Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Trilobites of trinucleid, raphiophorid and cyclopygid associations from the Ordovician (Darriwilian – early Katian) of the west Balkhash region and Betpak‐Dala, Central Kazakhstan

Middle to Late Ordovician (late Darriwilian –early Katian) trilobites from trinucleid, raphiophorid and cyclopygid biofacies are for the first time documented from the West Balkhash and North Betpak‐Dala regions in south‐central Kazakhstan. Twenty taxa are described; six of them, that is, Miaopopsis sokyrensis sp. nov., Pricyclopyge keralensis sp. nov., Kongqiaoheia sarytumensis sp. nov., Shumardia karasaiensis sp. nov., Triarthrus akkermensis sp. nov. and Mynaralaspis perforata gen. et sp. nov. are new to science. Six taxa are reported in open nomenclature and two are not identified on a genus level. A new trinucleid Subfamily Nanshanaspinae is designated. Newly discovered faunas show strong links to contemporaneous faunas of Tarim and, to a lesser degree, to those of South China and the Australian sector of Gondwana. Based on results of cluster analysis (Dice similarity), trilobite associations of raphiophorid biofacies from the Chu‐Ili and Stepnyak terranes form a single first‐order cluster with little similarity to the trilobite associations characteristic of the nielid and illenid–cheirurid biofacies from the Stepnyak and Tarbagatai regions. Also, there is no distinct interaction between the pelagic Degamella–Pricyclopyge association and other trilobite faunas. The geographical distribution of raphiophorid and trinucleid trilobites described in this paper, including species of genera Malongullia? , Miaopopsis, Nanshanaspis and Kongqiaoheia, supports Ordovician palaeogeographical reconstructions showing the Kazakh terranes as part of a huge archipelago situated on both sides of the equator in proximity to the west coast of Gondwana and positioned a considerable distance from the Siberia continent and its associated terranes.
Interventions to Improve Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety in Latin America: a Systematic Review and Metasummary

Road user fatalities account for a leading cause of preventable death in Latin America with pedestrians and bicyclists at higher risk for more extensive injuries as compared to other road users. Despite these vulnerable road user (VRU) risks, encouraging individuals to walk and cycle is an important public health strategy for addressing the region’s obesity epidemic through promoting physical activity via active transportation (AT). However, in order to promote AT as a viable source of physical activity, safety of the VRU must be considered. The purpose of this systematic review and metasummary is to describe the effectiveness of interventions that have been implemented in Latin America to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety. A systematic search of public health, policy, and engineering databases was completed using terms generated through the PICO method. The PRISMA framework was used for article screening. Eight articles detailing nine interventions across four countries were included for final synthesis and organized according to the Three E’s Model of Injury Prevention, including three education-based interventions, two engineering, three enforcements, and one utilizing all Three E’s. VRU outcomes assessed ranged from attitudes and behaviors to fatal injuries, with only enforcement-based interventions reporting on the latter. No interventions reported on non-fatal injury outcomes. Interventions rooted in each arm of the Three E’s demonstrated limited ability to improve VRU outcomes, with enforcement-based interventions providing the strongest body of evidence. Findings demonstrate the limited research on VRU safety in Latin America, and further efforts should be of urgent public health priority.
Examining the Effect of Self-Determined Appeal Organ Donation Messages and Respective Underlying Mechanism

This study examined how intrinsic motivation and its respective underlying mechanism influence people’s attitude and intentions of organ donation. The findings revealed the importance of meeting people’s customized psychological needs. For the general population, especially non-organ donors, autonomous appeal message will be more effective in promoting their intention of becoming an organ donor. For registered organ donors, competence-based organ donation messages are more effective in increasing their promotion and seeking behavior of organ donation. This study also discovered underlying mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, such as self-integrity, pride, and sympathy. Pairing underlying mechanism with competence-based messages can maximize the message impact.
SMALL-SCALE DAIRY PRODUCERS’ INTENTION TO USE CORN SILAGE AND THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN DECISION MAKING

Background. Corn silage has shown a better economic sustainability to the small-scale dairy farms; however, the adoption rates among farmers have been low. Objective. This paper used the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to identify socioeconomic and socio-psychological factors influencing farmers’ intention to use corn silage. The TPB pointed out that individual’s behaviour is conducted by the individual’s intention, which in turn is determined by the individual’s attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control. Methodology. The study was conducted with 106 farmers, divided in users (n=48) and non-users (n=58) of corn silage. To identify differences between groups, the Mann Whitney U test was conducted and Spearman’s correlations were used to analyse the constructs of the TPB. Results. The results showed that users of corn silage had the biggest farm size and their intention was significantly correlated (P<0.05) with the farm characteristics. The TPB’s results suggest that users and non-users decisions were based on positive beliefs of corn silage. Users generally perceived a greater social pressure and had a greater motivation to comply, however, non-users manifested to be encouraged by farmer’s self-initiative and personnel of the university. Non-users indicated that major constrain to use corn silage was the lack of technical skills and knowledge. Implications. The paper adds evidence for a better understanding of factors driving farmer’s decisions to use corn silage on the farm. Conclusions. The farm characteristics and socio-psychological factors played an important role on farmers decisions to use corn silage on their farms. The findings are of interest for small-scale dairy sector in developing countries.
GREEN MANURE AND MINERAL FERTILIZATION: RESIDUAL EFFECT ON DRY MATTER PRODUCTION, NUTRIENT EXTRACTION AND NUTRIENTS RECOVERY EFFICIENCY IN TWO SUCCESIVE CROPS

Background. Green manures (GM) are an alternative to partially or totally replace mineral fertilizers, in successive crops, but few studies have studied the residual effect (REEF) of GM on the subsequent crops. Objective. To determine the REEF of GM (Mucuna cinerea, sin. Stizolobium cinereum) and mineral fertilization (MF) on dry matter production (DM), nutrient extraction (NEX) and soil solution (SS) characteristics in the Brachiaria brizantha (BB). A second objective was to determine the nutrient recovery efficiency (RE) in two successive crops of broccoli and BB. Methodology. A single application of GM snd MF was done on broccoli crop, in pots and greenhouse conditions. The treatments were: 1) unfertilized plants (Control). 2) 200% of the recommended dose for broccoli, applied exclusively through MF (MF200). 3) GM at 10 t ha-1 (GM10). 4) The same dose of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S applied through GM10 was applied through MF (MF=GM10). 5) GM10 + MF to supply the same dose of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S supplied with MF200 (GM10+MF). After broccoli harvest, the BB was planted in the same pots, without additional fertilization. Results. In BB, greater REEF on DM, NEX (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S), electrical conductivity and nutrient concentration (N, K, Ca, Mg and S) in SS, was detected with GM10 and GM10+MF. Considering both crops, greater DM and NEX were obtained with MF200 and GM10+MF. Higher RE of P and S was obtained with GM10, while, higher RE of K and Ca was obtained with the MF=GM10. Implications. The study shows that the efficiency of nutrients applied through GM at 10 t ha-1, combined with low doses of mineral fertilization, increases in successive crops. Conclusion. The REEF on the DM and nutrient extraction of the BB change depending on the fertilizer type and dose used. The REEF on the SS characteristics is only detected in the initial growth phase of the BB. In successive crops, the proportion of DM produced and the amount of nutrients extracted changes depending on the species used. To obtain a similar nutrient recovery between GM and MF is necessary to consider the DM of more of one crop.
Comparison and Relationship of the Physical Characteristics and Functions of Older Females Participating in Community Salons (Kayoinoba in Japanese) -Classifying into Different Age Groups

Comparison and Relationship of the Physical Characteristics and Functions of Older Females Participating in Community Salons (Kayoinoba in Japanese) -Classifying into Different Age Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the physical characteristics and functions of 132 older women participating in community salons by classifying them into different age groups and comparing and examining the relationships among them. It has been suggested that they show a decline in “height,” “weight,” and “muscle mass” with age, especially from their 80s. In addition, it has also been suggested that physical functions such as “grip strength,” and “sit-to-stand” decline in the 80s, and balance functions such as “one-leg stand (left and right)” and “TUG” decline, especially in the 70s. Furthermore, these functions have been associated with muscle mass. In particular, “grip strength” and “TUG” have been associated with “trunk muscle mass”.
The Post-Traumatic Growth of Primary Caregivers of Patients after Liver Transplantation

Liver transplantation is a very important surgery. In many cases, it involves two loved ones (receiver and donor in the same family) and causes stress and feelings of burden in family caregivers. The purpose of this study was to investigate post-traumatic growth in primary caregivers of liver transplant patients. A cross-sectional research design was adopted to recruit 84 participants. The Perceived Stress Scale, Short-Form Coping Strategies Scale, and Post-traumatic Growth Scale were used. The results revealed that the total score of perceived stress of the main caregivers of liver transplantation was 27.27 ± 6.63; problem-oriented coping and emotion-oriented coping were used as the main coping strategies, and the traumatic growth score was 42.01 ± 13.84. All three variables were significant predictors of post-traumatic growth (F = 13.71, p < 0.05), explaining 38% of the total variance. This study can help nurses understand the post-traumatic growth status and related factors of the main caregivers of liver transplant patients. It can also help caregivers understand their own perceived pressure and then take relevant care measures to reduce the degree of physical and mental load and achieve a balanced state.
Predicting Money Laundering Using Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks Algorithms in Banks

Abstract This paper aims to build a machine learning and a neural network model to detect the probability of money laundering in banks. The paper's data came from a simulation of actual transactions flagged for money laundering in Middle Eastern banks. The main findings highlight that criminal networks mainly use the integration stage to integrate money into the financial system. Fraudsters prefer to launder funds in the early hours, morning followed by the business day's afternoon time intervals. Additionally, the Naïve Bayes and Random Forest classifiers were identified as the two best-performing models to predict bank money laundering transactions.
Improved clearance designs to minimize aerodynamic losses in a variable geometry turbine vane cascade

Variable geometry turbine exists in small mobile gas turbines or some marine gas turbines to enhance the part-load performance. However, there are efficiency penalties associated with the vane partial gap, which is needed for the movement of variable vanes. This paper investigates the vane-end clearance leakage flow for a flat tip, a cavity tip, a winglet tip, a tip with passive injection, and a cavity-winglet tip to assess the possibility of minimizing vane-end clearance losses in a variable geometry turbine cascade. First, calculations were done at the test rig conditions for comparison with measured data, and they were used for validation of computational fluid dynamics model. Then, numerical calculations were done for turbine typical conditions. Specific flow structures of the various clearance designs of variable vanes are described, and then the effects of vane turning, including exit Mach numbers of 0.34, 0.44, and 0.54 as well as turning angles of –6°, 0°, and 6° on total pressure losses and outflow yaw angle for different vane tips are shown. In addition, the sensitivity of aerodynamic losses to vane tip gap height is evaluated. Results show that the strong interactions near the tip endwall region change the near-tip loading distribution significantly. With winglet and cavity-winglet tip designs, the loading distribution becomes very similar to the typical fixed vane, and the total loading is reduced, thus reducing the vane-end losses. Among the different vane tips presented, the cavity-winglet tip achieves the best aerodynamic performance, and the cavity tip has the lowest sensitivity to vane tip gap height. Overall, the cavity-winglet tip is found to be the best choice for variable vanes. The research results can provide useful reference for the vane design in a real high endwall-angle variable geometry turbine.
Genetic characteristics and strain types of the invasive fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indonesia

Abstract. Dharmayanthi AB, Subagyo VNO, Nugraha RTP, Rahmini, Rahmadi C, Darmawan, Sutrisno H. 2022. Genetic characteristics and strain types of the invasive fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 3928-3935. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda is an invasive pest in the tropical region of the western hemisphere, which is globally distributed, including in Indonesia. Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the genetic characteristics and strain types of the Indonesian population, based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. The haplotype diversity and phylogenetic trees were assessed according to the COI and COII gene sequences, where 381 bp of Tpi nuclear gene sequences were evaluated to define the strain types. The two haplotypes detected were within COI and COII, while the maximum likelihood tree based on COI gene sequences shows two clades related to rice and corn strain. Tpi gene sequences indicated that the populations belong to the corn strain, which suggested COI as a promising marker when complex inter-strain hybridization has not occurred. It was also discovered that mitochondrial and nuclear markers are inconsistent to define the strains.
Anti-Tumoral Effect of Chemerin on Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines Mediated by Activation of Interferon Alpha Response

Simple Summary Chemerin is a multifunctional protein with an important role in the immune system. Recent evidence showed that chemerin also regulates the development of cancer. Ovarian cancer is a common type of tumor in women. In this study, we observed that chemerin decreases the growth of ovarian cancer cell lines in vitro when cultivated in standard cell culture or in globular multicellular aggregates. When we examined the mechanisms involved in this process, we found that treatment of ovarian cancer cells with chemerin led to the activation of genes that are known to mediate the effects of interferon alpha (IFNα). The main effect of IFNα is to defend body cells against viral infections, but it is also able to defeat cancer cells. We observed that this activation of IFNα response by chemerin resulted from the increased production of IFNα protein in ovarian cancer cells, which then reduced cancer cells numbers. However, it remains to be investigated how exactly chemerin might be able to activate interferon alpha and its anti-tumoral actions. Abstract The pleiotropic adipokine chemerin affects tumor growth primarily as anti-tumoral chemoattractant inducing immunocyte recruitment. However, little is known about its effect on ovarian adenocarcinoma. In this study, we examined chemerin actions on ovarian cancer cell lines in vitro and intended to elucidate involved cell signaling mechanisms. Employing three ovarian cancer cell lines, we observed differentially pronounced effects of this adipokine. Treatment with chemerin (huChem-157) significantly reduced OVCAR-3 cell numbers (by 40.8% on day 6) and decreased the colony and spheroid growth of these cells by half. The spheroid size of SK-OV-3 ovarian cancer cells was also significantly reduced upon treatment. Transcriptome analyses of chemerin-treated cells revealed the most notably induced genes to be interferon alpha (IFNα)-response genes like IFI27, OAS1 and IFIT1 and their upstream regulator IRF9 in all cell lines tested. Finally, we found this adipokine to elevate IFNα levels about fourfold in culture medium of the employed cell lines. In conclusion, our data for the first time demonstrate IFNα as a mediator of chemerin action in vitro. The observed anti-tumoral effect of chemerin on ovarian cancer cells in vitro was mediated by the notable activation of IFNα response genes, resulting from the chemerin-triggered increase of secreted levels of this cytokine.
Bidirectional tunable ferrite-piezoelectric trilayer magnetoelectric inductors

A tunable magnetoelectric inductor composed of a symmetrical trilayer of Ga-doped NiZn ferrite and PZT in a solenoid has been developed. Under the influence of external electric/magnetic fields, the permeability variation arising from magnetostriction and piezoelectric strain in the composite results in a bidirectional tuning of the inductance L with a maximum tunability of 571% at a lower magnetic field. The largest variation in L occurs for frequencies centered around longitudinal acoustic resonance. The dual and large tunability of L is of importance for applications in compact and power-efficient integrated circuits.
Consumption of Raw Materials by Crafters

Crafters are reliant upon raw materials in order to create craft projects; however, there is little research focused on understanding how the characteristics of raw materials or the retail environment affect the consumption of crafters. The purpose of this research was to describe why crafters choose to consume from certain craft businesses and what characteristics of yarn affected the consumption of crafters. The levels of design as described by Donald Norman and principles of the slow fashion movement provided the theoretical framework for the study. Data were gathered using an online survey. Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered. A total of 657 usable surveys were collected. Four themes emerged related to the characteristics of retail environments and raw materials, which influenced crafters to consume yarn: business factors, utilitarian requirements, visual/tactile requirements, and intangible requirements.
Fine-Grained Vessel Traffic Flow Prediction With a Spatio-Temporal Multigraph Convolutional Network

The accurate and robust prediction of vessel traffic flow is gaining importance in maritime intelligent transportation system (ITS), such as vessel traffic services, maritime spatial planning, and traffic safety management, etc. To achieve fine-grained vessel traffic flow prediction, we will first generate the maritime traffic network (which is essentially a graph), and then propose a graph-driven neural network. In particular, to represent various correlations among spatio-temporal vessel traffic flow, we tend to extract the feature points (i.e., starting, way and ending points) by utilizing the knowledge of vessel positioning data. These feature points are essentially related to the geometrical structures of massive vessel trajectories collected from massive automatic identification system (AIS) records, contributing to the generation of maritime traffic network. We then propose a spatio-temporal multi-graph convolutional network (STMGCN)-based vessel traffic flow prediction method by exploiting multiple types of inherent correlations in the generated maritime graph. The proposed STMGCN mainly contains one spatial multi-graph convolutional layer and two temporal gated convolutional layers, beneficial for extracting spatial and temporal traffic flow patterns. The main benefit of our graph-driven prediction method is that it takes full advantage of the maritime graph and multi-graph learning. Comprehensive experiments have been implemented on realistic AIS dataset to compare our method with several state-of-the-art prediction methods. The fine-grained prediction results have demonstrated our superior performance in terms of both accuracy and robustness.
Genetic variability studies in F1 rice (Oryza sativa L.) hybrids for yield and quality traits

Analysis of variance among lines, significant differences was observed for plant height, number of productive tillers per plant, panicle length, number of filled grains per panicle, single plant yield and 1000 grain weight while days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, panicle length, single plant yield, 1000 grain weight, milling per cent, head rice recovery, grain length, L/B ratio, kernel length after cooking, kernel breadth after cooking, breadth wise elongation ratio and amylose content exhibited significant differences among testers besides in L x T interaction, all characters along with yield. The magnitude of difference between genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and phenotypic coefficient of variation was less for the traits indicating slight influence of environment. A wide range of PCV (4.09 – 43.43 %) and GCV (6.58 – 43.39 %) was resulted for 19 traits. The presence of higher GCV and PCV observed in number of filled grains per panicle followed by single plant yield, Alkali spreading value, gel consistency and amylose content, which signifies the additive genetic control in inheritance of that trait. The presence of high scale of GCV and PCV for observed traits suggested having better possibility for the enhancement through simple selection procedure.
Weak Coordinating Character of Organosulfonates in Oriented Silica Films: An Efficient Approach for Immobilizing Cationic Metal-Transition Complexes

Iron (II) tris(2,2′-bipyridine) complexes, [Fe(bpy)3]2+, have been synthesized and immobilized in organosulfonate-functionalized nanostructured silica thin films taking advantage of the stabilization of [Fe(H2O)6]2+ species by hydrogen bonds to the anionic sulfonate moieties grafted to the silica nanopores. In a first step, thiol-based silica films have been electrochemically generated on indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates by co-condensation of 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). Secondly, the thiol function has been modified to sulfonate by chemical oxidation using hydrogen peroxide in acidic medium as an oxidizing agent. The immobilization of [Fe(bpy)3]2+ complexes has been performed in situ in two consecutive steps: (i) impregnation of the sulfonate functionalized silica films in an aqueous solution of iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate; (ii) dipping of the iron-containing mesostructures in a solution of bipyridine ligands in acetonitrile. The in situ formation of the [Fe(bpy)3]2+ complex is evidenced by its characteristic optical absorption spectrum, and elemental composition analysis using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The measured optical and electrochemical properties of immobilized [Fe(bpy)3]2+ complexes are not altered by confinement in the nanostructured silica thin film.