Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Single-board microcontrollers applied to biaxial tests for architectural membranes

The last decade has been characterised by the progressive development of several biaxial testing equipment and procedures for the mechanical characterisation of coated fabrics. The few standards available in this field led to the development of several testing machines based on different loading principles to reproduce a biaxial stress state in a fabric. The most common approach is based on the symmetrical loading of a cruciform sample by means of four actuators, one on each side. However, other concepts have been successfully applied such as the “floating frame”, where the upper reaction frame is mounted on spherical bearings and is free to move in the plane of the fabric, and the use of rigid square frame with batteries of independent servomotors on each side [6]. Two recent interlaboratory studies confirmed a fairly good correspondence in the values of stiffness obtained by the different laboratories. The financial cost of each type of biaxial testing machine is directly related to the size, the accuracy and the level of flexibility of the testing equipment. However, the level of complexity and the absence of off-the-shelf products lead to costs which are not affordable by small research institutions, manufacturing companies and engineering offices. This research aims to unveil the potential of the new generation of single-board microcontrollers (e.g. Arduino and Raspberry-Pi) for a reliable and affordable biaxial testing machine which can drastically reduce the current costs associated to the biaxial characterisation of coated fabrics and foils. The paper presents the development of a data logger based on Raspberry-Pi and able to record the data measured by four load cells a and three extensometers applied to a biaxial cruciform sample obtained from ETFE foils commonly used in Architecture. The results obtained from the experimental tests have been compared in order to estimate the level of reproducibility and accuracy which can be achieved through the cost-effective and affordable equipment.
Interpretation Driven Velocity Model Building to Improve Subsalt Imaging

This, combined with recent subsalt success across much of the Gulf of Mexico, has driven exploration into more and more complex subsalt petroleum systems. When the complexity rises, the image quality begins to break down. Is this poor image quality purely due to illumination and algorithm limitations; or perhaps, in part, has interpretation and model building not kept up with the recent acquisition and computational advances?
Strategy to enhance efficacy of doxorubicin by curcumin as a potent Pgp inhibitor in gastric cancer

Gastric cancer which usually affects older people is the third leading cancer responsible for cancer related deaths. Chemotherapy used to treat gastric cancer usually fails due to the development of multidrug resistance. The aim of our work is to develop a strategy that overcomes the chemo resistance in gastric cancer cells which enhance the efficacy of doxorubicin by curcumin as a potent PGP inhibitor. In this study we generated a doxo resistant gastric cancer cell line (Doxo-SNU-5) with IC50 22 μM as compared to its wild type with IC50 2.2 μM. The resistance developed was due to overexpression of Pglycoprotein, MRP1 and BCRP confirmed by RT-PCR. Doxo-SNU-5 cells when treated with non-toxic dose of curcumin (PGP inhibitor) in combination with doxorubicin IC50 was reduced up to 5 μM and decreased the cologenetic property. Morphological analysis by DAPI staining showed that the death was due to apoptosis that was further confirmed by annexin V FITC. The biochemical changes of apoptosis was confirmed by increased expression of pro-apoptotic proteins which was due to increase in the expression of CHEK2, BAX, γH2AX and decrease in the expression of anti-apoptotic gene (BCL2) in Doxo-SNU-5 as shown by RT-PCR. These results strongly supports the idea that Curcumin as a Pgp inhibitor enhances the sensitivity of doxorubicin in chemo resistant gastric cancer cell line.
A Qualitative Analysis of the Descriptions of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT) Tested in Clinical Trials of Depressed Young People

Objectives: The prevalence of depression in young people is high and the potential negative impacts are significant. Timely evidence-based treatment is critical. Current recommendations are that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used as a first line intervention, however, the extent to which CBT results in improvements in depression symptoms varies across trials. One possible explanation for this is variation in nature of CBT used across trials. Methods: In the context of a systematic review of evidence based psychotherapy interventions for young people with depression, we extracted the text about the CBT approaches and techniques to investigate how trial authors described their CBT intervention and to examine the nature of CBT delivered in trials. We coded this data on 14 intervention description domains regarding how and by whom CBT was delivered. We used the constant comparative method to categorise the descriptions of CBT interventions. Results: Overall, the reporting of CBT protocols was highly variable across trials, with varying levels of detail provided and inconsistent language used. The categories that we identified from this analysis included: 1. Full CBT; 2. Partial CBT with an emphasis on cognitive techniques; 3. Partial CBT with an emphasis on behavioural techniques. Conclusion: There is need for better standards and guidelines for reporting of trials of psychotherapy interventions to facilitate authors to adequately describe their work for their audience, including details about approaches and techniques included in the intervention, as well as how it was delivered and by whom. Understanding the nature of the CBT protocols being tested in research is important for ensuring effective translation of research findings into clinical practice. Given the variation in approaches to CBT, investigation is needed regarding those that young people find most helpful and effective.
Title Improving microblog retrieval from exterior corpus byautomatically constructing a microblogging corpus

A large-scale training corpus consisting of microblogs belonging to a desired category is important for highaccuracy microblog retrieval. Obtaining such a large-scale microblgging corpus manually is very time and laborconsuming. Therefore, some models for the automatic retrieval of microblogs from an exterior corpus have been proposed. However, these approaches may fail in considering microblog-specific features. To alleviate this issue, we propose a methodology that constructs a simulated microblogging corpus rather than directly building a model from the exterior corpus. The performance of our model is better since the microblog-special knowledge of the microblogging corpus is used in the end by the retrieval model. Experimental results on real-world microblogs demonstrate the superiority of our technique compared to the previous approaches.
Mid-J CO emission from the Orion BN/KL explosive outflow

High spatial resolution low-J 12 CO observations have shown that the wide-angle outflow seen in the Orion BN/KL region correlates with the famous H2 fingers. Recently, high-resolution large-scale mappings of mid- and higher-J CO emissions have been reported toward the Orion molecular cloud 1 core region using the APEX telescope. Therefore, it is of interest to investigate this outflow in the higher-J 12 CO emission, which is likely excited by shocks. The observations were carried out using the dual-color heterodyne array CHAMP + on the APEX telescope. The images of the Orion BN/KL region were obtained in the 12 CO J = 6− 5a ndJ = 7−6 transitions with angular resolutions of 8. �� 6a nd 7. �� 4, respectively. The results show a good agreement between our higher-J 12 CO emission and SMA low-J 12 CO data, which indicates that this wide-angle outflow in Orion BN/KL is likely the result of an explosive event that is related to the runaway objects from a dynamically decayed multiple system. From our observations, we estimate that the kinetic energy of this explosive outflow is about 1−2 × 10 47 erg. In addition, a scenario has been proposed where part of the outflow is decelerated and absorbed in the cloud to explain the lack of CO bullets in the southern part of BN/KL, which in turn induces the methanol masers seen in this region.
Overrecruitment in the Aging Brain as a Function of Task Demands: Evidence for a Compensatory View

This study used fMRI to investigate the neural effects of increasing cognitive demands in normal aging and their role for performance. Simple and complex go/no-go tasks were used with two versus eight colored letters as go stimuli, respectively. In both tasks, no-go stimuli could produce high conflict (same letter, different color) or low conflict (colored numbers) with go stimuli. Multivariate partial least square analysis of fMRI data showed that older adults overengaged a cohesive pattern of fronto-parietal regions with no-go stimuli under the specific combination of factors which progressively amplified task demands: high conflict no-go trials in the first phase of the complex task. This early neural overrecruitment was positively correlated with a lower error rate in the older group. Thus, the present data suggest that age-related extra-recruitment of neural resources can be beneficial for performance under taxing task conditions, such as when novel, weak, and complex rules have to be acquired.
Tubular surface around a Legendre curve in BCV spaces

C. Baikousssis, D.E. Blair[1] made a study of Legendre curves in contact metric manifolds. J. I. Inoguchi, T. Kumamoto, N. Ohsugi, and Y. Suyama[2] studied fundamental properties of Heisenberg 3-spaces. M. Belkhelfa, I.E. Hirica, R. Rosca, L. Verstlraelen[6] obtained a complete characterization of surfaces with paralel second fundamental form in 3-dimensional Bianchi-Cartan-Vranceanu spaces(BCV). In this study, we define the canal surface around Legendre curve with Frenet frame in BCV spaces. Afterwards we investigate tubular surface around Legendre curve curve with Frenet frame. Finally we give some characterizations about special curves lying on tubular surface around Legendre curve.
Added Turbulence and Optimal Power Distribution in Large Off-Shore Wind Farms

Wind power is subject to intensive research in the development of using more renewable energy. With a growing number of countries aiming at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, increasing investments are being made in wind turbines and wind farms. An intriguing option is to build large wind farms at sea. There are many challenges with building large offshore wind farms. This Master's thesis addresses the challenge of the wind turbines interacting with each other within the farm. Observations and measurement data indicate that wind turbines standing in rows behind other turbines experience a lower mean wind speed and a higher level of turbulence. With the wind turbines controlled individually, this means that upwind turbines will produce more power than downwind turbines, and downwind turbines will be subject to a higher degree of fatigue than the upwind turbines, as a result of the higher level of turbulence. The starting point of the thesis is the proposition that controlling the wind turbines in the farm as a team, taking the interaction with the other turbines into account, forms an optimization problem of finding power references to each turbine, such that total power output of the farm is maximized and the total fatigue is minimized. The ambition is to present a way of formulating the optimization problem and finding the optimal power references, in order to investigate if this proposition is plausible. A model for the added turbulence induced by turbines upwind from other turbines is presented, along with a model for the wind deficit. These models are then used to formulate the optimization problem, which is solved using a gradient descent algorithm. Our results indicate that there is a potential benefit in controlling wind turbines in a farm with respect to the other turbines. By including the wind deficit and added wake turbulence in determining the power references, we have found that the total power output could be increased while at the same time reducing the total amount of turbulence experienced by the turbines. (Less)
Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Algal Flora in the Gut Content of Tanypus punctipennis Meigen, 1818

Larval chironomids feed on algae, diatomae, detritus, decaying plant and animal fragments. The larvae in turn are food for other carnivore and omnivore animals. Thus, larval chironomids have a very important role in the aquatic food cycle. In this study, the algal flora in the stomachs of Tanypus punctipennis , which is known as a very common species in Turkish Thrace, was examined in terms of qualitative and quantitative factors. It was found that Bacillariophyta was the dominant group with 43 taxa in the stomach of T. punctipennis. It was followed by Cyanophyta with 7 taxa, Euglenophyta with 6 taxa, Chlorophyta with 4 taxa, Carophyta with 2 taxa, and Rhodophyta with 1 taxa.
The Development of a Computer Based Education Management Information System ( MIS ) Model in Elementary School Bandar

Riswandi Universitas Lampung, Indonesia E-mail: riswandi.unila@gmail.com Abstract: The general objective of the research is to develop a model of a computer-based education management information systems (MIS) in Elementary schools and the specific objectives were to (1) develop a prototype model of an education MIS computer-based; and (2) to develop the procedure Manual of a computer-based education MIS models. The design of the research was research and development proposed by Borg and Gall. The samples were elementary schools in the city of Bandar Lampung. The research procedure were (1) determining the location of the research, (2) collecting data, (3) designing the initial product and validating to the experts, (4) conducting a seminar in the forum group discussion (FGD), and (5) revising the first design. The result of the product is a prototype model of computer based education MIS and the manual procedure of computer based education MIS for the elementary school.
Changes in lake level and trophy at Lake Vrana, a large karstic lake on the Island of Cres (Croatia), with respect to palaeoclimate and anthropogenic impacts during the last approx. 16,000 years

A multi-proxy approach study (cladocerans, diatoms, geochemistry, plant macrofossils, pollen), was performed on a sediment core from Lake Vrana (Vransko Jezero), a large and deep karstic lake on the northern Adriatic island of Cres, Croatia. Considerable lake-level changes occurred during the last approx. 16,000 years. The stratigraphic evidence suggests that periods of enhanced precipitation and the post-LGM rise in sea level were the main driving forces. The lake records indicate early human impacts. Sediment echo-sounding indicated that >25 m of lake sediments lies within the site, from which 5 m have been cored. Shallow lake stages occurred from 14.4 14C ky BP to early Holocene. Prior to Allerod, interglacial sediments were redeposited, reflecting the influences of rising sea-level (forming a local groundwater barrier), a temporary increase in precipitation, and lake-level changes. There appears to be a hiatus in the sequence, for no sediments assignable to the Allerod chronozone could be found. A discordance in the echo profile at the appropriate horizon in the sequence supports this interpretation. Groundwater level increased again at 10.6 ky BP (during Younger Dryas chronozone), a swamp vegetation formed, which gave way to a shallow lake. During the Preboreal chronozone, this freshwater lake persisted with fluctuating levels. The establishment and subsequent persistence of the present deep water lake at about 8.5 ky BP, correspond with findings of a pluvial period at the Dalmatian coast, which lasted from 8.4 to 6 ky BP. First human catchment disturbances were related to settlements of Neolithic or Bronze Age. The increase in summer drought, coupled with forest clearance during Illyrian times, are assumed to be responsible for the change towards present evergreen oak vegetation in the lake catchment. The intensification in land-use during Roman and post-Roman settlements caused a slight increase in the lake trophic level.
An analysis of the effect of topography on rainfall in the Taieri catchment area, Otago

In an area of 2500 square miles, consisting of the Taieri Catchment basin and adjoining areas, there are only 37 rain gauges for which there are records for more than four years . Since the topography is varied, it is difficult to estimate rainfall in ungauged parts of the catchment. This study examines the effects of four topographic factors, altitude, position, exposure and aspect on the variation in measured rainfall, explains these effects in c1imatological and meteorological terms, and provides the basis of a method for estimating the rainfall on ungauged areas. INTRODUCTION This paper recDrds the preliminary results Df an investigatiDn intO' the areal and secular variatiDns Df rainfall Dn the Taieri Catchment. The ultimate aims Df this study are, firstly, to' prDvide methDds Df assessing rainfall in ungauged areas, and secDndly to' further the understanding Df the prDcesses invDlved in the actiDn Df tDpDgraphy Dn rainfall,but the wDrk presented here is O'nly intended to' ShDW which tDpDgraphical and climatDIDgical factDrs are impDrtant, and to' ShDW the prDbable processes which are invDlved. It is to' be nDted that associated research is currently being carried Dut, including an estimatiDn Df the pDtential evapDtranspiratiDn, and a study Df the pDint-area rainfall relatiDnships · in the an~a, while a further experiment, which is in the planning stage, will study these interactiDns in mDre detail in a smaller area. Research Df this nature has been dDne elsewhere, particularly in EurDpe and NDrth America, the best knDwn, perhaps, being that repDrted by Spreen (1947), whO' cO'rrelated rainfall with tDpDgraphic parameters using a graphical regressiDn technique. DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENT The Taieri catchment CDvers 2204 square miles inland frDm Dunedin Dn the east Df the SDuth Island Df New Zealand (Figure 7 fDr IDcatiDn), and includes parts Df the climatic districts Df SDuth New Zealand and Inland SDuth Island (Central OtagD) , as defined by Garnier (1958). In additiDn, SDme areas outside the catchment were included, in Drder to' prDvide a sufficient number Df raingauge statiDns, these areas being chDsen Dn the basis Df apparent climatic unifDrmity. The area arDund Dunedin was Dmitted, because Df its distinctive climatic character, thus excluding a small part Df the Taieri catchment frDm this experiment. The area is Dne Df accentuated relief, the Taieri Ridge, RDCk and Pillar Range, RDUgh and NDrth RDugh Ridges, the Lammerlaw Ranges and the Maungatuas alternating with the Styx basin, the ManiDtDtD, Strath-Taieri and Taieri Plains~ The highest point in the area cDnsidered is Mt Ida (5548 ft A.S.L.).
Changes in blood parameters induced by experimental jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus infection

Abstract The aim of the study was to assess the changes of blood parameters in 12 three-week-old Polish Merino sheep subjected to experimental jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) infection. Material and Methods: Haematological (WBC with leukocyte subpopulations: GRA, LYM, MID, and RBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC, HGB, HCT, PLT, and MPV) and biochemical blood parameters (acid/base balance, cation/anion content, and gasometry) were determined in blood samples collected one month after JSRV infection, then at four-week intervals for five consecutive months. Results: A decrease in RBC, HCT, MCV, PLT, MPV, and LYM values in comparison with controls was found in the last month of observation. On the other hand, at the same time, an increase in HGB, MCH, MCHC, WBC, MID, and GRA indices was observed. Moreover, at the end of experiment blood gasometric indices such as pCO2, HCO3, and tCO2, and Na and K ion concentrations were higher in the affected lambs than in the healthy animals. The pH values of the challenged animals exhibited less alkaline character than in the case of controls, which was associated with a decrease in O2% saturation. However, the majority of differences between JSRV inoculated and control groups was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The observed changes in the examined blood parameters can be considered as prodromal symptoms in the preclinical phase of adenocarcinoma development associated with JSRV infection.
Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd CARDIFF SCHOOL OF SPORT DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2014-5 ‘Understanding the impact of the coach-athlete relationship, identity and complexity within female team sports’ Dissertation submitted under the discipline of Coaching 

II Chapter 1: 1.0 Introduction 1 Chapter 2: 2.0 Literature Review 4 2.1 History of coaching research 5 2.2 Towards a notion of complexity 7 2.3 Modelling the complexity of the coaching process 9 2.4 A theoretical understanding of athlete identity 10 2.5 Power and the coach-athlete relationship 12 Chapter 3: 3.0 Methodology 16 3.1 A qualitative genre 17 3.2 ‘Trustworthiness’ 18 3.3 Participants 18 3.4 Interviews 19 3.5 Pilot Study 21 3.6 Procedure 21 3.7 Data Analysis 22 Chapter 4: 4.0 Results and Discussion 23 4.
An Almost IdeAl demAnd system AnAlysIs of meAt demAnd In UAe

BAsArir, A. , 2013. An almost ideal demand system analysis of meat demand in uAe. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 32-39 The main objective of this research is to analyze demand for different kinds of meats (Beef, Lamb, Goat, Chicken, Camel, and Fish) and the factors affecting the consumers’ preferences for each in uAe. A face-to-face survey technique was conducted on five hundred randomly selected respondents from UAE. A Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System was utilized via seemingly unrelated regression model. According to the results, educated respondents demand more lamb and uAe nationals demand more beef. As household size increases and the respondent is employed by public or private sectors his/her demand for camel meat increases. On the other hand, as the income of respondents increases their demand for beef decreases but for goat increases. Marshallian and Hicksian elasticity calculated from the model were between 1 and -1 making the products less responsive to price changes. Cross price, elasticity indicates goat and beef, goat and chicken, camel and beef, and camel and fish as complements; but chicken and camel as substitutes. Having all significant expenditure elasticity for lamb, goat, and camel greater than one makes them luxury and the others necessity items in UAE household diet. As for income effect analysis, any increase in income of uAe households in the future would make them proportionally allocate more of their income to the purchase of fish, camel, goat, and lamb.
Self-Regulated Strategies for School Writing Tasks: A Cross-Cultural Report

Abstract We investigated cross-cultural differences in ninth-grade students’ reported use of self-regulated strategies for writing. We assessed 12 self-regulated strategies for writing tapping environmental, behavioural, and personal self-regulated processes. Seven hundred and thirty-two Portuguese and Brazilian students in transition to high school (Mage = 14.3; 372 male and 306 female) from mainstream urban schools reported on their use of the strategies. Statistical analyses included a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with 12 dependent variables (self-regulated strategies for writing) and 2 between-subjects variables (country and gender). There were significant main effects for country with medium effect sizes and statistically significant small effect sizes for gender main effects. All-male and all-female comparisons indicated significant differences and medium effect sizes within gender groups. The majority of the differences tapped personal self-regulated strategies. Taken together, these findings suggest that initiating and controlling writing may be a contextualised bounded process.