Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, and Mono-Saccharides and Polyols (FODMAPs) Consumption and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the French NutriNet-Santé Cohort

(1) Background: Specific foods, and more particularly, fermentable oligo-, di-, and mono-saccharides and polyols (FODMAPs) are often considered as triggers of digestive symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Our aim was to study FODMAP consumption in controls and IBS participants in a large French population-based cohort; (2) Methods: Participants from the NutriNet-Santé cohort study completed the Rome IV and IBS-SSS questionnaire in a cross sectional study. Among them, 27,949 eligible participants had previously completed three 24-h recalls as well as anthropometrics, socio-demographical and lifestyle data. Total FODMAP intake (in g/day) was computed using a specific composition table. The association between FODMAPs and IBS was estimated through multivariable logistic regression models; (3) Results: Included participants were mainly women (75.4%) and the mean age was 43.4 ± 14.1 years. FODMAPs accounted for a mean daily intake of 19.4 ± 9.5 g/day. Overall 1295 participants (4.6%) were identified with an IBS. After adjusting for confounding factors, IBS participants had lower intakes in FODMAPs than non-IBS ones (aOR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.82–0.95, p-value: 0.001). IBS severity was associated with more frequent low FODMAP intakes (<9 g/day); (4) Conclusions: Participants tended to consume 19 g of FODMAPs per day, but slightly less for IBS participants than for controls. In IBS participants, higher severity was associated with lower intakes.
The Status of Pattern Cutting

Abstract This commentary documents the journey of several research initiatives, which focused upon creative pattern cutting. Instigated by a peer-reviewed journal paper entitled, “Insufficient Allure: The Luxurious Art and Cost of Creative Pattern Cutting”, the endeavors attempted to elevate concepts of tacit knowledge and the making process as a form of legitimate, academic enquiry. The projects culminated in the first peer-reviewed conference dedicated to the discipline: the First International Symposium for Creative Pattern Cutting, held at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, in February 2013. To trace the impact of the research initiatives, the commentary considers how the skills of the pattern cutter clothe the body with a myriad of shapes and silhouettes. This is discussed in relation to the different pattern cutting techniques that can be utilized to realize three-dimensional form and ways in which the research enterprises have arguably elevated the professional position of the cutter in terms of esteem and remuneration. In order to assess the impact of these initiatives, both within the fashion industry and in the emerging arena of fashion research, some of the different research approaches utilized in practice-based enquiry are identified, along with how results can be arrived at from hands-on experience, inspiring us to develop new ways to pattern cut.
Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase-Neuroplastin Complexes Are Selectively Stabilized in GM1-Containing Lipid Rafts

The recent identification of plasma membrane (Ca2+)-ATPase (PMCA)-Neuroplastin (Np) complexes has renewed attention on cell regulation of cytosolic calcium extrusion, which is of particular relevance in neurons. Here, we tested the hypothesis that PMCA-Neuroplastin complexes exist in specific ganglioside-containing rafts, which could affect calcium homeostasis. We analyzed the abundance of all four PMCA paralogs (PMCA1-4) and Neuroplastin isoforms (Np65 and Np55) in lipid rafts and bulk membrane fractions from GM2/GD2 synthase-deficient mouse brains. In these fractions, we found altered distribution of Np65/Np55 and selected PMCA isoforms, namely PMCA1 and 2. Cell surface staining and confocal microscopy identified GM1 as the main complex ganglioside co-localizing with Neuroplastin in cultured hippocampal neurons. Furthermore, blocking GM1 with a specific antibody resulted in delayed calcium restoration of electrically evoked calcium transients in the soma of hippocampal neurons. The content and composition of all ganglioside species were unchanged in Neuroplastin-deficient mouse brains. Therefore, we conclude that altered composition or disorganization of ganglioside-containing rafts results in changed regulation of calcium signals in neurons. We propose that GM1 could be a key sphingolipid for ensuring proper location of the PMCA-Neuroplastin complexes into rafts in order to participate in the regulation of neuronal calcium homeostasis.
A Comprehensive Updated Review on Magnetic Nanoparticles in Diagnostics

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been studied for diagnostic purposes for decades. Their high surface-to-volume ratio, dispersibility, ability to interact with various molecules and superparamagnetic properties are at the core of what makes MNPs so promising. They have been applied in a multitude of areas in medicine, particularly Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are the most well-accepted based on their excellent superparamagnetic properties and low toxicity. Nevertheless, IONPs are facing many challenges that make their entry into the market difficult. To overcome these challenges, research has focused on developing MNPs with better safety profiles and enhanced magnetic properties. One particularly important strategy includes doping MNPs (particularly IONPs) with other metallic elements, such as cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn), to reduce the iron (Fe) content released into the body resulting in the creation of multimodal nanoparticles with unique properties. Another approach includes the development of MNPs using other metals besides Fe, that possess great magnetic or other imaging properties. The future of this field seems to be the production of MNPs which can be used as multipurpose platforms that can combine different uses of MRI or different imaging techniques to design more effective and complete diagnostic tests.
Collaborative governance in increasing the competitiveness of Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through the Jakpreneur program

Based on the 2016 Economic Census, the number of businesses in DKI Jakarta has reached more than one million businesses, or 98.78%. The potential of MSMEs is able to reduce the unemployment rate and can drive the wheels of the Indonesian economy and DKI Jakarta specifically. However, in the current conditions, MSMEs in DKI Jakarta still have many limitations in terms of management and empowerment. Therefore, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government created the JakPreneur Program to help MSMEs advance to class to be competitive and maintain their business. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government embraces stakeholders to collaborate in developing the JakPreneur Program. The purpose of this study is to describe precisely the process and form of collaboration through the approach of collaborative governance in the JakPreneur Program and provide recommendations for program improvement. This study used a post-positivist approach with a qualitative method through interviews and literature study. The results of this study indicate that the collaboration process takes place effectively between the relevant stakeholders. The collaboration formed in this context is represented by implementing a number of activities from the P1-P7 stages of the JakPreneur program.
A hybrid approach to measure design improvement factor of website

Software Engineering is the major activity of Information Technology. We can engineer the various types of end user applications such as games, spread sheets, websites with the help of Software Development Life Cycle. Different types of principles to asses such as Usability, efficiency, reliability, cost, risk, economic value are applied to above mentioned applications. Usability is the quality measure of a user's interaction with a product. When this product is website its termed as web usability. It is the quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces. It contributes to improve the design process. Web usability is an approach to make website easy to use for an end-user, without the requirement that any specialized training be undertaken. Website design is the key issue, because how the end user experiences the design is the key to acceptance. There are several usability principles mentioned in the literature but all these principles depend upon the application domain. We propose a two-step hybrid approach. In the first step according to performance of clusters output web usability principles are selected and in the second step Function Point matrix is applied to optimal web usability principles selected in the first step. It grades optimal usability principles and suggest improvement factor for each principle.
Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia

Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support populations and their economies. We asked whether the millennium-scale climate cooling events identified by Gerard Bond predicted social complexity in the Seshat cross-cultural database. The results show that social complexity was significantly lower during the coldest two centuries of Bond cooling events. Reductions in complexity are evident in regions north of the tropics adjacent to the Atlantic or Arctic, particularly in North Africa, Europe, and Central Eurasia.
Kalman Filter Approach to Speed Estimation Using Single Loop Detector Measurements under Congested Conditions

The ability to measure or estimate accurate speed data are of great importance to a large number of transportation system operations applications. Estimating speeds from the widely used single inductive loop sensor has been a difficult, yet important challenge for transportation engineers. Based on empirical evidence observed from sensor data collected in two metropolitan regions in Virginia and California, this research developed a Kalman filter model to perform speed estimation for congested traffic. Taking advantage of the coexistence of dual loop and single loop stations in many freeway management systems, a calibration procedure was developed to seed and initiate the algorithm. Finally, the paper presents an evaluation that illustrates that the proposed algorithm can produce acceptable speed estimates under congested traffic conditions, consistently outperforming the conventional g-factor approach.
Analysis of Public Cloud Service Level Agreements - An Evaluation of Leading Software as a Service Providers

Public cloud and software as a service (SaaS) are two of the largest growing IT markets in recent years. Cloud customers need to assess whether the predefined service level agreements (SLAs) of public cloud providers are suitable for their business requirements. Due to the lack of a standard SLA formulation, cloud consumers have significant effort in analyzing SLAs against their compliance, which could be supported by semi-automated SLA management. SLAs of five leading SaaS providers with comparable public cloud business applications were examined as an as-is analysis. Using 18 derived parameters, the SLAs were formalized and evaluated in terms of matchmaking. The percentage of formalization and matchmaking among the five providers was found to vary between 20% and 73,3% across four SLA categories. Several contributions could be made for practitioners, but also for researchers on how to address the high degree of heterogeneity in public cloud SaaS SLAs.
Remote-Controlled Inspection Robot for Nuclear Facilities in Underwater Environment

A remote-controlled inspection robot for nuclear facilities in underwater environment was developed. The Array system of Eddy Current Testing (Array-ECT) is installed on the existing robot that consists of the driving unit and the inspection unit with enlarged Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) camera. It can swim in the tank, crawl on the inner surface of the tank, stay on the inspection area and by its two devices, Array-ECT and enlarged CCD camera, start inspection. Array-ECT can record the color contour image, and also can display oscillograph. This technology had been developed in order to reduce worker’s radiation exposure and improve inspection-ability in nuclear power plants for some Radioactive Waste (RW) tanks. With conventional manual inspection, RW tanks must be examined with the sequence of (a) full drainage and decontamination, (b) scaffolding set-up with workers under high dose, and (c) manual inspection. As such, the inspection is time consuming and workers should have high radiation exposure. With the original robot that has only enlarged CCD camera, inspection can be performed without tank drainage and with minimum worker’s radiation exposure. However, it needs experienced inspector for interpretation of visual examination using enlarged CCD camera. Newly developed robot with Array-ECT and enlarged CCD camera can achieve the same performance using the original robot and an experienced inspector for visual inspection using enlarged CCD camera. The new feature added to the original design (i.e. Array-ECT) eliminates the need for an experienced inspector.Copyright © 2009 by ASME
UPGRADING OF THE MOCHOVCE NATIONAL RADWASTE REPOSITORY DURING ITS COMPLETION

The National Radwaste Repository Mochovce is a disposal facility of surface type. It has been designed to dispose ultimately treated and conditioned low- and medium-level radwaste, generated during the operation of nuclear installations on Slovak territory, as well as radwaste produced in the course of various activities in research institutions, laboratories, hospitals, and other institutions – the so-called institutional waste. The operator of the repository is the Bohunice-based affiliation of the SE utility – Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Installations, Management of Radwaste and Spent Fuel (SE-VYZ). During completion of the repository, a number of enhancements were implemented as recommended by an IAEA WATRP mission (Waste Management and Technical Review Program) and requested by the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (UJD SR) with the objective to upgrade safety of the repository.
A novel dual‐band asymmetric slit with defected ground structure microstrip antenna for Circular Polarization operation

A novel dual‐band asymmetric slit with defected ground structure microstrip antenna for circular polarization (CP) operation is proposed. In which, the lower resonant band is excited by cutting asymmetric slit on square microstrip antenna, and a new concept of defected ground with truncated corners structure is used to excite upper resonant band. The antenna is practically fabricated and simulated. Measured results show a good agreement with simulated results. Antenna is compact in size and shows a good quality of polarization at both resonant bands. Antenna shows the bandwidth of 7.5% (2.30–2.48 GHz) and 2.94% (3.80–3.9 GHz) at lower and upper bands, respectively. The antenna also shows 40 and 11 MHz, 3‐dB axial ratio bandwidth at lower and upper bands, respectively. The return loss and radiation pattern of the proposed antenna remain consistent for both resonant bands. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:1198–1201, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27547
Effect of decreased contrast injection flow rate on aortic enhancement in 80-KV peak CT with contrast dose reduction

Background Effect of decreased injection flow rate of contrast agent at the same iodine dose and delivery rate on aortic enhancement has not been clearly elucidated. Purpose To evaluate the effect of decreased injection flow rate of contrast agent on aortic peak enhancement in a dynamic flow phantom and on aortic enhancement in clinical dynamic 80-kVp computed tomography (CT) with contrast dose reduction. Material and Methods In the dynamic flow phantom experiment, the effect of a decreased injection flow rate at the same total iodine dose and delivery rate on simulated aortic peak enhancement was evaluated. In the clinical retrospective study, we searched 312 patients with renal dysfunction who underwent an 80-kVp abdominal dynamic CT with 40% reduction of contrast agent from a standard 120-kVp protocol and measured the aortic enhancement at the level of the hepatic hilum. Independent predictors for aortic enhancement were determined by multiple linear regression analysis, and after adjustment of significant predictors, independent variables for acquiring optimal aortic enhancement, ≥300 HU, were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results In the phantom experiment, decreased flow rate showed a significant but small descent effect (6%–9%) on simulated aortic peak enhancement. In the multiple linear regression analysis, only age was an independent predictor of aortic enhancement; there was no independent predictor for optimal age-adjusted aortic enhancement of ≥300 HU. Conclusions Decreased injection flow rate had a small influence on aortic enhancement in vitro but had no significant effect on the aortic enhancement in clinical dynamic 80-kVp CT.
A compact wideband ring mixer utilizing a pair of PLANAR transitions for phase inversion

A new design of a compact wideband ring mixer is introduced in this article. The proposed mixer utilizes a compact ring structure comprising a pair of ultra‐wideband planar in‐phase and inverted‐phase transitions as a mixer balun. The implemented mixer has a number of desirable features such as wide bandwidth (∼120%), compact size, excellent port‐to‐port isolations, and return loss. The size of the proposed mixer is 33.2% of the conventional single‐balanced ring mixers. The measured results show flat conversion loss of ∼8.5 dB and greater than 20 dB port‐to‐port isolation from 3 to 12 GHz. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1919–1922, 2014
Optimisation of a submarine's resonance changer using the method of moving asymptotes

In order to reduce the sound power radiated by a submarine, the transmission of fluctuating forces from the propeller to the hull can be reduced by implementation of a resonance changer in the propulsion system. A resonance changer acts as a hydraulic vibration absorber and can be modelled as a single degree-of-freedom system with virtual mass, stiffness and damping parameters. However, changing the dynamics of the propeller/shafting system can lead to increased sound radiation from the propeller. A numerical finite element / boundary element model of a submarine has been developed in order to find optimum design parameters for the resonance changer, such that the overall sound power radiated from the hull as well as the propeller is reduced. The global optimum virtual stiffness, damping and mass parameters of the resonance changer have been found by applying the method of moving asymptotes. It is shown that the influence of sound radiation from the propeller is only relevant, if higher harmonics of the blade passing frequency are assumed to have a similar amplitude as the fundamental harmonic of the blade passing frequency.
Expression, Regulation, and Functions of the Galectin-16 Gene in Human Cells and Tissues

Galectins comprise a family of soluble β-galactoside-binding proteins, which regulate a variety of key biological processes including cell growth, differentiation, survival, and death. This paper aims to address the current knowledge on the unique properties, regulation, and expression of the galectin-16 gene (LGALS16) in human cells and tissues. To date, there are limited studies on this galectin, with most focusing on its tissue specificity to the placenta. Here, we report the expression and 8-Br-cAMP-induced upregulation of LGALS16 in two placental cell lines (BeWo and JEG-3) in the context of trophoblastic differentiation. In addition, we provide the results of a bioinformatics search for LGALS16 using datasets available at GEO, Human Protein Atlas, and prediction tools for relevant transcription factors and miRNAs. Our findings indicate that LGALS16 is detected by microarrays in diverse human cells/tissues and alters expression in association with cancer, diabetes, and brain diseases. Molecular mechanisms of the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of LGALS16 are also discussed based on the available bioinformatics resources.
Theoretical Study of CO Adsorption Interactions with Cr-Doped Tungsten Oxide/Graphene Composites for Gas Sensor Application

The present study explores the CO adsorption properties with graphene, tungsten oxide/graphene composite, and Cr-doped tungsten oxide/graphene composite using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results of the study reveal the Cr-doped tungsten oxide/graphene composites, g-CrWn–1O3n (n = 2 to 4), to have a lowered highest occupied molecular orbital–lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO–LUMO) energy gap, high surface reactivity, and a strong cluster–graphene binding energy, hence exhibiting a strong adsorption interaction with CO. The CO adsorption interaction shows physisorption properties by having a greater tendency for Mulliken and natural bond orbital (NBO) charge transfer supported by a strong physisorption interaction toward the g-CrWn–1O3n (n = 2 to 4) composite with HOMO–LUMO energy gaps of −0.638, −0.486, and −0.327 eV, respectively. The calculated photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and infrared spectra combined with the visualized electrostatic potential and contour line confirm the population density of the physisorption interaction. The calculated results show that the g-CrWn–1O3n composite achieves a greater sensing ability by possessing the highest sensitivity, adsorption, and desorption characteristics for n = 2 (g-CrWO6 composite). In conclusion, Cr-doped tungsten oxide/graphene has high sensitivity toward CO gas.
Revisiting Brainstorming within an Educational Context: A Meta-Thematic Analysis

An increase in research on teaching of creativity in learning environments is being witnessed as more studies continue to reveal its effects on learning outcomes and academic achievement. Thus, any investigative attempt to examine the relevant approaches to teaching of creative thinking skills is appreciated within the creativity literature. However, it is evident that the research on brainstorming as a creativity-promoting technique within educational context has been overlooked for a while. Therefore, this research sythesis tried to recombine and reinterpret the results of some qualitative studies on the impacts of brainstorming technique on learners’ achievement. To this end, 34 studies were reached and 7 of them were found to be conducive to the meta-thematic analysis. The results of the meta-thematic analysis suggest that the brainstorming technique has positive effects on learners’ cognitive skills and affect. It is believed that designing instruction with brainstorming could foster students’ creativity, by directing them to solving problems via critical thinking. The study further dwells on the reported drawbacks that are encountered during the implementation of this technique within classroom, and discusses some possible solutions as implications.