Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
LungMAP Portal Ecosystem: Systems-Level Exploration of the Lung

An improved understanding of the human lung necessitates advanced systems models informed by an ever-increasing repertoire of molecular omics, cellular, imaging and pathological datasets. To centralize and standardize information across broad lung research efforts we expanded the LungMAP.net website into a gateway portal. This portal connects a broad-spectrum of research networks, bulk and single-cell multi-omics data and a diverse collection of image data that span mammalian lung development and disease. The data are standardized across species and technologies using harmonized data and metadata models that leverage recent advances including those from the Human Cell Atlas, diverse ontologies, and the LungMAP CellCards initiative. To cultivate future discoveries, we have aggregated a diverse collection of single-cell atlases for multiple species (human, rhesus, mouse), to enable consistent queries across technologies, cohorts, age, disease and drug treatment. These atlases are provided as independent and integrated queriable datasets, with an emphasis on dynamic visualization, figure generation and reference-based classification of user-provided datasets (Azimuth). As this resource grows, we intend to increase the breadth of available interactive interfaces, data portals and datasets from LungMAP and external research efforts.
Reliability, criterion-concurrent validity, and construct-discriminant validity of a head-marking version of the taekwondo anaerobic intermittent kick test

This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of a head-marking version of the taekwondo anaerobic intermittent kick test (TAIKT-head). Twenty-seven (21 males and 6 females) taekwondo athletes performed TAIKT-head on two occasions (test-retest). In addition, they performed the chest-marking version of the TAIKT (TAIKT-chest), 30-s continuous jump (CJ30s), countermovement jump (CMJ) and flexibility tests. To establish TAIKT-head’s construct validity (discriminatory capability), two subgroups were identified based on their international and national taekwondo results: 15 elite (12 males and 3 females) and 12 sub-elite (9 males and 3 females) athletes. TAIKT-head showed high relative (ICCs ≥ 0.90) and absolute (SEMs < SWCs) reliability. The comparison between TAIKT-head and TAIKT-chest revealed that absolute and relative peak and mean powers were higher (p < 0.001) in TAIKT-head than in TAIKT-chest. In contrast, the fatigue index and rating of perceived exertion were lower in TAIKT-head than in TAIKT-chest (p < 0.001 and p < 0.01, respectively), with no significant difference between the two tests regarding physiological variables. Significant correlations between TAIKT-head and TAIKT-chest (r ranged from 0.74 to 0.53), CJ30s (r ranged from 0.84 to 0.43), and CMJ (r ranged from 0.88 to 0.79) were mostly “very large”. There was no association between TAIKT-head and flexibility tests. Elite athletes showed greater TAIKT-head performances than sub-elite counterparts. Receiving operating characteristic analysis indicated that the TAIKT-head effectively discriminated between elite and sub-elite athletes. In conclusion, the TAIKT-head is a reliable and valid test to evaluate the specific intermittent anaerobic power of taekwondo athletes through the most used kicking technique at the head level.
Inspiring design idea generation: insights from a memory-search perspective

Recently, several investigators have begun to conceptualise idea generation (IG), the process by which new designs are deliberately produced, as a predominantly memory-based activity. In this paper, we consider how psychological, memory-based IG models can help us to understand design IG. We introduce one such model with modifications for experimentation in conceptual product design. In this model, the IG process is divided into two phases: memory sampling succeeded by idea production. We utilise this model to explicate stimulation and fixation effects in design IG. We evaluated empirically two predictions derived from the model that are relevant to design IG – the effect of contextual cueing on memory sampling, and the effect of verbal stimulation on idea production. These questions were investigated in an experiment involving 50 engineering students working individually. The analysis of generated ideas showed that the manipulations affected the ideas, and the contextual cues especially, were an influential part of the design assignments. We also showed that the absence of context information can activate a contextual defaulting strategy. We reflect on the implications of these findings for design practice and education in the conclusions of this paper.
Architecture, ornament and excrement: the Crossness and Abbey Mills pumping stations

Introduction In ‘Ornament and Crime’ (1908), one of the most powerful early ‘manifestos’ of architectural modernism, Adolf Loos directly equates ornament with all manner of filth. With insistent repetition, his denunciation of ornament is dramatised through its equation with dirt, the negative meanings of the term, in all its semantic contexts, being used to force home his argument: ornament equals sickness, disease, degeneracy, decay, waste, sterility and ruin. Such images were to become common tropes for future spokesmen of modernism. When in 1928 Siegfried Giedion looked back at nineteenth-century historicised industrial buildings, he condemned the ‘contaminating air’ of their ornamentation, which he regarded as infecting them with a ‘decorative sludge’. In this paper I will look back to the nineteenth-century, at two buildings that serve to contextualise very precisely the relationship between historicised ornament and dirt: London’s Crossness (Fig. 1; 1862–65) and Abbey Mills (Fig. 2; 1865–68) pumping stations. Both performed important engineering functions within London’s main drainage system — the world’s first city-wide sewerage network constructed in the 1860s — and both were key symbolic sites for public awareness of that system, and the setting of public ceremonies to mark its completion. I explore how these buildings became a focus for sustained reflection on the relationship between architecture and dirt. In their design, the architect put forward a redemptive vision of excrement in the city, purified by technological development and enshrined as a valuable resource in itself; visitors saw wonder in their noble function but also expressed disquiet at the monstrous quantities of sewage concentrated in their subterranean spaces. Within the focus of this paper, I will not address the undeniable social, cultural and architectural differences between London in the 1860s and Loos and Giedion in Vienna and Germany half a century later; rather, through these pertinent historical case-studies, I question the latters’ tendency to universalise conceptions of dirt, arguing instead that the experience of filth is one that is individual, rooted in a specific time, place and in specific spatial, material and architectural contexts.
The design, fabrication, and testing of corrugated silicon nitride diaphragms

Silicon nitride corrugated diaphragms of 2 mm/spl times/2 mm/spl times/1 /spl mu/m have been fabricated with 8 circular corrugations, having depths of 4, 10, or 14 /spl mu/m. The diaphragms with 4-/spl mu/m-deep corrugations show a measured mechanical sensitivity (increase in the deflection over the increase in the applied pressure) which is 25 times larger than the mechanical sensitivity of flat diaphragms of equal size and thickness. Since this gain in sensitivity is due to reduction of the initial stress, the sensitivity can only increase in the case of diaphragms with initial stress. A simple analytical model has been proposed that takes the influence of initial tensile stress into account. The model predicts that the presence of corrugations increases the sensitivity of the diaphragms, because the initial diaphragm stress is reduced. The model also predicts that for corrugations with a larger depth the sensitivity decreases, because the bending stiffness of the corrugations then becomes dominant. These predictions have been confirmed by experiments. The application of corrugated diaphragms offers the possibility to control the sensitivity of thin diaphragms by geometrical parameters, thus eliminating the effect of variations in the initial stress, due to variations in the diaphragm deposition process and/or the influence of temperature changes and packaging stress. >
Application of the Wavelet Transforms for Compressing Lower Suspension Arm Strain Data

This paper presents the ability of the wavelet transforms for compressing automobile strain data. The wavelet transforms identified and extracted higher amplitude segments and produced shorter edited signals. Based on the comparison of the edited signals resulted, it was found that the Morlet wavelet gave the shortest signals. It was able to summarize strain signals up to 77% and maintain more than 90% of the statistical parameters and the fatigue damage. Meanwhile the continuous and discrete Daubechies wavelet transforms summarized the signals below 60%. It proved that the Morlet wavelet was the best technique for fatigue data editing, especially for the automotive applications.
Temporal correlation of dynamic on-body area radio channel

Temporal autocorrelation of the dynamic on-body radio channel is characterised empirically and theoretically based on measurements. The channel coherence time is found to be approximately 20 to 70 ms for a human subject either walking or running. Using a Weibull distribution approximation to the channel taps there is a fair match between empirical and theoretical results for large correlation coefficients.
Suitability of Full Bed Elevator Harvesters for Sweet Onions

Shelf–life studies of sweet onions, lifted with a full bed elevator harvester in conjunction with a machine trimmer, indicated that, provided attention is given to the careful handling of onions at all stages of the operation, machine–harvested onions may favorably compare in quality with hand–harvested onions.
Managing Low-Volume Roads with Wisconsin Information System for Local Roads

Managers of low-volume roads face numerous challenges, including budgeting, maintenance decision making, and developing best practices. States such as Wisconsin have recently taken a proactive approach in assisting local officials in their roadway asset management activities. Aspects of the Wisconsin Information System for Local Roads (WISLR) that benefit local road managers by enhancing their asset management capabilities are discussed. Also offered are suggestions for future work to enhance roadway management tools for low-volume roads. WISLR originated with a Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) effort to create a web-based geographic information system (GIS) that would provide both the state agency and the 1,922 local units of government with accurate tracking of roadway mileage and pavement conditions for the more than 100,000 mi of roads and streets under local government control. The sizes of local road systems vary widely by municipality, from less than 9 mi to more than 600 mi of roadway. Many of these roads fall into the low-volume category, particularly in the smaller jurisdictions. WisDOT hoped to provide municipalities with a powerful tool to track roadway mileage and conditions, as well as to aid in system management decisions. WISLR offers a unique opportunity for local governments to capitalize on the powerful tools made available by this application. WISLR combines GIS technology with database application tools based on the Pavement Surface Evaluation Rating system, allowing municipalities to perform long-range planning.
Status and life strategy of Orchis punctulata Steven ex Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in the South-Eastern Crimea 

This article presents the results of the population studies of rare protected species Orchis punctulata (Orchidaceae). Based on analysis of local floras in eastern and southeastern Crimea and personal observations, we identified the three most numerous populations of O. punctulata: two in the steppe (on the Tepe-Oba mountain ridge) and one in forest communities (on the Kiziltash mountain ridge). The ontogenetic, demographic, and vitality structures of the populations were studied. We also assessed the life strategies of the species in different habitats. The populations in steppe communities were characterized by high number and density parameters. O. punctulate often formed large clusters and was dominated here. A small number and low density characterized the population in the forest community; the distribution of individuals within the population was scattered. The age spectra were also different. The populations in steppe communities had a left-sided spectrum with a maximum in immature individuals, while in forest communities, it had a bimodal spectrum with maximums in generative (with a predominance of mature and old generative) and immature individuals. Specimens from forest communities were more extensive than those of steppe communities, they had longer leaves and inflorescences, and their inflorescences had a more significant number of flowers. As a result, the population in the forest community had a higher vitality index. It included individuals of the highest and middle class of vitality. The populations in the steppe community consisted of all classes of vitality or only of middle and lower classes. Thus, optimal environmental conditions for the growth of species are in forests. At the same time, a low level of regeneration and competition from other plants hinder its wide distribution. As a result, the species exserts as a phytocenotic patient (S-strategy). In steppe communities, the species is characterized by a mixed patient-explerant-violant strategy (SRC strategy).
Managing Structural and Dynamic Complexity: A Tale of Two Projects

Previous research suggests complexity may be a significant factor in a project's failure to achieve cost, time, and quality objectives. In this paper, we examine the project complexity literature to develop a simple framework consisting of structural and dynamic complexity. We use this to compare the complexity of two successful construction megaprojects–-Heathrow Terminal 5 and the London 2012 Olympic Park–-to consider how the complexity in the two projects was managed. Our analysis reveals differences in the approach to managing structural and dynamic complexity, but identifies common factors that may help project managers achieve positive outcomes for their complex projects.
Optimal Pump Scheduling to Reduce the Operating Costs

The pumps are mechanical structures indispensable in numerous socio-economic areas like: villages water supply, irrigations, oil industry, sewage movement, chemical movement, flood control and for the production of various goods. Pumps must supply the energy necessary to lift liquids from a lower elevation to a greater one. Pumps operation and maintenance generates significant costs. One of the most efficient methods to reduce the pump operating costs is by scheduling the pump operations. This can impose pumps to operate during periods in which the electrical tariff is cheaper and combining the operations of several pumps in an efficient way. This paper aims to analyze the possibilities and the limits of using SPEA2 multi-objective optimization algorithm implemented in Matlab in order to schedule the pumps. SPEA2 was used for the first time to schedule the pumps from a water supply system by [. In that paper the algorithm was applied in Linux. This paper presents the results obtained by SPEA2 implemented in a very used programming language, Matlab. The algorithm was improved in order to obtain better solutions. In this paper we applied the optimization methods of the pump schedule to a water supply system, but these methods can be used to minimize the operational costs of any system that incorporates pumps.
Non-PGM Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A DFT Study on the Effects of Fluorination of FeNx-Doped and N-Doped Carbon Catalysts

Fluorination is considered as a means of reducing the degradation of Fe/N/C, a highly active FeNx-doped disorganized carbon catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells. Our recent experiments have, however, revealed that fluorination poisons the FeNx moiety of the Fe/N/C catalytic site, considerably reducing the activity of the resulting catalyst to that of carbon only doped with nitrogen. Using the density functional theory (DFT), we clarify in this work the mechanisms by which fluorine interacts with the catalyst. We studied 10 possible FeNx site configurations as well as 2 metal-free sites in the absence or presence of fluorine molecules and atoms. When the FeNx moiety is located on a single graphene layer accessible on both sides, we found that fluorine binds strongly to Fe but that two F atoms, one on each side of the FeNx plane, are necessary to completely inhibit the catalytic activity of the FeNx sites. When considering the more realistic model of a stack of graphene layers, only one F atom is needed to poison the FeNx moiety on the top layer since ORR hardly takes place between carbon layers. We also found that metal-free catalytic N-sites are immune to poisoning by fluorination, in accordance with our experiments. Finally, we explain how most of the catalytic activity can be recovered by heating to 900 °C after fluorination. This research helps to clarify the role of metallic sites compared to non-metallic ones upon the fluorination of FeNx-doped disorganized carbon catalysts.
Descrição Preliminar do Corpus DANTEStocks: Diretrizes de Segmentação para Anotação segundo Universal Dependencies

A anotação de textos informais segundo a Universal Dependencies requer dois processos de segmentação: delimitação da unidade relevante para a análise sintática e identificação das palavras sintáticas. Neste artigo, apresentam-se as idiossincrasias linguísticas do corpus DANTEStocks, composto por tweets do mercado financeiro, escritos em Português, e as estratégias gerais de segmentação automática. Assim, contribui-se para a descrição de aspectos linguísticos dos tweets e para o desenvolvimento de recursos e ferramentas de processamento automático desse subgênero de "user-generated content".
HYBRID SIMULATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS

Developing realistic and unbiased simulation models for construction operations require addressing the operational and strategic decision making levels. The dynamics and feedback processes observed in construction systems are responsible for the real behavior of such systems and drive the needs for hybrid and integrated simulation tools. The dominant simulation methods such as discrete event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD) are limited individually of capturing all the significant construction operation aspects that are responsible for generating the behaviour of realistic models. Therefore, this thesis presents a hybrid simulation method for simulating construction operations by utilizing the joint powerful features of the DES and SD methods. The proposed method provides a framework to integrate DES and SD on single computational platform. Developing a hybrid simulation model commences by decomposing the construction project into units, form which simulation models (e.g. DES or SD) are developed. A unidirectional variables interaction from DES to SD models is used. The interfacing process among simulation models is achieved by defining three variables: sender, interface, and receiver. The mechanism that controls data mapping processes between variables is outlined in a new developed synchronization method. The variables interaction protocol is described using formalism. Finally, a Hybrid Simulation Application (HiSim) is coded in VB.NET to demonstrate a sequential implementation of the developed method. A real-world earthmoving project is modeled and simulated to test the developed hybrid simulation method. The hybrid simulation structure uses unidirectional and sequential interactions between the components of DES and SD models. The simulation is run under three scenarios, is able to predict the real project completion duration with 92% accuracy, and captures the influences of the context level variables. The findings are expected to enhance hybrid simulation applications in construction and to allow for better understanding of the impact of various internal and external factors on the project schedule and its productivity performance.
EQUIDISTANCE TRACKING NONLINEAR CONTROLLER FOR UNDER ACTUATED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES

A new method of path planning and tracking while maintaining a constant distance from underwater moving objects has been developed for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). First a kinematics controller that generates the proper trajectories is designed. Then a dynamics sliding mode controller is employed to drive the vehicle on the desired trajectories. The dynamics controller is robust against the parameter uncertainty in the dynamics model of the vehicle. Results of numerical simulations for INFANTE-AUV model show excellent performance for tracking of an object on sinusoidal trajectory. © 2010 ASME
verBERT: Automating Brazilian Case Law Document Multi-label Categorization Using BERT

In this work, we carried out a study about the use of attention-based algorithms to automate the categorization of Brazilian case law documents. We used data from the Kollemata Project to produce two distinct datasets with adequate class systems. Then, we implemented a multi-class and multi-label version of BERT and fine-tuned different BERT models with the produced datasets. We evaluated several metrics, adopting the micro-averaged F1-Score as our main metric for which we obtained a performance value of 〈F1〉micro = 0.72 corresponding to gains of 30 percent points over the tested statistical baseline.