Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Smart Garment for Monitoring Human Body Temperature

Body temperature provides an insight into the physiological state of a person, and body temperature changes reflect much information about human health. In this study, a garment for monitoring human body temperature based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is reported. The FBG sensor was encapsulated with a PMMA tube and calibrated in the thermostatic water bath. The results showed that FBG sensors had good vibration resistance, and the wavelength changed about 0–1 pm at a 0.5–80 Hz vibration frequency. The bending path of the optical fiber after integration with clothing is discussed. When the bending radius is equal to or greater than 20 mm, a lower bending loss can be achieved even under the bending and stretching of the human body. The FBG sensor, the optical fiber, and the garment were integrated together using hot melt glue by the electric iron and the hot press machine. Through experiments of monitoring human body temperature, the sensor can reach the human armpit temperature in about 10–15 min with the upper arm close to the torso. Because it is immune to electromagnetic interferences, the smart garment can be used in some special environments such as ultrasonography, magnetic resonance (MR), and aerospace.
The Sustainability of Pervasive Learning in Accounting Education: Strategy in the Transition of “Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka”

In accounting, sustainability can improve the accuracy, reliability, and relevancy of teaching and learning in the educational, economic, and social landscapes that are constantly changing and evolving towards Big Data Personalized Learning or Pervasive Learning. Firstly, the purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the educational landscape in the accounting field in the context of pervasive learning during the transitional period of MBKM. Second, providing evidence of the new teaching and learning readiness of the 2020 MBKM grant recipients in the accounting education program at Muhammadiyah Higher Education. A literature study is conducted to support the empirical evidence obtained from questionnaires filled out by groups of Accounting Department students. This study finds that, although the beginning of pervasive learning is new for them, with the help of the technological convenience provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture's big data, it can be well-adopted. This convenience is due to the literacy approach that is used in disseminating information to students and the grant outcomes that must be implemented to create a conducive environment for teaching and learning. This research also finds that students' understanding of the use of learning technology has increased. The implications of these findings can provide the roadmaps and strategies that can be carried out in the accounting learning process in the MBKM era through pervasive learning and sustainable technology developments.
University of Groningen Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic Southeastern Europe

The Bulgarian site at D∫uljunica-Smărde∏, dating to 6205–5529 cal BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but suids, in contrast, are extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe reared domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates human-pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterise human-pig relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation. IZVLE∞EK – Bolgarsko najdi∏≠e D∫uljunica-Smărde∏, datirano v ≠as med 6205 in 5529 pr.n. ∏t. , je eno najstarej∏ih neolitskih najdi∏≠ v Evropi. V arheozoolo∏kem zbiru najdi∏≠a prevladuje govedo in drobnica, pra∏i≠i pa so zelo redki. Ni znano, ali so ljudje v Evropu v ≠asu neolitika ∫e vzrejali pra∏i≠e, se ukvarjali s kak∏no obliko upravljanja s pra∏i≠i ali lovili le divje svinje. V ≠lanku raziskujemo odnos med ljudmi in pra∏i≠i s pomo≠jo biometrije, vzorcev starosti ∫ivali ob zakolu in analizo stabilnih izotopov. Z uporabo tak∏ne integrirane metodologije lahko bolj natan≠no ori∏emo odnose med ljudmi in pra∏i≠i na tem klju≠nem zgodnje neolitskem najdi∏≠u. Razumevanje teh odnosov lahko prispeva k ∏ir∏i debati o na≠inu ∏irjenja neolitizacije in domestikacije ∫ivali v Evropi in o tem, kateri biolo∏ko-kulturni mehanizmi so bili klju≠ni za nastanek razli≠nih vzorcev izkori∏≠anja ∫ivali.
Green Airport building certification comparison: a practical approach for Airport Management

ABSTRACT In this study, six certificates have proposed and three of them used by airport terminal building to analyze, measure, and score environmental damage were compared. Certifications handled in the study are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment for Building Environmental Efficiency), SBTool (Sustainable Building Tool), ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation) and Green Airport and Green Company certificates. As a result, this research gathered the most widely used certificates in the literature. In addition, the Green Airport and Green Company certificate, the first green airport certificate in Turkiye, was added to the study for comparison, which has been offered just for airports. Hong Kong International Airport’s sustainability report was examined to determine how many points it would have received if it had applied for the most widely used LEED, BREEAM, and Green Airport and Green Company Certificates regarding the reported activities. The results have shown that the energy and atmosphere category is vital for all certification systems. Also, the study reveals that LEED gets 89.09 over 100 points, BREEAM 93.1 over 100 points, and Green Airport 75 over 100 points which display BREEAM to get a higher environmental response. This study aims to guide green building practices to decision-makers, which has become necessary in many countries. Employees and managers want to know the quality and quantity of sustainable tasks or planning at airports.
Categorization of Destinations Based on Tourists’ Emotional Responses

It is important for destination marketers to understand tourists’ emotional reactions to tourism experiences in order to initiate successful marketing efforts. Therefore, this study aimed to categorize tourist destinations based on tourists’ emotional responses, by utilizing a circumplex model of emotion, which describes emotional responses to environments along two main dimensions—pleasure and arousal. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from sixteen Japanese destinations. The emotional evaluation of the pleasure and arousal dimensions for each destination was plotted on a two-dimensional grid. The results suggest that the majority of destinations that received a positive evaluation were perceived as exciting (high pleasure and arousal), rather than relaxing (high pleasure and low arousal), by tourists.
A Mindfulness Program Addressing Sleep Quality and Stress: Transition to a Telehealth Format for Higher Education Students During COVID-19

Many higher education students report sleep problems, further exemplified along with stress at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Promising evidence supports the use of mindfulness programming, although synchronous telehealth sessions have not been adequately examined. This exploratory eight-session telehealth mindfulness program utilized a pretest-posttest quantitative design to examine changes in sleep quality and perceived stress for 16 higher education students enrolled at a health professions-focused university. Sleep quality changes were measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (Z=-3.234, p=0.0012, d=-0.808) and perceived stress with the Perceived Stress Scale (Z=-3.102, p=0.0019, d=-0.776), both of which were significant. The results suggest that synchronous mindfulness programming delivered via telehealth has the potential to improve sleep quality and perceived stress in students, however, future studies should consider the use of objective measurements of sleep duration and quality, and a control group.
Effects of Cultural Ecosystem Services on Visitors’ Subjective Well-Being: Evidences From China’s National Park and Flower Expo

This study proposes a model on the relationship between cultural ecosystem service (CES) and visitors’ subjective well-being (SWB). The model consists of the four constructs of CES, SWB, place attachment, and event attachment, which are developed from literature of multiple disciplines. The model is tested with primary data collected in a China’s national park and its 10th Flower Expo. The results indicate that perceived value of CES has strong direct effect on visitors’ SWB, as well as a serial mediating effect through place attachment and event attachment. Perceived value of CES is an important antecedent of place attachment, event attachment, and visitors’ SWB. When controlling the effect of CES, event attachment exhibits a significant effect on visitors’ SWB, but the effect of place attachment is insignificant. In addition to the proposed model, the study’s findings provide fresh empirical evidence to further understand each of the four constructs and their interrelationship.
Effective Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Informatics in Higher Education in the Digital World

In the present paper we would like to share our technology enhanced, interactive and student centric approach applied during our long-lived experience in teaching mathematics and informatics in higher education institutions. Our goal is to develop active-engagement student-centered environment instead of the traditional instructor-centered environment. Our teaching is based on cooperative learning, flipped learning, guided discovery, laboratory approach, simulations and investigations. It is oriented to the application of modern technologies and involves research elements.
A DUAL-POLARIZATION RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA WITH BEAM SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS FORS-BAND APPLICATIONS

A simple polarization and beam switching reconfigurable antenna is presented in this paper. The circular patch with annular slot is used as the radiating element.The circular metallic conductor positioned below the substrate with the air dielectric acts as the ground plane for the antenna. The proposed antenna is intended to operate at 2.4 GHz band with switchable polarization capability. Four PIN diodes have been placed diagonally covers the corresponding switchability and moreover the proposed antenna provides the beam switching characteristics. The proposed circularly polarized reconfigurable antenna is designed and simulated in ANSYS Electronics Desktop HFSS package and studied several parameters such as return loss, gain, axial ratio, current distributions etc.
Stock market interdependence between Australia and its trading partners: does trade intensity matter?

We investigate the extent and manner of stock market interdependence between Australia and its trading partners and examine whether this is affected by trade intensity. Based on trade intensity, we classify Australia’s trading partners into major, medium and minor partners. We hypothesize that markets with greater (lower) trade intensity will be more (less) interdependent with Australia. We perform correlation (unconditional and conditional) analyses between Australia and its trading partners. Our results indicate that most of the markets that are highly correlated with Australia are its major trading partners. We conduct panel regression analysis to investigate whether trade intensity has any impact on the stock market correlations between Australia and its trading partners. The results show that trade intensity significantly and positively affect the correlations of Australia with its major trading partners. Thus, the results confirm our hypothesis that trade intensity drives stock market interdependence between Australia and its trading partners.
Improved light extraction with nano-particles offering directional radiation diagrams

We propose a unique approach for light extraction, using engineered nano-particles to efficiently decouple the light guided in transverse-magnetic guided modes into free-space radiation modes that leak out normally to the thin-film stacks. The underlying mechanism takes advantage of a small electric field variation at the nano-particle scale and induces a “polarization conversion,” which renders the induced dipole moment perpendicular to the polarization of the incident light. Our analysis is supported by 2D fully vectorial computational results. Potential applications for light emitting or photovoltaic devices are outlined.
Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of a selection structure in the Bieszczady Mountains (southeastern Poland)

Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Polish part of the Carpathians is one of the major forest tree species, and it covers 25.3% of the forest area of this region, while the remaining major tree species – fir (Abies alba Mill.), spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.), and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) take up 25%, 21.7%, and 17%, respectively (TRAMPLER et al. 1990). The beech stands in the Carpathians between 1950 and 1990 were regenerated using the uniform shelterwood system, the most popular cutting method in the mountainous area of the Polish Carpathians. In the early 1980s this type of cutting was used on about 85% of the area of regenerated stands. Generally, the results of this method, with a 15–25-year regeneration period, were satisfactory. Undergrowth of good structure and stocking was obtained permitting beech stands of good quality to form. However, this created even-aged, one-storied stands where a large amount of small products (SCHUTZ 2001) was harvested during costly tending operations, lowering the economic efficiency of forest management (AMMON 1995). The uniform shelterwood system, due to natural regeneration, decreased silvicultural risk. However, it did not eliminate such a risk (BERNADZKI 1995) due to a short regeneration period and large regenerated areas.
Effect of planting geometry and training on growth and seed yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of planting geometry and training on growth and seed yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) using cultivar Solan Lalima during Kharif 2013 at Experimental Farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.). The treatments comprised of four training levels i.e. Y1 (single stem), Y2 (double stem), Y3 (unpruned with horizontal string) and Y4 (unpruned bush stakes (control)) and eight plant densities viz. S1 (60A—15 cm), S2 (60+30A—15 cm), S3 (60A—30 cm), S4 (60+30A—30 cm), S5 (90A—15 cm), S6 (90+30A—15 cm), S7 (90A—30 cm) and S8 (90+30A—30 cm). Analysis of variance showed that the treatment combination Y1S7 (single stem and plant spaced at 90A—30 cm) resulted in maximum ripe fruit length and width (5.86 cm and 5.06 cm, respectively), maximum number of seeds/fruit (110.67), minimum days to ripe fruit harvest (71.00) and maximum harvest duration (59.84 days) but gave the low seed yield. The combination Y2S5 (double stem and 90A—15 cm) resulted highest seed yield i.e. 519.71 kg per hectare. Therefore, planting density S5 (90x15 cm) in combination with training system Y2 (double stem) may be recommended for commercial seed production of tomato.
Integrated Microbiome and Host Transcriptome Profiles Link Parkinson’s Disease to Blautia Genus: Evidence From Feces, Blood, and Brain

A link between the gut microbiome and Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been intensively studied, and more than 100 differential genera were identified across the studies. However, the predominant genera contributing to PD remain poorly understood. Inspired by recent advances showing microbiota distribution in the blood and brain, we, here, comprehensively investigated currently available fecal microbiome data (1,914 samples) to identify significantly altered genera, which were further validated by comparison to the results from microbiome analysis of blood (85 samples) and brain (268 samples). Our data showed that the composition of fecal microbiota was different from that of blood and brain. We found that Blautia was the unique genus consistently depleted across feces, blood, and brain samples of PD patients (P < 0.05), despite using rigorous criteria to remove contaminants. Moreover, enrichment analyses revealed that host genes correlated with Blautia genus abundance were mainly involved in mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, and mapped to neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) and metabolic diseases. A random forest classifier constructed with fecal microbiota data demonstrated that Blautia genus was an important feature contributing to discriminating PD patients from controls [receiver operating characteristic (ROC)-area under curve (AUC) = 0.704, precision-recall curve (PRC)-AUC = 0.787]. Through the integration of microbiome and transcriptome, our study depicted microbial profiles in the feces, blood, and brain of PD patients, and identified Blautia genus as a potential genus linked to PD. Further studies are greatly encouraged to determine the role of Blautia genus in the pathogenesis of PD.
4 Server Block 1 ( 256 X 1 G Uplinks ) Server Block 2 ( 128 X 10 G Uplinks ) Server Block N ( 512 X 1 G Uplinks ) Spine Block 1 Spine Block 2

Clos topologies have been widely adopted for large-scale data center networks (DCNs), but it has been difficult to support incremental expansions for Clos DCNs. Some prior work has claimed that the structure of Clos topologies hinders incremental expansion. We demonstrate that it is indeed possible to design expandable Clos DCNs, and to expand them while they are carrying live traffic, without incurring packet loss. We use a layer of patch panels between blocks of switches in a Clos DCN, which makes physical rewiring feasible, and we describe how to use integer linear programming (ILP) to minimize the number of patch-panel connections that must be changed, which makes expansions faster and cheaper. We also describe a block-aggregation technique that makes our ILP approach scalable. We tested our “minimal-rewiring” solver on two kinds of fine-grained expansions using 2250 synthetic DCN topologies, and found that the solver can handle 99% of these cases while changing under 25% of the connections. Compared to prior approaches, this solver (on average) reduces the average number of “stages” per expansion from 4 to 1.29, and reduces the number of wires changed by an order of magnitude or more – a significant improvement to our operational costs, and to our exposure (during expansions) to capacity-reducing faults.
13-cis-Retinoic acid specific do wn-regulation of angiotensin type 1 receptor in rat liver epithelial and aortic smooth muscle cells

Transcriptional repression through cisand trans-acting factors enabling an alternate approach to control angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1 or AGTR1 as listed in theMGI database) expression has not been studied. In previous investigations, treatment with retinoic acid was found to be associated with enhanced insulin sensitivity. In our previous study, expression of AT1 was found to be inversely correlated with intracellular glucose concentrations. Therefore, we hypothesized that 13-cis-retinoic acid (13cRA), an antioxidant, enhances insulin-sensitive glucose-mediated downregulation of the AT1. In this study, we used continuously passaged rat liver epithelial cells. Our study shows that cells exposed to 13cRA specifically down-regulated the AT1 protein in a doseand time-dependent manner, independently of any change in receptor affinity. Down-regulation of the AT1 expression leads to reduced AngII-mediated intracellular calcium release, a hallmark of receptor-mediated intracellular signaling. Similarly with receptor down-regulation, we observed a significant reduction in AT1 mRNA; however, the AT1 down-regulation was independent of insulin-sensitive glucose uptake and retinoic acid receptor activation (RAR/RXR). Treatment with 13cRA resulted in phosphorylation of p42/p44 MAP kinases in these cells. Subsequent studies using MEK inhibitor PD98059 prevented 13cRA-mediated AT1 down-regulation and restored AngII-mediated intracellular calcium response. Furthermore, 13cRA-mediated inhibitory effects on AT1 were validated in primary rat aortic smooth muscle cells. In summary, our results demonstrate for the first time that 13cRA has a glucoseand RAR/RXR-independent mechanism for transcriptional inhibition of AT1, suggesting its therapeutic potential in systems in which AT1 expression is deregulated in insulin-sensitive and -insensitive tissues. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology (2012) 48, 99–114
Access to credit and non-farm activities: A quantitative analysis of household surveys in rural Vietnam

The authors investigated the role of formal and informal credit in non-farm activities among Vietnamese rural households using pooled cross-sectional data from household surveys in 2016 and 2018. The econometric analysis confirms that households with more loans are more likely to engage in non-farm activities and increase the intensity of such activities. The probability and intensity of non-farm activities are also determined by the level of education and occupation of household heads. In addition, the presence of nonfarm opportunities and access to roads in a commune increase the chance of non-farm participation for households living in that commune. The study suggests that policy interventions for promoting rural non-farm economy should aim to improve rural households' access to formal credit, better education, and non-farming opportunities.
Highly Sensitive LSPR Sensor Chips Based on Crystalline Gold Nanoparticles Grown on Silica

In this paper, we demonstrate the fabrication of LSPR sensor chips consisting of crystalline gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) over a large area. These crystalline AuNPs were grown on a heated silica substrate via thermal evaporation in a simple single-step fabrication process. To the best of our knowledge, the fabrication of LSPR sensor chips via the growth of crystalline AuNPs has not been demonstrated earlier. We present a process of AuNP growth wherein nanoparticles have been successfully formed for deposition thicknesses up to 40 nm at comparatively lower temperatures than what has been demonstrated earlier. The crystalline AuNPs are formed during the evaporation process, without the requirement of any additional annealing time. The growth of crystalline AuNPs, as proposed in this paper, enables the formation of AuNPs for larger values of equivalent QCM film thicknesses, going up to 40 nm, and possibly even higher. The AuNPs from different values of film thicknesses also allow the tuning of LSPR peak wavelength over a wider range of the visible spectrum. Increased crystallinity was also obtained in the nanoparticles grown at high temperatures and for larger thicknesses. The evaluation of the LSPR sensor chips containing these crystalline AuNPs showed that high surface sensitivity of 28.89 nm/nm was obtained for a conformal thin film layer of Al2O3 over the AuNPs, which is higher than what has been demonstrated earlier. These sensor chips containing crystalline AuNPs also show higher bulk sensitivity than what has been reported previously for AuNPs nanoparticles formed by template-free methods and annealing.