Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Gyeongan-cheon Watershed Using Multiple GCMs

This study analyzed the effects of future climate change on water resources in the Gyeongan-cheon watershed of the Han River. Considering the uncertainties of GCM climate data, future data using 16 GCMs and SQM downscaling method are used. And SWAT model was applied to simulate the hydrological changes from the past to the future. The maximum to minimum difference according to GCM for the future period (2010-2099) was about 1,500 mm of annual precipitation, 150 mm of evapotranspiration, 1,380 mm of runoff, and the deviation from the mean was –40 % to +60 % of precipitation, ±15 % of evapotranspiration, -60 % to +90 % of runoff, which means that the variability is very high according to GCM. The impacts of climate change over the three future periods showed that precipitation, evapotranspiration, and runoff were expected to increase gradually toward the far future (2070-2099), and would be relatively larger under the RCP 8.5 scenario. On a monthly basis, it was analyzed that precipitation and runoff increased in July to September, while the evapotranspiration decreased in July and August, and increased in September and October. The results of this study are expected to be helpful in understanding the future climate impacts of various GCM data and the uncertainties associated with GCMs.
High-sensitivity detection of human malaria parasites by the use of rapid diagnostic tests and nested polymerase chain reaction in burdened communities of North East India

Background and Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of malaria through microscopy and rapid diagnostic test (RDT) analysis performed locally and the accuracy evaluated by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum from hotspot regions of North East (NE) India. Materials and Methods: One thousand one hundred and seventy-three blood samples were collected for identification of P. falciparum infection using microscopy and RDT analysis. DNA was extracted from whole blood using QIAamp DNA blood mini kit, and nested PCR was performed to confirm P. falciparum for evaluating sensitivity and specificity from various epidemiological surveys and geographical areas of NE India. Results: Of 1173 symptomatic malaria suspected patients, 15.6% (183/1173) patients were diagnosed as malaria positive by RDT and 67.94% cases (53/78) with microscopy. Of 183 malaria-positive patients, 42.62% (78/183) were diagnosed with P. falciparum and 84.61% (66/78) further confirmed to be P. falciparum positive by nested PCR. High sensitivity (97.9%) and low specificity (2.03%) of the RDT and high sensitivity (99.1%) and low specificity (0.9%) in microscopy against nested PCR results was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Epidemiological comparisons expressed highest incidences in Manipur (51.11%) followed by Meghalaya (48.93%) and Assam (35.16%). Overall incidence rate among the genders was observed to be higher in males than in females. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that PCR, RDT and microscopy can potentially determine hotspots at moderate transmission intensities, but PCR testing has a diagnostic advantage as transmission intensity falls. Therefore, malaria control programs should consider PCR testing when the prevalence of infection is low.
Breastfeeding continuation at 6 weeks postpartum remediates the negative effects of prenatal intimate partner violence on infant temperament

Abstract Very little work has examined potential moderating effects in the link between prenatal intimate partner violence (IPV) and infant adjustment, especially in the first critical weeks following delivery. The current study evaluated the protective role of breastfeeding in the relationship between prenatal IPV and infant temperament at 4 months. Pregnant women (n = 82) were interviewed during pregnancy and at 6 weeks and 4 months postpartum. It was hypothesized that (a) prenatal IPV would predict infant temperament outcomes at the 4-month postpartum visit, and (b) breastfeeding continuation at 6 weeks acts as a protective factor such that breastfed infants will be less affected by the risk posed by prenatal IPV. Results indicated direct and negative effects of prenatal IPV on positive affectivity/surgency and orienting/regulatory capacity at 4 months. A significant moderating effect of breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum was identified. Mothers who were not breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum demonstrated the expected negative relationship between prenatal IPV exposure and infant adjustment, but if mothers were breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum, the relationship between IPV exposure and infant positive affectivity/surgency and orienting/regulatory capacity was not significantly different from zero. Results indicate a significant protective effect of breastfeeding in the intergenerational transmission of risk for infants born to mothers exposed to IPV.
Profile and preferences users of doctors consultation application in Indonesia

Researchers in healthcare predict the need for healthcare applications will grow rapidly. In Indonesia, doctor consultation applications began to emerge, but research on doctor consultation application still a few. The purpose of this study was to identify the user profile and preferences for doctor consultation application in Indonesia. The data were collected using an online questionnaire via Google Form that consisting of 3 parts: user profiles, user preferences, and doctor consultation application. There was 129 response and only 111 can be used. SPSS version 24 was used to test validity and reliability, descriptive data, cross tabulation, multi-response calculation, independent t-test. Consensus calculation used to find the preference of doctor consultation application in Indonesia. The results show that there are 6 most important factors that developers of doctor consultation application should consider. The most popular applications are Alodokter and Halodoc where Halodoc is a leader in doctors consulting application, so developers can make these two applications as a reference. The developer can target the market using user profile from this research. In addition, the features that should be in the application are the features of consultation (chat), disease information, purchase and delivery of medicine, and consultation (call).
Factors Affecting Responsibility Accounting at Public Universities: Evidence from Vietnam

The study explores factors that affect the performance of responsibility accounting at public universities in Vietnam. The study conducted a survey of 130, out of 154 public universities in Vietnam and uses regression analysis methods. The results identify eight groups of factors affecting the performance of responsibility accounting at these establishments of higher education: Division of the organization into responsibility centers, Estimation and Reality, Cost and income allocation, University autonomy, Management decentralization, Estimation, Reward, and Report. Costs and income allocation for responsibility centers, university autonomy, and the division of universities into responsibility centers are shown to significantly affect the performance of public universities in Vietnam. The results show that the performance of responsibility accounting at public universities in Vietnam is influenced by decentralization of management, division of the organization into responsibility centers, reward, cost and income allocation, estimation, evaluation of the results achieved between the estimation compared with reality, release of reports and university autonomy. Among the factors, cost and income allocation, university autonomy, division of the organization into responsibility centers, reward and evaluation of results achieved between estimation and reality have strong impacts. The study findings also indicate that the school council does not affect responsibility accounting at these universities.
Sensitivity of Tropospheric Ozone Over the Southeast USA to Dry Deposition

Dry deposition (DD) is a major loss process for tropospheric ozone and some reactive nitrogen and carbon precursors. We investigate the response of summertime ozone and its production chemistry over the Southeast United States (USA) to variability in this sink. Turning off DD of oxidized nitrogen, ozone, or all species over the United States in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory AM3 model increases regional mean surface ozone by 5, 18, or 25 ppb, respectively. Additional sensitivity simulations demonstrate that, assuming linearity, surface ozone has a similar sensitivity to ozone DD as to NOx emissions. Trends in ozone production efficiency derived from observed relationships between ozone and precursor oxidation products may not solely reflect precursor emission changes if ozone DD varies (e.g., with meteorology). We conclude that DD variability merits consideration when interpreting observed ozone trends. Quantifying the impact of changes in sinks versus sources will require long‐term DD measurements across the region of interest.
Metal and oil characteristics of Terminalia catappa

The proximate, metal and physico-chemical composition of Terminalia catappa seed and seed oil grown in Nigeria have been determined. The seed and defatted seed are rich in protein, 22.91 ±1.0 and 43.18 ±1.0 respectively. The lipid extract was liquid at room temperature with a high saponification value of 244.97±2.4. T catappa is quite rich in potassium 9350.0 followed by magnesium 769.8 and calcium 852.20. Other elements determined are phosphorus, sodium, iron, copper and manganese. The oil characteristics of T catappa compare well with oils from rape seed, sesame seed, sunflower seed, groundnut seed and palm kernel which are all edible. This shows that T catappa can be of edible use. The unsaponificable number of the oil is 0.080±0.001, oxidized fatty acid 0.348±0.001, hydroxyl number 126.30±0.60, viscosity 12.01±0.2, smoke point 140°C, energy 787.0 c/100 g.
A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific

A new genus of nephtheid soft corals is described from the Indo-Pacific, 53 species are included, 34 of which are new to science: Chromonephthea aldersladei spec. nov., C. bayeri spec. nov., C. benayahui spec. nov., C. braziliensis spec. nov., C. brevis spec. nov., C. cairnsi spec. nov., C. cobourgensis spec. nov., C. egmondi spec. nov., C. exosis spec. nov., C. franseni spec. nov., C. frondosa spec. nov., C. fruticosa spec. nov., C. goudi spec. nov., C. grandis spec. nov., C. grasshoffispec. nov., C. hoeksemai spec. nov., C. hornerae spec. nov., C. imaharai spec. nov., C. imperfecta spec. nov., C. levis spec. nov., C. megasclera spec. nov., C. minor spec. nov., C. muironensis spec. nov., C. obscura spec. nov., C. ostrina spec. nov., C. palauensis spec. nov., C. rotunda spec. nov., C. simulata spec. nov., C. singularis spec. nov., C. slieringsi spec. nov., C. spinosa spec. nov., C. tentoriae spec. nov. C. variabilis spec. nov., and C. williamsi spec. nov. The other 19 species were previously assigned to the genera Nephthea, Stereonephthya, Dendronephthya and Paraspongodes. Spongodes costatocyanea Burchardt, 1898 is synonymized with C. costatofulva (Burchardt, 1898); Stereonephthya longicaulis Kukenthal, 1911 with C. curvata (Kukenthal, 1911); Nephthya australis Kukenthal, 1910, with C. rubra (Kukenthal, 1910); Nephthya quercus Kukenthal, 1910 with C. rubra (Kukenthal, 1910); and Nephthya granulata Kukenthal, 1910, with C. hartmeyeri (Kukenthal, 1910). The morphological characters used to identify the species of Chromonephthea are discussed. Differences with the related genera Nephthea, Litophyton, Stereonephthya, Neospongodes, and Dendronephthya are mentioned. An illustrated key to the species is provided. The distribution of Chromonephthea species is presented and their apparent endemism is discussed.
A modified relay-race algorithm for floorplanning in PCB and IC design

Floorplanning is a fundamental design step in the physical design of printed circuit boards PCBs and integrated circuits ICs , as it handles the complexity of layout design. From a computational point of view, the floorplanning problem is an NP hard problem, and the size of the search space grows exponentially with increasing numbers of modules. Thus, the algorithm used is an essential factor for speed and quality of the floorplanning process. Although polynomial-time floorplanning algorithms can be implemented when solution space is limited to slicing floorplans, optimal solutions often exist only in the nonslicing floorplan search space. Various stochastic algorithms such as simulated annealing SA , the genetic algorithm GA , and the relay race algorithm RRA can be used with nonslicing floorplans. In this paper, a modified relay race algorithm MRRA is proposed. Based on the experimental results utilizing MCNC benchmarks, MRRA improved both solution quality and run time for area optimization when compared with SA, GA, and RRA.
Sensors in the care of persons with visual- or visual-and-intellectual disabilities: Use, needs, practical issues, and ethical concerns

BACKGROUND: Sensor technology may improve the quality of life of persons with visual and/or intellectual disabilities. However, there is no general consensus on its utility and implementation. OBJECTIVE: In this exploratory study the aim was to provide an overview of sensors for persons with disabilities to address priorities and ethical concerns for future research. METHODS: Using a qualitative (Delphi) method, 17 interviews were carried out with 20 representatives in the field of visual- or visual-and-intellectual disabilities (in general: six experts in sensor technology, domotics, and eHealth, specific for persons with a visual or visual-and-intellectual disability: three client representatives; three caregivers; four care team managers; two developmental psychologists; one physician; and one paramedic; age ranges 25-61 years). Atlas.ti software was used to code data and major themes were identified using qualitative analyses. RESULTS: The most used sensors were for surveillance and health and the most desired were for behavior. Different sensors were considered most important for future implementation by the groups of participants, such as sensors for lighting, posture, and entertainment by client experts. Furthermore, the majority of participants agreed that sensors should be easy to use and understand and ethical issues (e.g. privacy, informed consent) should be considered. CONCLUSION: The current applications of sensor technology in clinical practice and future research needs were determined by interviewing experts, caregivers, and client experts.
Detection of Polymorphisms in MTHFD1 G1958A and Its Possible Association with Idiopathic Male Infertility.

PURPOSE The role of male infertility is important in human infertility pathology. Spermatogenesis is a complex developmental process which is regulated by a number of genes. Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase1 (MTHFD1) is involved in the synthesis of purine, pyrimidine, and methionine. The aim of this study was to identify the MTHFD1, G1958A polymorphism and its association with idiopathic male infertility in Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This case-control study was conducted on 200 Iranian men, 100 cases with idiopathic infertility (experimental group) and 100 normal men (control group). The subjects were assessed for the MTHFD1 G1958A polymorphism, using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique (PCR-RFLP). The chi-square test was used to determine the association between MTHFD1 G1958A polymorphism and male infertility, using SPSS software. P? 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Totally, the frequency of A allele and AA homozygous genotype was found 51% and 47.3% respectively, with 52.5% and 30% in the experimental group versus 42% and 21% in control group. There was a statistically significant correlation between the frequencies of A allele (95 % CI = 1.028- 2.265, OR = 1.526, p = 0.035) and AA homozygous (% CI = 0.995- 4.494, OR = 2.114, 95 p = 0.05) genotype with the MTHFD1 G1958A polymorphism (P ? 0.05). CONCLUSION These results suggest that the polymorphism in MTHFD1 G1598A gene could be considered as an important genetic disorder associated with the etiology of male infertility.
Can the Impact of Interpersonal Violence on Current Health-Related Quality of Life Be Mitigated?

BACKGROUND Interpersonal violence continues to affect health long after violence has ended. This analysis investigated stress, support, and health behaviors as mediators potentially explaining persistent health impacts of violence. METHODS Using a cross-sectional analysis of 12,594 women "Wellness, Health & You" (WHY) participants, authors measured violence as intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assaults (SA), and childhood abuse (CA) by recency (current, past as an adult, or child) and number of violence forms. Current health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) was defined using the most recent survey as physical and mental health limiting usual activities for at least 4 days in the past 30 days. Adjusted prevalence rate ratios (aPRRs) for violence and HR-QOL were obtained using multiple variable log binomial regression where each mediator was included in separate models with demographic attributes. RESULTS In this sample of middle-aged women, half (n = 6307) had ever experienced violence (38.3% IPV, 12.9% SA, and 24.6% CA) and 19.9% reported multiple forms. IPV, SA, and CA were each associated with poorer current HR-QOL, yet, WHY participants experiencing all three forms had a sixfold increased rate of poor mental HR-QOL (Model 1: aPRRs = 6.23 [95% confidence interval, 95% CI: 4.87-7.97]) versus no violence. Stress was the mediator associated with the greatest change in aPRRs (-34.7%; Model 2: aPRR = 4.07 [95% CI: 3.13-5.30]). When all mediators were included (Model 5: aPRR = 3.01 [95% CI: 2.29-3.96]), partial mediation was observed, evidenced by nonoverlapping CIs between Models 1 and 5. CONCLUSIONS Of relevance for interventions are findings that current health impacts of past violence may be mitigated through reducing current stress.
Bivalirudin use in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in Poland: Clinical update from expert group of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society

ul. Banacha 1a, 02–097 Warszawa, Poland, e-mail: lukasz@koltowski.com Bivalirudin use in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in Poland: Clinical update from expert group of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society Łukasz Kołtowski, Jacek Legutko, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Artur Dziewierz, Stanisław Bartuś, Paweł Buszman , Piotr Buszman , Dariusz Ciećwierz, Maciej Dąbrowski, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Robert Gil, Jarosław Gorący, Marek Grygier, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Janusz Kochman, Jacek Kubica, Wiktor Kuliczkowki, Piotr Lodziński, Andrzej Ochała, Krzysztof Reczuch, Adam Witkowski, Wojciech Wojakowski, Jarosław Wójcik, Dariusz Dudek 21
Voice command generation using Progressive Wavegans

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have become exceedingly popular in a wide range of data-driven research fields, due in part to their success in image generation. Their ability to generate new samples, often from only a small amount of input data, makes them an exciting research tool in areas with limited data resources. One less-explored application of GANs is the synthesis of speech and audio samples. Herein, we propose a set of extensions to the WaveGAN paradigm, a recently proposed approach for sound generation using GANs. The aim of these extensions - preprocessing, Audio-to-Audio generation, skip connections and progressive structures - is to improve the human likeness of synthetic speech samples. Scores from listening tests with 30 volunteers demonstrated a moderate improvement (Cohen's d coefficient of 0.65) in human likeness using the proposed extensions compared to the original WaveGAN approach.
The self-tuned sensitivity of circadian clocks.

Living organisms need to be sensitive to a changing environment while also ignoring uninformative environmental fluctuations. Here, we show that the circadian clock in \textit{Synechococcus elongatus} can naturally tune its environmental sensitivity, through a clock-metabolism coupling quantified in recent experiments. The metabolic coupling can detect mismatch between clock predictions and the day-night light cycle, and temporarily raise the clock's sensitivity to light changes and thus entrain faster. We also analyze analogous behavior in recent experiments on switching between slow and fast osmotic stress response pathways in yeast. In both cases, cells can raise their sensitivity to new external information in epochs of frequent challenging stress, much like a Kalman filter with adaptive gain in signal processing. Our work suggests a new class of experiments that probe the history-dependence of environmental sensitivity in biophysical sensing mechanisms.
Characterization of the Interactive Effects of Labile and Recalcitrant Organic Matter on Microbial Growth and Metabolism

Geochemical models typically represent organic matter (OM) as consisting of multiple, independent pools of compounds, each accessed by microorganisms at different rates. However, recent findings indicate that organic compounds can interact within microbial metabolisms. The relevance of interactive effects within marine systems is debated and a mechanistic understanding of its complexities, including microbe-substrate relationships, is lacking. As a first step toward uncovering mediating processes, the interactive effects of distinct pools of OM on the growth and respiration of marine bacteria, individual strains and a simple, constructed community of Roseobacter lineage members were tested. Isolates were provided with natural organic matter (NOM) and different concentrations (1, 4, 40, 400 μM-C) and forms of labile organic matter (acetate, casamino acids, tryptone, coumarate). The microbial response to the mixed substrate regimes was assessed using viable counts and respiration in two separate experiments. Two marine bacteria and a six-member constructed community were assayed with these experiments. Both synergistic and antagonistic growth responses were evident for all strains, but all were transient. The specific substrate conditions promoting a response, and the direction of that response, varied amongst species. These findings indicate that the substrate conditions that result in OM interactive effects are both transient and species-specific and thus influenced by both the composition and metabolic potential of a microbial community.
Politician hate speech and domestic terrorism

ABSTRACT Does hate speech – rhetoric that targets, vilifies or is intended to intimidate minorities and other groups in society – fuel domestic terrorism? This question is, unfortunately, relevant given the convergence of the use of hate speech by political figures and domestic terrorist incidents in a variety of countries, including the United States. In this study I theorize that hate speech by politicians deepens political polarization and that this, in turn, produces conditions under which domestic terrorism increases. I test this proposition using terrorism and hate speech data for 135 to 163 countries for the period 2000 to 2017. I produce two findings. First, hate speech by political figures boosts domestic terrorism. Second, the impact of political hate speech on domestic terrorism is mediated through increased political polarization.