Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Running head: Domain-Specificity of Life Satisfaction

This study evaluated the nature of the life satisfaction construct with an emphasis on the comparison between a global or domain-specific operationalization during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. A combination of person-centered and variable-centered methods were used to analyze seven waves of data covering the post-school transition from a sample of 24721 youth participating in Longitudinal Study of Australian Youth between 1998 and 2010. Evidence for the increasing importance of a domain-specific approach as adolescents entered adulthood was provided by: (1) factor analyses identifying a three-factor model covering achievement, family, and leisure satisfaction that proved invariant across time waves; (2) factor mixture analyses showing shape-related differences between profiles (i.e., within-profile differences between domains) that increased as young people moved into adulthood.
Assessment of Damage of Endodontic Instruments with Naked Eye and Optical Instruments

Objectives To determine the accuracy of visual damage evaluation of rotating and reciprocal endodontic instruments with the naked eye and optical devices. Material and methods Four examiners were involved, divided into two age groups: I. 20−30 years, n = 2, II. 40−50 years, n = 2. They visually assessed the existence of damage to rotating or reciprocal endodontic instruments by their naked eye and with two types of optical aids. A total of 239 instruments from different manufacturers were evaluated by each examiner. Before damage estimation, each examiner calibrated the eye on a new instrument. Sensitivity of the detection method was calculated as by the naked eye. When an instrument was detected as damaged by the naked eye, the damage assessment was stopped and the instrument was considered to be damaged by the other two methods, as well. Results Damage was found in 178 instruments. Sensitivity of the naked eye was calculated to be 49.7%, for the loupe 66.2% and for the operating microscope 76.5%. The three methods of damage assessment had significant differences (p < 0.05) in sensitivity. Conclusion It was concluded that there is a significant difference between age groups in estimating instrument damage. Also, it was noted that the damage assessment with the naked eye and optical aids were different. Finally, in terms of ease of damage recognition, significant differences between the types of engine-driven endodontic instruments were found. However, no type of instrument was more prone to damage than any other type of instrument.
Informal institutions and gendered candidate selection in Brazilian parties

Six electoral cycles since the implementation of Brazil’s gender quota, just 15% of the 513 members of the Chamber of Deputies are women. We ask how parties’ use of informal institutions mediates the effectiveness of the gender quota. Drawing on data from more than 4,000 state-level party organizations, we show that parties employ informal practices that intentionally and non-intentionally interact with gender equity rules to affect women’s political representation: the intentional nomination of phantom candidates (“laranjas”) allows parties to comply with the letter of the quota law, without effectively supporting women’s candidacies—to the detriment of women’s election; meanwhile, the extended use of provisional commissions to minimize oversight on candidate selection poses an obstacle to the quota and women’s candidacies and election more generally. Quota resistance characterizes an instance of both the likely inadvertent effects of informal institutions employed for non-gendered motivations and party leaders acting to preserve their own power.
e production and politics of urban expertise: contesting transport in Auckland, New Zealand

Expert technical knowledge has a central role in decision-making for urban transport and is subject to public scrutiny for major investments. is paper examines how expertise is produced and contested by advocacy groups in Auckland, New Zealand. A network of advocates has emerged, garnering considerable inuence as ‘experts’ on urban transport and planning. In response to the perceived over-reliance on outdated approaches to transport, advocates mobilised alternative expertise using blogs and social media. Internet platforms enabled groups to extend the public sphere online, creating spaces for deliberation and contestation. eir activities targeted the technocratic logics embedded in forecasting models, reasserted transport infrastructure’s function as urban space, and highlighted how transport infrastructure shapes everyday experience. is case shows how advocates countered the postpolitical condition by re-ordering the polity of transport in Auckland. Advocates have been instrumental in appropriating globally-mobile policies and successfully promoted improvements to public transport and cycling. However, those interviewed showed limited consideration of equity issues related to income, race and gender. is raises questions over whether the expertise mobilised favoured privileged groups, as advocates may be unaware of marginalisation that they rarely experience themselves. Alliances with community groups and local researchers can support broader engagement with distributional issues.
Multi-Rate Switched Pinning Control for Velocity Control of Vehicle Platoons

SUMMARY This paper proposes a switched pinning control method with a multi-rating mechanism for vehicle platoons. The platoons are expressed as multi-agent systems consisting of mass-damper systems in which pinningagentsreceivetargetvelocitiesfromexternaldevices(ex. intelligent traﬃcsignals). Weconstructmodelpredictivecontrol(MPC)algorithmthat switchespinningagentsviamixed-integerquadraticprogrammings(MIQP) problems.Theoptimizationrateisdeterminedaccordingtotheconvergenceratetothetargetvelocitiesandtheinter-vehiculardistances.Thismulti-ratingmechanismcanreducethecomputationalloadcausedbyiterativecalculation.Numericalresultsdemonstratethatourmethodhasareduction eﬀectonthestringinstabilitybyselectingthepinningagentstominimizeerrorsoftheinter-vehiculardistancestothetargetdistances.
Activation of Nuclear Factor KB: Potential Role in Metallothionein-mediated Mitogenic Response1

The antiapoptotic response and enhanced cellular proliferation observed in neoplastic cells on overexpression of metallothionein (Mil have been well documented. We have investigated the mechanisms associated with this phenomenon by using Ml inducers that increased Ml tran scripts and stimulated growth in MCF-7 cells. A MT antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide inhibited growth induction by >50%, suggesting a potential role of MT in mediating the mitogenic effects of these agents. Mobility shift assays using oligonucleotides encompassing the consensus nuclear factor KB (NTH-Iti binding site and anti-MT antibody revealed activation and a specific interaction of NI KÃœwith MT. Cotransfection experiments using expression and reporter constructs demonstrated that MT caused transactivation of M K! ÃŒ. Gel shift assays using purified pro teins showed a specific interaction between MT and the p50 subunit of M1Kl5. These data indicate that MT may be involved in the interaction of M H'li with the DNA-binding domain and further suggest a potential role for M Â«-I! in mediating the antiapoptotic effects of MT.
Polyamorphism and Pressure-Induced Metallization at the Rigidity Percolation Threshold in Densified GeSe4 Glass

Chalcogenide glasses with tetrahedral networks can undergo significant densification under pressure owing to their open structures. The structural mechanisms of pressure-induced densification and the corresponding evolution of physical properties of glassy GeSe4 alloy are studied over pressures ranging between ambient and 32.5 GPa, using X-ray scattering supplemented with 3D Monte Carlo structural modeling, Raman spectroscopy, electrical conductivity, and P–V equation of state measurements. The results demonstrate a pressure-induced, hysteretically reversible transition between low-density semiconducting and high-density metallic amorphous phases of GeSe4 near ∼10–15 GPa. These two phases are characterized by their distinct P–V equations of state and structural mechanisms of densification. Densification in the low-density phase is dominated by large inward shifting of the second neighbors with a small amount of conversion from edge-sharing to corner-sharing GeSe4 tetrahedra. On the other hand, densificati.
Keypoint-graph-driven learning framework for object pose estimation

Many recent 6D pose estimation methods exploited object 3D models to generate synthetic images for training because labels come for free. However, due to the domain shift of data distributions between real images and synthetic images, the network trained only on synthetic images fails to capture robust features in real images for 6D pose estimation. We propose to solve this problem by making the network insensitive to different domains, rather than taking the more difficult route of forcing synthetic images to be similar to real images. Inspired by domain adaption methods, a Domain Adaptive Keypoints Detection Network (DAKDN) including a domain adaption layer is used to minimize the discrepancy of deep features between synthetic and real images. A unique challenge here is the lack of ground truth labels (i.e., keypoints) for real images. Fortunately, the geometry relations between keypoints are invariant under real/synthetic domains. Hence, we propose to use the domain-invariant geometry structure among keypoints as a "bridge" constraint to optimize DAKDN for 6D pose estimation across domains. Specifically, DAKDN employs a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) block to learn the geometry structure from synthetic images and uses the GCN to guide the training for real images. The 6D poses of objects are calculated using Perspective-n-Point (PnP) algorithm based on the predicted keypoints. Experiments show that our method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches without manual poses labels and competes with approaches using manual poses labels.
How Do Environmental News and the Under the Dome Documentary Influence Air-Pollution Knowledge and Risk Perception Among Beijing Residents?

To examine Beijing residents’ risk perception of contracting smog-related diseases, we proposed a model in which air-pollution knowledge is a theoretical mechanism accounting for the influence on risk perception of exposure to environmental news and exposure to Under the Dome, an environmental documentary about smog in China, which has been censored. Data (N = 523) were collected from Beijing residents from February to March in 2017. We analyzed the data using Hayes’ PROCESS macro. Findings revealed that environmental-news exposure is positively associated with both air-pollution knowledge and risk perception. Exposure to environmental news has an indirect effect on risk perception through air-pollution knowledge. Exposure to Under the Dome is positively related to risk perception but is not related to air-pollution knowledge. We contributed to the literature by empirically testing the impact of Under the Dome, which has been largely studied via the critical theory approach. Implications included that Under the Dome is a successful risk communication model and that its impact goes beyond increasing public risk perception of smog.
Identification and analysis of pathological defect appearance in superstructures of reinforced-concrete bridges in Chapare region, Bolivia

espanolEl objetivo del presente articulo es identificar y analizar las principales manifestaciones patologicas en puentes de la region de Chapare – Bolivia, zona caracterizada por elevada humedad y constantes lluvias durante todo el ano. La metodologia consistio en la seleccion de cinco puentes que presentaban senales evidentes de deterioro, en los cuales se realizo una inspeccion visual y, posteriormente, diferentes ensayos: esclerometro, profundidad de carbonatacion, penetracion de cloruros y extraccion de nucleos. Los resultados muestran que todos los puentes presentan estados avanzados de deterioro; destacandose la corrosion como el principal problema, generando desprendimiento del hormigon y riesgo de colapso. Si bien el hormigon tiene resistencia a la comprension mayor a 30 MPa, este se encuentra comprometido por el proceso de carbonatacion existente y los diferentes problemas encontrados. Es necesario que las entidades encargadas provean programas de inspeccion y mantenimiento de acuerdo con las caracteristicas ambientales y estructurales de cada puente EnglishThe objective of this article is to identify and analyze the main pathological manifestations in bridges in the Chapare - Bolivia region, an area characterized by high humidity and constant rainfall throughout the year. The methodology consisted of the selection of five bridges that showed evident signs of deterioration, in which a visual inspection was carried out and, subsequently, different tests: sclerometer, carbonation depth, penetration of chlorides and core extraction. All the bridges present advanced states of deterioration; highlighting corrosion as the main problem, generating detachment of the concrete and risk of collapse. Although the concrete has a compression strength greater than 30 MPa, the existing carbonation process and the different problems encountered compromises it. It is necessary that the entities in charge provide inspection and maintenance programs according to the environmental and structural characteristics of each bridge
Dissecting the interaction of nitrogen, density, and genetics in maize

Studies on economic optimum nitrogen rate (EONR) for corn have largely ignored interactions with plant density and hybrid. Typically, the EONR is determined by fitting a quadratic-plus plateau model to the observed data. This study provides a novel model of a logistic function of nitrogen where the shape of the function is modified by nitrogen interactions with density. We set up a comprehensive factorial experiment (5 plant densities x 5 nitrogen rate x 4 hybrids x 2 replications x 2 environmental) to generate data to build the new framework. The coupled density by nitrogen surface response models captured 92% of the variability in the observed grain yield with a normalized root mean square error of 7%. Results indicated that EONR response to density was quadratic with variation in the response among hybrids. In addition to optimum N rate, this study showed that increases in plant density increased nitrogen use efficiency (NUE: (Yield at opt N – Yield at zero N)/EONR) from 11 to 37 kg dry matter per kg N applied, and this result was consistent for all hybrids. Plant density increased time to anthesis and anthesis to silking interval by delaying silk emergence across all hybrids. In conclusion, this is the first study with a complete factorial of nitrogen rates, plant density levels, and hybrids that enables estimation of a response surface for the joint effects of nitrogen and plant density in maize for different hybrids.
Prevalence of TMD among Children Provided with Fixed Orthodontic Treatment

Background According to available scientific references and textbooks, there are contradictory views concerning the etiology of signs and symptoms of TMD. Objectives The aim of this study was to determine a correlation between the incidence of signs and symptoms of TMD in children aged 12-18 who do not wear a fixed orthodontic appliance and the incidence of signs and symptoms of TMD in children who wear a fixed orthodontic appliance. Material and Methods The total number of 120 subjects were included in this survey and divided into two groups. There were 60 respondents in the experimental group that consisted of 30 boys and 30 girls with different types of malocclusion, who were treated with a fixed orthodontic straight wire technique. The remaining 60 respondents, which was a group that also consisted of 30 boys and 30 girls, were patients with neutroclusion. Results The results of the study have shown that the TMJ clicking sound symptom, the most common symptom of TMD, occurs with almost equal prevalence in both groups of respondents; specifically, 56.4% in orthodontic patients, and 46.6% in the control group respondents. A statistically significantly higher percentage of female respondents in both groups have experienced headache problems (p <0.03). Conclusion On the basis of the statistics obtained as a result of this research, we can come to the conclusion that there is no correlation between the fixed orthodontic treatment and the development of signs and symptoms of TMD.
Differences in Fitness and Academic Attainment between Obese, and Non Obese School-Age Adolescent Handball Players: An Explorative, Cross-Sectional Study

This study investigated differences in physical fitness and academic attainment in obese and non-obese adolescent handball players. A total of 31 males (age: 15.5 ± 1.2 years; body mass: 77.8 ± 17.7 kg; height: 1.71 ± 0.10 m; body mass index (BMI): 26.8 ± 6.9 kg/m2; body fat: 26.4 ± 6.34%) from the Qatar handball first division participated and were divided into two body fat percentage (%BF) groups (i.e., obese or non-obese). Anthropometrics (height, mass, BMI, and %BF) and physical performance testing ability (T-half test for change-of-direction (COD); squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ), and 10 and 15 m sprints; medicine ball throw (MBT), and aerobic capacity (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1)) were determined. Academic attainment was determined through grade point averages (GPA). Non-obese participants had superior performances in mathematics (p < 0.001) and science (p = 0.013), agility T-half test (p = 0.001), CMJ (p < 0.001), and 15 m sprint (p = 0.019). Correlations were found between T-half test and mathematics (r = 0.500) and science (r = 0.484). To conclude, obese school-age handball players have poorer fitness and academic performances than normal body weight adolescents.
Sonographic Assessment of the Fetal Heart Circumference as a Predictor of the Gestational Age

Introduction: Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging modality, safe for both the mother and the fetus, which uses a high frequency sound to generate images of body tissues and organs. It has been widely used for fetal evaluation and dating. Purpose: To determine normative values of fetal heart circumference (FHC) as a predictor of the gestational age (GA) in black population and compare it to those of the Caucasian population. Material and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was carried at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Nigeria. 324 women with a singleton pregnancy between 12 -40 weeks, who conceived naturally, were scanned using a 2D ultrasound machine with a 3.5 MHz curvilinear probe. Two fetal heart diameters at right angle to each other were taken at the level of the four-heart chamber view, during diastole. Results: There is a strong positive linear correlation between the FHC and the GA (r2= 0.964, p<0.001). The equation of GA prediction is Y=0.246X + 5.06 (where y=GA, X=FHC). FHC weekly growth rate is 3.81mm. FHC is more accurate between 12-20 weeks GA and its accuracy decreases as the pregnancy progresses. There is a strong correlation between FHC and biparietal diameter (BPD) (r2=0.959), HC(r2=0.946) and FL (r2= 0.962). Conclusion: The study has derived a nomogram of FHC as a predictor of the GA in Nigerian population and has shown that the FHC is a good predictor of GA especially in the early second trimester. Also, there was a statistically significant difference between the FHC in our study population (blacks) and those of the Caucasian population.
Assessment of the intention to consume farmed fish using the theory of planned behaviour

One-quarter of fish consumed in Europe comes from aquaculture and research has shown that consumers have a greater preference for wild fish in comparison with farmed ones. As with other food choices, consumer decisions regarding farmed fish are a complex process involving multiple factors. The main objective of this study is to develop and validate a questionnaire that will measure consumer intentions in the consumption of farmed fish using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) as a theoretical framework. Based on the TPB model, the study also investigates the relationships between attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and intention to consume farmed fish. Data collection was performed through an online survey and a total of 118 valid questionnaires were analysed. Based on tests performed, results indicate that the tested scale for measuring TPB constructs is valid and reliable. Alpha coefficients for intention, attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control were 0.898, 0.857, 0.748 and 0.953, respectively. Variables in the model explain 40% of the variation in farmed fish consumption intentions. Regression analysis confirmed that attitudes and subjective norms significantly influence intention to consume farmed fish, with the subjective norms being the strongest predictor, while perceived behavioural control does not have a significant impact on behavioural intention.
The continental fish fauna of the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Iharkút locality (Bakony Mountains, Hungary)

The Late Cretaceous (Santonian) fish fauna of the Iharkút vertebrate site (Bakony Mountains, Hungary) is described here. The ichthyofauna includes the lepisosteid Atractosteus sp. , the pycnodontid cf. Coelodus sp. , Vidalamiinae indet. , a non-vidalamiin Amiidae indet. , Elopiformes indet. , two indeterminate ellimmichthyiforms, cf. Salmoniformes indet. , Acanthomorpha indet. , at least one indeterminate teleostean, and numerous indeterminate actinopterygians (represented by teeth). Among these taxa, the Iharkút remains of Vidalamiinae and the suggested indeterminate Salmoniformes represent their first occurrence in the Late Cretaceous of Europe. The unidentifiable specimens may suggest the presence of further fish taxa. The gar remains described here further support the Atractosteus sp. affinity of the Iharkút form. Most of the Iharkút fishes are carnivorous, but durophagous taxa are also represented. Although chondrichthyan remains have not been identified in the Iharkút vertebrate material up to now, the ecological distribution of some local fish taxa presumes the possible vicinity of a marine–deltaic environment. Several Iharkút fish taxa are known from North American localities as well, suggesting that the Late Cretaceous European continental fish might have been more diverse and similar to that of North America than previously thought. The necessity of more intensive screen-washing at other European Late Cretaceous vertebrate sites is also emphasized.