Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research

Research on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has quickly evolved into a prominent research field encompassing an expansive and growing number of research groups and organizations across the world. The main conclusion of most of these studies is that 100% renewables is feasible worldwide at low cost. Advanced concepts and methods now enable the field to chart realistic as well as cost- or resource-optimized and efficient transition pathways to a future without the use of fossil fuels. Such proposed pathways in turn, have helped spur 100% renewable energy policy targets and actions, leading to more research. In most transition pathways, solar energy and wind power increasingly emerge as the central pillars of a sustainable energy system combined with energy efficiency measures. Cost-optimization modeling and greater resource availability tend to lead to higher solar photovoltaic shares, while emphasis on energy supply diversification tends to point to higher wind power contributions. Recent research has focused on the challenges and opportunities regarding grid congestion, energy storage, sector coupling, electrification of transport and industry implying power-to-X and hydrogen-to-X, and the inclusion of natural and technical carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches. The result is a holistic vision of the transition towards a net-negative greenhouse gas emissions economy that can limit global warming to 1.5°C with a clearly defined carbon budget in a sustainable and cost-effective manner based on 100% renewable energy-industry-CDR systems. Initially, the field encountered very strong skepticism. Therefore, this paper also includes a response to major critiques against 100% renewable energy systems, and also discusses the institutional inertia that hampers adoption by the International Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as well as possible negative connections to community acceptance and energy justice. We conclude by discussing how this emergent research field can further progress to the benefit of society.
PRICE AND QUALITY ON CONSUMER BRAND PERFORMANCE: CASE OF APPAREL INDUSTRY

Ever since the modern era has begun, the evolving technological progressions amplified the marketing process of conveying the products and services to the customers where the foremost priority would be based upon their preference and intention to purchase. The key drive of executing this study is to seek the effect of apparel quality, price and digital advertising on the preference of the customers. Moreover, this study involves around four basic dimensions which were used in order to find the influence of independent variables includes price, quality and digital advertisement of apparel brands whereas customer brand preference taken as dependent variable. The following research is quantitative in manner and cast a deductive approach. Further, this study has few questions related to our objective however the solutions of those question is being analyzed through correlation analysis which also express the relationship among the designated variables/dimensions. For the purpose of finding the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable, Regression test was carried out for the prior understanding. With the help of data analysis, it can be conclude that all the dimensions have a significant relationship among them however the significant impact of independent variables on the dependent variable has been found. Eventually, there were 239 respondents taken as sample size of population though the respondents are majorly categorized as those who used the mentioned apparel brands and are the residents of metropolitan cities of Pakistan.
Morphological Characterization of ABS and PC-ABS Surfaces for Automotive Industry

In the automotive industry, the measurement, control and reproducibility of certain morphological characteristics of surfaces are important to characterize, qualify, certify and optimize different physical properties, such as the degree of wear, the degree of adhesion by adhesives, glues or paints and optical properties. In this regard, this work is intended demonstrate how it is possible to characterize different surfaces in ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) and PC-ABS (PolyCarbonate/Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) through a set of morphological parameters defined according to the ISO 25178 standard. These surfaces have been subjected to different etching treatments performed with different chemicals, which can radically modify the morphology of the surface, making it more or less suitable according to the industrial purposes sought. Furthermore, in this work an analytical relationship between the hybrid parameters Sdq and Sdr defined in the ISO-25718 standard is also proposed, valid for many surfaces of general use. This study is based on the use of a confocal optical microscope and a SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), which allow surface morphology to be studied at the micro/nano scale and the measurements are analyzed with special imaging and three-dimensional scanning software that allows the precise measurement of morphological parameters of the standard ISO-25178.
In Vivo Evaluation of an Antibody-Functionalized Lipoidal Nanosystem for Schistosomiasis Intervention

This study employed nanotechnological techniques to design and develop a praziquantel nanoliposomal (NLP) system and surface-functionalized the NLP with anti-calpain antibody (anti-calpain-NLP) for targeted praziquantel (PZQ) delivery in the treatment of schistosomiasis. Anti-calpain-NLPs were prepared and validated for their physicochemical parameters, in vitro and in vivo toxicity, drug entrapment efficiency (DEE), drug loading capacity (DLC), drug release, and parasitological cure rate. The particle sizes for the formulated nanoliposomes ranged from 88.3 to 92.7 nm (PDI = 0.17–0.35), and zeta potential ranged from −20.2 to −31.9 mV. The DLC and DEE ranged from 9.03 to 14.16 and 92.07 to 94.63, respectively. The functionalization of the nanoliposome surface was stable, uniform, and spherical. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), thermal behavior and X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) analysis confirmed that the anti-calpain antibody and PZQ were attached to the surface and the nanoliposomes inner core, respectively. The drug sustained release was shown to be 93.2 and 91.1% within 24 h for NLP and anti-calpain-NLP, respectively. In the in vitro analysis study, the nanoliposome concentrations range of 30 to 120 μg/mL employed revealed acceptable levels of cell viability, with no significant cytotoxic effects on RAW 264.7 murine macrophage as well as 3T3 human fibroblast cells. Biochemical markers and histopathological analysis showed that the formulated nanoliposomes present no or minimal oxidative stress and confer hepatoprotective effects on the animals. The cure rate of the anti-calpain-NLP and PZQ was assessed by parasitological analysis, and it was discovered that treatment with 250 mg/kg anti-calpain-NLP demonstrated greater activity on the total worm burden, and ova count for both the juvenile and adult schistosomes in the intestine and liver of infected mice. The findings so obtained supported the ability of oral anti-calpain-NLP to target young and adult schistosomes in the liver and porto-mesenteric locations, resulting in improved effectiveness of PZQ.
Social media addiction on mental health of undergraduates

Young people are avid social media users and, as such, might be prone to mental health issues because of the comparison of the kind of life they see on social media. The study was anchored on the social comparison theory; hence, it investigated the influence of social media on the mental health of Afe Babalola University undergraduates. The survey design with a sample of 382 was chosen from the population of 8500 students. The study adopted the purposive sampling technique as respondents were chosen based on their usage of social media. It was discovered that increased use of social media leads to deeper social life suffering in the sense that addicted users interact more and value social media friends more than real-life interactions with family and friends. The study also revealed a moderate correlation between the increase in social media addiction and the increase in the mental health of users. Thus, social media significantly influences the mental health of undergraduates in the university.
Time is overestimated in obesity: A cohort study

Food addiction and high impulsivity are common traits in obesity. In accordance with the evidence that time is overestimated in patients with a history of impulsivity and/or drug addiction, we tested the hypothesis that duration is overestimated in obesity. A total of 92 obese participants and 182 healthy controls completed a timing task of visual stimuli. In line with our prediction, obese participants overestimated the duration of the displayed visual stimuli than controls. Our result has potential clinical implications in the field of obesity, as it suggests a potential contribution of this cognitive dysfunction in the emergence and maintenance of obesity-related behaviour.
Differential effects of low vs high inertial loads during an eccentric-overload training intervention in rugby union players: a preliminary study.

BACKGROUND Eccentric overload training (EOT) has been proposed as an effective stimulus to optimize dynamic athletic performance. Nevertheless the appropriate intensity during EOT remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the inertial load used during an EOT programme on performance adaptations in rugby union players. METHODS Fifteen rugby players were divided into a low (0.025 kg·m2; G 0.025) or a high (0.075 kg·m2; G 0.075) inertial load for training. Both groups trained using the flywheel half squat exercise twice a week during the seven-week EOT. Athletic performance was evaluated by testing the half squat maximum repetition (1RM), countermovement jump (CMJ), 40 m linear sprint, the modified agility T-Test, and power output in the flywheel squat exercise. Data were analysed using magnitude-based inferences. RESULTS Both groups improved their 1RM and CMJ to a similar extent. Nevertheless, the G 0.025 showed likely trivial changes in linear sprint (ES = -0.02), and possibly positive effects on the agility T-Test (ES = 0.16), while the G 0.075 showed possibly negative effects on 40 m linear sprint (ES = - 0.23) and likely trivial effects on the T-Test (ES = 0.07). CONCLUSIONS Due to the similar gains in 1RM and CMJ, and the superior maintenance in linear sprint, the use of low inertial loads during EOT may be a better option when looking for athletic performance optimization.
Signal Isolation in Full-Duplex Inter-Tower Communication Networks: Field Trials

Future digital terrestrial television (DTT) systems, such as ATSC 3.0, are evolving to offer users new applications and services. These new applications (e.g., target advertisement, connected cars, 4k/8k video content) require a considerable increase in transmission capacity. In contrast, the current standards and technologies need to improve the offered spectral efficiency rate to adapt to the new use cases. A good alternative is to enable full-duplex communications among the ATSC transmission centers to build a mesh network of transmitters (i.e., Inter-Tower Communication Network or ITCN). The main drawback of this idea is the self-interference (SI) or loopback signal that is generated and added to the received signal. To reduce the impact of the SI, the transmission centers combine different signal isolation and cancellation techniques. This paper focuses on the characterization of the signal power isolation between the transmitted and the received signals under different conditions. In particular, this paper shows the results obtained during a measurement campaign in a real broadcast transmission center. The measurements were carried out following a novel signal isolation measurement methodology, and the results analyze the obtained signal isolation and the time variability of the received signal power. The results show that a minimum isolation value of 69.5 dB can be obtained for the worst evaluated case.
Noise and Room Acoustic Conditions in a Tertiary Referral Hospital, Seoul National University Hospital

Background and Objectives Noise levels and room acoustic parameters at a tertiary referral hospital, Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) in Korea, are investigated. Materials and Methods Through a questionnaire, acoustically problematic rooms are identified. Noise levels in emergency rooms (ERs) and intensive care units (ICUs) are measured over about three days. Acoustically critical and problematic rooms in the otolaryngology department are measured including examination rooms, operating rooms, nurse stations, receptions, and patient rooms. Results The A-weighted equivalent noise level, LAeq, ranges from 54 to 56 dBA, which is at least 10 dB lower than the noise levels of 65 to 73 dBA measured in American ERs. In an ICU, the noise level for the first night was 66 dBA, which came down to 56 dBA for the next day. The noise levels during three different ear surgeries vary from 57 to 62 dBA, depending on the use of surgical drills and suctions. The noise levels in a patient room is found to be 47 dBA, while the nurse stations and the receptions have high noise levels up to 64 dBA. The reverberation times in an operation room, examination room, and single patient room are found to be below 0.6 s. Conclusions At SNUH, the nurse stations and receptions were found to be quite noisy. The ERs were quieter than in the previous studies. The measured reverberation times seemed low enough but some other nurse stations and examination rooms were not satisfactory according to the questionnaire.
Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study

Background: Acetabular microfractures for cartilage lesions have been shown to be a safe procedure able to improve patient reported outcomes (PROs). Nevertheless, the return to sport activity rate represents a crucial outcome to be investigated in these young athletic patients. Methods: Patients undergoing acetabular microfracture for full chondral acetabular lesions were compared to a 1:1 matched-pair by age and gender control group undergoing hip arthroscopy without microfractures. Clinical assessment was performed with PROs and participation in sports in terms of type and level of activities was evaluated preoperatively and at 2-years follow-up. Results: A total of 62 patients with an average age of 35.1 ± 8.1 (microfracture group) and 36.4 ± 6.3 (control group) were included. In both groups, the average values of PROs significantly increased from preoperatively to the last follow-up. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the number of patients playing at the amateur and elite level preoperatively and at the last follow-up. Conclusions: Microfractures for the management of full-thickness acetabular chondral defect provides good clinical results at a minimum follow-up of two years, which are not inferior to a matched-pair control group. Patients undergoing this procedure are likely able to return at the same level of sport before surgery.
Capabilities-based access control for IoT devices using Verifiable Credentials

Capabilities-based access control is a promising paradigm that can handle the particularities of IoT systems. Nevertheless, existing systems are not interoperable and they have limitations, such as lack of proof of possession, inefficient revocation mechanisms, and reliance on trusted third parties. In this paper we overcome these limitations by designing and implementing a system that leverages Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to encode the access rights. Our solution specifies protocols for requesting and using VCs that can be mapped to OAuth 2.0, includes an efficient and privacy preserving proof of possession mechanism, and it supports revocation. We implement and evaluate our solution and we show that it can be directly used even by constrained devices.
PENGARUH NARASI PRODUK DAN FOTO PRODUK TERHADAP PRESEPSI KUALITAS DAN MINAT BELI WISATAWAN MELALUI PORTAL DIGITAL AGODA

The development of digital technology has forced tourism industry players to adopt various digital platforms. This study aims to test the effectiveness of the AGODA digital portal as a marketing channel. This research was conducted to complement previous research on other digital portals such as tiket.com, traveloka, and several other portals. The quantitative research design was carried out by distributing questionnaires as a data collection technique and two experiments were carried out. The first experiment was to test the effect of product narrative (copy writing), while the second experiment tested the effect of product photo quality on the perception of quality and tourists' buying interest. Based on the research conducted, the first experiment shows that the influence of product narrative (copy writing) affects the perception of quality and tourist buying interest. While in the second experiment, through MANCOVA analysis to see the involvement of respondents who chose five-star hotels, there was a significant difference between the two groups of respondents. Respondents in each experimental group have confidence that the perceived quality and purchase intention are higher than in the control group. This study has limitations because it only examines one digital portal, namely AGODA. Several other digital portals, such as traveloka, pegi-pegi, and tiket.com, have differences when compared to AGODA. The implication of this research is that if the influence of product narrative (copy writing) has a big impact on marketing activities, it needs to be developed
Unified Parametrization of Phonetic Features and Numerical Calculation of Phonetic Distances between Speech Sounds

ABSTRACT A metric method to numerically measure phonetic and phonemic distances or contrasts, between speech sounds, is put forward. The feature values of the compared phones taken from the standard IPA charts are treated as independent parameters that give rise to corresponding Euclidean distances. As an illustration, the general phone set is mapped to Ukrainian phonemes. The proposed model agrees well with the historical linguistic facts and experimental phonetic data. The described approach may find its due applications in various fields of linguistics and speech technologies, including historical and typological linguistics, language acquisition, phonetic studies, computational phonology, machine translation, information retrieval, and text-to-speech conversion.
Defense Responses and Metabolic Changes Involving Phenylpropanoid Pathway and PR Genes in Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) following Cucumber mosaic virus Infection

The current study focuses on the effects of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infection on phytochemical changes and pathogenesis- and phenylpropanoid pathway-associated gene activities in squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) plants during a time course of 2 to 12 days post inoculation (dpi). The identity of the CMV isolate was confirmed by DAS-ELISA, TEM, and coat protein gene sequence. The CMV infection initially boosts and then suppresses transcript levels of the defense-related genes PR-1, PR-2, PAL, HQT, and CHS during the investigated time course compared to controls. The expression profile during the time-course study indicated that early, transient induction of PR-1 occurs during CMV infection, while CMV induced the expression of PR-2 in systemically infected squash tissues at all time points and suppressed the expression of PAL and HQT at 8-12 dpi. CHS transcript levels fluctuated between up- and down-regulation, but by 12 dpi, CHS expression reached its peak. The HPLC and GC–MS analyses of CMV-infected squash extracts revealed that different phenolic, flavonoid, and fatty acid compounds could be induced or suppressed upon CMV infection. In particular, CMV could suppress the synthesis of most phenolic compounds, specifically chlorogenic acid, possibly leading to the virus’s rapid spread.
Food Industry Byproducts as Starting Material for Innovative, Green Feed Formulation: A Sustainable Alternative for Poultry Feeding

Rising global populations and enhanced standards of living in so-called developing countries have led to an increased demand of food, in particular meat, worldwide. While increasing the production of broiler meat could be a potential solution to this problem, broiler meat is plagued by health concerns, such as the development of antimicrobial resistance and lower meat quality. For this reason, the supplementation of poultry feed with vitamins and antioxidant compounds, such as polyphenols, has become an attractive prospect for research in this sector. Such supplements could be obtained by extraction of agricultural byproducts (in particular, grape pomaces and artichoke leaves and bracts), thus contributing to reductions in the total amount of waste biomass produced by the agricultural industry. In this review, the effects of poultry feed supplementation with bioactive extracts from grape pomace (skins and/or seeds), as well as extracts from artichoke leaves and bracts, were explored. Moreover, the various methods that have been employed to obtain extracts from these and other agricultural byproducts were listed and described, with a particular focus on novel, eco-friendly extraction methods (using, for example, innovative and biocompatible solvents like Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs)) that could reduce the costs and energy consumption of these procedures, with similar or higher yields compared to standard methods.
Effects of Nutrition Consultation on Nutritional Status in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

Hee Sook Hwang, Seung Hwan Lee, Hosun Lee, Kyung Sik Kim, Seo Jin Chung, Jae Gil Lee Department of Nutrtion and Dietetics, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Mathematical Literacy Ability of Junior High School Students in Terms of Self-Efficacy

Mathematical literacy is an individual’s ability to formulate, employ, and interpret mathematics in various contexts. One of the factors that influence this ability is self-efficacy. This study aims to obtain an overview of the mathematical literacy ability of junior high school students in terms of self-efficacy. The research method used is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The instruments used were researchers as the research implementer, a self-efficacy scale, a mathematical literacy ability test, and interview guidelines. The subjects of this study were three students who had filled out the self-efficacy scale, consisting of one student with a high level of self-efficacy, one student with a moderate level of self-efficacy, and one student with a low level of self-efficacy. The results show that student with a high level of self-efficacy can meet three indicators of mathematical literacy ability and use the knowledge gained from their experience in solving problems, student with a moderate level of self-efficacy can meet two indicators of mathematical literacy ability and tend to try to solve the given problem, meanwhile student with a low level of self-efficacy only meet one indicator of mathematical literacy ability and less aware of the role of mathematics in everyday life.