Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evidence for filter-feeding by the wood-boring isopod, Sphaeroma terebrans (Crustacea: Peracarida)

The morphology of the mouthparts and proventriculus of the wood-boring isopod Sphaeroma terebrans has been described, with particular reference to its possible filter-feeding abilities. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that while the mandibles might be designed to scrape pieces of wood from the cavity wall during boring, the rest of the mouthparts are better suited for microphagous feeding. Video observations of the mouthparts demonstrated the ability of S. terebrans to filter out particulate material from the water column, by means of the filtering setae on the first three pairs of pereiopods. The morphology of the gut was found to be largely similar to that of terrestrial herbivorous isopods; primary and secondary filter apparatuses were present, but the masticatory apparatus present in terrestrial herbivores was missing. The morphology of both the gut and mouthparts provides additional support for the assumption that wood is an unlikely food source for S. terebrans.
The effect of feed intake containing whole cottonseed on blood parameters of Nellore bulls

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diets containing whole cottonseed (WC) on blood biochemical parameters of bulls. Thirty bulls with 30±6 months and 382.7±28.4kg were kept in feedlot (85 days) and fed the following WC levels: 0, 2.22, 4.44, 6.66, 8.88 and 11.11%. In comparing biochemical indicators from the beginning to the end of the experiment, the control group (CG) and those fed diets containing 2.22, 8.88 and 11.11% of WC had an increase (P<0.05) in serum Ca concentrations (8.34±0.65−9.56±0.92mEqL). In relation to Fe (202.79±69.04−300.04±79.88μg/dL), the CG and those treated with 6.66% WC showed an increase (P<0.05) in serum concentrations. As to the Mg (1.92±0.18−2.40±0.27mEqL), groups treated with diet containing 2.22, 4.44 and 6.66% of WC had higher (p<0.05) concentrations at the end of the study. Regarding blood lipids, groups with diets containing 2.22; 4.44; 6.66 and 8.88% of WC increased (p<0.05), respectively, in concentrations of HDL, TG, VLDL and COL. The group that received 11.11% of WC increased (P<0.05) in the concentrations of COL and HDL. It can be concluded that diets containing WC, caused no alterations in the concentrations of blood parameters analyzed in this study, with the exception of Mg.
APPLIED TO FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS LEARNING

This work analyses the performance of three different population-based metaheuristic approaches applied to Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) learning in qualitative control of processes. Fuzzy cognitive maps permit to include the previous specialist knowledge in the control rule. Particularly, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA) and an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) are considered for obtaining appropriate weight matrices for learning the FCM. A statistical convergence analysis within 10000 simulations of each algorithm is presented. In order to validate the proposed approach, two industrial control process problems previously described in the literature are considered in this work.
“We love this place”: place attachment and community engagement in urban conservation planning

Conservation planning becomes signifi cant as globalisation and rapid urbanisation challenge the preservation of historical urban sites. As an integral part of communities’ place identities, the destruction of built heritage for development challenges local identities. Protecting built environment heritages can preserve local identity. Also, a paradigm shift in conservation planning supports including local perspectives and knowledge systems for sustainable urban conservation planning and democratic participation processes. Community engagement in urban conservation planning off ers town planners insight into emotional values that communities attach to built heritages for incorporation in physical planning proposals. Emotional attachments are traditionally not considered as valid constructs in public participation. However, place attachments can propel communities to constructively participate in development processes if such developments strengthen their place identity, or prompt obstruction if communities perceive developments as threats to place identity. Th is research aims to explore communities’ place attachment through community engagement to inform urban conservation planning proposals. An action research approach was followed to explore place attachments associated with built heritage resources in two South African communities, Khuma and Stilfontein. Th e research indicates that specifi cally socio-economic, natural, and aesthetic place attachments assisted the communities to envision urban conservation proposals for future built environments for Khuma and Stilfontein that will be cherished. Th ese proposals were unique for each community due to diff erent underlying place attachments. Th e implication of this research is that urban conservation should acknowledge communities’ place attachments, as they can optimise the fi t between communities and urban conservation eff orts.
A Comparative Study of MPC and Economic MPC of Wind Energy Conversion Systems

In this work, we perform a comprehensive comparative study of two advanced control algorithms—the classical tracking model predictive control (MPC) and economic MPC (EMPC)—in the optimal operation of wind energy conversion systems (WECSs). A typical 5 MW wind turbine is considered in this work. The tracking MPC is designed to track steady-state optimal operating reference trajectories determined using a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. In the design of the tracking MPC, the entire operating region of the wind turbine is divided into four subregions depending on the wind speed. The tracking MPC tracks different optimal reference trajectories determined by the MPPT algorithm in these subregions. In the designed EMPC, a uniform economic cost function is used for the entire operating region and the division of the operating region into subregions is not needed. Two common economic performance indices of WECSs are considered in the design of the economic cost function for EMPC. The relation between the two economic performance indices and the implications of the relation on EMPC performance are also investigated. Extensive simulations are performed to show the advantages and disadvantages of the two control algorithms under different conditions. It is found that when the near future wind speed can be predicted and used in control, EMPC can improve the energy utilization by about 2% and reduce the operating cost by about 30% compared to classical tracking MPC, especially when the wind speed varies such that the tracking MPC switches between operating subregions. It is also found that uncertainty in information (e.g., future wind speed, measurement noise in wind speed) may deteriorate the performance of EMPC.
Enhancing Oscillation Damping in an Interconnected Power System with Integrated Wind Farms Using Unified Power Flow Controller

The well-developed unified power flow controller (UPFC) has demonstrated its capability in providing voltage support and improving power system stability. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the capability of the UPFC in mitigating oscillations in a wind farm integrated power system by employing eigenvalue analysis and dynamic time-domain simulation approaches. For this purpose, a power oscillation damping controller (PODC) of the UPFC is designed for damping oscillations caused by disturbances in a given interconnected power system, including the change in tie-line power, the changes of wind power outputs, and others. Simulations are carried out for two sample power systems, i.e., a four-machine system and an eight-machine system, for demonstration. Numerous eigenvalue analysis and dynamic time-domain simulation results confirm that the UPFC equipped with the designed PODC can effectively suppress oscillations of power systems under various disturbance scenarios.
elivery of fluorescent probes using iron oxide particles s carriers enables in-vivo labeling of migrating eural precursors for magnetic resonance imaging nd optical imaging

lan P. Koretsky ational Institutes of Health ational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke aboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging Abstract. Iron oxide particles are becoming an important contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging MRI cell tracking studies. Simultaneous delivery of fluorescence indicators with the particles to individual cells offers the possibility of correlating optical images and MRI. In this work, it is demonstrated that micron-sized iron oxide particles MPIOs can be used as a carrier to deliver fluorescent probes to cells in culture as well as to migrating neural progenitors in vivo. Migrating progenitors were tracked with MRI and easily identified by histology because of the fluorescent probe. These data suggest that using MPIOs to deliver fluorescent probes should make it possible to combine MRI and optical imaging for in vivo cell tracking. © 2007 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. DOI: 10.1117/1.2800294
Direct Adaptive Rejection of Vortex-Induced Disturbances for a Powered Spar Platform

The Rapidly Deployable Stable Platform (RDSP) is a novel vessel designed to be a reconfigurable, stable at-sea platform. It consists of a detachable catamaran and spar, performing missions with the spar extending vertically below the catamaran and hoisting it completely out of the water. Multiple thrusters located along the spar allow it to be actively controlled in this configuration. A controller is presented in this work that uses an adaptive feedback algorithm in conjunction with Direct Adaptive Disturbance Rejection (DADR) to mitigate persistent, vortex-induced disturbances. Given the frequency of a disturbance, the nominal DADR scheme adaptively compensates for its unknown amplitude and phase. This algorithm is extended to adapt to a disturbance frequency that is only coarsely known by including a Phase Locked Loop (PLL). The PLL improves the frequency estimate on-line, allowing the modified controller to reduce vortex-induced motions by more than 95% using achievable thrust inputs.
Fabrication Process and Performance Analysis of CSP LED Filaments with a Stacked Package Design

This article presents a chip-scale package (CSP) based filament light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a stacked-type structure and a segmented-type luminescence design for higher luminous efficiency and better electrical stability. The innovation strategy improves the luminous efficiency by 7.69% and 18.97% than the traditional dispensing packaged LED filament when the current is at 30 mA and 210 mA, respectively, and reduces the use of red phosphors and green phosphors by 66.7% and 26.2%, respectively. With the increase of the current, the luminous efficiency variations of the stacked-packaged filament are lower than that of the traditional dispensing packaged filament. Moreover, the color temperature of the filament is no longer determined by the calculation of the ratio of various phosphors. The stacked structure and the segmented design can help us to adjust the specified color temperature quickly by changing the proportion and position of the blue chips and the red CSP LEDs.
A digital library for a fl exible low-voltage organic thin-fi lm transistor technology

This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of digital logic gates, flip-flops and shift registers based on low-voltage organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) on flexible plastic substrates. The organic transistors are based on the p-channel organic semiconductor dinaphtho[2,3-b:20 ,30-f]thieno [3,2-b]thiophene (DNTT) and have channel lengths as short as 5 mm and gate-to-contact overlaps of 20 mm. The organic TFT is modeled which allows us to simulate different logic gate architectures prior to the fabrication process. In this study, the zero-VGS, biased-load and pseudo-CMOS logic families are investigated, where their static and dynamic operations are modeled and measured. The inverter and NAND gates use channel length of 5 mm and operate with a supply voltage of 3 V. Static and dynamic master-slave flip-flops based on biased-load and pseudo-CMOS logic are designed, fabricated and characterized. A new design for biased-load dynamic flip-flops is proposed, where transmission gate switches are implemented using only p-channel transistors. 1-stage shift registers based on the new design and fabricated using TFTs with a channel length of 20 mm operate with a maximum frequency of about 3 kHz. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Structure of the Cyclic, Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide (KKWWKF) in Octanol Solution: in silico Approach

Understanding the mechanism of antimicrobial activity of cyclo-peptides helps to design new drugs based on these compounds. A common aspect of the mechanisms provided for the creation of antimicrobial activity of cyclo-peptides is their interaction with cell membranes. On the other hand, the octanol/water system is a good mimic of the water/membrane interface. Here, the conformational structure of the very short sequences cationic hexapeptide cyclo (Lys-Lys-Trp-Trp-Lys-Phe) has been studied in different concentrations of octanol by molecular dynamics simulation. The concentration of alcohol in the range of experimental concentrations of octanol was considered. The results obtained from calculating the radial distribution function show that the interaction of the peptide with octanol is a mixted of interactions between charged residues with octanol and the interaction of aromatic residues with octanol. These results are in agreement with experimental observations. Also, Lys5 plays a greater role than Lys1 and Lys2 in the interactions with octanol.
A Review of Virtual Machine Placement algorithm in Cloud Datacenters for Server Consolidation

Cloud datacenters contain the number of servers, that there are some servers put in idle, as workload is distributed to all the active servers on the network called server virtualization. In order to minimize the number of active servers, we use server consolidation technique. The four major steps in server consolidation technique are namely hosted overload detection, host underload detection, virtual machine selection & migration and virtual machine placement. Virtual machine placement is the process of mapping physical machine to virtual machine for maximizing the resource utilization, minimizing energy consumption and maximizing the cloud profit. In this paper, an effective virtual machine placement algorithms and widely used approaches, parameters and optimization techniques to reduce the total energy consumption in data centers are analyzed.
Modelling and identification of nonlinear dynamic loads in power systems

This paper describes an approach for experimental determination of aggregate dynamic loads in power systems. The work is motivated by the importance of accurate load modeling in voltage stability analysis. The models can be expressed in general as nonlinear differential equations or equivalently realised in block diagram form as interconnections of nonlinear (memoryless) functions and linear dynamic blocks. These components are parameterized by load indexes and time constants. Experimental results from tests in Southern Sweden on the identification of these parameters are described. >
Experimental and numerical studies of moisture movements through a GCL composite liner under elevated temperatures and low/high confining stresses

Geosynthetic clay liners are an important part of hydraulic barrier systems of waste containment facilities. However, their behaviour under extreme conditions (i.e., high temperatures and confining stresses) is not well understood. This thesis develops an understanding of the mechanisms governing moisture migration between geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) and subsoils under extreme conditions.
Effects of alkaline water intake on gastritis and miRNA expression (miR-7, miR-155, miR-135b and miR-29c) in the Amazon population.

e16544 Background: It is known that abnormal expression of miRNAs in the gastric cancer (GC) contributes to its carcinogenesis. Therefore, ingestion of commercial (usual) water on a daily basis may be a contributing factor for the occurrence of alterations in the gastric mucosal. In this study, it was evaluated the expression of the miRNAs miR-29c, miR-7, miR-155, and miR-135b in the gastric tissue of patients with gastritis before and after the consumption of alkaline water (pH range from 8.0 to 10.0), as well as the clinic pathological characteristics. Methods: 50 subjects from the Amazon region, diagnosed with gastritis that routinely used commercial (usual) water with a pH lower than 5.0, were enrolled to change the consume water to a pH of 8.5 to 10.0 for 5 months. Results: Endoscopic findings of gastritis were such different (less severe disease), p = 0.024; in 43% diagnosed with moderate gastritis upfront esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) presented mild gastritis after the consumption of alkaline water, according to study methods; there were no worsening gastritis and there were a significant increase in the expression of miR-135b (p = 0.039) and miR-29c (p = 0.039). Conclusions: Modified pH range water (from 8.0 to 10.0) ingested for 5 months was able lead to a less severe gastritis according to the Sidney classification system, suggesting that this lifestyle change represented a clinical benefit in patients with gastritis on the Amazon region. In addition, higher expression of miR-135b and miR-29c was observed after the consumption of alkaline water for 5 months. [Table: see text]
Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Cattle in the Irkutsk Region

Abstract Introduction Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a rare, under-explored lethal viral infection of cattle with gammaherpesvirus aetiological agents. Most often, the disease occurs on farms where cattle and sheep are kept together. However, other trigger mechanisms and environmental factors contribute. This study investigates the causation of MCF. Material and Methods An outbreak of MCF occurred in June - August 2017 in Kharchev village in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. In this paper, we provide epidemiological (sanitary status of pastures, watering places, and premises) and weather data during the outbreak, and descriptions of the clinical signs and post-mortem changes in cattle. The virus was detected and isolated from pathological material samples and identified by molecular methods. Results Extreme weather conditions, mixed-herd cattle and sheep farming, and unsatisfactory feed quality contributed to the outbreak. A virus related to herpesvirus OvHV2 was isolated and typed (MCF/Irkutsk/2017). Phylogenetic analysis showed its close genetic relationship to isolates from cattle and sheep in Germany, USA, and the Netherlands. Conclusion Sporadic outbreaks of MCF caused by biotic and abiotic factors together are typical for the Russian Federation, and the Irkutsk outbreak epitomised this. Temperature anomalies caused pasture depletion, resulting in feed and water deficiency for grazing animals and dehydration and acidosis. Heat stress in animals ultimately led to the occurrence of MCF in the herd.
Robust backstepping output voltage controller for standalone voltage‐sourced converters

This work presents a linear state-feedback controller using a backstepping design approach for output voltage regulation of 3 ϕ voltage-sourced converters feeding to customers' loads in a stand-alone AC microgrid system. Irrespective of load type and its variations, parameter uncertainties, and other disturbances, the controller is robust enough to achieve a regulated voltage magnitude within the prescribed bounds and exact frequency tracking. The criterion for gain selection using Lyapunov analysis is given. With global exponential convergence feature and better coordination among inner current and outer voltage control loops, improved transient response is achieved. Controller features are examined by eigenvalue analysis and extensive simulation studies. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed controller implementation.
Strategi Restructuring Cognitive Dalam Konseling Kelompok CBT Untuk Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Siswa Kelas VIII G di SMP PGRI 1 Buduran Sidoarjo

This study aims to determine the effect of the use of cognitive restructuring strategies in group counseling on class VIII G students' confidence in SMP PGRI 1 BUDURAN SIDOARJO. The research design used was a Pre-Experimental study with a One Group Pretest-Postest Design. The population of class VIII G students at SMP PGRI 1 BUDURAN SIDOARJO was 30 students, then 4 students were taken as research samples using purposive sampling techniques. The selection of this sample was chosen based on the results of students' low self-confidence scores through filling in the scale of student confidence measurement. The results of this study was found that there was no significance changed in the use of cognitive restructuring in counseling group on the confidence of students of class VIII G in SMP PGRI 1 BUDURAN SIDOARJO.
Functional indel polymorphism within lncRNA GAS 5 and colorectal carcinoma risk

LncGAS5 was formerly identified as a tumor suppressor gene, involved in multiple cancers. GAS5 was recently reported to be an indicator for CRC progression and prognosis, but its role in colorectal carcinogenesis was still unclear. The current case-control study was to investigate the association of the indel polymorphism rs145204276 within promoter of GAS5 and CRC susceptibility. Statistical analysis showed that when compared with genotype ins/ins, ins/del or del/del genotype upregulated CRC susceptibility (OR=1.33, 95% CI=1.08-1.62, P=0.006 and OR=2.09, 95% CI=1.50-2.91, P=0.006) in the codominant model, and other genetic models betrayed similar tendency. The positive genotype and phenotype correlation was identified by in vivo analysis, and gain-of-function assay in vitro found the modulation was modulated through influencing GAS5 transcription activity. In addition, stratified analysis found the association was more prominent in cases with higher tumor stage. Taken together, we firstly reported that a new functional indel polymorphism could modulate CRC risk by affecting GAS5 transcription activity. Further support from other similar investigations and functional validations are required for our current study.
Coproducing Efficacious Medicines

This article emerges from a workshop titled “Producing Efficacious Medicine: Quality, Potency, Lineage, and Critically Endangered Knowledge,” held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 2011. An experiment in collaborative event ethnography (CEE), this workshop brought together Tibetan medicine practitioners (amchi) from India, Nepal, and Tibetan regions of the People’s Republic of China, with anthropologists who have been working with amchi for decades. This workshop focused on practitioners who still compound and prescribe their own medicines, in an era when such practitioners are declining in number due to rapid commoditization of Tibetan medicines, shifts toward standardized mass production, institution-based education, and the implementation of pharmaceutical governance regimes derived from biomedicine. The workshop aimed to encourage knowledge exchange between diverse practitioners and generate new, collective, and more nuanced anthropological knowledge about Sowa Rigpa epistemology, history, theory, and practice. Our method of choice was collaborative event ethnography formulated as a workshop in the most literal sense of the word: a space where artisanal forms of praxis were honored and where material things—medicines—were collectively made. This article discusses how this CEE experience departs at the level of scope, structure, and implications from other collaborative, event-based ethnographic practice described in the anthropological literature.