Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Collecting activity data using the Open mHealth platform

Football players works together as a unit to perform on an elite competitive level, and the most minor abnormalities can determine the outcome of a match. Success can often be the result of healthy, uninjured and rejuvenated players working together as a collective. Even though it is impossible to control all outcomes and scenarios, the risk of failure might be minimized by monitoring players closely on an individual level. If we monitor players over a longer period of time we might discover patterns or abnormalities in their training. This information can be used to avoid multiple scenarios related to fatigue, injuries and overtraining. In this thesis we present a proof of concept for expanding an existing selfreporting monitoring system called pmSys, and look at how football teams and players can utilize modern technology like phones and wearable devices to capture objective data. This system will collect and store the data, which can be processed into useful visualised feedback, and help a team to evaluate their players. This way the coaches can make mitigating measures to improve certain aspect that might be lacking on a player or team level. By eliminating the use of pen and paper, pmSys introduces a simpler way of reporting the players’ health status. By expanding the system with objective data, the team performance can effortlessly be evaluated and adjustments made if needed. Compared to the subjective data, which are a player’s assessment of themselves and their health, objective data is not as simple to tamper with and rarely lies, and can more accurately determine a player’s performance state. We believe this monitoring system can help giving a team the advantage to succeed.
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Adaptation of Teacher Emotions Scale

The current research investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Turkish adaptation of the Teacher Emotions Scale (TES). Study I included a sample of 164 Turkish middle school teachers, and Study II included a sample of 222 mathematics teachers. The three-emotion factor model was confirmed in both studies with satisfactory reliability estimates. This model was invariant across gender. In addition, the latent mean structure analyses revealed no significant differences in teacher emotions by gender. Regarding convergent validity, teacher emotion scores showed a significant relationship with teacher self-efficacy. Thus, the Turkish version of the TES demonstrated sound psychometric characteristics for measuring teachers’ academic emotions in educational contexts.
Evaluation of organic and mineral fertilizers on plant growth, minerals, and postharvest quality of celery (Apium graveolens L.)

Abstract Fertilizer type and rate may influence the quality of fruits and vegetables. This study compared plant growth, yield, minerals concentration, and postharvest quality of celery as affected by fertilizer type (organic and chemical) and nitrogen rate. Organic fertilizers were vermicompost (VER) and bio-organic fertilizer [compost plus Trichoderma harzianum (COM)]. Chemical fertilizers were urea (46% N) at high rate [322 kg·ha−1 N (UREA_HIGH)], optimal rate [196 kg·ha−1 N (UREA_OPT)], and low rate [138 kg·ha−1 N (UREA_LOW)]; ammonium nitrate [35% N (AN)] at 196 kg·ha−1 N, and an unfertilized treatment used as a control. Plants fertilized with UREA_HIGH had the highest plant height and yield. Yields with VER and COM were similar to those of UREA_OPT, UREA_LOW, and AN. Celery fed with organic fertilizers had reduced petiole nitrate accumulation and improved mineral content (N, P, and K). Organic fertilizer treatments were the most effective in maintaining celery quality (petiole color, weight loss, titratable acidity, pH, and total soluble solids). There was an enhancement of phytochemical compounds such as vitamin C, total phenols, and antioxidant activity in celery grown with organic fertilizers. Organic fertilizers released N more slowly into the soil, resulting in reduced plant growth and yields but increased celery's nutritional quality. Celery quality attributes with organic fertilizers were similar to those with the UREA_LOW treatment suggesting that the improved celery quality with the organic fertilizers may be attributed to reduced soil N.
The Development of a Thin Slice Methodology for Coding Scaffolding between Siblings

The goal of the present study was to develop and compare two different methods for rating scaffolding between siblings: a thin slice approach and an interval coding approach. Fifty younger (age=3 years) and 50 older (age 3-7 years) siblings interacted for five minutes on a cooperation task and scaffolding during the task was coded for each child. Internal consistency was excellent for the thin slice measure and questionable for the interval measure. Inter-rater reliability was good for both. Thin-slicing was more strongly related to predicted variables (children’s theory of mind, language, age, cooperation, positive and negative behavior) than interval coding, and reduces demands on resources in terms of training and reliability. The development of a reliable and valid measurement for the assessment of child-to-child scaffolding, which involves limited training and is quick to code, will be a useful research and practice tool for developing children’s cooperation skills in applied settings.
Environmental Effect on the Crack Behavior of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia During Laser Drilling

The crack behaviors of yttrium-stabilized zirconia during laser drilling in air, vacuum, and water environments were investigated. Due to the high stress and low fracture toughness induced by tetragonal-monoclinic phase transformation, tremendous cracks occur during drilling in air. Contrastly, cracks were reduced in vacuum drilling since the phase transformation was suppressed due to the generation of oxygen vacancies. By protection of water, no cracks were observed due to low stress and maintained fracture toughness. The crack mechanisms in different drilling media were discussed.
Integrity of the Left Arcuate Fasciculus Segments Significantly Affects Language Performance in Individuals with Acute/Subacute Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Cross-Sectional Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the left arcuate fasciculus (AF) segments and acute/subacute post-stroke aphasia (PSA). Methods: Twenty-six patients underwent language assessment and MRI scanning. The integrity of the AF based on a three-segment model was evaluated using diffusion tensor imaging. All patients were classified into three groups according to the reconstruction of the left AF: completely reconstructed (group A, 8 cases), non-reconstructed (group B, 6 cases), and partially reconstructed (group C, 12 cases). The correlations and intergroup differences in language performance and diffusion indices were comprehensively estimated. Results: A correlation analyses showed that the lesion load of the language areas and diffusion indices on the left AF posterior and long segments was significantly related to some language subsets, respectively. When controlled lesion load was variable, significant correlations between diffusion indices on the posterior and long segments and comprehension, repetition, naming, and aphasia quotient were retained. Multiple comparison tests revealed intergroup differences in diffusion indices on the left AF posterior and long segments, as well as these language subsets. No significant correlation was found between the anterior segment and language performance. Conclusions: The integrity of the left AF segments, particularly the posterior segment, is crucial for the residual comprehension and repetition abilities in individuals with acute/subacute PSA, and lesion load in cortical language areas is an important factor that should be taken into account when illustrating the contributions of damage to special fiber tracts to language impairments.
Planning for creative effects: the Museum of Old and New Art

ABSTRACT Much has been made of the social and economic benefits of incorporating arts and culture into urban planning frameworks. Here, we report on the impact on the local community of the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona). Mona is located within the municipality of Glenorchy, adjacent to the island state of Tasmania's capital city Hobart. It's opening in 2011 and subsequent social and economic effects were, by and large, unplanned. Unlike the Bilbao Guggenheim, Mona was not positioned within a broader strategy of regional renewal but was brainchild of its multi-millionaire founder and owner. Its impacts are significant, though unevenly distributed between places and different sections of the community. It is the City of Hobart that appears to be reaping most of the benefits, with Glenorchy – the 8th most disadvantaged municipality in Tasmania – experiencing little renewal. In this paper, we present findings of two surveys conducted with Glenorchy residents and discuss these in relation aspirations for creative effect. We emphasise that while Glenorchy appears to be missing out on the ‘Mona Effect’, there are signs of change that support the need for strategic planning interventions for a more even distribution of Mona's success.
Integrate-and-Fire Neuron With Li-Based Electrochemical Random Access Memory Using Native Linear Current Integration Characteristics

Neuromorphic computing has gained a considerable research interest due to its potential in realizing highly efficient parallel computations. However, the existing neuromorphic architectures face various drawbacks. In this study, we present an integrate-and-fire (I&F) neuron using a Li-based electrochemical random access memory (Li-ECRAM) to achieve exceptional area efficiency and low-power neuromorphic computing. The proposed Li-ECRAM neuron employs a significantly reduced number of transistors when compared to other novel nonvolatile memory-based I&F neurons due to linear current integration characteristics and a high linear conductance response to the input current. As the integration-type Li-ECRAM is linear, it eliminates the requirement of a nonlinear compensating circuit. Therefore, a Li-ECRAM-based neuron has a simple structure comprising Li-ECRAM, reset transistor, inverter, and pulse generator. Furthermore, we also evaluate the operation speed and energy consumption of the proposed neuron, demonstrating the potential for high-speed and low-power operation. The proposed neuron can be applied in large-scale neuromorphic hardware applications due to the scalability and low energy consumption of Li-ECRAM.
Predicting Antigenic Peptides from Rocio Virus NS1 Protein for Immunodiagnostic Testing Using Immunoinformatics and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The mosquito-borne disease caused by the Rocio virus is a neglected threat, and new immune inputs for serological testing are urgently required for diagnosis in low-resource settings and epidemiological surveillance. We used in silico approaches to identify a specific antigenic peptide (p_ROCV2) in the NS1 protein of the Rocio virus that was theoretically predicted to be stable and exposed on its surface, where it demonstrated key properties allowing it to interact with antibodies. These findings related to the molecular dynamics of this peptide provide important insights for advancing diagnostic platforms and investigating therapeutic alternatives.
Button Press Detection from EEG Signals Using Deep Learning

Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are mainly used for neuroscience studies and for brain-computer interface applications with a rising trend. Majority of studies include conducting experiments with different paradigms, and studying the results of experiments for scientific discoveries or various practical applications. It is likely that in the near future, all EEG related scientific discoveries will combine into one comprehensive automated EEG analysis framework where different paradigms can be analyzed in terms of detection of events, markers and signals of interest. In this study we created an application which estimates time of button press actions from stop-signal paradigm EEG recordings, using deep learning methods. Current results indicate that the proposed solution has low intra-subject and inter-subject variability and the work can be further investigated with different applications as well as different paradigms. We are hoping that this work will be the first step to a complete paradigm analysis framework, which aims to automatically extract experiment related information from single-trial EEG signals and facilitates the overall research and analysis process as well being used as a part of various brain-computer interface applications.
The effector MJ-10A08 of Meloidogyne javanica is required for parasitism that suppressed programmed cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana

Effectors synthesised in the pharyngeal glands are important in the successful invasion of root-knot nematodes. Meloidogyne javanica is among the nematodes that cause the most damage to various crops. In this study, an effector named MJ-10A08 of M. javanica was identified and investigated. Mj-10A08 was exclusively expressed in the dorsal pharyngeal gland cell and highly expressed in the parasitic second-juvenile stage of M. javanica. Transgenic tobaccos that over-expressed Mj-10A08 were more susceptible to M. javanica; however, host delivered RNAi of Mj-10A08 in tobacco significantly decreased the expression level of Mj-10A08 and the infection efficiency of M. javanica. Transient expression in tobacco leaves demonstrated that MJ-10A08 suppressed programmed cell death caused by BAX and Gpa2/RBP-1. Our results indicated that MJ-10A08 is implicated in the suppression of plant defence response during nematode infection and plays an important role in the parasitism of M. javanica.
Simulation Study of Canal Switching in BPPV

The objective of this research was to investigate the mechanism of canal switching in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo through a virtual simulation model. Using Unity 3D software and a built-in NVIDIA Physx physics engine, the virtual simulation software is developed using a browser-server architecture, and different models are imported. Based on the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo virtual simulation model, we constructed five different virtual reality scenes of diagnosis and treatment, set otoliths in different positions of the semicircular canals, and analyzed the effects of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on otolith location. Through the analysis of otolith movement in five virtual scenes, we found that canal switching may be caused by otoliths in the utricle entering the semicircular canal in the supine position. Then, we used different methods to reposition the otolith, improved the repositioning maneuver, and explored in depth the mechanism of the canal switching. The results showed that the main reason for the canal switch is that in the supine position, the otolith in the utricle enters the semicircular canal. The repositioning maneuvers, including the Epley maneuver and Barbecue maneuver, will not directly lead to the canal switch in the ipsilateral inner ear. The supine roll maneuver leads to the otolith in the utricle entering the posterior or lateral semicircular canal, which is the most likely mechanism for canal switching.
Towards a European model of collective skill formation? Analysing the European Alliance for Apprenticeships

ABSTRACT While the literature in skill formation systems has paid considerable attention to inter-variation between types of national skill formation systems and intra-variation among individual types as in the case of collective skill formation systems, less is known about the role of the European Union in establishing a European model of skill formation. Building on studies in educational governance and decentralised cooperation, this paper analyses the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) and explores its relationship to national skill formation systems. We analyse the emergence of a European model of collective skill formation and offer case studies of Ireland and France to understand how this European model relates to these two contrasting skill formation systems. Through deductive qualitative content analysis of official documents, we show that (a) the EAfA, in resembling characteristics of national collective skill formation systems, promotes the emergence of a European model of collective skill formation, and (b) that Ireland and France show signs of moving further towards adopting elements of a collectivist training model centred on apprenticeship training although mediated by path-dependencies of a liberal (Ireland) and statist (France) skill formation model.
Multiple Receptors Involved in Invasion and Neuropathogenicity of Canine Distemper Virus: A Review

The canine distemper virus (CDV) is a morbillivirus that infects a broad range of terrestrial carnivores, predominantly canines, and is associated with high mortality. Similar to another morbillivirus, measles virus, which infects humans and nonhuman primates, CDV transmission from an infected host to a naïve host depends on two cellular receptors, namely, the signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM or CD150) and the adherens junction protein nectin-4 (also known as PVRL4). CDV can also invade the central nervous system by anterograde spread through olfactory nerves or in infected lymphocytes through the circulation, thus causing chronic progressive or relapsing demyelination of the brain. However, the absence of the two receptors in the white matter, primary cultured astrocytes, and neurons in the brain was recently demonstrated. Furthermore, a SLAM/nectin-4-blind recombinant CDV exhibits full cell-to-cell transmission in primary astrocytes. This strongly suggests the existence of a third CDV receptor expressed in neural cells, possibly glial cells. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in the study of CDV receptors, highlighting the unidentified glial receptor and its contribution to pathogenicity in the host nervous system. The reviewed studies focus on CDV neuropathogenesis, and neural receptors may provide promising directions for the treatment of neurological diseases caused by CDV. We also present an overview of other neurotropic viruses to promote further research and identification of CDV neural receptors.
How Firms Survive in European Emerging Markets: A Survey

ABSTRACT We survey the empirical evidence on corporate survival and its determinants in European emerging markets. We demonstrate that (i) institutional quality is a significant preventive factor for firm survival in all sectors of the economy, which holds for small, medium and large firms alike. On the other hand, (ii) the impact of financial performance indicators is lower than one would expect. However, (iii) other firm-level variables play more important roles in firm survival, and the most important preventive factors are the legal form of a limited liability company, the number of large shareholders, and the presence of a foreign owner.
Characterisation of KRAB-ZFPs in the mouse

KRAB-ZFPs (Kriippel associated box-zinc finger proteins) are known to be involved in the transcriptional repression of genes. Direct interaction of the KRAB domain with the co-repressor, KAP-1, recruits other heterochromatin-associated proteins such as HP1 and histone deacetylases to the DNA and results in gene silencing during vertebrate development. Although KRAB-ZFPs comprise the largest transcription factor family in mammals, little is known of their specific biological functions and functional redundancy has been postulated. Moreover, few KRABZFPs have known target genes. In 2001, Sutherland et al., performed a gene-trap screen in mouse ES cells for nuclear proteins. Seven novel KRAB-ZFPs were identified. I investigated the subnuclear distribution of the trapped fusion proteins and found that all except one colocalised with KAP-1 at pericentromeric heterochromatin in a subpopulation of cells. Furthermore this sub-population of cells increased when induced to differentiate with retinoic acid. I further investigated the localisation of these fusion proteins by making full-length GFP-tagged constructs with KRAB-ZFP 492, and by producing an antibody to the endogenous protein. KRAB-ZFP 492 mis-localised in the genetrap screen as AP492 antibody identifies both nuclear diffuse and nucleolar staining in ES cells. This suggests that the zinc finger domain ofKRAB-ZFP 492 is required for correct localisation of this protein in vivo. Furthermore, endogenous KRAB-ZFP 492 is not recruited to pericentromeric heterochromatin via KAP-1 upon differentiation. However in differentiated cells, endogenous KRAB-ZFP 492 and NT-2 is found associated with KAP-1 and HP1 proteins in smaller foci. This suggests that KRAB-ZFP target genes may not be recruited to heterochromatin for repression. To gain insight into the functions of KRAB-ZFPs, 1 generated two mutant KRABZFP mouse lines using gene-trap ES cells. From these mice I was able to detect the tissues in which each KRAB-ZFP was expressed. In 113+/" embryos, fusion protein expression is initially restricted to the heart and thymus. In adults, expression is
Viscosity of Earth’s inner core constrained by Fe–Ni interdiffusion in Fe–Si alloy in an internal-resistive-heated diamond anvil cell

Abstract Diffusivity in iron (Fe) alloys at high pressures and temperatures imposes constraints on the transport properties of the inner core, such as viscosity. Because silicon (Si) is among the most likely candidates for light elements in the inner core, the presence of Si must be considered when studying difusivity in the Earth’s inner core. In this study, we conducted diffusion experiments under pressures up to about 50 GPa using an internal-resistive-heated diamond-anvil cell (DAC) that ensures stable and homogeneous heating compared with a conventional laser-heated DAC and thus allows us to conduct more reliable difusion experiments under high pressure. We determined the coeficients of Fe–nickel (Ni) interdiffusion in the Fe–Si 2 wt% alloy. The obtained difusion coeficients follow a homologous temperature relationship derived from previous studies without considering Si. This indicates that the efect of Si on Fe–Ni interdifusion is not significant. The upper limit of the viscosity of the inner core inferred from our results is low, indicating that the Lorentz force is a plausible mechanism to deform the inner core.
Home Composting: A Review of Scientific Advances

: Composting has been demonstrated to be a sustainable technology for treating organic wastes. The process is based on the microbial decomposition of organic matter under aerobic conditions to obtain compost: An organic amendment that can be safely used in agriculture and other applications. Among the composted wastes, the organic fraction of municipal waste is commonly used. In this sense, the interest in composting at home or community scale is exponentially growing in recent years, as it permits the self-management of waste and obtaining a product that can be used by the own producer. However, some questions about the quality of the obtained compost or the environmental impact of home composting are in an early stage of this development. In this review, the main points related to home composting are analyzed in detail according to the current scientiﬁc knowledge. Among them: (i) The performance of the process, especially in the temperature reached and the fact that if home compost is sanitized, (ii) the quality of home composting, especially in terms of maturity and stability, (iii) the main environmental impacts of home composting, that is, gaseous emissions and (iv) the main trends related to community composting, a step forward from home composting, to make this alternative attractive for municipal organic waste management. The main advantages and possible drawbacks of home composting are also highlighted.