Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A model of competition between high speed rail and air transport

The aim of the research described in this paper has been to construct a model to enable an analysis to be made of the quality of service in both high speed rail (HSR) and air transport (AT) networks and, on this basis, establish conditions for competition between HSR and AT systems. The model is based on the known physical characteristics of both networks, represented by the number of nodes, the number of links, strategies for linking individual nodes; the system characteristics of the two modes of transport—the set of high speed trains and aircraft used (numbers of seats and unit operating costs); the characteristics of the demand between individual nodes on the network in a given interval of time; and the costs of transport in each system. The chief outputs of the model are: total passenger travel costs between origins and destinations, using HSR and AT, and the minimum total costs of the systems. Both types of costs are used as criteria to establish the conditions for competition between high speed rai.
Pre‐construction project partnering: developing the process

The use of subcontracting within the modern construction industry has become commonplace with many main contractors only undertaking the management and co‐ordination activities. The reliance on subcontractors has put much stress on the subcontractor — main contractor relationship. As main contractors have realized that the greatest potential for cost saving lies with subcontractors, the prevalence of unfair contract conditions, dutch auctioning and other onerous practices has increased. This paper describes a procurement approach, utilizing limited competition, developed by a top UK main contractors (MC) in order to improve its relationships with subcontractors. The approach, termed semi‐project partnering, was implemented on a commercial development. The approach was supported by research which identified: what MC's employees want from subcontractors; what subcontractors want from main contractors; and a study to benchmark MC's performance with that of other main contractors. It was concluded that this approach offers a number of benefits for the client, main contractor, partnering subcontractors and professional consultants. These included an improved team approach; an improved understanding of the project; more compliant subcontractor bids; better/closer relationships; more reliable programming; less confrontation; and lower tendering costs. It was also identified through debriefing subcontractors that sub‐contractors were quoting a10% lower than normal due to this approach.
Effect of Roof Impacts on Coupling Between Wave Response and Sloshing in Tanks of LNG-Carriers

An experimental campaign is reported on the wave response of a rectangular barge supporting two rectangular tanks partly filled with water. Flat and chamfered tank roofs are successively tested, at varying heights above the free surfaces inside the tanks. The tests are carried out in irregular wave systems coming from abeam. The measured barge roll and sloshing motions in the tanks are compared with numerical results from a linearized potential flow model. Good agreement is reported in mild seastates. Nonlinear effects, associated with large amplitude sloshing motion and/or roof impacts, are investigated.Copyright © 2008 by ASME
The effect of training on students regarding the prevention of Brucellosis

Brucellosis is one of the most important and prevalent zoonotic diseases, causing death of a lot of people each year (1). Brucellosis is observed in many countries, and is prevalent in Eastern Mediterranean region, the Middle East. In the United States of America, it is considered an occupational hazard while in Iran; brucellosis is not limited to a certain occupation (2). What highlights brucellosis in Iran is its epidemiology, its use for agriculture, livestock raising, and people’s rustic and nomadic lives are intertwined, and non-pasteurized dairy products are popular in cities (3). According to the Ministry of Health report, the incidence of brucellosis was 193 and 572 per 100,000 people in 2001 and 2006, respectively (4). It appears that, prevention is the most important step in controlling the disease. Breaking the chain of transmission to human is dependent on complying with health principles. Interdisciplinary coordination and community training are the major strategies to control and prevent this disease (5). Human is infected through using contaminated dairy products, direct contact with animal’s fluids or eating contaminated animal’s meat (6). Eini et al studied people with brucellosis in Hamedan province and reported fever, arthralgia, sweating, and lethargy as the most common symptoms. Furthermore, the most common route of transmission was using non-pasteurized dairy products (7). This disease is known as a disease with a thousand faces because of its lasting complications; therefore, it can have a significant impact on the quality of life for the infected people. Moreover, this disease mostly infects the active population of a community (15-40 years old), therefore, it can cause further damage through incurring The effect of training on students regarding the prevention of Brucellosis
Application of a novel polypropylene to the insulation of an electric power cable

Cross‐linked polyethylene (XLPE) has been widely adopted as insulating material for high‐voltage power cables up to 500 kV. Further improvement of electrical and thermal properties on insulating material is required in order to increase cable operation efficiency. Therefore, the development of novel insulating material possessing high thermal properties will be necessary.
Pontualidade na operação de semeadura e a antecipação da adubação e suas influências na receita líquida da cultura da soja

Soybean crop plays a fundamental role in country economy, and studies on the factors that have an effect on its yields have major importance. One of these factors is related to the interaction between sowing time and crop yield. Delays during sowing operation result in yield decreases and one of the reasons for that are the necessity to apply a great quantity of fertilizer at crop establishment. These great quantities imply on longer loading time of drill, affecting its operation capacity. One way to overcome this problem is to anticipate fertilizing, carrying it out on the previous crop. Therefore, this paper aimed to evaluate the influence of fertilizing out of sowing time on soybean crop profits. In order to achieve this, an empirical model in electronic spreadsheet, was developed to simulate the effects of using different cultivars, sowing periods and productions systems on the profits. The results showed that, for the analyzed scene, fertilizing anticipation promotes rationalization of planning agricultural machinery, reducing the number of machinery necessary to sowing operation and increase crop profits.
Toll Road Origin-Destination Travel Survey: Internet and Mail-Back Response Analysis and Implications for Future Surveys

Use of the Internet compared with mail-back respondents for an origindestination survey of Central Florida’s expressway system users is analyzed. Surveys were distributed by two methods: handing out of surveys to manual-payment and automatic coin machine (ACM) users, and mailing out of surveys to automatic vehicle identification (E-Pass) users. Data collection was primarily by prepaid business reply mail or by Internet. The survey achieved an overall response rate of 12.7 percent: 7.5 percent for manual and ACM users and 20.6 percent for E-Pass users. About 2.5 percent of these responses were made by the Internet. Although Internet response was not specifically requested, the web address was printed on the survey form, and analysis showed that this response method has great potential. The quality and completeness of the responses received via the Internet were much better than those of the responses received by mail; that is, there were fewer nonresponses to items, and they required on average only 6.7 min to finish. The results show that the odds of Internet response are much higher for young respondents (16 to 25 years old) and that the odds of Internet response have a decreasing trend with age. Finally, professionals and E-Pass users tend to have a higher preference for responding by using the Internet. Among the benefits of using the Internet method in this study were the ability to validate the responses and eliminate coding errors and to ensure that key questions in the survey were answered. It provided the possibility to include maps to help respondents identify the ramps they used. The Internet was cost-effective by eliminating printing, mailing, and coding expenses.
Bored into depletion? Towards a tentative integration of perceived self-control exertion and boredom as guiding signals for goal-directed behavior

During the past two decades, self-control research has been dominated by the strength model of self-control which is built on the premise that the capacity for self-control is a limited global resource that can become temporarily depleted, resulting in a state called ego depletion. The foundations of ego depletion have recently been questioned. Thus, although self-control is among the most researched psychological concepts with high societal relevance, an inconsistent body of literature limits our understanding of how self-control operates. Here, we propose that the inconsistencies are partly due to a confound that has unknowingly and systematically been introduced into ego depletion research: Boredom. We propose that boredom might affect results of self-control research by 1) placing an unwanted self-control demand, and 2) signaling that one should explore behavioral alternatives. To account for boredom in self-controlled behavior, we provide a working model that integrates evidence from reward-based models of self-control and recent theorizing on boredom to explain effects of both self-control exertion and boredom on subsequent self-control performance. We propose that task-induced boredom should be systematically monitored in self-control research to assess the validity of the ego depletion effect.
NAC transcription factors in autopolyploid Saccharum spontaneum: genome-wide identification, expression pattern and a ‘Dry’ orthologous gene

Background: The NAC acronym originates from these three genes (NAM, ATA1/2 and CUC2), and were proved to participate in plant development, sugar accumulation and stress tolerance. However, little information is available regarding these genes in sugarcane. The newly published sugarcane genome provided an opportunity to identify the SsNAC transcription factors. Results: In this study, a total of 151 NAC genes including 327 alleles were identified in the autopolyploid S. spontaneum genome and were distributed unevenly on eight chromosomes with the majority located on Chr 5(54, 16.51%), Chr 1(51, 15.60%) and Chr 2(51, 15.60%). 71.6%(234) and 12.53%(41) of SsNAC genes were mainly derived from segmental duplication and tandem duplication. Phylogeny analysis of NAC TF proteins by comparing NAC between sugarcane and Arabidopsis thaliana suggested that the NAC family can be divided into 15 subgroups with one subgroup unclassified. RNA-seq data analysis revealed that 82 SsNAC were expressed in 15 segments of the developmental gradient of the leaf and 74 SsNAC were presented in 12 different developmental stages, respectively. Remarkably, SsNAC genes of the ATAF subgroup presented the highest expression levels among the subgroups, and seven of eight SsNAC genes from the ATAF subgroup excluding SsNAC30 were present at much higher expression levels in the developmental gradient of the leaf than those in different developmental tissues types, indicating that the ATAF subgroup may have significant roles and participate in leaf growth and development and photosynthesis. Importantly, the NAC1 subgroup SsNAC91 gene, being orthologous to Sobic.006G147400 ( Dry gene ), displayed significantly higher expression levels in premature and mature stems of the low sucrose and low water content species S. spontaneum as opposed to the orthologous gene in the high sugar and high water content species S. officinarum . This suggests that the SsNAC91 gene may also play important roles in cellulose biosynthesis and water transport in sugarcane as it does in sorghum. Conclusions: This study provided the basis for the comprehensive genomic study of the SsNAC gene family and thus established a good foundation for the functional analyses of SsNAC genes which can be utilized to breed new varieties of sugarcane.
Analysis on the Characteristics of Energy Use Behaviors and Energy Saving Consciousness of Multi-family Housing Residents

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of energy use behaviors and energy saving consciousness of multi-family housing residents. The energy referred to in this study includes electric energy, heating energy and water usage. This study was conducted from a survey carried out in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The results of the study are as follows: First, among the survey questions, the only positive energy saving behaviors shown by the occupants was turning off the lights and the television, and in the use of kitchen appliances; it could therefore be concluded that, in general, energy saving attitude and consciousness were not sufficient to reduce energy consumption. Second, the results showed high mean scores for the behaviors which were easy to control, such as turning off lights and televisions, and low mean scores for the behaviors which required extra effort to completely cut off electricity energy such as pulling out the plugs of electronic appliances. Third, it was found that the occupants generally showed the tendency to save heating energy. However, in cases where the occupants were required to continuously and directly experience indoor temperatures, they expressed passive attitudes toward saving energy. Fourth, they showed wasteful attitudes toward water usage by leaving the tap running when taking showers and washing their faces. Fifth, while they showed a strong energy saving consciousness, they also showed a passive attitude about putting this into practice; there was therefore some gap between attitude and behavior. Lastly, among the socio-demographic factors, age and family lifecycle were very important factors affecting energy use and energy saving consciousness.
Dual‐band slot antenna for 2.4/5.2 GHz WLAN operation

A dual‐band slot antenna comprising two narrow linear slots for wireless local area network (WLAN) operations in the 2.4 GHz (2.4–2.484 GHz) and 5.2 GHz (5.15–5.35 GHz) bands is presented. The two linear slots are arranged to be close and in parallel to each other, and are easily fed by using a single 50 Ω coaxial cable to achieve two desired operating modes at about 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz. A prototype of the proposed antenna with a narrow width of 10 mm suitable to be placed along the perimeter of the display of a notebook computer is constructed and studied. Experimental results of the constructed prototype are presented. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 306–308, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10591
Is Ankylosing Spondylitis a single disease? A clinical and genetic perspective

Background:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloartritis (nr-axSpA) are subsets of a single disease from a genetic perspective. Methods:We analyzed from a clinical and genetic perspective 62 patients from the University Hospital of Basurto (Bilbao, Spain) diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis. Forty three SNPs previously associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA) were selected. The DNA samples were genotyped through SNP Type Assay, using the BioMark HD platform of Fluidigm. Results:Regarding clinical characteristic we found statistically significant differences between the patients with AS and nr-axSpA in the age at diagnosis, the disease duration, the presence of syndesmophytes and the BASMI index. In relation to genetic markers, we only found statistically significant differences in HLA-B27 allele frequency between the two groups. Regarding the frequencies of the SNPs, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups. Despite the high genetic heterogeneity observed among the patients, it is worth highlighting that some of the most important risk SNPs associated with AS, located in genes (ERAP1, ERAP2, IL-23R, GPR25) and intergenic region (2p15), appeared at high frequencies in all the patients.Conclusion:We have observed that AS and nr-axSpA have a common genetic background associated with the pathogenic development of these diseases; therefore, we suggest that the two entities constitute two different expressions of the same disease. Among the genetic factors, the present study shows the importance of genes involved in the pathogenesis of AS, such as HLA-B27, ERAP1, ERAP2, IL-23R, GPR25 and intergenic region 2p15, whose role may influence the onset, development and severity of the disease. However, the pathogenesis of SpA is very complex, indicating the involvement of environmental factors (smoking and obesity), in the triggering of the disease, so that patients with different genotypes would have the same pathogenic phenotype.
Micromachining of SrTiO3 steps for high-Tc step edge junction dc SQUIDs

In this paper, we establish a model of the micromachined SrTiO3 substrate steps for high-T-c direct-current (dc) superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). The step angle is determined by the local ion milling rate and re-deposition rate, which is caused by back sputtering of ion milling. At dynamic balance, the maximum possible step angle is predicted to be 75degrees with an ion beam incidence angle of 45degrees, which agrees well with the measured value of 71degrees. In order to obtain a better step sidewall profile, we consider the influences of Nb metal mask micromachining. To avoid a rounded angle at the step upper corner, the minimum thickness of the Nb mask should be 440 nm when the desired step height is 300 nm. At optimized process conditions, steps with sharp, steep angles, and flawless profiles have been fabricated. Nine of the twelve dc SQUIDs thus obtained exhibited resistively shunted junction current-voltage behavior and magnetic field modulation at 77 K.
Qualitative Evaluation

Qualitative research, which explores how or why something occurs, can contribute new knowledge to the understanding of home visiting. While qualitative research designs are sometimes viewed as less rigorous addons to quantitative research designs, studies utilizing qualitative research methods—whether part of a mixedmethods approach or as a standalone design—can be rigorously designed to provide reliable and trustworthy information.
Shell-Side Boiling in Flooded Refrigerant Evaporators Part I: Integral Finned Tubes

Convective vaporization data were obtained on a staggered tube bank made of 18.9 mm (0.75 inch) outside diameter integral fin tubes (1024 fins/m; 26 fins/inch) with an equilateral pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.25. Data are presented for pure Refrigerant-11 with saturation temperatures of 4.4°C (40°F) and 26.7°C (80°F). The data span vapor qualities of 0 to 0.9, mass velocities (based on minimum flow cross section area) of 7 to 18 kg/m2·s (5,200 to 13,300 lb/h·ft2), and heat fluxes of 15 to 45 kW/m2 (4,800 to 14,300 Btu/h·ft2). The data were taken in an apparatus that allows independent control of vapor quality, mass velocity, and heat flux. In contrast to the data presented on enhanced tubes in Part 2, the convective effects strongly influence the integral finned tube performance. The Chen superposition model (with or without using a suppression factor) largely under-predicted the data. The data were correlated in the form of an asymptotic model. The correlations fit 92% of the data within ±20%.
Definition of the Overturning and Holding Moments for Floor-by-Floor Leaning Walls Made from Aerated Concrete Blocks

In article work of a fragment of a wall design from blocks from autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is considered at its floor-by-floor leaning on monolithic overlapping of the building with a monolithic ferroconcrete framework and conditions of ensuring stability (not losses) a considered fragment within one floor at action on it the overturning moment from wind loading.
Experimental Seismic Measurement on the Testing Construction and The Analyze

Experimental Seismic Measurement on the Testing Construction and The Analyze Construction test "stand", which was built on the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava, is intended to implement the experiments and measurements from different areas of engineering. Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering carried out experimental measurements of seismic response of plate tamper on concrete strip footing of the construction test "stand". Vibration attenuation was observed in the first meters from foundation constructions, obtained records were analyzed in amplitude and frequency domain and an evaluation based on ČSN 73 0040. Part of this paper is also possible approach to the response analyze of the structure to the effects of vibration using 3D mathematical model created by SCIA Engineer 2011.1. Experimentální Seizmické Měření Na Zkušební Konstrukci a Následná Analýza Konstrukce "stand", která byla postavena v areálu Fakulty stavební, VŠB-TU Ostrava, má sloužit k realizaci experimentů a měření z různých oblastí stavitelství. Katedra geotechniky a podzemního stavitelství mimo jiné na konstrukci "standu", konkrétně na železobetonových základových pásech, prováděla experimentální seizmické měření odezvy vibrační desky. Byl sledován útlum vibrací v prvních metrech od základu, získané záznamy byly vyhodnoceny v amplitudové i frekvenční oblasti a bylo provedeno zhodnocení na základě ČSN 73 0040. Součástí příspěvku je také možný návrh přístupu k analýze odezvy konstrukce na účinky vibrací za pomoci 3D matematického modelu vytvořeného programem SCIA Engineer 2011.1.
Efficacy and clinical predictors of response to rTMS treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): A retrospective study

Background: Application of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been promising but effects differ between patients. Knowledge about clinical predictors of rTMS response would help to increase clinical efficacy but is not available so far. Methods: In a retrospective study, we investigated the efficacy of rTMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or supplementary motor area (SMA) in 65 OCD outpatients recruited for the rTMS treatment from July 2015 to May 2017. Patients were divided into two groups and received either SMA rTMS or bilateral DLPFC rTMS. OCD symptoms and depression/anxiety states were measured before and after the 20th session of rTMS. Additionally, we performed a binary logistic regression analysis on the demographic variables and the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) items to investigate demographic and clinical predictors for rTMS response in responders and non-responders. Results: Patients’ scores in Y-BOCS and Beck anxiety/depression inventories were significantly decreased following rTMS treatment. Specifically, 46.2% of all patients responded to rTMS, based on at least 30% reduction of the Y-BOCS scores. Stimulation target (DLPFC vs. SMA) did not significantly differ in rTMS efficacy. No significant demographic predictors were found. Interference due to obsessions and resistance against compulsions were the only two clinical predictors of rTMS treatment response that could significantly predict response failure to rTMS. Conclusions: rTMS treatment should be adapted to the clinical profile of OCD patients including the symptoms. Patients with less intrusive and interfering thoughts might benefit more from rTMS treatment. Identifying clinical and non-clinical predictors of response are needed to personalize and adapt rTMS protocols in pharmaco-resistant OCD patients.