Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Charging-Expense Minimization Through Assignment Rescheduling of Movable Charging Stations in Electric Vehicle Networks

Electric vehicles (EVs), as promising components of the sustainable and eco-friendly transportation systems, are being widely adopted to reduce the consumption of fossil fuel and pollution of environments. EVs are usually equipped with wireless modules to support the vehicle to vehicle communications, by which an electric vehicular network (EVN) is formed. In EVN, some EVs are with insufficient battery energy and may exhaust the battery energy before arriving at their destinations, and these EVs are referred to as IEVs. More seriously, IEVs probably cannot find any fixed charging facilities nearby. With the development of mobile charging technology, some movable charging stations (MCSs) are deployed into EVN, and MCSs can actively navigate to charge IEVs. In this paper, an assignment rescheduling mechanism of movable charging stations (ARMM) is proposed, where the MCS assignments are dynamically rescheduled. In ARMM, in order to reduce the charging expenses of IEVs and enhance the proportion of charged IEVs, the assigned IEVs of some MCSs could be switched to other MCSs, while the charging positions of MCSs are selected by minimizing the charging expenses of IEVs and are dynamically altered. Besides, the incentives of assigned IEVs to reduce the charging expenses of unassigned IEVs are proven. Simulation results demonstrate the preferable performance of ARMM, i.e. ARMM can reduce the charging expenses of IEVs and enhance the proportion of charged IEVs effectively.
Impact of Electrical and Mechanical Antenna Downtilt on the Uplink of a WiMAX System with Soft Frequency Reuse

–Inaninterference-limitedmobileWiMAXnetwork,efficientcellplanningandtuningisanessential taskto ensurea functioning network. This includes the selection ofthe optimal settings for theantennato on the one hand, provide a good coverage and on the other hand achieve cell isolation. Two different antenna tilting methods are examined in this article, namely the mechanical and the electrical vertical downtilt. The evaluation isdone with anadvanced WiMAX IEEE 802.16e simulator. In particular, the impact of the antenna configurationonWiMAXsoftfrequencyreuse(SFR)isstudied.TheresultsshowahighdependencyofSFRto thedowntiltconfiguration,sincetheinter-cellinterferencelevelchangessignificantlywithdifferentsettings. IndexTerms –MechanicalAntennaDowntilt,ElectricalAntennaDowntilt,OFDMA,WiMAX,SoftFrequency Reuse
Provision of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increases Plasma Selenium Concentration in Pregnant Women in Malawi: A Secondary Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT Background Pregnant women in Malawi are at risk of selenium deficiency, which can have adverse effects on pregnancy outcomes. Interventions for improving selenium status are needed. Objectives To assess the effect of provision of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) to Malawian women during pregnancy on their plasma selenium concentrations at 36 wk of gestation. Methods Pregnant women (≤20 wk of gestation) were randomly assigned to receive daily either: 1) iron and folic acid (IFA); 2) multiple micronutrients (MMN; 130 µg selenium per capsule); or 3) SQ-LNS (130 µg selenium/20 g). Plasma selenium concentrations were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry at baseline and after ≥16 wk of intervention (at 36 wk of gestation) and compared by intervention group. Results At 36 wk of gestation, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) plasma selenium concentrations (micromoles per liter) were 0.96 (0.73, 1.23), 0.94 (0.78, 1.18), and 1.01 (0.85, 1.28) in the IFA, MMN, and SQ-LNS groups, respectively. Geometric mean (GM) plasma selenium concentration was 5.4% (95% CI: 1.8%, 9.0%) higher in the SQ-LNS group than in the MMN group and tended to be higher than in the IFA group (+4.2%; 95% CI: 1.0%, 7.8%). The prevalence of adjusted plasma selenium concentrations <1 µmol/L was 55.1%, 57.8%, and 47.3% in the IFA, MMN, and SQ-LNS groups, respectively; it was lower in the SQ-LNS group than in the MMN group, OR = 0.44 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.83), and tended to be lower than in the IFA group, OR = 0.54 (95% CI: 0.29, 1.03). There was a significant interaction between baseline plasma selenium concentration and intervention group (P = 0.003). In the lowest tertile of baseline selenium concentrations, GM plasma selenium concentration was higher, and the prevalence of low values was lower in the SQ-LNS group compared with the MMN and IFA groups at 36 wk of gestation (P ≤ 0.007). Conclusions Provision of SQ-LNS containing selenium to pregnant women can be an effective strategy for improving their selenium status. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT01239693).
ORFhunteR: an accurate approach for the automatic identification and annotation of open reading frames in human mRNA molecules

Motivation Modern methods of whole transcriptome sequencing accurately recover nucleotide sequences of RNA molecules present in cells and allow for determining their quantitative abundances. The coding potential of such molecules can be estimated using open reading frames (ORF) finding algorithms, implemented in a number of software packages. However, these algorithms show somewhat limited accuracy, are intended for single-molecule analysis and do not allow selecting proper ORFs in the case of long mRNAs containing multiple ORF candidates. Results We developed a computational approach, corresponding machine learning model and a package, dedicated to automatic identification of the ORFs in large sets of human mRNA molecules. It is based on vectorization of nucleotide sequences into features, followed by classification using a random forest. The predictive model was validated on sets of human mRNA molecules from the NCBI RefSeq and Ensembl databases and demonstrated almost 95% accuracy in detecting true ORFs. The developed methods and pre-trained classification model were implemented in a powerful ORFhunteR computational tool that performs an automatic identification of true ORFs among large set of human mRNA molecules. Availability and implementation The developed open-source R package ORFhunteR is available for the community at GitHub repository (https://github.com/rfctbio-bsu/ORFhunteR), from Bioconductor (https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/ORFhunteR.html) and as a web application (http://orfhunter.bsu.by).
Present‐Day Surface Deformation of Sicily Derived From Sentinel‐1 InSAR Time‐Series

The Quaternary geodynamics of the Central Mediterranean region is controlled by the migration of narrow orogenic belts within the slow Nubia‐Eurasia plate convergence. As testified by the occurrence of major volcanic and seismic events, the Eastern Sicilian Margin is presently one of the most active regions. Using a Permanent‐Scatterer approach, we process Sentinel‐1 satellite images acquired from 2015 to 2020 to provide an island‐wide quantification of surface displacements at a high spatiotemporal resolution. We then convert the calculated mean surface velocities along the ascending and descending satellite line of sight into the ITRF2014 reference frame by using GNSS velocity data derived from regional stations. The resulting pseudo‐3D velocity field mainly highlights a general uplift of about 1.5 ± 0.5 mm/yr of the Nebrodi‐Peloritani range and its differential motion with respect to mainland Sicily along the Cefalù‐Etna seismic zone. Permanent/Persistent‐Scatterer (PS) vertical velocities in the Eastern Hyblean region reveal a long wavelength eastward downbending of the margin, including the inferred epicentral area of the 1693 Noto earthquake. Compared to Quaternary coastal uplift rates, these results confirm the relative low activity of Western Sicily, a potential slow uplift of South‐Central Sicily and a significant discrepancy along the Eastern Hyblean margin were PS‐derived vertical velocities that appear 2–3 mm/yr lower than the Quaternary rates. Over the 2015–2020 timespan, transient processes are also captured, notably on Mount Etna, showing both magmatic pressurization uplift and collapse of the eastern flank, but also all over Sicily where numerous gravitational mass movements and anthropogenic ground subsidence are detected.
Information and Service Challenges in the 5.0 Industrial Revolution on Student Satisfaction: Empirical Analysis in the Department of Electronics

The industrial revolution 5.0 has had an impact on all education in universities. The spread of the COVID-19 virus has an impact on the education system. These changes affect student satisfaction in taking education. Universities must improve the quality of information and service quality to achieve student satisfaction. This study aims to analyze the effect of information quality and service quality on student satisfaction. This research includes correlational research. The subjects of this study were 100 students of Informatics Engineering Education. The data analysis technique is regression test. The results showed that (1) the quality of information had a positive and significant effect on student satisfaction (2) the quality of service had a positive and significant effect on student satisfaction (3) the quality of information and the quality of service together had a positive and significant effect on student satisfaction. These findings provide a perception to increase competition towards the industrial revolution 5.0 and the satisfaction of college students must update the quality of information and service quality.
Robust Control of Magnetic Bearing in the Inertially Stabilized Platform for Aerial Remote Sensing

Comparing with the normal mechanical inertial stabilized platform (ISP), the novel ISP with magnetic bearing to suspend the yaw gimballing owns the ability of isolating the vibration and disturbance of external gimballing. However, on the one hand, complex structure of the magnetically suspended gimballing introduces the parametric uncertainties into modelling of magnetic suspension force, and the disturbance between the magnetic fields brings the un-modeled force into dynamics of magnetically suspended gimballing. On the other hand, the external disturbances such as wind drag affect the stability of magnetically suspended gimballing. Therefore, to weaken the negative influence on stability and improve the robustness of system, the H ∞ robust controllers for translation and tilting of gimballing are designed. The experimental results indicate that the robust controller of magnetically suspended gimballing owns the excellent robustness when the load of magnetically suspended gimballing changes.
Detection of Target Genes for Drug Repurposing to Treat Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Mice Flown in Spaceflight

Skeletal muscle atrophy is a common condition in aging, diabetes, and in long duration spaceflights due to microgravity. This article investigates multi-modal gene disease and disease drug networks via link prediction algorithms to select drugs for repurposing to treat skeletal muscle atrophy. Key target genes that cause muscle atrophy in the left and right extensor digitorum longus muscle tissue, gastrocnemius, quadriceps, and the left and right soleus muscles are detected using graph theoretic network analysis, by mining the transcriptomic datasets collected from mice flown in spaceflight made available by GeneLab. We identified the top muscle atrophy gene regulators by the Pearson correlation and Bayesian Markov blanket method. The gene disease knowledge graph was constructed using the scalable precision medicine knowledge engine. We computed node embeddings, random walk measures from the networks. Graph convolutional networks, graph neural networks, random forest, and gradient boosting methods were trained using the embeddings, network features for predicting links and ranking top gene-disease associations for skeletal muscle atrophy. Drugs were selected and a disease drug knowledge graph was constructed. Link prediction methods were applied to the disease drug networks to identify top ranked drugs for therapeutic treatment of skeletal muscle atrophy. The graph convolution network performs best in link prediction based on receiver operating characteristic curves and prediction accuracies. The key genes involved in skeletal muscle atrophy are associated with metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. The drugs selected for repurposing using the graph convolution network method were nutrients, corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory medications, and others related to insulin.
IMPACT OF TRAINING ON COMMITMENT, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE

The purpose of the study is how employee training effectively induces organizational commitment, retention and performance enhancement and also the relationship between training and development, organization commitment, retention and performance.The research objectives are envisaged in the study: the influence of training on the organizational commitment towards the employee performance, on the employee retention towards the employee performance and lastly but predominantly the influence of training on the organizational commitment and employee retention towards the employee performance.The study was carried out in two parts i.e.Pilot study and main study.The pilot study was conducted to evaluate the properties of the instruments provided a considerably good evidence for their appropriateness in the local context. The main study was carried on convenience basis selected sample of 400 (317 males & 83 females) employees belonging to service sector at Rawalpindi – Islamabad.The data was collected from 400 employees belongs to the service sector at Rawalpindi and Islamabad city through self administered questionnaire.Regression analysis, correlation analysis and analysis of variance are employed to analyze the data through SPSS.The analysis revealed that the worth of training on commitment, performance and retention.The regression analysis confirmed our expectations (hypothesis) that perception of training regarding adequacy, satisfaction and a mode for career advancement has direct and significant effect on organizational commitment, work performance and retention.The estimation revealed that training has a positive and significant influence on commitment, compensation, work life policies, career development, task and contextual performance.However, it showed insignificant relationship with intent to leave the organization.The present study recommends and extends the previous work on training commitment, retention and performance.As it examines and highlights the significant relationship between them, it proves that these four aspects complement and harmonize each other.It advocates a theoretical model which incorporates and integrates the above mentioned aspects of the study.It examines the favorable affect of training on commitment, retention and performance to have synergetic effect on the organization in the long run in achieving the organizational productivity outcomes.
Effective Analysis of Cloud Based Intrusion Detection System

The goal of IDS is to analyze events on the network and identify attacks. The increasing number of network security related incidents makes it necessary for organizations to actively protect their sensitive data with the installation of intrusion detection systems (IDS). People are paid more attention on intrusion detection which as an important computer network security technology. According to the development trend of intrusion detection, detecting all kinds of intrusions effectively requires a global view of the monitored network, Here, discuss about new intrusion detection mechanism based on cloud computing, which can make up for the deficiency of traditional intrusion detection, and proved to be great scalable.
Frugivore distributions are associated with plant dispersal syndrome diversity in the Caribbean archipelagos

Many plants rely on interactions with frugivores for dispersal, suggesting that animal communities may affect plant occupancy and diversity. However, the contribution of these interaction‐led biotic variables on plant diversity is poorly understood, especially in archipelagic hotspots such as the Caribbean. In island ecosystems, biogeographic theories suggest that island configurations drive colonization‐extinction dynamics, while macroecology argues for the importance of climatic drivers of biodiversity. Within this context, we examine how frugivore‐driven biotic factors are associated with fruiting plant species richness in relation to abiotic (climatic and geologic) and island configuration characteristics.
Performance analysis and comparison of RIS-assisted communication system and relaying system

In the Rayleigh fading channel, this paper compares the communication performance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication system and the traditional relay system in terms of amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) protocols. First, the closed expressions of the outage probability (OP), average bit error rate (BER), and average system channel capacity under different conditions are given. Furthermore, we compare the probability of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain in the three modes. Numerical results show that the RIS-assisted communication system has obvious advantages over traditional relays in performance. In addition, the performance of the systemsystem's performance is improved obviously with the increase of the number of reflector surfaces.
Assessment of Aortoiliac Atherosclerotic Plaque on CT in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

Traditionally, atherosclerotic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer are assessed using coronary artery calcium scoring. However, this neglects the impact of atherosclerotic disease more proximal to the cancer site. This study assesses whether aortoiliac atherosclerotic plaque is associated with prostate cancer. The dataset consisted of abdominopelvic CT of 93 patients with prostate cancer and 186 asymptomatic patients who underwent CT colonography as an age- and gender-matched control group. Agatston scores were measured in the abdominal aorta, common iliac, and internal iliac arteries. The scores were evaluated for associations with age, Framingham risk score, and prostate cancer-related biomarkers, including prostate-specific antigen, Gleason score, tumor location, prostatectomy, androgen deprivation therapy, mortality, and bone metastasis. The atherosclerotic plaque of prostate cancer patients did not differ from the control group (p = 0.22) and was not correlated with any of the prostate cancer-related biomarkers (p > 0.05). However, Agatston scores of abdominal plaques correlated well with age (p < 0.001) and Framingham risk scores (p = 0.002).
Synchronization of a Supply Chain Model with Four Chaotic Attractors

In this article, we construct a three-stage supply chain model using a system of differential equations to reveal the interplay among producers, distributors, and end customers. On the one hand, information about the products and production is exchanged between each stage in the supply chain system. Such information affects the behaviors of each stage. On the other hand, the transport of products between the stages of the supply chain affects the behavior of the system. Our findings are summarized as follows: First, we find that the supply chain model is a system with four chaotic attractors. Second, we explore the synchronization of such a chaotic system. Third, according to the characteristics of the chaotic system, we design a variety of simple control laws to realize the synchronization of two chaotic systems with the same structure. These control laws for the chaotic system are proved to realize local asymptotic synchronization or global exponential synchronization. Numerical simulations are conducted to confirm that the designed controls work well.
Revisiting the Gender Revolution: Time on Paid Work, Domestic Work, and Total Work in East Asian and Western Societies 1985–2016

We analyze time use data of four East Asian societies and 12 Western countries between 1985 and 2016 to investigate the gender revolution in paid work, domestic work, and total work. The closing of gender gaps in paid work, domestic work, and total work time has stalled in the most recent decade in several countries. The magnitude of the gender gaps, cultural contexts, and welfare policies plays a key role in determining whether the gender revolution in the division of labor will stall or continue. Women undertake more total work than men across all societies: The gender gap ranges from 30 minutes to 2 hours a day. Our findings suggest that cultural norms interact with institutional contexts to affect the patterns of gender convergence in time use, and gender equality might settle at differing levels of egalitarianism across countries.
Technological Considerations for Manufacturing Flexible Active-Matrix OLED Displays

AMOLEDs hold great promise for use in flexible displays. LG Display has showcased a full- color 4- in. flexible AMOLED prototype on an 80- μm- thick stainless- steel foil substrate, achieving a curvature of 5- cm bending radius. This article discusses the challenges ahead, including transporting the flexible backplane substrate and obtaining reliable TFT characteristics in order to achieve brightness anduniformity suitable to commercialize this technology
Microbial Diversity in the Peri-Implant Region of Patients with History of Periodontal Disease and Clinical Parameters

Although implant rehabilitations are successful, a small portion of patients may present peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis due to the bacteria biofilm formation. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella intermedia (Pi), Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) and Scardovia wiggsiae (Sw) in Peri-implant gingival Fluid (PGF) of patients who received implants 12 months ago and associated with periodontitis (PD) history and clinical data. Samples were collected from 44 volunteers and analyzed by PCR with specific primers. The results showed that Pg were detected in 34%, Fn and Pi, 81.8%, and Sw 75% of the volunteers. Pg was frequently detected in patients who had a history of PD (p<0.05, q=8.19), but no statistically significant differences for Fn, Pi, and Sw (p>0.05, q<0.61). Pg was detected in 58.3% of the volunteers who had teeth prior to implants and their presence was associated with periodontitis (p<0.05, q=5.31) and gingivitis (p<0.05, q=4.31). All the patients whose probing depths were greater than 3 mm had Fn in detectable levels (p<0.05, q=4.56). In conclusion, the involvement of Sw in peri-implant alterations was not evident in this work. The presence of Pi and Fn were not related to history of PD and mucositis. Fn was present in periodontal pockets above 3 mm, suggesting its involvement in peri-implant alterations. Pg was detected in patients with a history of PD, gingivitis, and periodontitis and in those who had teeth before the implant installation.