Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GIS-based Flood Hazard Mapping in the West Bank, Palestine

Worldwide, flood is one of the highly damaging natural hazards followed by catastrophic consequences. Thus, it become essential to develop simply obtainable flood hazard map so as help decision makers in formulating of proper corrective and preventive strategies. This study utilizes the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to develop a flood hazard map to well protect people life and properties. Method applicability was demonstrated on the West Bank, Palestine (5624 km2). GIS-based multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) employed to combine spatial weighted factors for different criteria including runoff curve number, rainfall depth, flow accumulation, drainage density, surface elevation, surface slope, surface cover, distance from drainage network, and population density. Results indicate that about 29%, 36% and 12% of the total West Bank area are medium, high and very high vulnerable for flood hazard, respectively. Whereas land having low and very low flood hazard areas represent about 15% and 8%, respectively. Moreover, most of the Palestinian communities in different districts are located in high and very high flood hazard prone areas where about 90% of the total population are living. The attained results can be adapted to realize any administrative strategy changes for cohesive flood hazard management in Palestine. عالميا، يعتبر الفيضان واحدا من المخاطر الطبيعية الضارة للغاية والتي يمكن ان تكون مصحوبة بتبعات كارثية. لذلك، اصبح من الضروري تطوير خريطة مخاطر الفيضان التي يمكن الحصول عليها ببساطة، حتى تساعد صانعي القرار في صياغة الاستراتيجيات التصحيحية والوقائية المناسبة. في هذه الدراسة تم استخدام طريقة التسلسل الهرمي التحليلي (AHP) لتطوير خريطة مخاطر الفيضان من أجل حماية حياة الناس وممتلكاتهم في الضفة الغربية، فلسطين البالغة مساحتها حوالي 5624 كم2. تم توظيف طريقة تحليل القرار متعدد المعايير (MCDA) المستند إلى نظم المعلومات الجغرافية (GIS) في الجمع بين العوامل المكانية الموزونة (حسب اهميتها) لعدد من المعايير بما في ذلك مؤشر الجريان السطحي (CN)، كمية الأمطار، تراكم تدفق الفيضان، كثافة التصريف السطحي، الارتفاع عن سطح البحر، معامل انحدار سطح الارض، الغطاء السطحي، البعد عن شبكة التصريف (الاودية) والكثافة السكانية . تشير النتائج إلى أن حوالي 29٪ و 36٪ و 12٪ من إجمالي مساحة الضفة الغربية معرضة لخطر الفيضان المتوسط والعالي والعالي جداً، على التوالي. في حين تمثل الأراضي ذات مناطق مخاطر الفيضانات المنخفضة والمنخفضة جداً حوالي 15٪ و 8٪ على التوالي. اضافة لذلك، فإن معظم التجمعات السكانية الفلسطينية في المحافظات المختلفة تقع في المناطق المعرضة لخطر الفيضانات العالية والعالية جدا حيث يعيش حوالي 90 ٪ من مجموع السكان. يمكن الاعتماد على نتائج الدراسة وتكييفها من اجل تحقيق تغييرات إستراتيجية مستدامة لإدارة مخاطر الفيضانات في فلسطين.
Cardiomyopathy 2 Studying Broken Hearts in a Dish

Cardiomyopathies are mechanical disorders of the heart muscle that can lead to heart failure and lethal arrhythmias. Still accounting for over 20,000 deaths annually in the United States alone, these disorders are often misdiagnosed and mistreated. The ability to generate human heart cells in vitro via the use of induced pluripotency technologies is now allowing researchers to study cardiomyopathies caused by known genetic mutations. This chapter describes the clinical features, classifications and current treatments for cardiomyopathy and provides a guide of how cardiac cells generated from patient-specific human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been used to elucidate important pathological mechanisms and propose novel treatments for this class of lethal cardiac conditions.
Title : Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Portuguese NHS

Purpose: Drawing on critical realism and institutional ent repreneurship literature this study seeks to explain how the Portuguese Ministry of Hea lth was able to move from a dominant public administration logic to a managerial logic i n the 2000s. For this purpose a nonconflating model for studying divergent institution al change in mature and highly institutionalised fields is proposed. Design/methodology/approach : An in-depth and longitudinal case study was adopt ed as the research method to carry out the investigation sinc e the researchers were interested in placing the management changes they observed in Portuguese p blic hospitals within their social, economic and organisational context, in order to fu lly understand their role and impact. Findings: We demonstrate how without disembedding from exta nt structures the Portuguese Ministry of Health sought for alternative logics, w hen experiencing tensions and contradictions in the field, and skilfully used sev eral management accounting technologies to frame new institutions that supported the new logic mobilised for the field. Originality/value : We propose to solve the paradox of embedded actio n through a new model for studying the processes of institutional e ntrepreneurship that recognises that agency and structure are dual and in permanent interaction .
Proactive Energy Optimization in Residential Buildings with Weather and Market Forecasts

This work explores the development of a home energy management system (HEMS) that uses weather and market forecasts to optimize the usage of home appliances and to manage battery usage and solar power production. A Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE) application is used to find the unknown home model parameters. These parameters are then updated in a Model Predictive Controller (MPC) which optimizes and balances competing comfort and economic objectives. Combining MHE and MPC applications alleviates model complexity commonly seen in HEMS by using a lumped parameter model that is adapted to fit a high-fidelity model. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) on/off behaviors are simulated by using Mathematical Program with Complementarity Constraints (MPCCs) and solved in near real time with a non-linear solver. Removing HVAC on/off as a discrete variable and replacing it with an MPCC reduces solve time. The results of this work indicate that energy management optimization significantly decreases energy costs and balances energy usage more effectively throughout the day. A case study for Phoenix, Arizona shows an energy reduction of 21% and a cost reduction of 40%. This simulated home contributes less to the grid peak load and therefore improves grid stability and reduces the amplitude of load-following cycles for utilities. The case study combines renewable energy, energy storage, forecasts, cooling system, variable rate electricity plan and a multi-objective function allowing for a complete home energy optimization assessment. There remain several challenges, including improved forecast models, improved computational performance to allow the algorithms to run in real time, and mixed empirical/physics-based machine-learning methods to guide the model structure.
Delinquency and Default in USA Student Debt as a Proportional Response to Unemployment and Average Debt per Borrower

We research the response of the proportion of student borrowers with ninety or more days of delinquency or in default to variables such as unemployment and the average debt per borrower after the financial crisis of 2007–2008, in the United States, using panel data of 50 states from 2008 to 2015. The proportion of borrowers with delinquency or default was modelled as a function of unemployment, the average debt per borrower, consumer sentiment, and financial stress, using a logit and probit binomial model. The specification tests support that no relevant variable was omitted. Unemployment and the average debt per borrower are statistically significant and contribute to increasing delinquency or default in the 50 states of the panel sample. The results also reveal a differential impact of unemployment among the four regions considered by the US Census Bureau.
DID JAPANESE-SOX HAVE AN IMPACT ON EARNINGS QUALITY AND EARNING MANAGEMENT?

In this study we investigate whether Japanese SOX ( J-SOX) impacted earnings quality and earning management for public firms in Japan. We compare a sample of 60 firms that disclosed material weaknesses (MW firms) with a pai red sample similar on size and industry, focusing on accruals quality, accuracy of cash flow prediction, and discretionary accruals. Our results indicate accruals quality improves after th passage of J-SOX and forecast accuracy improves post-J-SOX for both out control firms and MW firms. There are differences in accruals management for MW firms and real management for con trol firms observed in the pre-and the post-J-SOX periods. We observe differences in accru ls quality for both MN firms and the control firms. While earning management remains unchanged p ost-J-SOX period, both accruals and real management are changed after the passage of the J-S OX. While accrual management was observed even after the passage of the J-SOX, real management was not observed post-J-SOX.
Lyme borreliosis : the challenge of accuracy 3

detection of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CoPd) in patients presenting with respiratory symptoms is recommended; however, diagnosing CoPd is difficult because a single gold standard is not available. the aim of this article is to review and interpret the existing evidence, theories and consensus on the individual parts of the diagnostic work-up for CoPd. relevant articles are discussed under the subheadings: history taking, physical examination, spirometry and additional lung function assessment. Wheezing, cough, phlegm and breathlessness on exertion are suggestive signs for CoPd. the diagnostic value of the physical examination is limited, except for auscultated pulmonary wheezing or reduced breath sounds, increasing the probability of CoPd. spirometric airflow obstruction after bronchodilation, defined as a lowered ratio of the forced volume in one second to the forced vital capacity (feV1/ fVC ratio), is a prerequisite, but can only confirm CoPd in combination with suggestive symptoms. different thresholds are being recommended to define low feV1/fVC, including a fixed threshold, and one varying with gender and age; however, the way physicians interpret these thresholds in their assessment is not well known. body plethysmography allows a more complete assessment of pulmonary function, providing results on the total lung capacity and the residual volume and is indicated when conventional spirometry results are inconclusive. Chest radiography has no diagnostic value for CoPd but is useful to exclude alternative diagnoses such as heart failure or lung cancer. extensive history taking is of key importance in diagnosing CoPd.
IDENTIFYING ROLE FUNCTIONS OF PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES

Рассматривается семантико-ориентированный лингвистический процессор, извлекающий из текстов естественного языка информационные объекты, их свойства и связи и формирующий на этой основе структуры знаний. Одно из направлений развития таких процессоров связано с выявлением имплицитной информации, которая рассматривается в узком плане — как выявление новых свойств объектов, заданных в неявном виде. Предлагается методика такого выявления, основанная на анализе структур знаний. В качестве примера рассматривается выявление ролевых функций фигурантов на базе их описаний в сводках происшествий.
AN EVENT-EPISODE APPROACH FOR STUDYING WORK PRACTICES IN IT-RELATED ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Practice oriented theories, such as actor network theory, structuration theory, the mangle of practice, and practice theory are all potentially very powerful in depicting how processes of IT-related organizational change unfolds over time. However, these theories are often complex and operate on a high level of abstraction, which makes demands on the methodological approach in order to attain transparency and cogency. Over the years, combinations of the strategies of temporal bracketing and visual mapping have been utilized in several empirical studies to structure and analyze the process in which IT-related work practices change over time. Thus, this approach has showed some potential to remedy some of the problems, which may arise when using practice-oriented theories. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of process-based analysis of work practices and how the combined temporal bracketing/visual mapping strategy can be applied in empirical studies. In this paper, a recent approach called the event-episode approach is discussed and analyzed in the light of previous studies applying similar approaches. From the discussion, four key questions are identified, which seem to be important to take into account when applying the approach. These key questions relate to the relationship between the events and the process as a whole, the relationship between the observed phenomena and the theoretically informed events, the character of critical events, and the analysis of events within episodes.
The South and West Yorkshire strategic model

SWYMMS IS THE ACRONYM FOR THE SOUTH and West Yorkshire Multi-Modal Study, a study being carried out for the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber which has involved the development of a strategic land use/ transport interaction model. The study has had to consider the interactions between ‘land use’ in the broadest sense, including population and economic activity, and the transport system. It has had to examine how demand for transport is affected by land use changes and how changes in transport may affect land use – with particular reference to impacts on economic performance. The consideration of transport must take account The South and West Yorkshire strategic model
Development of a Physics-Based Reusable Cargo Lunar Lander Modeling and Simulation Capability

The development and validation of a capability to perform quantitative, physics-based analysis of alternatives of conceptual unmanned, reusable lunar cargo lander architectures is discussed. The lander is conceptualized as a suite of disciplines that need to be sized, synthesized, and optimized for a mission. As such, models of these disciplines were developed and integrated in a recently-developed multi-disciplinary analysis and optimization framework for space systems. The development of the disciplines, as well as how they are integrated into the framework, is discussed. Additionally, validation studies were performed against the Descent Module of the Altair lunar lander.
Effect of Indole Acetic Acid on Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Irrigated with Sewage Water

A field experiment was conducted to study the accumulation of heavy metals by winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) variety PBW-343 grown under sewage water (collected from Harun Nagla channel of Bareilly city, U.P., India.) of two different concentrations (50% and 100%). Effects of indole-3- acetic acid (IAA) of two different concentrations (10ppm and 20ppm) were applied after 25, 50, 75 and 100days of seed germination. The quantities of heavy metals like Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu and Fe were determined at physiological maturity in wheat plant. Indole-3- acetic acid treatment alleviated the adverse effect of toxic heavy metals contents of sewage water due to production of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants like superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), carotenoids, and proline respectively, and enhanced the plant growth and yield of wheat. The 100% concentration of sewage water with 20ppm of Indole-3- acetic acid showed decrease in uptake of heavy metals like Cr, Pb whereas an increase in Zn, Cu, Fe uptake was noticed with 10ppm of Indole-3- acetic acid and 100% concentration of sewage water by wheat grains.
Assessing Reliability and Precision of Measurement: An Introduction to Intraclass Correlation and Standard Error of Measurement

The reliability and precision of measurement in sports medicine are of concern in both research and clinical practice. The validity of conclusions drawn from a research project and the rationale for decisions made about the care of an injured athlete are directly related to the precision of measurement. Through analysis of variance, estimates of reliability and precision of measurement can be quantified. The purpose of this manuscript is to introduce the concepts of intraclass correlation as an estimate of reliability and standard error of measurement as an estimate of precision. The need for a standardized set of formulas for intraclass correlation is demonstrated, and it is urged that the standard error of measurement be included when estimates of reliability are reported. In addition, three examples are provided to illustrate important concepts and familiarize the reader with the process of calculating these estimates of reliability and precision of measurement.
An Information Extraction Approach Based on Domain Language Model

The information extraction (IE) of listed company announcements is the basis for structuring company announcement information. It can improve the efficiency of investors and regulators in tracking and regulating the market. We introduce BERT for listed company announcements text mining tasks called caBERT, based on BERT architecture, we pre-train caBERT with listed company announcements corpus on the performance of information extraction tasks and achieve competitive results, and in personnel-change-related announcement our best submission achieves the F1 score of 97.27%.
Teaching FORGe to Verbalize DBpedia Properties in Spanish

Statistical generators increasingly dominate the research in NLG. However, grammar-based generators that are grounded in a solid linguistic framework remain very competitive, especially for generation from deep knowledge structures. Furthermore, if built modularly, they can be ported to other genres and languages with a limited amount of work, without the need of the annotation of a considerable amount of training data. One of these generators is FORGe, which is based on the Meaning-Text Model. In the recent WebNLG challenge (the first comprehensive task addressing the mapping of RDF triples to text) FORGe ranked first with respect to the overall quality in human evaluation. We extend the coverage of FORGE’s open source grammatical and lexical resources for English, so as to further improve the English texts, and port them to Spanish, to achieve a comparable quality. This confirms that, as already observed in the case of SimpleNLG, a robust universal grammar-driven framework and a systematic organization of the linguistic resources can be an adequate choice for NLG applications.
1 Cross-Reactivity of Zika and Other Flaviviruses in 2 Serological Diagnostics 3

Zika virus (ZIKV) co-circulates with several closely related flaviviruses which exhibit 14 similar clinical manifestations thus, clinicians rely on molecular and serological techniques for 15 diagnosis. Cross-reactivity of patient specimens to flaviviruses is a significant impediment to 16 serological diagnosis in areas where multiple flaviviruses co-circulate. Furthermore, patient 17 exposure history to any of these viruses could complicate serological response patterns which could 18 result in over and/or underdiagnosis of ZIKV infection. Three strains of ZIKV, dengue serotypes 119 4, West Nile virus, Japanese Encephalitis virus, and Yellow Fever virus were evaluated for 20 neutralizing properties against 3 monoclonal antibodies, 4 ZIKV-naïve patients with flavivirus 21 exposure history, 5 patients with verified ZIKV exposure and unknown flavivirus exposure history, 22 and 5 flavivirus-naive patients with ZIKV-only exposure. Patients naïve for ZIKV exposure 23 effectively neutralized multiple strains of ZIKV. Overall, the prototype ZIKV isolate MR-766 did not 24 behave like the other ZIKV isolated used in this study. MR-766 was neutralized more completely 25 by polyclonal patient serum than recent ZIKV isolates. MR-766 was neutralized better than 26 dengue virus in ZIKV-naïve patients with prior dengue exposure. MR-766 was neutralized 27 significantly less than recent ZIKV isolates when treated with monoclonal antibodies. The data 28 herein show that without RT-PCR, serological diagnosis may not be possible in areas where multiple 29 flaviviruses are endemic. 30
I Surgical Biology CHAPTER 1 Inflammatory Response

blood flow and local delivery of soluble mediators and inflammatory cells. Vasodilation is induced by vascular smooth muscle changes mediated by nitric oxide, histamine, leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and complement factors. Concurrently, lymphatic vessels proliferate to accommodate drainage of edema and serve as an avenue for microbes to reach local lymph nodes. Although these initial responses may be beneficial, an imbalance of mediators may promote widespread vasodilation, systemic hypotension, and even shock, as seen in severe sepsis.
Low Divergence Among Natural Populations of Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis Revealed by ISSR Markers

Research Highlights: Taking Chinese dogwood (Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis) as an example, the genetic characteristics of natural populations collected from main a distribution area were evaluated using intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers to reveal the genetic basis for further selection and breeding. Background and Objectives: Chinese dogwood is a small understory tree that is widely distributed in China. Chinese dogwood has attracted interest for its potential horticultural and ornamental values, and its natural resource potential urgently needs to be estimated. Materials and Methods: In this study, the genetic diversity of 12 natural populations collected from six provinces containing 223 individuals was evaluated based on ISSR markers. Results: Relatively high levels of genetic diversity were found at both the population and individual levels. The Shannon’s diversity index (I) among individuals (0.504) was higher than that among populations (0.338). Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that genetic variation mainly existed within populations (61.55%) rather than among populations (38.45%). According to the STRUCTURE analysis, 12 populations were assigned to two groups, i.e., the northern and southern ecological regions, which are separated by the Yangtze River. A Mantel test analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between genetic distance and geographic distance. Conclusions: Considering the breeding system of dogwoods, we speculated that the genetic characteristics of the natural populations of this species would be affected by the dispersal mode of its pollens and seeds; additionally, genetic drift could play an important role in its genetic differentiation. In conclusion, in situ conservation is recommended for Chinese dogwood based on our results.
Text and Data Quality Mining in CRIS

To provide scientific institutions with comprehensive and well-maintained documentation of their research information in a current research information system (CRIS), they have the best prerequisites for the implementation of text and data mining (TDM) methods. Using TDM helps to better identify and eliminate errors, improve the process, develop the business, and make informed decisions. In addition, TDM increases understanding of the data and its context. This not only improves the quality of the data itself, but also the institution’s handling of the data and consequently the analyses. This present paper deploys TDM in CRIS to analyze, quantify, and correct the unstructured data and its quality issues. Bad data leads to increased costs or wrong decisions. Ensuring high data quality is an essential requirement when creating a CRIS project. User acceptance in a CRIS depends, among other things, on data quality. Not only is the objective data quality the decisive criterion, but also the subjective quality that the individual user assigns to the data.