Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mainstreaming climate resilience: A GIS-based methodology to cope with cloudbursts in Turin, Italy

Cities play an increasingly significant role in the challenges posed by climate change, mainly due to their role in economic and demographic drivers. It is generally agreed that the intensification of climate change effects, such as extreme weather events, requires strengthening in the mechanisms of adaptation and the endogenous self-organization of urban systems. An operative way to adapt is by mainstreaming climate resilience, i.e., the iterative process of integrating climate change considerations into policymaking, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring processes at national and subnational levels. This paper falls under this heading, and it aims at building an innovative methodology to experiment with data-driven approaches to support the resilient transition of the city of Turin in Italy. The process aims to create territorial knowledge of specific weather phenomenon, that cloudburst events are, by filling the gap of existing hazard information with original vulnerability datasets. The proposed approach will create a hydraulic vulnerability map by identifying cloudburst vulnerable areas with a GIS-based spatial overlay. The paper will employ an array of datasets combined with original modelling techniques elaborated with the help of the open-source InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) software program. The results allow us to understand what would happen if the urban water network failed to discharge during a phenomenon of intense rain and, consequently, which city areas should undergo adaptation and transformation to reduce their flooding vulnerability.
Mechanic-Driven Biodegradable Polyglycolic Acid/Silk Fibroin Nanofibrous Scaffolds Containing Deferoxamine Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing

The extracellular matrix (ECM), comprising of hundreds of proteins, mainly collagen, provides physical, mechanical support for various cells and guides cell behavior as an interactive scaffold. However, deposition of ECM, especially collagen content, is seriously impaired in diabetic wounds, which cause inferior mechanical properties of the wound and further delay chronic wound healing. Thus, it is critical to develop ECM/collagen alternatives to remodel the mechanical properties of diabetic wounds and thus accelerate diabetic wound healing. Here, we firstly prepared mechanic-driven biodegradable PGA/SF nanofibrous scaffolds containing DFO for diabetic wound healing. In our study, the results in vitro showed that the PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds had porous three-dimensional nanofibrous structures, excellent mechanical properties, biodegradability, and biocompatibility, which would provide beneficial microenvironments for cell adhesion, growth, and migration as an ECM/collagen alternative. Furthermore, the data in vivo showed PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds can adhere well to the wound and have excellent biodegradability, which is helpful to avoid secondary damage by omitting the removal process of scaffolds. The finite element analysis results showed that the application of silk fibroin-based scaffolds could significantly reduce the maximum stress around the wound. Besides, PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds induced collagen deposition, re-vascularization, recovered impaired mechanical properties up to about 70%, and ultimately accelerated diabetic wound healing within 14 days. Thus, our work provides a promising therapeutic strategy for clinically chronic wound healing.
Compact Design of Ring and Voltage Controlled Oscillators for Wireless Devices

Portability and power efficiency of wireless devices became main concern over the few decades. Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) is an essential part of all wireless systems. Designing a VCO with less area and low power dissipation is aimed for efficient wireless devices. This paper describes performance comparison between ring oscillator and Current Starved VCO for various wireless systems including Wi-Fi, WLAN, WPAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee band and all other working at 2.4 GHz frequency. Oscillators are designed in 90nm and 65 nm technology and compared on the basis of design experiment and qualitative evaluation. All the designs are implemented in EDA tool microwind 3.1.
Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: a Pivot Role in Dilemma of Anti-Aging

Mediterranean diet reflects traditional dietary habits and foods of mediterrranean people, historically associated with good health.Mediterranean diet pyramid having the basis of dietary habits and food pattern more likely according to Crete, Greece and Italy, where life expectancy ratio among adults is greatest in the world. The diet is categorized by plentiful plant foods, fresh fruits as the usual daily dessert, olive oil as the major source of fat, dairy products particularly cheese and milk,fish and poultry in moderate to low amount, zero to four eggs consumed weekly with the consumption of red meats and wine in low amounts.All research studies included in this study emphasize on the fact that combinations of the foods in mediterrranean diet impart beneficial impact on the chronic disease prevention as well as their management primarily due to the nutraceutical nature of the ingredients rich in substances like omega 3 & 6, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and functional fibers likely to be effective in cardiovascular disease risk factors and biomarkers of metabolic syndrome.
The use of continuous sediment‐transport measurements to improve sand‐load estimates in a large sand‐bedded river: The lower Chippewa River, Wisconsin

Accurately determining sediment loads is necessary for managing river environments but is difficult because multiple processes can lead to large discharge‐independent changes in sediment transport. Thus, estimations of sediment load using discharge–sediment rating curves fit to sparse or historical sediment‐transport measurements can be inaccurate, necessitating alternative approaches to reduce uncertainty. Continuous sediment‐transport measurements reduce uncertainty because they can be used to detect discharge‐independent changes in transport and are therefore unaffected by hysteresis.
Psychosocial Risk Factors for Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Background There is variability in the impact of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A greater insight into the impact of ACHD may be gained from investigating HRQoL in various diagnostic groups and considering the importance of psychosocial risk factors for poor HRQoL. Objective We compared the HRQoL of people with ACHD with normative data from the general population and among 4 diagnostic groups and identified risk factors for poor HRQoL in ACHD from a comprehensive set of sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study with 303 participants from 4 diagnostic groups Simple, Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the Great Arteries, Single Ventricle who completed measures of illness perceptions, coping, social support, mood, and generic and disease-specific HRQoL. Data were analyzed using 1-sample t tests, analysis of variance, and hierarchical multiple regressions. Results There was diminished psychosocial HRQoL in the Simple group compared with the general population. Consistently significant risk factors for poor HRQoL included younger age, a perception of more severe symptoms due to ACHD, depression, and anxiety. Clinical factors were poor predictors of HRQoL. Conclusions The findings highlight the need to develop intervention studies aiming to improve HRQoL in people with ACHD and the routine assessment of illness perceptions and mood problems during key periods in people's lives. This will help address patient misconceptions that could be tackled by clinicians or specialist nurses during routine outpatient appointments and identify people in need of psychological support.
Post-COVID-19 Stroke Rehabilitation in Qatar: A Retrospective, Observational Pilot Study.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A growing field of interest is exploration of the functional outcomes of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with stroke after rehabilitation. The association between stroke and COVID-19 infection is still being studied. We had explored the functional gain in post-COVID-19 patients with stroke following active rehabilitation services in Qatar to understand the possible predictors of functional gain. METHODS We had included twenty patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 with stroke in this retrospective pilot study conducted at a Qatar rehabilitation setting. We had used preexisting data from electronic medical records. We had included the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), post-COVID-19 functional status (PCFS), Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), and Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) as outcome measures. We had used descriptive statistics to summarize the baseline characteristics. A paired t-test had been used to compare the pre and posttests of the study group at admission and discharge. Multiple regression analyses had been performed to assess the predictors of functional gain, including age, employment status, impaired side, family history, and length of stay (LOS). All the results had been presented with associated 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS This study had revealed an increase in functional gain (mean FIM gain, 32.9 ± 8.9) and improvements in functional performance throughout active rehabilitation (LOS, 62.45 ± 37.61). Significant differences had been noted in all outcome measures from admission until discharge (p < 0.05). Age (β = - 0.769, p = 0.022) and impaired side (β = 0.573, p = 0.007) had significantly predicted National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores. Age (β = - 0.764, p = 0.047) had been a major factor that significantly predicted FIM gain. LOS (β = - 0.990, p = 0.002) had predicted FAC. The mean age was 56 ± 8 years. CONCLUSION Various factors are independently associated with functional gain after rehabilitation. Our findings suggest that active rehabilitation services and immediate intervention will be required to rehabilitate post-COVID-19 patients with stroke, a vulnerable population, to achieve adequate functional improvement.
Adjunct Non-Elastic Hip Taping Improves Gait Stability in Cane-Assisted Individuals with Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Cane-assisted individuals with chronic stroke may perform with an abnormal gait pattern. One of the important factors of gait training for cane-assisted individuals is inducing improvement in lower limb muscle activity of the paretic side. Non-elastic taping on the hip may be used as an adjunct therapy for improving gait. The objective of this study was to investigate effects of non-elastic hip taping combined with exercise on gait in cane-assisted individuals with chronic stroke. This study is a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. A total of 21 cane-assisted ambulators with chronic stroke were enrolled. Participants in both groups received a therapeutic exercise program, with the experimental and control groups having adjunct non-elastic taping and sham taping on the hip, respectively. The gait, Berg Balance Scale, 6-min walk test, and Fall Efficacy Scale–International were measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up. The experimental group resulted in significantly better performance in double-support time compared with the control group. Furthermore, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in double-support time and spatial symmetry at post-intervention and 1-month follow-up compared with pre-intervention. This study demonstrated that non-elastic hip taping combined with exercise could improve gait stability in cane-assisted ambulators. Non-elastic hip taping would be a useful adjunct to rehabilitation strategies for individuals with chronic stroke.
Cell-Seeded Biomaterial Scaffolds: The Urgent Need for Unanswered Accelerated Angiogenesis

Abstract One of the most arduous challenges in tissue engineering is neovascularization, without which there is a lack of nutrients delivered to a target tissue. Angiogenesis should be completed at an optimal density and within an appropriate period of time to prevent cell necrosis. Failure to meet this challenge brings about poor functionality for the tissue in comparison with the native tissue, extensively reducing cell viability. Prior studies devoted to angiogenesis have provided researchers with some biomaterial scaffolds and cell choices for angiogenesis. For example, while most current angiogenesis approaches require a variety of stimulatory factors ranging from biomechanical to biomolecular to cellular, some other promising stimulatory factors have been underdeveloped (such as electrical, topographical, and magnetic). When it comes to choosing biomaterial scaffolds in tissue engineering for angiogenesis, key traits rush to mind including biocompatibility, appropriate physical and mechanical properties (adhesion strength, shear stress, and malleability), as well as identifying the appropriate biomaterial in terms of stability and degradation profile, all of which may leave essential trace materials behind adversely influencing angiogenesis. Nevertheless, the selection of the best biomaterial and cells still remains an area of hot dispute as such previous studies have not sufficiently classified, integrated, or compared approaches. To address the aforementioned need, this review article summarizes a variety of natural and synthetic scaffolds including hydrogels that support angiogenesis. Furthermore, we review a variety of cell sources utilized for cell seeding and influential factors used for angiogenesis with a concentrated focus on biomechanical factors, with unique stimulatory factors. Lastly, we provide a bottom-to-up overview of angiogenic biomaterials and cell selection, highlighting parameters that need to be addressed in future studies.
Pengaruh Latihan Hight Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Terhadap Peningkatan VO2 Max Pemain Sepak Bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima

Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh latihan Hight Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) terhadap peningkatan Vo2 Max pemain sepak bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima. Dalam Penelitian ini akan digunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif eksperimen. Untuk mendapatkan data yang valid pada post-tes dilakukan pengukuran sebanyak tiga kali. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah pemain sepak bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima berjumlah 22 orang. Teknik analisis data dengan pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji-t, digunakan untuk membandingkan antara dua variabel apakah signifikan atau tidak. Hasil penelitian latihan Hight Intensity Interval Training (Hiit) terhadap peningkatan VO2 MAX pemain sepak bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data bahwa t-hitung berjumlah 11,050 sedangkan t-tabel 2,086 dengan taraf signifikan 0,05% dengan demikian nilai t hitung > t tabel yang menunjukkan bahwa hipotesis nihil (Ho) ditolak dan hipotesis alternatif (Ha) diterima. Maka dapat disimpulan bahwa terdapat pengaruh HIIT terhadap VO2 Max pemain sepak bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima. Berdasarkan hasil perhitungan persentase diperoleh hasil bahwa peningkatan VO2 Max pemain sepak bola STKIP Taman Siswa Bima adalah berjumlah 7,26%.
Chronic social stress during early development elicits unique behavioral changes in adulthood

Purpose Chronic social stress is known to induce inflammation in the brain, and early-life stress affects the brain and social behavior in adulthood. To study the relationship between social stress in childhood development and social behavior in adulthood, we subjected mice to a sequential early-life social stresses and characterized their adult behavioral phenotypes. Methods C57BL/6 mice were sequentially subjected to maternal separation (MS), social defeat (SD), and social isolation (SI) in that order. The body weights of the MS/SD/SI mice were measured. Behavioral tasks related to anxiety, depression, locomotion, learning/memory, and repetitive/compulsive-like behavior were conducted. Social behaviors suggesting sociability, social interaction, aggression, and social fear were investigated. Results MS/SD/SI mice weighed less than the control mice. At 7 and 8 weeks of age. These mice displayed normal behaviors in anxiety-, depression-, and learning/memory-related tasks, but they exhibited increased locomotor activity and a low level of repetitive/compulsive-like behavior. Notably, they exhibited increased social interaction, impaired empathy-related fear, reduced predator fear, and increased defensive aggressiveness. Conclusion Social stress during childhood development resulted in behavioral alterations, and MS/SD/SI mice generated by mimicking child abuse or maltreatment showed unique abnormalities in social behaviors. MS/SD/SI mice might be useful not only to study the relationship between social stress and brain inflammation but also psychosocial behaviors observed in individuals with brain disorders, such as psychopaths.
Sex differences in growth in body mass and psychosocial abilities in children in Head Start

ABSTRACT Early childhood is a critical period to intervene for obesity, developmental and behavioural problems. Data from 1065 children in 14 Northeast Iowa Community Action Head Starts (HS) were collected between 2011 and 2018. Body mass index (BMI) and developmental scores were assessed at the beginning of each school year and compared after the first year in HS. Females showed a 3.5% decrease in BMI percentile (F = 2.46, P = .12, = .02), while males increased theirs by 4.4% (F = 7.41, P = .007, = .05). Females showed higher initial passing rates than males on the Brigance (85.9% vs 75.7%, p = .006), self-help (64.7% vs 49.1%, p = .001), but not socio-emotional outcomes. Females in HS showed a slight decrease in BMI, compared to a significant increase in males. Improvements in developmental and behavioural outcomes were similar for both. Further research should determine why such differences occurred.
Bandpass Filter and Diplexer Based on Dual-Mode Dielectric Filled Waveguide Resonators

This paper presents the designs of a bandpass filter (BPF) and a diplexer based on the TM210 mode and the TM120 mode of the dielectric filled waveguide resonators (DFWRs). The DFWR is designed by integrating a dielectric main body and a printed circuit board (PCB) cover. The PCB cover is electrically connected with the top surface of the dielectric body. For each mode, metallized blind holes can be set at its maximum electric-field points to excite or extract it and the other mode will not be influenced. Microstrip lines on the PCB are utilized to connect different pairs of the metallized blind holes to form the internal and external coupling structures. For verification, a BPF and a diplexer are designed, fabricated and measured based on the DFWRs. In measurement, the BPF is with a frequency band of 2.515 GHz - 2.675 GHz, an insertion loss of 0.6 dB, and a return loss of 20 dB. The two frequency bands of the proposed diplexer are 3.3 GHz - 3.4 GHz and 3.7 GHz - 3.8 GHz. For the two frequency bands, the measured insertion losses are 0.9 dB/0.85 dB and the isolations are better than 40 dB/50 dB.
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Synopsis Behavioral traits such as anxiety and depression have been linked to diversity of the gut microbiome in humans, domesticated animals, and lab-bred model species, but the extent to which this link exists in wild animals, and thus its ecological relevance, is poorly understood. We examined the relationship between a behavioral trait (neophobia) and the cloacal microbiome in wild house sparrows (Passer domesticus,n = 22) to determine whether gut microbial diversity is related to personality in a wild animal. We swabbed the cloaca immediately upon capture, assessed neophobia phenotypes in the lab, and then swabbed the cloaca again after several weeks in captivity to additionally test whether the microbiome of different personality types is affected disparately by captivity, and characterized gut microbiomes using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. We did not detect differences in cloacal alpha or beta microbial diversity between neophobic and non-neophobic house sparrows, and diversity for both phenotypes was negatively impacted by captivity. Although our results suggest that the adult cloacal microbiome and neophobia are not strongly linked in wild sparrows, we did detect specific OTUs that appeared more frequently and at higher abundances in neophobic sparrows, suggesting that links between the gut microbiome and behavior may occur at the level of specific taxa. Further investigations of personality and the gut microbiome are needed in more wild species to reveal how the microbiome-gut-brain axis and behavior interact in an ecological context.
Aircraft Structure’s Response Prediction Analysis and Experimental Study in High-strength Broadband Noise Environments

： Since dynamic environment of the hypersonic aircraft has a wide frequency domain, it is difficult to predict the vibration response with finite element methods. A certain type of high-speed aircraft’s vibro-acoustic dynamics model is established based on statistical energy analysis (SEA) theory. By using theory analytical method and the empirical formula to determine the input parameters of each subsystem, setting the actual noise test conditions as the input incentives of the SEA model, the aircraft cabin’s noise pressure level and the vibration acceleration response of the subsystems are predicted, and compared to the test results. The results show that the acceleration power spectral density (PSD) of subsystem has a good consistency with the results of test in the middle and high frequency and the error of sound pressure level in cabin throughout the spectrum is less than 3 dB, so the dynamic model and calculation method is reliable and it solves the limitation of calculating the response of vibro-acoustic problems in middle and high frequency using the finite element and boundary element methods. The main source of the sound field in the cabin is found out by transfer path analysis. A method of the control and optimization design of noise based on the variable of loss factor is put forward, using the genetic algorithm to solve the optimization of the nonlinear constraint, and provides an effective means for study on aircraft structures and the complex dynamic environments and the optimization design of aircraft noise reduction.
Developmental microbiome of the small carpenter bee,
 Ceratina calcarata

Research surrounding the microbiome and its role within the insect host has recently expanded over the past two decades (Engel & Moran, 2013). The holobiont describes the relationship between a host and any associated microorganisms on or within the individual, such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses (Rosenberg et al., 2007). These symbioses between the host and the symbiont may benefit the host in the form of mutualism, serve one of either the host or the microorganism through commensalism, or harm the host in the case that the microorganism is a pathogen (Lewis & Lizé, 2015; Rosenberg et al., 2007). The ways that the microbiome affects its host are widespread, ranging from physiological to behavioral to evolutionary processes (Lewis & Lizé, 2015). Conversely, microbial diversity varies with a host’s habitat, diet, development, and phylogeny (Yun et al., 2014). Thus, in this complex relationship between the host and its microbiome, there are many different avenues in which symbionts can affect and be affected by their host’s fitness and survival (Lewis & Lizé, 2015). Compared to mammals, insects generally depend on fewer microbial species (Engel & Moran, 2013). However, insects of Received: 11 November 2021 | Revised: 10 February 2022 | Accepted: 15 February 2022 DOI: 10.1002/edn3.291