Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A New Event-Triggered Control Scheme for Stochastic Systems

This article studies event-triggered control of stochastic linear discrete-time systems with discounted quadratic cost functions. A new dynamic event-triggering condition is proposed, which has simultaneously stochastic and deterministic features. The designed event-triggered control system ensures the control performance to be within a desirable level relative to that using periodic time-triggered control, while discarding the unnecessary transmissions. By adjusting the parameters, the proposed event-triggering condition can be reduced to some existing ones in the literature. It is shown that the three features (dynamic, stochastic, and deterministic) are all helpful to further increase the average interevent times. Then, the criteria in terms of the parameters are presented to ensure mean-square stability of the closed-loop systems. Moreover, an improved version of the proposed event-triggering condition is given to enlarge the minimum interevent times. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate the efficiency and feasibility of the proposed results.
Moderating Effects of Early Pointing on Developmental Trajectories of Word Comprehension and Production

The present study investigated the moderating role of early communicative pointing on the developmental trends of word comprehension and production over the second year of life. Seventy-seven infants were involved in an experimental pointing task (T-POINT) in sessions at 9 and 12 months, and the MB-CDI questionnaire was filled in by their parents at 15, 18 and 24 months. Based on the age at which the infants were seen to use pointing, they were classified into three groups: the ‘Early’ pointers, who first pointed during the 9-month session; the ‘Typical’ pointers, who first pointed in the 12-month session; and the ‘Late’ pointers, who never pointed in either of the sessions. Using multilevel modelling, we traced the developmental trajectories and individual differences for the two lexical domains of word comprehension and production according to the three pointing groups. The main results showed that compared to the Typical pointers: (i) the Early pointers were faster for word comprehension development, and were similar for word production; (ii) the Late pointers showed lexical delay before 18 months for word comprehension, and between 18 and 24 months for word production. These data are discussed in light of the different roles of early pointing on receptive compared to expressive vocabulary development.
EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL TOXICITY OF TAUFLUVALINATE ON ADULT HONEYBEES APIS MELLIFERA, UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS

In this study, honeybees have been exposed to tau-fluvalinate to assess survival and determine the concentration at which the highest mortality occurred, and the extent to which this pesticide affects the internal organs of the digestive system. Four different concentrations of tau-fluvalinate were used (3.6, 6.25, 12.5, 25.5 mg/L) on the forager honeybee worker. The adult workers were under continuous observation and assessed after 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h following the treatment by LC50 of tau-fluvalinate to determine adult workers’ longevity. According to the results of this study, a 13.700 mg/L concentration of tau-fluvalinate kills half of the individuals. Also, there is a direct relationship between the time of exposure to the pesticide and its effect on the survival of adult workers. Also, the midgut was found to be torn and incoherent and showed signs of shrinking. The colour of the ileum became transparent also after the treatment, its walls shrunk, and thin lines appeared. Also, it was found that the rectum, after the treatment had very thin walls that were almost lacerated. This provides a useful indicator of the possible effect of tau-fluvalinate, which was found to have negative effects on worker body parameters and bee anatomy.
Effect of Broiler Litter Based Complete Feed Fermentation Time on Nutrient Content and In vitro Digestibility

Broiler litter waste is increasing as the population of broiler chickens increases, on the other hand the need for ruminant feed is increasing so that alternative feeds are needed in the form of complete feed made from litter. This study was aimed to determine the effect of fermentation time on the nutritional content and digestibility of the complete feed. A completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 5 replications were applied in this study. Treatment T0 = not fermented; T1 = fermentation for 10 days; T2 = fermentation for 24 days; T3 = fermentation for 38 days. Parameters observed were nutrient content, VFA, NH3, dry matter digestibility and organic matter digestibility in vitro using cow rumen. Results showed that fermention of complete feed with 2.5% EM4 starter and 5% probiofeed for 38 days (T3) had a significant effect (P<0.05) on nutrient content, dry matter digestibility, organic matter digestibility, VFA and NH3. The T3 significantly affected ash content, crude fat, crude protein, BETN, TDN, dry matter digestibility, organic matter digestibility, VFA, and NH3 but had no significant effect on water content and crude fiber. It is concluded that the complete feed could be used as an alternative feed for ruminants, and it is easy to obtain, cheap and able to reduce environmental pollution.
Phase 3 MAGNITUDE study: First results of niraparib (NIRA) with abiraterone acetate and prednisone (AAP) as first-line therapy in patients (pts) with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with and without homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene alterations.

12 Background: Approximately 20% of mCRPC has alterations in genes associated with HRR and is responsive to PARP inhibitors (PARPi) such as NIRA. Combined PARPi with androgen receptor pathway targeting may also benefit unselected mCRPC. MAGNITUDE assessed whether adding NIRA to AAP improves outcomes in pts with mCRPC with or without alterations in HRR associated genes. Methods: MAGNITUDE (NCT03748641) is a randomized, double-blind phase 3 study. In eligible mCRPC pts, ≤4 mos of prior AAP for mCRPC was allowed. Pts with (HRR biomarker [BM]+; ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDK12, CHEK2, FANCA, HDAC2, PALB2) and without specified gene alterations (HRR BM-) were randomized 1:1 to receive NIRA 200 mg once daily + AAP or placebo (PBO) + AAP. Primary endpoint was radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) in the BRCA1/2 group followed by all HRR BM+ pts. Secondary endpoints were time to initiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy (TTCC), time to symptomatic progression (TTSP) and overall survival (OS). Other endpoints included time to PSA progression (TTPP) and objective response rate (ORR). Results: 423 HRR BM+ pts were randomized to NIRA + AAP (n = 212) or PBO + AAP (n = 211). Median age was 69, 23% had prior AAP, 21% had visceral metastases, and 53% had BRCA1/2 mutations. Median follow-up was 18.6 mos. NIRA + AAP significantly improved rPFS by BICR in the BRCA1/2 subgroup and in all HRR BM+ pts, reducing the risk of progression or death by 47% (16.6 vs 10.9 mo) and 27% (16.5 vs 13.7 mo) respectively (Table), vs PBO + AAP. Investigator assessed rPFS was consistent with BICR. NIRA + AAP delayed TTCC, TTSP, and TTPP and improved ORR in HRR BM+ pts (Table). First interim analysis of OS is immature. The preplanned futility analysis in 233 HRR BM- pts showed no benefit of adding NIRA to AAP in the prespecified composite endpoint (first of PSA progression or rPFS; HR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.75-1.57). No new safety signals were seen. In HRR BM+ pts, 67% and 46.4% had grade 3/4 AEs and 9% and 3.8% discontinued treatment in the NIRA + AAP and PBO + AAP arms, respectively. There were no clinically significant differences in overall quality of life (FACT-P). Conclusions: NIRA + AAP improves rPFS and other clinically relevant outcomes in pts with mCRPC and alterations in HRR associated genes. There was no evidence of benefit with the addition of NIRA to AAP in HRR BM- pts with mCRPC. Clinical trial information: NCT03748641. [Table: see text]
How do employees cope with mandatory working from home during COVID-19?

How do employees who are coerced to work from home during COVID-19 cope with this unprecedented situation? Drawing upon the job-demands-resources (JD-R) model and upon the literature on coping, we analyse empirical qualitative material which stems from two-stage interviews with and online diaries prepared by 15 white-collar employees in Romania. We identify four initial coping types in relation to mandatory working from home: ‘explorers’, ‘statics’, ‘chaotics’ and ‘irremediables’. In the follow-up stage of the field work, the ‘chaotic’ type of coping disappears. These findings in relation to the unique pandemic situation represent a significant contribution to the literature on working from home as well as on coping with stress.
Pharmacological Dose-Effect Profiles of Various Concentrations of Humanised Primary Bile Acid in Encapsulated Cells

Bile acids (BA)s are known surfactants and well-documented to play a major role in food digestion and absorption. Recently, potential endocrinological and formulation-stabilisation effects of BAs have been explored and their pharmacological effects on supporting cell survival and functions have gained wide interest. Hence, this study aimed to explore the hyper-glycaemic dependent dose-effect of the BA chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) when encapsulated with pancreatic β-cells, allowing assessment of CDCA’s impacts when encapsulated. Four different concentrations of the BA were prepared, and viable cells were encapsulated and incubated for 2 days. Multiple analyses were carried out including confocal imaging, glucose-induced cellular mitochondrial viability indices, insulin production, inflammatory biomarker analyses and cellular bioenergetics measurements. There was a significant dose-effect with different concentrations of the BA, affecting cellular viability and antioxidant activities, cell functions and insulin release, inflammatory biomarkers, and cellular-bioenergetics at different oxidative stress levels. The results demonstrate that, when encapsulated, the BA CDCA exerts positive pharmacological effects at the cellular level, and such effects are concentration dependent.
Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior: Predicting Young Consumer Purchase Behavior of Energy-Efficient Appliances (Evidence From Developing Economy)

Global electricity consumption has increased dramatically in the past few decades, resulting in many countries considering energy efficiency as the only solution to tackle issues related to energy and pursue sustainable development goals. However, there is a shortage of studies at the household level on the propensity to use energy-efficient appliances (EEA), especially for developing countries, which have great potential for EEA adoption and usage. Besides, young consumers form an important part of developing countries’ population as well as the next generation of consumers. Yet studies examining their inclination toward more sustainable products such as EEA remain scarce. This study employs data gathered from a survey questionnaire among 240 young Pakistani consumers to explain EEA adoption by focusing on extended version of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), incorporating additional variables such as self-expressive benefits, utilitarian environmental benefits and moral obligations. The results show that utilitarian environmental benefits significantly influence attitudes, whereas self-expressive has an insignificant influence on attitude. Along with this study found moral obligation also has an insignificant impact on subjective norms. Finally, the study revealed the impact of purchase intention of EEAs on the purchase behavior of EEAs. Therefore, the results of this study present a novel understanding for Pakistani policymakers should pay more attention on shaping consumer attitudes, social values and perceived behavioral control, which will eventually drive energy-efficient appliance purchasing behavior.
The preliminary analysis of spilt of building

Damage of builing begins frequently with the appearance of micro crack and the opening of crack so that we must make a study of reason and risk of cracking.Concrete and masonry is weak in tension and crack when the tensile strain is of the order of 0.000 2～0.000 5,the dangerous section of split is very dangerous.We must take care of split about observation survey and analysis,so that the effective measure is adopted and the building turns aside from damage.The damage resulting was reduced to a minimum.
Verifiable Fuzzy Multi-Keyword Search Over Encrypted Data With Adaptive Security

To ensure the security of outsourced data without affecting data availability, one can use Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) to achieve search over encrypted data. Considering that query users may search with misspelled words, the fuzzy search should be supported. However, conventional privacy-preserving fuzzy multi-keyword search schemes are incapable of achieving the result verification and adaptive security. To solve the above challenging issues, in this paper we propose a Verifiable Fuzzy multi-keyword Search scheme with Adaptive security (VFSA). VFSA first employs the locality sensitive hashing to hash the misspelled and correct keywords to the same positions, then designs a twin Bloom filter for each document to store and mask all keywords contained in the document, next constructs an index tree based on the graph-based keyword partition algorithm to achieve adaptive sublinear retrieval, finally combines the Merkle hash tree structure with the adapted multiset accumulator to check the correctness and completeness of search results. Our formal security analysis shows that VFSA is secure under the IND-CKA2 model and achieves query authentication. Our empirical experiments using the real-world dataset demonstrate the practicality of VFSA.
mm-Wave Complex Permittivity Extraction of LTCC Substrate Under the Influence of Surface Roughness

As many emerging technologies require the use of high-speed signals, the understanding of dielectric properties of materials used in manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is an essential aspect for accurate high-speed circuit designs, especially at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies. This work demonstrates a methodology for extracting complex relative permittivity of dielectric substrates covering mm-wave frequencies. For this purpose, low-temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) substrate was measured up to 85 GHz and its complex relative permittivity was extracted. The approach used in this work is based on multiline thru–reflect–line (TRL) calibration for measuring the propagation constant and electromagnetic (EM) simulations to estimate the losses contributed by the conductor while accounting for surface roughness. An estimate of complex relative effective permittivity is obtained, from which the actual relative dielectric constant and the loss tangent of LTCC substrate are extracted. The estimated values for the relative dielectric constant and the loss tangent show an excellent agreement compared with the results obtained via split cavity resonator measurements.
Probing Cell Redox State and Glutathione-Modulating Factors Using a Monochlorobimane-Based Microplate Assay

Thiol compounds including predominantly glutathione (GSH) are key components of redox homeostasis, which are involved in the protection and regulation of mammalian cells. The assessment of cell redox status by means of in situ analysis of GSH in living cells is often preferable over established assays in cell lysates due to fluctuations of the GSH pool. For this purpose, we propose a microplate assay with monochlorobimane (MCB) as an available fluorescent probe for GSH, although poorly detected in the microplate format. In addition to the new procedure for improved MCB-assisted GSH detection in plate-grown cells and its verification with GSH modulators, this study provides a useful methodology for the evaluation of cell redox status probed through relative GSH content and responsiveness to both supplemented thiols and variation in oxygen pressure. The roles of extracellular interactions of thiols and natural variability of cellular glutathione on the assay performance were emphasized and discussed. The results are of broad interest in cell biology research and should be particularly useful for the characterization of pathological cells with decreased GSH status and increased oxidative status as well as redox-modulating factors.
Corporate Governance Mechanism and Financial Risk Management of Health Care Firms in Nigeria

The study was carried out to examine the relationship which exists between the corporate governance mechanisms and financial risk management. The study is crucial as it shows the extent to which the corporate governance mechanism ensures effective financial risk management practices. To determine the relation which exists between the corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) and financial risk management, the main proxy variables of the CGMs were used in the study, namely; Board Independence (BI), Board Diligence (BD) and Female Directorship Presence (FDP), while financial risk management was proxy by liquidity risk (LIQR). Three hypotheses were formulated to guide the investigation and OLS model was applied in the data analysis. The study anchored on the Stewardship Theory adopted an Ex Post Facto Approach and data were collected from the annual reports and financial statements of listed health care firms in Nigeria for the period 2016-2020. The empirical analysis of the research shows that there is a significant and positive association between board independence, board diligence, female directorship and financial risk management of listed health care firms in Nigeria at 5% significant level. Thus, the study concludes that corporate governance mechanisms ensure effective risk management practices among the publicly traded healthcare companies in Nigeria. Thus, the study recommended that companies should review the frequency of board meetings. Attention to be paid to the efficiency and not the frequency of board meetings. Also in composition of corporate board, there shall be independent directors and female directorship presence as thus ensures effective financial risk management practices.
Impact of Ting Hai Effects on Hang Seng Index Empirical Studies Based Univariate ARMA-GARCH Process

This paper examines the effectiveness of Ting Hai’s effect -- the well-known market anomaly in Hong Kong. It uses the simple OLS regression and E-GARCH to test the impact of this anomaly on the HSI return and volatility. The result finds that Ting Hai’s effect has no significant impact on the HSI return but has significant impact on the volatility. In addition, this paper explains the most possible cause of the Ting Hai’s effect by investors’ behavior -- self-fulfilling prophecy.
Effect of Types and Dosages of Foliar Fertilizers on Morphology and Production of Clitoria ternatea

The aim of this study was to determine effect of types and dose levels of foliar fertilizers on morphology and production of Clitoria ternatea. This study was conducted from September to November 2020 at Forage Research Garden for Animal Feed and Pasture, Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Materials used were Clitoria ternatea, liquid organic fertilizer of rabbit and gandasil D fertilizer. This study was designed in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with factorial pattern of 2x4. The fertilizer dosages were: 0,1.5,3.0 and 4.5 g/l/plot. The parameters measured were plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, number of branches, fresh and dry matter productions. Data were analyzed by the analysis of variance at 5%, with Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Results showed that types of foliar fertilizers did not affect morphological characteristics and production of Clitoria ternatea (P>0.05), but the fertilizer dosages had significant effect (P<0.05) on morphological characteristics except for leaf area and production of Clitoria ternatea. The higher the dose level of foliar fertilizer the greater the plant height, stem diameter and number of branches. Dosage of 4.5 g/l/plot resulted in the highest plant height, stem diameter and number of branches each 160.02, 1.14 cm and 18.96 branches, respectively. Dosage of4.5 g/l/plot gave the highest fresh and dry matter production of 19.22 and 16.75 tons/ha. It is concluded that increasing the dosage level of foliar fertilizer up to 4.5 g/l/plot resulted in an increased quantity measures of several morphological characteristics and production.
Integrated Nutrient Management

The field experiment was conducted during 2007-2008 at the Experimental Farm of School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Medziphema Campus, Nagaland University, Nagaland to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of capsicum annum cv. California Wonder. The treatments supplementing nutrients through 100% organic manures were significantly inferior in producing fruit yield (151.73-182.96 q ha-1) than organic manures applied with chemical fertilizers (189.38-232.59 q ha-1). The maximum fruit yield (232.59 q ha-1) was recorded from the treatment of 50% NPK +50% poultry manure. N, P and K content in plants and fruits significantly increased either due to sole or combined application of organic manures and inorganic manures.
Evaluation of the Total Eyes-off-Road Time Glance Criterion in the NHTSA Visual-Manual Guidelines

NHTSA issued a 12-s total eyes-off-road time (TEORT) glance criterion for its visual-manual guidelines simulator test. This criterion relied on NHTSA’s analysis of manual radio-tuning data from its simulator study using a 2010 Toyota Prius premium radio and its test-track study of five 2005 to 2010 vehicles using various radio-tuning control types. However, this 12-s criterion was biased falsely downward. First, NHTSA oversampled the youngest participants (with the shortest TEORT scores) in the simulator study and oversampled the newest radios (with the shortest TEORT scores) in the test track study. Second, NHTSA incorrectly assumed that track and simulator metrics had a one-to-one correspondence, but the track TEORT was substantially shorter than the simulator TEORT for a matched Prius task with matched older participant ages. Third, NHTSA set its criterion at exactly the 85th percentile of the TEORT data rather than its upper confidence limit; hence, traditional radio-tuning tasks would fail repeated tests simply because of random test-to-test variation. The current study, after adjusting for these and other biases, estimated a criterion of 21.4 s from the identical NHTSA data sets. Emerging knowledge that relies on naturalistic driving studies suggests that cumulative glance metrics such as TEORT have low predictive validity for crashes compared with other metrics. A new test should be developed with metrics of higher predictive validity for relative crash risk on the basis of a growing scientific consensus about the relationship—both positive and negative—between eye glances, relative crash risk, and secondary task performance while driving.
Improving students’ financial literacy by training teachers using an online professional development module

ABSTRACT We evaluate whether a scalable online teacher professional development (OTPD) module that requires little time investment enhances students’ financial literacy. Two randomised controlled trials were performed, with 1827 students, 53 teachers and 47 schools participating. The financial education programme on its own increased students’ financial knowledge, but did not improve financial behaviour. Regarding the OTPD effects, we observed that students’ knowledge scores did not significantly improve, but that behaviour scores were enhanced relative to students whose teachers did not receive access to the OTPD module. In comparison with students in the control condition, behaviour scores improved with 0.39 SD.