Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Thick, two-dimensional wake roll-up behind a wing of finite span—extended calculations

Reference 1 describes a numerical procedure for calculating the roll-up of the wake behind a wing of finite span, when the wake vorticity is assumed to occur within a layer of finite thickness with thin elliptic cross-section normal to the stream. The vorticity is assumed to be a function of spanwise position only (corresponding to a linear transverse velocity profile when the wake is thin), the process is treated as a two-dimensional unsteady one, as in the work of Westwater, Moore and others, and viscous and turbulence effects are ignored. In Ref. 1 the technique was applied to the classical elliptic loading, to calculate the very early stages of the roll-up. In the present paper these calculations are extended to larger values of the dimensionless time t* and the results are seen to tally fairly well with those of Moore, which were obtained by using a point-vortex model. Similar calculations have also been carried out for a particular non-elliptic loading which was dealt with by Clements and Maull by a two-dimensional, point-vortex method. They gave this loading as an example of a distribution which produces two roll-up cores on each half span, with an induced drag only 10% greater than that of the elliptic loading having the same Ch. The results of the new calculations are presented here, and are seen to be similar to those of Ref. 4 in a general way, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Discourse Timing in Children's Rhyme Speech Produced by Prelingually Deaf Mandarin-Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants

This paper explored how cochlear-implanted (CI) children modulated discourse tempo prosodically to achieve surface dynamic tempo cadence. The main purpose was to reveal the prosodic discourse timing differences between the CI children and those normal-hearing (NH) peers. It is found that compared with the NH peers, CI children: 1) followed the same dynamic discourse tempo cadence, but needed more time to prepare for the higher-level chunking and lower-level articulatory planning at the beginning of discourse production; 2) were able to successfully modulate the dynamic rhythmic tempo at multiple layers of the discourse units but applied the isochronous pattern more robustly; 3) had no obstacles in applying appropriate pausing strategy to phrase the children's rhyme discourse. Finally, earlier implantation and language training can facilitate the CI children's ability to modulate segmental duration and discourse timing, thus contributing a lot to the CI children's speech intelligibility.
Lateral Vehicle Following in a Cooperative Vehicle Platooning Application: an H∞ approach

Lateral control in the absence of lane markings is an essential safety fallback for an autonomous vehicle in cooperative driving applications. Point following control is one such solutions for lateral control. However, it suffers from corner cutting and severe disturbance amplification throughout the platoon. In this paper, a new model for controller synthesis is proposed which supports including the error induced by the road curvature in the communication between two vehicles. This enables the trailing vehicle to deduce the actual road error states, which negates steady-state corner cutting if these errors are controlled to zero. To demonstrate the benefits of this new control model, an control framework is used to design a lateral controller which minimizes the lateral overshoot of the vehicles during transient maneuvering. The proposed approach has been evaluated using numerical simulations. Simulation results show that the lateral overshoot can be reduced by a factor 10 with respect to existing lateral control solutions.
The severity of essential hypertension in terms of blood pressure values does not depend on NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes polymorphisms in the West-Ukrainian population

Objective: to evaluate the association of essential arterial hypertension (EAH) and its severity with genes polymorphism of NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) in West-Ukrainian population. Materials and methods. One-hundred EAH patients (48 – healthy control) participated in the cohort case-control study. Blood pressure (BP), Creatinine, glucose, lipids panel were studied. GNB3 (rs5443) and NOS3 (rs2070744) genotyping performed by TaqMan probes (CFX96™Real-Time PCR). Risk assessed by Relative Risk, Odds Ratio and 95% Confidential intervals. Results. A mutation of the NOS3 gene (786T>C, rs2070744) and the GNB3 gene (825C>T, rs5443) in the homozygous state in the West-Ukrainian population suffers from EAH occurs with a frequency of 16.67% and 8.33%, with no differences with the control subjects (p>0.05). In both groups dominate the T-allele of the NOS3 gene and the C-allele of the GNB3 gene: in patients by 12.5% ​​(c2=4.50; p=0.034) and 41.66% (c2=50.0; p<0.001), in the control – by 25.0% (c2=12.0; p<0.001) and 40.0% (c2=33.33; p<0.001), respectively. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis did not confirm the prediction of the EAH appearance by polymorphic variants of the NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes. However, the TT genotype of the GNB3 gene (rs5443) increases unreliably the EAH risk almost twice as likely [OR=2.0; OR 95%CI:0.40-10.82; p>0.05]. Epidemiological analysis did not confirm the association of the NOS3 gene with the EAH severity. But T-allele of the GNB3 gene increases the probability of high normal BP almost 5 times [OR=4.86; OR 95%CI:0.99-24.75; p=0.042]. Conclusions: NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes polymorphisms are not associated with blood pressure values and EAH severity as well.
Multilevel optimal distinctiveness: Examining the impact of within‐ and between‐organization distinctiveness of product design on market performance

Research Summary: This research develops a multi-level framework to study optimal distinctiveness (OD) at two levels. We distinguish between within-organization distinctiveness and between-organization distinctiveness of product design and examine how they independently and interactively influence performance. Analyzing a unique data set of 2,203 model-year observations for automobiles sold in the U.S. market from 2001 to 2016, we found that while within-organization distinctiveness of product design hurts market performance, between-organization distinctiveness of product design increases market performance. Moreover, when between-organization distinctiveness of product design is high, the negative impact of within-organization distinctiveness of product design on performance is weakened. These findings contribute to OD research by improving the understanding of OD as a multilevel construct and elaborating on its contextual contingency. Managerial Summary: How should multiproduct organizations design their products to achieve better performance? This article provides a multilevel perspective that encourages managers of multiproduct organizations to consider different frames of references when
Mammary gene expressions and oxidative indicators in ruminal fluid, blood, milk, and mammary tissue of dairy goats fed a total mixed ration containing piper meal (Piper betle L.)

Abstract The study evaluated the effect of piper meal which contains flavonoids, essential oils, and phenolic acids on the activity of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT), and as well as oxidative stress indicators such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl-scavenging activity and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in the ruminal fluid, mammary tissue, milk, and blood of lactating goats. Fourteen early lactating Saanen goats (body weight, 44 ± 2.51 kg; 14 ± 3 days in milk) were allotted in equal number to two experimental groups, each received one of the two total mixed rations: control (CON) diet (containing 0% piper meal) and CPM diet (CON diet containing 1.3% piper meal per kg dry matter). Compared with goats fed the CON diet, those fed CPM diet had similar 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl-scavenging, GPx and CAT activity in ruminal fluid, mammary tissue, milk, and blood; however, those samples had increased SOD activity. Dietary CPM diet had a tendency to decrease TBARS production in ruminal fluid, mammary tissue, milk, and plasma by about 2.4, 1.2, 1.1, and 1.4 folds, respectively. Furthermore, alleviated values of TBARS were associated with dwindling mRNA expression of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1 (NFKB1) but greater expression of SOD1, SOD2, SOD3, and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NFE2L2 ) in mammary tissue. Our findings showed that the inclusion of 13.0 g piper meal in per kg diet (CPM) can improve the oxidative status of Saanen goats in early lactation. Graphical Abstract Highlights Flavonoids, essential oils, and phenolic acids of piper meal increased antioxidant status in early lactation of dairy goats. Dietary piper meal attenuates oxidative stress indicators in physiological fluids of early lactating goats. Dietary piper meal modulated antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in physiological tissues of early lactating goats.
Big five personality traits and physician-certified sickness absence

Although several studies show that personality traits are associated with absenteeism, few large-scale studies have examined these relationships prospectively, integrating survey data and register data on sickness absence. This study examines whether personality is associated with sickness absence, and whether health factors, gender, age, type of occupation and job satisfaction moderate this relationship. We combine survey data assessing the Big Five personality traits from a large sample of Norwegian employees aged 18–62 years (N = 5017) with register data on physician-certified sickness absence up to four years after. Negative binomial regression analyses showed that extraversion was positively associated with subsequent sickness absence when controlling for several covariates, including health, work factors and previous spells of sickness absence. Neuroticism also showed significant positive associations with sick leave; however, the association diminished when accounting for previous spells of sickness absence. Moderator analyses demonstrated that age and type of occupation affected some of the associations between personality and sickness absence. The findings indicate that – in addition to general health promotion measures – specific interventions targeting individuals high in extraversion may be beneficial in reducing sick leave. How socio-demographic and work-related factors moderate the relationship between personality and sickness absence may be an interesting future research area.
Acquisition versus greenfield in Colombia: Reviewing the effect of cultural distance and vicarious experience

The relation between the cultural distance and the firm’s entry modes to foreign countries has received considerable research attention, and studies have shown the role of experience in this relation. However, previous research has only studied direct experience and neglected the study of vicarious experience. Using a sample of 355 foreign companies that entered Colombia (2007–2017), this research reviews the effect of cultural distance on entry mode choice (e.g., Acquisition vs. Greenfield) and examines the moderating role of vicarious experience in this relationship. The study concludes that the cultural distance positively affects the entry probability by acquisition, and the vicarious experience negatively affects this relationship in four cultural dimensions. If firms have vicarious experience, the effect of cultural distance on the acquisition probability is less and positively influences the entry probability by Greenfield when the cultural distance is in power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, and long-term orientation. Nevertheless, vicarious experience has the opposite effect when considering the masculinity dimension. Consequently, we highlight the importance of considering vicarious experience as a different variable of direct experience and the individual effects of cultural distance dimensions for cross-cultural studies in management.
The Effect of Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes on Health-related Quality of Life among the Elderly in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province

Aims: This study explores the cumulative effects of cardiovascular risk factors on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) among the elderly. Study Design: Our study comprises a cross-sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: The Nov 2021 population-based research represents the Saudi Eastern Province population aged 60 years and above. Methodology: Information was collected through home-based personal interviews using a structured questionnaire on the participants' health. The participants provided informed verbal consent. On each scale of the SF-36 questionnaire, multiple linear regression examined the relationships between obesity, hypertension, diabetes and HRQL after adjusting for sociodemographic data and lifestyle factors. Results: Diabetes and hypertension registered the worst HRQL among males on all the scales (‒53.8 to ‒22.0 points according to the scale) in the two-factor cluster and male clusters except social functioning and role-emotional. Obesity and diabetes registered the worst HRQL on all the scales (–24.4 to –40.4 points according to the scale) in the two-factor female cluster except physical functioning, bodily pain and general health, and on all scales in female clusters except physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, social functioning and role-emotional. Conclusion: Our study shows that obesity, hypertension and diabetes (as separate factors and in combination) negatively affect HRQL.
The Response of The Addition of Ginseng Leaves (Talinum Paniculatum Gaertn) Mix Supplements in Rations to The Performance of Broiler Production

The aim of this study was to determine the response of adding ginseng leaf supplements (Talinum Paniculatum Gaertn) to the diet on the introduction of meat products, including dietary intake, body weight gain and dietary transformation in broilers. The subjects of the study were 100 broilers with five treatments and four replicates grown from DOC for 33 days. A control treatment was a 100% mixed diet (A), and B was a mixed died with 0.5% ginseng leaf mixture supplement. Treatment C was a mixed died with 1% ginseng leaf mixture supplement, with 1.5% ginseng leaf mixture supplement (D treatment), and with 2% additive to the ginseng leaf mixture (E treatment). The blended diet consisted of corn, palm meal, soybean meal, fishmeal, oil, and top mix. The variables measured were diet intake, weight gain, and diet conversion. The research method used an experiment with a completely randomized design. The results showed that the addition of the ginseng leaf meal feed additive to the diet had no significant effect (P> 0.05) on dietary intake, body weight gain, and diet conversion. The conclusion of this study is that the addition of up to 2% of the ginseng leaf meal feed additive to the diet did not negatively affect the appearance of the product and broilers.
Provenance and maximum depositional ages of Upper Triassic and Jurassic sandstone, north‐eastern Mexico

Upper Triassic to lowest Upper Jurassic strata in north‐eastern Mexico record surface processes during the early rifting that led to the opening of the Gulf of Mexico. Exposed near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas and northwest to Galeana, Nuevo Leon, these continental deposits are called the Huizachal Group. Several key questions about these strata hamper their integration into a regional understanding of Late Triassic and Jurassic sediment routing and deposition. First, the depositional age of the stratigraphically lowest unit, the El Alamar Formation, is less well established than the depositional ages of the stratigraphically higher parts of the succession, leading to questions about the timinig of the onset of tectonic context, and regional correlation of these strata. Second, better knowledge of provenance and sediment routing, including fluvial transport distance, can help determine whether and when the depositional basin was split into subbasins versus connected by a throughgoing river system. This study uses sandstone detrital zircon U‐Pb isotopic ages and clast compositions to constrain depositional ages and reconstruct tectonic setting and provenance. Detrital zircon U‐Pb ages yielded a maximum depositional age of 210 Ma for the part of the El Alamar Formation exposed near Galeana, younger than previously determined. Although long‐distance (>100 km) sediment transport cannot be ruled out, the sources for Huizachal Group sandstone framework grains and detrital zircon could have been entirely local, within about 100 km. Alluvial deposits and pyroclastic and lava flows likewise indicate transport of no more than 100 km. We therefore infer deposition in partitioned rift basins receiving sediment from local sources. These data and interpretations contribute to understanding surface processes during the initial rifting that eventually led to opening of the Gulf of Mexico.
Exploring the complexity of RNA virus infections using viral genomics

RNA viruses such as influenza, dengue, SARS, Ebola and yellow fever are a formidable threat to human health and global economy. They have small genomes, but due to the lack of proof-reading during RNA-to-RNA replication, these genomes harbour many mutations. Thus, in a single infected host, many different genomic variants exist. Until recently, it was not possible to sequence these within-host variants reliably due to technical limitations of sequencing platforms. Instead, most analysis were restricted to a representative “consensus” viral sequence per host, which is an oversimplification of the true diversity of these infections. While consensus level genome analyses have helped in understanding disease pathogenesis, designing better treatments or vaccines, contact tracing and predicting infection outcomes, using within-host variants in analyses could potentially achieve more. The work presented here describes the value of viral genomics in understanding the complexity of RNA virus infections and introduces cutting-edge technological advances we have made in identifying within-host viral variants in an infected host. This work used hepatitis C virus (a chronic infection) as a model and the optimised methods were subse-quently adapted to study dengue virus (an acute infection). Chronic and acute RNA virus infections each pose unique challenges in viral genomics analyses and overcoming these challenges for both types of viruses ensures that these methods can be applied to study many other RNA viruses.
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF MICROBIAL ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM OBSTETRICS PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN INDIA

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most frequent clinical bacterial infections in women. They are at higher risk to acquire UTI during pregnancy. The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance is a cause of increasing concern. Thus, knowledge of local antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common uropathogens is essential for empiric therapy of UTIs. Retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology of DRPGM MATERIALS AND METHODS: C Kangra at Tanda. Study was conducted for the period of one years ie. from July 2020 to June 202. Urine samples were collected and sent to the laboratory for identication and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates. RESULTS: During the 12-month study period, out of the 1266 samples screened, 977(77.2%) were sterile, 224(17.698%) samples showed signicant growth of >10฀CFU/ml and 65(5.1%) were contaminanst or insignicant growth, which were excluded from the study. E. coli alone accounted for 66.9% of the urinary isolates followed by Klebsiella spp 12.9%. Among the Gram-positive cocci, Enterococcus isolated from a single sample and Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus were seen in two urine samples. Signicantly high susceptibility was seen with fosfomycin(90%) and nitrofurantoin(84%). Resistance was quite high against the noroxacin(30.3%) and cefazolin(17.8%). The susceptibility patterns seen in our study see CONCLUSION: m to suggest that it is necessary to obtain sensitivity reports before initiation of antibiotic therapy in cases of suspected UTI
Effects of Limited Irrigation and Nitrogen Rate on the Herbage Yield, Water Productivity, and Nutritive Value of Sorghum Silage

ABSTRACT To evaluate the herbage yield and silage quality of sorghum as affected by nitrogen and irrigation levels, a 2-yr experiment (2017–2018) was conducted in a semi-arid region of Iran. Three irrigation levels (supply 100, 75, and 50% of soil moisture deficit as I100, I75, I50) and three nitrogen levels (150, 300, and 450 kg urea ha−1 as N150, N300, N450) were evaluated. Increasing nitrogen levels increased green herbage yield (GHY), irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE), lactic acid (LA), propionic acid (PA), digestible organic matter (DOM), crude protein (CP), and metabolizable energy (ME) but reduced the pH, dry matter content (DMC), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) of silage. The I100 compared to I50 treatment, resulted in higher GHY (69%), ADF (4%), NDF (2%), DMC (5%), ash (4%), and LA (13%) but reduced the IWUE (14%), CP (15%), DOM (3%), GP (4%), and ME (3%). Overall, the I75× N450 can be considered as the suitable treatment for sorghum silage production in semi-arid regions by saving 24% of irrigation water and producing high GHY (117.52 Mg ha−1) with the maximum IWUE (23.64 kg m−3) and high content of CP (88.5 g kg−1) and PA (0.34 g kg−1). In conclusion, the I75× N450 is introduced as the superior treatment; however, in conditions of severe limitation of water resources, it is recommended to irrigate silage sorghum with the supply of 50% soil moisture deficit with the application of 150 kg urea ha−1 (I50× N150).
The accounting information system impact on micro, small, medium-sized enterprises performances in Bengkulu

The role of accounting information system (AIS) incorporating to firms' daily operations and management remains indisputable. This paper aims to study the effect of AIS on micro, small, medium-sized enterprises' (MSMEs) financial performance. A total of 522 datasets were gathered from structured questionnaires that were distributed to MSME owners in Bengkulu Province. Partial least squares regression (PLS) was used to build a model for predicting and evaluating the structural model of the study. Similar to the previous study, the result of the study revealed that although the majority of respondents were not implemented AIS properly, they have perceived that AIS has a positive effect on micro, small, and medium enterprises' performances. Moreover, it has also been found that the positive perception of accounting information usages is influenced by accounting resources and the application of basic accounting.