Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Efficient and Reversible Absorption of CO2 by Functional Deep Eutectic Solvents

Extremely low-volatility functional deep eutectic solvents (DESs), based on ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DG) as hydrogen-bond donor and the ammonium salts obtained from triethylenetetramine (TETA) and HCl at different mole ratios as hydrogen-bond acceptor, were designed and used to capture CO2. All of the designed DESs can efficiently capture CO2 even at low partial pressures. CO2 absorption capacity of [TETA]Cl-EG DES with n[TETA]Cl/nEG 1:3 is high up to 17.5 wt % (1.456 mol CO2/mol [TETA]Cl) at 40 °C and 1 atm. CO2 absorption capacity decreases with increasing temperature and decreasing CO2 partial pressure. Regeneration experiments show that CO2 absorption capacities in [TETA]Cl-EG DES and [TETA]Cl-DG DES do not vary after five absorption/desorption cycles. It is found that EG or DG can increase the absorption capacity via activating −NH– or −NH2 on [TETA]Cl and enhance the basicity of DESs. In addition, CO2 absorption mechanism in [TETA]Cl-EG DES based on the change of its viscosity dur.
Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas

ABSTRACT Ecotourism is increasingly being adopted to improve the livelihoods of local communities and fulfill conservation goals. Many critical actors, including but not limited to governments and conservation organizations, believe that for ecotourism to be successful, local communities must appreciate and support wildlife conservation activities. Without evidence that communities’ value systems are oriented in a manner that aligns with the authorities’ sustainable development and wildlife conservation ideologies, strategies for how to achieve the most benefits for the most people will be based on anecdotes and assumptions. This study investigated residents’ value orientation towards wildlife in the context of Bardia National Park (BNP), Nepal. We surveyed residents from eight buffer zone communities surrounding BNP with a human–wildlife conflict (n = 871). Our findings revealed four distinct clusters of resident WVOs, creating challenges for BNP ecotourism development. Socio-demographic and resource management factors also play critical roles in shaping the sustainable development of BNP ecotourism.
High‐Resolution Ps Receiver Function Imaging of the Crust and Mantle Lithosphere Beneath Southern New England and Tectonic Implications

Southern New England exhibits diverse geologic features resulting from past tectonic events. These include Proterozoic and early Paleozoic Laurentian units in the west, several Gondwana‐derived terranes that accreted during the Paleozoic in the east, and the Mesozoic Hartford Basin in the central part of the region. The Seismic Experiment for Imaging Structure beneath Connecticut (SEISConn) project involved the deployment of a dense array of 15 broadband seismometers across northern Connecticut to investigate the architecture of lithospheric structures beneath this region and interpret how they were created and modified by past tectonic events in the context of surface geology. We carried out P‐to‐S receiver function analysis on SEISConn data, including both single‐station analysis and common conversion point (CCP) stacking. Our images show that the westernmost part of Connecticut has a much deeper Moho than central and eastern Connecticut. The lateral transition is a well‐defined, ∼15 km step‐like offset of the Moho over a ∼20 km horizontal distance. The Moho step appears near the surface boundary between the Laurentian margin and the Gondwana‐derived Moretown terrane. Possible models for its formation include Ordovician underthrusting of Laurentia and/or modification by younger tectonic events. Other prominent features include a strong positive velocity gradient (PVG) beneath the Hartford basin corresponding to the bottom of the sedimentary units, several west‐dipping PVGs in the crust and mantle lithosphere that may correspond to relict slabs or shear zones from past subduction episodes, and a negative velocity gradient (NVG) that may correspond to the base of the lithosphere.
A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Online Car Advertisements

The objectives of the current study are threefold: a) to investigate what types of metaphors are used in Arab and Western car advertisements and why they use them, b) to explore how metaphors are used in Arab and Western car advertisements, and c) to explore how cultural attributes are used along with metaphors in Arab and Western car advertisements. The study adopted a descriptive approach through content analysis using three models: cultural (Hofstede, 2005), metaphorical (Lankoff & Johnson, 1980), and contrastive discourse analysis (Farclough's, 2001), approaches to analyze the data. The study sample comprised 30 car advertisements from Holland, France, Germany, Italy, the US, and Arab countries, each with five advertisements published online in 2016. The findings of the study show that car advertisements frequently use metaphorical strategies. In addition, the study revealed differences between Arab and Western advertisements in terms of the employment of cultural attributes. Finally, the study also indicated that even within the Western context, there is a different use of metaphorical strategies with subtle differences.
Nanopore-based DNA sequencing sensors and CMOS readout approaches

Purpose Nanopore-based molecular sensing and measurement, specifically DNA sequencing, is advancing at a fast pace. Some embodiments have matured from coarse particle counters to enabling full human genome assembly. This evolution has been powered not only by improvements in the sensors themselves, but also in the assisting microelectronic CMOS readout circuitry closely interfaced to them. In this light, this paper aims to review established and emerging nanopore-based sensing modalities considered for DNA sequencing and CMOS microelectronic methods currently being used. Design/methodology/approach Readout and amplifier circuits, which are potentially appropriate for conditioning and conversion of nanopore signals for downstream processing, are studied. Furthermore, arrayed CMOS readout implementations are focused on and the relevant status of the nanopore sensor technology is reviewed as well. Findings Ion channel nanopore devices have unique properties compared with other electrochemical cells. Currently biological nanopores are the only variants reported which can be used for actual DNA sequencing. The translocation rate of DNA through such pores, the current range at which these cells operate on and the cell capacitance effect, all impose the necessity of using low-noise circuits in the process of signal detection. The requirement of using in-pixel low-noise circuits in turn tends to impose challenges in the implementation of large size arrays. Originality/value The study presents an overview on the readout circuits used for signal acquisition in electrochemical cell arrays and investigates the specific requirements necessary for implementation of nanopore-type electrochemical cell amplifiers and their associated readout electronics.
The Isocyanide Complexes cis-[MCl2(CNC6H4-4-X)2] (M = Pd, Pt; X = Cl, Br) as Tectons in Crystal Engineering Involving Halogen Bonds

The isocyanide complexes cis-[MCl2(CNC6H4-4-X)2] (M = Pd; X = Cl, Br; M = Pt; X = Br) form isomorphous crystal structures exhibiting the Cl/Br and Pd/Pt exchanges featuring 1D chains upon crystallisation. Crystal packing is supported by the C–X···X–C halogen bonds (HaBs), C–H···X–C hydrogen bonds (HB), X···M semicoordination, and C···C contacts between the C atoms of aryl isocyanide ligands. The results of DFT calculations and topological analysis indicate that all the above contact types belong to attractive noncovalent interactions. A projection of the electron localization function (ELF) and an inspection of the electron density (ED) and the electrostatic potential (ESP) reveal the amphiphilic nature of X atoms playing the role of HaB donors, HaB and HB acceptors, and a nucleophilic partner in X···M semicoordination.
Efficient removal of chromium(VI) from dilute aqueous solutions using agro-industrial residue based on parboiled-rice husk ash

Abstract The removal of Cr(VI) from wastewater by adsorption from agro-industrial residues remain an attractive option since combines reasonable cost with the quality of effluents treated. This paper employs of parboiled-rice husk ash (RHA) and parboiled-rice husk ash chemically treated (RHAH+) as adsorbents for Cr(VI). The RHA and RHAH+ were characterized. It was studied the adsorption efficiency on adsorbent dosage, pH, chromium concentration, and interaction time. RHAH+ presented superior Cr(VI) removal, although both adsorbents have shown satisfactory results. The best results are obtained at pH 1.0, presenting 90.9% and 97.7% of Cr(VI) removal for RHA and RHAH+, respectively, in 5 mg L−1 of Cr(VI) concentration at about 30 minutes. The adsorption of RHAH+ is governed by the Freundlich isotherm (R2 adj = 0.989) and kinetically by the pseudo-second order model (R2 adj = 0.991). The rice rusk ash represents an alternative low-cost and environment-friendly material that efficiently removes Cr(VI) from dilute aqueous solutions.
Atmospheric response to the North Pacific hotspot in idealized simulations: Application to explosive and binary cyclogenesis

Marginal seas of the western North Pacific Ocean act as a hotspot in winter, warming the marine atmosphere. The atmospheric response to lower‐level (below 700 hPa altitude) heating localized around this hotspot was studied using an idealized general circulation model with an assumed triangular hotspot. As simulated in previous studies, localized atmospheric heating over the mid‐latitude hotspot enhances the westerly jet core, forming a stationary Rossby wave north of the core. This study found that the hotspot remotely influences the Rossby wave source (the sum of vortex stretching and vorticity advection caused by the divergent flow) and temperature deviations at upper levels (200–300 hPa). These results are qualitatively consistent with the winter climatology. The idealized experiment was applied to explosive and binary extratropical cyclones (pairs of surface cyclones located north and south of the main Japanese islands). The active area of transient eddies at lower levels splits into two in the hotspot, leading to regional explosive development and the formation of binary cyclones through an enhanced meridionally elongated trough. The hotspot is an essential factor driving the bifurcation of cyclone tracks into the southern and northern areas of Japan, leading to binary cyclones.
IEPSBP: A Cost-Efficient Image Encryption Algorithm Based on Parallel Chaotic System for Green IoT

With the fast development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, more IoT devices are currently connected with the Internet, resulting in more exchange of information. However, data privacy and security threats have become emerging challenges of the IoT. In this paper, we are concerned about the security of image transmission in green IoT. Image encryption algorithms for green IoT are faced with two challenges: 1) To save the cost, devices in green Internet of Things (IoT) always have very low computing power, so they cannot support high-precision computing and 2) The algorithm deployed on the device should be efficient to guarantee the device to run for a long time. To solve the problem of precision limited, we propose a parallel chaotic system named PSBP.1 The PSBP is composed of Piecewise Linear Chaotic Map (PWLCM), Skew Tent Map (STM) and Bernoulli map in parallel model with the limited precision of 16-bit, which can generate good-performance key matrix for encryption. Then, we introduce a cost-efficient image encryption algorithm based on PSBP (named IEPSBP) which addresses the second challenge. Instead of bits or bytes, we use one row or one column as the basic unit to realize permutation and diffusion. The security analysis and performance experiments indicate that IEPSBP is secure and cost-efficient for green IoT.
Global Cooling Hiatus Driven by an AMOC Overshoot in a Carbon Dioxide Removal Scenario

The reversibility of global mean surface temperature was examined by a transient CO2 reversibility experiment using an Earth system model. The results showed that after CO2 ramp‐up toward CO2 quadrupling and ramp‐down returned to the present‐day level, the global mean surface temperature kept decreasing but stopped to change for ∼40 years in the early net‐zero CO2 emission period. This period, referred to a cooling hiatus, resulted from a compensation between Southern Hemisphere cooling and Northern Hemisphere warming. The Northern Hemisphere warming was centered over the North Atlantic. This localized warming was caused by an excessive heat advection by a delayed and surpassed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to CO2 forcing. During the progression of CO2 change, the meridional salinity gradient between subtropic and subpolar regions was enhanced, and the oceanic stratification in subpolar North Atlantic was reduced due to accumulated heat and reduced vertical salt import in the deeper ocean. As AMOC started to recover, consequently, the enhanced salt advection feedback and the relaxed buoyant force resulted in AMOC overshoot.
A new unusual Monachinae from the Neogene of the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Maryland, USA)

ABSTRACT To date, for the family Phocidae, only two fossil genera of the subfamily Monachinae (Monotherium and Terranectes) and two fossil genera of the subfamily Phocinae (Prophoca and Leptophoca) have been described from the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland, USA). This study presents the first description of a new fossil partial seal skull from the St. Mary’s Formation (late Miocene, 8.5–7.5 MYA) in Maryland, USA. The new skull exhibits both primitive and derived features. Morphological assessment of this new skull supports classifying it within the subfamily Monachinae (based on numerous diagnostic characters). However, the presence of unique characters that do not match with any known genera of Monachinae led to the naming of a new genus and species, Magnotherium johnsii. This is now the third taxon of the subfamily Monachinae described from this locality. Some key characters of the Magnotherium johnsii (sp. nov.) skull include the presence of six incisors (similar to seals of the subfamily Phocinae), a long rostrum, and long concavity of the preorbital area of the maxilla.
The Risk of Nosocomial Infection Transmission in the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in a Developing Country

Objective: As more care is provided for children in outpatient facilities, it is increasingly important to understand the potential for disease transmission and this is particularly so for nosocomial infections which are infections originating in hospitals. Knowledge of the profile of bacterial isolates of surfaces in outpatient facilities and their sensitivity patterns serves as a guide for prevention of nosocomial infection transmission. Material and Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Children's Outpatient Clinic (CHOP) of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu, Nigeria (ESUT-TH). Samples for culture were collected from equipment and hospital surfaces. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was determined for each isolate by the Agar diffusion method using Standard Nutrient Agar 1 discs. Results: Out of 122 samples collected from various sites, bacterial growth was observed in 55 (45.0%) specimens. Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus were the most common isolates cultured from 23 different locations. Among the Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 17.4% (4/23) were MRSA. Levofloxacin and Imipenem showed the best sensitivity pattern for Staphylococcus aureus Conclusion: Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus were the commonest isolates. There is need to develop specific protocols that will ensure hand hygiene, judicious use of antimicrobials, active surveillance, and enhanced cleaning/disinfection of surfaces in outpatient clinics as essential components of prevention and control of nosocomial infections.
“It’s less about you as a person and more about the result you can produce”: examining coach and peer dynamics in sport from a psychosocial perspective

ABSTRACT Positive youth development (PYD) research in sport has often focused on the influence of coach and peer relations, yet the PYD research has been criticised for lacking sufficient theory. From a psychosocial development perspective, the nature and quality of interpersonal dynamics have a significant impact on the attainment of developmental outcomes for youth. In this research, we explored youth athletes’ relational dynamics with coaches and peers in sport from a psychosocial perspective, framed by Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with six youth athletes (three males and three females), 14–17 years of age. Thematic, structural, and performative narrative analysis procedures were used to examine youth’s relational dynamics. Three overarching narratives were constructed from participant stories, including: unconditional relationships, conditional relationships, and seeking connections beyond sport. Youth athletes’ stories are interpreted to suggest that often times the sport environment was not conducive to fostering positive coach-athlete and peer-peer dynamics, and hindered youth’s psychosocial development. The youth athletes also revealed that when their interpersonal dynamics in sport were not perceived to fulfill their psychosocial needs, they shifted their focus to activities and environments outside of sport. The findings are discussed in relation to narratives and discourses in sport and developmental literature. Applications are drawn for supporting youth athletes’ needs and continued sport participation through the facilitation of developmentally supportive relations in sport.
Assessing Wildfire Regimes in Indigenous Lands of the Brazilian Savannah-Like Cerrado

The Brazilian savannah-like Cerrado is classified as a fire-dependent biome. Human activities have altered the fire regimes in the region, and as a result, not all fires have ecological benefits. The indigenous lands (ILs) of the Brazilian Cerrado have registered the recurrence of forest fires. Thus, the diagnosis of these events is fundamental to understanding the burning regimes and their consequences. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the fire regimes in Cerrado’s indigenous lands from 2008 to 2017. We used the Landsat time series, at 30 m spatial resolution, available in the Google Earth Engine platform to delineate the burned areas. We used precipitation data from a meteorological station to define the rainy season (RS), early dry season (EDS), middle dry season (MDS), and late dry season (LDS) periods. During 2008–2017, our results show that the total burned area in the indigenous lands and surrounding area was 2,289,562 hectares, distributed in 14,653 scars. Most fires took place between June and November, and the annual burned area was quite different in the years studied. It was also possible to identify areas with high fire recurrence. The fire regime patterns described here are the first step towards understanding the fire regimes in the region and establishing directions to improve management strategies and guide public policies.
Application of temporal convolutional network for flood forecasting

Rainfall–runoff modeling is a complex nonlinear time-series problem in the field of hydrology. Various methods, such as physical-driven and data-driven models, have been developed to study the highly random rainfall–runoff process. In the past 2 years, with the advancement of computing hardware resources and algorithms, deep-learning methods, such as temporal convolutional network (TCN), has been shown good prospects in time-series prediction tasks. The aim of this study is to develop a prediction model based on TCN structure to simulate the hourly rainfall–runoff relationship. We use two datasets in the Jingle and Kuye watersheds to test the model under different network structures and compare with the other four models. The results show that the TCN model outperforms the EIESM, artificial neural network, and long short-term memory and improves the flood forecasting accuracy at different foreseeable periods. It is shown that the TCN has a faster convergence rate and is an effective method for hydrological forecasting.
Users’ Content Memorization in Multi-User Interactive Public Displays

ABSTRACT In this study, we investigate users’ content memorization in interactive public displays that can be simultaneously used by multiple persons. We designed a system in which interaction would enhance users’ content memorization, and that allows multiple users to collaborate on interaction. We installed the system in a university campus and conducted a field study on passersby. We interviewed the users who continued interacting with the system to reach or pass a certain phase, and evaluated users’ content memorization from the accuracy of displayed information that was unconsciously memorized. As a result, the users who interacted with the display had a significantly higher correct answer rate for detailed questions about the displayed information than those who only watched a video on the display, which suggests that our interactive public display resulted in better content memorization. It is also shown that displayed information was efficiently delivered to many users by enabling multiple persons to interact with the display.
The Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior on the Effect of Passion and Empowerment on Job Performance

Research aims: This research aims to analyze the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) on the effect of passion and empowerment on teachers' job performance.Design/Methodology/Approach: Respondents in this research were Muhammadiyah elementary school teachers in Ngampilan and Wirobrajan Districts. This research used nonprobability purposive judgment sampling with the number of respondents as many as 51 teachers. Statistical tests and data processing were then carried out utilizing the Partial least Square (SmartPLS) 3.0. Research findings: The research found that passion had a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. This research also revealed that organizational citizenship behavior and empowerment positively and significantly affected job performance, while passion was significant toward job performance with partial mediation of organizational citizenship behavior.Theoretical Contribution/Originality: OCB serves as a mediating variable in this analysis, while in previous studies, these variables were not mediated by OCB.Practitioners/Policy Implications: As a result, the principal must enable teachers to be flexible in their teaching and learning activities. Teachers must also be active in voluntary activities outside of teaching and learning that can enhance their abilities and skills to improve their performance.Research Limitations/Implications: The study was only performed at Muhammadiyah elementary schools in Ngampilan and Wirobrajan Districts. Therefore, the collected data had a low degree of normality.