Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Art-based Education for Inclusive Learning Environments

This paper is based on the research outcomes of “META Minority Education Through Art” project, carried out under EU Erasmus Plus KA3 framework. The hypothesis is that arts can foster intercultural inclusion in school contexts with children with migrant background and/or belonging to minority groups. META has been implemented by a multi-method approach, in terms of object and context of research: analytical-comparative methods (case studies), methods based on data matrices (surveys, questionnaires) and interpretative research methods (interviews, focus groups, experiential observation). Main outcomes are an innovative methodology and a competence framework. In META, an evidence-based educational approach entails innovation in teaching in Europe, pointing to genuine valuing the richness and potentiality of different cultures, through artistic experience. Hereby, we present elements of reflection indicating toward a transition from “schooling” to open learning environments where arts become an important methodological tool to foster integration of formal, nonformal and informal education.
MODEL FOR CORN KERNELS WEIGHT ESTIMATING BASED ON MATURE CORN EARS DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS

By regression analysis in the present study were obtained models of grain weight prediction based on the dimensional parameters of mature ears of corn. There were randomly sampled 35 mature corn ears of variable sizes, the MAS59 hybrid, the FAO 500 Group. Were determined the parameters: corn ear length (L), base diameter (BD), middle diameter (MD) and tip diameter (TD) of corn ears, total weight of each corn ear (TW), grains weight (GW) and weight of corncobs (CCW). The length of the corn ears (L) recorded values between 12.6 20.3 ± 0.32 cm. The diameter at the base of the corn ears (BD) had values between 43.54 58.95 ± 0.57 mm; the diameter at the middle of corn ears (MD) had values between 45.34 55.78 ± 0.39 mm, and the diameter at the top of corn ears (TD) had values between 38.15 49.29 ± 0.41 mm. Total weight of each corn ears (TW) recorded values between 144.9 357.2 ± 9.76 g, and the weight of the grains varied between 128.7 300.3 ± 8.09 g. Corncobs weight recorded values between 16.2 59.9 ± 1.81 g. Given the high level of correlations identified between the studied biometric parameters and the grain weight, multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the possibility and safety of grain weight prediction, based on the biometric parameters of corn ears. A weight estimation equation of the grains was obtained based on all the parameters taken in the study, under conditions of R = 0.998, p << 0.001. From the regression analysis it was possible to obtain some functions of corn grains weight prediction based on each parameters, under conditions of R = 0.801 for parameter L, R = 0.811 for parameter BD, R = 0.590 for parameter MD, R = 0.345 for parameter TD, R = 0.993 for parameter TW, and R = 0.849 for parameter CcW, respectively.
Special Session Title: Biomedical Engineering in Latin America-Perspectives Towards EMBC 2021 Special Session Organizer Name & Affiliation:

Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 1: Joaquin Aspiroz, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 2: Emilio Sacristán, UAM-Iztapalapa, México Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 3: Ricardo Armentano, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 4: Arturo Forner Cordero, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 5: Benjamin Castañeda, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru Special Session Speaker Name & Affiliation 6: Pamela Guevara, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
LAND USE CHANGE INDUCED BY LARGE SCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS

The increasing demand for food, fibers and biofuels, the consequently escalating prices of agricultural products, and the uncertainty of international food markets have recently drawn the attention of governments and corporations toward investments in productive agricultural land, mostly in developing countries. The targeted regions are often located in areas where crop yields are relatively low because of lack of modern technology. It is often suggested that in the long run large-scale investments in agriculture will bring the technology required to close the existing crop yield gaps. Recently, a number of studies and reports have documented the process of foreign land acquisition and the associated appropriation of land based resources (e.g., water and crops). The amount of food this land can produce and the number of people it could feed are a good measure of the potential impact of large scale land acquisitions on food security and rural livelihoods. The environmental impacts of these investments in agriculture have remained poorly investigated and need to be assessed. Here we analyze some recent quantitative assessments of the rates of water and crop appropriation potentially associated with large-scale land acquisitions, and evaluate some of the main societal and environmental implications.
User Head Movement Recognition and Interpretation System for Computer Interaction

295 Abstract—The aim of the paper is to describe a system for the head gesture recognition developed in the frame of INTEROB project. The goal of this project consists in developing an interaction based on gestures with information on robotic systems. In the paper we discussed a method for controlling the mouse pointer movements on the screen by recognizing the operator head movements captured by a video camera. In the second part of the paper it is described a fast and accurate method for hand posture recognition in video sequences.
Low-Cost and No-Cost Steps in Research Design to Improve the Quality of Evidence

Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) in medicine, psychology, rehabilitation, and other fields has put the focus on the scientific evidence underlying the activities professionals undertake for the benefit of their patients and clients. Whether selecting diagnostic tools and other assessments, identifying optimal treatments, or predicting outcomes and costs/benefits of courses of action, professionals are now expected to base their prognoses and decisions on the best scientific evidence available. Their patients' and clients' values and their own training and clinical expertise always should play a role as well (American Psychological Association, 2005; Buettner & Fitzsimmons, 2007; Davidson, Trudeau, & Smith, 2006; Dodd, 2007; Ebenbichler, Kerschan-Schindl, Brockow, & Resch, 2008; Geil, 2009; Guyatt et al., 2000; Law, 2002; Mullen, Bledsoe, & Bellamy, 2008; Pierce, 2007; Schreiber & Stern, 2005; Straus, Richardson, Glasziou, & Haynes, 2005; Welch, 2002).
The Role of Leadership in Economic Growth and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and South Korea

This paper provides a comparative analysis of economic growth in Nigeria and South Korea. Both countries had similar levels of per capita income in the 1950s, used national development plans since 1962, and experienced democratic and military regimes. Today, South Korea’s per capita real income far exceeded those of Nigeria. This paper postulates that transformational leadership is one of the fundamental causes of the differences in per capita real income between both countries. This assertion is supported by examining and evaluating the leadership effectiveness in each country through their policy choices. The leaders in South Korea chose growth-enhancing policies while those leaders in Nigeria embraced ethnically biased distributional policies that contributed to ethnic resentment and regional division in Nigeria.
TurboKV: Scaling Up The Performance of Distributed Key-Value Stores With In-Switch Coordination

The power and flexibility of software-defined networks lead to a programmable network infrastructure in which in-network computation can help accelerating the performance of applications. This can be achieved by offloading some computational tasks to the network. However, what kind of computational tasks should be delegated to the network to accelerate applications performance? In this paper, we propose a way to exploit the usage of programmable switches to scale up the performance of distributed key-value stores. Moreover, as a proof-of-concept, we propose TurboKV, an efficient distributed key-value store architecture that utilizes programmable switches as: 1) partition management nodes to store the key-value store partitions and replicas information; and 2) monitoring stations to measure the load of storage nodes, this monitoring information is used to balance the load among storage nodes. We also propose a key-based routing protocol to route the search queries of clients based on the requested keys to targeted storage nodes. Our experimental results of an initial prototype show that our proposed architecture improves the throughput and reduces the latency of distributed key-value stores when compared to the existing architectures.
Water Footprint of the Natural Coloured Batik-Making Process: A Study on a Batik Small Enterprise in Jarum Village, Klaten Regency, Indonesia

Indonesian batik is usually produced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which tend to induce environmental problems. Batik wastewater has caused pollution in some regions of Central Java, resulting in odour, allergic reactions among the local population, and the degradation of water quality. Batik production also requires a substantial volume of water. This study examines the water footprint of natural coloured hand drawn batik-making process by a small enterprise in the Jarum village, Klaten. Blue Water Footprint was determined by direct measurement, while Grey Water Footprint was estimated by calculating the water required to dilute COD. High concentration of TSS, BOD5, and COD were found in natural dye extracts and wastewater. The Water Footprint (WF) analysis indicated that Grey Water Footprint was 37,343.15 L/d, which has a higher portion in the total WF than the Blue Water Footprint which was only 105.63 L/d. This result indicated the need to reduce pollution and to increase awareness among batik artisans. Promotions of behavioural change toward a more efficient use of water resources are advisable.
Adolescents’ Experiences of Staying Overnight at Family-Centered Pediatric Wards

Background Sleep is essential for health and recovery. Hospital stays may affect adolescents’ sleep quality negatively as routines in the ward are not adapted for adolescents’ developmental status or sleep habits. The aims with this study were to (a) explore and describe how adolescents experience sleep in the family-centered pediatric ward, (b) explore and describe how adolescents experience the presence or absence of a parent during the hospital stay, and (c) identify circumstances that the adolescents describe as influential of their sleep in the pediatric wards. Methods This is a qualitative interview study employing thematic analysis with an inductive and exploratory approach. Sixteen adolescents aged between 13 and 17 years participated in the study. Results Three themes were found: the importance of good sleep, safety as a prerequisite for sleep in hospital, and circumstances influencing adolescents’ sleep in hospital. Conclusion The adolescents described their sleep at the pediatric ward positively, but mentioned disturbing factors associated with pain, nightly check-ups, noises, and inactivity. Parental presence was perceived as very positive both during the night and the day.
Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy

Conventional spectroscopy uses classical light to detect matter properties through the variation of its response with frequencies or time delays. Quantum light opens up new avenues for spectroscopy by utilizing parameters of the quantum state of light as novel control knobs and through the variation of photon statistics by coupling to matter. This Roadmap article focuses on using quantum light as a powerful sensing and spectroscopic tool to reveal novel information about complex molecules that is not accessible by classical light. It aims at bridging the quantum optics and spectroscopy communities which normally have opposite goals: manipulating complex light states with simple matter e.g. qubits versus studying complex molecules with simple classical light, respectively. Articles cover advances in the generation and manipulation of state-of-the-art quantum light sources along with applications to sensing, spectroscopy, imaging and interferometry.
CDC37 and HSP90 are Essential for Stressome Release and Tumor Progression in Resistant Prostate Cancer

1 Department of Dental Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8525 Japan. 2 Advanced Research Center for Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8525 Japan. 3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-0914 Japan. 4 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 31-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. 5 Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115 USA. ✝ These authors contributed equally to this work.
EAP Treatment Stigma as a Barrier to Employee Help-Seeking: Predictors and Validation of a Brief Scale for its Measurement

Research has consistently shown that perceptions of stigma in relation to receiving professional psychological help can be a barrier to the seeking of mental health services. Very few systematic investigations on stigma in relation to receiving help from EAP counseling services have however been conducted. This article reports on validation analyses conducted for the Brief EAP Treatment Stigma Scale (BETSS-4), an instrument designed to measure an individual’s perception of stigma in relation to receiving help from EAP counseling services. The study also investigated predictors of EAP treatment stigma as assessed by the scale in a large sample of Canadian workers (N=1,001). The validation analyses indicated that the BETSS-4 has high reliability and validity and is suitable for the assessment of perceptions of EAP treatment stigma in working populations. A notable proportion of the Canadian workers reported perceptions of EAP treatment stigma and higher scores on the BETSS-4 predicted a lower selfreported likelihood of accessing EAP counseling services in the event of personal problems. A number of independent demographic, occupational and psychological predictors of the degree of EAP treatment stigma were identified by multiple regression analyses. The BETSS-4 may be used by EAP practitioners, researchers, and evaluators interested in EAP treatment stigma, its determinants, as well as its association with EAP utilization rates. Greater understanding of EAPrelated stigma may help employers and EAP providers develop strategies and interventions aimed at breaking down this barrier and attaining utilization rates unhindered by worker perceptions about help-seeking.
Gamma-Approximation for the Waiting Time Distribution Function of theM/G/1−∞ Queue

In this paper we propose to approximate the waiting time distribution function (DF) of the waiting customers in a M/G/1−∞ queuing system by a Gamma-distribution whose parametersα and β are set by means of the first and second moment of the waiting time that are obtained from the Takacs recursion formula. Discrete-time analysis (DTA) is another approximation approach for the same objective. We show first for analytically feasible special cases that DTA is very accurate and then we use it to validate the accuracy of the new Gamma-approximation for wide parameter ranges regarding the service time distribution. We show that the Gamma-approximation respects well even the third moment of the service time distribution. As the new approach is very simple and fast, it may be used by engineers with only little background in queuing theory to calculate quantiles for real-time control loops in technical systems.
RumorLens: A System for Analyzing the Impact of Rumors and Corrections in Social Media

Some rumors spread quickly and widely through social media. Journalists write about them, both to help the public understand whether they are true, and to help the public understand how widely misinformation and corrections have spread, and how they did. We describe RumorLens, a suite of interactive tools that are designed to help journalists identify new rumors on Twitter and assess the audiences that rumor and correction tweets have reached. The tools make efficient use of human labor to assess whether a rumor’s content is interesting enough to warrant further exploration, to label tweets as spreading, correcting, or unrelated to the rumor, and to analyze the rumor visually. Behind the scenes, automated learning and computation amplifies the effectiveness of that labor, making it feasible to engage journalists and the broader public to run a continuous rumor-monitoring service.
Microbial and plant assisted remediation of Benzo[α]pyrene from soil and aqueous environment

Benzo[α]pyrene (BaP) is one of the most toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soilplant system causing potential carcinogenicity and mutagenicity for human health. The knowledge on the behavior of BaP in soil-plant system as well as aqueous environment is needed for minimizing the risk of human exposure and environmental contamination. BaP, high molecular weight PAH with five benzene rings has been specifically classified as a primary pollutant and group 1 human carcinogen. Bioremediation is an eco-friendly and cost-effective method for reclaiming the environment contaminated with BaP by making use of the microorganisms and plants to eradicate the hazardous effects. The present review is focused on the microbe assisted bioremediation and phytoremediation techniques for the removal of BaP from the soil and aqueous environment. The information provided here will help to plan the research in a better way to develop more sustainable system for remediation of BaP from the environment.
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= ^Äëíê~ÅíK In this study, production of biodiesel from new and used palm and soybean oils was carried out using a transesterification method. The effect of catalyst amount used towards the percentage yield, soap content and heat of combustion of the biodiesel produced was investigated. The soap content and heat combustion of the biodiesel were determined using titration (AOCS Cc-95) and heat calorimeter bomb (ASTM D240-09), respectively. The results showed that catalyst concentration of 0.5 w/w% gave the best result in terms of yield of biodiesel produced from both palm and soybean oils. However, the quality of biodiesel (i.e. soap content and heat of combustion) produced from palm and soybean oils behaved differently towards catalyst concentration. Overall, both oils (palm and soybean), either new or used oil apparently showed no significant difference in term of yield or qualities of biodiesel produced. This indicates that the used oil has high potential as an economical and practical future source of biodiesel.
Disambiguation and Faithful Instantiation of Parametric Regular Expression Containment Coercions

We consider the proofs-are-programs principle in the setting of containment among regular expressions. A proof of containment is a coercion function among parse trees. Based on the concept of Antimirov’s partial derivatives, we develop a novel method to derive coercions out of containment proofs. Our approach naturally supports parametric coercions among parametric regular expressions where coercions satisfy the greedy left-most disambiguation strategy. We establish sufficient conditions which guarantee that parametric coercions retain the greedy left-most property under instantiation. The approach is implemented and provides for an important step to achieve for a satisfactory adoption of regular expression as types in the context of parametrically typed programming languages.
Effect of inactivating MetD transporter system of Escherichia coli W3110 on L-methionine production

[Objective] To study the effect of inactivating MetD transporter system of Escherichia coli W3110 on the production of L-methionine. [Methods] We compared the metNIQ genes’ expression ratio of wild type E. coli W3110 and the deregulation of MetJ repression strains by Quantitative 李华等: 大肠杆菌MetD运输系统缺失对蛋氨酸积累的影响 1417 Tel: 010-64807511; E-mail: tongbao@im.ac.cn; http://journals.im.ac.cn/wswxtbcn real-time PCR (RT-qPCR). The methionine uptake capacity of E. coli W3110 and Me05 were analyzed. To construct the inactivation of MetD transporter system mutants, metNIQ genes cluster, metN, metI, and metQ were deleted by Red recombinase system respectively. We analyzed their effects on the uptake capacity and methionine production of these mutants. [Results] The metNIQ genes expression ratio and the uptake capacity of methionine were significantly increased by the deregulation of MetJ repression. By deleting the metNIQ genes cluster of E. coli W3110 and Me05, the MetD transport capacity were inactivated which resulted in the reduced uptake capacity of methionine. Besides, we deleted the metNIQ genes cluster, metN, metI, and metQ of methionine-producing chassis strain Me06. Growth curves and flask batch fermentation showed that, the growth and production of methionine were improved by the deletion of metI. The methionine production improved from 0.39 g/L to 0.45 g/L, increased by 15.4%. The methionine yield on biomass improved from 0.14 to 0.15 g/g DCW. [Conclusion] Inactivation of the function of MetD transport system in E. coli could lead to the decreased uptake capacity of methionine. Deletion of the metI can improve the methionine-producing capacity of recombination E. coli strain.
The Role of Biogeochemical and Community Openness in Governing Arctic Ecosystem Response to Climate Change and Disturbance

PERSONNEL: Edward B. Rastetter, Marine Biological Laboratory, Senior Scientist, PI Primary responsibility for overall project management ARC-LTER Executive Committee Laura Gough, Towson University, Professor, Co-PI Primary responsibility for managing the Terrestrial component of the project ARC-LTER Executive Committee William B. Bowden, University of Vermont, Professor, Co-PI Primary responsibility for managing the Streams component of the project ARC-LTER Executive Committee Phaedra Budy, Utah State University, Professor, Co-PI Primary responsibility for managing the Lakes component of the project ARC-LTER Executive Committee George W. Kling, University of Michigan, Professor, Co-PI Primary responsibility for managing the Landscape Interactions component of the project ARC-LTER Executive Committee