Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Integrated Augmented Reality and Google Scholar as the Test Instrument to Improve High Order Thinking Skills and Digital Literacy Skills

Abstract Evaluation instruments in the student learning process in interactive, fun, challenging, motivating, and developing students 'creativity and independence are needed to improve students' High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and digital literacy skills (DLS). HOTS and digital literacy are part of the 21st-century skills that are important for every individual. This study developed a test instrument integrated with Augmented Reality (AR) and Google Scholar (GS) to encourage HOTS and students' digital literacy skills. This type of research was development research. The subject matter was the scale and comparison. Product trials were applied to 11th-grade students in Sleman, Indonesia. Product validity was based on expert judgment, item validity, distinguishing power, difficulty level and reliability. AR was created using the ARLOOPA application operated with android. The research instrument was designed to increase HOTS and DLS.
What Makes People Happy? Decoupling the Experiential‐Material Continuum

Extant literature suggests that consumers derive more happiness from experiences (e.g., vacations) than from material possessions (e.g., furniture). However, this literature typically pits material against experiential consumption, treating them as a single bipolar construct of their relative dominance: more material or more experiential. This focus on relative dominance leaves unanswered questions regarding how different levels of material and experiential qualities each contribute to happiness. Four preregistered studies ( N = 3,288), using hundreds of product categories, measured levels of material and experiential qualities using two unipolar items. These studies investigate recalled, evoked, and anticipated happiness. Results show a more nuanced view of the experiential advantage that is critical for future research and consumer theory: material and experiential qualities both have positive relationships with happiness. Further, there is no inherent trade- off between experiential and material qualities: consumers can enjoy consumption that is high on both (e.g., swimming pools and home improvements).
Switch controllers of an n-link revolute manipulator with a prismatic end-effector for landmark navigation

Robotic arms play an indispensable role in multiple sectors such as manufacturing, transportation and healthcare to improve human livelihoods and make possible their endeavors and innovations, which further enhance the quality of our lives. This paper considers such a robotic arm comprised of n revolute links and a prismatic end-effector, where the articulated arm is anchored in a restricted workspace. A new set of stabilizing switched velocity-based continuous controllers was derived using the Lyapunov-based Control Scheme (LbCS) from the category of classical approaches where switching of these nonlinear controllers is invoked by a new rule. The switched controllers enable the end-effector of the robotic arm to navigate autonomously via a series of landmarks, known as hierarchal landmarks, and finally converge to its equilibrium state. The interaction of the inherent attributes of LbCS that are the safeness, shortness and smoothness of paths for motion planning bring about cost and time efficiency of the controllers. The stability of the switched system was proven using Branicky’s stability criteria for switched systems based on multiple Lyapunov functions and was numerically validated using the RK4 method (Runge–Kutta method). Finally, computer simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the continuous time-invariant velocity-based controllers.
Analysis of Buyer and Seller's Decision under New Online Auction

Online transactions have become increasingly crucial in worldwide social and commercial activities as the Internet has risen in popularity. The online auction has gradually developed into a major trade mode as an effective technique of online trading. This paper mainly studies the factors that influence the decision of buyers and sellers in the new online auction of the group-buying auction, reverse auction, and buy-it-now auction. It is found that psychological factors often affect consumers' entry time in online group-buying auctions, and sellers' use of static public reserve prices or secret reserve prices will lead to different results. In an online reverse auction, buyers can improve their own interests by colluding, while sellers' expectations of buyers and information processing ability have certain effects on the present and future decision-making. In an online buy-it-now auction, consumers' risk sensitivity will affect buyers' strategy, while sellers' price-setting strategy will affect their own earnings. This paper aims to comprehensively analyze and summarize the strategies of buyers and sellers in each online auction, hoping to provide useful information for participants in the online auction.
Robust Optimal Control for Demand Side Management of Multi-Carrier Microgrids

This paper focuses on the control of microgrids where both gas and electricity are provided to the final customer, i.e., multi-carrier microgrids. Hence, these microgrids include thermal and electrical loads, renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, heat pumps, and combined heat and power units. The parameters characterizing the multi-carrier microgrid are subject to several disturbances, such as fluctuations in the provision of renewable energy, variability in the electrical and thermal demand, and uncertainties in the electricity and gas pricing. With the aim of accounting for the data uncertainties in the microgrid, we propose a Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) approach whose goal is to minimize the total economical cost, while satisfying comfort and energy requests of the final users. In the related literature various RMPC approaches have been proposed, focusing either on electrical or on thermal microgrids. Only a few contributions have addressed the robust control of multi-carrier microgrids. Consequently, we propose an innovative RMPC algorithm that employs on an uncertainty set-based method and that can provide better performance compared with deterministic model predictive controllers applied to multi-carrier microgrids. With the aim of mitigating the conservativeness of the approach, we define suitable robustness factors and we investigate the effects of such factors on the robustness of the solution against variations of the uncertain parameters. We show the effectiveness of the proposed RMPC approach by applying it to a realistic residential multi-carrier microgrid and comparing the obtained results with the ones of a baseline robust method. Note to Practitioners—This work is motivated by the emerging need for effective energy management approaches in multi-carrier microgrids. The inherent difficulty of scheduling simultaneously the operations of various energy infrastructures (e.g., electricity, natural gas) is exacerbated by the inevitable presence of uncertainties that affect the inter-dependent dynamics of different energy resources and equipment. The proposed robust MPC-based control strategy allows the energy manager to effectively determine an optimal energy scheduling of multi-faceted system components, making a tradeoff between performance and protection against data uncertainty. The presented strategy is comprehensive and generic, as it can be applied to different microgrid frameworks integrating various types of system components and sources of uncertainty, while at the same time being implementable in any energy management system.
Testes para componentes de variância em modelos lineares mistos: uma abordagem com valor-s

Jônatas de Oliveira Alves. Testes para componentes de variância em modelos lineares mistos: uma abordagem com valor-s. Thesis (Masters). Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 2021. In this work, we study the evidence measure knwon as ‘s-value’, which was developed by Patriota (2013), in tests involving some variance components equal to zero in linear mixed models. The s-value is computed from asymptotic confidence regions based on the likelihood ratio function. One of the main goals of this dissertation is to find the asymptotic distribution of the likelihood ratio statistics under a simple null hypothesis where the parameter is on the border of the parameter space and, from this asymptotic distribution, to obtain the s-value. We also compare by means of Monte Carlo simulations, this asymptotic s-value with the usual asymptotic p-value, which is attained from the likelihood ratio statistics under the composite null hypothesis that the random-effects variance is zero and whose asymptotic distribution is a mixture of chisquared random variables (Giampaoli e Singer, 2009; Stram e Lee, 1994).
Bisphenol A Removal Using Visible Light Driven Cu2O/PVDF Photocatalytic Dual Layer Hollow Fiber Membrane

Bisphenol A (BPA) is amongst the endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) that cause illness to humans and in this work was removed using copper (I) oxide (Cu2O) visible light photocatalyst which has a narrow bandgap of 2.2 eV. This was done by embedding Cu2O into polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes to generate a Cu2O/PVDF dual layer hollow fiber (DLHF) membrane using a co-extrusion technique. The initial ratio of 0.25 Cu2O/PVDF was used to study variation of the outer dope extrusion flowrate for 3 mL/min, 6 mL/min and 9 mL/min. Subsequently, the best flowrate was used to vary Cu2O/PVDF for 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 with fixed outer dope extrusion flowrate. Under visible light irradiation, 10 mg/L of BPA was used to assess the membranes performance. The results show that the outer and inner layers of the membrane have finger-like structures, whereas the intermediate section of the membrane has a sponge-like structure. With high porosity up to 63.13%, the membrane is hydrophilic and exhibited high flux up to 13,891 L/m2h. The optimum photocatalytic membrane configuration is 0.50 Cu2O/PVDF DLHF membrane with 6 mL/min outer dope flowrate, which was able to remove 75% of 10 ppm BPA under visible light irradiation without copper leaching into the water sample.
Glibenclamide Alleviates LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury through NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling Pathway

Glibenclamide displays an anti-inflammatory response in various pulmonary diseases, but its exact role in lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains unknown. Herein, we aimed to explore the effect of glibenclamide in vivo and in vitro on the development of LPS-induced ALI in a mouse model. LPS stimulation resulted in increases in lung injury score, wet/dry ratio, and capillary permeability in lungs, as well as in total protein concentration, inflammatory cells, and inflammatory cytokines including IL-1β, IL-18 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and lung tissues, whereas glibenclamide treatment reduced these changes. Meanwhile, the increased proteins of NLRP3 and Caspase-1/p20 after LPS instillation in lungs were downregulated by glibenclamide. Similarly, in vitro experiments also found that glibenclamide administration inhibited the LPS-induced upregulations in cytokine secretions of IL-1β and IL-18, as well as in the expression of components in NLRP3 inflammasome in mouse peritoneal macrophages. Of note, glibenclamide had no effect on the secretion of TNF-α in vivo nor in vitro, implicating that its anti-inflammatory effect is relatively specific to NLRP3 inflammasome. In conclusion, glibenclamide alleviates the development of LPS-induced ALI in a mouse model via inhibiting the NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway, which might provide a new strategy for the treatment of LPS-induced ALI.
Effect of Load Frequency and Amplitude of Displacement on Soft Rock Joints under Cyclic Shear loads

A series of cyclic shear tests was conducted on soft synthetic rock joints with 30°- 30° asperities. Large scale shear apparatus was used in the experiments to investigate effects of shear load frequency and amplitude of displacement on the joint behaviour. Varying load frequencies (0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 Hz,) and displacement amplitudes (±4, ±6, and ±8 mm) for three different normal stresses (0.1, 0.5 and 1 MPa) were applied. The results indicated that the first peak shear stress on the joint is significantly influenced by the frequency of cyclic shear load and subsequent peaks of shear stress are largely influenced by the amplitude of displacement. Reduction in peak shear stress at higher frequency of load is greater than the reduction at lower frequency of load under cyclic movements. Shear mechanism on the joint asperities at low normal stress demonstrate asperity diminishing does not depend on load direction at high frequency. Whereas, at low frequency of loads, it depends on direction of starting cyclic shear load. Low amplitude of displacement has no effect on asperity deformation under cyclic loads. As the amplitude rises, the diminishing of asperities increases significantly. Shear mechanism and asperity diminishing at low normal stress is similar for the both higher amplitude of displacement and lower frequency of load. Comparison of shear strength envelopes indicated an opposite behaviour of the joint at varying load frequencies and displacement amplitudes.
The Topology of Cultural Destinations’ Accessibility: The Case of Attica, Greece

This paper studies the cultural landscape in the prefecture of Attica, Greece, within the context of network science. Tourism is a global and complex phenomenon with a considerable effect on space. Among its diverse forms, cultural tourism stands out, since people often travel to explore different cultures and civilizations. The engagement of different stakeholders in the establishment of policies in regard to tourism development and its relation to cultural heritage demonstrates the need for sustainable spatial planning in cultural tourism areas. According to network science, a modern discipline already contributing to the research in tourism geography, tourism destinations can configure complex spatial networks and be studied in terms of network analysis and statistical mechanics. This paper models the accessibility network of cultural destinations in Attica (ACDN), the capital region of Greece, into a graph, which provides an excellent case study of multilayer network modeling, as is equipped with high quality transportation, accommodation, and cultural infrastructures. The ACDN nodes represent museums and archaeological sites and its edges express possible connections between nodes by different means of transport (car, pedestrian, and public transport). The analysis aims to evaluate the layer’s capacity in the service of the accessibility of the cultural destination tourism market in Greece and reveals two major communities in the structure of ACDN, an urban core and a peripheral, configured by spatial constraints and distinct transportation mode functionality, along with uncovering deficiencies in the public transportation setting of the cultural tourism market of Attica. Overall, this study highlights the requirement for spatial planning and tourism management to be aware of geographical, topological, and functional features of a cultural tourism market and promotes the symbiotic relationship of sustainable tourism development and network science.
Family rituals in postdivorce families: The role of family structure and relationship quality for parents' and stepparents' attendance at children's birthdays

Objective: To investigate if divorced parents celebrate their children's birthdays with their respective ex-partner and current partner, and whether they do so "jointly" with both. Background: Family rituals like birthday celebrations are important and meaningful events in people's lives, but little is known about who partakes in these in contemporary postdivorce families. Method: We assessed whether divorced parents celebrated their child's birthday together with their ex-partner (i.e., the child’s other biological parent), current partner (i.e., the child’s stepparent), and jointly with both. Dutch Data (N=2,451) was analyzed using linear probability models. Results: Most parents celebrated the child's birthday without the ex-partner, but with the current partner. One quarter celebrated with both. The ex-partners' presence was more likely when parents' and their current partners' relationship with the ex-partner was good; and less likely when parents had repartnered and when the ex-partners had sole custody or additional biological or stepchildren. The presence of the current partner was more likely in case of coresidence with the biological parent and when the ex-partner had a new partner; and less likely when the ex-partners had sole custody and when parents’ relationship with the ex-partners was good. Conclusion: Child-related family rituals mostly involve the "new" stepparent rather than both biological parents. The effects of relationship quality, co-residence, repartnering, and having additional biological or stepchildren highlight the importance of (step)parents' willingness to interact with each other, structural opportunities for parent-child interactions, and parents’ shifting loyalties from their ex-partner to their new family.
The relationship between Nephrotoxic Metals of cadmium, lead and mercury with Urinary Incontinence in Women

Purpose: Nephrotoxic metals of cadmium, lead and mercury are the common hazardous pollutants existing in surroundings. We examined the relationship between cadmium, lead and mercury with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women.Materials and Methods: The women older than 20 years from the 2007-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHNES) with the ascertained urinary incontinence through self-report were included. This study conducted the restricted cubic spline analysis to analyze characterize a dose-response relationship between a continuous exposure of different nephrotoxic metals and UUI and SUI.Results: A total of 4,406 women were included in this study, with 2,624 (59.6%) were SUI and 3,177 (72.1) were UUI of the weighted population. The results of multivariate analysis indicated that age, race, marital status, body mass index (BMI) and nephrotoxic metals were risk factors for the odds of UUI and SUI. The odds ratio (OR; 95% confidence interval) of urinary incontinence were positively correlated with cadmium and lead in women. The OR of SUI increased with the increasing blood cadmium, possessing the maximum at 4 μg/L (2.18(1.34-3.58) overall). The odds of UUI increased with the blood and urinary lead, which reached the maximum at 7 μg/dL (2.03 (1.38-3.02) overall) and 5 μg/L (2.24 (1.34-3.75) overall) respectively.Conclusions: Nephrotoxic metals of cadmium and lead were associated the odds of urinary incontinence in women. Excessive exposure to these metals will increase the OR of UUI and SUI in adult women.
Experimental study on aerodynamic and aero-acoustic performance of low pressure axial flow fan with circumferential skewed blades

Low pressure axial flow fan with circumferential skewed rotors was studied.The rotors include the traditional radial rotor,the forward-skewed rotor and the backward-skewed rotor.In present study,aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of these three type rotors was measured and analyzed.The results show that the forward-skewed rotor may reduce noise effectively and extend the range of steady operation compared to the radial rotor.With the same skew angle,both the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of forward-skewed rotor is better than that of the backward-skewed one.The performance difference comes from the direction of blade radial force.The tip flow condition of forward-skewed rotor is better,but the mid-span losses are increased.
Adsorption and Inhibition Analysis of Aconitine and Tubocurarine Alkaloids as Eco-friendly Inhibitors of Pitting Corrosion in ASTM – A47 Low Carbon Steel in HCl Acid Environment

Corrosion is an enormous challenge in all sectors of the economy, especially to those working with metals. The research on the adsorption and inhibition analysis of aconitine alkaloid (ACA) and tubocurarine alkaloid (TBA) as eco-friendly inhibitors of pitting corrosion in ASTM – A47 low carbon steel in HCl acid was carried out under the following experimental methods: gravimetric method, gasometric method, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potentiodynamic polarization, and scanning electron microscopy. Results revealed good inhibitors as inhibition efficiencies were recorded at 98.8% and 91.2% at a maximum inhibitor concentration of 1500 ppm for tubocurarine and aconitine alkaloids, respectively. The inhibition efficiency was found to increase with increasing inhibitor concentrations indicating a strong binding between inhibitor molecules and ASTM – A47 low carbon steel in HCl acid. Electrochemical data strongly supported the efficacy of both inhibitors as earlier presented by the chemical methods as a trend in values of charge transfer resistance, double layer capacitance, corrosion potential, and corrosion current density were in accordance with standards for a good inhibitor. The inhibitors were seen to be spontaneous, stabled, endothermic and physically adsorbed. Adsorption of the inhibitors on metal surface obeyed Langmuir, El-Awady, Freundlich, and Temkin adsorption isotherm as regression values were approximately unity.
Sex-Specific Impact of Different Obesity/Metabolic Phenotypes on Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

Obesity, a major risk factor for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), is a multifaceted disease with different metabolic phenotypes and sex-specific features. Here, we evaluated the long-term cardiovascular risk by different obesity/metabolic phenotypes and by sex in ACS patients. The occurrence of the composite outcome of death, nonfatal reinfarction with or without PCI and/or stroke was evaluated in 674 patients (504 men; 170 women), consecutively hospitalized for ACS and followed-up for 7 years, who were stratified in metabolically healthy (MHNW) and unhealthy normal weight (MUNW), and in metabolically healthy (MHO) and unhealthy obese (MUO) groups. At baseline, 54.6% of patients were included in the MHNW group, 26.4% in the MUNW, 5.9% in the MHO and 13.1% in the MUO, with no sex-differences in the distribution of phenotypes. The overall rate of major outcome (100 person-years) in the reference group (MHNW) was higher in men than in women (RR: 1.19 vs. 0.6). The Kaplan–Meier curves for cumulative survival free from cardiovascular events according to obesity/metabolic status diverged significantly according to sex (log rank test, p = 0.006), this effect being more prominent in men (log 11.20; p = 0.011), than in women (log 7.98; p = 0.047). Compared to MHNW, the risk increased in obese men (RR: 2.2; 95% 1.11–1.54 in MUO group), whereas in women the risk was confined to metabolically unhealthy subjects (RR: 3.2; 95% CI 1.23–9.98, MUNW group). Our data show a sex-specific impact of obesity phenotypes on long-term cardiovascular risk in patients hospitalized for ACS.