Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A place-based virtual field trip resource that reflects understandings from multiple knowledge systems for volcano hazard education in Aotearoa NZ: Lessons from collaborations between Māori and non-Māori

Abstract Bicultural research is important for disaster education in Aotearoa NZ. Historically, deficit-based perspectives of Western Science underrepresent Māori knowledge. However, culturally grounded research partnerships have potential to revitalize engagement with Māori by braiding Indigenous Science and Western Science narratives to improve our collective understanding of the volcanic processes. We share insights from participant interviews on the co-creation of an educational virtual field trip (VFT) resource that weaves understandings from Mātaurānga Māori and Geology to teach about caldera volcanoes in Aotearoa NZ. This study highlights some key considerations for collaboration between Indigenous Māori and non-Māori partners. To conduct the research in a culturally appropriate way, a formal kawa (protocol) was established between the lead researcher and the Māori partners and culturally acceptable ethics in accordance with the Māori partners were implemented. The He Awa Whiria (braided river) methodology was followed through the multiple stages of engagement and the two-staged interview study design. Emergent codes from the interview indicate that relations and values are crucial for authentic partnerships and create space for sharing where challenges and emerging understandings can be repositioned. This study demonstrates that Māori academics, local Māori facilitators and researchers are crucial in the engagement process with local iwi (tribes) to define shared goals and understand expected project outcomes. We suggest that the development of bicultural educational resources must be grounded in an understanding of obligations to uphold the intergenerational intellectual property of the local iwi. This process requires significant resourcing of time, knowledge and energy and should be budgeted-in prior to the start of project-partnerships.
The quiver approach to the BPS spectrum of a 4d N=2 gauge theory

We present a survey of the computation of the BPS spectrum of a general four-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory in terms of the Representation Theory of quivers with superpotential. We focus on SYM with a general gauge group G coupled to standard matter in arbitrary representations of G (consistent with a non--positive beta--function). The situation is particularly tricky and interesting when the matter consists of an odd number of half-hypermultiplets: we describe in detail SU(6) SYM coupled to half a 20, SO(12) SYM coupled to half a 32, and E_7 SYM coupled to half a 56.
AAC Kongsore oat

Abstract AAC Kongsore is a white-hulled spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar selected and developed under organic management. AAC Kongsore had high yields under organic and conventional production systems, compared to check cultivars (AAC Oravena, Leggett, AC Morgan and CDC Dancer). AAC Kongsore has good physical and milling quality traits.
Transgenic Overexpression of Myocilin Leads to Variable Ocular Anterior Segment and Retinal Alterations Associated with Extracellular Matrix Abnormalities in Adult Zebrafish

Myocilin is an enigmatic glaucoma-associated glycoprotein whose biological role remains incompletely understood. To gain novel insight into its normal function, we used transposon-mediated transgenesis to generate the first zebrafish line stably overexpressing myocilin [Tg(actb1:myoc-2A-mCherry)]. qPCR showed an approximately four-fold increased myocilin expression in transgenic zebrafish embryos (144 hpf). Adult (13 months old) transgenic animals displayed variable and age-dependent ocular anterior segment alterations. Almost 60% of two-year-old male, but not female, transgenic zebrafish developed enlarged eyes with severe asymmetrical and variable abnormalities in the anterior segment, characterized by corneal limbus hypertrophy, and thickening of the cornea, iris, annular ligament and lens capsule. The most severe phenotype presented small or absent ocular anterior chamber and pupils, due to iris overgrowth along with dysplastic retinal growth and optic nerve hypertrophy. Immunohistochemistry revealed increased presence of myocilin in most altered ocular tissues of adult transgenic animals, as well as signs of retinal gliosis and expanded ganglion cells and nerve fibers. The preliminary results indicate that these cells contributed to retinal dysplasia. Visual impairment was demonstrated in all old male transgenic zebrafish. Transcriptomic analysis of the abnormal transgenic eyes identified disrupted expression of genes involved in lens, muscular and extracellular matrix activities, among other processes. In summary, the developed transgenic zebrafish provides a new tool to investigate this puzzling protein and provides evidence for the role of zebrafish myocilin in ocular anterior segment and retinal biology, through the influence of extracellular matrix organization and cellular proliferation.
Association between Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain: A Single Center, Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Diabetic complications in the cardiovascular system randomly appear following long standing diabetes. However, newly diagnosed diabetes can also be associated with cardiac problems. The aim of this study was to compare patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to healthy controls in regard to echocardiography features, specifically left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS). Materials and methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted on 94 patients, 52 patients with newly diagnosed T2DM that formed the first group and 42 healthy subjects, without history of diabetes mellitus and/or cardiovascular disease, which formed the second group. Results: Patients with newly diagnosed T2DM had mean glucose level of 16.37 ± 7.43 mmol/L and HbA1c of 8.57 ± 2.31 %. The groups did not differ in regard to age, gender, smoking, arterial hypertension or heart rate at the time of examination. The ratio between early mitral inflow velocity and mitral annu lar early diastolic velocity (E/e’) of the septal wall was significantly lower in patients with newly diagnosed T2DM (6.21 ± 3.14 vs. 7.8 ± 2.45, p = 0.009). The LV GLS resulted lower in patients with newly diagnosed T2DM compared to the healthy subjects (|–19.36|% ± 2.98 vs. |–20.43|% ± 1.99. p = 0.049). Of note, the LV GLS values are expressed as absolute numbers. The ratio of patients with LV GLS strain <|–18.8|% was significantly higher in patients with newly diagnosed T2DM (42.31% vs. 21.43%, p = 0.03). Conclusions: LV GLS may serve as an important echo cardiographic parameter to detect early myocardial changes in asymptomatic patients with newly diagnosed T2DM. (Clin Diabetol 2022, 11; 4: 245–250)
Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation

A recent meta-synthesis study with a sample of >12 million participants revealed that the male advantage in mental rotation (MR) is the largest cognitive sex/gender difference found in psychological literature. MR requires test takers to mentally rotate three-dimensional cubic figures under time restrictions. Previous studies have investigated how biological and social factors contribute to cognitive sex/gender differences in tasks of this type. Spatial anxiety and self-confidence in MR tasks have received less attention. The present study investigated the contribution of these psychological factors to sex/gender differences in MR performance. Participants (n = 269) completed two MR tasks that differed in task difficulty. Participants also indicated their self-confidence (for each item) and spatial anxiety. The results revealed that pronounced sex/gender differences in spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender in MR performance, especially when task demands are high. The current findings suggest that task-irrelevant factors that are not spatial cognitive in nature contribute largely to the well-known medium to large sex/gender differences in MR. Future studies should further explore mechanisms underlying cognitive sex/gender differences within a biopsychosocial approach.
Exploring the Influential Factors of Continuous Online Shopping Intention

This study explores consumers' continuous intention regarding online shopping in Taiwan. The technology acceptance model and expectation confirmation model are integrated to explore the influential factors in the continuous online shopping intention. A total number of 236 samples were collected from an online survey and analyzed using structural equation modeling with the partial least squares approach. The integrated model has good explanatory power (73.8%) to predict the continuous intention of online shopping. The results indicate that satisfaction, attitude, and perceived usefulness have a significant influence on continuous intention. Attitude has large effect size and is found to be the most significant continuous intention predictor. Confirmation and perceived ease of use indirectly influenced continuous intention through satisfaction and attitude, respectively. Perceived usefulness affects consumers' attitudes more than making online shopping easy to operate. The implications of this research are also discussed.
Distinguishing challenging and overchallenging jobs: Cognitive and affective skills mismatches and their impact on job satisfaction

This study supplements the existing conceptualisation of skills mismatch based on cognitive evaluations (being underskilled or overskilled) with an affective aspect that captures how workers cope with skills (mis)match situations (feeling overchallenged or underchallenged) and an analysis of skills mismatch situations’ influence on job satisfaction of workers with higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET). Using the German BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2018, the results indicated that underskilling by itself was not negatively associated with job satisfaction; however, underskilling in combination with feeling overchallenged exerted a significant negative influence on job satisfaction. This corroborates the approach of differentiating challenging (i.e. non-detrimental) jobs from overchallenging jobs. Overskilling was associated with penalties regarding job satisfaction, whereas overskilling in combination with underchallenging jobs produced a remarkably larger negative impact on job satisfaction. Moreover, overskilled HE workers received larger penalties regarding job satisfaction than those received by overskilled VET workers.
Characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of Rosa glomerata (Rosaceae)

Abstract Rosa glomerata is a diffuse shrub belonging to Rosa sect. Synstylae. It is endemic to Southwest China and of high ornamental and economic value. However, its systematic position remains unclear. Here, the complete chloroplast genome of R. glomerata was assembled using high-throughput sequencing data. The cp genome is 157,064 bp in length with a large single-copy region (LSC) of 86,216 bp, a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,752 bp, and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,048 bp. The overall GC content is 37.2%. A total of 137 genes were annotated, including 90 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that R. glomerata is closely related to R. praelucens of R. sect. Microphyllae rather than species of R. sect. Synstylae.
Duality symmetries in string-inspired supergravity: T-dualities and the gauge/gravity correspondence

Motivated by the AdS/CFT correspondence, new supersymmetric solutions to Type IIB and Type IIA supergravity are presented. These solutions contain AdS5 or AdS4 factors and are generated using T-duality symmetries of supergravity. The technique used to generate these solutions consists of performing a series of non-Abelian and Abelian T-dualities, sometimes with coordinate shifts in-between, to Freund-Rubin type seed backgrounds. An added bonus of the gauge fixing procedure inherent in non-Abelian T-Duality is the freedom to generate backgrounds with extra free parameters, some examples of which are presented. Aspects of the dual field theories of these new solutions are analyzed using holography techniques. The supersymmetry of these new backgrounds is also discussed. In addition to supergravity backgrounds with AdS, the study of generalized CalabiYau manifolds in the context of flux compactifications is briefly reviewed. The particular case of the resolved cone over Y p,q and its admission of generalized SU(3) structure solutions is examined. Contrary to geometries with AdS factors, whose field theory duals are conformal field theories, these types of geometries can be phenomenologically interesting to study, as their gauge theory duals are minimally supersymmetric and confining, thus they could someday help aid our understanding of strongly-coupled QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics).
An Exploratory Study on the Relation between Companies’ Food Integrity Climate and Employees’ Food Integrity Behavior in Food Businesses

Given the need to prevent food fraud within the international food supply chain and the current lack of research on food integrity, in this paper, the relation between the organizational food integrity climate and employees’ food integrity behavior is examined to understand the role of the individual or psychological dimension in food integrity. The construct of food integrity behavior was introduced and defined, and the conceptual model of the food integrity climate in relation to food integrity behavior was elaborated along with study variables and hypotheses. In the proposed model, the potential moderating role of employees’ psychological well-being (i.e., burnout and job stress) was analyzed, and two mediating variables were also proposed (i.e., knowledge and motivation) which both could explain how the prevailing food integrity climate might influence employees’ food integrity behavior. Data was collected through convenience sampling in four Belgian food companies with a total of 118 participating employees through a self-assessment questionnaire. Based on the statistical analysis, it was concluded that a well-developed organizational food integrity climate promotes positive employees’ food integrity behavior. Specifically, results of this semi-quantitative study demonstrated that the companies’ food integrity climate is positively related to the employees’ food integrity behavior both directly and indirectly, and that food integrity knowledge is a partial mediator in the relation between food integrity climate and food integrity behavior, while food integrity motivation is a full mediator. Study limitations and implications are also discussed.
Application of QUAL2K for Water Quality Modeling and Management for the Euphrates River in Fallujah City as a Case Study

The main objective of this research is an examination of the applicability of the QUAL2K mathematical model on large rivers like the Euphrates, and it is the first study of its kind conducted on this important section within Fallujah Euphrates Reach (FER), using this model for the purpose of evaluating the quality of water and creating a database to predict the quality of river. The tests were conducted during January and April of 2022, where they were calibrated and verified for DO and CBOD5 at a distance of 12.86 km. Google Earth pro and Arc-GIS were utilized to provide certain data as input into the QUAL2K model. The model was calibrated in January using the trial-and-error technique, and the verification was completed in April using the model calibration parameters. For the purposes of evaluating the model's performance, statistical measures such as mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and relative error (RE) were used. In addition, three different scenarios were applied (pollution load modification, flow augmentation for point sources, and flow augmentation for headwater) to improve the water quality of Euphrates river. The results show that the difference between observed and anticipated values had a relatively small error percentage, which means that this mathematical model can be applied to this important section of the river. While the concentration of DO was within the permissible limits to perpetuate aquatic life and maintain the ecological health of the river, the concentration of CBOD5 was also within the limits in some locations. In addition, the scenario represented by modifying the pollution loads represented by BOD5 for sewage water were effective in raising the concentration of DO in the river, while increasing point sources discharge and headwater flow does not yield meaningful results.
Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Crohn's Disease Received Infliximab or Exclusive Enteral Nutrition during Induction Remission

Background Both exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) and infliximab (IFX) are recommended as induction therapy for pediatric Crohn's disease (CD). Our aim was to compare long-term disease outcomes of patients initially received with either IFX or EEN. Methods Medical records of newly diagnosed, therapy naïve pediatric patients with CD received with IFX or EEN as induction therapy were retrospectively enrolled. Pediatric Crohn's disease activity index (PCDAI), Crohn's disease endoscopic index of severity (CDEIS), and other clinical data were compared pre- and postinduction therapy in two groups. The sustained remission rates and time coupled with body mass index (BMI) and height for age (HFA) changes were evaluated during more than 2-year long-term follow-up. Results We collected data from 58 children with CD used IFX (23) or EEN (35) as induction remission therapy from January 2015 through June 2021 in our single-center. The median follow-up after starting IFX or EEN was 12.2 months (6.5–18.0months) and 18.9 months (7.1–30.7months), respectively. The proportion clinical and endoscopic remission in EEN (88.57% and 68.75%) was similar with that of IFX (73.91% and 80.77%) after induction therapy. No significant differences were also observed in BMI and HFA recovery between two groups. Among those who achieved clinical or endoscopic remission or endoscopic response, the sustained remission rates and time did not reveal any significant differences for those 10 patients who used 6-mercaptopurine/methotrexate (6-MP/MTX) or 14 patients who used IFX as maintenance treatment during longitudinal follow-up. Conclusions Our study suggested that EEN treatment is similar with IFX therapy in short-term outcomes, and EEN+6-MP/MTX treatment is comparable with IFX+IFX therapy in long-term outcomes.
Quality open source mesh generation for cardiovascular simulations (gmsh)

In recent years, the relationship between hemodynamic factors and arterial diseases has attracted numerous investigators to study arterial blood ﬂow and wall shear stress patterns through numerical simulationsof the cardiovascular system. The outcome of the numerical simulation will help in surgical planning,in which patient-speciﬁc anatomic and physiologic information can be used to predict changes in blood ﬂow for alternative surgical procedures. Interesting challenges arise in blood ﬂow simulations due to the transient and non-linear nature of the problem involving complex 3D geometries. Finite element methods provide a viable option for understanding the complex nature of blood ﬂow and for obtaining relevant ﬂow quantities. However, the accuracy and the efﬁciency of the numerical method both highly depend on the quality of the mesh describing the complex 3D cardiovascular geometry. While many commercial packages offer mesh generation options, these depend on high quality input, which is rarely available when depending on image segmentation results (often an stl triangulation). In this paper we ﬁrst propose an efﬁcient approach for recovering a high quality surface mesh from a low quality input (STL triangulation). The technique is based on discrete ﬁnite element harmonic maps [2,3,4] with appropriate boundary conditions and a cubic smoothing of the geometry [1,6]. We discuss and compare different types of harmonic mappings going from the convex combination map, to the Laplacian harmonic map and the conformal map. The overall procedure is implemented in the open-source mesh generator Gmsh (www.gmsh.geuz.org). Figure 1 shows the surface remeshing procedure applied to a STL triangulation of a bypass and a comparison of our technique with other existing remeshing tools. The generated elements have a much better quality measure which make those new triangulations suitable for ﬁnite element computations. For the volume meshes, we propose a new technique for generating CFD boundary layer meshes. The idea is to ﬁrst perform a tetrahedral mesh and then to compute on this ﬁnite element mesh a smooth distance function by solving an appropriate PDE. This smooth distance function allows us to build a smooth boundary layer mesh. Figure 2 show different volumes meshes computed from the remeshed surface of an aortic arch.
Reproduction of and alterations in gender roles in the rescue of material goods after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain)

ABSTRACT After a disaster, the population undertakes a series of actions aimed at saving and rescuing other people who may be in danger, as well as the gathering of goods considered indispensable to ensure their safety. Numerous studies have indicated that gender is one of the factors that conditions the lived experience of a disaster and, therefore, the actions that people undertake during the emergency. However, previous studies addressing the issue of gender in this respect have focused on how people are evacuated from the danger area, rather than on the rescue of goods. With the aim of contributing to filling this gap, the current article studies the patterns of the reproduction of/alteration in gender roles in the rescue of material goods following the earthquake in Lorca (Spain) in 2011 through the analysis of raw data collected from four focus groups comprising people who survived this catastrophic event. The results demonstrate that during the rescue actions in the disaster the men and women studied behaved to a great extent in line with traditional gender roles, although there were certain actions undertaken that involved a degree of alteration to these roles.
Dual-Energy CT of the Heart: A Review

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) represents an emerging imaging technique which consists of the acquisition of two separate datasets utilizing two different X-ray spectra energies. Several cardiac DECT applications have been assessed, such as virtual monoenergetic images, virtual non-contrast reconstructions, and iodine myocardial perfusion maps, which are demonstrated to improve diagnostic accuracy and image quality while reducing both radiation and contrast media administration. This review will summarize the technical basis of DECT and review the principal cardiac applications currently adopted in clinical practice, exploring possible future applications.