Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mental Symptoms, Life Satisfaction and Sexual Orientation: A Gender Analysis

Research has revealed that homosexual and bisexual people are at higher risk of mental health problems than heterosexual people. However, most studies have focused on differences in disorders and have not examined the intersection of gender and sexual orientation. The main aim of this study is to investigate the relevance of sexual orientation in women’s and men’s mental symptoms, life satisfaction, and self-esteem. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 309 women and men who were homosexual or bisexual and 309 women and men who were heterosexual, aged between 17 and 54. All participants were assessed by four self-reports measuring mental symptoms, life satisfaction, self-esteem, masculine/instrumental and feminine/expressive traits, and traditional gender role attitudes. Results showed an interaction between sexual orientation and gender, with lesbian or bisexual women scoring higher in severe depression symptoms and lower in life satisfaction than heterosexual women. Homosexual and bisexual people scored higher than heterosexuals in somatic symptoms, social dysfunction, and in self-esteem. Women scored higher than men in somatic, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms and in feminine/expressive traits, whereas men scored higher than women in traditional gender role attitudes. We conclude that sexual orientation and gender are relevant to the mental health and well-being of people.
ADVANCING A NATIONAL STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CANADIAN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

Cumulative environmental effects from the offshore oil and gas industry in Canada are inadequately addressed in the Environmental Assessment process due to the complexity of analysis required to overcome unknowns with respect to offshore environments. Limited Environmental Assessments can lead to deleterious consequences for wildlife populations and their habitats dependent on offshore marine ecosystems, particularly as adverse effects become additive and synergistic. A Strategic Environmental Assessment generates guiding policies and programmes for future industrial activities, while taking environmental concerns from all and potential sources into consideration. To address the cumulative impacts of the offshore oil and gas industry in Canada's three marine regions, this paper advances the idea of a National Strategic Environmental Assessment to ensure the health of marine ecosystems is secured throughout present and future industrial activities sustainably.
A global climatology of stratospheric aerosol surface area density deduced from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II measurements: 1984–1994

A global climatology of stratospheric aerosol surface area density has been developed using the multiwavelength aerosol extinction measurements of the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II for 1984–1994. The spatial and temporal variability of aerosol surface area density at 15.5, 20.5, and 25.5 km are presented as well as cumulative statistical distributions as a function of altitude and latitude. During this period, which encompassed the injection and dissipation of the aerosol associated with the June 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption as well as the low loading period of 1989–1991, aerosol surface area density varied by more than a factor 30 at some altitudes. Aerosol surface area density derived from SAGE II and from the University of Wyoming optical particle counters are compared for 1991–1994 and are shown to be in generally good agreement though some differences are noted. An extension of the climatology using single-wavelength measurements by the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (1978–1994) and SAGE (1979–1981) instruments is also presented.
Readvance and retreat of the Late Weichselian Low Baltic ice stream in southernmost Sweden – a review

Abstract The aim of this study was to review old and new evidence for the readvance and retreat of the Low Baltic ice stream. The review is based partly on new field observations from southernmost Sweden and new dates relating to the marginals of the ice stream. The diamicton deposited by the Low Baltic ice stream is mainly a subglacial till (Malmö till) rich in clay and chalk. In addition, there are clasts and microfossils in the till derived from the bedrock in the Baltic area. This suggests that they were transported up to 700 km. The likelihood is that the ice moved upon a subglacial bed of mainly fine-grained, deformable sediments. It is also possible to think that the ice shut-down of the deforming bed-driven ice stream, was the result of sediment exhaustion. The sharp limits and low level of the Malmö till, and the sharp limit between an area of low relief hummocky moraine and an area of high relief hummocky landscape, are indicative of deposition from a lowland ice stream. The dating of the deglaciation of the Low Baltic ice stream shows that the ice stream existed approximately 18 000 to 14600 calendar years BP. At the end of this period the first stage of the Baltic Ice Lake opened.
Looking for the true nature of academic research on design: a systematic review of 27 PhD theses

The launch of PhD programs in design constitutes yet another milestone that helped settle the field as an academic discipline of its own. As the line between scholarly research on design and design practice can sometimes be perceived as being thin, we believe these theses may hold some truth as to what is making them distinct from each other. To look—so to speak—for the “true nature” of academic research on design, we retrieved almost 7,000 references off 27 dissertations, to see which authors were the most cited. We then reflected on the significations it bears to get a sense of general orientations toward this type of research. We found that, often, scholarly research on design relies on action research to make an intervention in the form of a prototype, of a framework, or both; that constructivist theories that give agency to material artifacts are used; and that it ranges from more positivist views to slightly postmodern perspectives.
Predictions of Antarctic crustal motions driven by present-day ice sheet evolution and by isostatic memory of the Last Glacial Maximum

Detectable crustal motion and secular rate of change of solid-surface gravity may be produced by the Earth's response to present-day and past ice mass changes in Antarctica. Scenarios of present-day ice mass balance, previously utilized to explore the global geodetic signatures of the Antarctic ice sheet, produce elastic crustal responses that are typically bounded by uplift rates ≤5 mm/yr, horizontal motion ≤1 mm/yr, and solid-surface gravity change rates ≤1 μGal/yr. In a restricted locality, one scenario produces uplift rates slightly in excess of 10 mm/yr and correspondingly enhanced horizontal and gravity rates. In contrast, the viscoelastic response to ice mass changes occurring since Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) exceeds 5 mm/yr (uplift) over substantial portions of West Antarctica for a wide range of plausible choices of timing and magnitude of deglaciation and mantle viscosity. Similarly, viscoelastic gravity rate predictions exceed 1 μGal/yr (decrease) over large regions, confirming suggestions that a Global Positioning System (GPS) and absolute gravity-based program of crustal monitoring in Antarctica could potentially detect postglacial rebound. A published revision to the CLIMAP model of the Antarctic ice sheet at LGM, herein called the D91 model, features a substantially altered West Antarctic ice sheet reconstruction. This revision predicts a spatial pattern of present-day crustal motion and surface gravity change that diverges strikingly from CLIMAP-based models. Peak D91 crustal rates, assuming deglaciation begins at 12 kyr and ends at 5 kyr, are around 16 mm/yr (uplift), 2 mm/yr (horizontal), and −2.5 μGal/yr (gravity). Tabulated crustal response predictions for selected Antarctic bedrock sites indicate critical localities in the interior of West Antarctica where expected responses are large and D91 predictions differ from CLIMAP-based models by a factor of 2 or more. Observations of the postglacial rebound signal in Antarctica might help constrain Antarctic mass balance and contribution to sea level rise over the past 20,000 years.
Organic nitrogen in Hawaiian rain and aerosol

Water-soluble organic nitrogen (ON) is an important component of fixed nitrogen in clean marine aerosol and rainwater collected at a site on the windward coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Aerosol material associated with the predominant trade winds carries 3.3 ± 2.0 nmol ON m-3, which makes up roughly one third of the total nitrogen in aerosol (11 ± 4 nmol N m-3). The inorganic nitrogen (65% as nitrate) is predominantly found in coarse-mode aerosol, consistent with displacement reactions of sea-salt chloride. In contrast, most of the ON is found in fine particle (submicrometer) aerosol, and may be associated with gas-to-particle conversions and with long-range transport in the atmosphere. At times, aerosol ON also appears to have a local, anthropogenic source, and when meteorological conditions are favorable, large pulses of ON from these local sources can dominate the total fixed nitrogen in the sampled aerosol (30-50 nmol ON m-3, contributing about 80% of the total aerosol nitrogen). About one fifth of rainwater dissolved nitrogen at this site is organic nitrogen. The average rainwater concentration of dissolved ON was 2.8 µmol N L-1, and of inorganic nitrogen (nitrate plus ammonium) was 15 µmol N L-1. In both rainwater and aerosol, urea was a major component of the ON, contributing about half of the ON and about 15% of total nitrogen. This quantitative importance of urea as a component of ON has not previously been seen in continental locations.
Triazoline compounds influence on the meat productivity of turkey carcasses

The need to find effective means to improve the quality and production of meat products from poultry farming determines the relevance of the study. The introduction of drugs into the diet can increase the safety of livestock and improve the quality characteristics of poultry meat. The research aims to evaluate the impact of new 1,2,4-triazole derivatives on some blood parameters, as well as meat and slaughter qualities of poultry. The study was conducted between 2022 and 2023 at Odesa State Agrarian University. The trial was conducted to study the effect of new triazoline derivatives GKPF-109 at a dose of 0.5 ml/bird per day on turkey performance and meat quality. The experiment was conducted on Big-6 turkeys aged 1-105 days. The following research methods were used: morphological and biochemical, organoleptic, physicochemical, and statistical. The effects of triazoline derivatives GKPF-109 on organoleptic (appearance, smell, consistency, fat condition, broth quality during meat cooking) and physicochemical studies of turkey meat for microbiological parameters were analysed and investigated following DSTU 3143:2013. The results showed that there was an increase in average daily weight by 13.1%, slaughter yield of gutted carcasses by 12.4%, semi-gutted carcasses by 12.3% and livestock preservation by 4%. An increase in the nutritional value of meat was noted due to an increase in muscle tissue protein by 7.5%, fat by 8.3%, and energy value by 4.8%. The organoleptic, bacteriological, and physicochemical parameters of turkey meat when using triazoline derivatives GKPF-109 in the diet met the requirements of DSTU 3143:2013. It was concluded that the addition of triazoline GKPF-109 derivatives to drinking water enhances haemopoiesis and has antiinflammatory and hepatoprotective effects. The assessment of the quality of broiler turkey meat and broth at the end of the experiment does not allow to assert a decrease in their aroma and taste, which indicates the absence of a negative effect of triazoline derivatives GKPF-109 and methods of their application on the organoleptic characteristics of meat, which should be considered when keeping turkeys
The role of climate change and ozone recovery for the future timing of major stratospheric warmings

Future changes in the occurrence rates of major stratospheric warmings (MSWs) have recently been identified in chemistry‐climate model (CCM) simulations, but without reaching a consensus, potentially due to the competition of different forcings. We examine future variations in the occurrence rates of MSWs in transient and timeslice simulations of the ECHAM/MESSy atmospheric chemistry (EMAC) CCM, with a focus on the individual effect of different external factors. Although no statistically significant variation is found in the decadal‐mean frequency of MSWs, a shift of their timing toward midwinter is detected in the future. The strengthening of the polar vortex in early winter is explained by recovering ozone levels following the future decrease in ozone‐depleting substances. In midwinter, a stronger dynamical forcing associated with changes in tropical sea surface temperatures will lead to more MSWs, through a similar mechanism that explains the stratospheric response to El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Coseismic slip of two large Mexican earthquakes from teleseismic body waveforms: Implications for asperity interaction in the Michoacan plate boundary segment

Teleseismic body waves recorded for the October 25, 1981, Playa Azul and September 21, 1985, Zihuatanejo earthquakes in western Mexico were inverted to derive the distributions and depths of coseismic slip. Broadband P wave displacements and intermediate-period records were included to incorporate a wide frequency band in the analysis. For the Zihuatanejo earthquake, digital SH records located away from the nodal directions were used in the inversion process. Nonnodal SH waveforms were not available for the Playa Azul earthquake, but additional azimuthal coverage was obtained by including selected worldwide analog P wave records. The results for the Playa Azul earthquake indicate that rupture occurred in two separate zones both updip and downdip of the point of initial nucleation with the majority of the slip concentrated in a circular region (15-km radius) downdip from the hypocenter. The maximum slip in this downdip region exceeds 3.6 m and is at a depth of about 16 km. The computed seismic moment is 7.14 × 1026 dyn cm. Coseismic slip is observed to occur entirely within the area of reduced slip separating the two main shallow sources of the Michoacan earthquake that occurred almost 4 years later on September 19, 1985. For the Zihuatanejo earthquake the P and SH data suggest rupture over a larger area (30-km radius) with a lower peak slip (2 m) and encompassing depths between 12 and 26 km. Slip is concentrated in an area adjacent to one of the major sources of the Michoacan earthquake and represents the southeastern continuation of rupture along the Cocos-North America plate boundary. The corresponding seismic moment is 1.35 × 1027 dyn cm. The zones of peak slip observed for the Playa Azul, Zihuatanejo, and Michoacan earthquakes are interpreted as asperity regions that control the cessation and generation of large earthquakes within the Michoacan segment of the plate boundary. The stress drops within each of these asperities are observed to be very similar and may reflect a characteristic asperity strength for this portion of the subduction zone.
Radio echo exploration of the Antarctic ice sheet, 1969–70

Several measurements of electromagnetic wave velocity in the ice of Dronning Maud Land have been carried out by means of wide-angle reflection profiling and comparison of electromagnetic and seismic echo times. The mean velocity is found to be 171 ±2 m//nsec, corresponding, for a temperature of — 10°C, to a dielectric constant of 3-12 ±-05. This value agrees with some field measurements made elsewhere on polar ice, but is significantly different from some others. Echo time comparisons probably indicate that a major portion of the ice sheet is strongly anisotropic. The existence, and horizontal continuity over at least a few hundred metres, of at least 15 internal reflectors at depths between 250 and 1250 m has been confirmed. Higher resolution measurements are needed to define velocity variations in the upper 250 m of the ice sheet.
Geothermal Effects of 18 ka BP Ice Conditions in the Swiss Plateau

Quaternary surface temperature and ice conditions have lowered today’s temperatures in the uppermost 1 to 2 km of the Earth’s crust in the Swiss plateau by about 5 to 6°C in regions of formerly temperate glacier beds, and these effects were even greater on temperatures in formerly periglacial regions. Effects of latent heat exchange during the formation and thawing of ice-rich permafrost in high-porosity sediments enhance the effects of heat diffusion in low-porosity rock. The influence of underground ice formation, however, seems to be limited. This is due both to the limited thickness of high-porosity sediments and to the fact that high post-glacial surface temperatures in the Swiss plateau shortened the thaw time of ice-rich permafrost which formed at the time of maximum glaciation (18 ka BP). The greatest effects of ice conditions in 18 ka BP may therefore be expected outside the plateau in Alpine valleys. Here, advection of cold ice through glacier flow may have cooled high-porosity sediments of considerable thickness well below 0°C.
Combined signature of N7-methylguanosine regulators with their related genes and the tumor microenvironment: a prognostic and therapeutic biomarker for breast cancer

Background Identifying predictive markers for breast cancer (BC) prognosis and immunotherapeutic responses remains challenging. Recent findings indicate that N7-methylguanosine (m7G) modification and the tumor microenvironment (TME) are critical for BC tumorigenesis and metastasis, suggesting that integrating m7G modifications and TME cell characteristics could improve the predictive accuracy for prognosis and immunotherapeutic responses. Methods We utilized bulk RNA-sequencing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas Breast Cancer Cohort and the GSE42568 and GSE146558 datasets to identify BC-specific m7G-modification regulators and associated genes. We used multiple m7G databases and RNA interference to validate the relationships between BC-specific m7G-modification regulators (METTL1 and WDR4) and related genes. Single-cell RNA-sequencing data from GSE176078 confirmed the association between m7G modifications and TME cells. We constructed an m7G-TME classifier, validated the results using an independent BC cohort (GSE20685; n = 327), investigated the clinical significance of BC-specific m7G-modifying regulators by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis, and performed tissue-microarray assays on 192 BC samples. Results Immunohistochemistry and RT-qPCR results indicated that METTL1 and WDR4 overexpression in BC correlated with poor patient prognosis. Moreover, single-cell analysis revealed relationships between m7G modification and TME cells, indicating their potential as indicators of BC prognosis and treatment responses. The m7G-TME classifier enabled patient subgrouping and revealed significantly better survival and treatment responses in the m7Glow+TMEhigh group. Significant differences in tumor biological functions and immunophenotypes occurred among the different subgroups. Conclusions The m7G-TME classifier offers a promising tool for predicting prognosis and immunotherapeutic responses in BC, which could support personalized therapeutic strategies.
The impact of climate change on the water quality of the Rhine river

In this research the effect of hydrological extremes on water quality are studied for the Rhine River, in order to assess potential water quality effects of climate change. The water quality of the Rhine was studied for the periods 1975-1977 and 1987-2005. During these periods eight hydrological extremes occured, five of which being classified as floods and three as periods of drought. The water quality during these hydrological extremes has been compared with the water quality in reference periods before and after the events. In total, fourty-one water quality parameters have been investigated, comprising general variables (e.g. temperature, suspended matter, dissolved oxygen), major ions, nutrients, heavy metals and metalloids, PAH's, pesticides and other organic mirco pollutants.
COOLABILITY OF SEVERELY DEGRADED CANDU CORES

Analytical and experimental studies have shown that the separately cooled moderator in a CANDU reactor provides an effective heat sink in the event of a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) accompanied by total failure of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS). The moderator heat sink prevents fuel melting and maintains the integrity of the fuel channels, therefore terminating this severe accident short of severe core damage. Nevertheless, there is a probability, however low, that the moderator heat sink could fail in such an accident. The pioneering work of Rogers (1984) for such a severe accident using simplified models showed that the fuel channels would fail and a bed of dry, solid debris would be formed at the bottom of the calandria which would heat up and eventually melt. 'However, the molten pool of core material would be retained in the calandria vessel, cooled by the independently cooled shield-tank water, and would eventually resolidify. Thus, the calandria vessel would act inherently as a "core-catcher" as long as the'shield tank integrity is maintained. The present paper reviews subsequent work on the damage to a CANDU core under severe accident conditions and describes an empirically based mechanistic model of this process. It is shown that, for such severe accident sequences in a CANDU reactor, the end state following core disassembly consists of a porous bed of dry solid, coarse debris, irrespective of the initiating event and the core disassembly process. Revised Reviser 1996 January 1996 Janvier 1995 July Juillet 1995 AECI P2251 Speakman Drive 2251, rue Speakman 9 Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga (Ontario)
SFFT-CapsNet: Stacked Fast Fourier Transform for Retina Optical Coherence Tomography Image Classification using Capsule Network

—The work of the Ophthalmologist in manually detecting specific eye related disease is challenging especially screening through large volume of dataset. Deep learning models can leverage on medical imaging like the retina Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) image dataset to help with the classification task. As a result, many solutions have been proposed based on deep learning-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs). However, the limitations such as inability to recognize pose, the pooling operations which affect resolution of the featured maps have affected its performance in achieving the best accuracies. The study proposes a Capsule network (CapsNet) with contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) and Fast Fourier transform (FFT), a method we called Stacked Fast Fourier Transform-CapsNet (SFFT-CapsNet). The SFFT was used as an enhancement layer to reduce noise in the retina OCT image. A two-block framework of three-layer convolutional capsule network each was designed. The dataset used for this study was presented by University of California San Diego (UCSD). The dataset consists of 84,495 X-Ray images categorized into four classes (NORMAL, CNV, DME, and DRUSEN). Experiment was conducted on the SFFT-CapsNet model and results were compared with baseline models for performance evaluation using accuracy, sensitivity, precision, specificity, and AUC as evaluation metrics. The evaluation results indicate that the proposed model outperformed the baseline model and state-of-the-arts models by achieving the best accuracies of 99.0%, 100%, and 99.8% on overall accuracy (OA), overall sensitivity (OS), and overall precision (OP), respectively. The result shows that the proposed method can be adopted to aid Ophthalmologist in retina disease diagnosis.