Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of foulants of air-sparged side- stream and sub-merged membrane used to treat municipal wastewater

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have become very attractive during the past decade due to their advantages, although optimization of MBR operation has not been achieved yet. Recently, air-sparged side-stream MBRs (ASMBRs) has received much attention since they can overcome the drawbacks of submerged MBRs such as difficulty in cleaning membrane modules. Widespread application of MBRs has been limited by problems associated with membrane fouling and ASMBRs are not exceptions. A comparison between side-stream and sub-merged MBRs in terms of fouling was carried out in this study. For this purpose, tiny-scale hollow fiber and flat sheet membranes in sub-merged configuration along with tubular membrane in side-stream configuration were examined using same mixed liquor suspension in this study. Membrane flux was set at 42 L/m2/hour for the three types of membranes. Foulants were extracted from the membranes after 40 and 20 days of continuous operations in two experiments. The flat sheet (MF) membrane fouled more rapidly compared to other two types membranes. Tubular membrane was fouled the least among the three types of membranes. Humic like substances were found to be dominant in tubular and flat sheet membranes, whereas, protein was found to be dominant in the hollow fiber membrane. © 2015 Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. All rights reserved.
Tourist services online purchases in the context of the theory of planned behaviour

There can be identified wide use of the Theory of Planned Behavior in understanding and predicting customer behavior. The topic of this paper is to explain intentions of online purchases of tourist services (concretely hotel accommodation) in the context of other variables used within the Theory of Planned Behavior - attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Data collection was performed in Serbia in April 2017 on a convenience sample of 500 respondents. The greatest influence on intention to buy hotel accommodation online is the one of the attitudes (especially for older and respondents with shorter experience with the Internet), followed by the impact of subjective norms (especially in the case of younger respondents) and finally of perceived behavioral control (especially for men). Managerial recommendations are provided, as well.
THE DESIGN OF HYBRID VIRTUAL STORE LAYOUT (HVSL): A SIMULATION EXPERIMENT OF INDONESIAN CUSTOMERS’ CONTEXT

This article aims to develop a hybrid virtual store layout (HVSL) to compare the major conventional store layouts as grid, freeform and racetrack in term of customer’s perceived in purchasing behavior. The design of HVSL and the conventional store layouts were tested to respondents by giving them feedback for each developed constructs after completing the virtual purchase. The reliability analysis with Cronbach’s alpha shows that all the questions of the constructs are acceptable and the test validity shows that the questions of the constructs are correlated or valid. Moreover, the outcome of one-way between groups ANOVA parametric, which was used to test the hypotheses with post hoc comparison test (Tukey) shows that the proposed HVSL gives better results than the conventional store layouts: freeform and racetrack on the constructs, while HVSL is superior than grid layout on the constructs of time spent and information provided.
Influence of Surface Water Bodies on the Land Surface Temperature of Bangladesh

Recent climate change has resulted in the reduction of several surface water bodies (SWBs) all around the globe. These SWBs, such as streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks have a positive impact on the cooling of the surrounding climate and, therefore, reduction in SWBs can contribute to the rise of land surface temperature (LST). This study presents the impact of SWBs on the LST across Bangladesh to quantify their roles in the rapid temperature rise of Bangladesh. The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) LST and water mask data of Bangladesh for the period 2000–2015 are used for this purpose. Influences of topography and geography on LST were first removed, and then regression analysis was conducted to quantify the impact of SWBs on the LST. The non-parametric Mann–Kendall (MK) test was used to assess the changes in LST and SWBs. The results revealed that SWBs were reduced from 11,379 km2 in 2000 to 9657 km2 in 2015. The trend analysis showed that changes in SWBs have reduced significantly at a 90% level of confidence, which contributed to the acceleration of LST rise in the country due to global warming. The spatial analysis during the specific years showed that an increase in LST can be seen with the reduction of SWBs. Furthermore, the reduction of 100 m2 of SWBs can reduce the LST of the surrounding regions from −1.2 to −2.2 °C.
USING MODIFICATION OF PRIM’S ALGORITHM AND GNU OCTAVE AND TO SOLVE THE MULTIPERIODS INSTALLATION PROBLEM

The Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) is one of the famous problems that is used mostly as the backbone in many network design problems. Given a graph G(V,E), where V is the set of vertices and E is the set of edges connecting vertices in V, and for every edge eij there is an associated weight cij ? 0. The Multi Period Degree Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree (MPDCMST) is a problem of finding an MST while also considering the degree constrained on every vertex, and satisfying vertices installation requirement on every period. Two algorithms (WWM1 and WWM2) are proposed for solving this problem. GNU OCTAVE is used for coding and visualization. GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix! ", and that name is chosen because it is like Unix but differs from Unix because it is free and contains no Unix code. Those algorithms were implemented using 300 randomly generated problems. Moreover, we compare WWM1 and WWM2 algorithms using existing data from the literature and the results show that WWM2 is the best. ABSTRAK: Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) merupakan salah satu masalah mahsyur yang banyak digunakan sebagai tulang belakang kepada masalah banyak rekaan jaringan. Menerusi graf G(V,E), di mana V adalah himpunan titik dan E adalah himpunan garis yang menghubungkan titik-titik dalam V, dan bagi setiap garis eij terdapat berat berhubung cij ? 0, Multi-period Degree Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree (MPDCMST) merupakan masalah dalam menentukan MST, pada masa sama turut menimbangkan kekangan pada setiap titik vertek, dan memenuhi syarat keperluan pemasangan pada setiap detik. Dua algoritma (WWM1 dan WWM2) dicadangkan bagi menyelesaikan masalah ini. GNU OCTAVE digunakan bagi pengaturcaraan dan visualisasi. GNU merupakan suatu singkatan kepada “GNU's Not Unix”, dan nama tersebut dipilih karena ianya seperti Unix, tetapi berbeza dari Unix kerana ia percuma dan tidak mempunyai kod Unix. Algoritma tersebut dilaksana dengan menggunakan 300 masalah terhasil secara rawak. Tambahan, algoritma WWM1 dan WWM2 dibandingkan dengan kajian terdahulu dan hasil kajian menunjukkan WWM2 adalah terbaik.
Evaluation of Pregnancy Detection in Lori-Bakhtiari Sheep by Transrectal Ultrasonography

Objective Various practical methods have been used for pregnancy diagnosis in sheep. Methods of pregnancy diagnosis depending on visualization of the conceptus or determination of its secretory products in the maternal blood or in the milk are the most accurate and specific methods for pregnancy. In 1980, B-mode ultrasonography was introduced in the veterinary field and used for pregnancy diagnosis. Transrectal ultrasonography has been recommended as a simple, rapid and practical method for early pregnancy diagnosis in sheep. Methods 40 clinically healthy Lori-Bakhtiari ewes aged between 2 to 8 years were used in this study. These ewes were estrus synchronized and inseminated and fertile rams were kept with the ewes for natural breeding. Transrectal ultrasonography was carried out in ewes. Results The sensitivity of the test increased when performed at a more advanced stage of pregnancy. The sensitivity of the test increased in young ewes when scanning took place at a more advanced stage of pregnancy.
Reclamation of malachite green-bearing wastewater using desert date seed shell: adsorption isotherms, desorption and reusability studies

A low-cost activated carbon adsorbent was prepared from desert date seed shell (DDSS) and utilized for the removal of hazardous malachite green (MG) from aqueous solution using batch mode technique. Different isotherm models were applied to acquire the theoretical data of MG adsorption onto the adsobent at variable initial concentration of 100-1000 mg dm -3 . Based on the coefficient of determination (R 2 ), isotherm models exhibit the following sequence: Freundlich > Langmuir > Redlich-Peterson > Temkin > Jovanovic > Harkin- Jura > Elovich > Dubinin-Radushkevic. The maximum monolayer capacity of the adsorbent was found to be 312.5 mg g -1 at 303 K. The mean free energy value (0.91 kJ mol -1 ) obtained from D-R isotherm suggests that the adsorption process follows physisorption mechanism. Desorption studies for reusability revealed that acetic acid offered the best recovery (52.09%) and the process follow pseudo-second-order kinetics. The conducted reusability test revealed the decline of the adsorbent performance from 96.5% MG removal down to 70.5% MG removal after 5 successive adsorption/desorption cycles. Keywords: Activated Carbon, Desorption, Isotherms, Malachite Green, Reusability
The Allocation of Decision Authority to Human and Artificial Intelligence

The allocation of decision authority by a principal to either a human agent or an artificial intelligence (AI) is examined. The principal trades off an AI's more aligned choice with the need to motivate the human agent to expend effort in learning choice payoffs. When agent effort is desired, it is shown that the principal is more likely to give that agent decision authority, reduce investment in AI reliability, and adopt an AI that may be biased. Organizational design considerations are likely to have an impact on how AIs are trained.
Abstract P6-13-08: Palbociclib and paclitaxel on an alternating schedule for advanced breast cancer: Results of a phase Ib trial

Background: Palbociclib (P) is an oral CDK 4/6 inhibitor (CDKi) that was recently FDA approved in combination with endocrine therapy for metastatic breast cancer. We have performed a Phase I trial of P in combination with paclitaxel (T) based on preclinical studies suggesting that P synergizes with T when given on an alternating schedule, enabling cell cycle synchronization in tumor cells. We now present the dose expansion cohort. Methods: Patients (Pts) enrolled on the trial had Rb-expressing tumors of any estrogen/progesterone/HER2 receptor type, adequate organ function, and ≤3 prior chemotherapy regimens for metastatic breast cancer (mBC). Prior adjuvant or metastatic taxane was allowed. Dose escalation led to expansion at P100mg or 75mg, starting with 3 days of P (run-in) and reduction of P dosing from 5-day to 3-day intervals (days 2-4, 9-11, 16-18 of each 28 day cycle). T at 80mg/m2 was given weekly for 3 cycles; thereafter, T was administered days 1, 8 and 15 of 28 day cycle. Weekly toxicity assessments were performed; RECIST 1.0 response was assessed every 2 cycles as partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) or progressive disease (PD). Pts had the option to discontinue T and continue on P alone (3 on/1 off schedule) if they attained SD after cycle 6. Results: 27 pts enrolled on study (15- dose escalation, 12- dose expansion). Results are shown in the Table. 21 pts had received prior taxane; pts had received a median of 2 chemotherapy regimens for mBC. DLTs were grade 3 AST/ALT (n=1, at 125 mg) and febrile neutropenia (FN) (n=1, at 100 mg). Uncomplicated grade 3/4 NTP was common and frequently led to dose reduction or dose interruption during the first cycle of therapy. Frequency of NTP did not change with reducing the days of P. Among 24 evaluable patients, 14 (58%), had PR or SD ≥ 6 months across all dose levels. Of 14 pts who responded, 10 (71%) had received prior taxane. 20 pts are off study; 19 for PD, and 2 for toxicity (NTP in cycle 17 and FN in cycle 1); 7 pts remain on study. Prolonged tumor responses were seen. Conclusions: P and T can be safely combined on an alternating dosing schedule; the optimal combination dose is 75 mg of P and 80mg/m2 of weekly T. The high response rate warrants a randomized trial to determine the incremental benefit over T alone. Additional mechanistic studies are in progress to understand the in vivo effects of the alternating dosing schedule on cell cycle activity and tumor proliferation. Citation Format: Clark AS, O9Dwyer P, Troxel A, Lal P, Feldman M, Gallagher M, Driscoll A, Colameco C, Lewis D, Rosen M, Matro J, Bradbury A, Domchek S, Fox K, DeMichele A. Palbociclib and paclitaxel on an alternating schedule for advanced breast cancer: Results of a phase Ib trial. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-13-08.
Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Optical Gain in Organic Single Crystal Quinquethiophene

In this paper, we report optical characteristics of an organic single crystal oligomer 5,5⁗-diphenyl-2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2‴:5‴,2⁗-quinquethiophene (P5T). P5T crystal is a thiophene/phenylene co-oligomer that possesses better charge mobility as well as photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) as compared to other organic materials. Stimulated emission in P5T is investigated via amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) measurements within broad pump energies ranging from 35.26 to 163.34 µJ/cm2. An Nd-YAG femtosecond-tunable pulsed laser is used as a pump energy source for the ASE measurements of P5T crystals at an excitation wavelength of 445 nm. The ASE spectra exhibit optical amplification in P5T crystals at a 625 nm peak wavelength with a lower threshold energy density (Eth) ≈ 52.64 μJ/cm2. P5T also demonstrates higher optical gain with a value of 72 cm−1, that is calculated by using the variable stripe-length method. The value of PLQE is measured to be 68.24% for P5T. This study proposes potential applications of P5T single crystals in organic solid state lasers, photodetectors, and optical amplifiers.
Marker-assisted pyramiding potyvirus resistance genes into Rwandan common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes

O zellikle Dogu ve Orta Afrika'da bulunan ve fasulye veriminde onemli bir tehdit olan fasulye adi mozaik virusu ve fasulye adi mozaik nekroz virusu potirviruse aittir. Dayanikliligi arttirmak ve verimi stabilize etmek icin dominant ve resesif direnc genlerini birlestirmek virusun bilinen tum suslarina karsi en etkili hastalik kontrol stratejisidir. Calismanin amaci, hem dominant I hem de resesif bc-3 genlerini, marker destekli geri melezleme islahi yoluyla hassas Ruanda fasulyelerine transfer etmektir. I geni (BCMV-48289723-CAPS) ve bc-3 geni (ENM-CAPS) icin spesifik markerler BC progenlerinde secilim icin kullanildi. Basarili gen kombinasyonu progenilerde BC1F1 ve BC2F1'in %33'unde, BC3F1'in %43'unde ve BC3F2 %16'sinda basariyla gerceklestirilmistir. Tohum rengi, bazi BC3 progenilerinde kombine direnc genleriyle tamamen geri kazanilmistir. Gelismis hatlarin, mahsulu Dogu ve Orta Afrika kosullarinda hem BCMV hem de BCMNV'ye karsi korumasi beklenmektedir.
ISUP Vol 52-Fasc 1-2

Let X be a random variable taking values in a Hilbert space and let Y be a random label with values in {0, 1}. Given a collection of classification rules and a learning sample of independent copies of the pair (X, Y ), it is shown how to select optimally and consistently a classifier. As a general strategy, the learning sample observations are first expanded on a wavelet basis and the overall infinite dimension is reduced to a finite one via a suitable data-dependent thresholding. Then, a finite-dimensional classification rule is performed on the non-zero coefficients. Both the dimension and the classifier are automatically selected by data-splitting and empirical risk minimization. Applications of this technique to a signal discrimination problem involving speech recordings and simulated data are presented.
Hippotragus equinus (. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) and Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Rppell, 1835) diet in semi-captivity in the urban park Bangr-Weoogo (Burkina Faso)

We have performed a study on the diet of Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) and Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) from April to August 2006 in the urban park Bangr-Weoogo (Burkina Faso). The aim of this survey was to determine plant species that constitute the diets of these two animals in the park and to determine whether or not part of these diets was identical. To achieve this objective, we did a microscopic analysis of the faeces to find out which fragments of plants appear. Then, we compared these fragments to a selection of plants that we took from the survey area. Results from this research show that both Roan antelope and Defassa waterbuck have a diversified diet. The Roan antelope consumes 26 species of plants distributed into 18 families while the Defassa waterbuck integrate 14 species from 7 families in its diet. These diets are correlated to the food resources availability. Roan antelope preferably feeds on woody while Defassa waterbuck prefers woody plants as well as herbaceous but especially herbaceous in the wet season. The ability of these two species to segregate their diet following resources scarceness allows them to cohabit in the reduced space of zoological park in Bangr-Weoogo. Thus the two species could coexist (to an optimum level of resources) without thereby threatening the survival of either species. Key words: Diet, Hippotragus equinus, Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Bangr-Weoogo, Burkina Faso.
PRBM_A_232589 11..17

Abdolhadi Jahanfar 1 Zhila Fereidouni 2 Mohammad Behnammoghadam Azizallah Dehghan 3 Somayeh Bashti 1Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran; 2Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing School, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Fars, Iran; 3Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial study that investigated the efficacy of EMDR on the QOL in patients with MDD. In this study, all patients suffered from psychological trauma were currently in a major depressive episode and had a history of depression. 70 patients with MDD were selected through convenience sampling. Patients were then assigned to two groups of intervention and control (35 patients in each group). The assignment was performed randomly. For the intervention group, EMDRwere performed in eight 90 mins sessions over 3 weeks. For the control group, no intervention was considered. Data on the QOL were collected using the WHO Quality of Life-BREF instrument before and after the treatment, and analysed using descriptive tests, paired t-test, independent t-test, and chi-square with SPSS v19. Results: This study showed that the QOL in all its domains (physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environments) was significantly improved in patients with MDD in the intervention group after 8 sessions of EMDR. The post-treatment effect for the EMDR condition was 2.11, with a confidence interval of 1.3 to 2.7. Another finding of this study was that there was a statistically significant difference in the QOL scores in patients in the control group before and after the treatment; however, the mean difference in the intervention group was more than the control. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that EMDR were effective on the QOL in patients with major depressive disorder, and improved individuals’ QOL and all its domains. Treatment team members may use this technique as an effective and supportive one to improve the QOL in patients.
A Generative Model for Semi-Supervised Learning

Semi-Supervised learning is of great interest in a wide variety of research areas, including natural language processing, speech synthesizing, image classification, genomics etc. Semi-Supervised Generative Model is one Semi-Supervised learning approach that learns labeled data and unlabeled data simultaneously. A drawback of current Semi-Supervised Generative Models is that latent encoding learnt by generative models is concatenated directly with predicted label, which may result in degradation in representation learning. In this paper we present a new Semi-Supervised Generative Models that removes the direct dependency of data generation on label, hence overcomes this drawback. We show experiments that verifies this approach, together with comparison with existing works.
Assessment of Urban CO2 Measurement and Source Attribution in Munich Based on TDLAS-WMS and Trajectory Analysis

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions mainly come from cities and their surrounding areas. Thus, continuous measuring of CO2 in urban areas is of great significance to studying human CO2 emissions. We developed a compact, precise, and self-calibrated in-situ CO2/H2O sensor based on TDLAS (tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy), WMS (wavelength modulation spectroscopy), and VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser). Multi-harmonic detection is utilized to improve the precision of both measurements to 0.02 ppm for CO2 and 1.0 ppm for H2O. Using the developed sensor, we measured CO2 concentrations continuously in the city center of Munich, Germany, from February 2018 to January 2019. Urban CO2 concentrations are strongly affected by several factors, including vegetation photosynthesis and respiration (VPR), planetary boundary layer (PBL) height, and anthropogenic activities. In order to further understand the anthropogenic contribution in terms of CO2 sources, the HySPLIT (Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory) model was applied to calculate six-hour backward trajectories. We analyzed the winter CO2 with the trajectory clustering, PSCF (potential source contribution function), and CWT (concentration weighted trajectory) methods, and found that local emissions have a great impact on urban CO2 concentration, with main emission sources in the north and southeast directions of the measurement site. In situations with an uneven trajectory distribution, PSCF proves somewhat superior in predicting the potential emission sources compared to CWT.