Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Consumer Preferences for Boiled and Fried Sweet Potato in Central and Northern Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

Aims: This study evaluated the sensory properties and consumer acceptability of orange-fleshed sweet potato and local sweet potato among households of Central and Northern Côte d’Ivoire. Study Design: Selection of sweet potato cultivars, determination of nutritional properties, cooking process, and evaluation of hedonic testing and consumer acceptability. Place and Duration of Study: Bouake and Korhogo district in Central and Northern Côte d’Ivoire, for three years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (July to November). Methodology: Sensory evaluation and acceptability were performed using a nine-point hedonic scale. The relationships between the sensory attributes and the sweet potato cultivars were analyzed using a Principal Component Analysis plot. Biochemical standard methods were used to determine the dry matter, sugar, total carotenoid contents, and mineral composition of sweet potato cultivars tested by the sensory panel. Results: All twelve sweet potato cultivars were accepted based on sensory attributes with the different traits of preference. In Bouake district, white (Sanfo Figui 1 and Sanfo Figui 2) and yellow cultivars (Fatoni 2) were most preferred for their texture and yam-like taste, while in Korhogo locality, OFSP (Covington TIB-440060, CIP-199062-1 and Irene) and yellow cultivar (Gotchan) were most accepted because of their attractive appearance and their sweet taste. The OFSP cultivars recorded low dry matter and high sugar content compared to white and yellow varieties. Also, OFSP showed the highest content of carotenoid (181.70 to 351.47 µg/g dw), while local variety recorded low content. All the sweet potato cultivars tested contain mineral components. Conclusion: This study shows that the local and OFSP varieties were successfully accepted by the consumer with the different quality traits. The main quality traits that determine consumer preference are appearance, texture, and taste (none or sweet taste). Understanding consumer quality traits can increase the effectiveness of breeding programmes, increase yield and adoption of new varieties.
Mechanisms of Internal Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in HadGEM3-GC3.1 at Two Different Resolutions

This study broadly characterises and compares the key processes governing internal AMV in two resolutions of HadGEM3-GC3.1: N216ORCA025, corresponding to ~ 60km in the atmosphere and 0.25° in the ocean, and N96ORCA1 (~ 135km / 1°). Both models simulate AMV with a timescale of 60-80 years, which is related to low frequency ocean and atmosphere circulation changes. In both models, ocean heat transport convergence dominates polar and subpolar AMV, whereas surface heat fluxes associated with cloud changes drive subtropicalAMV. However, details of the ocean circulation changes differ between the models. In N216 subpolar subsurface density anomalies propagate into the subtropics along the western boundary, consistent with the more coherent circulation changes and widespread development of SST anomalies. In contrast, N96 subsurface density anomalies persist in the subpolar latitudes for longer, so circulation anomalies and the development of SST anomalies are more centred there. The drivers of subsurface density anomalies also differ between models. In N216, the NAO is the dominant driver, while upper-ocean salinity-controlled density anomalies that originate from the Arctic appear to be the dominant driver in N96. These results further highlight that internal AMV mechanisms are model dependent and motivate further work to better understand and constrain the differences.
The Impact of Eating Behavior on Obesity in Northwestern Morocco: Kenitra Region

Introduction : Several studies show that there is a relationship between obesity and individual eating habits. Objective : To describe the relationship between dietary behavior and staturo-ponderal status in individuals of Kénitra. Materials and methods: This work was developed in Kénitra (February 01 to March 30, 2021), it was carried out on a sample of 100 subjects including both sexes with an age range between 18 and 65 years. Data are collected through a questionnaire that includes anthropometric measurements, dietary habits, age and gender. Results: Individuals who had three meals per day had a high BMI average (36.41 kg/m 2 ) with a significant difference (p=0.0404) between BMI and the number of meals per day. As well as individuals who consumed high-fat foods, their mean BMI was high (36.41 kg/m 2 ) with a significant difference (p=0,0120) between intake of high-fat foods and BMI. Conclusion: It is shown that there is a relationship between obesity and eating behavior, and obesity and eating high-fat foods, suggesting that controlling eating behavior helps individuals reduce body weight and have a normal high weight.
Missing genetic links between general factors of brain resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, cognition and psychopathology

General factors capturing the shared genetics in psychiatric (genomic p-factor) and cognitive traits (genomic g-factor), and more recently in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging-derived brain networks, have contributed to our increased understanding of the etiologies in their respective domains. Yet it remains unclear whether general factors can capture the three-way genetic overlap of psychopathology, cognition and brain function. Here we tested for the presence of this genetic overlap via genetic correlation analyses using summary statistics of genome-wide association studies of the p-factor (N = 162,151 cases and 276,846 controls), the g-factor (N = 269,867), and the two genomic factors estimated from the amplitude in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging-derived brain networks (N = 31,688). Unlike hypothesized, only the genetic correlation between the p-factor and the g-factor was significant. We conclude that specific functional brain network constructs may have more potential than their derived general dimensions to capture relevant genetic variation for cognition and psychopathology.
Characterization of Long Period Strong Ground Motion

The performance-based earthquake engineering requires reliable assessment of long-period ground motion particularly for tall buildings, base-isolated structures, long bridges, and structures that are designed to deform beyond the elastic range. The important issues involved in such assessments are: Empirical and theoretical tools for prediction of displacement response spectra; Analysis and incorporation of near fault effects; Spectrum scaling for different damping ratios and; Time domain simulation of long-period ground motion. These issues are elaborated through (1) the principles for modification of design basis spectra in the long-period range; (2) guidelines for time domain simulation of long-period ground motions; and (3) rules for selecting and scaling ground motion records to address long-period effects. This paper aims to review and discuss these issues with developments on GMPRs for peak ground displacement and 10s spectral acceleration, and example applications on earthquake hazard assessment for 10s spectral accelerations and its deaggregation in the Marmara Region, Turkey.
A Peer-Based Educational Intervention Effects on SARS-CoV-2 Knowledge and Attitudes among Polish High-School Students

To support high school students to develop knowledge they need to adhere to control measures during the pandemic, a peer-based educational intervention on SARS-CoV-2 was developed and its impact was evaluated. Multistage random sampling was used. The 50 min peer-based intervention was conducted by final year medical students. Baseline and post-intervention knowledge and attitudes were assessed. Significance was tested by McNemar’s/Wilcoxon rank tests. Of 518 participants (mean age 17.8 years ± 0.43), 81.0% did not receive any school-based education on SARS-CoV-2. After intervention, the knowledge score improved from 65.2% to 81.6%, attitudes from 63.2% to 70.8% (both p < 0.0001). The effect size after the intervention compared to pre-intervention showed moderate improvement of knowledge, but not attitudes (d = 0.46 and d = 0.18, respectively). Pre- and post-intervention, females, students in non-science programs, living in cities < 250,000 inhabitants had lower knowledge, while fewer males, non-science program students, living in smaller cities presented positive attitudes. Before intervention, 67.0% students correctly named SARS-CoV-2 preventive methods and 73.6% were concerned COVID-19 is a serious disease; these improved after intervention (to 80.1% and 86.3%; p < 0.0001). The intervention was not very successful in increasing the intent to vaccinate for COVID-19 (pre-intervention 52.9%, post-intervention 56.4%; p < 0.007). Peer-based teaching for high school students can be effective in increasing SARS-CoV-2 knowledge and awareness. More efforts are needed to improve attitudes and enhance acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19.
Single-antenna attitude determination for Fedsat with improved antenna gain patterns

The GPS receiver on FedSat is a single antenna unit which supplied by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and integrated on the satellite by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and other participants in the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite System. The high-level objectives, for the GPS receiver on the FedSat mission, are to provide an orbit determination capability and an attitude determination capability, whilst operating within strict power budget requirements. The current baseline is a total of 30 minutes of operation per 100-minute orbit. This paper presents the history of the attitude determination capability for FedSat and an outline of the antenna gain pattern tests performed for FedSat. These tests show the great impact that the spacecraft has on the measured antenna gain pattern. Extensive data collection and simulation of different antenna gain patterns was made using a GPS constellation simulator. The accuracy of the attitude determination problem results, are shown to be within 30 degrees for the signal to noise ratio (SNR) weighted approach and were improved to within 5 degrees when mapping of the SNR to elevation angle approach is taken. Recommendations for new improved approaches, in both the methodology and in the choice of antenna gain pattern are made.
Factors for Rating Condition of Culverts for Repair or Replacement Needs

Many aspects of transportation infrastructure have benefited from the use of full-scale management systems to quantify condition and predict useful life estimates. Although culvert management models have been tested in the past, none has proven functional. In this study, a condition rating system for culvert repair or replacement was developed. Parameters that describe the condition of an existing culvert were tested for potential as predictors of overall culvert condition. These 33 parameters were recorded at 460 culverts distributed geographically throughout Montana. An ordered probit statistical model indicated that 9 of the initial 33 potential predictors were statistically significant. Measurements of these nine parameters can be used in the resulting model to classify a culvert into a 1-to-5 condition ranking, in which 5 is the best condition and 1 is the worst.
”A lot to fall back on”: experiences of dyspareunia among queer women

ABSTRACT This study explores the subjective experiences of dyspareunia among queer women in Sweden. Ten semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five participants who were all interviewed on two separate occasions. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Dyspareunia was described as affecting the participants’ sexual activities, intimate relationships, and identity constructs. Reported struggles involved feelings of sadness, guilt, frustration, and fear of pain. Dyspareunia was described as threatening the participants’ queer identities through its effect on their ability to be sexual in idealised ways. However, queer experiences and communities were also found to be associated with advantages in pain management, such as well-developed sexual communication skills, anatomic similarity to their partner, access to non-heteronormative sexual scripts and a focus on nurturing desire. Queer related advantages in pain management are proposed to buffer to some extent against pain interference with sexual function and desire. Findings indicate that it is important to consider the unique relational and social context of queer women to understand their experiences of dyspareunia. More research is needed on the role of differences of normativities, context and communication in dyspareunia.
Hardware Implementation of 5G NR Deinterleaver and De-rate Matcher

5G new radio (NR) represents the newest standard for mobile communications. It introduced LDPC channel coding which enables increased spectral efficiency in comparison to turbo codes used in LTE. It also specifies throughputs in the order of tens of Gb/s at lower latencies, putting a challenging constraint on all components in the data chain. In this paper, a parallel high throughput architecture of a joint deinterleaver and derate matcher for 5G NR is proposed. Efficient and scalable nature of the architecture allows easy tuning of throughput versus utilization over a large range of values. Proposed scheme for LLR value storage enables efficient memory utilization with full read and write throughput. The proposed architecture was implemented on a Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC FPGA from Xilinx in order to verify the functionality. Implementation achieves clock frequency close to the highest possible on the given architecture. To the best of our knowledge, this is currently the highest throughput implementation available.
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention

Abstract Objective: Reducing face touching could help slow COVID-19’s spread. We tested whether implementation intentions, a simple-to-use behaviour change intervention, reduce face-touching behaviour effectively. Design: In this pre-registered online study, we utilised a novel way to collect behavioural data during a pandemic. We obtained video recordings of 156 adults while performing three engaging tasks for four minutes each. After the baseline task, participants formed the goal to avoid touching their faces; some participants also formed implementation intentions, targeting either the frequency or duration of face touching. Main Outcome Measures: The 468 videos were rated by two independent raters for face touching frequency and duration. Results: Face touching was widespread. Compared to the baseline, there was a slight reduction in the frequency of face touching after the experimental manipulations. We observed a significant decrease in the length of face touching only for participants with duration-focused implementation intentions. Conclusion: While implementation intentions have effectively downregulated other unwanted behaviours, they did not reduce the frequency of face-touching behaviour. Still, duration-focused implementation intentions appear to be a promising strategy for face-touching behaviour change. This highlights the need for further optimisation and field research to test the effectiveness of implementation intentions in everyday life contexts.
Resilience in higher education: A conceptual model and its empirical analysis

This research analyzes how the resilience of higher education students is shaped during the undergraduate program by personal and contextual factors. In this research, the resilient student is one who faces a high burden of stress and/or adversity during their undergraduate course but manages to reach the end of the program satisfied and/or committed to the chosen career. Based on the literature review, we developed the Academic Resilience Model (ARM), which explains the sources of stress and/or adversity, as well as the protective mechanisms and/or factors that affect students throughout the program. We empirically test this model by conducting a phenomenology-based qualitative study at a public university in Brazil. The results of ARM validation indicate that the main sources of stress and/or adversity and protective mechanisms and/or factors come from individual, academic and external systems. Examples of sources of stress/adversity were the low initial motivation for the program, personal health problems, faculty didactic-pedagogical deficiency, difficulties in relationships with peers, and competing professional demands. On the other hand, the main protective mechanisms/factors identified were the capacity of adaptability, self-control, personal organization, good relationships with the faculty, integration with peers, and support of family. The research enabled identification of how resilience helps students to overcome barriers in higher education, generating important results for future education policies.
Steady-State Solutions and Multiclass Calibration of Gipps Microscopic Traffic Flow Model

This study addresses the problem of calibration of the Gipps microscopic traffic flow model. The approach consists of first deriving traffic stream models, in the form of steady-state solutions of car-following models, and then fitting such models to stationary traffic data. To this end, traffic stream models for the Gipps model were first attained, and an explicit formula for the flow at capacity as a function of microscopic parameters is provided. Analysis of the models for different combinations of microscopic parameters explains the widely held belief that the Gipps model is unable to reproduce unstable traffic phenomena. To be suitable for model parameter calibration in simulation practice, single-class models were generalized to a multiclass traffic scenario for which a calibration procedure was developed. Once applied to real motorway traffic data, the multiclass scenario proved its effectiveness in terms of error statistics. Values of calibrated parameters were all significant and consistent with expectations. Moreover, they were consistent with the observed aggregate measures (e.g., flow at capacity). Finally, unlike nonstationary, model-based approaches, the computing time required by the multiclass calibration presented is negligible, allowing calibration of a large number of parameters, that is, calibration of different classes of vehicles.
Tableting Performance of Maize and Potato Starches Used in Combination as Binder/Disintegrant in Metronidazole Tablet Formulation.

Objectives This study aimed to characterize the tableting performance of maize and potato starches, when used in combination either as a disintegrant or binder in solid dosage form development. Materials and Methods Wet granulation was used to process metronidazole granules incorporating either maize starch, potato starch, or a combination of the two starches as binders or disintegrant at 10% w/w. Granule analysis was carried out on the various formulations and subsequently compressed into tablets weighing approximately 500 mg following the addition of extragranular excipients. Tablet properties were assessed after 24 h of storage. Results Analysis of granule properties did not reveal a wide variation across the formulations irrespective of the type and combination of starches used in the formulation either as binder or disintegrant. It was observed, however, that there were slight differences in particle size, bulk and tapped densities of granule formulations containing the combined starch as excipients compared to granule formulations containing individual starch as the excipient. Tablets prepared using the combined starches as binder had lower tensile strength and disintegration time compared to other formulations incorporating the individual starches as binders. However, when evaluated as disintegrant, the tablet formulation containing the combined starches produced tablets with relatively lower disintegration time compared to formulations containing the individual starches as disintegrant. Conclusion The study concludes that the combination of maize and potato starches as excipients in tablet formulation influenced the outcome of granule and tablet properties.
LOCAL BUCKLING OF SIDE-PLATED REINFORCED-CONCRETE BEAMS. I: THEORETICAL STUDY

Steel plates can be bolted to the sides of reinforced-concrete beams to both strengthen and stiffen them. When these side-plated beams are subject to their intended design actions, compression, bending, and shear stresses are produced in the steel plates and this can lead to instability by local buckling of the plates. This type of buckling problem is known as a contact problem, since the plate is constrained to buckle in only one lateral direction. The paper presents a Rayleigh-Ritz method of the local buckling analysis of rectangular unilaterally restrained plates in compression, bending, and shear. Polynomials are used to define the displacement function, while the restraining medium is modeled as a tensionless foundation. The method is shown to be very efficient computationally, and elastic local buckling coefficients are presented for a variety of restraint cases for various plate aspect ratios, in terms of interaction diagrams. The buckling model is shown to be in good agreement with experimental re.
Effect of Clay Fines on the Behavior of Self-Compacting Concrete

The technology of concrete has significantly increased in recent years through the use of super plasticizer and availability of mineral additions. One of the most recent materials used as an additive, replacing a portion of cement in concrete, is fine clay fired at a temperature of 800℃ to 900℃. This research is based on trials that complied with artificial pozzolan (waste crushed brick), and their effect on the rheological and mechanical behavior of mortar. The addition of 5% of a waste crushed brick has helped not only to improve the strength (tensile and compression), but also to foster a better rheological behavior in terms of fluidity and stability, with a low heat of hydration compared to control. However, tests of optimizing the content of self-compacting concrete (SCC) in coarse aggregates, sand and binder, led us to confirm that the combined mass of more optimal (better workability and stability) is that based on low in volumetric percentage of sand/paste with a granular skeleton richest gravel low dimensions (2/3 of G 3/8 and 1/3 of G 8/15).
Evaluation of agro-qualitative characters of five cotton cultivars (Gossypium hirsutum L.) grown under Toba Tek Singh conditions

A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the growth, yield, and quality performance of five cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars viz. CIM-446, NIAB-999, NIAB-111, and CIM-473 & RH-511 at the farmer's field under Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan conditions. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) and was replicated four times. The net plot size was 7.0 m x 4.5 m. The data on various crop growth, yield and quality attributes was recorded using standard procedures. Significant differences in respect of plant height at maturity (cm), monopodial branches plant -1 , sympodial branches plant -1 , number of bolls plant -1 , mature boll weight (g), total seed cotton yield (kg ha -1 ), fiber strength (g tax -1 ), fiber fineness (mic.), staple length (mm) and ginning out turn (%) were observed among all the cultivars except plant population which showed non significant results. Statistically the maximum seed cotton yield (2917 kg ha -1 ) was produced by cultivar NIAB-111 while the minimum seed cotton yield of 1315 kg ha -1 was produced by cultivar RH-511. It was revealed from the results that variety NIAB-111 proved to be best among all the five varieties particularly in respect of almost all the agro-qualitative characters under Toba Tek Singh conditions.