Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Region of origin of product and regional appeal of celebrity in food purchase

Objective: Many studies show factors that have a positive impact on the intention to buy food, including the presence of stamps and certified and the endorsement of celebrities, both in isolation and combined with other factors. When it comes to studies that analyze the effects that both factors can have on the purchasing and consumer confidence, the number of studies in the national and international literature becomes incipient. This research aimed to identify the effects of the product origin region (POR) and the Regional Celebrity Appeal (RCP) on the confidence and intention to purchase food. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive and inferential quantitative approach was used, using experimental research as a research strategy. Findings: From the theoretical point of view, even pointing out that the presence of stamps and certificates and endorsement of celebrity exert direct influence on trust and purchase intention, the research shows that there is no interaction between these constructs when it comes to commodities, indicating that other elections should be considered. Originality/value: The results found show that even if the presence of identification of the region of origin of the product or the endorsement of celebrity congruent with the region generate an identification in the consumer towards the product, this junction is not sufficient when analyzing the intention to purchase food products in the category of commodities. Thus, the empirical look suggests that, when analyzing the confidence and intention to purchase other products, such as artisanal food products, which naturally carry a greater relationship with the region where they are produced, these results may be different, more prone to established relationships, generating greater statistical significance.
Developing a psychoeducational programme for caregivers of people with intellectual disability

Background In the Western Cape, South Africa, a significant number of individuals with intellectual disabilities are cared for by caregivers who receive little or no compensation, education or support. Despite the unique challenges faced by these caregivers, no psychoeducational programmes have been implemented for this particular population. Objectives The study aimed to examine the factors contributing to caregiver distress and develop a solution in the form of a psychoeducational programme for caregivers. Methods A mixed-methods research approach was employed. The qualitative phase involved exploratory research to gather fundamental information and gain new insights into caregiver distress. The quantitative phase utilised a ‘one-group pre-test, post-test design’ with a Likert-scale questionnaire to enable meaningful interpretations and comparisons of the psychoeducational programme’s impact and value. The paired t-test was employed to determine significant differences between pre-test and post-test results. Results The statistical findings demonstrated a significant increase in knowledge, with 99% of respondents indicating a positive impact in reducing caregiver distress and 85% feeling better equipped to care for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Conclusion The psychoeducational programme developed in this study had a positive effect on reducing caregiver distress. Contribution This knowledge provides valuable insights for healthcare professionals in designing relevant intervention programmes, offering support and providing resources not only for individuals with intellectual disabilities but also for their caregivers.
Thinking with Bem Viver across rural and urban Amazonia: Indigenous and Black spaces of resistance

In Brazil, Bem Viver recently arrived as a compelling counter-narrative to development's vision of land and labor as resources to be exploited. Bem Viver challenges the reductionism of land-as-resource, reinforces community autonomy, and entails reciprocity in relations with the nonhuman world. The purpose of this article is to extend conversations surrounding Bem Viver to the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará, primarily through asking whether the relational ethics of Bem Viver are active within current resistance movements focused on opposing neoliberal capitalism and racially-motivated dispossession. These resistance movements struggle for the maintenance of traditional relations while safeguarding socioecologies through territory. The cases we discuss draw upon our ethnographic work conducted within an Indigenous community in the Tapajós Basin and the Afro-Brazilian market Porto da Palha in urban Belém. We also consider whether Bem Viver opens the possibility of a post-political ecology framing of contestation over natural resources and place. Bem Viver is fundamentally relational and creates territorialities conflicting with market logics centered on financialization, individual accumulation, and private property. On the ground, Bem Viver as praxis shapes everyday practices sustaining place-based lifeways and determining material realities for the Indigenous and Black communities of the Tapajós and Belém regions of Pará.
Two-dimensional FE analysis of ground movements induced by shield tunnelling : the role of tunnel ovalization

In this work, a simple, yet effective procedure for simulating mechanized tunnelling operations with the FE method in 2-d plane-strain conditions is presented, which allows to take into account the ovalization of the tunnel boundary associated with a non-uniform gap closure, and includes, as a special case, the classical method of ROWE et al. [1983] and LEE et al. [1992]. The importance of tunnel ovalization on the predicted displacement field is demonstrated by means of a parametric study on a idealized tunnelling problem. The application of the proposed method to real tunnel excavations is demonstrated by means of two class C predictions of actual ground deformations as observed in two different case-histories of TBM tunnelling in soft clays.
Zein as a Basis of Recyclable Injection Moulded Materials: Effect of Formulation and Processing Conditions

The growing concern about reducing carbon footprint has led to the progressive replacement of traditional polymeric materials by natural-based biodegradable materials. However, materials from natural sources (i.e., plants) typically possess poorer mechanical properties when compared to conventional plastics. To counterbalance this, they need to be adequately formulated and processed to eventually meet the standards for certain applications. Zein is the major storage protein from corn and can be obtained as a by-product from the corn-oil industry. It is an excellent candidate for producing green materials due to its stability, biodegradability, renewability, and suitable mechanical and technical-functional properties. In the present work, zein was blended with a plasticizer (i.e., glycerol) at three different zein/glycerol ratios (75/25, 70/30, and 65/25) and then injection moulded at three different processing temperatures (120, 150, and 190 °C). The properties of both blends and bioplastics were evaluated using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), tensile tests, and water absorption capacity (WUC). The properties–structure interrelation was assessed through a scanning electron microscope. Generally, a higher zein content and processing temperature led to a certain reinforcement of the samples. Moreover, all bioplastics displayed a thermoplastic behaviour finally melting at temperatures around 80 °C. The lack of massive crosslinking enabled this melting, which finally could be used to confirm the ability of zein based materials to be recycled, while maintaining their properties. The recyclability of thermoplastic zein materials widens the scope of their application, especially considering its biodegradability.
Physical features and performance of unexplored Sanchori cattle population of Rajasthan state

Present address: 1,2Principal Scientist (pksinghmathura @gmail.com, pundir.rakesh@gmail.com) 3Retired Principal Scientist(sadana.dk@gmail.com). The cattle population of Rajasthan state (12.12 million), which is about 6.1% of total cattle population of the country (199.08 million), may further be categorized as 43.62% purebreds, 1.01% graded indigenous, 48.64% non-descript indigenous and 6.73% exotic/crossbreds. As per the milk production statistics, Rajasthan is contributing 10.53% (13.95 million tonnes) of the national milk production in 2013 (132.43 million tonne). Average per day per capita milk availability of Rajasthan state during the year 2012 was 539 g, which was about double to the national average of 290 g and ranked at number three after Punjab and Haryana amongst all the states of India (BAHS 2013). The milk produced in Rajasthan is shared by exotic/crossbred cattle, indigenous cattle, buffalo and goats, which are contributing 6.5, 29.3, 51.9 and 12.3%, respectively, to the total milk production of Rajasthan during 2012–13. Indigenous breeds with good milk productivity viz. Sahiwal, Gir, Rathi, Tharparkar and Kankrej are reared in this state besides, the dual purpose breeds like Hariana, Mewati and Malvi and the good quality draught breed i.e. Nagori. More than four-fifth of the milk produced by cattle (about 81.7%) in Rajasthan state is contributed by indigenous cattle breeds and non-descript cows. As per Livestock census 2007, the proportion of non-descript cattle in Rajasthan (48.64%) is well below the national proportion of 69.7%. There are some cattle populations of this state that deserve the status of a breed but have so far been kept under the non-descript category due to lack of any systematic attempt for their survey and characterization. One such population locally known as Sanchori cattle, which was included in the global breed list of livestock (FAO 2007), was explored in its breeding tract so as to characterize it phenotypically by making systematic surveys in its native tract. The survey was undertaken in 12 villages of three tehsils, viz. Sanchore, Bhinmal and Raniwada of Jalore district of Rajasthan state. During the survey 45 farmers were interviewed to collect information about management and performance of Sanchori cattle by using a predesigned Short Communications Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 85 (8): 923–926, August 2015/Short communication https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v85i8. 50985
A Convolutional Neural Network for Steady-State Flow Approximation Trained on a Small Sample Size

The wind microclimate plays an important role in architectural design, and computational fluid dynamics is a method commonly used for analyzing the issue. However, due to its high technical difficulty and time-consuming nature, it limits the interaction and exploration between designers and environment performance analyses. To address the issue, scholars have proposed a series of approximation models based on machine learning that have partially improved computational efficiency. However, these methods face challenges in terms of balancing applicability, prediction accuracy, and sample size. In this paper, we propose a method based on the classic Vggnet deep convolutional neural network as the backbone to construct an approximate model for predicting steady-state flow fields in urban areas. The method is trained on a small amount of sample data and can be extended to calculate the wind environment performance. Furthermore, we investigated the differences between geometric representation methods, such as the Boolean network representation and signed distance function, as well as different structure models, such as Vgg-CFD-11, Vgg-CFD-13, Vgg-CFD-16, and Vgg-CFD-19. The results indicate that the model can be trained using a small amount of sample data, and all models generally possess the ability to predict the wind environment. The best performance on the validation set and test set was achieved with an RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of 0.7966 m/s and 2.2345 m/s, respectively, and an R-Squared score of 0.9776 and 0.8455. Finally, we embedded the best-performing model into an architect-friendly urban comprehensive analysis platform, URBAN NEURAL-CFD.
External validation of the Moroccan Arabic version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer colorectal (CR29) module: Monocentric study

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL) outcomes are a focal endpoint of cancer treatment strategies. AIM To externally validate the Moroccan Arabic version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QoL Questionnaire (QLQ) for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients (CR29). METHODS Both Moroccan Arabic modules of QLQ-CR29 and QLQ-C30 were administered to Moroccan CRC. Psychometric properties were retested by measuring Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for reliability and Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to examine test-retest reproducibility. The multitrait-scaling analysis was performed to demonstrate the validity of the instrument and known-groups comparison was used to test the score’s ability to discriminate between different groups of patients. RESULTS In total, 221 patients were included in our study and 34 patients completed the questionnaire twice. The Urinary Frequency scale and Stool Frequency scale had good internal consistency with alpha Cronbach coefficients of 0.79 and 0.83 respectively, while the same coefficients were moderately lower for the Blood and Mucus in Stool scale (0.61) and the Body Image scale (0.67). The ICCs ranged from 0.88 to 1 indicating good to excellent reproducibility. In multitrait scaling analyses, the criterion for item convergent and divergent validity was satisfactory. The known-group comparison showed statistically significant differences between patients according to age, gender, stoma status, tumor location, and radiotherapy. CONCLUSION The Moroccan Arabic version of the EORTC QLQ-CR29 is a valid and reliable tool that can be used safely for research and clinical purposes in Moroccan CRC patients.
The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP transient survey in COSMOS: Overview

We present an overview of a deep transient survey of the COSMOS field with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC). The survey was performed for the 1.77 deg2 ultra-deep layer and 5.78 deg2 deep layer in the Subaru Strategic Program over six- and four-month periods from 2016 to 2017, respectively. The ultra-deep layer reaches a median depth per epoch of 26.4, 26.3, 26.0, 25.6, and 24.6 mag in g, r, i, z, and y bands, respectively; the deep layer is ∼0.6 mag shallower. In total, 1824 supernova candidates were identified. Based on light-curve fitting and derived light-curve shape parameter, we classified 433 objects as Type Ia supernovae (SNe); among these candidates, 129 objects have spectroscopic or COSMOS2015 photometric redshifts and 58 objects are located at z > 1. Our unique data set doubles the number of Type Ia SNe at z > 1 and enables various time-domain analyses of Type II SNe, high-redshift superluminous SNe, variable stars, and active galactic nuclei.
Classifying northern forests using Thematic Mapper Simulator data

Thematic Mapper Simulator data were collected over a 23,200 hectare forested area near Baxter State Park in north-central Maine. Photointerpreted ground reference information was used to drive a stratified random sampling procedure for waveband discriminant analyses and to generate training statistics and test pixel accuracies. Stepwise discriminant analyses indicated that the following bands best differentiated the thirteen level II - III cover types (in order of entry): near infrared (0.77 to 0.90 micron), blue (0.46 0.52 micron), first middle infrared (1.53 to 1.73 microns), second middle infrared (2.06 to 2.33 microsn), red (0.63 to 0.69 micron), thermal (10.32 to 12.33 microns). Classification accuracies peaked at 58 percent for thirteen level II-III land-cover classes and at 65 percent for ten level II classes.
Socio-cognitive alignment and the eco-social environment: The case of an EFL pre-service-teacher and his beginner learners

Abstract Since the mid-1990s, the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) has taken a social turn which acknowledges the role that social interaction plays in second language (L2) learning. Since then, extensive scholarship has used a multimodal perspective as well as alternative SLA approaches to explore L2 through classroom interaction. Even though multimodal grounded studies have analyzed fine-grained learning processes and conceive interaction as the driving force for learning, most of them have analyzed one single mode of interaction, thus, running short to integratively explore L2 classroom interaction. We draw from Socio-Cognitive Theory (SCG) to describe the trajectory in which an EFL pre-service teacher positioned an English only policy in the L2 classroom and how he and his beginning learners progressively aligned to it. SCG is an ecological L2 approach that conceives learning as the process through which humans adapt and align their minds and bodies to the eco-social world. Multimodal microanalysis of video and audio recorded segments serve to identify the diverse human and non-human semiotic modes, affordances, and natural pedagogy tools used to create and afford learning opportunities in this English lesson. Findings revealed how the “coordinated interaction” co-constructed in the lesson facilitated students’ alignment in this ecological environment, thus, contributing to the understanding of instructions, the identification of lexical items, and language production. We also discuss the implications of these trajectories for limiting students’ critical engagement in social issues related to equity and diversity.
The prolyl isomerase Pin1 stabilizes NeuroD during differentiation of mechanoreceptors

The peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase Pin1 plays vital roles in diverse cellular processes and pathological conditions. NeuroD is a differentiation and survival factor for a subset of neurons and pancreatic endocrine cells. Although multiple phosphorylation events are known to be crucial for NeuroD function, their mechanisms remain elusive. In this study, we demonstrate that zebrafish embryos deficient in Pin1 displayed phenotypes resembling those associated with NeuroD depletion, characterized by defects in formation of mechanosensory hair cells. Furthermore, zebrafish Pin1 interacts with NeuroD in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. In Pin1-deficient cell lines, NeuroD is rapidly degraded. However, the protein stability of NeuroD is restored upon overexpression of Pin1. These findings suggest that Pin1 functionally regulates NeuroD protein levels by post-phosphorylation cis-trans isomerization during neuronal specification.
The contribution of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors to the development, progression, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) account for up to 8% of deaths in men aged 65 years and over and 2.2% of women. Patients with AAAs often have atherosclerosis, and intimal atherosclerosis is generally present in AAAs. Accordingly, AAAs are considered a form of atherosclerosis and are frequently referred to as atherosclerotic aneurysms. Pathological observations advocate inflammatory cell infiltration alongside adverse extracellular matrix degradation as key contributing factors to the formation of human atherosclerotic AAAs. Therefore, macrophage production of proteolytic enzymes is deemed responsible for the damaging loss of ECM proteins, especially elastin and fibrillar collagens, which characterise AAA progression and rupture. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their regulation by tissue inhibitors metalloproteinases (TIMPs) can orchestrate not only ECM remodelling, but also moderate the proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of resident aortic cells, alongside the recruitment and subsequent behaviour of inflammatory cells. Accordingly, MMPs are thought to play a central regulatory role in the development, progression, and eventual rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Together, clinical and animal studies have shed light on the complex and often diverse effects MMPs and TIMPs impart during the development of AAAs. This dichotomy is underlined from evidence utilising broad-spectrum MMP inhibition in animal models and clinical trials which have failed to provide consistent protection from AAA progression, although more encouraging results have been observed through deployment of selective inhibitors. This review provides a summary of the supporting evidence connecting the contribution of individual MMPs to AAA development, progression, and eventual rupture. Topics discussed include structural, functional, and cell-specific diversity of MMP members; evidence from animal models of AAA and comparisons with findings in humans; the dual role of MMPs and the requirement to selectively target individual MMPs; and the advances in identifying aberrant MMP activity. As evidenced, our developing understanding of the multifaceted roles individual MMPs perform during the progression and rupture of AAAs, should motivate clinical trials assessing the therapeutic potential of selective MMP inhibitors, which could restrict AAA-related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Cosmological constraints on sterile neutrino Dark Matter production mechanisms

Presently, the constraints on the scalar neutrino DM resonant production (RP) and scalar decay production (SDP) mechanisms are based on the power suppression of the gravitational clustering at small scales, dominated by non-linear effects. These constraints are in general obtained in the linear theory under the assumption that sterile neutrinos are all of the DM. In this paper, we analysed the validity of those scenarios through their impact on the acoustic scales, the small scale fluctuations and the low-redshift geometric observables, probes that are prevented from non-linear effects, relaxing the assumption of sterile neutrino DM as being all DM. We complement the reconstructed CMB gravitational lensing potential, that is sensitive to the DM distribution in the universe out to high redshifts with the cosmic shear data that constraints the gravitational potential at lower redshifts than CMB. We also use the most recent low-redshift BAO measurements that are insensitive to the non-linear effects, providing robust geometrical tests. Significantly, in the RP case we find that the best fit values of sterile neutrino DM mass and mixing angle are in the parameter space of interest for sterile neutrino DM decay interpretation of the 3.5 keV X-ray line with a DM mass fraction that excludes the assumption of sterile neutrinos as being all of the DM. In contrast, we find that SDP as a dominant DM mechanism. Sterile neutrino mass predicted by both RP and SDP are consistent within 0.3$\sigma$. We obtain cosmological constrains that clearly show that the present-day cosmological data does not exclude the existence of sterile neutrino DM, starting to discriminate between different sterile neutrino DM production mechanisms.