Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Implications of neuroarchitecture for the experience of the built environment: a scoping review

PurposeNeuroarchitecture is a new interdisciplinary research field combining neuroscience and architecture that has developed and expanded since 2000. Neuroarchitecture originated from the divergence of previous multidisciplinary studies on the relationship between humans and the environment. However, scoping reviews of neuroarchitecture in relation to the experience of the built environment are lacking. Thus, this study aimed to provide the background and research trends of neuroarchitecture to contribute to discussions on the built environment.Design/methodology/approachA general form of scoping review was adopted, following the PRISMA-ScR checklist. For this scoping review emphasizing the embodied implication of neuroarchitecture for the built environment, an evaluation framework was developed consisting of four categories: health, performance, aesthetics and emotion.FindingsThis study explores objective techniques, including electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging, electrocardiogram, electrodermal activity and saliva cortisol, to measure neurophysiological impacts, adopting real, virtual and images of environmental settings. An in-depth review of 25 selected papers revealed the existing empirical research on neuroarchitecture using human physiological measurement tools and representational environment settings to examine the impact of human–environment relationships.Originality/valueA meta-analysis of theoretical and intervention studies on neuroarchitecture that investigates the multisensory characteristics of the environment is lacking. In addition, the development and application of wearable tools to meet the needs of real environment settings can improve the effectiveness of neurophysiological measurement tools.
A Parallel Restoration Strategy for Power Network Considering the Start-up Process of Thermal Units

In power systems mainly consisting of thermal units,the time for units' start-up and restoration determines the duration of network reconfiguration following large-area blackout.Centralized-operation simulator of power plant is first employed to investigate the starting process of thermal units thereby establishing the relationship between start-up time and the cumulative downtime corresponding to typical unit types.Based on this,a parallel restoration strategy is proposed for reconstructing a power network.According to this strategy,the unit nodes are regarded as the load nodes with the highest priority and while being processed together with other load nodes.After available crank power in each stage is used as constraints,parallel restoration paths are optimized with Prim algorithm.Case studies with the IEEE 30-bus system verify that the reconfiguration scheme achieved can make full use of the crank power thereby restoring multi units and paths simultaneously so that the duration is reduced effectively.This is essential for organizing restoration scenarios rapidly and systematically following a large-scale blackout.
Possible Effects of a Free School Meal on School Environment: The School Meal Intervention in Norway

Evidence suggests that a free school meal can improve children and adolescent diet, social environment, concentration, and school performance. This study aimed to investigate possible effects of a free, healthy school meal among students that usually eat packed meals on behavioral issues, inactiveness, self-efficacy, school enjoyment and classroom environment. A school meal according to the dietary guidelines was served to students in the intervention group (n=55) for one year. A control group consumed packed meals as usual (n=109). Students (10-12 years) responded to a questionnaire at baseline and after one year. We used linear regression analyses and did not find significant effects of a free school meal on behavioral issues (B= 0.01, p 0.86), inactiveness (B= -0.05, p 0.51), self - efficacy (B= -0.04, p 0.52), school enjoyment (B= 0.11, p 0.19) or classroom environment (B= -0.07, p 0.26). Methodological limitations might explain our lack of findings.
Scalar Matching Indexes for Broadband EM Noise Source Determination With One-Port Measurements

The determination of noise sources of radiated electromagnetic noise is the first task that needs to be addressed when an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problem appears. Broadband noise sources are more difficult to identify, particularly when similar switching frequencies are used by different sources. Four techniques for the fast determination of broadband electromagnetic noise sources in complex equipment are proposed. All the four techniques make use of one-port measurements conducted in near and far field in different time instants, avoiding unwanted effects of the near-field measurement equipment on the far-field distribution. Two techniques are based on modulation frequency analysis, a technique that was recently introduced in EMC. The remaining two techniques make use of the cross-correlation with the time-dependent high-frequency components in far field. Two of the four techniques require only low-frequency measurements in near field and are particularly suitable for high power equipment. The proposed techniques are validated by measurements.
Accelerated Discovery of CH4 Uptake Capacity Metal–Organic Frameworks Using Bayesian Optimization

High‐throughput computational studies for discovery of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for separations and storage applications are often limited by the costs of computing thermodynamic quantities. Recent such studies at the time of writing may use ab initio results for a narrow selection of MOFs or empirical force‐field methods for larger selections. Here, a proof‐of‐concept study is conducted using Bayesian optimization on CH4 uptake capacity of hypothetical MOFs for an existing dataset (Wilmer et al., Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 83). It is shown that less than 0.1% of the database needs to be screened with the Bayesian optimization approach to recover the top candidate MOFs. This opens the possibility for efficient screening of MOF databases using accurate ab initio calculations for future adsorption studies on a minimal subset of MOFs. Furthermore, Bayesian optimization and the surrogate model presented here can offer interpretable material design insights and the framework will be applicable in the context of other target properties.
Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages

RNA viruses have short generation times and high mutation rates, allowing them to undergo rapid molecular evolution during epidemics. However, the extent of RNA virus phenotypic evolution within epidemics and the resulting effects on fitness and virulence remain mostly unknown. Here, we screened the 2015-2016 Zika epidemic in the Americas for lineage-specific fitness differences. We engineered a library of recombinant viruses representing twelve major Zika virus lineages and used them to measure replicative fitness within disease-relevant human primary cells and live mosquitoes. We found that two of these lineages conferred significant in vitro replicative fitness changes among human primary cells, but we did not find fitness changes in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Additionally, we found evidence for elevated levels of positive selection among five amino acid sites that define major Zika virus lineages. While our work suggests that Zika virus may have acquired several phenotypic changes during a short time scale, these changes were relatively moderate and do not appear to have enhanced virulence or transmission during the epidemic.
OLDER VEHICLES AND AIR POLLUTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE 1995 NPTS

Data from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) may help answer some of the questions concerning older vehicles and air pollution. In particular, this paper describes the households that own older vehicles and how they use them. Vehicles built before 1981, when tailpipe standards were made particularly more stringent, are of particular concern. Describing who owns older vehicles helps answer two related questions: (1) Who are the potential participants in voluntary accelerated vehicle retirement (VAVR) programs? VAVR programs, as currently designed, may only attract a segment of older vehicle owners. Alternative programs, such as repair programs, might attract other segments. In addition, household characteristics help determine how old vehicles are replaced. (2) Who might be impacted by VAVR programs? If VAVR programs or other policy responses reduce the supply of inexpensive older vehicles or used parts, who might be impacted? Mandatory programs and disincentive policies, such as increased registration fees for older vehicles, though not under serious consideration now, could increase impacts on some households. Describing how older vehicles are driven also provides insight to the impacts of programs on various households. Vehicle use data could also be used to answer two additional questions: (1) How much do older vehicles contribute to air pollutant emissions? Current estimates are generally based on overall vehicle miles traveled (VMT). However, the number and length of trips, the time between trips, and the time of day of the trip can influence emissions and pollution levels. If these factors differ between older and newer vehicles, current emissions estimates may be too high or too low. (2) How effective are VAVR programs? One of the key questions in assessing the impact of VAVR programs (or other policy options) is how would the vehicle be driven if it was not retired. If we assume that current driving patterns for a particular household vehicle are a fairly accurate indicator of driving patterns in the near future (e.g., the next three years), travel survey data can help answer this question. This paper serves as a starting point to answer these questions using the 1995 NPTS dataset.
Innate Immune Pathways Promote Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Recruitment to the Injury Site in Adult Zebrafish Brain

The oligodendrocyte progenitors (OPCs) are at the front of the glial reaction to the traumatic brain injury. However, regulatory pathways steering the OPC reaction as well as the role of reactive OPCs remain largely unknown. Here, we compared a long-lasting, exacerbated reaction of OPCs to the adult zebrafish brain injury with a timely restricted OPC activation to identify the specific molecular mechanisms regulating OPC reactivity and their contribution to regeneration. We demonstrated that the influx of the cerebrospinal fluid into the brain parenchyma after injury simultaneously activates the toll-like receptor 2 (Tlr2) and the chemokine receptor 3 (Cxcr3) innate immunity pathways, leading to increased OPC proliferation and thereby exacerbated glial reactivity. These pathways were critical for long-lasting OPC accumulation even after the ablation of microglia and infiltrating monocytes. Importantly, interference with the Tlr1/2 and Cxcr3 pathways after injury alleviated reactive gliosis, increased new neuron recruitment, and improved tissue restoration.
A case report of secondary infection by Vibrio
 splendidus associated with gas bubble disease in syngnathid fishes
 (Syngnathus schlegeli and Hippocampus
 haema)

Seahorses, which have been cultivated since the 2000s, are economically very important. Gas bubble disease (GBD) is a significant concern in the cultivation of seahorses; therefore, this study aimed to determine the cause of GBD-induced death in two species of Syngnathidae (Syngnathus schlegeli and Hippocampus haema). Rod-shaped bacteria were observed histopathologically and identified as Vibrio splendidus by conventional and real-time PCR analyses. The lethality of V. splendidus varies depending on the host’s immune status, and the disease can be prevented through water quality management or improvement of the breeding environment. In this study, the GBD lesions (gas bubbles) were observed at 12°C, 8.0 mg/L of dissolved oxygen, 30 ppt of salinity, and pH 7.7. In addition, rod-shaped bacteria, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and extensive serous exudate were confirmed in the lesions where gas bubbles were found. PCR analysis was able to detect V. splendidus, possibly a secondary infection of the immunocompromised syngnathid fish. Understanding the risk of immunity control and the correlation between these lesions and causal agents will be of great help to the aquaculture industry and the ornamental fish market.
Influence on the locomotive curve passing performance with wheel tread shape

Different matches with wheel and rail shapes have an important influence on the locomotive curve passing performances.This paper sets up a kind of locomotive model with 2Co radial bogie via SIMPACK,and analyses the influence on the locomotive curve passing performances with different wheel tread shapes via the simulation calculation on the small radius curve.It is put forward that the reasonable match of wheel and rail shapes may improve the locomotive and vehicle curve passing performances.
Robust Min-Max Model Predictive Vehicle Platooning With Causal Disturbance Feedback

Platoon-based vehicular cyber-physical systems have gained increasing attention due to their potentials in improving traffic efficiency, capacity, and saving energy. However, external uncertain disturbances arising from mismatched model errors, sensor noises, communication delays and unknown environments can impose a great challenge on the constrained control of vehicle platooning. In this paper, we propose a closed-loop min-max model predictive control (MPC) with causal disturbance feedback for vehicle platooning. Specifically, we first develop a compact form of a centralized vehicle platooning model subject to external disturbances, which also incorporates the lower-level vehicle dynamics. We then formulate the uncertain optimal control of the vehicle platoon as a worst-case constrained optimization problem and derive its robust counterpart by semidefinite relaxation. Thus, we design a causal disturbance feedback structure with the robust counterpart, which leads to a closed-loop min-max MPC platoon control solution. Even though the min-max MPC follows a centralized paradigm, its robust counterpart can keep the convexity and enable the efficient and practical implementation of current convex optimization techniques. We also derive a linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition for guaranteeing the recursive feasibility and input-to-state practical stability (ISpS) of the platoon system. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed MPC in terms of constraint satisfaction, platoon stability and robustness against different external disturbances.
Efficacy of Non-contact BallistocardiographySystem to Determine Heart Rate Variability

Background: Functions of the autonomic nervous system have cardinal importance in day-to-day life. Heart rate variability (HRV) has been shown to estimate the functioning of the autonomic nervous system. Imbalance in the functioning of the autonomic nervous system is seen to be associated with chronic conditions such as chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and so on. Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a non-contact ballistocardiography (BCG) system to calculate HRV parameters by comparing them to the parameters derived from a standard commercial software that uses an electrocardiogram (ECG). Methods: Current study captured an ECG signal using a three-channel ECG Holter machine, whereas the BCG signal was captured using a BCG sensor sheet consisting of vibroacoustic sensors placed under the mattress of the participants of the study. Results: The study was conducted on 24 subjects for a total of 54 overnight recordings. The proposed method covered 97.92% epochs of the standard deviation of NN intervals (SDNN) and 99.27% epochs of root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) within 20 ms and 30 ms tolerance, respectively, whereas 98.84% of two-min intervals for low-frequency (LF) to high-frequency (HF) ratio was covered within a tolerance of 1. Kendall’s coefficient of concordance was also calculated, giving a P < . 001 for all the three parameters and coefficients 0.66, 0.55, and 0.44 for SDNN, RMSSD, and LF/HF, respectively. Conclusion: The results show that HRV parameters captured using unobtrusive and non-invasive BCG sensors are comparable to HRV calculated using ECG.
A Case Study of the Morphological and Molecular Variation within a Ciliate Genus: Taxonomic Descriptions of Three Dysteria Species (Ciliophora, Cyrtophoria), with the Establishment of a New Species

Three Dysteria species, D. crassipes Claparède & Lachmann, 1859; D. brasiliensis Faria et al., 1922; and D. paracrassipes n. sp. , were collected from subtropical coastal waters of the East China Sea, near Ningbo, China. The three species were studied based on their living morphology, infraciliature, and molecular data. The new species D. paracrassipes n. sp. is very similar to D. crassipes in most morphological features except the preoral kinety, which is double-rowed in the new species (vs. single-rowed in D. crassipes). The difference in the small ribosomal subunit sequences (SSU rDNA) between these two species is 56 bases, supporting the establishment of the new species. The Ningbo population of D. crassipes is highly similar in morphology to other known populations. Nevertheless, the SSU rDNA sequences of these populations are very different, indicating high genetic diversity and potentially cryptic species. Dysteria brasiliensis is cosmopolitan with many described populations worldwide and four deposited SSU rDNA sequences. The present work supplies morphological and molecular information from five subtropical populations of D. brasiliensis that bear identical molecular sequences but show significant morphological differences. The findings of this study provide an opportunity to improve understanding of the morphological and genetic diversity of ciliates.
Hydro thermal performance evaluation of super hydrophobic pin fin mini channel heat sink

Efficient heat removal with less pressure drop is the focal point of research work in the field of thermal management systems. This research work is aimed to analyze pin fin (inline) mini channel heat sink with super hydrophobic coatings. SiO2 aqueous nanofluids with 0.01% and 0.02% volumetric concentration are used as heat transfer fluid. Data is attained at steady state with power input of40 watt, 55 watt and 70 watt, flow rate of 300 to 700 ml/min and Reynolds number ranging from 400 to 1230. Test rig is authenticated by matching the data of distilled water for simple pin fin heat sink with the theoretical model of Tullius which matched the data well. Super hydrophobic mini channel heat sink performed better with 25.23%, 21.8%, and 23.38% augmentation in Nusselt number and 33.19%, 30.5%, 31.1% reduction in pressure drop for distilled water, SiO2 (0.01%) and SiO2 (0.02%) respectivelyas compared to the conventional pin fin mini channel heat sink. The nutshell of this experimental work is magnification in heat transfer with reduction in pressure drop.
Research on novel inertial linear ultrasonic piezoelectric motor

A novel inertial linear ultrasonic piezoelectric motor is developed,which can transfer motion through friction in the form of inertial displacement by combining the converse piezoelectric effect and the principle of inertial displacement of piezoelectrical crystal.This motor is composed of a stator and a mobile element.The stator contains a displacement enlargement element,a multilayer piezoelectric actuator and a shaft and the mobile element is a ring with a gap and an annular flute.In this paper,the running principle of the motor is investigated in detail and the effects of two exciting modes on the performance of the motor is analyzed by the simulation and the experiment synchronously.Experimental results show that the excited effect of square wave signal on this motor is better than that of saw-tooth wave signal.The no-load speed of a prototype achieves 11 mm/s and the largest thrust achieves 0.5 N in operation voltage of 50 V and driving frequency of 80 kHz.
Application of theory of planned behavior in identifying factors affecting online health information seeking intention and behavior of women

PurposeToday, the Internet has become an attractive source for obtaining health information. Since women play an important role in maintaining the health of the family and community and since they are active seekers of health information through the Internet, it is essential to examine their online health information seeking behavior. Therefore, the main purpose of this article is to identify the factors affecting the online health information seeking intention and behavior of women.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical framework of this quantitative study was based on the theory of planned behavior. A total of five hypothesized relationships were formulated to develop a conceptual model. The study approach was quantitative. Using simple random sampling, 400 women referred to specialized and sub-specialized clinics of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran participated in the study and responded to the survey. Descriptive and inferential data analysis was performed using SPSS 21 and Smart PLS 3 software.FindingsThe results showed that the intention to find health information online is a function of psychological variables. These variables include attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Findings showed that attitude is the most important factor affecting online health information seeking intention. It was also found that online health information seeking intention has a positive and significant effect on women's information seeking behavior.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to use an important and universally accepted theory to identify the factors affecting the online health information seeking behavior of women referring to specialized and sub-specialized clinics and provides important practical concepts for health officials and managers to improve and develop online health information seeking behavior.
How Students Use Cognitive Structures to Process Information in the Algebraic Reasoning?

Cognitive processes are procedures for using existing knowledge to combine it with new knowledge and make decisions based on that knowledge. This study aims to identify the cognitive structure of students during information processing based on the level of algebraic reasoning ability. This type of research is qualitative with exploratory methods. The data collection technique used began by providing a valid and reliable test instrument for algebraic reasoning abilities for six mathematics education student programs at the Islamic University of Sultan Agung Indonesia. Subjects were selected based on the level of upper, middle, and lower algebraic reasoning abilities. The results showed that (1) students with the highest level of algebraic reasoning ability meet the logical structure of Logical Reasoning which shows that students at the upper level can find patterns and can generalize; (2) Students at the intermediate level understand the cognitive structure of Symbolic Representations, where students can make connections between knowledge and experience and look for patterns and relationships but have difficulty making rules and generalizations; (3) students at lower levels understand the cognitive structure of Comparative Thinking, where students are only able to make connections between prior knowledge and experience.