Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Heterogeneous Discrete Generalized Nash Model for Flood Routing

Abstract. The topographic heterogeneity of the rivers has great effects on the river flood routing. The discrete generalized Nash model (DGNM), developed on the basis of the Nash's instantaneous unit hydrograph (IUH), is a lumped model that can't reflect the spatial heterogeneity of the river topography. The heterogeneous DGNM (HDGNM) with a consideration of such heterogeneity has been developed by the conceptual interpretation of the DGNM. Two compositions of the downstream outflow generated by the recession of the old water stored in the river channel and the discharge of the new water from upstream inflow were deduced respectively with the help of the heterogeneous IUH and the corresponding heterogeneous S curve. The HDGNM is finally expressed as a linear combination of the inflows and outflows, whose weight coefficients are calculated by the heterogeneous S curve. The HDGNM expands the application scope, and becomes more applicable, especially in river reaches where the river slopes and cross-sections change greatly. The middle Hanjiang River was selected as a case study to test the model performance. It is suggested that the HDGNM performs better than the DGNM, with higher model efficiency and smaller relative error in the simulated flood hydrographs.
An Approachable Function for Water Flow Obstructed by Pier using Particle Image Velocimetry

Abstract:This research was focused on obtaining a mathematical function, about pier distance / vorticity relationship, of water flow when it is obstructed by a pier at different speeds, using the optical technique called PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry). An hydraulic channel was used, micro spheres of glass seeded in the water as tracking particles of the flow current lines, a 532 nm Lincoln laser lighting equipment, a Phantom M 310 CCD video camera, a cylindrical pier as model, and a processing data software named LaVision DaVis 8 as well as post-processing image software Tecplot-360. In this experimental development, vorticities and abrupt changes of speed and direction near the pier surface were found, which generate scouring. Position about main vorticity, corresponding to the downstream of pier, being plotted. Also, it was visualized that there is a change of direction called downflow in the front part of the pier, reason why this flow was plotted too.
Smart factory of Industry 4.0

— With the rapid development of electric and electronic technology, information technology and advanced manufacturing technology, the production mode of manufacturing enterprises is being transferred from digital to intelligent. Industry 4.0 is a combination of Cyber-Physical Systems linked in the supply chain and manufacturing processes with usage of the Internet of Things and Industrial developments. A definition for Industry 4.0 is that it is an (r)evolution towards digitalization. [1] The term Industry 4.0 stands for the fourth industrial revolution. It is understood better as a latest level of control and organization over the value chain of the product lifecycle, it is focused on individual customer requirements. The cycle starts from the product idea. Then order placement in made and product goes through the development and manufacturing. Then it makes it way to product delivery for the end customer where the cycle moves to the end phase, recycling. The availability of relevant information in real time by connecting all activities of the value chain forms the basis for the fourth industrial revolution. The connection of systems, things and people creates self-organizing, dynamic, real-time optimized value-added connections across companies. They are further optimised in accordance with different criteria like availability, costs and consumption of resources. Industry 4.0 is a reevaluated technique for manufacturing that makes use of the newest and latest technological creations, especially in incorporating operational and information technology.
Diploid vs. tetraploid Centaurium erythraea Rafn: a comparative study of regenerative in vitro potential and biosynthetic capacity

The impact of ploidy level on both the regenerative potential under in vitro conditions and the production of major bioactive specialized metabolites, such as iridoids and xanthones, was examined in Centaurium erythraea Rafn. Shoot regeneration frequency was genotype dependent, but not affected by explant ploidy level. In most cases, the regenerated shoots of autotetraploid (4x) genotypes were more robust than diploid (2x) ones. Regeneration efficiency of root explants declined from the apical to the basal root segment. Shoot and root biomass production of two month-old plants was not significantly different between 2x and 4x genotypes. Both 4x and 2x genotypes were characterized by the predominance of secoiridoid glucoside gentiopicrin in shoots and roots, which is followed by sweroside and swertiamarin. Loganic acid, loganin and secologanin were much less abundant. Methylbellidifolin was the major xanthone in both shoots and roots. Diploid plants showed higher biosynthetic capacity for the production of secoiridoids and xanthones in both shoots and roots. Results highlight a higher potential of diploid C. erythraea genotypes for biotechnology-based sustainable production of secoiridoids in comparison to tetraploid genotypes.
Clinical significance of PI3 and HLA-DOB as potential prognostic predicators for ovarian cancer

Background The outcomes of ovarian cancer patients are very poor, therefore it is necessary to find prognostic biomarkers and explore the potential underlying molecular mechanisms of ovarian cancer. Methods In this study, a gene expression microarray data set covering 562 ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomas and 12,042 genes was downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. For each candidate gene, samples were allocated into a “high group” or a “low group” according to the expression level. The overall survival (OS) rates were compared between the two groups. Then, a univariate analysis and a multivariate Cox proportional hazards test were carried out to examine the associations between genes and multiple clinicopathological parameters. Results Among all candidate genes, PI3 (peptidase inhibitor 3, often called elafin) and HLA-DOB (major histocompatibility complex, class II, DO beta) were identified as hub genes. PI3 (P=7.99e-7) and HLA-DOB (P=7.52e-6) showed significant associations with OS, especially in patients with stage III or IV disease. Both PI3 (HR =1.84, P=3.77e-7) and HLA-DOB (HR =0.68, P=0.001134) were identified as independent predictors of ovarian cancer patients OS. In addition, IRF1 (interferon regulatory factor 1) (P=1.16e-15) and SPI1 (Spi-1 proto-oncogene) (P=2.03e-6) were identified as the most significant transcription factors. Conclusions Our data indicate that PI3 and HLA-DOB are potential biomarkers that could be used to predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients, and may play important roles in ovarian cancer progression. Further experimental and clinical studies with larger sample sizes are needed to confirm these findings.
Innovation, Recreation, Interpretation? A Case Study on the Origins and Implementation of Transversal Core Competencies in Finnish Basic Education Core Curriculum Reform 2016

This qualitative study on the Finnish basic education curriculum (2016) had two goals. First, to survey the origins of first two new curriculum competences: 1) thinking and learning to learn, and, 2) cultural competences. Second, to analyse the local curricular implementation and comprehension in a rapid socio-cultural change. To reveal the possible data trends, two research questions were addressed: 1. What was the background of first two 2016 transversal core competencies? 2. How were those competencies implemented into a local curriculum 2016-19? The Data included basic education curricula (1985-2016), and a local curriculum. Relevant legislation, official information (e.g. PISA), parental feedback, and a questionnaire to an anonymous implementing principal comprised the curricular data. The Data triangulation was completed with a wide range of educational, cultural and ideological research. Regarding ethics, the individual sources and educational provider remained anonymous. Findings were surprising. “Modern” thinking and learning skills were created in early 20th century American society by Deweyan comprehension. However, an immigration had changed the long-lasting interpretation on the origins of Finnish culture. Moreover, local curriculum implementation was more successfully comprehended and supported. Conclusions were obvious: more identifiable research and teachers’ training were needed for curricular reforms and competences. The socio-cultural comprehension in the era of AI asked for sound arguments.
Green Supply Chain Management and Green Marketing Strategy on Green Purchase Intention: SMEs Cases

Purpose: This study aims to analyze green supply chain management (GSCM) and green marketing strategies (GMS) to green purchasing intentions (GPI). This study conducts on craft SMEs in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses primary data which is obtained through questionnaires. The unit of analysis in this study is organizations and individuals. The sampling technique is purposive sampling, with the criteria of SMEs that conduct environmentally friendly production processes and consumers who have ever bought green products. Data analysis uses structural equation modeling. Findings: The results of the data analysis show that there is an influence of green supply chain management on green marketing strategy, and there is an influence of green marketing strategy on green purchase intention. Research limitations/implications: This study is limited by relatively small sample size. The sample is only environmentally oriented SMEs. Large companies that are also environmentally friendly have not been included as samples in this study, so the results of this study only generalized to SMEs. Future research should accommodate these two types of companies, namely SMEs and companies, so that it can be easier to generalize the findings and allow different tests of GSCM to be applied to SMEs and large companies. This study only analyzed GSCM from two dimensions, namely GP and GCC. Other variables that can be used to explain GSCM are internal environmental, green information systems, eco-design and packaging. Practical implications: GSCM can be started with conducts the right GP and always coordinating with consumers which related to green products. GP (green purchasing) and GCC (green consumer cooperation) as GSCM elements have a strong association in predicting the success of a green marketing strategy. It is expected that SMEs should pay attention to the raw material purchase, so that the problem of environmentally friendly raw materials can be truly obtained to enter the production process and produce environmentally friendly products. Originality/value: This study analyzes the relationship between GSCM practices and organizational performance in the green marketing and business strategiescontext, where there is still a scarcity of studies in this context. Besides that, there is an increase in awareness of green operations and green marketing in
LITERATURE REVIEW FOR FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED

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ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS – WILL IT LEAD TO EMPOWERMENT OR LAY-OFFS?

This paper explores an almost axiomatic claim in the literature that robotic process automation (RPA) represents no threat to knowledge workers who will get fewer routine tasks and more interesting and cognitively challenging work. We explore this claim with data from a sequential quantitative-qualitative, mixed-method study in Norway. 88 RPA users from different sectors and industries where first surveyed to identify differences in their perceived effects from RPA. Then, differences were followed up in 14 in-depth interviews from public sector, financial industry and manufacturing, and oil and gas. Findings revealed that RPA indeed is used to lay-off or not reemploy knowledge workers. Further, we found different effects in public and private sector, and that private, financial companies have experienced the strongest reduction in the need for employment. We find that RPA often lead to lay-offs indirectly, and to reduced need for consultants, especially in financial companies. Public companies focus more on using RPA for innovations in their service production by increasing quality in data registration, handling invoices, and migrating data between systems. We conclude that RPA is maturing as a management tool where cost reductions through reduced employment is an important motivator, and we present propositions for further research.
Recent Security Enhancements in NetBSD

Over the years, NetBSD obtained the position of the BSD focusing on portability. While it is true that NetBSD offers an easily portable operating system, care is also given to other areas, such as security. This paper presents the NetBSD philosophy of security, design decisions, and currently offered security features. Finally, some of the current and future research will be revealed.
The Role of MicroRNA in Human Cervical Cancer

Although as a potentially preventable disease, Cervical Cancer (CC) is the second most commonly diagnosed gynecological cancer and with an approximate more than 529,000 new cases annually around the world. As a group of small non-coding RNAs with 18 to 25 nucleotides, by repressing translation or inducing mRNA cleavage or degradation, microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate circa one-third of all human genes including genes involved in diverse important cellular processes, including cell cycle, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Extensive evidence showed that misexpression of miRNAs is closely related to the onset and progression of CC. This review will provide an overview of the function of miRNAs in cervical cancer and their mechanisms involved in cervical carcinogenesis.
Towards a New Platform Based on Learning Outcomes Analysis For Mobile Serious Games

Nowadays, learning via smartphones has become one of the most popular teaching tools used by young people, thanks to the ease of use of such devices in the field of education. There are now a large number of both instructional applications and mobile serious games "MSGs" which are available in mobile applications stores. The diversity of such applications especially MSGs can guarantee a personalized learning experience for each learner. However, it is difficult to decide if a given MSG is efficient or not because this decision depends on several factors. One of those major factors is their ability to transmit knowledge effectively to the learners, in order to teach them new skills. This ability can be measured and then analyzed by using several techniques and algorithms like learning analytics, educational data mining, inference knowledge e.g. "Bayesian Knowledge Tracing", etc. Hence the need for the establishment of a user-friendly platform based on these algorithms, the proposed platform will be able to evaluate easily the learning outcomes of this kind of video games.
The impact of ship emissions on air quality and human health in the Gothenburg area – Part I: 2012 emissions

The impact of ship emissions on air quality and human health in the Gothenburg area Part I: 2012 emissions Lin Tang, Martin O.P. Ramacher, Jana Moldanová, Volker Matthias, Matthias Karl, Lasse Johansson, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Katarina Yaramenka, Armin Aulinger, Malin Gustafsson IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 530 21, 40014 Gothenburg, Sweden 5 WSP Environment Sweden, Box 13033, 402 51 Gothenburg, Sweden Chemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Electrophoretic profile of treated Lymnaea natalensis snails with Pterocladia capillacea, Jania rubens and Ulva lactuca algal extracts

INTRODUCTION Aalgae , were shown early in the 20 th century to contain a high number of socalled secondary metabolites, i.e. low molecular-weight organic compounds biosynthesized by the plant but not essential to its growth and survival but essential for its interaction with other organisms (Brimer, 2011). Marine organisms as red, green and brown algae have ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: Dec. 8, 2019 Accepted: Dec. 30, 2019 Online: Jan. 2020 _______________
Pollen viability and in vitro germination of six pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) cultivars grown in northern Jordan

This study was conducted on six pistachio cultivars (Lazaourdi, Nab-El Jamal, Boundiki, Batouri, Marawhi and Aschouri) to investigate the percentage of pollen viability and in vitro pollen germination under stored and non-stored (fresh) conditions. The results indicated that there was a significant interaction between pollen viability of pistachio cultivars and storage period. This study showed that the non-stored (fresh) pollen of cultivars Batouri and Lazaourdi had significantly the highest viability (87%) and in vitro pollen germination (69.7%), respectively; indicating that such cultivars could be used as best pollinators. On the other hand, cultivar Nab-El Jamal had the lowest viability (43.7%) and in vitro pollen germination (40.3%). It was found that pollen viability for all stored pollen cultivars were significantly reduced by 30% when compared with non-stored (fresh) pollen. However, stored pollen germination for one month was zero for all pistachio cultivars. In addition, the results of viability for all fresh pollen cultivars were poorly linearly correlated (r2=0.149) with the results of in vitro germination of fresh pollen. Further research is required to examine both pollen viability and in vitro pollen germination under different short and long-term storage periods and methods.
Contrast-enhanced FLAIR Versus Contrast-enhanced T1-Weighted Sequence of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Evaluation of Leptomeningeal Disease: Which one is Better?

Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce/Ya z›fl m a Ad re si: Savaş Tepe MD, Bayındır Hospital, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey Gsm: +90 530 780 38 93 E-mail: savas_tepe@yahoo.com Re cei ved/ G e liş ta ri h i: 23.01. 2011 Ac cep ted/ K a bul ta ri h i: 29.04. 2011 © Arc hi ves of Neu ropsy chi atry, pub lis hed by Ga le nos Pub lis hing. / Nö rop si ki yat ri Ar fli vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya y› ne vi ta ra f›n dan ba s›l m›fl t›r. ÖZET Am aç: Bu çalışmanın amacı kontrastlı T1 ağırlıklı MR görüntüleme ile kontrastlı FLAIR sekanslarını leptomeningeal karsinomatosis değerlendirilmesi yönünden karsılaştırmaktır. Yön tem : Tüm hastalarda T1 ve T2 ağırlıklı aksiyal ve koronal kontrastsız, spin eko, FLAIR aksiyal kontrastsız sekanslarını da içerecek şekilde rutin beyin görüntüleme sekansları ve yanı sıra, kontrastlı FLAIR ve T1 ağırlıklı sekanslar kullanıldı. Bu sekanslar 12 çalışma grubu hastasında (5 erkek, 7 kadın, yaş aralığı 51-82; 4 meme kanseri, 4 akciğer kanseri, 2 melanom, 2 lenfoma) uygulandı, hepsinde leptomeningeal karsinomatosis kanıtlanmıştı. Kıyaslamalar özellikle kontrastlı T1 ve kontrastlı FLAIR görüntüleri ile yapıldı. Bul gu lar: Klinik olarak leptomeningeal hastalığı kanıtlanmış 12 hastanın hepsinde (10'u metastatik karsinoma, 2'si lenfoma) kontrastlı FLAIR kesitlerinin, kontrastlı T1 kesitlerine göre patolojiyi daha iyi gösterdiği, daha bariz ve dikkat çekici kontrast tutulumu görüldüğü saptandı. So nuç: Kontrastlı FLAIR görüntüler leptomeningeal hastalığı saptamada kontrastlı T1 sekansa kıyasla daha anlamlı bulundu. (Nö rop si ki yat ri Ar fli vi 2012;49: 108-113) Anah tar ke li m e ler: Manyetik rezonans, FLAIR, beyin omurilik sıvısı, leptomeninks
Closing the implementation gap: a critical model for architectural research

As design innovations become the center figure in architecture, teaching research methods and skills is gaining momentum in architectural education and in most architecture schools nowadays. This paper calls for the development of a model which encourages researchers, who utilize a range of methodologies, to acknowledge the values and assumptions implicit in human behavior with buildings. This demands attention to epistemological issues involving knowledge, its nature and forms, how it is acquired and how it is communicated, and pay attention to ontological issues concerned with the relationship between man and its environment. This paper introduces different methodological frameworks for architectural research in the past decades. Although there are a variety of orientations discussed, philosophical, conceptual, and technical, most studies reflect an understanding of people and objects as discrete entities interacting in a unilateral and passive way. This understanding is found to be the essential cause of the 'implementation gap' between architectural research and practice. For the gap to close, the development of a new research framework is needed which encourages researchers to acknowledge the ontological and epistemological issues associated with architectural practice, research, and education. Conference theme: new methodologies in architectural research
Analyzing the Effect of Electronic Word of Mouth (e-WOM) on Attitudes Toward City, City Image, and Intention to Visit Yogyakarta

This study aims to examine the antecedents of intention to visit and its relation to e-WOM, attitudes towards city, and city image. We conducted a structural equation model (SEM) to test the relationship between research variables. An empirical test of the model was reported using data collected from a sample of 150 tourists. The results of this study found that e-WOM had a positive effect on attitudes towards city, city image, and intention to visit Yogyakarta as a destination. This study also discussed the theoretical and implications of research findings.
Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty for Charcot Arthropathy After Cauda Equine Syndrome: A Case Report

Charcot arthropathy of the knee is a relatively rare and poorly understood condition. Diagnosis requires detailed history of the patient, radiological investigation and exclusion of other causes of arthropathy. Conservative treatment is sufficient only in early stages. In late stages, either arthrodesis or total knee arthroplasty is the treatment of choice. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with Charcot arthropathy in both knees, after a spinal fracture 35 years ago, which caused cauda equine syndrome with diminished sensation of both legs. She underwent bilateral total knee arthroplasty using hinged knee prosthesis.
Let’s sort this out: GPGPU Verification of Radix Sort

This paper shows how the VerCors verification toolset can be used to prove data race freedom and functional correctness of a parallel radix sort algorithm for GPUs. This is a widely used standard sorting implementation for GPGPU programming frameworks and therefore its correctness is of utmost importance. Additionally, it presents the usefulness of VerCors as well as its current limitations to the scientific community.