Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hubble Space Telescope Images of Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae

We present images and slitless spectra that were obtained in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) surveys of planetary nebulae (PNe) in both the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. These new data on 59 PNe (54 in the LMC and 5 in the SMC) permit us to determine the nebular dimensions and morphology in the monochromatic light of several emission lines: Hα, [N II] λ6583, and [O III] λ5007, plus others of varying ionization, including [O I], He I, and [S II]. We describe the nebular morphology and related features in detail. This survey, when combined with similar data from our prior HST programs and other archived PN images, brings the total of nebulae imaged with HST to 114 in the LMC and 35 in the SMC. We describe various basic properties for the sample, including sizes, morphologies, densities, and completeness. Trends in [O III] λ5007 flux, surface brightness, and electron density with physical radius suggest that many nebulae, particularly those with bipolar morphology, may be optically thick even at large size. Bipolars also show the most extreme values of [N II]/Hα flux ratios, which is a rough indicator of N enrichment.
Race, Perceived Criminality and Housing Choice Voucher Recipients: Do Black Voucher Recipients’ Moves to the Suburbs Increase Crime Rates?

Public attention has focused on especially Black Housing Choice Voucher Recipients’ (HCVRs) residential mobility and whether and to what extent crime is influenced as a result. This paper adds to the growing empirical literature on this question by focusing on the race of HCVRs and examining whether changes in Black HCVRs presence in suburban areas over time is followed by changes in crime rates among the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country. Multiple data sources are used to examine this question including data on voucher holders from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Picture of Subsidized Housing, on crime from the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Offenses Known and Cleared by Arrest compiled by the FBI, and on important demographic data from the Census Bureau. First difference regression methods as well as lead and lag dependent (and independent) variable analysis, among other methods, are used to assess whether Black HCVRs influence crime in suburban areas. The results of the analysis indicate no support for the Black HCVRs – suburban crime hypothesis, consistent with previous research. The evidence indicates positive, statistically significant relationships between White HCVRs and suburban crime. However, lead and lag analysis suggests the relationship is not causal. If anything, the evidence points to White HCVRs moving to suburban areas where crime is increasing. Fears of increased crime resulting from increased presence of HCVRs are therefore not well supported by the studies’ results, and should allay any concerns about unintended crime costs of the HCV program.
Nutritional Assessment in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, which clinically contains Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and other conditions. The inflammation of the intestinal mucosa in IBD is characterized by episodes of abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, weight loss, and the influx of neutrophils and macrophages that produce cytokines, proteolytic enzymes, and free radicals that result in inflammation and ulceration. The aims of our study is to assess the nutrient status of individuals with CD and UC in relation to the recommended nutrient intake values, anthropometric measures, and biochemical indices of nutrition, and to determine the extent to which reduced food and nutrient intake contributes to the nutrition deficiencies in this population. This was across-sectional study was conducted on patients with IBD, including Crohńs disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC)and undtermined colitis, who attended to the outpatient clinic for IBD of the Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ain Shams University, between january 2020 to july 2020. 90 patients with IBD (65 UC patients, 22 CD patients and 3 UD colitis) were included in the study. Our study show that The majority of our IBD patients showed a normal BMI indicating that malnutrition, especially underweight, is not as common a described in former studies with up to 85% in IBD patients. Our study show that majority of patients are suffering from GI upset following certain meals, all of them are suffering from flatulance, some of them suffering from nausea, vomiting, heart burn and 79(87.7%) patients are suffering from diarrhea, most of patients with crohns disease are suffering from constipation, and some of them are suffering from intestinal colick. So Many patients with IBD suppose that the diet influences the courseof their disease or even cause a relapse Our study groups showed an unfavorable ratio of essential fatty acids (FA) compared to the recent guidelines. Whereas the ratio of the n-6 fatty acid linolic acid (LA) to the n-3 fatty acid α-linolenic acid (ALA) should be 5:1, the actual ratio was more than in all participants because of the high incidence of margarine ingestion. The worldwide rising incidence of IBD is paralleled by a ―Westernization‖ of dietary habits in developing countries. It is therefore obvious that, in addition to a genetic influence, environmental factors, especially diet, undoubtedly play a major role in the development of IBD. Impairment of nutritional status in BID patients has a multifactorial etiology. Main reasons include suboptimal energy intake, malabsorption, enteric nutrient loss, increased basal energy expenditure, and medications.
Needs Assessment of National Communication Association Conference Presentations: Members’ Perceptions of Presentation Effectiveness, Values, and Challenges

This study analyzed the National Communication Association (NCA) members’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness of their own and their peer presentations and the challenges they faced when preparing and giving conference presentations. Overall, participants (n = 187) feel fairly content with the effectiveness of NCA conference presentations and the value they have gained from them. The effectiveness of others’ presentations has a significant association with members’ perceived value of the conference presentations. The lack of experience and lack of confidence are key variables that heighten anxiety which can impact the effectiveness of presentations. Process anxiety was positively associated with presentation effectiveness whereas performance anxiety was negatively associated with presentation effectiveness. This needs assessment provides informed suggestions for making academic presentations more effective in the future.
The Effect of a Proposed Program Integrating the REACT Strategy and Drama Activities on Fostering EFL idioms Comprehension and Production among Faculty of Mass Communication Students

The aim of the current study was to develop EFL first year Faculty of Mass communication students’ comprehension and production of idiomatic expressions through a proposed program integrating the REACT strategy of the Contextual Learning Approach and the drama activities of miming, dramatized storytelling, role playing, simulation and improvisation. It focused on developing the experimental group students’ comprehension and production of ten types of idiomatic expressions. These were color, food, number, body parts, animal, nature, plants, clothes, weather and house parts idioms. The study followed the quasi-experimental pretestposttest control group/ experimental group design where two intact groups were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. The study tools included a pre/postidioms comprehension test and a pre-/postidioms production test. Results indicated that the experimental group students outperformed the control group students on the idioms comprehension and production posttests. Also, there were statistically significant differences between the experimental group students' pretests and posttests scores in favour of the posttests scores. Therefore, it was concluded that the proposed program was effective in developing the experimental group students' comprehension and production of English idioms.
Antifungal activity of volatiles emitted from living cultures of Chlorella vulgaris, Desertifilum tharense, and Navicula arenaria

The potential of algae, plants, fungi, and bacteria to produce a wide spectrum of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including terpenes, alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, benzenoids, esters, and sulfo compounds is remarkable. Thus,
A Comparison Between Intrathecal Levobupivacaine and Bupivacaine for Quality and Safety During Infraumbilical Surgeries

Background Levobupivacaine toxicity reports are rare, and when they do occur, toxic symptoms are frequently treatable with minimal morbidity and mortality. However, levobupivacaine has not entirely replaced bupivacaine in clinical practice. Moreover, the experience of intrathecal anesthesia with levobupivacaine is not well documented. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess the quality and duration of sensory and motor blockade of levobupivacaine and its side effects, if any, compared to intrathecal bupivacaine during infraumbilical surgeries. Methods After approval by the Institutional Ethical Committee of Kurunji Venkatramana Gowda (KVG) Medical College and Hospital, Sullia, 90 patients aged between 18 and 65 years, of either sex, who were scheduled for elective abdominoperineal, urological, or lower limb surgeries under intrathecal anesthesia were enrolled in this prospective study from January 2013 to June 2014. The selected patients were randomly assigned to three groups of 30 each: group HB (3 mL of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine), group IB (3 mL of 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine), and group IL (3 mL of 0.5% isobaric levobupivacaine). Motor blockade was assessed using the modified Bromage scale. Intergroup comparison was done using Tukey’s post hoc test. The incidence of adverse effects was analyzed using a chi-squared test. Significance was defined as P<0.05. Results In our study, the mean age of patients in the three groups was comparable (P>0.05), i.e., group IB was 39.23±11.78 years, group HB was 43.63±11.33 years, and group IL was 39.8±12.07 years. The time of onset of sensory block was 6.57±1.794 minutes in group IB, 2.30±1.343 minutes in group HB, and 4.57±1.960 minutes in group IL, and this variation was statistically highly significant (P<0.001). A total of 15 patients suffered hypotension intraoperatively, of which eight belonged to group HB, four to group IB, and the rest to group IL. Intraoperative or postoperative nausea/vomiting was seen in five patients in group IB, two patients in group HB, and one patient in group IL. In the postoperative period, the mean heart rate (HR) was 77.47±4.88/minute in group IB, 68.78±7.88/minute in group HB, and 72.15±8.83/minute in group IL. The data was statistically highly significant (P<0.001). Conclusion Our study revealed that 15 mg of isobaric levobupivacaine (3 mL of 0.5%), the new racemic isomer of bupivacaine, was intermediate in its anesthetic properties when compared to isobaric bupivacaine and hyperbaric bupivacaine. The onset of sensory and motor blockade is slower than hyperbaric bupivacaine but faster than isobaric bupivacaine with a higher level of maximum sensory block.
ASSESSMENT OF GROWTH, CARCASS TRAITS, AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF BRONZE, AND WHITE TURKEYS (MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO), AND THEIR CROSSES

: Crossbreeding has the advantage of benefiting from the effect of heterosis. A current crossbreeding experiment was conducted using Black Bronze (BB) and Large White Converter (CC) turkeys. Artificial insemination of 40 mature hens of CC with 6 toms of BB, and 40 mature hens of BB with 6 toms of CC were used to obtain F1 of the two turkey crosses (CB and BC) respectively. A total of 160 poults of the four groups of turkeys were taken in the evaluation in this study. This evaluation included some growth and carcass traits, and some biochemical blood and oxidative profile parameters. It was noticed that the body weight at different ages was higher in the large white turkeys-Converter, CC group, and then the crossbreed BC (BB toms × CC hens) group. The means of daily weight gain (DWG) and feed intake (FI) at different periods of age were highly significant (P≤0.05) high in CC followed by BC and CB turkeys. Feed conversion (FC) reached the lowest values in CC while the BB genotype was having the highest values. The crosses showed significant values in percentages of carcass/live body weight compared to BB. The hind part of the carcass differed significantly (P≤0.05) among the four groups of birds regardless of other parts (neck, wing, and chest/carcass). Blood serum protein, glucose, urea, and albumin levels were not significantly affected by the genotype. However, globulin and triglyceride levels were affected significantly (P≤0.05) by the genotype. Oxidative profile parameters were affected significantly (P≤0.05) by the genotype. The crossbreeding parameters obtained showed that the additive effect was significant for DWG and FI during the periods from hatching to 24 weeks while it was not significant for FC. The additive effects were not significant for carcass traits, and biochemical blood profile parameters except for glutathione reductase and total antioxidant capacity. The cross effect was significant for DWG during the periods hatching-12, only. The cross effect in FI during the period from hatching to 24 weeks was significant while it was not significant in FC. The cross effects of the two reciprocal crosses were not significant in all carcass parameters and biochemical blood profiles. The oxidative profile was not significantly different in the cross effect except for hydrogen peroxide (HP) and; malondialdehyde. Presumably, the crossbreeding between large white Converter turkeys with Bronze turkeys was to benefit from the effect of heterosis. The crosses have a growth performance and carcass traits higher with a relative growth advantage when the hens were Hybrid Converters. The first generation in crossbreeding could be submitted to selection for the constitution of a synthetic strain.
Variations in local, transported, and exposure risks of PM2.5 pollution: Insights from long-term monitoring data in mega coastal city

Abstract Urban air quality is influenced by both local and external sources of pollution. The outbreak of Coronavirus COVID-19 had led to implementation of stringent lockdowns at different levels of governance. National Level Lockdown (NLL) was imposed in 2020 and State Level Lockdown (SLL), in 2021 to curb the spread of disease. A direct consequence of lockdown is the dramatic improvement of air quality in various urban agglomerations. The present study investigated the effects of national and regional lockdown on PM2.5 levels at various urban morphological units in the Chennai Metropolitan Region, the fourth-largest urban conglomeration in India. Hourly measurements of PM2.5 over a 6-year period (2016–2021) at three monitoring sites in Chennai were segregated into Pre-lockdown Phase (PLP) (2016–2019), NLL, and SLL to analyze reductions in PM2.5 levels. Local PM2.5 sources were investigated using Conditional Bivariate Probability Function (CBPF) whereas transported PM2.5 was evaluated using Concentration Weighted Trajectory (CWT) and Cluster Analysis. The results showed that PM2.5 in Chennai Metropolitan Region reduced by 33.45% during NLL and 48.95% during SLL when compared to PLP. Mann Kendall Test showed a statistically significant (p < .001) decreasing PM2.5 trend at Manali Monitoring Site, Alandur Monitoring Site, and Velachery Monitoring Site. CBPF showed variations in local contributions for all sites during the selected time frames. CWT and Cluster analysis showed reductions in transported PM2.5 during NLL and SLL when compared to PLP. Health Risk Assessment using Integrated Exposure Response (IER) model function showed a decreasing trend of excess mortality for various health endpoints over 6-year period. Steep reductions in excess mortality cases were observed during NLL and SLL. The results show that lockdown implemented at the state level proved to be more effective than the national level in reducing PM2.5 levels over Chennai metropolitan Region.
Encouraging Student Sense of Belonging Through Instructor Face Support

Research has established important links between student sense of belonging in the classroom and levels of academic engagement, motivation, and persistence (e.g., Jang et al., 2016; Reeve, 2012) yet more work is needed to identify specific teacher communication tactics and strategies that can foster sense of belonging and increased engagement. Using a conceptual framework centered on organizational identification, we surveyed 172 undergraduates and found that instructor interpersonal skills—specifically face support during student feedback—significantly correlated with increased class identification and sense of belonging. These results hold important implications for promoting student engagement, motivation, and persistence, particularly for underrepresented students.
Error rate of a charge qubit coupled to an acoustic phonon reservoir (4 pages)

We analyze decoherence of an electron in a double dot due to the interaction with acoustic phonons. For large tunneling rates between the quantum dots, the main contribution to decoherence comes from the phonon emission relaxation processes, while for small tunneling rates, the virtual-phonon, dephasing processes dominate. Our results show that in common semiconductors, such as Si and GaAs, the latter mechanism determines the upper limit for the double-dot charge qubit performance measure.
ESTIMATING SALINITY USING REMOTE SENSING DATA

Remote sensing data has proved to be an effective method of estimating soil salinity in land cover. Remote sensing data is used in soil salinity studies as it is quick and useful for making soil changes predictions. Soil salinity causes many problems for agriculture as it has bad effects on water absorption of the plants, which results in yield reduction. This study was conducted in El-Sheikh in Giza governorate in Egypt, to understand the correlation between field truth data of soil salinity in terms of TDS (Total Dissolved Salts) and soil salinization indices. In this study, a Landsat-7 image taken in October 2009 was used after radiometric and atmospheric corrections. SLR (Simple Linear Regression) was applied between truth data and salinization indices. The best representative index for the study area was SI6, which achieved a correlation 0.78 and the minimum value of RMSE (Root Mean Square Error). This approach enables precise monitoring of the spatial distribution of soil salinity, especially in the reclaimed areas, by the combination of remotely sensed data, GIS, and field truth data.
Extragalactic planetary nebulae: Tracers of the chemical evolution of nearby galaxies

Abstract The study of the chemical composition of Planetary Nebulae in external galaxies is of paramount importance for the fields of stellar evolution and chemical enrichment history of galaxies. In recent years a number of spectroscopic studies with 6-8m-class telescopes have been devoted to this subject improving our knowledge of, among other, the time-evolution of the radial metallicity gradient in disk galaxies, the chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies, and stellar evolution at low metallicity.
Long-term Protection Against Herpes Zoster by the Adjuvanted Recombinant Zoster Vaccine: Interim Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety Results up to 10 Years After Initial Vaccination

Abstract Approximately 10 years after vaccination with the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV), an interim analysis of this follow-up study of the ZOE-50/70 trials demonstrated that efficacy against herpes zoster remained high. Moreover, the safety profile remained clinically acceptable, suggesting that the clinical benefit of the RZV in ≥50-year-olds is sustained up to 10 years.
Entropy, heat, and G\"odel incompleteness

Irreversible phenomena, such as the production of entropy and heat, arise from fundamental reversible dynamics because the forward dynamics is too complex, in the sense that it becomes impossible to provide the necessary information to keep track of the dynamics. On a heuristic level, this is well captured by coarse graining. We suggest that on a fundamental level the impossibility to provide the necessary information might be related to the incompleteness results of G\"odel. This would hold interesting implications for both, mathematics and physics.
Background modelling in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Ground based Cherenkov telescope systems measure astrophysical {gamma}-ray emission against a background of cosmic-ray induced air showers. The subtraction of this background is a major challenge for the extraction of spectra and morphology of {gamma}-ray sources. The unprecedented sensitivity of the new generation of ground based very-high-energy {gamma}-ray experiments such as H.E. S.S. has lead to the discovery of many previously unknown extended sources. The analysis of such sources requires a range of different background modeling techniques. Here we describe some of the techniques that have been applied to data from the H.E. S.S. instrument and compare their performance. Each background model is introduced and discussed in terms of suitability for image generation or spectral analysis and possible caveats are mentioned. We show that there is not a single multi-purpose model, different models are appropriate for different tasks. To keep systematic uncertainties under control it is important to apply several models to the same data set and compare the results.
Freely Given Consent?: Studying Consent Notice of Third-Party Tracking and Its Violations of GDPR in Android Apps

Adopted in May 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires the consent for processing users' personal data to be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. While prior work has shown that this often is not given through automated network traffic analysis, no research has systematically studied how consent notices are currently implemented and whether they conform to GDPR in mobile apps. To close this research gap, we perform the first large-scale study into consent notices for third-party tracking in Android apps to understand the current practices and the current state of GDPR's consent violations. Specifically, we propose a mostly automated and scalable approach to identify the currently implemented consent notices and apply it to a set of 239,381 Android apps. As a result, we recognize four widely implemented mechanisms to interact with the consent user interfaces from 13,082 apps. We then develop a tool that automatically detects users' personal data sent out to the Internet with different consent conditions based on the identified mechanisms. Doing so, we find 30,160 apps do not even attempt to implement consent notices for sharing users' personal data with third-party data controllers, which mandate explicit consent under GDPR. In contrast, out of 13,082 apps implemented consent notices, we identify 2,688 (20.54%) apps violate at least one of the GDPR consent requirements, such as trying to deceive users into accepting all data sharing or even continuously transmitting data when users have explicitly opted out. To allow developers to address the problems, we send emails to notify affected developers and gather insights from their responses. Our study shows the urgent need for more transparent processing of personal data and supporting developers in this endeavor to comply with legislation, ensuring users can make free and informed choices regarding their data.