Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
On Zone-Differentiated Time-Constrained Flow Capacity Intelligent Monitoring for Large-Scale Urban Pipeline Systems by Mobile Sensors

Large-scale urban pipeline systems (LSUPSs) are complex pipeline networks of flows (e.g., water, oil, or gas). Flow capacity intelligent monitoring, e.g., automatically monitor the sum of flows in an LSUPS, is an important task in smart cities. Recently, mobile sensors and static receiver nodes are used to perform the task. Mobile sensors are released into the network at selected entrances to collect data, and upload the data to receiver nodes deployed at selected locations of the network for further analysis. Due to cost constraints, the numbers of mobile sensors and receiver nodes are limited, which cause the problem that some pipelines may not be monitored. However, applications normally require that some Zones of Interest (ZoIs) in the network have to be monitored. Therefore, how to select optimal entrances and locations for given numbers of mobile sensors and receiver nodes, so that the capacity of monitored flow is maximized within a given time under the constraint that all ZoIs are also monitored with expected probabilities, is a challenging problem. First, we prove the problem is NP-complete. Then, we design two algorithms based on submodular set function optimization to solve it. The first algorithm can obtain an approximate optimal solution with high time complexity, while the second algorithm can obtain a suboptimal solution with much lower time complexity. Finally, we analyze time complexity and approximate ratio of the two algorithms. Theoretical analyses and simulation results show that the proposed algorithms outperform the state-of-the-art algorithms.
Joint effects of weather variables on rice yield

An attempt has been made to study the joint effect of climatic variables on rice yield at different stages of crop growth. Beneficial effects of above average maximum temperature on yield increased with rise in humidity during active vegetative phase while detrimental effects decreased in other phase of crop growth. The rise in humidity had small beneficial effects in general throughout the crop season. The effects increased with increase in temperature. Rise in temperature associated with high rainfall had beneficial effects during growth phase of the crop.
Taking a COVID-19 Vaccine or Not? Do Trust in Government and Trust in Experts Help Us to Understand Vaccination Intention?

Governments worldwide are relying on the COVID-19 vaccines as the solution for ending the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting crisis. Although scientific progress in the development of a vaccine has been astonishing, policymakers are facing an extra hurdle as increasingly more people appear to be hesitant in their intention to take such a vaccine. Based on a large Corona survey in Belgium, this study aims to explain the vaccination intention by linking it to trust in government and experts, while accounting for individuals’ risk perceptions and prosocialness.
Effect of Intensive Rehabilitation Program in Thermal Water on a Group of People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

The main objective of this study is to test the effect of thermal aquatic exercise on motor symptoms and quality of life in people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Fourteen participants with diagnosis of idiopathic PD completed the whole rehabilitation session and evaluation protocol (Hoehn and Yahr in OFF state: 2–3; Mini Mental State Examination >24; stable pharmacological treatment in the 3 months prior participating in the study). Cognitive and motor status, functional abilities and quality of life were assessed at baseline and after an intensive rehabilitation program in thermal water (12 sessions of 45 min in a 1.4 m depth pool at 32–36 ∘C). The Mini Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest) and the PD Quality of Life Questionnaire (PDQ-39) were considered as main outcomes. Secondary assessment measures evaluated motor symptoms and quality of life and psychological well-being. Participants kept good cognitive and functional status after treatment. Balance of all the participants significantly improved (Mini-BESTest: p<0.01). The PDQ-39 significantly improved after rehabilitation (p=0.038), with significance being driven by dimensions strongly related to motor status. Thermal aquatic exercise may represent a promising rehabilitation tool to prevent the impact of motor symptoms on daily-life activities of people with PD. PDQ-39 improvement foreshows good effects of the intervention on quality of life and psychological well-being.
Clinical outcomes of personalized frozen-thawed embryo transfer timing for patients with recurrent implantation failure

Background Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is a critical problem for assisted reproduction technology. High-quality embryos and the synchronization endometrium both have great significance. How to get the optimal endometrial receptivity is a challenge for implantation and pregnancy of infertile patients with RIF. The objective of this study is to investigate personalized protocol of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles, and its effect on clinical outcomes in patients with RIF. Methods We chose 91 RIF patients from January 2017 to June 2019 in the Reproductive Medicine Center of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University. A total of 100 FET cycles were undertaken with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-agonist) protocol combined with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for endometrial preparation. The patients were divided into two groups: the routine group (cleavage embryo transferred at day 3 after luteal support) included 48 cycles; the personalized group included 52 cycles with delayed endometrial trigger and luteal support (the time of embryo transfer depended on the level of serum hormone and endometrial thickness). Results The data showed the personalized group had longer time for endometrial preparation. On the day of embryo transfer, serum progesterone (P) and the E2/P ratio was significantly different compared with the routine group (P<0.05). The clinical pregnancy rate in the routine group was 35.42% (17/48) and 59.62% (31/52) in the personalized group (P<0.05). The abortion rate was not significantly different. Conclusions For women with RIF, personalized timing for transfer of FET resulted in a higher clinical pregnancy rate compared with routine protocol.
Etanercept Prevents Endothelial Dysfunction in Cafeteria Diet-Fed Rats

Abstract: Background Obesity is associated with endothelial dysfunction and this relationship is probably mediated in part by inflammation. Objective: The current study evaluated the effects of etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor, on endothelial and vascular reactivity, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) immunoreactivity, and serum and aortic concentrations of TNF-α in a diet-induced rat model. Design and results: Male weanling Wistar rats were exposed to a standard diet and cafeteria diet (CD) for 12 weeks and etanercept was administered during CD treatment. Isolated aortas of the rats were used for isometric tension recording. Carbachol-induced relaxant responses were impaired in CD-fed rats, while etanercept treatment improved these endothelium-dependent relaxations. No significant change was observed in papaverine- and sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced relaxant responses. eNOS expression decreased in CD-fed rats, but no change was observed between etanercept-treated CD-fed rats and control rats. CD significantly increased both the serum and the aortic levels of TNF-α, while etanercept treatment suppressed these elevated levels. CD resulted in a significant increase in the body weight of the rats. Etanercept-treated (ETA) CD-fed rats gained less weight than both CD-fed and control rats.
Teachers’ Subjective Happiness: Testing the Importance of Emotional Intelligence Facets Beyond Perceived Stress

Purpose Emotional intelligence (EI) is typically linked to higher subjective happiness scores in human service professionals. It is unknown which EI facets are more predictive in explaining subjective happiness beyond that accounted for by other key predictors such as perceived stress. This study investigated which EI facets were the most predictive in explaining subjective happiness above perceived stress in a relatively large sample of Spanish teachers. Methods The sample was composed of 1323 Spanish teaching professionals (821 females and 529 secondary school teachers) from different educational centers located in Southern Spain. A student-recruited sampling technique was used, and the surveys included the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Subjective Happiness Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale. Predictive and incremental validity was assessed with SPSS, and hierarchical regression analysis was used to predict subjective happiness from EI facets beyond that accounted for by perceived stress. Results The results showed that all four EI facets correlated significantly with each other. Also, they all were positively and significantly associated with subjective happiness, whereas perceived stress was negatively associated with happiness scores. Moreover, self-emotion appraisal, use of emotions and regulation of emotions accounted for a significant amount of variance in the prediction of satisfaction with life beyond the effects of sociodemographic variables and perceived stress. Conclusion This study extends the specific contribution of EI facets in predicting subjective happiness, rather than EI as a unified construct, in a relatively large sample of Spanish teachers. Self-focused dimensions involving appraisal, use and regulation of emotions appeared to be the most important predictors of happiness beyond stress experienced by teachers. Improved knowledge of the link between specific dimensions of EI and global subjective happiness might improve training in a well-being prevention program for professional development.
Experimental and Numerical Analyses of Seating Pressure Distribution Patterns

In order to assess the seating comfort design of a vehicle seat system, a full finite element occupant model, with anatomically precise features and deformable tissues, has been developed. This paper describes the experiments which were performed in order to assess the biofidelic accuracy of this model. First, static pressure distribution measurements, with human volunteers, have been performed. People of different morphological types were asked to sit on a PU foam cushion with various postures, which were captured by photographs and X-Ray measurements. Pressure sensors were used to determine the corresponding pressure distribution patterns. Then, the FE occupant model was used to simulate the same experiments, and the numerical results were compared to the experimental ones.
Soil and crop spatial variability in maize irrigated with domestic effluent

Wastewater use in agriculture is a high-potential alternative for coping with water scarcity. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of using wastewater and sewage sludge on soil attributes in an irrigated maize plantation in the Brazilian northeastern semi-arid region, at an experimental reuse unit. Two experimental plots were installed with the following treatments: wastewater and sludge, and irrigation with wastewater only. The presence of sludge reduced the salt content and promoted an increase in the soil organic matter content, reducing the salinization risk. Biometric parameters showed no spatial dependence. On the other hand, soil moisture, electrical conductivity, sand content, clay content and sodium and potassium contents showed strong spatial dependence for the treatment with sludge application.
Response to Rituximab in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients at National Oncology Center, Aden, Yemen, 2017-2020:  Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: Rituximab is currently approved for the treatment of relapsed and refractory indolent lymphomas, which was added to the protocol in Yemen although it was highly costly. The study aimed to determine the long-term response of rituximab on Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL) patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in the National Oncology Center (NOC) in Aden by review of medical registries for NHL patients from 2017-2020. Sociodemographic and clinical data were extracted from patients’ files by a well-trained team. SPSS version 23 was used for the analysis of data, and Kaplan Meier survival curve was used to measure overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) between two groups CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone) and rituximab-CHOP group in two follow up periods (12-months and 4-years). Cox regression was used to evaluate the association between the risk factors. A P-value of < 0.05 at a confidence interval of 95% is considered statistically significant. Results: Of 100 patients, 50 for each group of CHOP and R-CHOP. The under 60 years represented 70%. Advanced Stage represented 64% and diffuse large B cell lymphoma represented 47% of all subtypes of NHL. Significant association difference in OS in two periods of follow-up (12-month and 4-years) for CHOP vs. R-CHOP was 63% vs. 86%, and 10% vs. 33%, respectively (P=0.01 and P=0.04). In contrast, the difference was non-statically significant in the PFS in two periods 39% vs. 66%, and 12% vs. 27% for CHOP vs. R-CHOP, respectively (P=0.10 and P=0.31). The age group > 60 years, ≥ 6 cycles of chemotherapy received, abnormality of LDH, and married patients were the significantly hazard proportion that was associated with poor prognostic factors (P= 0.009, 0.001,0.010, and 0.011, respectively). Conclusion: The addition of rituximab to CHOP chemotherapy had a statistical difference in overall survival and there is no difference in PFS. Elderly, married patients, more than 6 cycles of chemotherapy received, and abnormality of LDH were the most important prognostic factors. Therefore, providing the oncology center with Rituximab for ongoing use of NHL patients especially those under 60 years, further assessment for hospital-related risk factors that lead to decreased survival are recommended.
Why Physical Education Is Not Taught in Primary Schools: Views of Teachers in Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of Central Region, Ghana

The physical, social and emotional benefits of Physical Education (PE) have been well established. Nevertheless, the subject is mostly either not taught at all or not taught well by teachers. This study, therefore, aimed at investigating why PE as a subject was not taught as expected in basic schools in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District (TAM) of the Central Region in Ghana. The study focused on investigating whether the perception of teachers towards PE, training of teachers, nature of school curriculum and availability of facilities and equipment were factors affecting the teaching of PE in basic schools within the TAM district. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey, which utilised primary data collected from a total of 536 basic school teachers in the TAM district. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) were used to analyse the data collected. The results revealed the following; the majority (86.4%) of the teachers did not actually teach PE in the primary schools, the majority (64%) of teachers had positive perceptions towards PE, majority of the teachers viewed training of teachers (78.4%), nature of school curriculum (81.5%) and provisions of facilities and equipment (93.1%) as factors affecting the teaching of PE in TAM District. On the availability of facilities and equipment for the teaching of PE, results revealed that football fields (96.6%)
Nighthawk: Fully Automated Localizing UI Display Issues via Visual Understanding

Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides a visual bridge between a software application and end users, through which they can interact with each other. With the upgrading of mobile devices and the development of aesthetics, the visual effects of the GUI are more and more attracting, and users pay more attention to the accessibility and usability of applications. However, such GUI complexity posts a great challenge to the GUI implementation. According to our pilot study of crowdtesting bug reports, display issues such as text overlap, component occlusion, missing image always occur during GUI rendering on different devices due to the software or hardware compatibility. They negatively influence the app usability, resulting in poor user experience. To detect these issues, we propose a fully automated approach, Nighthawk, based on deep learning for modelling visual information of the GUI screenshot. Nighthawk can detect GUIs with display issues and also locate the detailed region of the issue in the given GUI for guiding developers to fix the bug. At the same time, training the model needs a large amount of labeled buggy screenshots, which requires considerable manual effort to prepare them. We therefore propose a heuristic-based training data auto-generation method to automatically generate the labeled training data. The evaluation demonstrates that our Nighthawk can achieve average 0.84 precision and 0.84 recall in detecting UI display issues, average 0.59 AP and 0.60 AR in localizing these issues. We also evaluate Nighthawk with popular Android apps on Google Play and F-Droid, and successfully uncover 151 previously-undetected UI display issues with 75 of them being confirmed or fixed so far.
Carbon Nanotube SRAM in 5-nm Technology Node Design, Optimization, and Performance Evaluation—Part II: CNT Interconnect Optimization

The size and parameter optimization for the 5-nm carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET) static random access memory (SRAM) cell was presented in Part I of this article. Based on that work, we propose a carbon nanotube (CNT) SRAM array composed of the schematically optimized CNFET SRAM and CNT interconnects. We consider the interconnects inside the CNFET SRAM cell composed of metallic single-wall CNT (M-SWCNT) bundles to represent the metal layers 0 and 1 (M0 and M1). We investigate the layout structure of CNFET SRAM cell considering CNFET devices, M-SWCNT interconnects, and metal electrode Palladium with CNT (Pd-CNT) contacts. Two versions of cell layout designs are explored and compared in terms of performance, stability, and power efficiency. Furthermore, we implement a 16 Kbit SRAM array composed of the proposed CNFET SRAM cells, multiwall CNT (MWCNTs) inter-cell interconnects and Pd-CNT contacts. Such an array shows significant advantages, with the read and write overall energy-delay product (EDP), static power consumption, and core area of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.28\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.52\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.76\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> respectively to 7-nm FinFET-SRAM array with copper interconnects, whereas the read and write static noise margins are 6% and 12% respectively larger than the FinFET counterpart.
Data Quality—Concepts and Problems

Data Quality is, in essence, understood as the degree to which the data of interest satisfies the requirements, is free of flaws, and is suited for the intended purpose. Data Quality is usually measured utilizing several criteria, which may differ in terms of assigned importance, depending on, e.g., the data at hand, stakeholders, or the intended use.
Cerebral Blood Flow and Brain Functional Connectivity Changes in Older Adults Participating in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

There is a growing interest in the potential beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation training in protecting against age-related physical, emotional, and cognitive decline. The current prospective, single-center, single-arm study investigated if functional magnetic resonance imaging-based changes in cerebral blood flow and brain functional connectivity could be observed in 11 elderly adults (mean age 79) after participation in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. The results showed significantly (p < 0.05) altered cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity in the cingulate gyrus, limbic structures, and subregions of the temporal and frontal lobes, similar to findings of other meditation-related studies in younger populations. Furthermore, these changes were also associated with significant improvements in depression symptoms. This study suggests that the MBSR program can potentially modify cerebral blood flow and connectivity in this population.
Daam1 negatively regulates USP10 activity

The differentiation of fibroblasts into pathological myofibroblasts during wound healing is in part characterized by increased cell surface expression of αv-integrins. Our previous studies found that the deubiquitinase (DUB) USP10 removes ubiquitin from αv-integrins, leading to cell surface integrin accumulation, subsequent TGFβ1 activation, and myofibroblast differentiation. In this study, a yeast-two hybrid screen elucidated a novel binding partner for USP10, the formin, Daam1. The USP10/Daam1 interaction was also supported by proximity ligation assay (PLA) activity. Treatment with TGFβ1 significantly increased USP10 and Daam1 protein expression, PLA signal, and co-localization to actin stress fibers. Furthermore, Daam1 siRNA knockdown significantly reduced a) co-precipitation of USP10 and Daam1 on purified actin stress fibers, and b) β1- and β5-integrin ubiquitination resulting in increased αv-, β1-, and β5-integrin total protein levels, αv integrin recycling to the cell surface, and extracellular fibronectin (FN) organization. Together, our data suggest that Daam1 negatively regulates USP10’s DUB activity and subsequently maintains integrin protein homeostasis.
Unity-Rate Coding Improves the Iterative Detection Convergence of Autoencoder-Aided Communication Systems

A forward error correction (FEC) and unity-rate coded (URC) autoencoder (AE)-assisted communication system is proposed for the first time, which relies on soft iterative decoding for attaining a vanishingly low error probability. The AE-demapper is specifically designed for directly calculating the extrinsic logarithmic likelihood ratios (LLRs), which can be directly entered into the URC decoder for soft iterative decoding. This avoids the potential degradation due to the conversion of symbol probabilities to bit LLRs. A comprehensive capacity analysis of the AE is performed, which demonstrates the capacity advantage of the AE-aided constellation design over its conventional quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)/ phase shift keying (PSK) counterpart. Furthermore, we carry out its EXtrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) chart analysis, which indicates that as a benefit of our URC, the EXIT curve always reaches the [1,1] point of perfect convergence, leading to a vanishingly low error probability. More explicitly, our bit error ratio (BER) and block error ratio (BLER) results demonstrate that the proposed FEC-URC-AE system achieves significant iterative gains both in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh channels, outperforming both its model-based FEC-AE and its conventional coded QAM/QPSK counterparts.