 P=0.095) in patients of expansion group and incubation group, respectively. Conclusion: Although the treatment outcomes by using expanded stem cells were getting better all these years with fast development of cell culture techniques according to our cumulative meta-analysis. It seems the application of incubation procedure was safer and more convenient than expansion regarding to their similar clinic effects. This study was registered at RROSPERO (Registration no. CRD42020149750).
Consumer Attitudes Towards New Circular Models in the Fashion Industry

The fashion industry ranks among the most resource-intensive and environment-polluting industries. Circularity has been discussed as a solution to these problems. However, the transition towards a circular economy (CE) requires fundamental changes in the behavior and actions of all market entities. Consumer interest in sustainability and circularity can stimulate businesses to become more responsible and to offer circular solutions, and thus create a significant competitive advantage for these firms in a globalized market. This paper examines consumer attitudes towards the new circular models in the fashion industry (e.g. slow fashion, swapping, clothes rent, etc.). Consumer knowledge of these models, consumer willingness to support them as well as a correlation to selected demographic characteristics will be described along with consumer attitudes towards textile products made of waste and recycled material. Results will be introduced from a questionnaire survey carried out in October and November 2019 using the sample of 468 respondents in Slovakia. The obtained data were evaluated using statistical methods (Pearson Chi-Square, Wilcoxon test, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). While generally a low awareness of Slovak consumers of new models in the fashion industry was confirmed, the willingness of consumers to engage and support circular solutions was shown, especially among the younger generations. These results show that businesses that react to consumer expectations regarding circularity by offering products and services with environmental benefits may increase their competitiveness.
Bioleaching of Cu and Pb from printed circuit boards by Rhizopus oligosporus and Aspergillus niger

The purposes of this study was to evaluate the ability of Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus oligosporus for one-step bioleaching of Cu and Pb in printed circuit boards (PCBs) scrap from e-waste recycling shops, compared to acidic extraction with citric and lactic acids. The fungal spore suspension was cultivated in potato dextrose broth with dried PCBs and a shaker for 42 days. Every 7 days the leachates were analyzed for Cu and Pb concentrations using atomic absorption spectroscopy. The Cu and Pb concentrations in PCBs in e-waste recycling shops were 152.81 ± 26.54 and 25.62 ± 8.33 g kg–1 PCBs, respectively. The leaching experiment showed that 0.05 M citric acid was the most efficient leaching pure acid: more than 54.59% of Cu and 79.55% of Pb was released into solution. Heavy metal leaching by the lactic acid was less efficient. The best metal bioleaching efficiency was achieved by A. niger fungus, which extracted approximately 46.92% of Cu, and almost 30.63% of Pb from PCBs. R. oligosporus leached only 8.53 and 19.61% of Cu and Pb, respectively.
Multi-Epoch 3D-Mapping-Aided Positioning using Bayesian Filtering Techniques

research into robust positioning and navigation. He in all aspects of navigation and positioning, including multi-sensor integrated navigation, improving GNSS performance under challenging reception conditions, and novel positioning techniques. the book Principles of GNSS, Inertial and Multi-Sensor Integrated Navigation Systems. Institute of Navigation a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. He a bachelor’s degree and doctorate in physics Oxford. ABSTRACT In dense urban areas, conventional GNSS does not perform satisfactorily, sometimes resulting in errors of tens of metres. This is due to the blocking, reﬂection and diﬀraction of GNSS satellite signals by obstructions such as buildings and moving vehicles. The 3D mapping data of buildings can be used to predict which GNSS signals are line-of-sight (LOS) and which are non-line-of-sight (NLOS). These data have been shown to greatly improve GNSS performance in urban environments. Location-based services typically use single-epoch positioning, while all pedestrian and vehicle navigation applications use ﬁltered solutions. Filtering can reduce the impact of noise-like errors on the position solution. Kalman ﬁltering-based solutions have been adopted as one of the standard algorithms for GNSS navigation in many diﬀerent products, and particle ﬁltering has been demonstrated by several research groups. This paper mainly investigates the performance of diﬀerent ﬁltering algorithms combined with 3D-mapping-aided (3DMA) techniques. In addition to the Kalman ﬁlter and particle ﬁlter, the grid ﬁlter is also considered. In contrast to a particle ﬁlter, the hypotheses
HPC BRIDGE DECK IN NEBRASKA

Based on the information gleaned from this project, the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) Bridge Division, in conjunction with the Material & Test Division, developed a High-Performance Concrete Strategic Plan for the future. With respect to deck concrete, the plan provides a transition from traditional concrete mix designs to a higher performing design, which should translate into more durable decks. The Sarpy County project has demonstrated that HPC can be mixed, transported, placed, finished and cured with relative ease. Nebraska is committed to using HPC in the future because of its potential to extend the life of bridges.
Knock

An onomatopoeia imitates a sound perceived by the human auditory system (crash, quack, shush, etc.), whilst an ideophone is a sound-symbolic word that produces a sensory description, i.e., the sound of the word denotes an idea (squidgy, zigzag, flutter, etc.). By evoking sensations, impressions, states, or emotions, ideophones build an emotional intermediary between the speaker and the listener. There is an extensive repertoire of ideophones across the globe, including in East Asia, especially Korea and Japan, in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam and Cambodia, and also in Central Africa. Despite the presence of ideophones in many languages, including English, there are important differences regarding the scope and the language register they are associated with. For example, countries with a modest or marginal usage of these words often associate ideophones with conversational, immature and vulgar scopes, or relate them to low registers of the language. However, Korean ideophones are applied in formal and informal registers, in both speaking and writing language. They are found in manhwa [webtoons], novels, social media, newspapers, informal speech and formal speech, being possibly only absent from official documents.