Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Amphibians and Squamates from the Miocene of Felsőtárkány Basin, N-Hungary

Seven localities from the Felsőtárkány Basin, N-Hungary, yielded at least 38 lissamphibian and squamate reptile taxa and represents to date one of the richest herpetofaunas from the middle/late Miocene of the Pannonian basin. The fossil assemblages with relatively high local diversity were deposited near the margins of the former Pannonian Sea in a wide variety of sedimentary environments. The composition of the fauna documents for a number of taxa (e.g., Albanerpetontidae indet., Salamandrina, Triturus cf. marmoratus, Lissotriton, Ophisaurus, Pseudopus, ‘Coluber’ pouchetii) a distinctly wider distribution during the Middle Miocene of continental Europe. On the other hand, several newcomers indicate (e.g., Parahynobius, Mertensiella cf. caucasica, Albaneryx cf. volynicus, Natrix cf. rudabanyaensis, Hierophis cf. hungaricus, Vipera berus complex), similarly to micromammals, an amplified faunal influence from the Asiatic continent. The fossil record of the land salamander genus Parahynobius (Hynobiidae) represents its first appearance date (FAD) in Europe, whereas those of Mertensiella, Salamandrina, Chalcides, Albaneryx and Vipera berus complex is the FAD in the Pannonian basin. Furthermore, the presence of the African-derived skink Chalcides indicates an earlier divergence history for this group of lizards. The estimated mean annual precipitation (MAP), based on the co-occurrences of certain lissamphibian and squamate taxa indicates a rising tendency across the Astaracian/Vallesian boundary and largely correlates with the estimations based on macrofloral associations.
The Acceptance of Cream Soups with the Addition of Edible Insects (Mealworm, T. molitor; House Cricket, A. domesticus; Buffalo Worm, A. diaperinus; Grasshopper, R. differens) among Young People and Seniors in Poland

Research on the acceptance of consuming insects in one’s diet shows the increasing importance of this issue in the context of a sustainable food chain and ecology. Insects represent a promising food source due to their high nutritional value, efficiency in production, and minimal environmental impact, as well as the growing awareness of ecological issues. Despite these benefits, cultural and psychological barriers hinder the acceptance of consuming insects in Western countries. In this study, an assessment was made of the acceptance level of cream-type soups made from tomatoes and white vegetables with the addition of 20% flour from four insect species: mealworm (T. molitor); house cricket (A. domesticus); buffalo worm (A. diaperinus); and grasshopper (R. differens), compared to a control sample. One hundred and four subjects (55 seniors and 49 young adults) participated in this study. The acceptance level of various soups with insect flour was evaluated, considering different sensory parameters such as appearance, smell, taste, and texture. The research showed that older people have a lower acceptance for dishes containing insects compared to young adults, but the differences in the responses given were not statistically significant (p = 0.05), rejecting the assumption that insect-based products should be mainly targeted at young people. Of all the proposed test samples, the mealworm (T. molitor) was the most acceptable insect species in the tests in both taste versions for both age groups. The average score was 6.63 points on a 10-point scale. The products with the addition of grasshopper (R. differens) were rated the lowest. The acceptance level ranged between 4.23 and 4.38 points. A multiple regression analysis showed that taste and texture had the strongest influence on the overall acceptance of these dishes, and the results obtained were highly correlated with the general opinion of the testers. The increasing acceptance level and growing interest in this type of food can be a positive step towards sustainable and efficient food production.
A New Species of Scincid Lizard, Saproscincus eungellensis, from Mid-eastern Queensland

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Thinking about Music Cities: Tales from England, Finland and Scotland

How should music cities be analysed? Based on the long and varied experiences of the authors, this article examines the merits of three different approaches – anthropologically, via cultural history and politically. It aims to remind researchers and students of the importance of methodologies and local contexts. As cities may be musical in different ways, so they may be analysed in different ways and we invite readers to consider how best to listen to musical cities – and to learn from them. Cover image: Turku, Carta Marina 1539.
Localized field‐aligned currents in the polar cap associated with airglow patches

Airglow patches have been recently associated with channels of enhanced antisunward ionospheric flows propagating across the polar cap from the dayside to nightside auroral ovals. However, how these flows maintain their localized nature without diffusing away remains unsolved. We examine whether patches and collocated flows are associated with localized field‐aligned currents (FACs) in the polar cap by using coordinated observations of the Swarm spacecraft, a polar cap all‐sky imager, and Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) radars. We commonly (66% of cases) identify substantial FAC enhancements around patches, particularly near the patches' leading edge and center, in contrast to what is seen in the otherwise quiet polar cap. These FACs have densities of 0.1–0.2 μA/m−2 and have a distribution of width peaking at ~75 km. They can be approximated as infinite current sheets that are orientated roughly parallel to patches. They usually exhibit a Region 1 sense, i.e., a downward FAC lying eastward of an upward FAC. With the addition of Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter radar data, we find that the FACs can close through Pedersen currents in the ionosphere, consistent with the locally enhanced dawn‐dusk electric field across the patch. Our results suggest that ionospheric polar cap flow channels are imposed by structures in the magnetospheric lobe via FACs, and thus manifest mesoscale magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling embedded in large‐scale convection.
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Effects of advice on experienced-based learning in adolescents and adults

Recent studies that compared effects of pre-learning advice on experience-based learning in adolescents and adults have yielded mixed results. Previous studies on this topic used choice tasks in which age-related differences in advice-related learning bias and exploratory choice behavior are difﬁcult to dissociate. Moreover, these studies did not examine whether effects of advice depend on working memory load. In this preregistered study (in adolescents [13–15 years old] and adults [18–31 years old]), we addressed these issues by factorially combining advice and working memory load manipulations in an estimation task that does not require choices and hence eliminates the inﬂuence of known age-related differences in exploration. We found that advice guided participants’ initial estimates in both age groups. When advice was correct, this improved estimation performance, especially in adolescents when working memory load was high. When advice was incorrect, it had a longer-lasting effect on adolescents’ performance than on adults’ performance. In contrast to previous ﬁndings in choice tasks, we found no evidence that advice biased learning in either age group. Taken together, our results suggest that learning in an estimation task improves between adolescence and adulthood but that the effects of advice on learning do not differ substantially between adolescents and adults.
Midterm outcomes of suture anchor fixation for displaced olecranon fractures

Background Displaced olecranon fractures constitute a challenging problem for elbow surgeons. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of suture anchor fixation for treating patients with displaced olecranon fractures. Methods A retrospective review was performed for all consecutive patients with displaced olecranon fractures treated with suture anchor fixation with at least 2 years of clinical follow-up. Surgical repair was performed acutely in all cases with nonmetallic suture anchors in a double-row configuration utilizing suture augmentation via the triceps tendon. Osseous union and perioperative complications were uniformly assessed. Results Suture anchor fixation was performed on 17 patients with displaced olecranon fractures. Functional outcome scores were collected from 12 patients (70.6%). The mean age at the time of surgery was 65.6 years, and the mean follow-up was 5.6 years. Sixteen of 17 patients (94%) achieved osseous union in an acceptable position. No hardware-related complications or fixation failure occurred. Mean postoperative shortened disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand (QuickDASH) score was 3.8±6.9, and mean Oxford Elbow Score was 47.5±1.0, with nine patients (75%) achieving a perfect score. Conclusions Suture anchor fixation of displaced olecranon fractures resulted in excellent midterm functional outcomes. Additionally, this technique resulted in high rates of osseous union without any hardware-related complications or fixation failures. Level of evidence IV.
Triangular Chain Closed-Loop Detection Network for Dense Pedestrian Detection

Pedestrian detection has become an important topic in applications such as automatic driver assistance systems for automobiles and pedestrian tracking in surveillance systems, and many powerful object detectors have been widely used in smart sensing instruments. In realistic scenarios, pedestrians in image data are prone to overlap, and detection of fully bracketed boxes may still tend to be false positives in crowded scenes. In addition, low-level parameters shared among features during detection can cause mutual cancellation, resulting in a pair or set of head-enveloping boxes or body-enveloping boxes returning incorrect results. To address the above problems, we propose a triangular chain closed-loop detection network to improve detection in the case of body overlap. We propose a shared parameter elimination module to eliminate the interaction of shared low-level parameters, which has the advantage of improving the feature representation of occluded pedestrians and increasing feature utilization. Because the head bounding box detection encounters fewer occlusions in the occlusion case, the detection capability is better. Therefore, we propose a bidirectional matching module and a chain linking module to enhance the detection capability of the full bounding box using the head bounding box. These modules can better distinguish pedestrians in our network by focusing on individual region features on the pedestrian body, and then learn more representative pedestrian features by minimizing the vector similarity of the whole body, visible region, and head features in space. Our model has been extensively experimented on two challenging dense pedestrian datasets, CrowdHuman and Citypersons. Compared with the experimental results, our method achieves the best performance, especially on heavily occluded subsets, compared with o other popular existing technical methods. This method achieved good results on the CrowdHuman dataset, with an averaged precision (AP) improvement of 1.19% compared with our baseline CrowdDetection method. Especially, using Faster R-CNN as the framework and incorporating our proposed modules, $\text {MR}^{-2}$ of the reasonable set in the CityPersons dataset was reduced by 0.91.
Prediction of Postnatal Growth Failure in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Using a Machine Learning Model

Accurate prediction of postnatal growth failure (PGF) can be beneficial for early intervention and prevention. We aimed to develop a machine learning model to predict PGF at discharge among very low birth weight (VLBW) infants using extreme gradient boosting. A total of 729 VLBW infants, born between 2013 and 2017 in four hospitals, were included. PGF was defined as a decrease in z-score between birth and discharge that was greater than 1.28. Feature selection and addition were performed to improve the accuracy of prediction at four different time points, including 0, 7, 14, and 28 days after birth. A total of 12 features with high contribution at all time points by feature importance were decided upon, and good performance was shown as an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.78 at 7 days. After adding weight change to the 12 features—which included sex, gestational age, birth weight, small for gestational age, maternal hypertension, respiratory distress syndrome, duration of invasive ventilation, duration of non-invasive ventilation, patent ductus arteriosus, sepsis, use of parenteral nutrition, and reach at full enteral nutrition—the AUROC at 7 days after birth was shown as 0.84. Our prediction model for PGF performed well at early detection. Its potential clinical application as a supplemental tool could be helpful for reducing PGF and improving child health.
Study on Hot Land in Guangzhou Based on ETM

Aiming at the shortage of traditional methods, this paper focuses on the method of monitoring city heat-land effects by heat-infrared RS. The experiment is applied in Guangzhou city by the method of density slice. GIS analyzes the cause of forming heat-land with statistics data, some methods of reducing city heat-island effect are showed. Results show that this method is convenient, accurate, practical, and fit to regular monitoring.
Experimental study on interaction between compressibility and permeability of a crushed sandstone–mudstone particle mixture

ABSTRACT The present study focuses on the compressibility and permeability characteristics of a crushed sandstone–mudstone particle mixture (SMPM). Two type of laboratory tests, which are compressibility–permeability test (CPT) and compressibility test only (CTO), are performed. Based on the test data, the effects of the seepage action on the compressibility and ones of the void ratio (e) on the permeability are analyzed. The rate of consolidation of the crushed SMPM is also discussed. The values of compressibility index (Cc) obtained from the CPT are greater about 1.32–4.81% than ones obtained from the CTO, but the values of preconsolidation stress (σp) obtained from the CPT are smaller about 2.34–9.83% than ones obtained from the CTO. The slope of fitting line of e∼logK (where K is the coefficient of permeability, and log is the logarithm to base 10), defined as the permeability index (Kc), ranges from 0.146 to 0.337 with an average of 0.226. The value of Cc/Kc, used to evaluate the rate of consolidation, ranges from 0.905 to 1.250 with an average of 1.031. The rate of consolidation of the crushed SMPM may be analyzed by Terzaghi’s theory due to the average value of Cc/Kc very close to 1.0.
UNDERWRITER REPUTATION, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL DISCLOSURE, AND UNDERPRICING

This study examines the effect of underwriter reputation on the intellectual capital disclosure extent and the impact of intellectual capital disclosure on underpricing. We developed a measurement method of underwriter reputation by using three indicators, i.e. trading volume, trading value, and trading frequency. Moreover, we also developed an intellectual capital disclosure index which is apropriate with Indonesian regulation. The testing result of 221 firms which conducted initial public offering in 2000-2014 showed that the underwriter reputation is the determinant of intellectual capital disclosure. We also found that intellectual capital disclosure affected underpricing negatively. Those findings indicate that intellectual capital disclosure extent may reduce information asymmetry, so as to assist potential investors in assessing the quality and prospect of a firm in the future.Keywords: Underwriter Reputation; Intellectual Capital Disclosure; Underpricing.
Research on water-sediment variation and deposition-erosion in middle and lower Yangtze River

Based on the field hydrological data including Yangtze River main stream and tributaries,and the measured topographic data of the middle Yangtze River,Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake,the characteristics of water and sediment transporting,the patterns and variation of sediment erosion and deposition in the middle Yangtze River before and after the Three Gorges Reservoir operation are studied. The analysis leads to several conclusions,including:( 1) The annual runoff process is changed,such as the discharge of flood peak is cut down,the duration of medium discharge prolongs and the recession time is shorten. Not only sediment discharge in the middle Yangtze River reduces sharply,but also the source of sediment is undergoing a change.The water and sediment discharge diverted from Jingjiang reach to Dongting Lake continues to fall;( 2) The regime of the middle Yangtze River is steady in general,but the longitudinal erosion intensity of river bed increases obviously,both of the erosion intensity and rate are greater than the predicted values;( 3) The three flood diversion channels that connect the Jingjiang reach and Dongting Lake were in deposition before the operation of TGP,but they began to be scoured after 2003;( 4) The annual sediment siltation of Dongting Lake decreases greatly while Poyang Lake changes from siltation to scouring;( 5) The overall patterns of sediment erosion and deposition in the middle Yangtze River and two connected lakes were adjusted from siltation to scouring in general.
Prospective Comparison of Handheld Ultrasound Devices from Different Manufacturers with Respect to B-Scan Quality and Clinical Significance for Various Abdominal Sonography Questions

Background: Handheld ultrasound (HHUS) devices have chiefly been deployed in emergency medicine, where they are considered a valid tool. The data situation is less clear in the case of internal questions in abdominal sonography. In our study, we investigate whether HHUS devices from different manufacturers differ in their B-scan quality, and whether any differences are relevant for the significance of an internal ultrasound examination. Method: The study incorporated eight HHUS devices from different manufacturers. Ultrasound videos of seven defined sonographic questions were recorded with all of the devices. The analogue recording of the same findings with a conventional high-end ultrasound (HEUS) device served as an evaluation criterion. Then, the corresponding findings were played side by side and evaluated by fourteen ultrasound experts using a point scale (5 points = very good; 1 point = insufficient). Results: The HHUS devices achieved relatively good results in terms of both the B-scan quality assessment and the ability to answer the clinical question, regardless of the manufacturer. One of the tested HHUS devices even achieved a significantly (p < 0.05) higher average points score in both the evaluation of B-scan quality and in the evaluation of clinical significance than the other devices. Regardless of the manufacturer, the HHUS devices performed best when determining the status/inferior vena cava volume and in the representation of ascites/free fluid. Conclusion: In various clinical abdominal sonography questions, HHUS systems can reliably reproduce findings, and are—while bearing their limitations in mind—an acceptable alternative to conventional HEUS systems. Irrespective of this, the present study demonstrated relevant differences in the B-scan quality of HHUS devices from different manufacturers.
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Organizing distributed knowledge for collaborative action: Structure, functioning, and emergence of organizational transactive memory systems

concept of knowledge. Where knowledge cannot be managed (Huizing and Bouman 2002; Tsoukas and Vladimirou 2001) knowledge resources can. Thus, where storage bins and repositories make a clear distinction between carrier and content, in knowledge resources this distinction is fused. Moreover, rather than focusing attention on the resources that the firm must use, KBT and KBT focus attention on the services that these resources may provide (Penrose 1959; Tsoukas 2000) and the combinations that can be made (Bosch et al. 1999; Ciborra 1996; Kogut and Zander 1992). To arrive at the present knowledge resource taxonomy I undertook an extensive literature study. I used post-WO II IS literature as my primary source, making detours to psychology and pedagogy by following the trail of taxonomies used in IS literature. This search led to a myriad of knowledge related taxonomies, many of them developed in the last few decades. Using the perspective of organizational TMS development as criterion, 11 (clusters of) taxonomies were selected (see Table 1). Based on these taxonomies I suggest unifying labels, additions, exclusions, and hierarchical relations. By doing so I inevitably widen the scope of how knowledge is defined. Yet, the resulting articulated language will ease the practical and theoretical dialogue about the combination, integration, and exchange of distributed knowledge resources in firms, needed for organizational TMS development.
Motivating success: A study of emplyee empowerment's link to customer satisfaction and sales performance

: Empowering employees is a key factor in organisational success, as it boosts motivation and improves individual performance. The aim of this paper is to determine the link between employee empowerment and customer satisfaction as well as sales performance. Sixty (n = 60) employees of a renowned insurance company in Serbia completed two surveys. Data was collected through use of surveys digitally delivered to participants. The data was analysed using SPSS 21.0. The findings of this study show a positive relationship between employee empowerment and customer satisfaction. Empowered employees demonstrate a greater sense of ownership and responsibility, leading to improved customer interactions and increased satisfaction levels. The results highlight the key role of the employee empowerment in achieving customer satisfaction and sales performance. This study provides valuable insights for managers and decision-makers who want to implement effective empowerment strategies that bring positive results for both the employees and the organisation as a whole.
Mitochondrial Retinal Imaging – What Do We Know So Far?

Recent studies demonstrate the crucial role of mitochondria in retinal disease pathogenesis. Recently, a device was developed to non-invasively study retinal metabolic stress and measure retinal mitochondrial activity. Previous studies indicate that oxidized flavoproteins increase during metabolic stress and are a marker of mitochondrial dysfunction. This device measures oxidized flavoprotein fluorescence, which absorbs blue light and emits green autofluorescence. This review summarizes the biological rationale, technology advances, research findings, and future perspectives of mitochondrial retinal imaging.