Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Colour vision models: a practical guide, some simulations, and colourvision R package

Human colour vision differs from the vision of other animals. The most obvious differences are the number and type of photoreceptors in the retina. E.g., while humans are insensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light, most non-mammal vertebrates and insects have a colour vision that spans into the UV. The development of colour vision models allowed appraisals of colour vision independent of the human experience. These models are now widespread in ecology and evolution fields. Here I present a guide to colour vision modelling, run a series of simulations, and provide a R package – colourvision – to facilitate the use of colour vision models. I present the mathematical steps for calculation of the most commonly used colour vision models: Chittka (1992) colour hexagon, Endler & Mielke (2005) model, and Vorobyev & Osorio (1998) linear and log-linear receptor noise limited models (RNL). These models are then tested using identical simulated and real data. These comprise of reflectance spectra generated by a logistic function against an achromatic background, achromatic reflectance against an achromatic background, achromatic reflectance against a chromatic background, and real flower reflectance data against a natural background reflectance. When the specific requirements of each model are met, between model results are, overall, qualitatively and quantitatively similar. However, under many common scenarios of colour measurements, models may generate spurious values and/or considerably different predictions. Models that log-transform data and use relative photoreceptor outputs are prone to generate unrealistic results when the stimulus photon catch is smaller than the background photon catch. Moreover, models may generate unrealistic results when the background is chromatic (e.g. leaf reflectance) and the stimulus is an achromatic low reflectance spectrum. Colour vision models are a valuable tool in several ecology and evolution subfields. Nonetheless, knowledge of model assumptions, careful analysis of model outputs, and basic knowledge of calculation behind each model are crucial for appropriate model application, and generation of meaningful and reproducible results. Other aspects of vision not incorporated into these models should be considered when drawing conclusion from model results.
Content Analysis on Media Online

This research discusses the current developments in the use of bitcoin in Indonesia. The data used in content analysis is sourced from three online news media namely detik.com, kompas.com, and liputan6.com. The data collected was 651 news, the data has been processed and verified to ensure there is no duplicate data and is in accordance with bitcoin. The tools used in data retrieval are webharvy version 5.2, then the data is processed using atlas.ti tools version 6.2 to calculate the number of words. From the results of calculations then made (10) ten important concepts, from these concepts the most important concepts are then selected. The concept is the concept of bitcoin, country, platform, value, economy, government, market, company, security, and banking. The method used to conduct this research is qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative methods are used at the time of data collection, while qualitative methods are used to perform data processing and to calculate the connectedness test between each concept using SPSS version 22 tools. The results of the connectedness test are made visually by network connection using tools atlas.ti version 6.2. Based on the visualization, it was found that the economic concept is the most important concept of online news related to bitcoin. The economic concept is connected with the other eight concepts, namely bitcoin, security, country, market, government, banking, companies and platforms.
Predatory Ants: First Report on Direct Evidence of Predation by Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1885 on Olive Ridley Eggs from India

Abstract: Predation of eggs and emerging hatchlings of olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) by wild animals and feral dogs are known. They reduce the hatching success rate considerably affecting the conservation management of this vulnerable species. Hatchery management is practised in India to overcome predation. Ant predation is a serious threat to turtle nest protected by ex situ or in situ erected hatchery. This article reports the first direct evidence of turtle eggs predation by Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835 commonly called red ants. Native to India, Oriental, Indo Australian and Palearctic regions they are notorious as an agricultural pest. Chlorpyrifos pesticides recommended for their control could become fatal for the developing embryos of turtles if applied near the hatchery. In the turtle nesting site of the west coast of India, D. orientalis has more of an ecological role than as a pest. Natural pesticide such as Neem powder (Azadirachta indica) shows promising results for preventing their infestation.
Keeping together: older people in longitudinal research studies, the case of TwinsUK

Purpose – A decline in participation in research studies as people age is inevitable as health declines. This paper aims to address this by collecting data from a group of participants to examine their reasons for declining attendance and suggestions formaintaining attendance as participants age. Design/methodology/approach – This research used a postal self-completed questionnaire including open and closed questions. The questionnaire was sent to those participants who have declined to attend further clinic visits. Results were analysed using thematic content analysis. Findings – The study had a 51% response rate. Participants reported difficulty with travelling to the clinic, and health as the main issues in addition to family demands and a lack of understanding regarding the continuing participation of a singleton twin. Research limitations/implications – This study could only include data from responding participants, answers to open question also included comments from participants regarding their twin. Practical implications – An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all individuals in the Keeping Together project. It was therefore not possible to identify if responses were from both members of a twin pair. Originality/value – Maintaining participation in longitudinal studies is of crucial importance to enhance the value of data. Retention of participants in studies may change as people age and health becomes impaired. Suggestions for maintaining and improving the retention of older participants have been identified and are generalisable to other longitudinal studies of ageing.
Physical Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Educational Approach

The most progressive neurodegenerative disease so far we know are Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). They manifest cognitive and motor disorders, respectively. No cures are found yet for both the diseases, except some palliatives. At this stage, some alternative measures can be adopted that may slowdown the further progression and may bring comfort to the affected people. Epidemiological data supports a direct relationship between the physical activity (PA) and the risk of developing those two diseases. Aerobic physical exercise (PE) induces the release of neurotrophic factors, promotes angiogenesis, neurogenesis and synaptogenesis, and improves memory and cognitive functions. Further, PE activates the superoxide scavengers, like superoxide dismutase, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and thereby protects the hippocampus, which is involved particularly in memory function. AD and PD not only deteriorate the quality of life but also may cause death. Therefore, any positive impact of non-pharmacological interventions, such as physical activity and exercise, would improve public health.
A review on fundamentals and strategy of epoxy-resin-based anticorrosive coating materials

ABSTRACT In the field of anticorrosion, epoxy resin plays an important role. Therefore, many researchers have reported the strategy, manufacturing technology, and application of epoxy anticorrosive coatings all over the world. In this paper, three basic ideas for improving the anticorrosion performance of epoxy resin anticorrosive materials are summarized, and the current strategies for developing new epoxy resins are classified into seven types. In the end, it is pointed out that with the development of technology, the development direction of anticorrosive coatings should be toward multifunctional coatings and composite materials.
Modulation of innate and adaptive immune responses by arabinoxylans

Humans are exposed to harmful pathogens and a wide range of noxious substances every day. The immune system reacts to, and destroys, these pathogens and harmful substances. The immune system is composed of innate and adaptive immunity, which liaise to protect the host and maintain health. Foods, especially cereals, have been reported to modulate the immune response. Arabinoxylans are nonstarch polysaccharides that have been shown to possess immune-modulatory activities. This review article discusses the fundamentals of the immune system and provides an overview of the immunomodulatory potential of arabinoxylans in conjunction with their structural characteristics and proposed similarities with lipopolysaccharides.
The influence of enterprise risk management on firm performance with the moderating effect of intellectual capital dimensions

Abstract In the current dynamic environment, organizations are exposed to many risks from different directions. Therefore, this study using the theoretical lens explored the effect of enterprise risk management (ERM) on both financial and non-financial firm performance and the moderating role of intellectual capital (IC) and its dimensions on the relationship between ERM and firm performance. To test the study hypotheses, a questionnaire survey was distributed to 84 Iranian financial institutions. Structural equation modeling (PLS software) was used to analyze the data statistically. The findings revealed that ERM had a positive relationship with firms’ performance. The results also showed that the overall IC had a moderating effect on ERM-firm financial performance. However, regarding components of IC, knowledge, and information technology (IT) had a positive and significant moderating effect while training, organizational culture, and trust did not affect. This study provides an insight into the impact of ERM in recent years on non-financial performance and the influence of intangible assets on ERM and its function. The model developed in the current study and result can be extended and implemented to other organizations in developing countries.
THIN LAYER MODELLING OF OPEN SUN AND SOLAR DRYING KINETICS OF PULVERIZED MAIZE HUSKS

The open sun and solar drying of maize husks were investigated. Husks obtained from freshly harvested maize were cut into pieces, pulverized and 5 – 20 mm deep beds of husks were dried in open sun and solar dryer. The drying data were fitted to twelve thin layer drying models. The drying time increased with increasing depth of husks for both open sun and solar drying. The solar drying was faster than open sun drying, however, both took place in the falling rate period. The effective moisture diffusivities for open sun dying were 1.65 x 10-9 - 9.39 x 10-9 m2 s-1 while those for solar drying were 2.83 x 10-9 – 2.20 x 10-8 m2 s-1 for bed depths of 5 - 20 mm. The Wang and Singh model best fitted the sun drying data, whereas it only fitted the solar drying data for the 15 and 20 mm samples. The time required for drying pulverized maize husks, by radiation from the sun, can be essentially shortened by using thinner layer of husks and drying in a solar dryer rather than in open sun. The data provided by this study can aid the design of solar dryers for agriculture residues.
Personality Characteristics of Pakistani Business Leaders: A Phenomenological Approach

Background: The objective of the present study is to understand the key personality characteristics that contribute to the success of a business leader. In Pakistani context, doing business with all social and environmental challenges is not an easy job. Many theoretical paradigms have tried to capture and explain this phenomenon ranging from trait perspective to behavioral motivation perspective; all have tried to explain its significance. In such scenario business leaders plays key role in overall economic growth of the country. The purpose is to investigate such characteristics of personality needed to excel in difficult times to reach at successful level. Methods: The phenomenological qualitative approach was used to investigate personality characteristics of Pakistan successful business leaders. Convenient purposive sampling technique was applied and sample n= 5 of successful business leader were taken from Lahore and Faisalabad. Semi-structured interview technique was used to understand their experiences, attitudes, styles of management and key factors about in their business success. Results: Thematic Analysis technique was employed to analyze data. The following themes emerged through descriptive and interpretative thematic technique as personality characteristics of business leaders: optimism, assertiveness, professionalism, effective management style, business knowledge/ excellence, supportive family and strong faith in God. Conclusions: It was noted that all themes were interlinked and connected with each other which produce positive results in terms of success in Pakistan based business culture. The importance of this study rests in its eastern contribution to the theoretical framework of psychology of business leaders and Industrial organizational Psychology and further these findings will help to realize the basic key factors of success behind a business leader in Pakistan.
Influence of magnesium gluconate salt addition on mixing, pasting and fermentation properties of dough

Abstract The effect of magnesium ions from gluconate salt at the level of 100, 150 and 200 mg/100g addition on empirical dough rheological properties from the 550 wheat flour type was studied. Dough rheological properties during mixing (dough development time, dough stability, degree of softening), α amylase activity and gelatinization temperature were analyzed by using a Falling Number and Amylograph. During fermentation were analyzed the maximum height of gaseous production, total CO2 volume production, volume of the gas retained in the dough at the end of the test and the retention coefficient by using a Rheofermentograph device. By magnesium gluconate (Mg) salt addittion dough become more strength by an increase of stability and a decrease of the degree of softening. With Mg addittion wheat flour dough volumes were affected. Compared to the control sample, the dough volume decreased with the increased level of Mg. From the point of view of the α amylase activity, it decreases with the increase level of Mg whereas the gelatinization temperature increases.
WOMEN AND DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN INDONESIA AS EMERGING MARKET

Digital financial inclusion is digital access to and use of formal financial services. This paper aims to examine the significance of gender dimension in digital financial inclusion in Indonesia as an Emerging Market. By using surveys, we expect to relate women and digital financial inclusion. The ordinal logistic regression model was used as a method to model one of the key variables, gender. The result concluded that women as the gender we concerned gives a significant impact to behavioral intention that represents the digital financial inclusion.
The role of sleep disturbances in cognitive function and depressive symptoms among community‐dwelling elderly with sleep complaints

The relationships between sleep problems, cognitive impairments, and depression have been established in the aging population. However, less is known about the role of late‐life onset insomnia and sex involved in these dyad or tripartite relationships. This study aimed to consider onset age of insomnia and sex in the relationship between sleep parameters, cognition and depression among older adults with current insomnia complaints.
From mobility data to habits and common pathways

Many aspects of our lives are associated with places and the activities we perform on a daily basis. Most of them are recurrent and demand displacement of the individual between regular places like going to work, school or other important personal locations. To accomplish these recurrent daily activities, people tend to follow regular paths with similar temporal and spatial characteristics, especially because humans are frequently looking for uniformity to support their decisions and make their actions easier or even automatic. In this work, we propose a method for discovering common pathways across users' habits from human mobility data. By using a density‐based clustering algorithm, we identify the most preferable locations the users visit, we apply a Gaussian mixture model over these places to automatically separate among all traces, the trajectories that follow patterns in order to discover the representations of individual's habits. By using the longest common sub‐sequence algorithm, we search for the trajectories that are more similar over the set of users' habits trips by considering the distance that pairs of users or habits share on the same path. The proposed method is evaluated over two real‐world GPS datasets and the results show that the approach is able to detect the most important places in a user's life, detect the routine activities and identify common routes between users that have similar habits paving the way for research techniques in carpooling, recommendation and prediction systems.
Medically Defined Infertility Versus Self-Perceived Fertility Problem: Implications of Survey Wording for Assessing Associations with Depressive Symptoms

Objective: To examine how measures of infertility based on medical criteria and based on self-perception relate to depressive symptoms among women with infertility. Background: Survey-based studies of depressive symptoms have used either measures of self-reported infertility based on meeting medical criteria or measures of self-perceived fertility problems, but seldom both. It is, therefore, not known which type of measure is more closely associated with depressive symptoms. Materials and Methods: Using ordinary least-squares multiple regression, this study compares associations between a measure of meeting medical criteria for infertility and a measure of self-perceived fertility problems with a common measure of depressive symptoms. Data come from the National Survey of Fertility Barriers, a population-based survey of 4,711 U.S. women. Results: Both meeting medical criteria for infertility and self-perception were associated with depressive symptoms after controlling for a number of relevant variables, but the coefficient for the self-perception measure was slightly higher than the coefficient for medical criteria. Conclusion: If possible, both medical criteria and self-perception measures should be used in studies of the consequences of infertility for psychosocial outcomes. If only one measure can be used, self-perception of a fertility problem is an acceptable measure.
Make Self-help Psychoeducational Programs for Breast Cancer Patients COVID-19 Proof

The Covid-19 pandemic has significant consequences for the health care all over the world, and among those are the many self-help psychoeducational programs that support cancer patients to cope with their psychosocial problems and to increase adherence to medical procedures. Psychoeducation refers to therapeutic approaches that involve information giving and receiving, discussion of concerns, problem-solving, coping skills training, expression of emotion, and social support [1]. Psychoeducation has emerged in practice as adjunctive treatments for cancer in which patients and families are struggling with different challenges associated with breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and treatment [2]. Psychoeducation is considered to be less expensive, more easily administered and potentially more accessible than conventional psychological interventions [3]. Most psychoeducational programs for cancer patients focus on coping with the anxiety, depression and stress due to the disease. Information about the disease and the associated health care are often provided as well. Some Abstract
Novel polymaleimide containing dibenzoyl hydrazine pendant group as chelating agent for antimicrobial activity

ABSTRACT Novel polymaleimide containing dibenzoyl hydrazine pendant group, poly[N-benzoyl-4-(N-maleimido)-phenyl hydrazide], and its metal complexes have been synthesized. Their antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli bacteria and that against Aspergillus fumigatus, Syncephalastrum racemosum, Geotrichum candidum, and Candida albicans fungi were investigated. The polymer–metal complexes showed better antimicrobial activity than that of the parent polymer. The inhibition of the growth of the microbes remarkably depends on the type of the metal in the complexes. The polymer–Co(II) and the polymer–Cd(II) complexes are more potent in inhibition of the tested microbes growth than the rest of the prepared complexes. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
NanoJ-SQUIRREL: quantitative mapping and minimisation of super-resolution optical imaging artefacts

Most super-resolution microscopy methods depend on steps that contribute to the formation of image artefacts. Here we present NanoJ-SQUIRREL, an ImageJ-based analytical approach providing a quantitative assessment of super-resolution image quality. By comparing diffraction-limited images and super-resolution equivalents of the same focal volume, this approach generates a quantitative map of super-resolution defects, as well as methods for their correction. To illustrate its broad applicability to super-resolution approaches we apply our method to Localization Microscopy, STED and SIM images of a variety of in-cell structures including microtubules, poxviruses, neuronal actin rings and clathrin coated pits. We particularly focus on single-molecule localisation microscopy, where super-resolution reconstructions often feature imperfections not present in the original data. By showing the quantitative evolution of data quality over these varied sample preparation, acquisition and super-resolution methods we display the potential of NanoJ-SQUIRREL to guide optimization of superresolution imaging parameters.
Have an omnichannel seamless interaction experience! Dimensions and effect on consumer satisfaction

ABSTRACT The challenge for omnichannel retailers is to offer a seamless experience across all touchpoints. However, there is a lack of research that provides theoretical and empirical evidence about how firms can create such experiences. The aim of the current research is to analyse: (1) the concept of omnichannel seamless interaction experience (OSIE) and (2) its effect on customer satisfaction with the interaction. Based on a systematic literature review and running a content analysis, consistency, freedom in channel selection, and synchronisation across channels were identified as OSIE dimensions. In two studies and using two methods, a survey and a controlled experiment, these OSIE dimensions and downstream effects were tested. The findings confirm the multidimensionality of OSIE – composed of consistency, synchronisation, and freedom in channel selection – and its positive effect on customer satisfaction with the interaction.