Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acupuncture on Lactate, Perceived Exertion in Recreational Athletes Submitted to HIIT

Studies have demonstrated the positive effects of acupuncture on athletic performance. The aim of this study was to determine the acute effects of acupuncture on heart rate, the perceived exertion scale and lactate levels in recreational athletes. Fifteen competitive males engaged in HIIT. The characteristic was 29.86±2.51 years old, heart rate reserve 59.00±3.33, lactate 3.17±0.50 mM/DL. The subjects were submitted to two exercise sessions. Both training sessions consisted of 10 burpees, 12 thrusters and 14 box jumps (75 cm high) for 12 minutes. Activity intensity was between 85 and 95% of maximum heart rate. Acupuncture points: ST36, L3, LI11. The student’s t-test was adopted, Shapiro-Wilk test was applied for normality, and Pearson correlation. There was a positive correlation of r = 0.69 between lactate levels and heart rate. Lactate: Lac1 15.00±1.18 – Lac2 19.59± 1.46 p= 0.0001*; Heart 1rate: HRF 163.71±7.27 – HRF2 177.60±6.99 p=0.0001*; Blood pressure: SBP1 174.86±1.57 – SBP2 180.86±1.77 p= 0.0001*; PES1: 19.4±1.14; PES2 16.8±0.84 p= 0.0001*; weight1 – 182,57±12,05; weight 2 206,43±11,39 p=0.0325*. Acupuncture increased lactate accumulation, heart rate and blood pressure, suggesting that the exertion reached after acupuncture is higher than without acupuncture. The acupuncture technics improved the athlete performance.
Melting of alkane nanocrystals: towards a representation of polyethylene

ABSTRACT To simulate macroscopic properties at the molecular level, interfaces must be represented the most efficiently. In the study reported in this article, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to reveal the impact of the environment around nanocrystals constituted of alkane chains on the melting temperature. The Gibbs-Thomson law was used to compare different simulated systems and experimental data. Based on thermodynamics argument, this law discloses the linear relationships between the melting, or crystallisation, temperature and the inverse of the crystal thickness. The crystal edges of simulated nanocrystals and the alkane chain length have been varied. For each nanocrystal, a simulated melting temperature (Tm ) was obtained and reported with respect to the crystal thickness. The simulated enthalpy of fusion (Δhm ), surface (σe ) and lateral (σ) free energies were thus extracted. All these properties have been compared to experimental data, and to properties stemming from nanocrystals in empty space. It is shown that nanocrystals surrounded by amorphous chains lead to values that agree better experimental data showing the great improvement in the model.
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of biological and biogeochemical processes

The conversion of soluble uranyl ions (UO2) by bacterial reduction to sparingly soluble uraninite (UO2(s)) is being studied as a way of immobilizing subsurface uranium contamination. Under anaerobic conditions, several known types of bacteria including iron and sulfate reducing bacteria have been shown to reduce U (VI) to U (IV). Experiments using a suspension of uraninite (UO2(s)) particles produced by Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 bacteria show a dependence of both longitudinal (T1) and transverse (T2) magnetic resonance (MR) relaxation times on the oxidation state and solubility of the uranium. Gradient echo and spin echo MR images were compared to quantify the effect caused by the magnetic field fluctuations (T2*) of the uraninite particles and soluble uranyl ions. Since the precipitate studied was suspended in liquid water, the effects of concentration and particle aggregation were explored. A suspension of uraninite particles was injected into a polysaccharide gel, which simulates the precipitation environment of uraninite in the extracellular biofilm matrix. A reduction in the T2 of the gel surrounding the particles was observed. Tests done in situ using three bioreactors under different mixing conditions, continuously stirred, intermittently stirred, and not stirred, showed a quantifiable T2 magnetic relaxation effect over the extent of the reaction.
PRIORITIZATION of ROAD TRANSPORTATION RISKS: AN APPLICATION in GİRESUN PROVINCE

The purpose of this study is to determine and rank the road transportation risk factors that are crucial for effective and economic supply chain management. Road transportation risk factors can be defined as equipment related risks, risk to be lost and disappearance, risks related to delivery and packaging, inadequacy of qualified personnel and technical equipment, risks caused from incompatibility to logistic information system/technology, security risk, compulsory reasons, risks originated from regulations and arrangements, risks related to waiting at customs gate and transport infrastructure based risks. Accordingly, fuzzy PIPRECIA as a multi-criteria ranking method was used to prioritize the risk factors. According to the results, while the transport infrastructure based risks criterion was found as the most important, the risk to be lost and disappearance factor was obtained as the least important one.
Depression and Anxiety in the Postnatal Period: An Examination of Infants' Home Language Environment, Vocalizations, and Expressive Language Abilities.

This longitudinal study investigated the effects of maternal emotional health concerns, on infants' home language environment, vocalization quantity, and expressive language skills. Mothers and their infants (at 6 and 12 months; 21 mothers with depression and or anxiety and 21 controls) provided day-long home-language recordings. Compared with controls, risk group recordings contained fewer mother-infant conversational turns and infant vocalizations, but daily number of adult word counts showed no group difference. Furthermore, conversational turns and infant vocalizations were stronger predictors of infants' 18-month vocabulary size than depression and anxiety measures. However, anxiety levels moderated the effect of conversational turns on vocabulary size. These results suggest that variability in mothers' emotional health influences infants' language environment and later language ability.
Connecting the Body and Mind

Chapter Two delves more deeply into the holistic practice of yoga as it bridges the “conscious mind” and the “feeling body”—two parts of the “self” that are often considered as separate entities, but work holistically to impact well-being. Information on mindfulness, meditation, and pranayama, or the art of breathing, show how mindful movement and attention to the breath enhance focus and impact peak performance. The section on pranayama, or breath work, describes diaphragmatic breathing and the ujjayi breath as well as more advanced breathing techniques that either relax or stimulate body and mind. Basic information is given on yogic concepts such as chakras, bandhas, drishtis, mantras, and mudras to provide a foundation for the use of these techniques with specific populations.
The orthography of revived Cornish as an attempt at pluricentricity

After over twenty years of debate over Cornish orthographies, recognition by the UK government according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2003 led to the creation of what was initially intended as a “single written form” for use in official contexts. However, the inevitable impossibility of finding a compromise that pleased opposing groups of speakers with differing ideologies meant that the eventual Standard Written Form (SWF) was pluricentric, comprising two “main forms”. While these were initially stated to be of equal status, this has been hard to maintain since the SWF’s implementation: with more speakers using Middle Cornish forms, the Late Cornish forms are less visible and commonly believed to be subsidiary. Drawing on such perceptions, along with learning materials and other resources, this paper examines the status of the SWF today and offers some reflections on this unsuccessful attempt at pluricentricity in a minoritised language.
Influence of Monoalkoxy Silane on the Dielectric Response of Polypropylene Aluminium Nitride Nanocomposites

Silane coupling agents are widely used in polymer nanocomposites, where they are considered a linker that can increase the compatibility between organic polymers and inorganic fillers. However, the commonly used trialkoxy silanes (TAS) are reported can form a thick layer, which can lead to, e.g. reduction of the AC breakdown strength. In this work, a monoalkoxy silane (MAS) with a single bonding-site to the surface -OH groups of nanoparticles is applied. In this case, the formation of thick multilayers of silane is restricted. Dry samples treated with MAS show a comparable permittivity to the TAS treated counterparts. However, the water absorption behaviour, as well as the complex permittivity tests of wet samples, reveal a major drawback of the MAS treatment: a monolayer or low surface coverage provides an increased real and imaginary permittivity under humid environment.
The phylogenetic affinities of Crenichthys and Empetrichthys using mtDna

Crenichthys (Springfish) and Empetrichthys (Poolfish) are two relictual genera of cyprinodontiform fishes that are restricted to the state of Nevada. Of five families proposed, three, Cyprinodontidae, Goodeidae, and Empetrichthyidae, are still under consideration. The Goodeidae, fishes endemic to the Mexican Plateau, are viviparous, whereas Crenichthys and Empetrichthys are oviparous. Approximately 300 base pairs of the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome-b were sequenced in order to address the familial phylogenetic relationships of Crenichthys and Empetrichthys. All analyses concur that Crenichthys and Empetrichthys are related to members of the family Goodeidae rather than to the Cyprinodontidae. Therefore, this phylogeny supports a model of historical biogeographic affinities between fishes of the Mexican Plateau and fishes of the Mojave and Great Basin deserts.
Design of Log-Periodic Monopole Array Patch Antenna for UWB Applications using Alphabetic Slots on Partial Ground Plane

In this paper, the design of 15 element printed log-periodic monopole array (PLPMA) antenna is presented. The proposed design has multi-band operation with antenna resonance lying in S (2GHz–4GHz), C (4GHz–8GHz), X (8GHz–12GHz) and Ku (12GHz–18GHz) bands. The patch is realized on the FR-4 substrate with slotted partial ground plane. Taper feeding technique is used to excite the array of log-periodic monopoles. A wide operating broadband range from 1.58GHz to 15.0GHz having acceptable voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) lower than 2.0 with a maximum realized gain of 9.12dBi has been achieved.
Defining the key issues discussed by problematic gamblers on web-based forums: a data-driven approach

ABSTRACT Online forums can be a source of support for people with gambling-related problems. Forum threads contain detailed information about these gamblers’ experiences. However, because of limitations in data collection and analysis, there have been few systematic analyzes of forum content. The aim of this study is to use web scraping and correlated topic modeling to develop a bottom-up, data-driven approach to identify key issues raised by gamblers participating in an online forum, taking 2,298 posts from 1,400 unique authors over a twelve-year period. The data revealed ten themes that fall into four superordinate categories: negative emotions caused by gambling, the process of recovery, gambling products and money related concerns. Negative emotions associated with gambling was the most common topic occurring in 25% of posts. The process of recovery theme could be divided into formal and informal resources for dealing with gambling problems. Gambling products captured both traditional high street and new online forms of gambling. A final theme highlighted how family and friends become sources of finance to fund gambling. These findings can be used to design brief psychosocial education programs which highlight the consequences of gambling on oneself, one’s family and the emotional impact that emerges from gambling.
Happy Victimizing in Emerging Adulthood

This study contributes to a developmental approach focusing on emotions as being of key significance in explaining the Happy Victimizer pattern (HV pattern) among adults. Based on findings from our own research on moral emotions within the Happy Victimizer paradigm, we claim that a purely cognitive approach to explain the HV is overly narrow. Instead, we argue that emotion attributions serve as a source for moral motivation. By identifying new dimensions (i.e., deontic judgment; own action choice; self-constructed emotion attributions) to explain the complexity of moral functioning in emerging adulthood, the current study contributes to a theoretical and methodological framework that integrates both cognitive and emotional processes to bridge the gap between moral thought, emotion, and action with the aim of fostering moral learning across the lifespan.
Memory Properties in Cloud‐Resolving Simulations of the Diurnal Cycle of Deep Convection

A series of high‐resolution three‐dimensional simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection over land are performed using the new Met Office NERC cloud‐resolving model. This study features scattered convection. A memory function is defined to identify the effects of previous convection in modifying current convection. It is based on the probability of finding rain at time t0 and at an earlier time t0−Δt compared to the expected probability given no memory. The memory is examined as a function of the lag time Δt. It is strongest at gray‐zone scales of 4–10 km, there is a change of behavior for spatial scales between 10 and 15 km, and it is reduced substantially for spatial scales larger than 25 km. At gray‐zone scales, there is a first phase of the memory function which represents the persistence of convection and it is maintained for about an hour. There is a second phase which represents the suppression of convection in regions which were raining 1 to 3 hr previously, and subsequently a third phase which represents a secondary enhancement of precipitation. The second and third phases of the memory function develop earlier for weaker forcing. When thermodynamic fluctuations resulting from the previous day are allowed to influence the development of convection on the next day, there are fewer rainfall events with relatively large sizes, which are more intense, and thus decay and recover more slowly, in comparison to the simulations where feedback from previous days is removed. Further sensitivity experiments reveal that convective memory attributed to these thermodynamic fluctuations resides in the lower troposphere.
Athlete Management Information System in KONI Karawang District

The Indonesian National Sports Committee or KONI is an organization that functions as a coordinating all athletes whose duty is to foster and develop the athletes become achievers in sports activities both at the regional and national levels. Koni Karawang is one of the authorized organization in coordinating every sporting activity in Karawang district and also functions as a forum for athletes in Karawang district so that it can accommodate all talented athletes so that they can be fostered further. Quite a lot of athletes in the Karawang district requires the management of data collection of athletes to be better coordinated. So, we need a system that can facilitate the management of KONI athletes in Karawang district. In this case, an Information System was created which functions to process the data of athletes in Karawang district, so that it would be assisting in the data collection of the athletes. The information system created is in the form of a website-based application with implementation using a PHP programming language and MySQL database
High Accuracy of PSMA PET in Initial Staging of High-Risk Prostate Cancer.

P rostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)–targeted PET is being increasingly used for localizing high-risk prostate cancer. Extensive evidence of its diagnostic use has led to the incorporation of PSMA PET into management guidelines for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer, but until recently there was insufficient evidence to effect a change in guidelines in other settings such as initial staging. The proPSMA study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the accuracy and diagnostic utility of conventional imaging (namely, CT and bone scintigraphy) with that of gallium 68 (68Ga)-PSMA-11 PET/CT for the initial staging of prostate cancer. The patient cohort included 300 men (mean age, 69.0 years) with histopathologically confirmed prostate cancer who were under consideration for prostatectomy or radiotherapy. Each patient was randomized to initially undergo either conventional imaging (control group) or PSMA PET/CT within 21 days of randomization. Then, all men who did not have greater than three unequivocal distant metastases underwent secondline crossover imaging 6 months later. PSMA PET/CT had an accuracy (calculated as the mean of the sensitivity and specificity) of 92% compared to 65% for conventional imaging. This 27% difference reflects the finding that, compared to conventional imaging, PSMA PET/CT had both a higher sensitivity (85% vs 38%) and specificity (98% vs 91%) for metastases than conventional imaging. Additionally, results demonstrated that PSMA PET/CT resulted in fewer equivocal imaging findings than conventional imaging for metastatic disease and pelvic nodes. PSMA PET/CT also resulted in less radiation exposure than conventional imaging (a mean of 8.4 mSv vs 19.2 mSv). Neither PSMA PET/CT nor conventional imaging was associated with any adverse events. Finally, patients who underwent first-line PSMA PET/CT imaging also resulted in a higher percentage of high-effect or medium-effect management changes (28%) compared to conventional imaging (15%). High-effect changes were defined as changes in management intent (eg, curative to palliative), while medium-effect changes were changes in modality delivery. Together, these results demonstrate that PSMA PET/ CT has superior diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer compared to conventional imaging. As a whole, the findings of this study demonstrate that PSMA PET/CT is a viable replacement for conventional imaging for prostate cancer and suggest that PSMA PET has value for incorporation into standard clinical management guidelines for the initial staging of prostate cancer. —Joseph Waller, Robert Flavell, and Courtney Lawhn Heath
Communing to re-imagine figured worlds

The importance of community has been widely recognised in the field of early childhood education. However, the various ways it has been conceived, together with taken-for-granted notions of education, have made it difficult to actualise the processes involved in contextually meaningful ways. This article draws on cultural models theory to explore educational leaders’ re-imagining and redesigning of early childhood educational learning communities in a range of diverse settings. The examination of the processes and artefacts used to promote democratic identities and agency highlights the significance of establishing shared principles, sociality and challenging power relations to engage in processes of communing that are contextually meaningful, sustainable and democratic.
Functional Directional Brain-Heart Interplay Correlates of Dreaming: a Pilot Study

Functional brain-heart interplay (BHI) plays an important role in sleep, however its mediating role during a dreaming experience is yet unknown. To this end, in this pilot study we characterize functional directional BHI in two healthy subjects using heart rate variability and electroencephalographic series gathered from REM sleep that leads to a dream recall. Preliminary results show significant differences between non-dream and dream recalls and suggest that dream increases from-brain-to-heart fronto-parietal activity and reduces from-heart-to-brain fronto-occipital activity.
Sensitivity Analysis of a Portable Microwave Breast Cancer Detection System

A prototype portable breast microwave sensing (BMS) system for early breast cancer detection has been developed in our lab. In this paper, we provide preliminary results for the response of the antenna sensor array to a point scatterer, using both simulation and experiment. The portable system uses a horn antenna to transmit frequencies from 1.5 GHz to 6 GHz and a sensor array using thirteen patch antennas. The optimal separation of each antenna in the receiver array was calculated to be 4 mm based on an envelope correlation coefficient of 0.37. The BMS system, including the horn antenna, was designed in CST Microwave Studio to mimic the experimental setup. This study compares the E-field characteristics and DC voltages for each sensor, using simulation and experimental results, for both a free air system and with an Aluminum rod placed at different positions in the scanning plane. A 13×10 array of geometric correction constants was calculated from the simulated E-field. The range of difference between the simulated and experimental results was -4% to 3% for open space conditions and ±20% when an Aluminum rod was placed at different positions in the scanning plane. The preliminary results are promising and provide some insight as to where improvements must be made to enhance the detection ability of the portable system.
Computed tomography angiographic evaluation of vascular pathology in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Computed Tomography Angiography has progressively replaced the invasive conventional angiography, and has now become the preferred modality for the diagnosis and characterization of most cardiovascular abnormalities. Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) alone is mostly sufficient to adequately evaluate vascular lesions in various disease conditions. This study reports the institutional evaluation of various vascular lesions on a 64 64 slice Computed Tomography (CT) scanner over an eight-year duration. It evaluates the major clinical indications for angiography studies and spectrum of findings on CTA, any agreement between major clinical diagnosis and CTA findings over an eight-year period at a major referral tertiary hospital in South-West Nigeria was also determined in this hospital based retrospective study of patients with suspected vascular lesions throughout the body evaluated with CTA from January 2011 to December 2018. All CTA scans were performed using a 64-slice Multidetector Toshiba Aquilion Computed Tomography scanner. The demographics, clinical diagnosis, type of CT angiography, and result of the CT angiography procedure data were extracted and documented. The data was analysed using IBM SPSS version 23.0. A total of 305 patients were studied. Among the extra-cranial CTA studies, pulmonary thrombo-embolism (38/184) was the commonest reason for CTA. There was fair significant agreement between clinical diagnosis of PTE and CTA diagnosis of PTE, but weak agreement between Aneurysms/AVMs and corresponding findings on CTA. The commonest CTA examination was cranial angiographies followed by pulmonary CTAs. The Hospital incidence of aneurysms was 2.6 times that of AVMs in this study. Key words: Computed tomography, angiography, vascular lesion, aneurysms, arterio-venous malformation.