Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Special Collection: Geospatial Analysis of Invasive Insects Short-Term Forecasts of Insect Phenology Inform Pest Management

Insect pests cost billions of dollars per year globally, negatively impacting food crops and infrastructure, and contributing to the spread of disease. Timely information regarding developmental stages of pests can facilitate early detection and control, increasing efficiency and effectiveness. In 2018, the U.S. National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) released a suite of ‘Pheno Forecast’ map products relevant to science and management. The Pheno Forecasts include real-time maps and short-term forecasts of insect pest activity at management-relevant spatial and temporal resolutions and are based on accumulated temperature thresholds associated with critical life-cycle stages of economically important pests. Pheno Forecasts indicate, for a specified day, the status of the insect’s target life-cycle stage in real time across the contiguous United States. The maps are available for 12 pest species including the invasive emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire [Coleoptera: Buprestidae]), hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae Annand), and gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar Linnaeus [Lepidoptera: Erebidae]). Preliminary validation based on in-situ observations for hem-lock woolly adelgid egg and nymph stages in 2018 indicated the maps to be ≥93% accurate depending on phenophase. Since their release in early 2018, these maps have been adopted by tree care specialists and for-esters across the United States. Using a consultative mode of engagement, USA-NPN staff have continuously sought input and critique of the maps and delivery from end users. Based on feedback received, maps have been expanded and modified to include additional species, improved descriptions of the phenophase event of interest, and e-mail-based notifications to support management decisions.
Greater Good Science Center Study 1, 2012-2013

Both members of 129 heterosexual romantic couples (N = 258) from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the surrounding region (e.g., Durham, NC; U.S.A.) attended a lab session together (5 more people completed a pre-lab questionnaire but did not attend the lab session). 167 people also completed an unplanned follow-up survey in response to an email sent approximately six months after study completion. To be eligible, they must have been at least 18 years old and in a romantic relationship for a minimum of one year. Additionally, participants must not have been recently diagnosed with anxiety or depression, nor could they be taking steroid medication; women were pre-menopausal, not currently pregnant or nursing, not pregnant in the prior six months, and had not had an oophorectomy. On average, participants were about 24 years old (M = 23.6, SD = 5.41, range = 18 to 50), predominantly Caucasian (70.9%) and non-Hispanic (90.3%). Participants screened in and consented to participate, independently, online prior to scheduling their appointment. Once scheduled, they picked up a urine collection kit at least 36 hours prior to their lab session. The day before they came to the lab, participants collected all urine their body produced for a 24 hour period. They also each independently completed a 30-45 minute online questionnaire. Upon arrival to the lab, experimenters received the participants’ urine samples for processing, collected saliva for genotyping, participants provided baseline psychophysiological assessments and independently completed online well-being questionnaires. They then received instructions for the expressed gratitude task, independently selected a topic, in separate rooms privately used a webcam to record an expression of gratitude to the partner, received instructions for the in-person expressed gratitude conversation, had the conversation (back in the same room), and independently completed questions about it. Note that only one member of the couple expressed gratitude to the partner in person and that expresser had been randomly assigned to condition. After the main task, participants were separated; five minutes of time sitting together on the couch after voluntary reunion was videorecorded. Participants completed final questionnaires about their experience, demographics, willingness to be recontacted, and consent to use transcripts and videos/images in various contexts in the future, and were debriefed. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill IRB #12-1671
DMF-T index and caries prevalence of international class students of Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran

Dental caries is a localized destruction of the tooth surface initiated by decalcification of the enamel followed by lysis of organic structure leading to cavity formation. The purpose of this research was to discover the DMF-T index and caries prevalence of all international class students of Faculty of Dentistry of Universitas Padjadjaran. This research was a descriptive study with the survey method. Data from 176 samples (batch 2004 until 2010 students) were taken through clinical examination and questionnaires. The result of this research showed that the average DMF-T index was 2.8, while the caries prevalence was 81.8%. From this research can be concluded that the average DMF-T index of all international class students of Faculty of Dentistry of Universitas Padjadjaran was categorized as moderate, while the caries prevalence was high.
Startup Success Prediction in the Dutch Startup Ecosystem

What makes a startup successful? How to define success? Existent models on startup success prediction often left aside significant predictors which may not be available in typical business databases such as crunchbase. com. In this research, focused on a population of five thousand organisations from the Dutch startup ecosystem, we go beyond previous approaches and deliver predictive models that include novel and distinctive variables. To achieve this goal, we depart from an extensive selection of variables drawn from the literature review. The initial selection is discussed, refined and enriched by carrying out interviews with knowledgeable actors in the ecosystem. At the end of the study, a total of eight significant predictors are used to construct three predictive models on startup success. The first model predicts a startup having total funding of one million euros or above, the second model predicts a startup having ten or more employees, and the third model predicts a startup having an average annualized return of at least 20% in the past three years. After testing the models, accuracies of 71%, 71% and 76% respectively are obtained. The results of this research are meant to be used by the organisation techleap.nl. By enriching the data, employing more sophisticated MLmodels and conducting this research at different points of time, techleap.nl will be capable of monitoring and predicting the performance of the ecosystemboth accurately and dynamically.
Internal Family Systems' Influence on Beginning Therapists' Awareness of Internal Processes: A Qualitative Study

Unlike most marriage and family therapy (MFT) models, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model claims to focus not only on the client’s but also the therapist’s internal processes. Given the recent systemic focus in the MFT field on the therapists’ internal processes and how to train therapists to become aware of them and their influence in the clinical work, this qualitative study used a phenomenological lens to understand: (a) whether and how IFS helps beginning therapists gain awareness of their internal processes and (b) whether and how such an awareness influences their clinical work with clients. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with seven beginning therapists and data were analyzed using thematic coding. Themes were organized around the two areas of inquiry in the study. Limitations of this study as well as future research and clinical implications are also discussed.
Researching management ideas : an introduction

This chapter introduces the research field of management ideas by identifying different approaches and literatures and discussing some of the reasons why it has expanded in recent years. The fragmentation of the field is outlined and linked to a diversity in terminology, theoretical perspectives and empirical objects. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the structure of the handbook and summaries of each of the individual contributions.
Testing structural and relational embeddedness in collaboration risk

The study investigates the effect of embeddedness, defined as a property of interdependent relations in which organizations are integrated in a network, on collaboration risk emerging from relational uncertainty. Despite efforts to understand the structural effects of network governance, embedded relationships and their influence on collaboration remain relatively unexplored. A case of intergovernmental collaboration for emergency management is used as a test bed to examine the role of embeddedness in disaster networks and to extend the knowledge of collaboration risk within the institutional collective action framework. We hypothesize and test the effect of relational and structural embeddedness on the level of collaboration risk that an organization perceives. Our analysis of 69 organizations engaged in emergency management operations in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, South Korea reveals that both structural and relational embeddedness facilitate organizations to mitigate perceived collaboration risk. The results suggest that reachability secures relief of relational risk, and that commitment relationships bind participants.
Using the theory of planned behavior to explain intention to eat a healthful diet among Southeastern United States office workers

Purpose This study aims to test the utility of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) for explaining intention to eat a healthful diet in a sample of Southeastern US office workers. Design/methodology/approach Participants in a worksite nutrition study (n = 357) were invited to complete an online questionnaire including measures of TPB constructs at baseline. The questionnaire included valid and reliable measures of TPB constructs: behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, control beliefs, attitudes toward behavior, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and intention. Data were collected from 217 participants (60.8 per cent response rate). Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were conducted to test the hypothesized TPB model. Findings The model fit was satisfactory (χ2 = p < 0.0001, RMSEA = 0.06, CFI = 0.91, TLI = 0.90, SRMR = 0.09). All structural relationships between TPB constructs were statistically significant in the hypothesized direction (p < 0.05). Attitude toward behavior, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control were positively associated with intention (R2 = 0.56). Of all TPB constructs, the influence of perceived behavioral control on intention was the strongest (β = 0.62, p < 0.001). Originality/value Based on this sample of Southeastern US office workers, TPB-based interventions may improve intention to eat a healthful diet. Interventions that strengthen perceived control over internal and external factors that inhibit healthful eating may be particularly effective in positively affecting intention to eat a healthful diet, and subsequent food intake.
Driving processes and recognition criteria for complex subaerial unconformities in a non‐marine succession: Implications for basin margin shaping during forced regressions

A regional sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic analysis is presented in this paper to provide new insights into the morphological complexity and sedimentary mechanisms of unconformities giving shape to basin margins. Although the development of unconformities entails significant sediment delivery to be considered when analysing ‘source to sink’ systems, as well as large palaeogeographical changes related to basin reconfiguration episodes, the complexity that unconformities can reveal towards basin margins has been scarcely explored. A sedimentological and architectural analysis combining outcrop and subsurface datasets shows five palaeoenvironmental evolutionary stages and four key stratigraphic surfaces in a constrained ca 2 Ma Valanginian interval on the southern margin of the Neuquén back‐arc basin (Argentina). A complex‐type subaerial unconformity was identified, composed in turn of two subaerial unconformities exhibiting both single and composite motifs, different morphologies and facies shifts representative of large palaeogeographical changes. In the studied stratigraphic interval, two erosional stages occur linked to combinations of exclusively non‐marine‐driven processes involved in unconformities developing. The two subaerial unconformities differ in nature and distribution, representing a novel case of complex unconformities and stratigraphic architectures in non‐marine lowstand wedges. The Valanginian complex subaerial unconformity entails a high diachroneity along strike and depositional dip, implying that the hiatus created in landward settings occurred during relative sea‐level fall and rise stages during a period longer than in basinward areas. Disagreeing with classical sequential models, two third‐order sequence components of a complex lowstand wedge are preserved in proximal settings. Subsidence‐controlled accommodation and interplay between second‐order and third‐order cycles were combined, increasing the prospects of sediment storage and preservation potential of composite sequences towards landward areas. This work improves current comprehension about complex subaerial unconformities formation and related lowstand architectures in proximal settings, providing criteria to understand and revaluate lowstand wedge geometries, particularly for more complex examples, such as the case reported in this contribution.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD INSECURITY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS Fatores associados à insegurança alimentar em pessoas que vivem com HIV/AIDS Factores asociados con la inseguridad alimentaria de personas con VIH /SIDA

Objective: To analyze factors associated with food insecurity in people living with HIV/AIDS. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 205 patients treated, from December 2016 to April 2017, at a referral hospital in infectious diseases in the state of Ceará. The study collected socioeconomic (income, occupation, housing conditions, schooling), demographic (sex, age, marital status), and anthropometric (weight and height) data, along with data on habits (use of alcohol, drugs and practice of physical activity) and food safety. Food insecurity was evaluated through the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, and its associations, with use of Pearson’s chi-square test and prevalence ratio. Results: Out of 205 patients, 68.3% (n=140) were men; 56.1% (n=115) were 39 to 58 years old; 61% (n=125) were single; 60% (n=124) were unemployed; 49.8% (n=102) had income lower than 11⁄2 minimum wage; 38.5% (n=79) had studied only up to middle school; 47.3% (n=97) were overweight; 70.7% (n=145) lived with 4 or fewer people; 79.5% (n=163) did not use alcohol; 87.3% (n=179) did not use drugs, and 64.4% (n=132) did not practice any physical activity. Food insecurity was 47.3% (n=97). Of these, 10.7% (n=22) were at a serious level. Statistical associations were found between food insecurity and age group (p = 0.009), schooling (p = 0.013), number of people per household (p < 0.001), and monthly household income (p < 0.001). Conclusion: A high prevalence of food insecurity was observed in the sample, and it was associated with demographic (age) and socioeconomic characteristics (income, schooling and housing conditions). Descriptors: Food and Nutrition Security; Social Vulnerability; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Replication protein A binds RNA and promotes R-loop formation

Replication protein A (RPA), a major eukaryotic ssDNA-binding protein, is essential for all metabolic processes that involve ssDNA, including DNA replication, repair, and damage signaling. To perform its functions, RPA binds ssDNA tightly. In contrast, it was presumed that RPA binds RNA weakly. However, recent data suggest that RPA may play a role in RNA metabolism. RPA stimulates RNA-templated DNA repair in vitro and associates in vivo with R-loops, the three-stranded structures consisting of an RNA-DNA hybrid and the displaced ssDNA strand. R-loops are common in the genomes of pro- and eukaryotes, including humans, and may play an important role in transcription-coupled homologous recombination and DNA replication restart. However, the mechanism of R-loop formation remains unknown. Here, we investigated the RNA-binding properties of human RPA and its possible role in R-loop formation. Using gel-retardation and RNA/DNA competition assays, we found that RPA binds RNA with an unexpectedly high affinity (KD ≈ 100 pm). Furthermore, RPA, by forming a complex with RNA, can promote R-loop formation with homologous dsDNA. In reconstitution experiments, we showed that human DNA polymerases can utilize RPA-generated R-loops for initiation of DNA synthesis, mimicking the process of replication restart in vivo. These results demonstrate that RPA binds RNA with high affinity, supporting the role of this protein in RNA metabolism and suggesting a mechanism of genome maintenance that depends on RPA-mediated DNA replication restart.
Response Time of Microfiber Temperature Sensor in Liquid Environment

Response time of optical microfiber temperature sensor is investigated based on the microfiber modal interferometer (MMI). Sensitivity of −406pm/°C is obtained in temperature sensing, which is one order higher than those of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and microfiber resonators, and response time of 13.1ms is measured, which is twice as fast as FBGs. Based on the theoretical expression of time constant in temperature sensing, dependences of response time on many factors, such as heat transfer coefficient, fiber diameter and ambient temperature are investigated, respectively. In addition, relationship of time constant and response time, dependence of response time on detection device or fiber length, and repeatability of sensor are also discussed. Results demonstrated here may afford some useful references for optical sensors used in obtaining temperature profile and transient process in seawater or analyzing temporal response of temperature sensors in other liquid surroundings.
GSK‐3β regulates the synaptic expression of NMDA receptors via phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 4 kinase type IIα

Understanding the normal functions of GSK-3β in the central nervous system is of major interest because deregulation of this kinase is strongly implicated in a variety of serious brain conditions, such as Alzheimer disease, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. GSK-3β plays a role in the induction of NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression (LTD) and several substrates for GSK-3β have been identified in this form of synaptic plasticity, including KLC-2, PSD-95 and tau. Stabilization of NMDA receptors at synapses has also been shown to involve GSK-3β, but the substrates involved are currently unknown. Recent work has identified phosphatidylinositol 4 kinase type IIα (PI4KIIα) as a neuronal GSK-3β substrate that can potentially regulate the surface expression of AMPA receptors. In the present study, we investigated the synaptic role of PI4KIIα in organotypic rat hippocampal slices. We found that knockdown of PI4KIIα had no effect on synaptic AMPA receptors but substantially inhibited synaptic NMDA receptors. Furthermore, the ability of the selective GSK-3 inhibitor, CT99021, to inhibit synaptic NMDA receptors was occluded in shRNA-PI4KIIα transfected neurons. The effects of knocking down PI4KIIα knockdown were fully rescued by a shRNA-resistant wild type construct but could not be rescued by a mutant construct that was unable to be phosphorylated by GSK-3β. The data suggest that GSK-3β phosphorylates PI4KIIα to stabilize the expression of synaptic NMDA receptors.
Experimental study and theoretical analysis of glulam-concrete composite beams connected with ductile shear connectors

Ductile shear connectors are often applied in timber-concrete composite beams. The relative interface slip of such kind of composite beams will affect the mechanical performance of the composite beams and result in structural nonlinearity. Gamma method which adopts effective bending stiffness to reflect semi-rigid connection is recommended in Eurocode 5. The effective bending stiffness is irrelevant to external loads and calculation points of the composite beam. However, actual bending stiffness distribution along the beam is variable due to that shear connectors are subjected to different shear force. In order to verify the accuracy of gamma method, four-point bending tests of a total of three glulam-concrete composite beams with lag screw connectors and one pure glulam beam were conducted in this article. The failure mode, bearing capacity, and load–deflection relationship were investigated in the experiment. Meanwhile, push-out tests of composite beams were also conducted for determination of the force–displacement relationship of ductile shear connectors. Then, numerical simulation using beam-truss model was established for investigation on the mechanism of composite beams. Finally, theoretical analysis of composite beams considering the effect of interface slip was also presented. Comparing results from gamma method with the presented method, it is shown that both methods can calculate deflection at serviceability limit state with high precision. However, non-uniform distribution of actual bending stiffness cannot be reflected by gamma method.
Look, Puppies! A Visual Content Analysis of Required Risk Statements Embedded in Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) on television is a prominent source of information about medical conditions and their potential treatments. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that DTCA include a major statement presenting the medication’s most important risk information in a fair and balanced manner. However, there is growing concern about the visual content that accompanies this risk information within DTCA major statements. Specifically, the FDA has failed to provide guidance on how to measure DTCA’s adherence to the fair and balanced provision. This research introduces eight metrics organized into three categories to perform a visual content analysis of 230 existing DTCAs. Using these metrics, the authors test for differences in visual content between the major risk statement and the remaining portions of an ad. Our results indicate that the major risk statements of DTCAs feature more positive imagery, visually complex imagery, and motion than other portions of the ads. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for public policy makers, consumers, and marketers.