Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Forensic Dentistry in a Southern Brazilian City

Desde 1932, a inclusao obrigatoria da Odontologia Legal no curriculo das faculdades de odontologia no Brasil contribuiu para a disseminacao desta ciencia entre os estudantes de odontologia. Infelizmente, esses profissionais, por vezes, nao acham este assunto relevante e apenas se preocupam com o assunto quando enfrentam um problema na area judicial. Este trabalho tem como objetivo relatar as rotinas, procedimentos e funcoes de um Posto Medico Legal, em Pelotas, cidade do sul do Brasil, porque estas situacoes sao geralmente desconhecidas pelos cirurgioes-dentistas e este contato e conhecimento sao importantes para que eles tenham uma compreensao mais precisa do trabalho do perito odonto-legista. Diferentes metodos de identificacao humana (exames de arcada dentaria, rugae palatal e extracoes de dentes para o exame de DNA da polpa dentaria) sao de responsabilidade do dentista forense. Alem disso, o juiz pode nomear o dentista que faz o trabalho na area civel, criminal, trabalhista e administrativo em processos legais. Concluiu-se que a estrutura do Posto Medico Legal de uma cidade do sul do Brasil, como Pelotas, apresenta plenas condicoes para a pratica Odontologia Legal, permitindo um trabalho interdisciplinar na busca de solucoes de crimes. Por isso, e essencial para estimular e chamar a atencao para o estudo desta area nos paises em desenvolvimento como o Brasil, onde o numero de especialistas esta a aumentar.
Comparison of collocation strategies of sensor and actuator for vibration control of smart structures

The problem considered in this paper is about the collocation strategies of sensor and actuator for the active control of sound and vibration. It is well-known that a point collocated sensor-actuator pair offers an unconditional stability with very high performance when it is used with a direct velocity feedback (DVFB) control, because the pair has strictly positive real (SPR) property. In order to utilize this SPR characteristics, a matched piezoelectric sensor and actuator pair is considered, but this pair suffers from the in-plane motion coupling problem with the out-of-plane motion due to the piezo sensor and actuator interaction. This coupling phenomenon limits the stability and performance of the matched pair with DVFB control. As a new alternative, a point sensor and distributed piezoelectric actuator pair is also considered, which provides SPR property in all frequency range when the pair is implemented on a clamped-clamped beam. The use of this sensor-actuator pair is highly expected for the applications to more practical active control of sound and vibration systems with the DVFB control strategy.
Aquatic Resources in Foodcrusts: Identification and Implication

Foodcrusts, the charred surface deposits on pottery vessel surfaces, provide a rich source of data regarding container function. This article reviews recent applications focusing on the detection of aquatic resources (marine and freshwater) in pottery vessels using a range of analytical approaches including bulk isotope measurements of carbon and nitrogen, lipid biomarker analysis, and compound-specific carbon isotope determinations. Such data can help to evaluate the presence of reservoir effects when undertaking radiocarbon dating of foodcrust samples. In particular, molecular and isotopic analysis can aid in the selection of suitable candidates for 14C where it can be demonstrated that aquatic resources are unlikely to contribute to the residue. Prospects for compound-specific 14C analysis of lipids in foodcrusts and ceramic-absorbed residues are also discussed.
Microwave hyperspectral measurements for temperature and humidity atmospheric profiling from satellite: The clear‐sky case

This study investigates the benefits of a satellite HYperspectral Microwave Sensor (HYMS) for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, in the context of numerical weather prediction (NWP). In the infrared, hyperspectral instruments have already improved the accuracy of NWP forecasts. Microwave instruments so far only provide observations for a limited number of carefully selected channels. An information content analysis is conducted here to assess the impact of hyperspectral microwave measurements on the retrieval of temperature and water vapor profiles under clear‐sky conditions. It uses radiative transfer simulations over a large variety of atmospheric situations. It accounts for realistic observation (instrument and radiative transfer) noise and for a priori information assumptions compatible with NWP practices. The estimated retrieval performance of the HYMS instrument is compared to those of the microwave instruments to be deployed on board the future generation of European operational meteorological satellites (MetOp‐SG). The results confirm the positive impact of a HYMS instrument on the atmospheric profiling capabilities compared to MetOp‐SG. Temperature retrieval uncertainty, compared to a priori information, is reduced by 2 to 10%, depending on the atmospheric height, and improvement rates are much higher than what will be obtained with MetOp‐SG. For humidity sounding these improvements can reach 30%, a significant benefit as compared to MetOp‐SG results especially below 250 hPa. The results are not very sensitive to the instrument noise, under our assumptions. The main impact provided by the hyperspectral information originates from the higher resolution in the O2 band around 60 GHz. The results are presented over ocean at nadir, but similar conclusions are obtained for other incidence angles and over land.
Exploring an Effectiveness & Pitfalls of Correlational-based Data Aggregation Approaches in Sensor Network

Data aggregation is one of the core processing in wireless sensor network which ensures that environmental data being captured reaches the user via base station. In order to ensure proper data aggregation, there are many underlying principles that need more attention as compared to more frequently visited routing and energy problems. We reviewed existing data aggregation schemes with special focus on data correlation scheme and found that there is still a large scope of investigation in this area. We find that there are only less number of research publications towards existing techniques of data aggregation using correlational-based approach. It was also explored that such techniques still does not focus much on data quality, computational complexity, inappropriate benchmarking, etc. This paper elaborates about all the unsolved issues which require dedicate focus of investigation towards enhancing the data reliability and data quality in aggregation process in wireless sensor network.
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Renal Function and Metabolic Syndrome in Kidney Transplant Athletes

Background & Objectives: The relationship between metabolic disorders and renal functions in kidney transplant recipients has been reported. Considering the identification of many advantages of regular physical activities in maintaining health, for chronic kidney patients, the researchers tried to study the effect of aerobic activities on renal function and metabolic syndrome in kidney transplant athletes. Materials & Methods: Twenty female kidney transplant athletes were randomly selected and divided into two equal groups of experimental (mean of age =24.5±2.7 years, height=161±4.2 cm and weight= 57.9±1.8 kg) and control (mean of age =24.9±2.3 years, height=162±2.4 cm and weight= 59.5±4.02 kg). The experimental group carried out an exercise for eight weeks (three sessions per week). At the end of eighth week, the renal function was assessed based on glomerular filtration rate and metabolic syndrome indices. Paired-samples t-test was used to compare the data before and after physical exercise and independent-samples t-test was used to compare the two groups with the significance level of p< 0.05. Results: The eight weeks of aerobic exercise did not have any significant impact on lipid profile levels, while it caused a significant decrease in glomerular filtration rate and fasting blood sugar in kidney transplant athletes in the experimental group after exercise. Conclusion: The results indicated that physical exercise can be considered as a good way of changing glomerular filtration rate and controling fasting blood sugar in athletes undergoing kidney transplant.
The Effects of High Intensity Progressive Resistance Training on Psychological Stress and Biochemicals Parameters

Stress is a common problem among university students and studies showed that involvement in exercise could help in reducing stress. However, information regarding the effect of high intensity progressive resistance training (PRT) using a resistant tube on stress among inactive and moderate active young male university students is limited. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the effect of high intensity PRT using a resistant tube on psychological stress level, cortisol, DHEA and physical fitness in this population. A total of 30 male university students were participated in this quasi-experiment study. Intervention group (n = 14, age: 21.50 ± 1.37 yr) was participaned to carry out high intensity PRT by using resistant tube 3 times per week for 10 weeks; control group (n = 16, age: 21.29 ± 1.86 yr) was asked to continue their current lifestyle as usual. Before and after 10 weeks of intervention, psychological stress was measured by using PSS and SLSI questionnaires; cortisol and DHEA level were measured by using ELISA method. Timed up-and-go (TUG) used to examine dynamic balance and handgrip strength test used to measure muscle strength. Findings showed that the increased of DHEA level after 10 weeks of intervention was significantly difference between control and intervention groups (p < 0.05). There was no significant group difference in changes over time in anthropometric and body composition measurements, stress scores, cortisol level and physical fitness. High intensity PRT using resistant tube may be beneficial in increasing DHEA level among young male adults, which can act as a stress biochemical indicator. DOI : http://dx.doi. org/10.17576/JSKM-2015-1302-06
Saving rhetorical children: sexuality education discourses from conservative to post-modern

Sexuality policy is currently changing at global, national and local levels. This move is affecting the sexuality education discourses in education policies around the world. However, the changes are not always translating into a direct re-thinking of approaches, and in some cases result in a push for more conservative policy. This paper provides a discourse exemplar for understanding the broad range of sexuality education discourses currently at work in education policies and policy movements internationally. It is intended for use in sexuality education policy research, conception and practice. The different constructions of ‘the child’ at the core of the various discourses are examined, including the ways in which the different discourses attempt to ‘save’ these children from perceived sexuality problems through education. The article posits that such rhetorical children should not ‘stand in’ for the needs of actual children in sexuality policy, without being explicitly acknowledged as constructs.
Title Stability and dissipativity analysis of distributed delay cellular neural networks

In this brief, the problems of delay-dependent stability analysis and strict (Q, S, R)-α-dissipativity analysis are investigated for cellular neural networks (CNNs) with distributed delay. First, by introducing an integral partitioning technique, two new forms of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals are constructed, and improved distributed delay-dependent stability conditions are established in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Based on this criterion, a new sufficient delay and α-dependent condition is given to guarantee that the CNNs with distributed delay are strictly (Q, S,R)-α-dissipative. The results developed in this brief can tolerate larger allowable delay than existing ones in the literature, which is demonstrated by several examples.
Improving Scientific Argumentation Through The Hierarchy Of Inquiry

This study examined how students’ scientific argumentation changed over as they participated in hierarchy of inquiry learning. The hierarchy of inquiry is a comprehensive approach in which students working for an extended period of time that integrated several ways of inquiry systematically to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge. This action research was conducted in Biology Teacher Education Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Sebelas Maret University. The students, who were at the 4rd semester and who studied the class of Plant Embryology, were purposely selected. The data were collected from interviews with the researchers, classroom observations, and collection of student portfolios. The scientific argumentation was measured using modified Toulmin’s Argument Pattern (TAP) with four kinds of argument elements: claim, evidence, reasoning, and rebuttal which presented in oral and written. The results showed that students who experienced with the hierarchy of inquiry performed better scientific argumentation which reflecting their higher-order thinking abilities. We conclude that hierarchy of inquiry is possible in fostering student’s scientific argumentation, doing some inquiry activities, and thus make a positive impact on scientific argumentation ability . The findings can be helpful in the process of designing the new curricula for teacher candidates in order to foster scientific inquiry.
The development of the effective learning environment by creating an effective teaching in the classroom.

The changes in learning management typically involve the introduction of various alternative learning methods. The development of an effective learning experience requires the modification of conventional learning. Teaching and learning constructively synchronize instructions and assessment toward the desired learning outcomes. Notwithstanding the vast literature on the creation of effective learning, the lack of explanation on how the relationship between effective teaching and effective classroom would likely leave practitioners and academia without a clear guidance on how to operationalize the creation of effective learning in real life. A systematic literature review procedure was conducted upon published papers between 2007 and 2015 in outstanding education journals. This paper contributes to the literature by amassing the knowledge on pedagogical practices in effective learning creation. In addition, to obtain a granular elaboration about the matter, a framework to operationalize the creation of effective learning is suggested. Three aspects compose the framework namely teachers' intrinsic capabilities, educational institution support, and student’s participative involvement. The roles of each party were extracted from the knowledge contained in the reviewed literature. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .
Sensitivity of sea-level forecasting to the horizontal resolution and sea surface forcing for different configurations of an oceanographic model of the Adriatic Sea

Abstract. At the Hydro-meteo-climate service of the Regional environmental agency of Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Arpae-SIMC), the oceanographic numerical model AdriaROMS is used in the operational forecasting suite to compute sea level, temperature, salinity and 3-D current fields of the Adriatic Sea (northern Mediterranean Sea). In order to evaluate the performance of the sea-level forecast and to study different configurations of the ROMS model, two marine storms occurred on the Emilia Romagna coast during the winter 2015–2016 are investigated. The main focus of this study is to analyse the sensitivity of the model to the horizontal resolution and to the meteorological forcing. To this end, the model is run with two different configurations and with two horizontal grids at 1 and 2 km resolution. To study the influence of the meteorological forcing, the two storms have been reproduced by running ROMS in ensemble mode, forced by the 16-members of the meteorological ensemble COSMO-LEPS system. Possible optimizations of the model set-up are deduced by the comparison of the different run outputs.
Are car manufacturers on the way to reduce CO emissions?

31 DEA-Malmquist method is applied over a large sample of car models sold in Spain between 2004 and 2010. A 32 second-stage regression allows us to identify the main drivers of ef ﬁ ciency, catch-up and technical change over 33 the period. Finally, the estimated trends are extrapolated to predict future emission levels for the car manufac- 34 turers. Using post-regulation rates of technical change, results show that the vast majority of companies would 35 meet the 2015 target, 27% of the current market would meet the 2020 target, and around 3% would be able to 36 comply with the 2025 target. Thus, since all targets are technologically feasible, stricter regulation is the 37 recommended approach to encourage manufacturers to meet the goals set by the European Commission.
Theriofauna of Site of Community Importance Poggi di Prata (Grosseto, Central Italy): terrestrial mammals and preliminary data on Chiroptera

Information about mammal species richness is scarce from the site Poggi di Prata (Central Italy). We performed a three-year survey with camera traps and spotlight surveys. Data on road kills and owl pellets were also collected. Bats were sampled through a bat acoustic detector, active search and occasional observations. A total of 33 native species were recorded, from seven orders: Erinaceomorpha (N = 1), Soricomorpha (N = 3), Rodentia (N = 7), Lagomorpha (N = 2), Chiroptera (N = 10), Carnivora (N = 8), Artiodactyla (N = 2). Five exotic species ( Dama dama , Myocastor coypus , Rattus rattus , R. norvegicus and Mus musculus ) are present, and an additional exotic, Sylvilagus floridanus , has been recorded in the 1990s, but never established. Rhinolophus hipposideros , is Endangered in Italy, R. euryale , R. ferrumequinum , Canis lupus and Capreolus c. italicus ) are Vulnerable, while Eptesicus serotinus and Plecotus auritus are Near Threatened. The presence of two Italian endemic taxa, Capreolus c. italicus and Lepus corsicanus , is noteworthy.
Carbon budgets for three autotrophic Australian estuaries: Implications for global estimates of the coastal air‐water CO2 flux

Estuaries are ‘hot spots’ in the global carbon cycle, yet data on carbon dynamics, in particular air‐sea CO2 fluxes, from autotrophic systems are rare. Estuarine carbon budgets were constructed for three geomorphically distinct warm temperate Australian estuaries over an annual cycle. All three estuaries were net autotrophic, with annual net ecosystem metabolism (NEM) ranging from 8 ± 13.4 molC m−2 yr−1 to 10 ± 14 molC m−2 yr−1. There was a net flux of CO2 from the atmosphere to the estuaries of between 0.4 ± 0.6 molC m−2 yr−1 and 2 ± 0.9 molC m−2 yr−1. Loading of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the estuaries varied markedly within and between the estuaries, and was directly related to freshwater inflow. While NEM was similar in all three estuaries, the ratio of benthic versus pelagic contributions to NEM differed, with NEM dominated by pelagic production in the river dominated system, benthic production dominating in the intermediate estuary, and equal contributions of benthic and pelagic production in the marine dominated lagoon. All three estuaries exported more organic carbon than was imported, fueled by additional organic carbon supplied by NEM. The estuaries essentially acted as bioreactors, transforming DIC to organic carbon. Burial of organic carbon ranged from 1.2 ± 0.3 molC m−2 yr−1 to 4.4 ± 1.2 molC m−2 yr−1 and represented up to half of NEM. The annual net uptake of atmospheric CO2 in these systems, along with previous estimates of the global estuarine CO2flux being based predominantly on heterotrophic, large river dominated estuarine systems, indicates that the global estimate of the estuarine air‐water CO2flux may be over‐estimated due to the lack of studies from autotrophic marine dominated estuaries.
The Specific Heats, C σ , and C V , of Compressed and Liquefied Methane.

The specific heats, C σ , of saturated liquid methane have been measured at 66 temperatures in the temperature range 95-187 K. The specific heats at constant volume, C V , have been measured at 20 densities ranging from 0.8 to 2.8 times the critical density, at temperatures between 91 and 300 K, and at pressures to 330 bar (at 280 PVT states in all). The uncertainty of most of the measurements is estimated to be less than 0.5 percent, except near the critical point. These measurements were performed primarily to provide input data for accurate thermodynamic properties data calculations for liquid methane. They are believed to be the most comprehensive specific heat measurements available for pure compressed gaseous and liquid methane.
Research on Spatial Optimum Allocation of Construction Land in an Eco-economic Comparative Advantage Perspective: A Case Study of Yangzhou City

With natural space shrinking and the ecological environment deteriorating, the conflict between economic development and environmental protection is increasingly intensified. As urban areas expand, land for construction (treated as a special resource) consumes natural areas, resulting in negative impacts on the environment, while having a positive effect on economic development. The challenge in the allocation of construction land resources is that it must consider both environmental protection and economic development. The traditional strategy of resource allocation based solely on efficiency only satisfies the objectives of economic development, and ignores the significant ecological constraints on socio鄄economic development, leading ultimately to an unsustainable development of society and the economy. Therefore, in planning for construction鄄land allocation, environmental protection and economic efficiency must be balanced. To mediate the conflict between economic development space and ecological protection space—achieving sustainable economic development and
Interactive comment on “ Inverse modelling of the spatial distribution of NO x emissions on a continental scale using satellite data ” by I . B . Konovalov

Most of the reviewer’s comments concern possible uncertainties in our results, which are related to potential shortcomings of the model, measurements, and their combination in our inversion algorithm. Another part of the comments concerns our estimates of uncertainties in the model, input data and a posteriori emissions. In our opinion, both parts are related. Indeed, if we managed (as we believe so) to take into account implicitly or explicitly all kind of model and measurements errors, and if, in spite of
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic digests of Thermus strains and its implications for taxonomic and evolutionary studies

Pulsed-field electrophoresis (PFGE) of the Ssp I genomic digests of 14 Thermus isolates showed that each one had a unique restriction enzyme digestion pattern. A group of New Zealand strains showed some shared bands, but each isolate gave essentially a unique fingerprint. In addition, evolutionary distances between Thermus strains estimated by using PFGE restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PFGE-RFLPs) correlate well with those based on small-subunit rRNA sequence data. As a consequence, the phylogenetic trees constructed on the basis of PFGE-RFLPs and those constructed by using small-subunit rRNA sequences generally agree. On the basis of the evolutionary distances estimated by using PFGE-RFLPs, the estimated average genomic rate of divergence for Thermus spp. is approximately 0.27% per million years.