Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Temperament and Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children: The Moderating Role of Maternal Reflective Functioning

ABSTRACT Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) describes parents’ capacity to reflect on their child’s and their own mental states in the context of their relationship with the child. This study investigated the moderating role of PRF in the relationship between children’s temperament and internalizing and externalizing problems among 357 Iranian mothers (M = 37.34, SD = 5.29) and their children (M = 7.26, SD = 2.96; 48.7% girls). The instruments were the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire, Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, and Child Behavior Checklist. The results showed that effortful control was negatively correlated with pre-mentalizing, internalizing, and externalizing problems and positively correlated with certainty and interest and curiosity. Negative affectivity was positively associated with pre-mentalizing, internalizing, and externalizing problems. Moreover, surgency/extraversion showed a negative correlation only with internalizing problems. Findings of regression analyses revealed that pre-mentalizing moderated the relationship between effortful control and internalizing and externalizing problems, and between negative affectivity and externalizing. In addition, certainty moderated the relationship between surgency/extraversion and internalizing. However, the interest and curiosity subscale indicated no moderating effect on the relationship between children’s temperament and emotional and behavioral problems. These findings highlight the significance of the role of PRF and a child’s temperament in emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Possible High Ice Particle Production during Graupel–Graupel Collisions

Abstract In a cold room collisions of two ice spheres having different growth modes were studied to examine ice production. The production of ice particles through this process was high, with a maximum rate more than 800 per collision at −16°C. This ice particle production mechanism is different from the Hallett–Mossop ice multiplication process and may help to explain the high concentrations of ice crystals observed in maritime winter cumuli.
A catalogue of calibrator stars for long baseline stellar interferometry

Long baseline stellar interferometry shares with other techniques the need for calibrator stars in order to correct for instrumental and atmospheric eects. We present a catalogue of 374 stars carefully selected to be used for that purpose in the near infrared. Owing to several convergent criteria with the work of Cohen et al. (1999), this catalogue is in essence a subset of their self-consistent all-sky network of spectro-photometric calibrator stars. For every star, we provide the angular limb-darkened diameter, uniform disc angular diameters in the J, H and K bands, the Johnson photometry and other useful parameters. Most stars are type III giants with spectral types K or M0, magnitudes V = 3-7 and K = 0-3. Their angular limb-darkened diameters range from 1 to 3 mas with a median uncertainty as low as 1.2%. The median distance from a given point on the sky to the closest reference is 5:2, whereas this distance never exceeds 16:4 for any celestial location.
Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification of Dermatophytes from Mexico and Central American Countries

Dermatophytes are fungi included in the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, Nannizzia, Paraphyton, Lophophyton, and Arthroderma. Molecular techniques have contributed to faster and more precise identification, allowing significant advances in phylogenetic studies. This work aimed to identify clinical isolates of dermatophytes through phenotypic (macro- and micromorphology and conidia size) and genotypic methods (sequences of ITS regions, genes of β tubulin (BT2), and elongation factor α (Tef-1α)) and determine the phylogenetic relationships between isolates. Ninety-four dermatophyte isolates from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic were studied. The isolates presented macro- and micromorphology and conidia size described for the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton. Genotypic analysis classified the isolates into the genera Trichophyton (63.8%), Nannizzia (25.5%), Arthroderma (9.6%), and Epidermophyton (1.1%). The most frequent species were T. rubrum (26 isolates, 27.6%), T. interdigitale (26 isolates, 27.6%), and N. incurvata (11 isolates, 11.7%), N. gypsea and A. otae (nine isolates, 9.6%), among others. The genotypic methods clarified the taxonomic status of closely related species. For instance, the ITS and BT2 markers of T. rubrum/T. violaceum did not differ but the Tef-1α gene did. On the other hand, the three markers differed in T. equinum/T. tonsurans. Therefore, the ITS, BT2, and Tef-1α genes are useful for typing in phylogenetic analyses of dermatophytes, with Tef-1α being the most informative locus. It should be noted that isolate MM-474 was identified as T. tonsurans when using ITS and Tef-1α, but when using BT2, it was identified as T. rubrum. On the other hand, no significant difference was found when comparing the methods for constructing phylogenies, as the topologies were similar.
Natural Convection in a Square Enclosure with Differentially Heated Two Horizontal Cylinders

The present study numerically investigates two-dimensional natural convection in a cooled square enclosure with two inner circular cylinders, which have different isothermal conditions for different Rayleigh numbers in the range of 103 ≤ Ra ≤ 105. The cooled and heated isothermal conditions are imposed on the upper and lower cylinders, respectively. The centers of two equidiameter cylinders are placed at those of the lower and upper half of the enclosure, respectively, and the radius of inner cylinders varies. For all Rayleigh numbers, as the radius increases, the cold upper cylinder occupies a much wider area in the upper half of the cold enclosure, resulting in the formation of a wider dead zone of the heat transfer and fluid flow in the upper half of the enclosure. Regardless of the radius variation, the circulation of the flow shows two overall rotating symmetric eddies with the secondary vortices over the upper surface of the upper cylinder. The trajectories of the primary eddy and secondary vortices considerably depend on the radius, especially at a higher Rayleigh number. The dependence of the Nusselt number on the radius and the Rayleigh number is presented.
On estimating census undercount in small areas.

Net undercount rates in the U.S. decennial census have been steadily declining over the last several censuses. Differential undercounts among race groups and geographic areas however appear to persist. In the following we examine and compare several methodologies for providing small area estimates of census coverage by constructing artificial populations. Measures of performance are also introduced to assess the various small area estimates. Synthetic estimation in combination with regression modelling provide the best results over the methods considered. Sampling error effects are also simulated. The results form the basis for determining coverage evaluation survey small area estimates of the 1900 decennial census. (EXCERPT)
Relationships between IWC and Polarimetric Radar Measurands at 94 and 220 GHz for Hexagonal Columns and Plates

Abstract Ice crystal models of a hexagonal column and hexagonal plate are used for deriving power-law relationships between ice water content (IWC) and various radar measurands, including Zh, KDP, Ah, and ZDR (which are used together with Zh or KDP) at 94- and 220-GHz frequencies. The scattering computations are performed with the finite-difference time-domain method. The IWC and radar measurands are simulated based on gamma model size distributions characteristic of cirrus clouds. All the relationships involving the polarimetric measurands KDP and ZDR have less than 15% standard error (in the IWC estimate) when applied to the simulated size distributions. The standard errors for the IWC–Zh and IWC–Ah relationships reach 40%. These should be considered as lower limits to the errors resulting from the relationships. The biases increase with variations in the model ice crystal aspect ratio, density, and canting angle. The least affected relationships are those involving Zh and Ah alone. Combining ZDR with Z.
Detection and correction of artificial shifts in climate series

Summary. Many long instrumental climate records are available and might provide useful information in climate research. These series are usually affected by artificial shifts, due to changes in the conditions of measurement and various kinds of spurious data. A comparison with surrounding weather‐stations by means of a suitable two‐factor model allows us to check the reliability of the series. An adapted penalized log‐likelihood procedure is used to detect an unknown number of breaks and outliers. An example concerning temperature series from France confirms that a systematic comparison of the series together is valuable and allows us to correct the data even when no reliable series can be taken as a reference.
Association of Oral or Intravenous Vitamin C Supplementation with Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mortality is the most clinically serious outcome, and its prevention remains a constant struggle. This study was to assess whether intravenous or oral vitamin C (Vit-C) therapy is related to reduced mortality in adults. Data from Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register databases were acquired from their inception to 26 October 2022. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving intravenous or oral Vit-C against a placebo or no therapy for mortality were selected. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were sepsis, COVID-19, cardiac surgery, noncardiac surgery, cancer, and other mortalities. Forty-four trials with 26540 participants were selected. Although a substantial statistical difference was observed in all-cause mortality between the control and the Vit-C-supplemented groups (p = 0.009, RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.78 to 0.97, I2 = 36%), the result was not validated by sequential trial analysis. In the subgroup analysis, mortality was markedly reduced in Vit-C trials with the sepsis patients (p = 0.005, RR 0.74, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.91, I2 = 47%), and this result was confirmed by trial sequential analysis. In addition, a substantial statistical difference was revealed in COVID-19 patient mortality between the Vit-C monotherapy and the control groups (p = 0.03, RR 0.84, 95% CI 0.72 to 0.98, I2 = 0%). However, the trial sequential analysis suggested the need for more trials to confirm its efficacy. Overall, Vit-C monotherapy does decrease the risk of death by sepsis by 26%. To confirm Vit-C is associated with reduced COVID-19 mortality, additional clinical random control trials are required.
Quality and Safety of Ready-to-Eat Golden Thistle (Scolymus hispanicus L.): A New Product for Traditional Italian Dishes

Golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus L.) is a wild edible plant belonging to Asteraceae family, with a great potential for food applications. The aim of this study was to identify the best cooking procedure able to provide a high-quality, ready-to-use product. For this purpose, leaf midribs (the most used edible part of the plant) were cooked by boiling, steaming, and ‘sous vide’, and the cooked products were compared for their phenolic content and composition, antioxidant activity, sugar and inorganic ion content, organoleptic characteristics, and microbial safety, this latter also during storage. In general, boiling caused a decrease in the value of these parameters, despite being the best product for taste and overall acceptability. On the contrary, steaming and ‘sous vide’ resulted in the best treatments to preserve antioxidant activity, total phenols, and chlorogenic acid. In particular, in ‘sous vide’ cooked samples, a significant increase in the value of these parameters and a remarkable decrease in nitrate content were found. Moreover, ‘sous vide’ resulted in the best treatment also regarding microbial safety during shelf life; actually, after 15 days of storage at 8 °C, Enterobacteriaceae and mesophilic aerobic bacteria were not detectable in ‘sous vide’ samples. These results contributed to increase the knowledge of a wild edible plant with high nutritional properties and promoting its consumption by obtaining a ready-to-use product with good organoleptic characteristics and endowed with a long period of shelf life.
A trunk‐nesting form of the processionary caterpillar Ochrogaster lunifer (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) restricted to a single host species Corymbia tessellaris (Myrtaceae), with some comparisons to the ground‐nesting form

The Bag‐shelter moth Ochrogaster lunifer (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Thaumetopoeinae) is an endemic species of medical and veterinary importance that occurs throughout Australia. The gregarious species is variable with four phylogenetic clades recently identified. One clade comprises trunk‐nesters restricted to one host: the Moreton Bay Ash, Corymbia tessellaris (Myrtaceae). Here, we describe aspects of the biology and ecology of this distinctive nesting form dupped the ‘tree‐hugger’ due to its flattish, thick silk nests that hug the trunk and larger branches. The form is univoltine; egg masses are laid in spring and the gregarious larvae develop through seven instars until the mature larvae stop feeding in autumn and later leave the nest (in a procession). The larvae over‐winter in the ground as pre‐pupae in a loose cocoon of silk. Pupation occurs in late winter and adults emerge in spring. Forty‐six per cent of monitored egg masses succeeded in developing through the lifecycle. Tachinids were common parasites of older larvae. Tree‐hugger nests provided some insulation against summer heat during the mornings, but the physical characteristics of the nests and tree trunks and the average southern orientation of the nests likely protect larvae against extreme heat. The tree‐hugger form of O. lunifer appears morphologically similar to the more ubiquitous ground‐nesting form, but there are differences in the colour of egg masses and adults, and in the behaviour and ecology of the larvae and adults. This information adds to the body of evidence supporting the definition of separate species within what is currently known as O. lunifer.
How service operations, perceived benefit, and psychological ownership enhance customer retention in retail - evidence in Vietnam supermarkets

Abstract In a world with enormous opportunities and challenges from the 4.0 revolution and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, customer retention is more important than ever for retailers. While marketing and advertising can be more or less limited during the pandemic, retailers pay more attention to the supply and service operations of products as salvage to satisfy the essential demands of customers. However, few scholars discuss the effects of service operations on customer retention in retail because it is lower consumer awareness and challenging to measure accurately and adequately. Therefore, with the foundation of commitment-trust theory, this study examines service operations’ direct and indirect effects on customer retention through perceived benefit in omnichannel retailers. Simultaneously, it assesses how psychological ownership affects customer retention and moderates the effect of perceived benefit on customer retention in the Vietnamese supermarket as empirical evidence. The combination of a qualitative method (with 32 in-depth interviews) and a quantitative method (through a survey conducted with 374 shoppers) is implemented. Partial least-squares structural equation modelling with SmartPLS software is utilized for data analysis and hypothesis testing. From the findings, the study offers an operations perspective and a customer view of how to store service operations contribute to customer perception of benefits and customer retention. Interestingly, the study discovered that psychological ownership is not only a critical antecedent of customer retention but also enhances the effect of perceived benefit on customer retention as its moderating role.
Potential of Raspberry Flower Petals as a Rich Source of Bioactive Flavan-3-ol Derivatives Revealed by Polyphenolic Profiling

Inspired by the potential functional activity of polyphenol compounds contained in raspberry (Rubus idaeus), we previously explored the effects of the cultivation environment and maturity on the polyphenolic profiles of raspberry leaves and fruits. Herein, building on our previous studies, we used high-performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry to profile the polyphenol compounds contained in five parts of raspberry flowers (receptacles, sepals, pistils, stamens, and petals), revealing the presence of (+)-catechin, (−)-epicatechin, procyanidin B4, procyanidin C3, sanguiin H-6, and lambertianin C in all flower parts. Petals also contained (−)-epicatechin-3,5-di-O-gallate, kaempferol-7-O-glucoside, and naringenin-7-O-glucoside as well as other flavan-3-ol derivatives efficiently scavenging free radicals and inhibiting the growth of cancer (HeLa S3) cells. Thus, raspberry flower petals were concluded to be a good source of characteristic and highly functional flavan-3-ol derivatives.
Development of Type 1 Diabetes in Mice Is Associated with a Decrease in IL-2-Producing ILC3 and FoxP3+ Treg in the Small Intestine

Recent data indicate the link between the number and function of T regulatory cells (Treg) in the gut immune tissue and initiation and development of autoimmunity associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Since type 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) in the small intestine are essential for maintaining FoxP3+ Treg and there are no data about the possible role of ILC3 in T1D pathogenesis, the aim of this study was to explore ILC3-Treg link during the development of T1D. Mature diabetic NOD mice had lower frequencies of IL-2-producing ILC3 and Treg in small intestine lamina propria (SILP) compared to prediabetic NOD mice. Similarly, in multiple low doses of streptozotocin (MLDS)-induced T1D in C57BL/6 mice, hyperglycemic mice exhibited lower numbers of ILC3, IL-2+ ILC3 and Treg in SILP compared to healthy controls. To boost T1D severity, mice were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics (ABX) for 14 days prior to T1D induction by MLDS. The higher incidence of T1D in ABX-treated mice was associated with significantly lower frequencies of IL-2+ ILC3 and FoxP3+ Treg in SILP compared with mice without ABX treatment. The obtained findings show that the lower proportions of IL-2-expressing ILC3 and FoxP3+ Treg in SILP coincided with diabetes progression and severity.
Rede neural e lógica fuzzy aplicadas no melhoramento do feijoeiro

xiv 1. INTRODUÇÃO GERAL . 1 2. REFERENCIAL TEÓRICO . 4 2.1. Melhoramento Vegetal . 4 2.1. 1. Melhoramento do feijoeiro . 4 2.1. 2. Interação genótipos por ambientes . 7 2.1. 3. Análises de adaptabilidade e estabilidade . 10 2.2. Inteligência Computacional . 13 2.2.1. Redes Neurais Artificiais . 14 2.2.2. Lógica Fuzzy . 22 3. REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS . 35 CAPÍTULO 1 REDES NEURAIS ARTIFICIAIS COMO FERRAMENTA AUXILIAR NO MELHORAMENTO DA ARQUITETURA DE PLANTAS DO FEIJOEIRO . 43 RESUMO . 44 ABSTRACT . 45. 45 1. INTRODUÇÃO . 46 2. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS . 47 2.1. Ampliação de dados . 51 2.2. Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA's) . 52 3. RESULTADOS . 53 4. DISCUSSÃO . 60 5. CONCLUSÕES . 63 6. REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS . 63 CAPÍTULO 2 – PROPOSTA DE UTILIZAÇÃO DE UM CONTROLADOR FUZZY COMO FERRAMENTA AUXILIAR NA RECOMENDAÇÃO DE CULTIVARES . 66 RESUMO . 67 ABSTRACT . 68. 68 1. INTRODUÇÃO . 69 2. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS . 71
Effect of a Soil-Applied Humic Ameliorative Amendment on the Yield Potential of Switchgrass Panicum virgatum L. Cultivated under Central European Continental Climate Conditions

The yield potential of switchgrass was verified by testing seven cultivars in a small-scale experiment carried out from 2018 to 2022 on Gleyic Fluvisol under Central European conditions. The treatments are as follows: pre-sowing (i/HA) soil humic preparation Humac AGRO (based on leonardite) with an ameliorative dose of 1000.0 kg ha−1 or (ii/NPK) basic nutrition with a dose of 220.0 kg ha−1 NPK; an annual dose of 70 kg ha−1 N was applied to both treatments (HA, NPK) and compared to (iii/UC) untreated control. A dry matter (DM) yield of 9.02 t ha−1 was achieved in the total average, which varied from 0.05 t ha−1 to 60.64 t ha−1. The yield was affected mainly by years (F-ratio 106.64), then by nutrition (F-ratio 79.03), followed by cultivars (F-ratio 56.87), and finally by replications (F-ratio 0.00). Switchgrass productivity increased according to the utility year; however, the driest year (2020—388 mm, 2021—372 mm, and 2022—288 mm) changed the order of the three full utility years (12.44, 19.13, and 7.73 t ha−1 DM, respectively). HA gives the highest DM yield of 13.69 t ha−1 on average with values of 9.19 and 4.19 for NPK and UC, respectively. The cultivars order was EG 1101 ˃ BO Master ˃ EG 1102 ˃ Kanlow ˃ Alamo ˃ Carthage ˃ NJ Ecotype (21.15, 12.48, 8.14, 7.70, 6.34, 4.47, and 2.89 t ha−1 DM when ranking average yield or 60.64, 45.20, 29.92, 29.15, 17.87, 9.86, and 5.93 t ha−1 DM when ranking maximal yields).
Prevalence and Predictors of Food Insecurity among Students of a Spanish University during the COVID-19 Pandemic: FINESCOP Project at the UPV/EHU

Research related to food insecurity (FI) among European university student populations is currently limited, especially the studies carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and identify possible predictors of FI among students from a Spanish public university, the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional observational study design was used, in which a total of 422 students completed an online survey. Results were weighted according to age and field of education. Binary logistic regressions adjusted by sex, age, and campus were applied to identify FI predictors. FI in 19.6, 2.6, and 0.7% of the population was mild, moderate, and severe, respectively. The three main predictors of FI were a decrease in the main source of income (OR, 2.80; 95% IC, 2.57–3.06), not receiving scholarships during the pandemic (OR, 2.32; 95% IC, 2.18–2.47), and living arrangements before the pandemic (not living with parents/relatives) (OR, 2.03, 95% IC, 1.89–2.18). This study found a high prevalence of FI among the students surveyed, and the strongest predictors of this FI were related to socioeconomic status. A robust and comprehensive policy response is recommended to mitigate FI in this population.
Implicit Functions and Optimization Problems without Continuous Differentiability of the Data

Let $\phi$ be a function from a normed linear space X into a finite-dimensional Euclidean space Y and let A be a continuous linear mapping from XontoY. We assume that $\phi$ is continuous in a neighborhood of some point $\hat x \in X$ and that $\phi$ admits A as its differential at the point $\hat x$. In this paper we prove that under those conditions there exist a neighborhood U of $\hat x $ and a mapping $\zeta $ from U into X such that $\phi (x + \zeta (x)) = \phi (\hat x) + A(x - \hat x)$ for all $x \in U$ and such that $\lim _{\eta \to 0 + } \sup _{|x - \hat x| \leqq \eta } |\zeta (x)|/\eta = 0$. Besides the above “correction function theorem” this paper contains related implicit and inverse function theorems. The correction function theorem is applied to the proof of the multiplier rule for mathematical programming problems with equality and inequality constraints without assuming the continuous differentiability of the data in a neighborhood of the optimal solution.