Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship between Dynamic and Isometric Strength, Power, Speed, and Average Propulsive Speed of Recreational Athletes

The purpose of this study was to examine the type of relationship between measures of maximal force (dynamic and isometric), maximal power, and mean propulsive velocity. In total, 355 recreational athletes, 96 women (age 20.5 ± 2.5 years; height 158.2 ± 17.3 cm; weight 61.8 ± 48.4 kg) and 259 men (age 21.0 ± 2.6 years; height 170.5 ± 12.6 cm; weight 65.9 ± 9.2 kg) were evaluated in three sessions separated by 72 h each in isometric midthigh pull exercise (ISOS) (kg), bench press maximum strength (1RM MSBP) (kg), jump height (CMJ) (m), and maximum pedaling power (WT) the maximum squat strength (1RM MSS) (kg), the mean propulsive velocity in the bench press (MPVBP) (m·s−1), and the peak power (PPBP) (w), mean propulsive squat velocity (MPVS) (m·s−1), peak power (PP) (w), maximum handgrip force (ISOHG) (kg), and 30 m movement speed (V30) (s). Significant correlations (p ≤ 0.01) were identified between 95% of the various manifestations of force, and only 5% presented a significance of p ≤ 0.05; however, when the magnitude of these correlations is observed, there is great heterogeneity. In this sense, the dynamic strength tests present the best correlations with the other strength and power tests used in the present study, followed by PPBP and PP. The results of this study complement what is reported in the literature regarding the correlation between different types of force manifestations being heterogeneous and contradictory.
THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC ACTIVITY ON LOW-MASS STARS IN ECLIPSING BINARIES

In recent years, analyses of eclipsing binary systems have unveiled differences between the observed fundamental properties of low-mass stars and those predicted by stellar structure models. Particularly, radius and effective temperatures computed from models are ∼5%–10% lower and ∼3%–5% higher than observed, respectively. These discrepancies have been attributed to different factors, notably the high levels of magnetic activity present on these stars. In this paper, we test the effect of magnetic activity both on models and on the observational analysis of eclipsing binaries using a sample of such systems with accurate fundamental properties. Regarding stellar models, we have found that unrealistically high spot coverages need to be assumed to reproduce the observations. Tests considering metallicity effects and missing opacities on models indicate that these are not able to explain the radius discrepancies observed. With respect to the observations, we have tested the effect of several spot distributions on the light curve analysis. Our results show that spots cause systematic deviations on the stellar radii derived from light curve analysis when mainly distributed over the stellar poles. Assuming the existence of polar spots, overall agreement between models and observations is reached when ∼35% spot coverage is considered on stellar models. Such spot coverage induces a systematic deviation in the radius determination from the light curve analysis of ∼3% and is also compatible with the modulations observed on the light curves of these systems. Finally, we have found that the effect of activity or rotation on convective transport in partially radiative stars may also contribute to the explanation of the differences seen in some of the systems with shorter orbital periods.
Short-term flux and colour variations in low-energy peaked blazars

We have measured multi-band optical flux and colour variations for a sample of 12 low energy peaked blazars on short, day-to-month, timescales. Our sample contains six BL Lacertae objects and six flat spectrum radio quasars. These photometric observations, made during September 2008 to June 2009, used five optical telescopes, one in India and four in Bulgaria. We detected short term flux variations in eleven of these blazars and colour variability in eight of them. Our data indicate that six blazars (3C 66A, AO 0235+164, S5 0716+714, PKS 0735+178, OJ 287 and 3C 454.3) were observed in preor post-outburst states, that five (PKS 0420 014, 4C 29.45, 3C 279, PKS 1510 089 and BL Lac) were in a low state, while one (3C 273) was in an essentially steady state. The duty cycles for flux and colour variations on short timescales in these low energy peaked blazars are �92 per cent and � 33 per cent, respectively. The colour vs magnitude correlations seen here support the hypothesis that BL Lac objects tend to become bluer with increase in brightness; however, flat spectrum radio quasars may show the opposite trend, and there are exceptions to these trends in both categories of blazar. We briefly discuss emission models for active galactic nuclei that might explain our results.
Design and Analysis of an Energy-Efficient Load Balancing and Bandwidth Aware Adaptive Multipath N-Channel Routing Approach in MANET

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of spontaneous nodes that form a dynamic network without any centralized administration. Routing decisions for mobile communication is a challenging task because the continuous movement of nodes increases the routing overhead and energy consumption. Numerous studies have been conducted in the field of MANET to reduce the routing decision overhead and energy consumption. Their concepts are good for improving efficiency in terms of load balancing, congestion control, and energy consumption. This article provides new concepts that are able to give better outcomes. This paper, proposes an adaptive Multipath Multichannel (N-channel) Energy Efficient (MMEE) routing approach in which route selection strategies are dependent on predictive energy consumption per packet (calculated accustomed data delivery), available bandwidth, queue length, and channel utilization. Multipath provides multiple routes and balances network load, whereas multichannel reduces network collisions via a channel ideal assignment mechanism. In the multichannel mechanism, link bandwidth is divided into multiple sub-channels. Multiple source nodes access the channel bandwidth in a simultaneous manner that minimizes the network collision. The collaborative multipath multichannel mechanism provides more than one path between a single source or multiple sources to the destination without collision and congestion. The path selection is based on the MMEE routing approach. In the proposed MMEE, a load and bandwidth aware routing method selects the path, based on node energy and predicts their lifetime, which increases the network reliability. The result shows the comparative analysis between various multichannel medium access techniques such as MMAC, Parallel Rendezvous Multi Channel Medium Access Protocol (PRMMAC), Quality of Service Ad hoc On Demand Multipath Distance Vector (QoS-AOMDV), Q-learning based Multipath Routing (QMR), Topological Change Adaptive Ad hoc On-demand Multipath Distance Vector (TA-AOMDV), and the proposed MMEE method. The outcome concludes that the MMEE method performs better than other schemes. The proposed MMEE protocol provides better performance in terms of percentage of data received, throughput, and minimum energy utilization.
Forensic Accounting Methods and Reducing Creative Accounting Practices: Evidence from Jordan

This study aims to investigate the role of forensic accounting methods in reducing creative accounting practices in Jordan as a developing country. The targeted population consisted of 357 respondents from auditing accounting working in auditing offices in Amman. A self-administrated questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and multiple-regression analysis was employed for data analysis. The study findings indicated that three factors could be extracted from forensic accounting methods; namely, investigation operations, procedures and evaluation processes. These factors (methods) showed to have a positive relationship with reducing creativity accounting practices from auditors’ perspective in Jordan. The most crucial forensic accounting method (factor) that proved to be highly associated with reducing creativity accounting practices was the “procedures” method
Plasma Campesterol Is Positively Associated with Carotid Plaques in Asymptomatic Subjects

Background: Increased cholesterol absorption and reduced synthesis are processes that have been associated with cardiovascular disease risk in a controversial way. However, most of the studies involving markers of cholesterol synthesis and absorption include conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, which can be confounding factors. The present study aimed at investigating the relationships of plasma cholesterol synthesis and absorption markers with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, cIMT (carotid intima-media thickness), and the presence of carotid plaques in asymptomatic subjects. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 270 asymptomatic individuals and anthropometrical parameters, fasting plasma lipids, glucometabolic profiles, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), markers of cholesterol synthesis (desmosterol and lathosterol), absorption (campesterol and sitosterol), cIMT, and the presence of atherosclerotic plaques were analyzed. Results: Among the selected subjects aged between 19 and 75 years, 51% were females. Age, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, non-HDL-C, triglycerides, glucose, and lathosterol/sitosterol ratios correlated positively with cIMT (p ≤ 0.05). Atherosclerotic plaques were present in 19% of the subjects. A direct association of carotid plaques with campesterol, OR = 1.71 (95% CI = 1.04–2.82, p ≤ 0.05) and inverse associations with both ratios lathosterol/campesterol, OR = 0.29 (CI = 0.11–0.80, p ≤ 0.05) and lathosterol/sitosterol, OR = 0.45 (CI = 0.22–0.95, p ≤ 0.05) were observed in univariate logistic regression analysis. Conclusions: The findings suggested that campesterol may be associated with atherosclerotic plaques and the lathosterol/campesterol or sitosterol ratios suggested an inverse association. Furthermore, synthesis and absorption of cholesterol are inverse processes, and the absorption marker, campesterol, may reflect changes in body cholesterol homeostasis with atherogenic potential.
DDPG-based Deep Reinforcement Learning for Loitering Munition Mobility Control: Algorithm Design and Visualization

Drone technology is estimated for its potential to be applied in many industries, including logistics, broadcasting, telecommunications, and warfare technology. In particular, in the field of modern warfare such as the current war in Ukraine, the use of drones has become an essential element. This paper includes a loitering munition to attack a single ground target in the scenario. A simulation environment for drone attack is built based on the 3D platform Unity, and learning is performed by applying DDPG, a reinforcement learning algorithm that can be used in continuous action space. Through the specific result, it is possible to achieve our purpose to attack target exactly.
Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Simulation Algorithms for Evaluation of Large-Scale Extreme Fast Charging Systems (T& D Models)

Simulation of high-fidelity models of extreme fast charging (XFC) systems and large-area power grids with many XFCs can be time consuming in traditional simulators. Traditional simulators use a single method of discretization for all the components that results in imposing a large computational burden of inverting a large matrix as well as increased computations related to single method of discretization (that is typically a trapezoidal method). To overcome the problem of simulating large-area power grids with many XFCs, in this paper, advanced numerical simulation algorithms are applied for the first time together to reduce the dimension of matrix inversion. The algorithms include numerical stiffness-based segregation, time constant-based segregation, clustering and aggregation on differential algebraic equations (DAEs), and multi-order integration approaches. These algorithms apply multiple discretization algorithms rather than a single discretization algorithm that further reduces the computational burden. The approaches mentioned here have resulted in speed-up of up to 18x in the simulation of a single distribution system with 15 XFCs and of up to 271x in the simulation of a transmission-distribution system with 300 XFCs in multiple distribution feeders with respect to conventional simulators (like power systems computer aided design [PSCAD]).
National Survey: How Do We Approach the Patient at Risk of Clinical Deterioration outside the ICU in the Spanish Context?

Background: Anticipating and avoiding preventable intrahospital cardiac arrest and clinical deterioration are important priorities for international healthcare systems and institutions. One of the internationally followed strategies to improve this matter is the introduction of the Rapid Response Systems (RRS). Although there is vast evidence from the international community, the evidence reported in a Spanish context is scarce. Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional research consisting of a voluntary 31-question online survey was performed. The Spanish Society of Intensive, Critical and Coronary Care Medicine (SEMICYUC) supported the research. Results: We received 62 fully completed surveys distributed within 13 of the 17 regions and two autonomous cities of Spain. Thirty-two of the participants had an established Rapid Response Team (RRT). Common frequency on measuring vital signs was at least once per shift but other frequencies were contemplated (48.4%), usually based on professional criteria (69.4%), as only 12 (19.4%) centers used Early Warning Scores (EWS) or automated alarms on abnormal parameters. In the sample, doctors, nurses (55%), and other healthcare professionals (39%) could activate the RRT via telephone, but only 11.3% of the sample enacted this at early signs of deterioration. The responders on the RRT are the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), doctors, and nurses, who are available 24/7 most of the time. Concerning the education and training of general ward staff and RRT members, this varies from basic to advanced and specific-specialized level, simulating a growing educational methodology among participants. A great number of participants have emergency resuscitation equipment (drugs, airway adjuncts, and defibrillators) in their general wards. In terms of quality improvement, only half of the sample registered RRT activity indicators. In terms of the use of communication and teamwork techniques, the most used is clinical debriefing in 29 centers. Conclusions: In terms of the concept of RRS, we found in our context that we are in the early stages of the establishment process, as it is not yet a generalized concept in most of our hospitals. The centers that have it are in still in the process of maturing the system and adapting themselves to our context.
The 2001 Taupō Fault Belt Seismicity as Evidence of Magma‐Tectonic Interaction at Taupō Volcano

The Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is the southern extent of the Tonga‐Kermadec volcanic arc and encompasses the Taupō Rift, with the two structures accommodating extension through the central North Island of New Zealand via magmatic and tectonic processes, respectively. Interplay between components of the TVZ and Taupō Rift are evident at Taupō volcano, which exhibits periods of increased seismicity on a decadal scale. One period of increased seismicity occurred in 2001 outside the caldera in the adjacent Taupō Fault Belt. We use seismological analysis to detect and characterize the Taupō Fault Belt seismicity, which aligns in clusters close to active faults, and was preceded by a large cluster of earthquakes beneath Lake Taupō's Western Bay. This cluster and a temporal change in the local stress field imply that a magmatic intrusion beneath the Western Bay initiated the unrest in the fault belt. Our analysis suggests this intrusion may have occurred outside the silicic reservoir at Taupō and that it represents an example of interaction between the regional tectonic and deep mafic magmatic systems at Taupō.
A Possible Intuitive Derivation of the Kerr Metric in Orthogonal Form Based On Ellipsoidal Metric Ansatz

In this paper we show that it is possible to derive the Kerr solution in an alternative, intuitive way, based on physical reasoning and starting from an orthogonal metric ansatz having manifest ellipsoidal space-time symmetry (ellipsoidal symmetry). This is possible because both flat metric in oblate spheroidal (ellipsoidal) coordinates and Kerr metric in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates can be rewritten in such a form that the difference between the two is only in the time-time and radial-radial metric tensor components, just as is the case with Schwarzschild metric and flat metric in spherical coordinates.
S-duality via outer-automorphism twists

Compactification of 6D theory of type G on a punctured Riemann surface has been effectively used to understand S-dualities of 4D theories. We can further introduce branch cuts on the Riemann surface across which the worldvolume fields are transformed by the discrete symmetries associated with those of the Dynkin diagram of type G. This allows us to generate more S-dualities, and in particular to reproduce a couple of S-dual pairs found previously by Argyres and Wittig.
Impact of Capsulotomy on Hip Biomechanics during Arthroscopy

Background and Objectives: Anterior capsulotomy is routinely performed in hip arthroscopy to improve joint visualization; however, this can partly or completely disrupt the stabilizing ligaments of the hip. This study aimed to report the effects of conventional and extensive arthroscopic capsulotomies on hip stability. Materials and Methods: Eight freshly frozen cadaveric pelvises were used in this study. The range of motion and translation were measured and compared among different capsular conditions utilized in hip arthroscopy, with a special interest in the iliofemoral ligament (IFL) and zona orbicularis (ZO). The conditions included intact capsule, interportal capsulotomy, T-capsulotomy, complete IFL disruption, and complete IFL and ZO disruption. Internal rotation at three flexion planes (−10°, 0°, and 30°) and external rotation at six flexion planes (−10°, 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°, and 110°) were measured with corresponding femoral head translation distance at the application of 2.5 Nm torque. Results: As compared to an intact capsule, a significant increase in external rotation was observed after interportal capsulotomy from −10° to 60° and after T-capsulotomy from −10° to 110° flexion. A significant translation was observed only with a T-capsulotomy, which ranged from 1.9 to 2.3 mm across the flexion angles. Compared with conventional interportal capsulotomy, disruption of the entire IFL resulted in a significant increase in external rotation in all flexion planes, and significant translation was accompanied by disruption of the ZO. Conclusions: Interportal capsulotomy can result in an increase in range of motion, and T-capsulotomy can lead to significant translation. Partial or complete tears of the IFL and ZO can result in further external rotation and translation.
Fermi Discovers a New Population of Gamma-ray Novae

Novae had not been widely considered as high-energy (>100 MeV) gamma-ray sources before the launch of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). In March 2010, the LAT made the first gamma-ray detection of a nova in the symbiotic binary V407 Cygni. The LAT observations uniquely probed the high-energy particle acceleration mechanism in the environs of the V407 Cyg binary system consisting of a white dwarf and its red giant companion. Subsequently in June 2012, two more novae were detected with the LAT, Nova Sco 2012 and Nova Mon 2012, thus heralding novae as a new gamma-ray source class. For Nova Mon 2012, the gamma-ray transient source was discovered first, followed by the optical confirmation of the nova, showcasing how novae can be found with the LAT independently from traditional optical searches. We discuss the LAT detected gamma-ray novae together with observational limits on other optical novae over the first four years of the Fermi mission and reconsider the possible high-energy gamma-ray production mechanisms in novae in light of the new detections.
Alternative Furrow Irrigation Effect on Onion (Allium cepa L.) Yield and Water Use Efficiency: Evidence from Ethiopia

ABSTRACT Agricultural water demand is increasing with inefficient delivery mechanisms in Ethiopia. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of alternative furrow irrigation against other irrigation systems on onion crop (Allium cepa L.) yield and water use efficiency in Basketo special district. The experiment comprised of four levels of treatments (alternative furrow irrigation, fixed furrow irrigation, farmers practice) and 50% of alternative furrow irrigation. The analysis of variance for the combined means showed that alternative furrow gave the highest mean total yield (25.32 ton ha−1) and marketable yield (17.35 ton ha−1) without significantly varying farmer practices and fixed, while 50% alternative furrow gave the minimum total yield (21.23 ton ha−1) and marketable yield (10.35 ton ha−1). Alternative and 50% alternative showed 8% of yield and 40% of marketable yield difference. Alternative furrow irrigation also gave higher water use efficiency than others and 50% of alternative furrow irrigation saved higher water (60%) and other saved less. Economic profitability analysis showed that alternative furrow irrigation had given the highest gross field Benet and benefit cost ratio and 50% of alternative furrow irrigation gave the least of both parameters. Alternative furrow irrigation can be appropriate for better onion yielding and water saving in areas where there is water scarcity.
Can RCrB stars form from the merger of two helium white dwarfs

Due to orbital decay by gravitational-wave radiation, some close-binary helium white dwarfs are expected to merge within a Hubble time. The immediate merger products are believed to be helium-rich sdO stars, essentially helium main-sequence stars. We present new evolution calculations for these post-merger stars beyond the core helium-burning phase. The most massive He-sdO’s develop a strong helium-burning shell and evolve to become helium-rich giants. We include nucleosynthesis calculations following the merger of 0:4M helium white-dwarf pairs with metallicities Z = 0:0001; 0:004; 0:008 and 0.02. The surface chemistries of the resulting giants are in partial agreement with the observed abundances of R Coronae Borealis and extreme helium stars. Such stars might represent a third, albeit rare, evolution channel for the latter, in addition to the CO+He white dwarf merger and the very-late thermal pulse channels proposed previously. We conrm a recent suggestion that lithium seen in R CrB stars could form naturally during the hot phase of a merger in the presence of 3 He from the donor white dwarf.