Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rural dispositions of floating children within the field of Beijing schools: can disadvantaged rural habitus turn into recognised cultural capital?

The rapid pace of urbanisation in China has seen a massive increase in the movement of the rural population to work and live in urban regions. In this large-scale migration context, the educational, health, and psychological problems of floating children are becoming increasingly visible. Different from extant studies, we focus our investigation on the rural dispositions of floating children through interviews with leaders, teachers, and students in four schools in Beijing. Drawing on Bourdieu’s key notions of habitus, capital, and field, our study indicates that the rural habitus of floating children can differentiate these children from their urban peers. This habitus can be marginalised and stigmatised in certain fields but can be recognised and valued as capital in other fields. Our paper offers some implications for research and practice in relation to the schooling of floating children.
Volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Production and validation of a 20 year long time series obtained from in situ and satellite observations

A 20 year long volume transport time series of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current across the Drake Passage is estimated from the combination of information from in situ current meter data (2006–2009) and satellite altimetry data (1992–2012). A new method for transport estimates had to be designed. It accounts for the dependence of the vertical velocity structure on surface velocity and latitude. Yet unpublished velocity profile time series from Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers are used to provide accurate vertical structure estimates in the upper 350 m. The mean cross-track surface geostrophic velocities are estimated using an iterative error/correction scheme to the mean velocities deduced from two recent mean dynamic topographies. The internal consistency and the robustness of the method are carefully assessed. Comparisons with independent data demonstrate the accuracy of the method. The full-depth volume transport has a mean of 141 Sv (standard error of the mean 2.7 Sv), a standard deviation (std) of 13 Sv, and a range of 110 Sv. Yearly means vary from 133.6 Sv in 2011 to 150 Sv in 1993 and standard deviations from 8.8 Sv in 2009 to 17.9 Sv in 1995. The canonical ISOS values (mean 133.8 Sv, std 11.2 Sv) obtained from a year-long record in 1979 are very similar to those found here for year 2011 (133.6 Sv and 12 Sv). Full-depth transports and transports over 3000 m barely differ as in that particular region of Drake Passage the deep recirculations in two semiclosed basins have a close to zero net transport.
Comparative Analysis of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelet Count, and Indices in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and Normal Controls: Association and Clinical Implications

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major health burden affecting 537 million adults worldwide, characterized by chronic metabolic disorder and various complications. This case control study aimed to assess the impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), including hyperglycemia levels, on hematological parameters and complete blood count (CBC) derived parameters. Methods A total of 250 known diabetic patients from the Jazan Diabetic Center, Saudi Arabia, between January 2021 and December 2022, along with 175 healthy adult controls were recruited from Jazan Hospital’s blood donation center. Demographic characteristics, medical histories, and relevant factors such as gender, age, BMI, treatment, disease duration, and comorbidities were collected with informed consent. Results The results of the red blood cell (RBC) count, RBC indices, and mean platelet volume showed significant differences between patients and controls, while the white cell (WBC) and platelet count were comparable between the two groups. CBC-derived parameters, especially neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet/neutrophil ratio (PNR) exhibited significant differences. Conclusion CBC and derived parameters serve as inexpensive tools for T2DM patients monitoring, indicating early blood cell alterations and potential development of anemia. Further studies are needed to explore their role in predicting T2DM pathogenesis and progression, aiming to reduce severe complications, mortality and morbidity.
Parameterisation of physically based solute transport models in sandy soils

Immobile water fractions of up to 40% had been reported in sands, and it was therefore relevant to determine if the convection-dispersion equation (CDE) or mobile-immobile model (MIM) should be used as the basic physical model for field studies of solute transport in sandy soils. A review of literature data for granular media indicated that for steady state flow, the dispersion coefficient could be estimated from the grain Peclet number and the mass exchange coefficient from the pore water velocity, but the immobile water fraction was poorly predicted from soil properties. In this study, performed on a sandy soil at Moora, Western Australia, the choice of model was determined after analysis of column effluent breakthrough curves (BTC), sequential tracer experiments, and single tracer experiments on the same core. The latter two methods have recently been introduced in an attempt to independently measure some of the MIM parameters (immobile water content and mass transfer exchange coefficient) in situ. Low immobile water content was found in this sand, with very rapid exchange between the mobile and immobile regions. All 3 techniques gave measured immobile water contents around 10%, which was consistent with most literature values for granular media. The single tracer experiment does not give the mass exchange coefficient α (h–1), but α determined by the sequential tracer technique could not be confirmed by the BTC technique due to the wide 95% confidence interval of the fitted parameter. Although the MIM behaviour was minor and inconsistent in the Moora sand, the choice of model may depend on the problem under consideration. For short column experiments, the CDE and MIM produced similar solute transport behaviour. However, for leaching below the root-zone, the MIM is recommended.
Inhibition of SK Channels in VTA Affects Dopaminergic Neurons to Improve the Depression-Like Behaviors of Post-Stroke Depression Rats

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the effect of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (SK channels) on the dopaminergic (DA) neuron pathways in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) during the pathogenesis of post-stroke depression (PSD) and explore the improvement of PSD by inhibiting the SK channels. Patients and Methods Four groups of Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided: Control, PSD, SK channel inhibitor (apamin) and SK channel activator (CyPPA) groups. In both control and CyPPA groups, sham surgery was performed. In the other two groups, middle cerebral arteries were occluded. The behavioral indicators related to depression in different groups were compared. Immunofluorescence was used to measure the activity of DA neurons in the VTA, while qRT-PCR was used to assess the expression of SK channel genes. Results The results showed that apamin treatment improved behavioral indicators related to depression compared to the PSD group. Furthermore, the qRT-PCR analysis revealed differential expression of the KCNN1 and KCNN3 subgenes of the SK channels in each group. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed an increase in the expression of DA neurons in the VTA of the PSD group, which was subsequently reduced upon apamin intervention. Conclusion This study suggests that SK channel activation following stroke contributes to depression-related behaviors in PSD rats through increased expression of DA neurons in the VTA. And depression-related behavior is improved in PSD rats by inhibiting the SK channels. The results of this study provide a new understanding of PSD pathogenesis and the possibility of developing new strategies to prevent PSD by targeting SK channels.
Spinel-peridotites of the Frido Unit ophiolites (Southern Apennine-Italy): evidence for oceanic evolution

The ophiolitic rocks of the Frido Unit include serpentinites derived from a lherzolitic to cpx-rich harzburgitic mantle, as suggested by microstructural and petrographical features. The serpentinites are englobed in tectonic slices where they are associated with mafic dykes and medium to high-grade metamorphic rocks such as amphibolites, gneiss, granofels as well as gabbros and basalts with pillow structures. The matrix of tectonic slices is mainly composed of calchschists and phyllites. The serpentinites of the Frido Unit show pseudomorphic and vein textures. Primary mantle minerals are represented by olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel and are identifiable either for the occurrence of mineral relics or pseudomorphs maintaining the mineral shape. Pseudomorphic minerals are serpentine, magnetite, chlorite, and tremolite. Olivine is replaced by serpentine forming a mesh texture; orthopyroxene is mostly altered to bastite; in some cases it shows exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene and kink bands; fresh orthopyroxene is preserved as exsolution inside clinopyroxene porphyroclasts. Clinopyroxene is armoured by tremolite rim. Spinel shows a holly-leaf habit and is often armoured by a corona of Cr-chlorite. The core of the analyzed spinel has a Cr-Al spinel composition corresponding to chromite (Al2O3=29-31 wt %; Cr2O3= 28-37 wt%), whereas the rim has a Fe-Cr spinel composition corresponding to ferrit-chromite (Al2O3= 1-2% wt; Cr2O3=28-30 wt %). The Cr-Al spinel/ferritchromite ratio may be various in different spinel porphyroclasts. Magnetite replaces spinel or occurs within the mesh textured serpentine. The metamorphic assemblages in the Frido Unit serpentinites allow to infer qualitatively the physical conditions operating during serpentinization. The metamorphic mineral assemblages are typical of the greenschist-amphibolite transition and greenschist facies conditions, as suggested by the occurrence of tremolite replacing clinopyroxene and of Cr-chlorite and ferrit-chromite after Al-rich chromite. These minerals were produced by interactions between hydrothermal fluids and mantle peridotites. Serpentinites are cut by veins filled with mineralogical assemblages typical of the prehnite-pumpellyite facies likely related to later orogenic Apennine evolution. HP/LT metamorphic conditions (blueschist facies) have been documented in mafic dykes enclosed in serpentinites, but similar conditions are not recorded in serpentinites. This suggests that P-T conditions during the orogenic event were not able to produce a HP/LT mineral assemblage in serpentinites.
Mesothermal gold veins and metamorphic devolatilization in the northwestern Alps: The temporal link

A long-standing debate surrounds the source of hydrothermal fluids that form gold lodes late in the metamorphic history of orogenic belts. 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite shows that gold lodes in the northwestern Alps formed from 31.6 to 10.6 Ma. The deposits young progressively along the orogen, parallel to field gradients showing decreasing age of peak metamorphism, increasing metamorphic grade, and increasing extent of exhumation of the host rocks. These correlations suggest that the ore-bearing fluid was produced by a 20 m.y. history of prograde metamorphic devolatilization of calc-schists at depth. The age trend of mineralization reflects continuous ascent of fluid and vein formation in retrograding rocks during extreme differential uplift and denudation of the Alpine orogenic wedge. The intimate correlations between collisional orogenesis, metamorphism, and gold mineralization in the Alps suggest that similar genetic scenarios may apply to late orogenic gold lodes elsewhere.
Crustal sources in Lower Palaeozoic rocks from NW Iberia: insights from laser ablation U–Pb ages of detrital zircons

Detrital zircons from greywackes belonging to an Ordovician volcanosedimentary-igneous complex in NW Spain were dated using the laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry technique. U–Pb results indicate the existence of three Pre-cambrian crustal sources in NW Iberia. The age grouping dated at c. 590–620 Ma confirms the presence of a Cadomian-Avalonian basement in this zone. The second age group (c. 1.1–1.2 Ga) is the first evidence for a Grenvillean age crustal component in NW Iberia. The age grouping dated at c. 1.9–2.0 Ga corresponds to the age of the Icartian igneous basement exposed in other areas of the European Variscides.
Proteomics Profiling of Bladder Cancer Tissues from Early to Advanced Stages Reveals NNMT and GALK1 as Biomarkers for Early Detection and Prognosis of BCa

The high recurrence rate and invasive diagnostic and monitoring methods in bladder cancer (BCa) clinical management require the development of new non-invasive molecular tools for early detection, particularly for low-grade and low-stage BCa as well as for risk stratification. By using an in-solution digestion method and label-free data-independent LC-MS/MS coupled with ion mobility, we profiled the BCa tissues from initiation to advanced stages and confidently identified and quantified 1619 proteins (≥2 peptides). A statistically significant difference in abundance (Anova ≤ 0.05) showed 494 proteins. Significant correlation with stage with steady up or down with BCa stages showed 15 proteins. Testing of NNMT, GALK1, and HTRA1 in urine samples showed excellent diagnostic potential for NNMT and GALK1 with AUC of 1.000 (95% CI: 1.000–1.000; p < 0.0001) and 0.801 (95% CI: 0.655–0.947; p < 0.0001), respectively. NNMT and GALK1 also showed very good potential in discriminating non-invasive low-grade from invasive high-grade BCa with AUC of 0.763 (95% CI: 0.606–0.921; p = 0.001) and 0.801 (95% CI: 0.653–0.950; p < 0.0001), respectively. The combination of NNMT and GALK1 increased prognostic accuracy (AUC = 0.813). Our results broaden the range of potential novel candidates for non-invasive BCa diagnosis and prognosis.
Geotechnical Properties of Saw Dust Ash Stabilized Southwestern Nigeria Lateritic Soils

This research was carried out with an intention to evaluate the effects of saw dust ash on the geotechnical properties of soil from three locations in Southwestern Nigeria. Tests that were performed on three samples, A, B and C, dealt with consistency limits, specific gravity, compaction, California bearing ratio, unconfined compressive strength and shear strength. These tests were conducted at both non-stabilized and stabilized states by adding 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10% of saw dust ash. The results show that saw dust ash has improved geotechnical properties of the soil samples: maximum dry density increases from 1403 to1456 Kg/m 3 and 1730 to 1785kg/m 3 , optimum moisture content increases from 23.6 to 28.2% and 26.2 to 29.2%, unconfined compressive strength - from 101.4 to 142.14 and 154.97 , shear strength - from 50.92 to 71.07kN/m 2 and 77.49 to 105.99kN/m 2 for samples A and B, respectively. Saw dust ash is therefore found to be an effective stabilizer for lateritic soils. Preface. Road failure is a common problem in Nigeria which is due to low materials application quality in road building. This article has a mission of providing some information to the road building industry that geotechnical properties of the materials they use can be improved by adding a stabilizer such as saw dust ash. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.erem. 60.2. 986
The impact of IT capability and organizational learning on halal food SMEs’ performance

Abstract Halal food is an especially important sector in many developing countries. Many of the halal food in those countries are supplied by SMEs. Although the importance of this sector is certain, studies investigating the organizational aspect of halal food SMEs are still limited. The present study tries to expand the knowledge of organizational behaviour aspects in halal food SMEs since it is crucial in creating the sustainability of halal food SMEs. The present study uses partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The questions used to measure the variables used in this study were developed by adopting previous studies’ instruments. This research discovered the importance of IT capability and organizational learning on organizational performance. IT capability, Knowledge transfer effectiveness, and Absorptive capacity are found to have a significant relationship with organizational performance measured by Balanced Scorecard (BSC). Furthermore, the effect of IT capability and Knowledge transfer effectiveness are not only direct but also mediated by Absorptive capacity. From the findings, there are key implications. First, by utilizing digital capabilities in their business processes, SMEs can more easily obtain new knowledge. Second, when SMEs learn new things from digitalization, they can associate their knowledge with new information. Third, the ability to use technology helps human resources in SMEs to increase knowledge, thus encouraging SMEs to create innovation and business competitiveness. This ultimately has an impact on increasing sales and cost-effectiveness.
A modeling investigation of the breaking wave roller with application to cross‐shore currents

A mathematical model is developed for the creation and evolution of the aerated region, or “roller,” that appears as a wave breaks and passes through the surf zone. The model, which calculates the roller's cross-sectional area, is based on a short-wave averaged energy balance. The vertically integrated energy flux is split between the turbulent motion in the roller and the underlying organized wave motion, and the dissipation of energy is assumed to take place in the shear layer that exists at the interface between the two flow regimes. Calibration of the roller model is done by numerically solving equations for the cross-shore balances of mass and momentum, with roller contributions included, and then optimizing predictions of depth-averaged cross-shore currents. The laboratory data of Hansen and Svendsen [1984] for setup and cross-shore currents, driven by regular waves breaking on a planar beach, are used to set the roller model's fitting coefficient. The model is then validated utilizing five additional laboratory data sets found in the literature. Results indicate that employing stream function theory in calculating integral properties for the organized wave motion (wave celerity, and mass, momentum, and energy fluxes) significantly improves agreement as compared to results generated using linear wave theory. Using the roller model and stream function theory, root-mean-square error for the mean current is typically 19%. The bed stress is found to play a negligible role in the cross-shore mean momentum balance, relative to the radiation stress, setup, roller momentum flux, and convective acceleration of the current.
The environmental burden on endocrine neoplasia: a review on the documented impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals

ABSTRACT Introduction Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have gained more importance in the past decade, mostly due to their role in the pathogenesis of disease, especially in carcinogenesis. However, there is limited literature on the environmental burden on some of the less common endocrine neoplasia. Areas covered This review focuses on both observational and experimental studies linking exposure to EDCs and endocrine neoplasia specifically pituitary, thyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine tumors. Following PRISMA guidelines, a search of English peer-reviewed literature was performed using Medline and Google Scholar, giving preference to recent publications. Expert opinion Exposure to EDC occurs not only in the household but also at work, whether it is in the office, factory, or farm and during transport from one location to another. Many studies have evaluated the effect of single environmental agents; however, humans are rarely exposed to only one EDC. Different EDCs and different levels of exposure may interact together to provide either a synergistic and/or an antagonistic disruption on human health, and hence a complex mechanism to elucidate. The ultimate adverse effect is difficult to predict, as it is not only influenced by the degree of exposure, but also by genetics, lifestyle, comorbidities, and other stressors.
Another look at influences of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation on the wintertime East Asian weather

[1] As one of the major predictability sources on an intraseasonal time scale, the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) exerts a profound influence on the subseasonal forecast of the East Asian (EA) surface air temperature (SAT) and precipitation. In this study we examine the direct link of the MJO with the EA SAT and precipitation and its dynamical mechanism. To represent the MJO, we perform an empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis on pentad outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) over (20°S−20°N, 60°E−150°W). The EOF1 mode is mostly characterized by a single convection center near the maritime continent (90°−150°E), whereas the EOF2 mode has an east-west dipole structure with enhanced convection over the eastern Indian Ocean and suppressed convective activities over the tropical western Pacific. At the same pentad of a positive EOF1 phase, large areas of cold anomalies with reduced precipitation emerge in the EA region north of 20°N and persist through two pentads later. At the same pentad of a positive EOF2 phase, SAT and precipitation exhibit a zonal dipole pattern with cold and dry anomalies covering the EA region west of 120°E and warm and wet anomalies to the east. These dipole anomalies in SAT and precipitation systematically move eastward in the next two pentads. A linearized global primitive equation model is utilized to assess the cause of the intraseasonal variability in SAT and precipitation over East Asia associated with the tropical heating of the MJO. The model responses to heating sources that mimic the EOF1 and EOF2 OLR patterns match well the general features of the observed circulation anomalies. Under forcing of a positive phase of the EOF1 pattern, strengthened local Hadley cell or monsoon circulations within (90°E−150°E) are reproduced, with anomalous northerly winds and dry anomalies prevailing in the lower troposphere over East Asia. The processes that influence East Asia are mainly associated with intraseasonal changes in local Hadley circulation and the Northern Hemisphere branch of the equatorially trapped Rossby wave gyres forced by the MJO heating.
Pore connectivity, permeability, and electrical formation factor: A new model and comparison to experimental data

[1] This paper is a follow up on Bernabe et al.'s (2010) study of the effect of pore connectivity and pore size heterogeneity on permeability. In the permeability model initially proposed, pore connectivity was characterized by means of the average coordination number z, a parameter rarely included in experimental investigations of the transport properties and microstructure of porous rocks. Obviously, lack of information on z makes it difficult to apply the model. One way around this problem is to eliminate z from the model by introducing the resistivity formation factor, an approach previously used by Paterson (1983), Walsh and Brace (1984), and many others. Using the network simulation approach of Bernabe et al. (2010), we extended the model to include the electrical formation factor. The new joint permeability-formation factor model consists of three equations, the first two expressing the relation of permeability and formation factor to z and the last one, obtained by elimination of z, linking permeability and formation with each other. We satisfactorily tested the model by comparison with published experimental data on a variety of granular materials and rocks. Furthermore, we show that, although our model does not explicitly include porosity, it is consistent with Archie's law.