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Recently, there has been a proliferation of personal health applications describing to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist health consumers in making health decisions based on their data and algorithmic outputs. However, it is still unclear how such descriptions influence individuals' perceptions of such apps and their recommendations. We therefore investigate how current AI descriptions influence individuals' attitudes towards algorithmic recommendations in fertility self-tracking through a simulated study using three versions of a fertility app. We found that participants preferred AI descriptions with explanation, which they perceived as more accurate and trustworthy. Nevertheless, they were unwilling to rely on these apps for high-stakes goals because of the potential consequences of a failure. We then discuss the importance of health goals for AI acceptance, how literacy and assumptions influence perceptions of AI descriptions and explanations, and the limitations of transparency in the context of algorithmic decision-making for personal health.
A Sesquiterpene, Clerodane Diterpenes and a Furanone from the Roots of Casearia Multinervosa (Flacourtiaceae/Salicaceae)

The roots of Casearia multinervosa (Flacourtiaceae/Salicaceae) have yielded the new compounds 10ε-acetoxyhumula-3,7-diene (1), (rel)-(2S,5S,6S,8R,9R,10S)-6-hydroxy-2-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)-clero-3,13(16),14-trien-4,5-dial (2), (rel)-(2R,5R,6R,8S,9S,10R)-6-methoxy-2-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)-clero-3,13(16),14-trien-4,5-dial (3), (rel) (2S,5S,6S,8R,9R,10S, 18R,19S)-18-acetoxy-18,19-epoxy-6-hydroxy-2-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)-19-methoxyclero-3,13(16),14-triene (4), and 3ε-(hexadec-11-enyl)-4ε-hydroxy-5-methylene-2,3-dihydrofuran-2-one (5).
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE DIET OF THE IMPERIAL SHAG Phalacrocorax atriceps BREEDING ON ELEPHANT ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

e aim of the study was to describe prey items in the diet of Imperial Shag through pellets analysis. e collection of pellets occurred in the breeding site during the austral summer of 2011/12 in Stinker Point, Elephant Island. A total of 34 pellets of Imperial Shag were analyzed and their frequency of occurrence was calculated. Fish remains were found in all pellets. Two families of demersal-benthic sh were identi ed through otoliths: Harpagiferidae and Nototheniidae. Nematodes occurred frequently. Other invertebrates such as molluscs and polychaetes occurred occasionally, so as vegetable matter (algae) and stones. ese items are probably from stomach contents of ingested sh or were accidentally ingested by the bird while building the nest. Our preliminary analysis showed that Imperial Shags breeding on Elephant Island have a similar diet composition to other shag species which breed in the sub-Antarctic islands and in the Antarctic Peninsula, with some items absent. However, further analysis will present more concrete data on the mass, volume and taxonomic species level of each item.
Diversity of indigenous fish species in Konoskhaihaor, Northeast Bangladesh

The present study was executed to assess the indigenous fish assemblage of Konoskhaihaor for 9 months from May 2014 to January 2015. The Konoskhaihaor area covers 104.50 acres of land containing 6 small to large beels. In the monsoon the haor remains under water. A total of 37 fish species belonging to 7 orders including prawns were identified. Among the 37 species 5 were vulnerable, 7 endangered, 1 critically endangered, 3 exotic, 20 not threatened and 1 not evaluated according to IUCN, Bangladesh, 2000. The Shannon-Weaver diversity index was found highest (3.12) in June and lowest (2.9) in January. Margalef richness index was found highest (3.02) in July and lowest (2.70) in December. On the other hand, Pielou’s evenness index was lowest (0.82) in three successive months i.e., in October, November and January and highest (0.88) in April. The fish species of Konoskhaihaor found to be evenly distributed. Simpson dominance index were found to be highest (0.94) in April and lowest (0.91) in January. The diversity indices only evenness index was found to be significant (<0.05) among the months. It revealed from the survey that 8 indigenous species which were previously available but not found for 3 to 12 years in the study area. As 5 vulnerable, 7 endangered and 1 critically endangered fish species were available in the study area that is why it is needed to be conserved these species in situ to keep for the use of future generation.
Source Separation by Skip-Connection Based on Transformer Architecture in the Time-Frequency Domain

There are many end-to-end speech source separation models based on the information of the input audio signal at the time domain. The information on the frequency domain plays an important role in audio processing. In this study, we modified the dual-path transformer network (DPT-Net) with additional information on the time-frequency distribution. To the U-Net, we added the skip connections between the encoder and the decoder acting on the time-frequency distribution. In the experiment, the modification produced a better result than other methods of similar size.
Study of Audio Cough Signals using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient and Neural Network Classification – KERAS

Traditional medical diagnosis necessitates physical interaction between a patient and a medical practitioner who uses medical equipment such as a stethoscope to evaluate a patient's cough signals. Due to physical distancing restrictions, physical engagement of patients was conducted remotely or at a specific distance to progress. We developed a system to classify specific diseases related to cough sounds using cough characterization based on mucus relation and sound distinction. The result was used to specify diseases using embedded machine learning, Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense as its microcontroller, and Edge Impulse for machine learning. The mean accuracy of the detection of the system was 80.3% which was higher than 73.5333% of the previous study.
Comparison of Per-unit Models of Phase-shifted Full-bridge Converter

Advanced dc-dc converters such as phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB) converters are employed in a wide range of applications owing to the features of fixed frequency operation and soft-switching for the devices. The converter design entails selecting many design parameters, resulting in multiple design choices for the same set of specifications. This necessitates a normalised comparison of the designs to analyse the performance indices. This paper studies and compares the per-unit models of the PSFB converter obtained using three established methods. Firstly, a large signal-based state space model of the converter considering the circuit non-idealities is presented. This is employed for developing the per-unit model of the PSFB converter using three models viz, state-plane normalization model, normalised large signal model and similarity transformation model. A study on the feasibility of the developed per-unit models and subsequent comparison is presented next. Next, the normalised designs of Si-based and SiC-based PSFB converters for a $1 kW, 400 V$ to $48 V$ system are compared. Finally, using the change of bases, a SiC-based converter for the aforementioned ratings is built and tested to verify the specifications.
Evolving a Software Requirements Ontology

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a complex process. Establishing a common conceptualization about its domain is important for several reasons, such as communication and interoperability between RE tools. Truthfulness to reality and conceptual clarity are fundamental quality attributes of domain ontologies, and are directly responsible for the effectiveness of these models as reference frameworks. A way to achieve these quality attributes is by grounding domain ontologies in a foundational ontology. This paper presents an evolution of a Software Requirements Ontology that was reengineered by mapping the concepts of its previous version to the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO)
GNNs for TPU Graphs

In this thesis we developed a learned cost model, predicting the runtime of machine learning models dependent on the compilation by the compiler. Our model is trained with the TPUGraphs dataset, containing over 13 million pairs of graphs and compilation configurations. To extract meaningful information from the graph-structured data, we use different Graph Neural Networks (GNN) architectures as the backbone of the pipeline, followed by a reduction and feed-forward step. An important takeaway is that a transformation of the raw, one-hot-encoded features into a more abstract representation, is essential for the network to extract meaningful node embeddings. In our work, these embeddings are produced using a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) trained concurrently to the full pipeline. Among the different models explored in our work, the Graph Attention Network (GAT) achieved the best results, by weighting the importance of specific neighbors of nodes in the graph structure.
A Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Commuting to Work in the UK: 1991, 2001 and 2011

There is a relative lack of academic research related to spatial and sociodemographic variations in commuting propensities, patterns and behaviours. This is surprising given that commuting is carried out, often daily, by the vast majority of individuals in employment. The expenditure of time and money travelling to and from work on a daily basis means that commuting is often a relatively important part of many people’s behaviour, with the nature of an individual’s commute impacting upon their lifestyle, both directly and indirectly. One of the key sources of information about commuting behaviour and patterns is the population census in the United Kingdom, through which travel to work characteristics are captured resulting in large and complex datasets that are disseminated by the census agencies as aggregate data (i.e. stocks of commuters based on where they live), interaction data (i.e. flows of commuters from where they live to where they work) and microdata (i.e. individual records of commuters). Spatial and sociodemographic variations in commuting propensities, patterns and behaviours, although often recognised in an everyday sense, have not been the subject of much academic research and are far from fully understood. With this in mind, this research employs spatial and statistical methods on the three aforementioned datasets to analyse spatial and sociodemographic variations in commuting. Geographical Information Systems have been used to visualise spatial variations in commuting propensities and patterns at both national and regional levels. Simple Linear Regression has been employed to examine the correlations and potential relationships between commuting indicators and important continuous socioeconomic variables. Binary Logistic Regression models have been calculated to demonstrate how commuting behaviours vary according to sex, age group, ethnic group and a host of other important categorical sociodemographic variables. Amongst other findings, the thesis has found that there was an increase in the national commuting rate between 1991 and 2011, that there was a general increase in very long-distance commuting over the same 20 year period, that there was a general decrease in the prevalence of commuting by public transport between 1991 and 2001 but a general increase between 2001 and 2011 and that substantial changes in commuting propensities and patterns have occurred in the Leeds City Region. The findings from the research have been used to make some recommendations for implementation of policies by national, regional or local governments or any other organisations with a responsibility to supply and maintain transport networks.
Variability of Continuous Relative Phase (

36 Bimanual coordination modes, namely in-phase and anti-phase, represent two distinct movement 37 patterns characterized by simultaneous & symmetrical movements of both hands and alternating 38 complementary actions, respectively. These coordination modes are integral in various activities, such as 39 playing musical instruments, typing, and participating in sports that demand precise hand-eye 40 coordination. The objective of the present experiment was to investigate the impact of continuous theta 41 burst stimulation (cTBS) targeting the left supplementary motor area (lSMA) on bimanual coordination 42 during in/anti-phase coordination modes. To explore this, we utilized a steady-state system of 43 coordination dynamics and evaluated the continuous relative phase (ϕ) and variability of relative phase 44 (SDϕ) during cued and non-cued trials in both pre-and post-transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) 45 conditions. The results revealed that visual cues (cued trials) significantly enhanced bimanual 46 coordination performance in both in/anti-phase coordination modes. However, contrary to expectations, 47 the downregulation of lSMA through cTBS did not lead to significant disruptions in movement during 48 in/anti-phase bimanual coordination in pre-and post-TMS stimulation. Potential factors for the lack of 49 observed effects include methodological limitations, individual differences, and functional redundancy 50 within the motor system. Further research is needed to optimize stimulation parameters, increase sample 51 sizes, and explore the interactions between the lSMA, and other brain regions involved in motor control to 52 gain a comprehensive understanding of the contributions of the lSMA in bimanual coordination. 53
Comparative analysis of CO 2 emissions of electric ride-hailing vehicles over conventional gasoline personal vehicles

As this shift in transportation behavior continues, we need to understand the environmental implications, especially the CO 2 emissions associated with these services (7,9). To gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of this transition, we chose to compare the utilization CO 2 emissions resulting from the prevalent use of ride-hailing services to those produced by gasoline-powered passenger cars. The gasoline-powered passenger cars were selected for comparison for essentially two main reasons. Firstly, ride-hailing vehicles are typically newer models and, in many cases, electric, which generally results in less CO 2 emissions per kilometer traveled than the average personal gasoline-powered car (10). Ride-hailing
Particle‐size evidence of barrier estuary regime as a new proxy for ENSO climate variability

We investigate a new proxy for ENSO climate variability based on particle‐size data from long‐term, coastal sediment records preserved in a barrier estuary setting. Corresponding ~4–8 year periodicities identified from Wavelet analysis of particle‐size data from Pescadero Marsh in Central Coast California and rainfall data from San Francisco reflect established ENSO periodicity, as further evidenced in the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI), and thus confirms an important ENSO control on both precipitation and barrier regime variability. Despite the fact that barrier estuary mean particle size is influenced by coastal erosion, precipitation and streamflow, balanced against barrier morphology and volume, it is encouraging that considerable correspondence can also be observed in the time series of MEI, regional rainfall and site‐based mean particle size over the period 1871–2008. This correspondence is, however, weakened after c.1970 by temporal variation in sedimentation rate and event‐based deposition. These confounding effects are more likely when: (i) accommodation space may be a limiting factor; and (ii) particularly strong El Niños, e.g. 1982/1983 and 1997/1998, deposit discrete >cm‐thick units during winter storms. The efficacy of the sediment record of climate variability appears not to be compromised by location within the back‐barrier setting, but it is limited to those El Niños that lead to barrier breakdown. For wider application of this particle size index of ENSO variability, it is important to establish a well‐resolved chronology and to sample the record at the appropriate interval to characterize deposition at a sub‐annual scale. Further, the sample site must be selected to limit the influence of decreasing accommodation space through time (infilling) and event‐based deposition. It is concluded that particle‐size data from back‐barrier sediment records have proven potential for preserving evidence of sub‐decadal climate variability, allowing researchers to explore temporal and spatial patterns in phenomena such as ENSO. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Evaluating the association between longitudinal exposure to a PFAS mixture and adolescent cardiometabolic risk in the HOME Study

Background: Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) throughout gestation and childhood may impact cardiometabolic risk. Methods: In 179 HOME Study participants (Cincinnati, OH; recruited 2003–2006), we used latent profile analysis to identify two distinct patterns of PFAS exposure from serum concentrations of four PFAS measured at birth and ages 3, 8, and 12 years. We assessed the homeostatic model of insulin resistance, triglycerides-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, leptin-to-adiponectin ratio, systolic blood pressure, visceral fat, and hemoglobin A1c levels at age 12 years. We used multivariable linear regression to assess the association of membership in the longitudinal PFAS mixture exposure group with a summary measure of overall cardiometabolic risk and individual components. Results: One PFAS exposure profile (n = 66, 39%) had higher geometric means of all PFAS across all visits than the other. Although adjusted associations were null in the full sample, child sex modified the association of longitudinal PFAS mixture exposure group with overall cardiometabolic risk, leptin-to-adiponectin ratio, systolic blood pressure, and visceral fat (interaction term P values: 0.02–0.08). Females in the higher exposure group had higher cardiometabolic risk scores (ß = 0.43; 95% CI = −0.08, 0.94), systolic blood pressures (ß = 0.6; 95% CI = 0.1, 1.1), and visceral fat (ß = 0.44; 95% CI = −0.13, 1.01); males had lower cardiometabolic risk scores (ß = −0.52; 95% CI = −1.06, −0.06), leptin-to-adiponectin ratios (ß = −0.7; 95% CI = −1.29, −0.1), systolic blood pressures (ß = −0.14; 95% CI = −0.7, 0.41), and visceral fat (ß = −0.52; 95% CI = −0.84, −0.19). Conclusions: Exposure to this PFAS mixture throughout childhood may have sex-specific effects on adolescent cardiometabolic risk.
Why more Literary Translators should embrace Translation Technology

Machine translation (MT) quality has improved significantly with the advent of neural techniques. Some communications about these improvements have been the product of overeager marketing hype, but MT is playing a real role in the lives of many human translators today. MT has even started to be used in pilot studies for the translation of literature, with results that outperformed anticipated outcomes. Nonetheless, its use and uptake as well as the acknowledgement of its potential merit are meeting with a degree of resistance, especially among some more experienced literary translators. In other areas, translators have complained about tools being foisted upon them, and have sought consultation on the design of translation technology. There are examples where translator input into tool design has happened to good effect, but in literary translation per se, translators have been recorded as avoiding such conversations. In this article, we investigate why some literary translators behave differently to their peers in other fields of translation. Finally, we offer pointers as to how translation technology, MT in particular, could benefit literary translators who have an open mind concerning technology.
Differences in Muscle Fiber Characteristics and Meat Quality by Muscle Type and Age of Korean Native Black Goat

Abstract To investigate the relationship between muscle fiber characteristics and meat quality traits by age of Korean native black goat (KNBG), four muscles (longissimus dorsi, LD; psoas major, PM; semimembranosus, SM; gluteus medius, GM) were obtained from five adult goat (AG; 18 months old) and five young goat (YG; 9 months old). PM muscle had the highest fiber number percentage (FNP) and fiber area percentage (FAP) of type I, followed by SM, GM, and LD muscles. FNP and FAP of type IIB were significantly (p<0.001) higher in AG than those in YG. YG had higher L* values but lower b* values than AG. The highest L* and b* values were observed in LD muscle (p<0.001). Age and muscle type had detrimental (p<0.001) effect on shear force and collagen content for all muscle in AG as compared to YG. YG had significantly (p<0.001) higher myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI) than AG for all four muscles. These results suggest that muscle fiber compositions of different muscle types of KNBG depend on age, resulting in variations of meat color, MFI, collagen content, and shear force.
Impact of Zonal Movement of Indian Ocean High Pressure on Winter Precipitation over South East Australia

: Southeastern Australia (SEA) has suffered from 10 years of low rainfall from 1997 to 2006. A protracted dry spell of this severity has been recorded once before during the 20th century, but current drought conditions are exacerbated by increasing temperatures. Impacts of this dry decade are wide-ranging, so a major research effort is being directed to better understand the region’s recent climate, its variability
ANNALES DE L’INSTITUT FOURIER

— In this paper, we prove that, given appropriate hypotheses, n - formality of a diﬀerential graded algebraic structure is equivalent to the existence of a chain-level automorphism lifting a degree twisting isomorphism relative to a unit of order greater than n . A similar result with slightly diﬀerent hypothesis was proved by Joana Cirici and the second author. We use the homotopy transfer theorem and an explicit inductive procedure in order to kill the higher operations. As an application of our result, we prove formality with coeﬃcients in the p -adic integers of certain dg-algebras coming from hyperplane and toric arrangements and conﬁguration spaces. Résumé. — Dans cet article nous montrons que, sous certaines hypothèses, la n -formalité d’une structure algébrique diﬀérentielle graduée est équivalente à l’exis-tence d’un automorphisme au niveau des chaînes relevant un isomorphisme gradué tordant relatif à une unité d’ordre plus grand que n . Un résultat similaire sous des hypothèse légèrement diﬀérentes avait été prouvé par Joana Cirici et le second auteur. Nous utilisons le théorème de transfert homotopique et une procédure ré-cursive explicite pour tuer les opérations supérieures. Comme application de ce résultat, nous prouvons la formalité à coeﬃcients dans les entiers p -adiques de cer-taines dg-algèbres venant d’arrangements d’hyperplans ou d’arrangements toriques ainsi que des espaces de conﬁgurations.