Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Development of an intelligent e-health Mobile Application in Indonesia: A Preliminary Study

Telehealth has developed as an alternative to cover healthcare in all regions. Telehealth technology cannot be separated from Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that has been infiltrated to human activities nowadays. Internet and mobile phone technologies in Indonesia have become new major needs. Indonesian Government and some institutions have tried to use these technologies in healthcare services in some remote areas. However, some obstacles have been found in the implementation of the technologies such as inadequate ICT infrastructure and lack of policies about healthcare for remote areas. The study was conducted to obtain the recent status of the telehealth in Indonesia to develop a simple and proper mobile application. A literature study was conducted by collecting relevant information such as reports, regulations and policies released by the Indonesia Government regarding the healthcare infrastructures and latest technology used for telehealth. In addition, updated information from various institutions was also collected. The study reveals that there has been a gradual increase in the number of healthcare infrastructures in some remote areas in Indonesia. The number of ICT infrastructures is also expected to increase every year to facilitate communities in remote areas to be connected with others. Therefore, a mobile model of telehealth using text message services would be designed as a development model based on previous models that have been designed by some researchers.
An Eco-Friendly Solution for the Efficient Elimination of Pentoxifylline from Water: An Operational Performance Investigation

In recent years, more and more pollutants (including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, chemicals) are detected in the aquatic environment. Even if they are encountered in very low concentrations, the toxicological data reveal that they represent a major risk both for the water living organisms and for human beings. Moreover, an important resistance to the classical methods applied at wastewater treatment plants characterizes them. Aeration, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, oxidation, activated sludge treatments are often either insufficient or completely ineffective. To overcome these drawbacks, many researches were dedicated to the development of new effective techniques for the removal of these water pollutants. Advanced oxidation methods are widely reported as being of the most efficient ones. In this article, we investigate the utility of the photocatalysis as a sustainable alternative for the enhanced elimination of an emergent water micropollutant. We evaluate here the impact of several parameters (catalyst type and concentration, contaminant concentration, radiant flux intensity) on the process efficiency. The targeted compound involved in the experiments was the pentoxifylline (a drug used in the treatment of diseases such as diabetic neuropathy, osteoradionecrosis or hepatic fibrogenesis). The registered pollutant removal rate under the selected reaction conditions (photocatalyst type: ZnO; photocatalyst concentration: 0.5 g/L; incident light flux: 9.52 mW/cm2; natural pH) reached values near to 100 % providing new insights on the viability and the efficiency of the evaluated methodology.
Evaluation of fungal treatment of some agricultural residues

ABSTRACTTwo low quality roughages, namely rice straw (RS) and corn stalks (CS) were subjected to biological treatment under solid state fermentation by Trichoderma Viride to improve their nutritive value. Four tested rations were allotted randomly on four groups of crossbred lambs (Rhamani×Ossimi) as following, two groups fed concentrate feed mixture (CFM) plus ad lib untreated either rice stalk (RS) (T1), or corn stalk (CS) (T3) and two groups fed concentrate feed mixture (CFM) plus ad lib treated either rice stalk (RS) (T2), or corn stalk (CS) (T4). Treatment of rice straw and corn stalk with Trichoderma Viride decreased contents of OM and CF, while contents of CP, EE and ash increased than those of untreated one. Nylon bags technique by fistulated bull's buffalo show that, actual washing loss (W), intercept representing solubilized at initiation of incubation (a) and effective degradability (ED) kinetics of DM and OM degradability were significantly (P<0.05) increased for either treated rice straw (TRS) or treated corn stalk (TCS) compared to untreated. No significant differences were found between TRS and TCS for the fraction that potentially degradable in the rumen (b) for DM and OM, while values of PD of DM and OM for TRS were significantly (P<0.05) higher than TCS substrate.Total feed intake (TFI) for T2 and T4 were higher than T1 and T3, while TFI for T4 was the highest one and T3 was the lowest one. Crude protein intake and CP (g/kgw0.75) for T2 or T4 were higher compared to T1 or T3. The differences of ADG for different treatments were not significant. No significant difference among groups were noticed for feed conversion.Apparent digestion coefficient of CP for T2 and T4 were significantly (P<0.05) higher compared to T1 and T3, while no significant differences between T2 and T4. Crude fiber digestibility for T4 was significantly (P<0.05) higher than T2. At the same time, CF digestibility of ration containing TRS or TCS (T2 or T4) were significantly (P<0.05) higher than that untreated (T1 or T3). Digestibilities of NDF and NDF for treated RS or CS were significantly (P<0.05) higher than untreated one, except NDF digestibility in T3 which was not significantly different. The digestibility values of cellulose were significantly (P<0.05) higher for T2 and T4 compared to untreated, while adverse effect was shown with hemicellulose. The nutritive values as TDN was insignificantly differed among tested ration. The values of DCP were significantly (P<0.05) higher with ration containing either TRS or TCS, while DCP values of ration containing TCS was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that containing TRS. Nitrogen balance (NB) was significantly (P<0.05) higher for both T2 and T4 compared to T1 and T3.It can be concluded from this study that Trichoderma viride treatment for rice straw and corn stalks can improve their feeding values without adverse effect on animal performance.
The Impact of Fatigue on Decision‐Making in the Footwear Examination: Evidence from Questionnaires and Eye‐Tracking Test

To assess the influence of fatigue on decision‐making and performance in footwear examination, questionnaires and eye‐tracking techniques are employed. We ask 23 volunteers to wear shoes of four different outsole patterns and obtained 50 image pairs of questioned and known impressions under controlled conditions. Among which, 10 image sets were “repeated” as benchmarks by being horizontally flipped. To evaluate the accuracy of comparison, 12 qualified footwear examiners’ response and eye metrics in both morning and afternoon session were recorded and analyzed by descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and gaze plots. The results revealed that as a group there is no significant statistic differences in either subjects’ behavioral performance or their eye gaze data after fatigue. When examined via the Earth Mover Metric method, the consistency of examiners as a group did not change after fatigue either. Statistically, the pupil size got smaller during the observation in the afternoon. Study also demonstrated that the visualization process of forensic footwear evidence through eye‐tracking method could be a promising technique for training and education.
Types of social help-seeking strategies in different and across specific task stages of a real, challenging long-term task and their role in academic achievement

Social help seeking (SHS) is an important strategy for successful self-regulated learning at all school levels. The aim of this longitudinal study is threefold: to ascertain the existence of different types of SHS strategies in various task stages of creating an individual academic paper, examine the extent to which these types of SHS strategies change in the course of that challenging long-term task and analyse the extent to which these types are relevant to academic achievement. This examination extends previous studies by adopting a task-specific, person-centred development perspective on SHS outside regular classroom instruction. In particular, we explore SHS types in the context of a real, long-term task, whereby aspects neglected in previous studies (need for help, help sources based on specific issue areas) are used for type creation and test for differences in academic achievement. Three online questionnaires were completed by 603 upper secondary school-level students (62.9% female) with a mean age of 17.3 (SD = .71) within one school year. Latent class analyses, latent transition analyses (LTA) and nonparametric procedures (Kruskal-Wallis H test, post hoc Dunn-Bonferroni test) were performed. Different SHS types were identified (independents, factual supervisor-focused, factual supervisor-focused and motivational family-focused, motivational family-focused, and factual and motivational family-focused) and found to vary over different task stages. Moreover, LTA indicated a considerable change between the SHS types over time. Nevertheless, no significant differences in achievement emerged between the types per task stage, thus reflecting the adage, 'There is more than one way of doing it'.
Performance Analysis According to RSU Range of VANET-based Communication Vehicle

VANET is a special kind of MANET adapted to the communication between vehicles. It has the characteristics of moving at high speed, and is classified into V2I and V2V communication methods. In order to develop VANET-based vehicle wireless communication technology, it is necessary to establish a test environment and synchronize vehicle mobility in various road scenarios. However, when the experimental environment is built, the equipment is expensive, and the road traffic situation is difficult to predict. The purpose of this paper is to implement a simulation of a Vehicluar Ad-Hoc network for urban environment that can be used for testing purposes. Such environment can be used to design better MAC protocols in VANET. In this paper, we propose a scheme for experiments in a similar environment to actual urban traffic, and analyze the performance by dividing it into V2I and V2V nodes according to the RSU coverage.
Dividend Taxes, Investor Horizon, and Idiosyncratic Volatility

We examine whether dividend tax induced lock-in reduces idiosyncratic volatility. The 2012 Dividend Tax Reform in China tied individual investors' dividend tax to the length of their shareholding period, with short-term individual investors entering into higher tax brackets. We find that high dividend firms experience a reduction in idiosyncratic volatility, relative to low dividend firms, after the reform. The effect is more pronounced when high dividend firms have more retail investors and exhibit greater uncertainty. High dividend firms also experience a reduction in stock price crashes. Finally, with reduced trading by individual investors who are likely less informed, earnings announcements of high dividend firms trigger less trading volume during the event window post-reform, but enable more complete price reactions. We conclude that dividend tax induced lock-in, through discouraging short-term individual investors' trading, stabilizes the market and improves share price informativeness. JEL Classifications: G12; G14; G35; F38.
Diffusion of competing rumours on social media

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the dynamics of communication on social media, related to the spread of rumours, by studying the impact of micro-level agent interactions within social media discussions, on macro-level outcomes related to the diffusion of rumours. An agent-based framework is used to model social media discussions, modularly describing heterogeneous agents with differentiating characteristics, their interaction dynamics, rumour state transitions, and the evolution of networks on which these agents interact. Studying the effect of population, agent, interaction, and network characteristics, we find that some unobservable characteristics, like the initial distribution of opinions, play a significant role in rumour outcomes, particularly the homogeneity and polarisation of opinions. We report our findings on the mechanism and interactions and suggest heuristics for managers to counter the spread of unfavourable rumours.
Effects of dietary extruded linseed and Lactobacillus acidophilus on growth performance, carcass traits, plasma lipoprotein response, and caecal bacterial populations in broiler chicks

Abstract The study aimed to assess the effects of dietary extruded linseed (ELS) and Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) on performance, carcass traits, immune organ weights, plasma lipoprotein response, and caecal bacteria populations in broiler chickens. A total of 648 one-day-old chicks were divided into six groups in a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement consisting of three ELS levels (0, 6 and 12%) without or with probiotic L. acidophilus (0 and 20 g ton−1 feed). Each group had six replicates (18 birds/pen). Results showed no significant effects of ELS level nor LA supplementation on growth performance (body weight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion) of broilers during the overall period (1–42 days). The production efficiency factor increases (p = .045) with the LA addition. There were no effects of ELS level nor probiotic addition on carcase traits and immune organ weights, except for decreases in abdominal fat percentage (p = .027, respectively p = .035). The dietary ELS level significantly correlated with a decrease in the plasma total cholesterol (TC; p = .003), triglycerides, and very-low-density lipoprotein concentrations (p = .020), while the LA addition significantly correlated with a decrease (p = .015) in the plasma TC. The LA addition lowers the caecal pH (p = .007), Staphylococcus spp. and E. coli counts (p < .0001), and increase the caecal Lactobacillus spp. and lactobacilli: E. coli ratio (p < .0001). In conclusion, the use of ELS up to 12% supplemented with L. acidophilus in broiler chicks diet had a positive effect on health status, decreasing the abdominal fat deposition, plasma lipids and the caecal pathogen bacteria E. coli. Highlights Extruded linseed up to 12% in broiler chicks’ diets had no significant effects on growth performance, carcass traits or immune organs size and improve the abdominal fat deposition and plasma lipids response due to the decreased dietary n − 6: n − 3 PUFA ratio. Extruded linseed up to 12% supplemented with L. acidophilus in broiler chicks diet had a positive effect on health status improving production efficiency factor and decreasing abdominal fat deposition, the plasma lipids and the caeca pathogen bacteria E. coli.
Recent progress of superconducting fault current limiter in China

With the increase of electricity demand and the rapid development of renewable energy generation, it is becoming more and more important to ensure the safety and stability of power grid, where a superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) could play an important role. In recent years, a lot of research work has been done in China on the application of high temperature superconducting (HTS) power technology, especially in the aspects of superconducting fault current limiting technology, superconducting fault current limiting-breaking technology, superconducting fault current limiting- magnetic energy storage technology, and superconducting fault current limiting transformer technology. A number of demonstration projects on SFCL were also conducted. In this paper, the research progress of HTS fault current limiters (both AC and DC) in China in recent years is introduced, including the completed projects and the on-going work. The possible application direction of SFCL in the future is proposed.
Applying the Macroscopic Chemistry Method to Dissociating Oxygen

The macroscopic chemistry method [Lilley and Macrossan, Phys. Fluids, v16, p2054, 2004] was developed to model non-equilibrium chemically reacting flows with the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. The macroscopic method uses kinetic temperatures, calculated from mean particle energies, to calculate reaction rates. For strongly non-equilibrium flows, it is possible the macroscopic method might ignore reactions that should result from high-energy collisions that occur in the high-energy tail of the collision energy distribution. This could result in a "rate-reducing" effect relative to conventional collision-based DSMC chemistry models that perform reactions based on the energy of each individual collision. This effect would be most pronounced for reactions with low activation energy. We test for this possible rate-reducing effect in the macroscopic method by calculating the hypersonic flow of dissociating oxygen, which has a low dissociation energy, over a blunt cylinder. The results are compared to those obtained with the most common collision-based DSMC chemistry method, the total collision energy model. The results are in close agreement and we find no rate-reducing effect with the macroscopic method. This result extends the scope of the macroscopic method, and demonstrates its potential for modelling reacting non-equilibrium gas flows with the DSMC method.
‘Near miss’ housing market response to the 2012 northern Italy earthquake: The role of housing quality and risk perception

This paper examines the housing market response to the earthquake that hit northern Italy in May 2012. The available literature shows that the average price of houses decreases after a disaster because of the potential underestimation of disaster risk by households, or because of a higher risk perception in reaction to the unforeseen emergency. The physical assessment of the earthquake damage scenario provided in this paper (the so-called macro-seismic approach), combined with a difference-in-difference model with a multi-valued treatment, is able to extrapolate indirect information on the subjective perception of risk. We provide evidence that differences in costs and risk perceptions of the earthquake arise at high levels of damage. Furthermore, we also provide evidence that building characteristics, as well as the state of maintenance of houses, play a relevant role for subjective risk assessment, even though this assessment may be not related to the effective capacity of the buildings to resist earthquakes.
Data journalism uptake in South Africa’s mainstream quotidian business news reporting practices

Drawing from the sociology of news production theory, this study examines the uptake of data-driven practices in business news reporting. It examines the extent to which journalists have adopted data journalism in business news and how this has altered their news reporting practices. It is based on a textual analysis of business news stories from two selected prominent business newspapers – Business Day and The Financial Mail and qualitative interviews with business news reporters. The study finds that there is a (gradually) increasing uptake of data-driven business news reporting practices, tempered by journalists’ concerns regarding their own individual professional capabilities. Furthermore, the practice has increasingly created a new narrative of corporate accountability in the press and inculcated collaboration in newsrooms. It argues that data-driven business news practices have upended the ‘rhythimised’ and ‘routinised’ news production processes by, among other aspects, empowering non-elite news sources, fostering newsroom collaborations and agentive the newsrooms. However, there is need for a recalibration of journalism education if data-driven reporting practices are to be more sustainable.
A Simple Construction of a Thermodynamically Consistent Mathematical Model for Non-Isothermal Flows of Dilute Compressible Polymeric Fluids

We revisit some classical models for dilute polymeric fluids, and we show that thermodynamically consistent models for non-isothermal flows of these fluids can be derived in a very elementary manner. Our approach is based on the identification of energy storage mechanisms and entropy production mechanisms in the fluid of interest, which, in turn, leads to explicit formulae for the Cauchy stress tensor and for all of the fluxes involved. Having identified these mechanisms and derived the governing equations, we document the potential use of the thermodynamic basis of the model in a rudimentary stability analysis. In particular, we focus on finite amplitude (nonlinear) stability of a stationary spatially homogeneous state in a thermodynamically isolated system.
When Does Sexuality Matter? Cross-cultural Analysis of Gay Identity

Many scholars have studied migrant gay men, but few have examined the changing salience (i.e., a subjective importance a person attributes to a particular identity) of sexual identity across cultural contexts. Drawing on 45 in-depth interviews, this study investigates the experiences of two groups of Polish migrant gay men—one that migrated from various parts of Poland to Warsaw, and one that emigrated from Poland to Chicago—to examine the differences in their respective sexual identity salience. I find that the interaction of the cultural climate, structural factors, and respondents’ individual status characteristics can better account for between- and in-group differences among the Chicago and Warsaw men. Respondent’s occupation, educational attainment, work environment, race, same-sex experiences before migration, the timing of migration, and English langue fluency variably affected how and when sexual identity mattered to these men.
Security Analysis of IoT Networks and Platforms

With the recent increase in the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology globally, cybersecurity-related issues have been raised, particularly with the limitations of IoT devices, privacy and other security standards guiding IoT development as wireless technology evolves. With the enterprise and the massive IoT market expected to reach $7.6 B and$1.2 B in 2024 respectively, according to Gartner, and several operational vertical IoT use cases and platforms experiencing cyber vulnerabilities. Based on the findings from our recent LPWANs IoT testbeds and their operational performance in certain use case scenarios, this paper summarizes the key wireless technology security requirements for IoT deployments. We first compare the security requirements of legacy and emerging IoT technologies as it relates to smart city applications and examined the effectiveness of the existing countermeasure opportunities as it affects the overall system performance in critical and non-critical machine type communications. We concluded by recommending countermeasures opportunities and frameworks to secure industrial IoT platforms to cope with future cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Improved Error Correction Methods for Filterless Digital Class D Audio Power Amplifier Based on FCLNF

Aiming at correcting the error caused by the nonlinear and power supply noise of the bridge-tied-load (BTL) power stage of the filterless digital class D power amplifier, an error correction method was proposed based on feedforward power supply noise suppression (FFPSNS) and first-order closed loop negative feedback (FCLNF) techniques. This method constructed the first-order LCLNF loop for the power stage and further reduced the impact of the power supply noise on the power amplifier output by using FFPSNS technology to introduce the power supply noise into the feedback loop at the same time. The 0.35 μm CMOS process is used for analysis and comparison in Cadence. Cadence simulation results indicate that PSRR at the power supply noise frequency of 200 Hz is improved with 36.02 dB. The power supply induced intermodulation distortion (PS-IMD) components are decreased by approximately 15.57 dB and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the power amplifier is increased by 17 dB. The total harmonic distortion + noise (THD + N) of the power amplifier is reduced to 0.02% by FCLNF + FFPSNS.