Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Monitoring Distraction of Construction Workers Using a Wearable Electroencephalography (EEG) Device

Distraction is a major cause of unsafe behaviors and decreased safety performance in a high-attention demanding construction environment. However, few studies have drawn attention on cognitive characteristics of distraction and the method to detect it quantitatively. To fill the gap, this study investigates the correlation between distraction and mental activity using EEG device, aiming to provide a real-time approach to monitor the worker’s distraction objectively. In this study, sustained attention to response task (SART) has been employed to induce the occurrences of distraction in the simulated construction safety inspection tasks. The recorded EEG data was divided into two groups corresponding with task performance: focused and distracted. By analyzing the data through pre-processing and feature extraction methods, the objective is to examine indices that enable to distinguish these two statuses based on time and frequency domain. The metrics proposed are estimated to be associated with cognitive functions like attention deficit and attention allocation, herein serve as an objective assessment of an individual’s sustained attention degrees and cognitive failures. Accordingly, this study facilitated the development of cognitive features of distraction theoretically and made it possible to detect and control the inner distraction leading to unsafe behavior or decreased task performance in practice.
Online Repatronage Intention: An Online System Usage and Purchase Experience Perspective

Nowadays, more than 10 million Malaysians who are active in online shopping. As with the physical retail business market, customer retention strategies are crucial issue that must be take into consideration by online retailers in an increasingly competitive and challenging digital economy. Previous studies on the behavior of online purchases have focused more on the early stages of adopting an online purchase method and the intention to continue to use the online medium for future purchases. However, studies focusing on the intent to make repurchases through the same online retailer or Online Repatronage Intention (ORI) have not received much attention from researchers. Therefore, this study focuses on ORI as the understanding on it can contribute to the development of customer retention strategies by the marketers. In addition to identifying the factors that influence ORI, this study also examines the impact of system usage experience and online purchase experience towards ORI. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by Davis et al. (1989) and E-SERVQUAL Model by Parasuraman et al. (2005) were applied to develop the theoretical framework for this study. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed through convenience sampling technique. However, only 332 valid questionnaires were accepted to be analyzed.
Red-light (670 nm) therapy reduces mechanical sensitivity and neuronal cell death, and alters glial responses following spinal cord injury in rats

Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) often develop debilitating neuropathic pain, which may be driven by neuronal damage and neuroinflammation. We have previously demonstrated that treatment using 670 nm (red) light irradiation alters microglia/macrophage responses and alleviates mechanical hypersensitivity at 7-days post-injury. Here, we investigated the effect of red-light on the development of mechanical hypersensitivity, neuronal markers, and glial response in the subacute stage (days 1-7) following SCI. Wistar rats were subjected to a mild T10 hemi-contusion SCI or sham surgery followed by daily red-light treatment (30 min/day; 670 nm LED; 35mW/cm2) or sham treatment. Mechanical sensitivity of the rat dorsum was assessed from 1-day post-injury and repeated every second day. Spinal cords were collected at 1, 3, 5 and 7-days post-injury for analysis of myelination, neurofilament protein NF200 expression, neuronal cell death, reactive astrocytes (GFAP+ cells), interleukin1β (IL1β) expression, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) production in IBA1+ microglia/macrophages. Red-light treatment significantly reduced the cumulative mechanical sensitivity and the hypersensitivity incidence following SCI. This effect was accompanied by significantly reduced neuronal cell death, reduced astrocyte activation and reduced iNOS expression in IBA1+ cells at the level of the injury. However, myelin and NF200 immunoreactivity and IL1β expression in GFAP+ and IBA1+ cells were not altered by red-light treatment. Thus, red-light therapy may represent a useful non-pharmacological approach for treating pain during the subacute period after SCI by decreasing neuronal loss and modulating the inflammatory glial response.
Reengineering Tier 2 Interventions for Responsive Decision Making: An Adaptive Intervention Process

Abstract Tier 2 social behavioral interventions are designed to support up to 15% of the school population; as such, they must be efficient and effective. The purpose of this article is to propose an adaptive, responsive approach to the implementation of social behavioral Tier 2 interventions, considering both core components and malleable features to increase the likelihood of improved student outcomes. We describe horizontal adaptations, which are based on student characteristics and contextual factors, as well as vertical adaptations, which are based on data indicating a student’s response (or nonresponse) to intervention. These adaptations are discussed within the context of previous research on three commonly implemented Tier 2 interventions: check- in/check-out, self-management strategies, and social skills training.
How Does Innovation Activity Affect Firm Export Behavior? Evidence from China

ABSTRACT Innovation activity largely determines how efficiently products of a firm match the preference of foreign consumers, and in turn significantly affects firm export behavior. This article sheds light on how innovation activity affects firm export behavior from the perspective of the dual export margins. The results from the theoretical analyses show that firm innovation activity promotes the expansion of an extensive export margin while having an ambiguous impact on the expansion of intensive export margin. Using micro-level data from Chinese manufacturing firms, we conclude that our empirical results are roughly in line with the theoretical propositions. In addition, the impact of innovation activity on the intensive export margin is significantly negative for China’s manufacturing firms. Furthermore, the effects of innovation activity on the dual export margins are significantly different among firms with differentiated characteristics, on which we also present some explanations to generate insights of the empirical results. The findings are robust to the alterative indicator for innovation or different estimation models.
How do Individual Differences in Attention Control and Working Memory Capacity Relate to Monitoring Automation?

With the proliferation of automated tasks, software, and systems, humans are moving from an active participant in the function of a task to a passive monitor of an automated system that is completing that task. Unfortunately, humans are not well-suited for monitoring roles and there is a need to better understand the factors involved when humans successfully identify when an automated system fails. The goal for this research was to determine whether individual differences in attention control (as measured by the anti-saccade task) and working memory capacity (as measured by the shortened operation span) related to an individual’s ability to detect automation failures. In experiment 1, there was a significant positive relationship (r = .31) between scores on the anti-saccade task and the number of automation failures that participants detected. In experiment 2, there was a significant positive relationship (r = .32) between scores on the shortened operation span and the number of automation failures that participants’ detected. The results suggest that certain individuals are better suited for detecting automation failures. Selecting for these individuals may be a fruitful endeavor as automated systems continue to grow across society.
Patterning of tissue stress responses by JNK and JAK/STAT

The restoration of tissue homeostasis upon injury relies on the spatial and temporal coordination of multiple processes, including damage-induced apoptosis and compensatory proliferation of the surviving neighboring cells. In Drosophila, the JNK pathway plays a central role in tissue stress responses and promotes both apoptosis and proliferation. How activation of the same signaling cascade results in these alternative outcomes and how these responses are spatially patterned is still unclear. We address these questions by studying two distinct regions around the site of injury in Drosophila imaginal discs. Cells at the wound margin, which experience high JNK levels, undergo a JNK-dependent extension of the G2 cell cycle phase. While acute stress conditions induce a transient and reversible G2 stalling that protects from JNK-induced apoptosis, chronic stress results in G2 arrest and promotes paracrine proliferation. We also show that, in cells located at the periphery of the injury site, activation of JAK/STAT plays an essential role by promoting survival of JNK-signaling cells, thereby allowing the execution of JNK-dependent compensatory proliferation. Together, we propose that the apoptotic and proliferative outputs of JNK signaling are balanced in domains proximal to the wound site via G2 stalling and in more distal areas via activation of JAK/STAT.
Transient Stability Simulation System with TCSC Including Wind Farm

Wind power is the most reliable and developed renewable energy sources over past decades. It has a performance of the rapid penetration in the power system. It is very essential to analyze the transient stability of grid connected doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) in wind power generating systems. This paper presents the improvement of transient stability simulation of power system including wind farm. Various mathematical models, including the detailed generator models as well as the one-mass and two-mass shaft system models, are presented in this paper. Based on the different system models, the dynamic behaviors are simulated by using Matlab/Simulink, under the condition that the machine synchronous is subjected to a three-phase short-circuit fault. In addition the FACTS such us TCSC is modeled and compared by simulation for different system at the various operation conditions. The models and methods suitable to analyze the transient stability of the power system including wind turbine systems based on DFIG are discussed in detail. The method has been evaluated by comparing the results obtained by the proposed TCSC with the dynamic simulation. The contribution has demonstrated in which the effect of the TCSC controller present the best performance compered to improve the transient stability of power system in presence wind generator.
Citrobacter as a uropathogen, its prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility pattern

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) continues to be the most common infection diagnosed in outpatients as well as in hospitalized patients. Citrobacter spp. is an emerging urinary pathogen. The present study assessed the prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Citrobacter spp. in patients admitted to or attending outpatient departments with Complain of UTI in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: A total of 36,250 urine samples were included in the study. UTI was confirmed in 7099 samples. Of these 246 (3.46%) had UTI due to Citrobacter spp. Identification was by conventional biochemical methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method as recommended by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M2-A9. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) was defined as resistance to more than two groups of drugs. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), AmpC, and metallo beta-lactamase (MBL) were detected by phenotypic methods. Results: Females predominated in the study 193 (78.4%) with 53 (21.5%) males. Most of the isolates were in the age group 21-30 and 31-40. 49 (19.9%) patients were inpatients, and 197 (80.08%) were outpatients. Aminoglycosides had a better spectrum of antimicrobial sensitivity (70.2%) with 85.2% isolates sensitive to amikacin. Fluoroquinolones had a poor activity against Citrobacter (46% sensitive). Ureidopenicillins had poor efficacy (15.4%). Out of the 246 strains, 129 (52.4%) were MDR, 61 (24.7%) of which were ESBL producers and 65 (26.4%) were AmpC producers. Most of the ESBL producing strains were isolated from inpatients. No MBL were identified in this study. Conclusion: Citrobacter though not uncommon isolate is posing a problem due to its MDR character. Infection control practices should be observed strictly, and any type of unnecessary instrumentation should be avoided.
Evaluation of pumpkin genotypes (Cucurbita moschata) suitable for summer season

The present investigation was carried out at Department of Horticulture, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during summer 2016 with 32 pumpkin ( Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex. Poir) collected from different parts of Tamil Nadu to identify small fruited high quality genotypes for summer season. The genotypes CM-9, CM 3, CM 14 (3.40) recorded more number of primary branches, the highest vine length was recorded in CM18, CM10, CM15 (10.66m, 10.50m, 9.67m) genotypes. The higher petioles were recorded in CM21, CM18, CM4 (26.63, 24.77, 24.50cm). The higher leaf length was recorded in CM5, CM11, CM1, CM9, CM8, CM23, CM2, CM31 (14.03 to 14.93cm) genotypes. The leaf breadth was highest in CM15, (22.00cm) and the higher inter nodal length in CM17 (13.53cm) was recorded. The first male flower in seventh node was observed in CM23, CM1, CM32, CM30, CM4, the first female flower appeared early in CM12, CM26, (20 and 21 st node), the days taken for male flowering was ranged from 47.20 to 54.20 days and for flowering ranged from 51.73 to 63.27 days. The early days to female flowering was recorded in CM29, CM20 and CM17. The lowest sex ratio was recorded in CM30 (13.58). The days taken for fruit maturity less in CM29, CM28 and CM5 (83.47, 87.27 and 87.53 days). The genotypes CM29, CM28 recorded higher number of fruits per plant (4.40 and 3.13) and less fruit diameter (17.80 and 18.33cm), fruit length (44.40 and 49.73 cm), fruit weight (0.97 and 1.11kg), 100 seed weight (10 and 15g). The highest yield per plant was recorded in CM12, CM23, CM3 (9.48, 8.54 and 7.60kg). The highest TSS content (10 brix) in CM13, acidity (0.78) in CM27, ascorbic acid (10mg) in CM23, moisture content (99%) in CM30, CM31, beta carotene content in CM29, and CM28 (0.99 and 0.89 mg). The CM29 and CM28 genotypes were identified as small fruited type among the genotypes studied.
Show me the meaning! The contextual relevance of images influences the recall and understanding of multimedia RSVP paragraphs

ABSTRACT This study examined whether images facilitate contextual grouping as effectively as words. College students (N = 102) read RSVP paragraphs with topics located at the beginning, middle, or end of the paragraph. Paragraph topic was presented as a topic-related image, topic-unrelated image, or written explicitly in text. Topic identification was equally accurate for topic-related images and topic sentences, and less accurate for unrelated images. Paragraphs from the text condition were recalled more accurately than the related and unrelated image conditions. Further, recognition of unrelated images was a positive predictor of the number of logical errors committed during recall. Therefore, related images did not improve memory and comprehension as much as text, and paragraphs with unrelated images negatively affected understanding of the meaning of the paragraph, but not recall. These findings have implications for multimedia information sources such as textbooks or articles that use images to clarify the meaning of the material.
Differences in architecture and performance between two sub‐canopy congeneric tropical tree species

We report architectural divergence between two congeneric tropical tree species coexisting in the same stratum which suggests different strategies: reducing self‐shading and support costs, or maximizing light foraging. We found species‐specific differential performance across light environments, suggesting that architectural differentiation could facilitate the coexistence of species with similar vertical habitat.
International Shock Transmission: Does Bank Organizational Structure Matter?

The organization structure of global banks affects how they respond to liquidity shocks and matters for international shock transmission. Liquidity shocks to global banks induces a fire sales of securities by their international branches that rely on parent banks for funding, but not by their international subsidiaries that are independently capitalized and domestically funded. Domestic banks allocate funds to purchase securities sold in such fire sales, but in turn reduce credit supply, causing liquidity shocks to spill-over. Our study contributes to the debate regarding optimal regulation of global banks and externalities arising from securities trading by such banks.
On strengthening of ultrafine grained austenitic steels subjected to large strain deformation

Our current results on the structure-property relationship in ultrafine grained (UFG) austenitic steels, subjected to large strain deformation under conditions of cold to warm working are critically reviewed. Commonly, the grain size and dislocation density that evolve in UFG steels and alloys during large strain deformation depends sensitively on the processing conditions, i.e., temperature and strain rate. The grain size decreases, and the dislocation density increases with a decrease in deformation temperature. Therefore, a unique power-law relationship with a grain size exponent of -0.6 holds between the deformation grain size and the dislocation density. A power-law function between the grain size and dislocation density is obtained for UFG steels even after annealing. Thus, the yield strength of UFG steels can be expressed by a modified Hall-Petch-type relationship, which includes the dislocation strengthening, by using the grain size or dislocation density as a unique variable.
Cranial Morphometrics of a Stranded Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) in Mersin Bay (Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey)

On 10 November 2017, a young male common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), 185 cm in total length (TL), was found dead on the Mersin Marina (36°46'065"N, 34°34'212"E) in Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Measurements of the sample performed and documented. The specimen buried to obtain the skeleton of the individual. At the end of this process, the sample was deposited in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, (Catalogue no: MEUMC-17- 11-001). The morphometric measurements can contribute to ongoing fisheries biology and taxonomic studies of T. truncatus from Mediterranean Sea waters. During routine fishing activities, common bottlenose dolphins can be caught in fishing nets and drowned. This issue leads to an extra population loss in addition to environmental factors that cause dolphin deaths. At the national level, measures should be implemented to protect dolphins and other marine species caught off -target.
Disruption risks in supply chain management: a literature review based on bibliometric analysis

Disruption risks in supply chain management have a great negative influence on the performance of supply chain members. Therefore, the field of supply chain disruption (SCD) has received increasing attention on mitigating the risks and improving the supply chain performance. This paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric overview and visualisation of the field of SCD based on 1,310 publications derived from the core collection of the Web of Science. The influential authors, organisations, and SCD keywords are discussed in detail based on some visualisation tools. Then, the leading publications and main clusters of SCD are identified to find out the key research topics based on citation analysis and reference co-citation analysis. The paper will be a helpful resource for researchers and practitioners who are interested in the field of SCD to capture the current research hotspots and potential research directions.
Effects of JOINS® on the pharmacokinetic profiles of aceclofenac in healthy Korean volunteers: an open-label, multiple-dose, one sequence, two-period study

Dasohm Kim, Eun Sil Oh, Choon Ok Kim, Chungam Choi, Min Jung Chang and Min Soo Park* Department of Pharmaceutical Medicine and Regulatory Sciences, Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon 21983, Republic of Korea, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Trials Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea, Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, Incheon 21983, Republic of Korea, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea *Correspondence: M.S. Park; Tel: +82-2-2228-0270, Fax: +82-2-2227-7890, E-mail: minspark@yuhs.ac
UAE for the treatment of symptomatic adenomyosis

Poster: "ECR 2010 / C-2074 / UAE for the treatment of symptomatic adenomyosis" by: "V. D. Souftas, P. Tsikouras, M. Mantatzis, E. Astrinakis, S. Foutzitzi, V. Liberis, P. Prassopoulos; Alexandroupolis/GR"
Random matrix models for datasets with fixed time horizons

This paper examines the use of random matrix theory as it has been applied to model large financial datasets, especially for the purpose of estimating the bias inherent in Mean-Variance portfolio allocation when a sample covariance matrix is substituted for the true underlying covariance. Such problems were observed and modeled in the seminal work of Laloux et al. [Noise dressing of financial correlation matrices. Phys. Rev. Lett. , 1999, 83, 1467] and rigorously proved by Bai et al. [Enhancement of the applicability of Markowitz's portfolio optimization by utilizing random matrix theory. Math. Finance, 2009, 19, 639–667] under minimal assumptions. If the returns on assets to be held in the portfolio are assumed independent and stationary, then these results are universal in that they do not depend on the precise distribution of returns. This universality has been somewhat misrepresented in the literature, however, as asymptotic results require that an arbitrarily long time horizon be available before such predictions necessarily become accurate. In order to reconcile these models with the highly non-Gaussian returns observed in real financial data, a new ensemble of random rectangular matrices is introduced, modeled on the observations of independent Lévy processes over a fixed time horizon.