Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Overview of European activities

Alcatel Alenia Space, Cannes – FranceThe recent technological breakthrough in the area of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems(MEMS) have reached the stage where the MEMS rate sensors now present an undeniableinterest for use in space. However, in spite of their small size, low mass, low power and lowrecurring cost, together with their inherent immunity from shock and environmentalvibration and the lack of a wear out mechanism, the terrestrial off -the -shelf M EMS sensors,currently used for automotive applications, still require major technical adaptations to besuitable for space applications. Various design improvements to enhance the detectorperformance and to make the terrestrial electronics robust with re spect to spaceenvironment, e.g. high radiation environment, are required. Recently, a series of feasibilityassessments showed that it is now feasible to develop a very low -mass, low -power and low -recurrent cost three -axis rate measurement sensor for spac e use based on terrestrial MEMStechnology. It has also been shown that there exists a large demand for such a unit in theworld space market, including telecom satellite applications. This paper describes the resultsof several recent ESA -funded market an alyses and feasibility studies. Reliability andcharacterization testing of MEMS gyroscopes have also been completed . The paper alsogives the status of the recently initiated development of a European MEMS rate sensor forspace applications.
Conditions That Influence Drivers’ Yielding Behavior at Uncontrolled Crossings and Intersections With Traffic Signal Controls

There is a dearth of studies on how pedestrian who are blind might positively influence driver yielding in different travel situations. This project assessed common pedestrian behaviors (head turning, holding a cane, taking a step, holding up a hand, exaggerated cane movement, standing without a cane) on yielding rate for right turning traffic at lighted intersections as well as at entry and exit lanes at roundabouts. Data replicated previous findings on yielding rates for displaying a cane (about 60%), holding up a hand (65% to 80%), or taking one step into the roadway (80% to 100%) and also showed that head and gaze related behaviors do not increase yielding. In some cases, adding a head turn or gaze behavior decreases yielding rates. At the roundabout, yielding rates at exit lanes were always lower than at the entry lanes or the light controlled intersection. The outcomes have implications for orientation and mobility (O&M) instruction. O&M students who benefit from a forward-facing head position to align at a crossing, or to remain aligned during a crossing, do not need to be concerned that a lack of head movement and face gaze will cause drivers to yield less often. Other students who must turn their heads to visually monitor potential threats from turning vehicles, likewise, need not be apprehensive that their head movements or gazing will likely reduce the drivers’ yielding.
The Association Video Gameplay has with College Students Academic Achievement and Aggression

This study examined the association playing video games has with college students' academic achievement and aggression. Researchers used a cross-sectional research design with convenience sampling using an online survey. The sample consisted of 173 students from colleges in Puerto Rico. For the first objective, researchers performed a multiple linear regression with time spent playing video games, employment status, and hours worked as predictors of students' grade point average (GPA). The proposed model predicted five percent of the variance related to GPA, F (3, 167) = 3.13, p = . 03, 𝑟 " = . 05. However, the only significant predictor was time spent playing video games. The results suggest that playing video games had a small negative effect on surveyed students' academic performance. Researchers performed a Pearson correlation between playing violent games and the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire for the second objective. The results suggest no significant correlation exists between playing violent games and college students' aggression, r (157) = . 10, p = . 23. In conclusion, playing video games had a small negative effect on this study participants' academic achievement, but not on their aggression. Implications of these findings recommendations for future studies are discussed.
TIMBER GRADE ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF ABIES GR ANDIS TREES' OVENDRY DENSITY WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH RATES PART I.: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

The variability of ovendry density on 12 giant fir (Abies grandis) logs was investigated. Statistical analysis also was made. The wood was checked for compression wood, “coloured heartwood”, knots and annual ring width. However, giant fir has usually no coloured heartwood in some investigated logs discolouration of the heartwood was detectable. The mean ovendry density (at MC of 0 %) of all specimens was 0.357 g.cm-3. The statistical analysis showed significant differences between ovendry density of the sapwood (mean= 0.417 g.cm-3) and those of visible (mean = 0.335 g.cm-3) and non-visible (mean= 0.336 g.cm-3) heartwood ovendry densities. The ovendry density was higher in compression wood than in normal wood in case of heartwood and sapwood as well. The ovendry density at 1.5 m height the highest was, and decreased constantly with increasing tree heights at 7.0, 14.0 and 20 m.
Using the Parameters of Definition, D50, and Reverberation Time, RT, to Investigate the Acoustic Quality of Classrooms

The parameters of Definition, D 50 , and Reverberation Time, RT, described in the ISO 3382-1:2009 standard, were used in this study to evaluate the acoustic quality of classrooms which had been renovated. Following the aforementioned ISO standard, D 50 and RT were measured via the impulse response method, using DIRAC 3.1 software. The analysis of RT in the classrooms after their renovation shows that this parameter increased, indicating that the quality of acoustic environments designed for the modern classroom is deteriorating. The analysis of the measured values of D 50 led to the conclusion that, notwithstanding the increase in RT, many points inside the classrooms displayed good acoustic quality. This finding suggests that evaluations of the acoustic quality of classrooms should involve not only the analysis of RT but also of the parameter of Definition, D 50 .
WASH challenges to girls’ menstrual hygiene management in Metro Manila, Masbate, and South Central Mindanao, Philippines

This paper examines water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions that enable and hinder Philippine schoolgirls to hygienically manage their menstruation. We collected qualitative data from 13 schools in three regions of the Philippines. Schools in both urban (Metro Manila) and rural areas (Masbate and South Central Mindanao) were included to allow for comparison across settings. Unreliable access to water, lack of disposal mechanisms for menstrual materials, unclean facilities, and insufficient number of latrines were identified as the key barriers to effective menstrual management in Masbate and Metro Manila. In South Central Mindanao, there was greater oversight of WASH hardware at schools and hardware was in better condition, which created a more enabling environment for girls to manage menstruation. Creating an enabling WASH environment for girls to manage menstruation requires sustained support and system oversight, combined with knowledge and information.
Good-Specific Habit Formation and the Cross-Section of Expected Good-Specific Habit Formation and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns Returns

Abstract I study asset prices in a general equilibrium framework in which agents form habits over individual varieties of goods rather than over an aggregate consumption bundle. Goods are produced by monopolistically competitive firms whose elasticities of demand depend on consumers' habit formation. Firms that produce goods with a high habit level relative to consumption have low demand elasticities, set high prices for their product, have low expected returns on their stock and have low asset pricing betas and stock return volatilities. I find supportive evidence for these predictions in the data. Abstract I study the cross-section of expected stock returns in a general equilibrium framework in which agents form habits over individual varieties of goods as opposed to over a composite consumption good. Goods are produced by monopolistically competitive ﬁrms whose income and price elasticities of demand depend on the habit formation of the consumers. Firms who produce goods with a low consumption surplus ratio earn low expected returns because their income and price elasticities of demand are low. By sorting ﬁrms in portfolios based on their consumption surplus ratio or based on their recent price setting behavior, I ﬁnd a return spread of 5%, that can not be explained by the CAPM or by the Fama French three factor model.
Daily Peak Load Forecasting by Taguchi's T Method

In this paper, a new technique of daily peak load forecasting is proposed. At first, we propose nonlinear correction T method as improvement technique of T method that is one of the multivariate analysis techniques, called Mahalanobis–Taguchi (MT) system, suggested in Quality Control. Moreover, we examine the daily peak load forecasting technique, which is based on data in the last year on a forecasting day, by T method and nonlinear correction T method. Furthermore, we examine the technique, which is based on the data of most recent several weeks of a forecasting day, by the T method and Nonlinear correction T method. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed method by comparing the multiple regression analysis is discussed.
A New Response Method for Auditory Localization and Spread Tests

This Engineering Brief presents a new response method developed for auditory localization and spread tests. The proposed method uses a flexible strip with a series of LEDs, which are powered by a microcontroller, for eliciting subjective responses. For the localization test, the position of an active LED is controlled and recorded in Max using a dial. For the spread test, multiple LEDs can be positioned on the strip to visually describe the lower and upper boundaries of the perceived image. The required system is easy to build and relatively inexpensive. Vertical stereophonic localization tests were conducted to compare between the LED method and a visual marker method. Results showed that the proposed method was more accurate, consistent, and time-efficient than the marker method.
CTCF sites display cell cycle–dependent dynamics in factor binding and nucleosome positioning

CTCF plays a key role in formation of topologically associating domains (TADs) and loops in interphase. During mitosis TADs are absent, but how TAD formation is dynamically controlled during the cell cycle is not known. Several contradicting observations have been made regarding CTCF binding to mitotic chromatin using both genomics and microscopy-based techniques. Here we have used 4 different assays to address this debate. First, using 5C we confirmed that TADs and CTCF loops are readily detected in interphase, but absent during prometaphase. Second, ATAC-seq analysis showed that CTCF sites display greatly reduced accessibility and lose the CTCF footprint in prometaphase, suggesting loss of CTCF binding and rearrangement of the nucleosomal array around the binding motif. In contrast, transcription start sites remain accessible in prometaphase, although adjacent nucleosomes can also become repositioned and occupy at least a subset of start sites during mitosis. Third, loss of site-specific CTCF binding was directly demonstrated using CUT&RUN. Histone modifications and histone variants are maintained in mitosis, suggesting a role in bookmarking of active CTCF sites. Finally, live-cell imaging, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and single molecule tracking showed that almost all CTCF chromatin binding is lost in prometaphase. Combined, our results demonstrate loss of CTCF binding to CTCF sites during prometaphase and rearrangement of the chromatin landscape around CTCF motifs. This contributes to loss of TADs and CTCF loops during mitosis, and reveals that CTCF sites, a key architectural cis-element of the genome, display cell cycle stage-dependent dynamics in factor binding and nucleosome positioning.
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Might ﬁrms’ use of data create market power? To explore this hypothesis, we craft a model in which economies of scale in data induce a data-rich ﬁrm to invest in producing at a lower marginal cost and larger scale. However, the model uncovers much richer interactions between data, welfare and market power. Data affects risk, ﬁrm size and the composition of the goods ﬁrms produce, all of which affect markups. The tradeoff between these forces depends on the level of aggregation at which markups are measured. Empirical researchers who measure markups at the product level, ﬁrm level or industry level come to different conclusions about trends and cyclical ﬂuctuations in markups. Our results reconcile and re-interpret these facts. The divergence between product, ﬁrm and industry markups can be a sign that ﬁrms are using data to reallocate production to the goods consumers want most. map our ﬁrms’
ScholarWorks at WMU ScholarWorks at WMU Exploring a Connection between Learning and Student Perception Exploring a Connection between Learning and Student Perception of Place of Place

The quality of the physical environment is understood to impact overall health, wellbeing, and capacity to learn and engage in daily life. This pilot study explores how students in the Speech Language and Hearing Sciences program at Western Michigan University view the effects of indoor and outdoor nature spaces at the College of Health and Human Services on the East Campus of Western Michigan University on their learning experience. Results of the study suggest that there are significant relationships between the participant’s perception of interesting qualities in the College of Health and Human Services and feeling a sense of connection to their learning environment. The data also suggested that there is a significant relationship between student perception of their ability to focus in the College of Health and Human Services atrium and time spent there, as well perception that the CHHS is designed differently than other academic buildings.
on M g,n via 3 -spin structures.

theorem, hence also the Givental-Teleman classﬁcation, is expected to remain valid also in Chow. In any case, the authors consider the behavior of Witten’s 3-spin CohFT as they move towards a non-semisimple point of the Frobenius manifold, in terms of the action of the R-matrix. Applying the R-matrix gives what appears to be a divergent expression. Knowing that this expression must in fact converge, it follows that all coeﬃcients before negative exponents are actually zero, which produces relations between tautological classes. The relations they obtain in this way are exactly Pixton’s relations. F. Janda [“Relations in the Tautological Ring and Frobenius Manifolds near the Discriminant”, arXiv:1505.03419 ] has recently proved a striking universality result: all relations obtained by this method, for any generically semisimple CohFT, follow from the 3-spin relations (i.e. Pixton’s).
Signs of left atrial disease and 10-year risk of atrial fibrillation

Background The contribution of left atrial disease and excessive supraventricular ectopic activity (ESVEA) to the risk for incident atrial fibrillation (AF) is incompletely understood. Objective To analyse the ten-year risk to develop AF in patients with cardiovascular risk factors and to define the impact of parameters of left atrial disease and ESVEA on AF risk. Methods 148 patients from the Diast-CHF trial with at least one cardiovascular risk factor and free of AF at baseline were followed for 10 years. Left atrial disease was defined as left atrial volume index (LAVI) >35 ml/m2, P-terminal force in lead V1 (PTFV1) >4000 ms*μV or elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) >250 pg/ml. We analyzed the association of these parameters and ESVEA (either >720 premature atrial contractions (PAC) or one atrial run >20 beats per day) on AF-free survival. Results After ten years, AF was newly detected in twelve patients (13.4%) with signs of left atrial disease and two patients (3.4%) without signs of left atrial disease (p = 0.04). LAVI (p = 0.005), ESVEA (p = 0.016) and NT-proBNP (p = 0.010) were significantly associated with AF-free survival in univariate analysis. A combined Cox model of left atrial disease parameters showed associations for NT-proBNP (HR 3.56; 95%CI 1.33–5.31; p = 0.04) and PAC (HR 2.66; 95%CI 1.25–10.15; p = 0.01) but not for LAVI or PTFV1 with AF-free survival. Conclusion The risk for AF is higher in patients with cardiovascular risk factors and signs of left atrial disease. NT-proBNP and premature atrial contractions independently predict AF-free survival. The role of excessive supraventricular ectopic activity for the assessment of AF risk may be underestimated and requires further study.
Early Use of Sotrovimab in Children: A Case Report of an 11-Year-Old Kidney Transplant Recipient Infected with SARS-CoV-2

Background: The use of virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies has been approved in fragile populations, including kidney transplant recipients, who are at risk of developing severe COVID-19. Sotrovimab is the only currently available anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing monoclonal antibody with activity against the new Omicron variant of concern. While sotrovimab has been approved in adolescents and adults, studies regarding its efficacy and safety in children aged less than 12 years old and weighing less than 40 kg are still lacking. Here, we report a first case of a child, who was treated early with sotrovimab after a kidney transplant. Case Report: At the end of January 2022, a 11-year-old male child underwent a deceased-donor kidney transplant and became infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the first day after surgery. Due to the increased risk of developing severe COVID-19, based on the predominance of Omicron and the patient’s renal function, the child was treated with sotrovimab. The clinical course was successful and no adverse reactions were reported. Conclusions: For the first time, we report the well-tolerated use of sotrovimab in children under 12 years old. As the pandemic affects children across the globe, urgent data on sotrovimab dosing in children with a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 are needed.
Reduction of Peristalsis-Related Streak Artifacts on the Liver with Dual-Layer Spectral CT

Background: Peristalsis-related streak artifacts on the liver compromise image quality and diagnostic accuracy. Purpose: To assess dual-layer spectral-detector computed tomography (CT) image reconstructions for reducing intestinal peristalsis-related streak artifacts on the liver. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 220 contrast-enhanced abdominal dual-energy CT scans in 131 consecutive patients (mean age: 68 ± 10 years, 120 men) who underwent routine clinical dual-layer spectral-detector CT imaging (120 kVp, 40 keV, 200 keV, virtual non-contrast (VNC), iodine images). Two independent readers evaluated bowel peristalsis streak artifacts on the liver qualitatively on a five-point Likert scale (1 = none to 5 = severe) and quantitatively by depth of streak artifact extension into the liver and measurements of Hounsfield Unit and iodine concentration differences from normal liver. Artifact severity between image reconstructions were compared by Wilcoxon signed-rank and paired t-tests. Results: 12 scans were excluded due to missing spectral data, artifacts on the liver originating from metallic foreign materials, or oral contrast material. Streak artifacts on the liver were seen in 51/208 (25%) scans and involved the left lobe only in 49/51 (96%), the right lobe only in 0/51 (0%), and both lobes in 2/51 (4%) scans. Artifact frequency was lower in iodine than in 120 kVp images (scans 18/208 vs. 51/208, p < 0.001). Artifact severity was less in iodine than in 120 kVp images (median score 1 vs. 3, p < 0.001). Streak artifact extension into the liver was shorter in iodine than 120 kVp images (mean length 2 ± 4 vs. 12 ± 5 mm, p < 0.001). Hounsfield Unit and iodine concentration differed significantly between bright streak artifacts and normal liver in 120 kVp, 40 keV, 200 keV, and VNC images (p < 0.001, each), but not in iodine images (p = 0.23). Conclusion: Intestinal peristalsis-related streak artifacts commonly affect the left liver lobe at CT and can be substantially reduced by viewing iodine dual-energy CT image reconstructions.
Primary Bone Lesions in Rosai–Dorfman Disease, a Rare Case and Diagnostic Challenge—Case Report and Literature Review

Rosai–Dorfman Disease (RDD), also known as sinus histiocytosis, is included in the group of rare diseases, characterized by proliferation and accumulation of histiocytes in the lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy), most often involving the cervical ganglion chains (nodal form). RDD bone involvement is rare, estimated at 10% of cases, but primary bone involvement (extranodal form), is very rare—2–8%. Usually they are solitary lesions, with multifocal primary bone manifestations being extremely rare. Histopathological analysis is of high value for a correct diagnosis. We present the case of a Caucasian woman, 42 years old, initially treated in another clinic, for an osteolytic tumor formation in the right tibial shaft. An excisional biopsy with bone trepanation was performed, the histopathological diagnosis being the chronic inflammatory tissue. The evolution was atypical, with tumor growth, extraosseous, subcutaneous. A needle biopsy was repeated in our clinic, the result being similar to the original one. Evolution of the tumor, and the radiological and imaging aspect (periosteal reaction, eroded and thin bone cortex) suggested a more aggressive disease, these being in inconsistency with the result obtained. The biopsy was repeated, as an excision type this time. The histopathological result and immunohistochemistry indicated an RDD primary bone lesion. Based on this result, and corroborated with the data from the literature, we initiated the surgical treatment, curettage and grafting with bone substitute plus safety osteosynthesis with locked plaque, the patient registering a favorable evolution. RDD primary bone lesions are in fact an atypical manifestation of a rare disease. The correct diagnosis is very difficult due to the non-specific imaging aspect. Histopathological examination errors, especially in the case of needle biopsies can lead to errors in diagnosis and treatment with negative results for the patient.