Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attention Based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction

Self-driving vehicles need to continuously analyse the driving scene, understand the behavior of other road users and predict their future trajectories in order to plan a safe motion and reduce their reaction time. Motivated by this idea, this paper addresses the problem of vehicle trajectory prediction over an extended horizon. On highways, human drivers continuously adapt their speed and paths according to the behavior of their neighboring vehicles. Therefore, vehicles’ trajectories are very correlated and considering vehicle interactions makes motion prediction possible even before the start of a clear maneuver pattern. To this end, we introduce and analyze trajectory prediction methods based on how they model the vehicles interactions. Inspired by human reasoning, we use an attention mechanism that explicitly highlights the importance of neighboring vehicles with respect to their future states. We go beyond pairwise vehicle interactions and model higher order interactions. Moreover, the existence of different goals and driving behaviors induces multiple potential futures. We exploit a combination of global and partial attention paid to surrounding vehicles to generate different possible trajectory. Experiments on highway datasets show that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art performances.
PARAMETRES DE POPULATION CHEZ LE GRAND RHINOLOPHE FER-A-CHEVAL (RHINOLOPHUS FERRUM-EQUINUM SCHREBER), ESTIMES PAR LA METHODE DES REPRISES APRES BAGUAGES

La metbode de Bezem pour revaluation des parametres de population fat appliquee aux rosultats des reprises apr£s baguages de Grands Rhinolophes ferä-cheval. Ils furent baguds et repris, en hiver, une fois par an, dans 12 caves de la region d'Angers (Prance). Ces rtsnltats furent notes pendant une duree de 5 ans, de 1962 a 1966. Devaluation du taux de survie (probability qu'une cbauve-souris soit vivante apres un an) nous a semble faussee de fac.on importante. II semble que cela soit une des consequences du baguage, chez cette espece, consequence que nous proposons d'appeler c emigration interne pendant 1'bibernation ». Cette emigration cause, a 1'occasion, une perte virtuelle d'individus, mais les femelies nubiles « perdues > de cette maniere continuent, nous le supposons, a prendre part a la reproduction de cette population. Pendant Tbiver elles deviendraient introuvables, en continuant probablement ä eviter les caves etudiees pendant la periode de recbercbe, parce qu'elles y ont ete manipuiees une ou deux fois par les cbercbeurs. II ne semble pas y avoir d'erreur dans Pestimation du taux de capture, qui est la probabilite de prise d'une cbauve-souris pendant une visite d'etude. La valeur de ce taux semble relativement eievee dans cette espece et difterente selon les sexes : probablement 0.624 pour les males et 0.532 pour les femelies. On doit tenir compte de ce fait : dans 1'estimation de l'abondance relative locale de cette espece, dans Pestimation du sex-ratio. Le calcul de ces valeurs ainsi efifectue nous a donne : 0.52 pour Pabondance relative, et 0.516 pour la fraction des males. Dans 1'hypothese tr£s vraisemblable oil le sex-ratio est ä la naissance egal ä 0.50, on peut conclure que le taux de survie est presque identique dans les deux sexes chez les Grands Rbinolopbes fer-a-cbeval.
Temperature Effects on Vegetative and Reproductive Development of Peanut1,2

Optimum temperature for growth of most peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes is near 30°C. During the 1980 growing season, temperatures ranged from 35 to 40°C for many days in USA peanut producing regions, and severe crop losses attributable to the high temperatures and drought occurred. Experiments were initiated to determine the effect of temperature separate from drought on peanut development. Plants were grown in controlled environments at 30/25°C, 12/12 h light/dark temperatures to obtain a population of plants with uniform development. Measurements of individual leaf areas, leaf dry weights, and seedling height were made 21 days after planting to establish plant growth state. Then temperature treatments, based on temperatures expected to occur during the summer peanut growing season in the southwest USA, were begun. Temperature during the dark period was held constant at 22°C for all treatments. Temperatures during the light period were 30, 32, and 35°C. The 35°C treatment decreased individual leaf areas and dry weights at both 63 and 91 days after planting. Plants harvested at 91 days after planting showed reduced total leaf area and stem elongation was decreased in two experiments at 35°C. The highest temperature treatment significantly reduced the number of subterranean pegs. Mature seed weight was reduced and significantly so in two of three experiments, once for each cultivar tested. Thus, a temperature of 35°C was shown to have an inhibitory effect on peanut development even when plants were grown under well-watered conditions. An evaluation of eight peanut genotypes showed genotypic variation in response to the 35°C temperature treatment. Selection for peanuts with improved heat tolerance may be possible.
COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Origin, Implications and Treatments

This is a succinct and current review of pertinent literature to guide developing serum therapy as an emergent treatment to save human lives at times of natural or genetically engineered viral/bacterial pandemics. The origin of 2019-nCoV and implications of COVID-19 are discussed using direct quotes of published scientific literature to avoid misinterpretation on this very important event that has caused great loss of human lives and international social economy. It is the goal of this review to warn against and to correct international misunderstanding created by deliberate falsification of scientific documentations and events. This misunderstanding may lead to further destruction of life, economy, and political relations. People should not be blind-sighted when making life decisions.
Seeing is believing: examining self-efficacy and trait hope as moderators of youths’ positive risk-taking intention

Abstract The present study builds on research related to the illusion of skills acquisition and the risk perception attitude framework to examine positive risk-taking intention amongst youths. Positive risk-taking allows youths to experience self-growth as they push through boundaries when engaging in creative activities. Through a longitudinal between-subjects experiment, we investigate whether watching videos of positive risk-taking will influence young adults’ likelihood to engage in similar activities because of vicarious learning. United States and Singapore participants (N = 646) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (1) recreational (n = 160), (2) health (n = 163), (3) prosocial (n = 154), and (4) control group (n = 169). Watching others participate in positive risk-taking behaviors did not attenuate participants’ risk perception; on the contrary, the health video actually increased risk perception. Individuals with higher self-efficacy and trait hope reported a higher risk-taking intention. Findings from this study highlight the need for scholars and educators to be aware that although watching positive risk-taking videos has minimal influence on youths’ risk perception, it reduces their intention to partake in risky activities in the future.
ENERGY UTILIZATION BY THE LACOMBE AND YORKSHIRE BREEDS OF PIG

A comparative slaughter trial involving 32 weanling pigs was conducted to estimate the energy requirements for maintenance and production and to compare the energetic efficiency of Lacombe and Yorkshire pigs. The coefficients of digestible energy (DE), metabolizable energy (ME), and ME/DE ratio were similar for the two breeds. The fasting heat production and energy requirements for maintenance of energy equilibrium for the Yorkshire pigs were significantly higher (P < 0.01) than for the Lacombe pigs. Differences in the efficiency of utilization of ME for the function of maintenance and for production were not significant. Estimates of net energy for maintenance and net energy for gain of the corn-soybean meal diet are presented. The study suggests that these net energy values, like the DE and ME values, may be used for diet formulation without need for correction for breed. The use of the exponent 0.56 rather than 0.75 as the reference base of metabolic body size led to increased precision, as indicated b.
Antiproliferative Activities of Bacterial-Derived Human Alpha and Beta Interferons on Human and Mouse Tumor Cells

We tested the antiproliferative properties of five bacterial derived leukocyte interferons (IFNs), IFN-αA and IFN-αD, and the hybrids IFN-αAD (Bg1), IFN-αAD (Pvu), and IFN-αDA (Bgl), bacterial derived human fibroblast (IFN-β1,) and buffy coat IFNs. McCoy cells were completely resistant to the effects of buffy coat and IFN-β1 IFNs while HeLa cells were very sensitive to both preparations. At a concentration of 104 U/ml IFN-β1 produced an 84% inhibition while the buffy coat IFN reduced the growth to 50% of the control cells. Both cell types proved to be quite insensitive to IFN-αA and IFN-αD, even at concentrations as high as 104 U/ml. IFN-αA had no effect on McCoy cells while approximately a 25% inhibition was observed with IFN-αA on HeLa cells and IFN-αD on both cell lines. The hybrids IFN-αAD (Pvu) and IFN-αAD (Bgl), on the other hand, effectively inhibited the proliferation of these cell lines. IFN-αAD (Pvu) and IFN-αAD (Bgl) at concentrations of 104 U/ml inhibited HeLa cell proliferation by 74% and 69%.
Management of house fly, Musca domestica L. (Muscidae: Diptera), through botanical baits

T The house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), is a major pest of all aspects of life, like the domestic, medical and veterinary and causal agent of several pathogenic diseases. The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential of different insecticide-free baits against house fly by incorporating flower methanol extract of Helianthus annuus (sunflower) and Tegetes erecta (marigold) at 10%, 20% and 30% bait formulation of corn syrup, dried milk and water. However, imidacloprid and thiacloprid (each at 5% concentration) were also included in the study for comparison. Results showed that insecticide baits were superior in causing mortality of adult house fly but dependent upon syrup. Overall, 20% baits of both extracts caused more than half population death of house fly within 48h. On the other hand, the mortality rate by 30% baits (from sunflower and marigold) had a similar impact as observed in case of imidacloprid and thiacloprid baits. Therefore, biological baits could play a more active and safer role in the management of house fly as compared to synthetic
A Review of the High-speed Permanent Magnet Rotor Stress Analysis used for Automotive Air-handling Machines

Machines incorporating high-speed electrical machines (HSEM) are becoming increasingly common place in applications including air handling, energy storage and medical devices. They are of increasing interest within the automotive field for air handling applications. HSEM’s use surface-mounted permanent magnet (PM) rotors, manufactured from rare earth metals. However, these PM’s have low tensile strength and are susceptible to failure under the centrifugal load produced at high speed rotation. Retaining sleeves which are an interference fit around the magnets, provide compression and hence resistance to tensile stress. The ability to predict the stresses within the rotor assembly is essential for robust design. This review paper examines existing analytical calculations and finite element analysis (FEA) models. The analytical approaches include both plane stress and plane strain models and the limitations of these are discussed. For relatively long rotors, a generalised plane strain approach is suitable, however it is seldom used. In addition, this latter approach has not been extended to assemblies where the magnets are assembled onto a carrier or shaft. Optimisation of rotors has been addressed in a relatively small number of papers. However, further work is required in this area to ensure that the optimised rotors can be manufactured.
Fungos micorrízicos e fósforo, no crescimento, nos teores de nutrientes e na produção do sorgo e soja consorciados

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of three endomycorhizal fungi species on intercropped sorghum and soybean growth, nutrition and grain yield in a Dark-Red Latosol (Typic haplusthox) fumigated soil amended with 0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg of P. The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions. Sorghum shoot dry weight increased by 55%, 33% and 6%, and grain dry weight increased by 31% and 21%, respectively to Glomus etunicatum and Gigaspora margarita. Glomus clarum did not statistically differ from the control. Soybean shoot dry weight and grain dry weight showed linearly increase with P levels indepedently of mycorhizal fungus inoculation, while dry grain weigth incresed in the same way as that of sorghum. Glomus etunicatum was the most efficient mycorhizal fungus among the species at all P levels. The results demonstrate that mycorhizal inoculation contributed substantially to increase shoot and grain dry weight as well as to increase N, P, K, Zn and Cu shoot contents. These responses varied with soil P levels and mycorhizal species.
Utilizing personal values to explain people’s attitudes towards legal norms

The aim of this study is to clarify whether personal values explain delinquents’ and non-delinquents’ general attitudes towards legal norms. We expect that 10 basic personal values form a circular scale common to all individuals, both delinquents and non-delinquents, that people’s ratings of the importance of these 10 values predict their norm acceptance in a sinusoidal way, with higher predictability for delinquents, and that the correlations of personal values with norm acceptance are highest for those delinquents with a broad spectrum of offences. Finally, we expect that gender does not have an impact on these profiles, whereas controlling for age does. Our analyses are based on four studies on community crime prevention. The results are in line with the above expectations.
Dynamics of estrogen biomarker responses in rainbow trout exposed to 17β‐estradiol and 17α‐ethinylestradiol

We have investigated the response dynamics of the estrogen‐dependent genes vitellogenin (VTG) and the vitelline envelope proteins (VEPs) as well as circulating VTG in immature female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to 17β‐estradiol (E2) and 17α‐efhinylestradiol (EE2) for periods of 7 and 14 d. Gene responses were quantified by measurement of messenger RNA (mRNA) in liver extracts using a chemiluminescent hybridization protection assay. Circulating VTG was measured by a homologous enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Exposure to both E2 and EE2 induced concentration‐dependent increases in all biomarkers. The data presented indicate that VEP genes may be more sensitive to estrogens than the VTG gene. The biomarker lowest‐observed‐effect concentrations (biomarkerLOEC) in the 14‐d study with E2 were 14 ng/L (VTG protein, VTG mRNA, VEPβ, and VEPγ) or 4.8 ng/L (VEPα). The EE2 was 5‐ to 66‐fold more potent depending on the biomarker studied. In the 7‐d study, all biomarkers were elevated after 48‐h exposure to E2, with biomarkerLOECs of 30 ng/L (VTG protein, VTG mRNA, and VEPγ) or 9.7 ng/L (VEPα and VEPβ). Vitellogenin mRNA was induced up to 1,000‐fold above baseline, and this translated into an increase of approximately 50,000‐fold in circulating VTG. In conclusion, all biomarkers responded to estrogen exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations.
THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEES WORK STRESS AND WORK DISCIPLINE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES MEDIATED BY ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR (OCB)

The purpose of this study is to understand and explain the effects of work stress and work discipline on employees performance mediated by Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and its implications for the Employees of PT Bank “X”. (Persero), Tbk. The research method used was quantitative approach, where the population in this study was 150 employees of PT Bank “X”. (Persero) Tbk. The sample selection technique was done by taking non-probability sampling of 109 respondents. Questionnaire survey instrument data collection technique was used and was submitted to Employees of PT Bank “X” (Persero). Tbk. The data of this study, which was analyzed using the Structural Equation model (SEM) with SmartPLS 3.2. 8 software programs, revealed that work stress, Work Discipline and Organizational Citizenship Behavior affect employee performance, both partially and simultaneously.
QTL detection for stickiness of cooked rice using recombinant inbred lines derived from crosses between japonica rice cultivars

To establish a marker-assisted selection system for the eating quality of cooked rice, we performed quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis using 188 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from crosses of two japonica cultivars, ‘Sakihikari’ and ‘Nipponbare’. The former has excellent eating quality with strong stickiness whereas the latter is less sticky. We evaluated the stickiness of cooked rice using a sensory test, as well as amylose content (AC), amylographic characteristics (AM), and days-to-heading of RILs, which affect stickiness, in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and used them for QTL analysis. Six QTLs for stickiness were identified on chromosomes 1, 3 (two QTLs), 6, 7 and 8. Of these, qST3-1 on the short arm of chromosome 3 was detected throughout the three-year experiments but the others were detected in one year only. We also mapped two QTLs for AC, 19 QTLs for AM, and three QTLs for days-to-heading. Stickiness of RILs was significantly correlated with AM, and several QTLs for AM were detected in the same QTL regions for stickiness. These results thus suggested that AM was important for the stickiness of RILs. The obtained QTL information is useful to identify DNA markers tightly linked to genes controlling eating quality.
The influence of emulsifiers on the crystallisation behaviour of a palm oil-based blend

In margarine manufacture, blends containing palm oil show a slow rate of crystallisation and, occasionally, a tendency to recrystallise. This phenomenon is caused by the segregation of the triacylglycerol 1,3-dipalmitoyl 2-oleoyl glycerol that undergoes the polymorphic transition from the β’ to the β form. Emulsifiers can be used to control fat crystallisation properties. Although some studies have been performed on crystallisation properties of emulsifiers, there are no conclusive results. The purpose of the present work was to investigate the effects of some selected emulsifiers on a fat blend containing palm oil. A fixed amount (2%) of sucrose esters or sorbitan esters was added. After melting, the samples were crystallised in bulk and submitted to temperature cycling. At regular intervals during crystallisation and after cycling, the hardness and the solid fat content of the samples were evaluated and the crystal morphology investigated with a polarised-light microscope. In addition, samples at the end of storage time were evaluated with X-ray diffraction in order to investigate the polymorphic behaviour. The addition of the emulsifiers showed an effect on the crystal morphology as well as the textural properties of the samples. The differences observed in the micro- and macrostructure are explained in terms of the acyl-acyl interactions between the fatty acid residues of the emulsifiers and the triacylglycerols.
Reconstructing the assembly of a stream-insect metacommunity

Abstract Dispersal rates and the diversity of the regional species pool strongly affect community assembly in habitat patches. Incorporating these elements mechanistically into a model of community assembly requires adoption of a metacommunity paradigm. We developed a hierarchical model of community assembly for stream insects that incorporates regional effects (distance to and generic richness of other stream reaches) and local effects (water quality and community composition). We tested our model with a unique data set detailing changes in stream-insect community composition over 6 sampling periods across a 27-y period of watershed recovery from anthropogenic effects. &agr; and &ggr; richness increased greatly over the time period, whereas &bgr; richness declined strongly. Generic richness of individual stream reaches was significantly related to dispersal distance and generic richness of surrounding immigrant pools in preceding years. However, the strength of the relationship declined over time indicating that distance to potential colonists played a major role only early in community assembly. Water quality, characterized by an ordination of pH, temperature, conductivity, dissolved O2, NO3, NH4, and orthophosphate, was correlated with generic richness at all time periods during the community-assembly sequence. The functional diversity (diversity of functional attributes present in an assemblage of species) of entire communities was lower than expected from random simulations in all sampling years. However, functional diversity of individual functional feeding groups varied through time and amongst themselves. Our results suggest that both deterministic and random processes are important in metacommunity assembly, and their relative strengths vary throughout the assembly process.
Canonicity and homotopy canonicity for cubical type theory

Cubical type theory provides a constructive justification of homotopy type theory. A crucial ingredient of cubical type theory is a path lifting operation which is explained computationally by induction on the type involving several non-canonical choices. We present in this article two canonicity results, both proved by a sconing argument: a homotopy canonicity result, every natural number is path equal to a numeral, even if we take away the equations defining the lifting operation on the type structure, and a canonicity result, which uses these equations in a crucial way. Both proofs are done internally in a presheaf model.
Ethical Leadership and Employee Green Behavior: A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Analysis

In today’s globalized world, it has become challenging for organizations to prevent environmental damage and decay as they are the major contributors to these concerns. Researchers in the field of organizational behavior and sustainable development have been concentrating on the role of corporate leaders in deriving employee green behavior (EGB). Despite a few early attempts in this emerging field, no precise antecedents and mechanisms have been established so far. Accordingly, this research contributes to this emerging debate by examining how and under what conditions ethical leadership affects EGB. This study investigates the impact of ethical leadership on EGB through the mediation of green psychological climate (GPC) and the boundary condition of environmental awareness. This research uses social learning theory to derive hypotheses. This study empirically examines the underlying framework by conducting two surveys with time-based breaks to collect multilevel data from 410 employees working in four private and public sector universities and hospitals in Pakistan. We conducted multilevel path analysis through Mplus and confirmed a statistically significant positive effect of ethical leadership on GPC that ultimately translates to EGB. Further, the contingency of environmental awareness strengthens the indirect impact of ethical leadership on EGB through the mediation of GPC. Our findings reveal various ways by which organizations can strategically focus on employee green behavior, such as saving energy, wastage, and recycling.