Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior and Accelerated Biological Aging in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort

Prior research shows that individuals who have exhibited antisocial behavior are in poorer health than their same-aged peers. A major driver of poor health is aging itself, yet research has not investigated relationships between offending trajectories and biological aging. We tested the hypothesis that individuals following a life-course persistent (LCP) antisocial trajectory show accelerated aging in midlife. Trajectories of antisocial behavior from age 7 to 26 years were studied in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a population-representative birth cohort (N = 1037). Signs of aging were assessed at age 45 years using previously validated measures including biomarkers, clinical tests, and self-reports. First, we tested whether the association between antisocial behavior trajectories and midlife signs of faster aging represented a decline from initial childhood health. We then tested whether decline was attributable to tobacco smoking, antipsychotic medication use, debilitating illnesses in adulthood, adverse exposures in childhood (maltreatment, socioeconomic disadvantage) and adulthood (incarceration), and to childhood self-control difficulties. Study members with a history of antisocial behavior had a significantly faster pace of biological aging by midlife, and this was most evident among individuals following the LCP trajectory (β, 0.22, 95%CI, 0.14, 0.28, p ≤ 0.001). This amounted to 4.3 extra years of biological aging between ages 25–45 years for Study members following the LCP trajectory compared to low-antisocial trajectory individuals. LCP offenders also experienced more midlife difficulties with hearing (β, −0.14, 95%CI, −0.21, −0.08, p ≤ 0.001), balance (β, −0.13, 95%CI, −0.18, −0.06, p ≤ 0.001), gait speed (β, −0.18, 95%CI, −0.24, −0.10, p ≤ 0.001), and cognitive functioning (β, −0.25, 95%CI, −0.31, −0.18, p ≤ 0.001). Associations represented a decline from childhood health. Associations persisted after controlling individually for tobacco smoking, antipsychotic medication use, midlife illnesses, maltreatment, socioeconomic status, incarceration, and childhood self-control difficulties. However, the cumulative effect of these lifestyle characteristics together explained why LCP offenders have a faster Pace of Aging than their peers. While older adults typically age-out of crime, LCP offenders will likely age-into the healthcare system earlier than their chronologically same-aged peers. Preventing young people from offending is likely to have substantial benefits for health, and people engaging in a LCP trajectory of antisocial behaviors might be the most in need of health promotion programs. We offer prevention and intervention strategies to reduce the financial burden of offenders on healthcare systems and improve their wellbeing.
$6$-dimensional FJRW theories of the simple–elliptic singularities

We give explicitly in the closed formulae the genus zero primary potentials of the three 6-dimensional FJRW theories of the simple-elliptic singularity $\tilde E_7$ with the non-maximal symmetry groups. For each of these FJRW theories we establish the CY/LG correspondence to the Gromov-Witten theory of the orbifold $[\mathcal{E}/ (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})]$ --- the orbifold quotient of the elliptic curve by the hyperelliptic involution. Namely, we give explicitly the Givental's group elements, whose actions on the partition function of the Gromov--Witten theory of $[\mathcal{E}/ (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})]$ give up to a linear change of the variables the partition functions of the FJRW theories mentioned. We keep track of the linear changes of the variables needed. We show that using only the axioms of Fan--Jarvis--Ruan, the genus zero potential can only be reconstructed up to a scaling.
A Large Deviation Principle for Gibbs States on Markov Shifts at Zero Temperature

Let $\Sigma_{A}(\mathbb{N})$ be a topologically mixing countable Markov shift with the BIP property over the alphabet $\mathbb{N}$ and $f: \Sigma_{A}(\mathbb{N}) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ a potential satisfying the Walters condition with finite Gurevich pressure. Under suitable hypotheses, we prove the existence of a Large Deviation Principle for the family $(\mu_{\beta})_{\beta > 0}$ where each $\mu_{\beta}$ is the Gibbs measure associated to the potential $\beta f$. Our main theorem generalizes from finite to countable alphabets and also to a larger class of potentials a previous result of A. Baraviera, A. O. Lopes and P. Thieullen.
A 16-Gb/s NRZ Receiver With 0.0019-pJ/bit/dB 1-Tap Charge-Redistribution DFE

In this brief, a 16-Gb/s receiver with a charge-redistribution decision-feedback equalizer (CR DFE) is presented. The proposed CR DFE does not suffer from a voltage headroom issue because it uses charges on the capacitors rather than the current source. Hence, the power consumption is significantly reduced compared with the current-steering DFE. In addition, as the CR DFE tracks the signal and immediately compensates for the inter-symbol interference (ISI), the DFE loop delay is minimized. The equalized output maintains the input common-mode voltage level and signal swing. The CR DFE core fabricated in a 28-nm CMOS technology consumes only 0.38 mA from a 1-V supply at 16 Gb/s and compensates for a 12.5-dB ISI channel. An FoM of 0.0019 pJ/bit/dB was achieved, which is significantly better than the state-of-the-art technologies.
Examining customer purchase decision towards battery electric vehicles in Vietnam market: A combination of self-interested and pro-environmental approach

Abstract This research aims at examining determinants of battery electric vehicle (BEV) purchase in Vietnam market from both self-interested and pro-environmental perspectives. Data collected from 200 BEV drivers show that purchase intention is positively affected by self-interested factors such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy and facilitating conditions. Additionally, intention could be shaped by personal norm, which is influenced by awareness of consequences and ascription of responsibility. Finally, intention is a reliable predictor of purchase behavior, and the relationship is moderated by personal innovativeness. This research provides various theoretical and practical implications to enhance public acceptance towards BEVs.
The two-weight inequality for the Hilbert transform with general measures

The two-weight inequality for the Hilbert transform is character- ized for an arbitrary pair of positive Radon measures σ and w on R . In particular, the possibility of common point masses is allowed, lifting a restriction from the recent solution of the two-weight problem by Lacey, Sawyer, Shen and Uriarte-Tuero. Our characterization is in terms of Sawyer-type testing conditions and a variant of the two-weight A 2 condition, where σ and w are integrated over complementary intervals only. A key novely of the proof is a two-weight inequality for the Poisson integral with ‘holes’.
On the $\Lambda$-cotorsion subgroup of the Selmer group

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over a number field $K$ with supersingular reduction at all primes of $K$ above $p$. If $K_{\infty}/K$ is a $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extension such that $E(K_{\infty})[p^{\infty}]$ is finite and $H^2(G_S(K_{\infty}), E[p^{\infty}])=0$, then we prove that the $\Lambda$-torsion subgroup of the Pontryagin dual of $\text{Sel}_{p^{\infty}}(E/K_{\infty})$ is pseudo-isomorphic to the Pontryagin dual of the fine Selmer group of $E$ over $K_{\infty}$. This is the Galois-cohomological analog of a flat-cohomological result of Wingberg.
Uniqueness for measure-valued equations of nonlinear filtering for stochastic dynamical systems with Lévy noise

Abstract In the paper we study the Zakai and Kushner–Stratonovich equations of the nonlinear filtering problem for a non-Gaussian signal-observation system. Moreover, we prove that under some general assumption, the Zakai equation has pathwise uniqueness and uniqueness in joint law, and the Kushner–Stratonovich equation is unique in joint law.
Compressive strength of light-weight concrete material made from treated wood waste as a coarse aggregate

The effect of replacing the conventional coarse aggregate with wood shavings was evaluated relative to the 28-day compressive strength of the concrete. Six groups were studied: group-1 represented the normal concrete (NC-CTRL1), group-2 (TW-CTRL2) comprised the specimens that had the replacement of the coarse aggregate with raw wood shavings, group-3, group-4, group-5, and group 6 represented the specimens that had the coarse aggregate as coated (treated) wood shavings with cement paste (group-3 and -4) and with tile adhesive paste (group-5 and -6), with and without the effect of the emulsifier, respectively. The density of the TW-CTRL2 concrete was 31.4% lighter than NC-CTRL1. However, the compressive strength of TW-CTRL2 was 75% of the NC-CTRL1, but within the acceptable limits stated in ASTM standards. The findings of this study showed a potential to use the produced concrete as concrete masonry unit when compared with the values reported in previous studies. Compared with TW-CTRL2, the compressive strength increased 45% and 20% for the coated wood shavings with cement and tile adhesive pastes, respectively. The effect of using the emulsifier in the coating process of the wood shavings increased the compressive strength by 20%, and reduced the voids of the concrete by 3%.
More people too poor to move: divergent effects of climate change on global migration patterns

The observed temperature increase due to anthropogenic carbon emissions has impacted economies worldwide. National income levels in origin and destination countries influence international migration. Emigration is relatively low not only from high income countries but also from very poor regions, which is explained in current migration theory by credit constraints and lower average education levels, among other reasons. These relationships suggest a potential non-linear, indirect effect of climate change on migration through this indirect channel. Here we explore this effect through a counterfactual analysis using observational data and a simple model of migration. We show that a world without climate change would have seen less migration during the past 30 years, but that this effect is strongly reduced due to inhibited mobility. Our framework suggests that migration within the Global South has been strongly reduced because these countries have seen less economic growth than they would have experienced without climate change. Importantly, climate change has impacted international migration in the richer and poorer parts of the world very differently. In the future, climate change may keep increasing global migration as it slows down countries’ transition across the middle-income range associated with the highest emigration rates.
Topological Classification and Finite Determinacy of Knotted Maps

We show that the knot type of the link of a real analytic map germ with isolated singularity $f\colon(\mathbb{R}^2,0)\to(\mathbb{R}^4,0)$ is a complete invariant for $C^0$-$\mathscr A$-equivalence. Moreover, we also prove that isolated instability implies $C^0$-finite determinacy, giving an explicit estimate for its degree. For the general case of real analytic map germs, $f\colon (\mathbb{R}^n,0) \rightarrow (\mathbb{R}^p,0)$ ($n \leq p$), we use the Lojasiewicz exponent associated to the Mond's double point ideal $I^2(f)$ to obtain some criteria of Lipschitz and analytic regularity.
U NDERGRADUATE M ENTORS ’ P ERSPECTIVES ON E QUITY O RIENTED STEM O UTREACH

– This paper explores undergraduate mentors’ perspectives on, and participation in, “Bringing STEM to Life: Work Integrated Learning in Physics” (BSTL), a work-integrated, equity-oriented STEM outreach program administered by the kindergarten to industry (k2i) academy at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering. To that end, this study brings Feminist Science and Technology Studies and critical pedagogy to bear on a three-phase methodological approach to generating and analyzing qualitative data pertaining to the mentorship component of BSTL. Preliminary findings suggest that (1) undergraduate mentors bring complex STEM motivations, shaped by intersecting marginalized identities, to bear on their mentorship duties; (2) mentors possess nuanced yet occasionally contradictory understandings of STEM, equity, and society; and (3) mentors’ experiences in the BSTL program are variable but positive. These findings suggest that outreach programs can expand their capacity to generate equitable outcomes by actively supporting the creation of STEM counterspaces, foregrounding equity training, and exposing mentors to critical theoretical perspectives on STEM, equity, and society.
CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED RANGE SHIFTS IN CHINESE ASH ( FRAXINUS CHINENSIS ) ALONG THREE GEOGRAPHICAL DIMENSIONS IN CHINA AT THE LATE 21 ST CENTURY

In the present study, we establish a set of indicator systems to characterize the shifts in total range and core range of Chinese ash ( Fraxinus chinensis ) at three geographical dimensions under climate change scenarios in China by the year of 2070. The results show that current core range and total range areas were 1.3 × 10 6 km 2 and 3.3 × 10 6 km 2 , accounting for 13.5% and 34.4% of the land area in China. The size of core range and total range areas will increase in varying degrees, depending on the CO2 emission concentration path. The average of future core range and total range areas were 1.95 × 10 6 km 2 and 3.7 × 10 6 km 2 across climate change scenarios, accounting for 20.3% and 38.5% of the land area in China. But, there was a difference in the centroid shift velocity and direction between the core and total ranges at the horizontal gradient. The average shift speed of total range is 11.39 km/decade toward northwest and that for core range is 9.32 km/decade toward northeast across climate scenarios. The average shift speed of the core range -9.05 m/decade downward and that for total range is 17.15 m/decade upward across climate change scenarios. This study indicates that the response of total range and core distribution range to climate change is not synchronous. Considering poleward or northward shift will underestimate about 2.2-20.1% for total range and 21.2-56.3% for core range. Thus, the study have important guiding significance for determining the potential shift route and adjust the shift speed for planting the tree species in response to future climate change. The indicator systems used here have a wide range of practicability and can applied to any species, region, or time.
Bitcoin, Gold, the Indonesian Stock Market, and Exchange Rate: GARCH Volatility Analysis

Bitcoin has gained popularity as an investment asset because of its similarity to gold, which sparked the idea that bitcoin can be used as a hedging instrument to the fiat currency exchange rate. This paper aims to analyze bitcoin's volatility and return to gauge its feasibility as an investment asset, and hedging tool for the USD-IDR exchange rate with the GARCH and EGARCH models. With data on the daily closing price of bitcoin, gold, IDX composite index, and USD-IDR exchange rate from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020, the study attempts to find factors affecting bitcoin returns with the independent variables of bitcoin’s price, gold, and USD-IDR exchange rate by estimating their correlation. Following the analysis, this study shows that the volatility of USD-IDR exchange rates negatively influences bitcoin returns, making it a relatively safe investment asset. Additionally, the study found that bitcoin returns are not affected by the variables of gold price and the IDX composite index. However, we found that the USD-IDR exchange rate significantly affects bitcoin returns, while gold price and bitcoin’s price does not significantly affect bitcoin returns. Further, the analysis found that bitcoin is unsuitable for hedging due to its sensitivity to asymmetric shocks.
Beltrami system and 1-quasiconformal embeddings in higher dimensions

In this paper we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a smooth surface in Rn+1 to admit a local 1-quasiconformal parameterization by a domain in Rn (n >= 3). We then apply these conditions to specific hypersurfaces such as cylinders, paraboloids, and ellipsoids. As a consequence, we show that the classical Liouville theorem about the rigidity of 1-quasiconformal maps between domains in Rn with n >= 3 does not extend to embeddings of domains into a higher dimensional space.
A Noncommutative Transport Metric and Symmetric Quantum Markov Semigroups as Gradient Flows of the Entropy

We study quantum Dirichlet forms and the associated symmetric quantum Markov semigroups on noncommutative $L^2$ spaces. It is known from the work of Cipriani and Sauvageot that these semigroups induce a first order differential calculus, and we use this differential calculus to define a noncommutative transport metric on the set of density matrices. This construction generalizes both the $L^2$-Wasserstein distance on a large class of metric spaces as well as the discrete transport distance introduced by Maas, Mielke, and Chow--Huang--Li--Zhou. Assuming a Bakry--\'Emery-type gradient estimate, we show that the quantum Markov semigroup can be viewed as a metric gradient flow of the entropy with respect to this transport metric. Under the same assumption we also establish that the set of density matrices with finite entropy endowed with the noncommutative transport metric is a geodesic space and that the entropy is semi-convex along these geodesics.
Stable Day-to-Day Dynamics for Departure Time Choice

In this paper we present a stable day-to-day dynamical system for drivers' departure time choice at a single bottleneck. We first define within-day traffic dynamics with the point queue model, costs, the departure time user equilibrium (DTUE), and the arrival time user equilibrium (ATUE). We then identify three behavioral principles: (i) Drivers choose their departure and arrival times in a backward fashion (backward choice principle); (ii) After choosing the arrival times, they update their departure times to balance the total costs (cost balancing principle); (iii) They choose their arrival times to reduce their scheduling costs or gain their scheduling payoffs (scheduling cost reducing or scheduling payoff gaining principle). In this sense, drivers' departure and arrival time choices are driven by their scheduling payoff choice. With a single tube or imaginary road model, we convert the nonlocal day-to-day arrival time shifting problem to a local scheduling payoff shifting problem. After introducing a new variable for the imaginary density, we apply the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) model to describe the day-to-day dynamics of scheduling payoff choice and present splitting and cost balancing schemes to determine arrival and departure flow-rates accordingly. We also develop the corresponding discrete models for numerical solutions. We theoretically prove that the day-to-day stationary state of the LWR model leads to the scheduling payoff user equilibrium (SPUE), which is equivalent to both DTUE and ATUE and stable. We use one numerical example to demonstrate the effectiveness and stability of the new day-to-day dynamical model.
Remarks on approximate decompositions of the diagonal

Abstract In this article, we investigate, for varieties over with trivial group of 0-cycles, the gap between essential -dimension 2 and essential -dimension 0. In particular, we present sufficient (and necessary) conditions for a variety with trivial group of 0-cycles and essential -dimension to have, in fact, essential -dimension 0.
An Analysis of the Large-Scale Climate Anomalies Associated with the Snowstorms Affecting China in January 2008

Extraordinarily frequent and long-lasting snowstorms affected China in January 2008, causing abovenormal precipitation, below-normal temperature, and severe icing conditions over central–southern China. These snowstorms were closely linked to the change in the Middle East jet stream (MEJS), which intensified and shifted southeastward. The change in MEJS was accompanied by southeastward shifts of the ridge and the trough over Europe and western Asia. The intensified MEJS also strengthened the trough embedded in the southern branch of the subtropical westerlies over the southern Tibetan Plateau, enhancing the water vapor transport from western Asia and the Bay of Bengal to China. In the meantime, the subtropical western Pacific high (SWPH) was stronger and its ridgeline was farther north than normal. The anomalous high slowed down the eastward propagation of weather systems to the Pacific and favored convergence of water vapor over central–southern China. The MEJS is usually strong when the Arctic Oscillation (AO) is positive and the SWPH is farther north than normal in La Niña winters. Compared to the SWPH and the Niño-3.4 sea surface temperature (SST), the MEJS and the AO exert stronger influences on the temperature and the precipitation over central–southern China, despite the fact that these possible impacting factors are not completely independent from each other. Although the La Niña event might contribute to the climate anomalies through its relation with the SWPH in January 2008, an analysis of historical events indicates that La Niña conditions alone can hardly cause severe and persistent snow conditions over central–southern China. In addition, compared to the Niño-3.4 SST and the SWPH, the conditions of December MEJS and AO exhibit stronger precursory signals of the variability of January temperature over central–southern China.
Mechanism and Dormancy Persistence of Ground Cherry Seeds ( Physalis peruviana L.) at Different Seed Maturity Stages

Ground cherry ( Physalis peruviana ) seeds have a period of dormancy after ripening. A study was conducted to understand the mechanism of dormancy, the duration of persistence after ripening, and to determine the effective methods to break dormancy. The study was conducted in an experimental field at Ciwidey, West Java, Indonesia, and the Seed Testing Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, IPB University, in February to November 202 0. The first study examined the effects of the storage temperature s, i.e. 20 ± 2 o C and 25 ± 2 o C, and the seed maturity stages, i.e. 49 days after anthesis (DAA), 58 DAA and 62 DAA. Several methods to break seed dormancy were tested, i.e. soaking seeds for 24 hours in distilled water, in 0.5% or 1% KNO 3 and, 50 ppm GA 3. The results showed that the seed dormancy was broken at 7 weeks after treatment, indicated by seed germination of >80%. The ABA levels of the seeds declined from week 0 to week 11, and the seed ABA and GA reached a balance from week 7 to week 11. Seeds treated with KNO 3 or distilled water break dormancy after 8 weeks. treatment to break seed dormancy is the use of exogenous hormone GA 3 at 50 ppm , with seed germination of >80% at week 5.
A Simple and Effective Random Forest Reﬁt to Map the Spatial Distribution of NO 2 Concentrations

: This study proposes a random forest–random pixel ID (RF–RID) method, which could reduce local anomalies in the simulation of NO 2 spatial distribution and signiﬁcantly improve prediction accuracy in rural areas. First, the 470 nm MAIAC AOD and OMI NO 2 total and tropospheric vertical column were packed using the two-step method (TWS). Second, using RID, the ﬁlled data and auxiliary variables were combined with random forest (RF) to build an RF–RID model to predict the 1 km/d NO 2 spatial distribution in southwestern Fujian (SWFJ) in 2018. The results show that the RF–RID achieves enhanced performance in the CV of the observed sample ( R = 0.9117, RMSE = 3.895). Meanwhile, RF–RID has a higher correlation with the road length (RL) in remote areas, and the proposed method solves the issue related to strips or patches of NO 2 spatial distribution. This model offers insights into the related research on air pollutants in large areas.