Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Agility performance variation from morning to evening: dynamic stretching warm-up impacts performance and its diurnal amplitude

ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the effects of different types of stretching on the diurnal variations of the agility performance. Twenty elite young soccer players (age: 17.40 ± 0.94 years) completed the T-test agility, either after static stretching (SS), dynamic stretching (DS), and no-stretching (NS) protocols at two times of the day (morning: 07:00 h-8:30 and evening: 17:00–18:30h), with a minimum of 2 days between testing sessions. The DS group produced signiﬁcantly faster times on the agility test (9.65 ± 0.05s) in comparison to both the SS group (9.88 ± 0.042s, p< 0.01) and NS group (9.80±0.046s, p<0.01), in the morning. In addition, differences between groups revealed signiﬁcant difference in the evening with a better result produced after DS (9.37 ± 0.052s in comparison to both SS group(9.70 ± 0.49s (p<0.01) and NS group (9.69 ± 0.43s, p < 0.010). The improvement of performance after (DS) compared to (NS) was significantly faster in the evening than the morning with a greater improvement at 17:00 h compared to 7:00 h (4.26 ± 2.81%vs1.78 ± 0.65%; p<0.01). Results support the use of DS affects the typical diurnal variations of agility performance either in the morning or in the evening and helps to counteract the physiological decrease in morning value.
JULES-CN: a coupled terrestrial Carbon-Nitrogen Scheme (JULES vn5.1)

Abstract. Understanding future changes in the terrestrial carbon cycle is important for reliable projections of climate change and impacts on ecosystems. It is known that nitrogen could limit plants' response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and is therefore important to include in Earth System Models. Here we present the implementation of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle in the JULES land surface model (JULES-CN). Two versions are discussed – the one implemented within the UK Earth System Model (UKESM1) which has a bulk soil biogeochemical model and a development version which resolves the soil biogeochemistry with depth. The nitrogen cycle is based on the existing carbon cycle in the model. It represents all the key terrestrial nitrogen processes in an efficient way. Biological fixation and nitrogen deposition are external inputs, and loss occurs via leaching and a bulk gas loss parameterisation. Nutrient limitation reduces carbon-use efficiency (CUE – ratio of net to gross primary productivity) and can slow soil decomposition. We show that ecosystem level limitation of net primary productivity by nitrogen is consistent with observational estimates and that simulated carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes are comparable to the limited available observations. The impact of N limitation is most pronounced in northern mid-latitudes. The introduction of a nitrogen cycle improves the representation of interannual variability of global net ecosystem exchange which was much too pronounced in the carbon cycle only versions of JULES (JULES-C). It also reduces the CUE and alters its response over the twentieth century and limits the CO2-fertilisation effect, such that the simulated current day land carbon sink is reduced by about 0.5 Pg C yr−1. The inclusion of a prognostic land nitrogen scheme marks a step forward in functionality and realism for the JULES and UKESM models.
Performance of Xpert Carba-R Assay for Identification of Carbapenemase Gene in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Objectives: The Xpert Carba-R Assay is a diagnostic test designed for the rapid detection and differentiation of the bla KPC , bla NDM , bla VIM , bla OXA-48 , and bla IMP-1 genes. We verified the performance of Xpert Carba-R Assay for identification of carbapenemase gene in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Methods: The analytical limit of detection was determined with two suspensions of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) isolates (KPC and NDM). A total of 52 specimens were evaluated: 21 bacterial isolates from clinical specimens, 21 rectal swabs, and 10 contrived stool specimens. Results: In bacterial isolates, concordant results between the Xpert Carba-R Assay and PCR were found in 20 of 21; 8 KPC, 8 NDM, 1 IMP, and 2 multiple carbapenamase genes (KPC/NDM, NDM/OXA) were detected both by Xpert Carba-R Assay and PCR. In one GES-positive isolate, Xpert Carba-R Assay showed a negative result as expected. One VIM-positive isolate tested negative by Xpert Carba-R Assay. Complete concordance was seen in rectal swab specimens: 4 specimens with KPC and 17 specimens with negative results both by Xpert Carba-R Assay and surveillance culture. Among the 10 contrived stool specimens, Xpert Carba-R Assay detected carbapenemase genes in 9 specimens as expected according to the CPE strains spiked into the contrived stool; 2 KPC, 4 NDM, 1 IMP, and 2 multiple carabapenamase genes (NDM/KPC, NDM/OXA). One VIM-positive specimen tested negative by Xpert Carba-R Assay. Conclusion: In conclusion, the Xpert Carba-R Assay can be used to identify carbapenemase gene in bacterial isolates cultured from clinical specimens and detect CPE carrier using rectal swab in clinical laboratories. (Ewha Med J 2020;43(3):39-42)
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in Thai Indigenous Chickens Raised Under Backyard Conditions in Northern Thailand

SUMMARY This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and worm burden of gastrointestinal parasites in Thai indigenous chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) kept under extensive backyard conditions in Northern Thailand. A total of 211 male (N = 98) and female (N = 113) chickens from 11 smallholder farms were selected randomly between December 2016 and May 2017. At slaughter, fecal samples were collected to estimate fecal egg counts (presented as eggs per gram of feces) and oocyst counts (oocyst per gram of feces). The gastrointestinal tract of each animal was examined for the presence of parasites. The percentage of FEC‐ and FOC‐positive samples was 33.7 and 55.4%, respectively. On average, 111 ± 328 ascarid eggs and 2,983 ± 11,641 coccidian oocysts were found. From the post mortem examination, 3 nematode species and cestodes were recovered. A total of 156 (73.9%) of the sampled chickens were infected with at least 1 helminth species. Average worm burden per chicken was 46.7 (SD = 50.9, median = 30). The most prevalent species were the nematodes Heterakis gallinarum (70.6%) followed by Ascaridia galli (60.2%) and Capillaria spp. (44.1%). The overall prevalence of cestodes was 27.7%. Apart from A. galli with higher prevalence in males than in females (P ≤ 0.05), gender did neither affect prevalence nor worm burden (P > 0.05). Growth performance was not negatively affected by helminth infections. In conclusion, the vast majority of Thai native chickens are subclinically infected with at least 1 helminth species under the studied backyard conditions.
How the UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations affect football clubs’ priorities and leagues’ competitive balance?

Institutional and legal reforms applied in the context of sports competitions often provoke structural changes that can be empirically investigated. Using a data set of 560 observations (20 teams per season, from 2009/10 to 2015/16, of teams playing in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1), this paper examines how the UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations may have altered the football clubs’ decisions concerning their sport and financial priorities. Moreover, based on a simple theoretical description, the paper shows that the increasing financial stability promoted by the FFP rules might actually imply – as an undesired side effect – a declined competitive balance affecting the European football leagues. Finally, the paper discusses some policy issues and recommendations.
Process Planning in Industry 4.0—Current State, Potential and Management of Transformation

The implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept enables the flexibility, modularity and self-optimization of the manufacturing process. Process planning, placed in the value chain between construction and physical manufacturing, therefore, also demands digital transformation, while management of the transformation towards the new digital framework represents one of the most demanding challenges. Continuing the research on its structure and role within the smart factory, the main motivation for this work was to recognize the potential of the digital transformation of process planning elements, and to define the key dimensions that are essential for the readiness factor calculation and later transformational strategy formation, but also to recognize the current level of awareness of the Industry 4.0 concept among the process planners, along with the current use of its elements and key priorities for the transformation. The research has therefore been conducted in 34 Croatian metal machining companies, within which the influence of company size, level of education and familiarity with Industry 4.0 on final results and the stage of development have been investigated. The results have shown that the company size has a significant influence on the development stage and the use of certain elements wherein small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have already implemented certain digital elements, while they also tend to have a better fundamental infrastructure when using complex process planning methods, unlike others, which are still highly traditional. Organization and human resources have been ranked with the highest priority for change, while target goals for hardware and software have been set, with the managerial challenges of transformation defined and discussed.
Patterns in prawn production across space and time – based on the data emanated from Penaeus monodon and Fenneropenaeus indicus inhabiting the brackish water Chilika lagoon in the Bay of Bengal

ABSTRACT The Chilika lagoon is famous for its prawn fishery that includes commercially important species, namely Penaeus monodon and Fenneropenaeus indicus. A literature search in the Scopus database revealed that a spatiotemporal variability in the production has not yet been carried out microscopically for any species of the Chilika lagoon. We, therefore, examined the pattern of landing biomass of these two species across space and time. We obtained daily production data from each landing center over a period of two years continuously. Thereafter, we computed monthly averages of production using log-transformed data and performed Cosinor rhythmometry with a fixed time window (τ = 365.25 d). We obtained the circannual rhythm parameters, such as Mesor, amplitude, and the peak. The results revealed an interesting phenomenon in the pattern of locations of the peaks of the circannual rhythm in the production of the two sympatric prawn species. A peak partitioning was evident. This implies that the abundance of each species in the identical niche is timed significantly differently leading to the optimization of coexistence. Concluding, there is a necessity to identify the stimuli that influence the observed spatial and temporal heterogeneity in monthly and annual production patterns of the two prawn species.
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to blood cholinesterase level among tobacco farmers in Northern Thailand

Abstract Tobacco is one of the crops using a lot of pesticides, especially organophosphate and carbamate pesticides. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate knowledge, attitudes, and Practices (KAP) related to blood cholinesterase levels related to pesticide use among tobacco farmers. A questionnaire and a reactive-paper finger blood test were completed by 44 tobacco farmers. The results showed that most of the participants were females (75.0%) between 51 and 60 years old (54.5%). Almost 95.5% of respondents acknowledged that they should wear a mask while spraying and most of them read pesticide labels before use (93.2%). Most of the tobacco farmers had moderate level of knowledge and attitudes, 63.6% and 70.5%, respectively and good practice (84.1%). The prevalence of risky levels of blood cholinesterase among tobacco farmers in the study area was high. The study found a strongly significant association between level of knowledge and blood cholinesterase level (P < 0.001). Policy implementation and risk communication will be introduced to the community in order to develop a safety program. Government authorities should be provided with the appropriate recommendations regarding pesticide exposure of tobacco farmers in this area.
Fusing geometrical and visual information via superpoints for the semantic segmentation of 3D road scenes

This paper addresses the problem of the semantic segmentation of large-scale 3D road scenes by incorporating the complementary advantages of point clouds and images. To make full use of geometrical and visual information, this paper extracts 3D geometric features from a point cloud using a deep neural network for 3D semantic segmentation and extracts 2D visual features from images using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for 2D semantic segmentation. In order to bridge the features of the two modalities, this paper uses superpoints as an intermediate representation to connect the 2D features with the 3D features. A superpoint-based pooling method is proposed to fuse the features from the two different modalities for joint learning. To evaluate the approach, the paper generates 3D scenes from the Virtual KITTI dataset. The results of the experiments demonstrate that the proposed approach is capable of segmenting large-scale 3D road scenes based on the compact and semantically homogeneous superpoints, and that it achieves considerable improvements over the 2D image and 3D point cloud semantic segmentation methods.
Diagnostic validity of optic nerve head colorimetric assessment and optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with glaucoma

Background/Aims The aim of this study was to assess the optic nerve head (ONH) and macular vessel density with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and the ONH haemoglobin (ONH Hb) amount with Laguna ONhE program in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients. Methods In this prospective observational cross-sectional study, 67 OAG patients and 41 healthy age-sex frequency matched subjects were examined with OCT-A and retinal photos. The circumpapillary (wcpVD), optic nerve head (iVD) and macular (wmVD) capillary vessel density of OCT-A and ONH colorimetric assessment to determine the ONH Hb amount using the Laguna ONhE program were evaluated. Results Significant differences between normal subjects and glaucoma patients in the wcpVD (22.18±3.42 vs 16.03±2.89%; p<0.001), iVD (18.31±5.56 vs 12.52±4.67%; p<0.001), wmVD (15.60±2.34 vs 13.34±2.32%; p<0.001) and amount of ONH Hb (71.10±1.67 vs 68.86±2.46%; p<0.001) and in the papillary cup (68.14±5.25 vs 64.77±5.08%; p=0.001) were found. The Laguna ONhE glaucoma discriminant function (GDF) index had a negative value in the OAG patients and normal values in healthy subjects (−18.76±13.31 vs 7.98±14.09; p<0.001). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUROC) for discriminating between healthy and glaucomatous eyes was highest for wcpVD (0.93; 95% CI 0.86 to 0.97, p<0.0001), followed by GDF (0.92; 95% CI 0.86 to 0.97, p<0.0001), iVD (0.79; 95% CI 0.70 to 0.86; p<0.0001) and ONH Hb (0.78; 95% CI 0.69 to 0.85, p<0.0001). Pair wise comparisons showed that the AUROC of wcpVD (0.93) was not significantly different than GDF (0.92) (p=0.855). Conclusion Laguna ONhE program and OCT-A have similar diagnostic validity in open-angle glaucoma patients.
Phylogenetic diversity, structure and diversification patterns of endemic plants along the elevational gradient in the Eastern Himalaya

ABSTRACT Background: Several studies have documented the variation in species diversity patterns along elevational gradients in the Himalaya, but few have reported the evolutionary and biogeographic processes behind these patterns. Aims: To understand whether evolutionary history and phylogeny have any role in structuring plant species communities along an elevational gradient in the Sikkim Himalaya. Methods: We used data on endemic plant species occurrence from primary and secondary sources to construct family-level phylogenetic supertrees for different growth forms with the help of Phylomatic tool of Phylocom. These phylogenetic supertrees were used as a base for testing phylogenetic diversity (PD), niche conservatism, diversification time patterns and phylogenetic structure of various plant growth forms along an elevational gradient. Results: PD was the highest at mid-elevations for all growth forms and PD had a significant positive correlation with endemic species richness. Species at mid-elevations were dominated by the ancestral/primitive taxa. There was phylogenetic clustering at higher elevations and phylogenetic overdispersion at lower and mid-elevations for the majority of the growth forms. Conclusions: Time-for-speciation effect and niche conservatism along elevation (retention of niche-related ancestral elevational distribution over evolutionary time scale by species) together determine plant species diversity patterns in the Himalaya.
An extensive suite of functional traits distinguishes Hawaiian wet and dry forests and enables prediction of species vital rates

The application of functional traits to predict and explain plant species’ distributions and vital rates has been a major direction in functional ecology for decades, yet numerous physiological traits have not yet been incorporated into the approach. Using commonly measured traits such as leaf mass per area (LMA) and wood density (WD), and additional traits related to water transport, gas exchange and resource economics, including leaf vein, stomatal and wilting traits, we tested hypotheses for Hawaiian wet montane and lowland dry forests (MWF and LDF, respectively): (1) Forests would differ in a wide range of traits as expected from contrasting adaptation; (2) trait values would be more convergent among dry than wet forest species due to the stronger environmental filtering; (3) traits would be intercorrelated within “modules” supporting given functions; (4) relative growth rate (RGR) and mortality rate (m) would correlate with a number of specific traits; with (5) stronger relationships when stratifying by tree size; and (6) RGR and m can be strongly explained from trait‐based models. The MWF species’ traits were associated with adaptation to high soil moisture and nutrient supply and greater shade tolerance, whereas the LDF species’ traits were associated with drought tolerance. Thus, on average, MWF species achieved higher maximum heights than LDF species and had leaves with larger epidermal cells, higher maximum stomatal conductance and CO2 assimilation rate, lower vein lengths per area, higher saturated water content and greater shrinkage when dry, lower dry matter content, higher phosphorus concentration, lower nitrogen to phosphorus ratio, high chlorophyll to nitrogen ratio, high carbon isotope discrimination, high stomatal conductance to nitrogen ratio, less negative turgor loss point and lower WD. Functional traits were more variable in the MWF than LDF, were correlated within modules, and predicted species’ RGR and m across forests, with stronger relationships when stratifying by tree size. Models based on multiple traits predicted vital rates across forests (R2 = 0.70–0.72; p
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention In Older Patients With High-Risk Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction In Vietnam: An Observational Study

Objective: This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics of older patients with high-risk Non-St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) in Vietnam and to examine the impact of early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) on adverse outcomes after 3 months. Methods: In a prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study, between Sep 1, 2017 and Jan 31, 2018, we recruited patients aged 60 years or older with high or very high risk acute NSTEMI admitted to 2 hospitals in the South Region of Vietnam. Participants were followed up for 3 months. The primary outcome was defined as a composite of cardiovascular death or cardiovascular re-admission due to heart failure, myocardial re-infarction, or stroke. The secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, recurrent myocardial infarction, stroke and cardiovascular re-admission. Results: There were 301 participants, mean age 76, 43% female. Of these, 121 (40.2%) patients received early PCI. After a 3-month follow-up, the event rates of the primary composite outcome were 30% in the PCI group and 60% in the non-PCI group (adjusted hazard ratio HR 0.44, 95% CI 0.20-0.67, p<0.001). Secondary outcome events also favored early PCI including allcause mortality (adjusted HR0.23, 95%CI 0.09-0.62,p=0.003), cardiovascular death (adjusted HR 0.17, 95%CI 0.04-0.78, p=0.02), recurrent myocardial infarction (adjusted HR, 0.46, 95%CI 0.29-0.71, p<0.001), stroke (adjusted HR, 0.29, 95%CI 0.11-0.74, p=0.01) and cardiovascular re-admission (adjusted HR, 0.50, 95%CI0.31-0.82, p=0.006). Conclusion: In this study of older patients presenting with high risk NTEMI, early PCI was associated with reduced cardiovascular events after 3-month.
The moderating role of a city’s institutional capital and people’s migration status on career success in China

This article explores the role of cities’ institutional capital in the context of massive waves of migration from rural regions to cities in China. We examine reasons for and consequences of the accelerated urbanization process from both social and individual points of view. Based on surveys using a database of 8113 Chinese people, we identify and analyse factors that influence career success according to their migration status, comparing those who have migrated from rural to urban areas with those who have not moved. We also identify the role of an individual’s migration status and the role of a city’s institutional capital as moderators of the relationships between human, social capital and career success. We find that human, social and institutional capital, both individually and interactively play important roles in career success. The article offers an original contribution to career theory, in particular by incorporating migration status as a novel factor, and by determining the role of a city’s institutional capital in the process. With these overwhelming structural changes in populations, it may also inform internal migration policy and its implementation.
Motivation as a Factor of Professional Competence Development in Students

Nowadays the issue of developing competencies of students is extremely relevant. The article is devoted to the development of professional competencies in bachelors of a technical university, studying the discipline "Hydraulics and oil and gas hydromechanics" and "Oil and gas business". The article analyzes the influence of students 'motivation on the quality of knowledge and development of competencies. It also substantiates the need to increase the level of students' motivation for learning activities. The author gives recommendations how to improve the level of motivation. One of the effective ways is to use a point-rating system. The article describes the point-rating system that is used in the educational process of the Octyabrsky branch of Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, which helps to improve the level of motivation of students to learning activities. The article describes the development of the motivational criterion taking into account three levels: low, medium and high. The content of all three given levels of development of the motivational criterion is described. The article analyzes the results of the survey according to the methods developed by T.D. Dubovitskaya and T.I. Ilyina to identify the level of motivation in full-time and part-time students. An experimental study aimed at increasing the level of motivation in full-time students conducted in the control group of students is described. The results obtained in the control and experimental groups are compared, and conclusions are drawn.