Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The role of interactive game-based system in pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD

Background: Interactive video game-based system is a new strategy of exercise training among COPD patients (Gargin K, Pizzi L, 2010. Wii-HAB;Health policy newsletter;23:1). Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (PRP) is the key factor in comprehensive treatment to increase exercise tolerance,decrease dyspnoea symptoms,and increase quality of life in COPD (ATS/ERS statement on pulmonary rehabilitation. AM J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1390-413). Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of Wii Fit TM Nintendo as a pulmonary rehabilitation tool. Material and methods: This single blind randomized controlled trial research was addressed to COPD outpatients of Muwardi hospital Indonesia. Twenty patients were randomly submitted into experimental group (EG) or control group (CG). The EG performed Wii Fit TM program (yoga, strength training, aerobic) twice a week for 6 weeks training, while the CG performed cycle ergometer. We evaluated pre (T0) and post treatment (T1): Six-minute Walking Test (6MWT), Dyspnoea (MRC and BORG scale), Baseline (BDI) and Transitional Dyspnoea Index (TDI), and quality of life (SGRQ). Results: Both group increased significantly in 6MWT, BDI/TDI, and SGRQ Experimental group showed: 1) Exercise tolerance (6MWT) improvement from 367,6 ± 81 became 420 ± 77,6 (p=0.000) 2) Improvement of dyspnoea by BDI/TDI was 4,5 ±1,35 and 2,5 ±1,17 (p=0.007) 3) Improvement in quality of life based on SGRQ (57,717 ± 11,63 became 30,64 ± 5,87; p=0.000) Conclusion: Patients with COPD who underwent a PRP with Wii Fit TM nintendo have improvement in exercise tolerance, decreasing dyspnoea symptoms, and improving their quality of life.
Exploitation de méthodes biostatistiques factorielles pour l'investigation de la relation nutrition-cancer dans la cohorte Européenne sur le Cancer et la Nutrition (EPIC)

Diet is a modifiable risk factor for many cancers. It has been estimated that about a third of cancer cases can be prevented by complying with a healthy diet and adhering to the recommendations in terms of nutrition. The nutrition-cancer relationship is a complex one, and its study is currently at a turning point with the opportunity and challenges brought by the recent technological advances in the fields of « -omics ». This thesis aims to develop new biostatistical approaches to investigate the nutrition-cancer relation within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study. To do so, the applicability of new methodologies in the field of nutritional epidemiology has been examined.First, a new multivariate dimension reduction method, the Treelet Transform (TT) was applied to extract nutrient patterns relying on questionnaire data. The extracted patterns were more easily interpretable than those obtained with more classical methods.Then, an analytical framework was conceived for the « meeting-in-the-middle » (MITM) principle and applied to two nested case-control studies on hepatocellular carcinoma, with targeted and untargeted metabolomics data. The MITM aims to identify overlap biomarkers of certain exposures that are at the same time predictive of disease outcomes. The implementation focused on the application of partial least squares and mediation analyses. Last, the association between 60 plasma fatty acids levels assessed from biomarkers and breast cancer risk was examined in a nested case-control study in EPIC. This thesis will serve as a basis for future epidemiological applications looking into the nutrition-cancer relation
Where is urban design education at in Australia and New Zealand

Under the heading 'Some Questions', the very first Urban Design Forum (October 1987) asked 'why aren't our institutions giving us properly trained urban designers? '. Note that 1987 was the year that Queensland Institute of Technology started its two-year urban design master's program; when RMIT and Melbourne University were trying to be polite to each other in refusing to collaborate with an urban design program; when Sydney University had so far a still-borne plan to teach urban design; and, significantly it was two years after Responsive Environments was published. I say 'significantly' because this influential book seemed to encapsulate how advanced the UK was in urban design education and practice compared with Australia and New Zealand.
Modeling Yeast in Suspension during Laboratory and Commercial Fermentations to Detect Aberrant Fermentation Processes

Abstract Understanding yeast dynamics during fermentation is important for quality control, whether monitoring fermentation consistency or identifying aberrant events, such as premature yeast flocculation (PYF). Previous models of fermentation dynamics tend to be parameter rich and require large time series, which are rare in industry. This research investigates five simpler models to 1) describe fermentation dynamics, 2) refine quality control sampling regimes to improve model fit, and 3) identify PYF fermentations. The ability of these models to describe yeast dynamics was evaluated using model fitting with time series data and Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) model selection. Data simulated from large time series was used with this model fitting approach to improve sampling schedules without increasing sampling effort. Lastly, PYF was identified in fermentations of fungal-contaminated malt using linear discriminant analysis (LDA). For large data sets, a four-parameter extension of the normal curve performed best while smaller data sets were better described by the 2-parameter gamma model. Moving sampling effort nearer the population peak improved model fits. Lastly, all models detected PYF, however the two-parameter gamma model provided a simple metric for distinguishing PYF. This research provides guidelines on appropriate model use, improving sampling regimes, and identifying PYF.
Metro Futures: Experience-Centred Co-Design at Scale

This paper discusses how characteristics of experience-centred and collaborative design can be translated to larger scales. We describe Metro Futures, a region-wide public consultation on the design of new light rail trains, where we followed an experience-centred co-design approach supported by digital media and tools to develop findings with a core group of 20 ? co-researchers' and ~4000 public participants. The paper discusses how the characteristics of a focus on experience, and collaborative design exploration were achieved with co-researchers and, at scale, through online and face-to-face interactions using various digital media and tools. Whilst not at the depth of smaller scales, there are opportunities to retain characteristics of experience-centred co-design at scale to produce findings that can usefully inform ensuing design work, and avoid the averaging of public contributions often evident in large scale public consultations.
Using Car Toys with Videos to Introduce Kinematics in Physics

This research aims to describe the use of car toys with Videos (TwV) in introducing Kinematics. This research specifically also provides information on the advantages and disadvantages of using TwV in learning Physics. This research was conducted at the Indonesia Railway Academy (IRA) - Madiun in the railway transportation management program, taking Physics classes A and B (46 students). A pre-test and a post-test of the concept of kinematics were given to determine the influence of TvW. It can be concluded that the use of TvW increases the kinematics conception test scores with N-Gain (0.44). The weaknesses in the TvW media can stimulate the emergence of the cognitive conflict and higher order thinking skills in which the students are required to discuss the causes of the incompatibility of experimental results with the theory.
Biological verification of the long-range effect for silicon light irradiation for planaria

The effect of hypersonic waves excited by a heterostructure based on a silicon wafer with natural oxide on the survival of planaria after their decapitation has been experimentally investigated. The aim of the work was to study the physical and biological factors affecting the regeneration of planarians. The main object of study was a model organism – planaria Dugesia Tigrina. The planaria were decapitated, and then they were monitored by their habitat for a week. Identification and counting of microorganisms, bacterial microflora inoculation, temperature, and pH control were carried out. To explain the mechanisms that occur under the influence of hypersound, a mathematical model of the passage of hypersonic waves through a thin layer of water near the glass-liquid interface was developed. In the process of regeneration after decapitation of the experimental group, it was found that in the experimental group exposed to hypersound, the survival of planaria was 60% higher than in the control. It was shown that in an aqueous medium along the glass-water interface, hypersonic propagation occurs with less attenuation than in the water column. This leads to a waveguide effect and improved transmission of hypersonic effects to the studied organisms.
Chapter 8 Outboard-migrating accretionary orogeny at 1.9–1.8 Ga (Svecokarelian) along a margin to the continent Fennoscandia

Abstract An intimate lithostratigraphic and lithodemic connection between syn-orogenic rock masses inside the different lithotectonic units of the 2.0–1.8 Ga (Svecokarelian) orogen, Sweden, is proposed. A repetitive cyclic tectonic evolution occurred during the time period c. 1.91–1.75 Ga, each cycle lasting about 50–55 million years. Volcanic rocks (c. 1.91–1.88 Ga) belonging to the earliest cycle are host to most of the base metal sulphide and Fe oxide deposits inside the orogen. Preservation of relict trails of continental magmatic arcs and intra-arc basins is inferred, with differences in the depth of basin deposition controlling, for example, contrasting types of base metal sulphide deposits along different trails. The segmented geometry of these continental magmatic arcs and intra-arc basins is related to strike-slip movement along ductile shear zones during transpressive events around and after 1.88 Ga; late orogenic folding also disturbed their orientation on a regional scale. A linear northwesterly orogenic trend is suggested prior to this structural overprint, the strike-slip movement being mainly parallel to the orogen. A solely accretionary orogenic model along an active margin to the continent Fennoscandia, without any trace of a terminal continent–continent collision, is preferred. Alternating retreating and advancing subduction modes that migrated progressively outboard and southwestwards in time account for the tectonic cycles.
Effective Instructional Strategies in Sixth Grade Inclusion Mathematics Classrooms: The Effect of Active and Passive Engagement on Concept Learning and Opportunity to Learn

iv Dedication. vi Acknowledgement.vii List of Tables . xii List of Figures . xii List of Abbreviations. xiv Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Opportunity to Learn . 4 Theoretical Frameworks . 7 Purpose of Study . 10 Research Questions and Hypothesis . 13 Chapter 2: Review of Literature . 16 Inclusion . 16 Federal Law and Regulations . 16 History of Inclusion . 24 Definition of Inclusion . 27 Models of Inclusion . 29 Opportunity to Learn . 31 Opportunity to Learn Definition . 32 History of Opportunity to Learn . 34 Factors Related to Opportunity to Learn . 41
Compact modeling of strained GAA SiNW

Strain-based on advanced MOSFET is a promising candidate for the future of CMOS technology. A numerical model is not favorable compared to a compact model because it cannot be integrated into most simulator software. Thus, a compact model is proposed to overcome the shortcomings in the analytical model. In this paper, a charge-based compact model is presented for long-channel strained Gate-All-Around Silicon Nanowire (GAA SiNW) from an undoped channel to a doped body. The model derivation is based on an inversion charge which has been solved explicitly using the smoothing function. The drain current model is formulated from Pao Sah’s dual integral which is formed in terms of inversion charge at the drain and source terminals. The proposed model has been extensively verified with the numerical simulator data. The strained effect on the electrical parameters are studied based on inversion charge, threshold voltage and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. Results show that the current, the inversion charge and the threshold voltage can be greatly improved by the strain. The threshold voltage was reduced approximately 40% from the conventional GAA SiNW. Moreover, the inversion charge was improved by 30 % and the on-state current has doubled compared to unstrained device.
Kompressionstechniken für Beschreibungen von SAT Formeln

In this thesis we present different approaches for a copmression of the DIMACS file format. The DIMACS file format is used for SAT solving and contains logic formulas that are represented as numbers but stored as strings. Therefore, this paper is engaged with exploiting prior knowledge about the file format when compressing it. The first presented approach is a conversion of the strings into numbers with a fixed number of bytes for each number, the second approach extracts the number’s signs into a bit vector and uses a variable number of bytes per number. The third approach uses a move-to-front approach, the fourth achieves additional compression by prefix matching the rows and the last approach is a combination of move-to-front and prefixmatching. Beneath the presented approaches, the combination performs best in terms of compression factor. In terms of runtime, the presented approaches are very similiar, both in terms of encoding and decoding. Compared to ZIP, the encoding time is in some cases better, while the decoding times of ZIP are significantly shorter. The compression factor of the combined approach is similar to ZIP’s and re-compressing the file resulting from the combined approach leads to the best overall compression rates.
Committal law in Ireland

Abstract Legislation governing committal practice has been a cause of controversy worldwide. A review of the relevant literature highlights the ongoing debate between those advocating broadly based ‘need for treatment’ criteria as a basis for committal (‘Parens Patriae’), and those who advocate more narrowly defined criteria requiring evidence of ‘dangerousness’ to validate committal. Current committal law in Ireland follows the ‘Parens Patriae’ tradition. However the recently published Green Paper on Mental Health points out that the current law is not compatible with international obligations, making reform inevitable. The Green Paper suggests various alterations in relation to committal criteria and procedures, with the retention of both ‘need for treatment’ as well as ‘dangerousness’ as valid committal criteria. These changes appear to be compatible with the ‘Stone criteria’ adopted as a model committal law by the American Psychiatric Association.
A Case of Non-Communicating Uterine Horn Containing Functional Endometrium

Uterine anoamalies are very rare. They can present with complains of amebnorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, bad obstetrical outcome and infertility etc. Unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn is very rare. The incidence of this is 1/100,000. Normally rudimentary horns are non- functional and non-communicating. But if they have functional endometrium they can develop hematometra. We are presenting a case of hematometra and pain in a patient with rudimentary non communicating horn with functional endometrium. Rudimentary horn should be kept as a differential diagnosis in pelvic pain.
Oxidized demethylated lignin as a bio-based adhesive for wood bonding

ABSTRACT Lignin was successfully modified to prepare a bio-based wood adhesive by just two synthesis steps: demethylation and periodate oxidation. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry and Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA) were combined to characterize the bio-based adhesives obtained. Furthermore, the adhesion performance of the bio-based lignin adhesive was measured by testing the tensile shear strength of the bonded joints. The results show that demethylated lignin gives to the wood joint acceptable dry shear strength, but no wet shear strength. Thus, sodium peroxide (NaIO4) oxidant was used to improve the bonding performance of lignin-based adhesives. The optimal formulation for oxidized demethylated lignin adhesives was found to be by 20% addition of NaIO4. The adhesive presented is a lignin-derived non- aldehyde addition, high biomass content, and its preparation is convenient, low-cost product and can be applied to wood bonding.
An investigation into the use of sucrose to reduce castration pain in piglets

Abstract Oral sucrose was evaluated for its ability to reduce pain following castration. Piglets (n = 126) were assigned to one of the five treatments: (1) castrated and given 3 mL of water (C); (2) castrated with 3 mL of 30% sucrose before castration (SucB); (3) castrated and given 3 mL of 30% sucrose after castration (SucA); (4) sham castrated and given 3 mL of water (SHAM); (5) sham castrated and given 3 mL of 30% sucrose SucSHAM. Piglet navigation time (NT) through a handling chute was tested at 0, 15, 30, and 45 min after treatment as a measure of pain. Serum cortisol and pen behaviours were also recorded. At 0, 15, and 30 min, C piglets had a greater NT than SHAM and SucSHAM piglets (P < 0.05). The NT of SucA piglets was similar to SHAM and SucSHAM, and shorter than C at 15, 30, and 45 min. The NT of SucB piglets was similar to SHAM and SucSHAM at 30 and 45 min, and shorter than C at 15 and 45 min. Handling chute behaviour suggests that sucrose provides some degree of pain relief following castration: sucrose given before castration showing more consistent results than when given after.
Classifying and Predicting Walking Speed From Electroencephalography Data

Electroencephalography (EEG) non-invasively records electrocortical activity and can be used to understand how the brain functions to control movements and walking. Studies have shown that electrocortical dynamics are coupled with the gait cycle and change when walking at different speeds. Thus, EEG signals likely contain information regarding walking speed that could potentially be used to predict walking speed using just EEG signals recorded during walking. The purpose of this study was to determine whether walking speed could be predicted from EEG recorded as subjects walked on a treadmill with a range of speeds (0.5 m/s, 0.75 m/s, 1.0 m/s, 1.25 m/s, and self-paced). We first applied spatial Independent Component Analysis (sICA) to reduce temporal dimensionality and then used current popular classification methods: Bagging, Boosting, Random Forest, Naïve Bayes, Logistic Regression, and Support Vector Machines with a linear and radial basis function kernel. We evaluated the precision, sensitivity, and specificity of each classifier. Logistic regression had the highest overall performance (76.6 +/13.9%), and had the highest precision (86.3 +/11.7%) and sensitivity (88.7 +/8.7%). The Support Vector Machine with a radial basis function kernel had the highest specificity (60.7 +/39.1%). These overall performance values are relatively good since the EEG data had only been high-pass filtered with a 1 Hz cutoff frequency and no extensive cleaning methods were performed. All of the classifiers had an overall performance of at least 68% except for the Support Vector Machine with a linear kernel, which had an overall performance of 55.4%. These results suggest that applying spatial Independent Component Analysis to reduce temporal dimensionality of EEG signals does not significantly impair the classification of walking speed using EEG and that walking speeds can be predicted from EEG data.
Theory for a global age: From nativism to neoliberalism and beyond

In recent years, long-standing global structural formations of racism and imperialism have been coupled with a resurgence or intensification of authoritarian and even fascist political movements. This seems to accentuate a reversal in the political fortunes of progressive movements evident with the rise of neoliberalism since the 1980s. The financial crisis of 2008 led many to speculate that the end of neoliberal hegemony would soon follow, but instead it has reorganised itself behind an authoritarian politics favouring elites and mobilising populist sentiments. This is highlighted most starkly in the debates around citizenship and migration that are disfiguring contemporary politics across Europe, North America and South Asia with the building of walls, fences and detention centres. The perceived relative weakness of emancipatory movements in the face of this right-wing resurgence would appear to demand a different, or at least reconfigured and re-energised, kind of moral and intellectual confrontation. In the case of social theory, this involves examining and questioning the role and uses of theory itself: what tools, frameworks and paradigms can we draw upon to help us grapple with, and challenge, our
P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 Cathode Material with Excellent Rate and Cycling Performance for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Author(s): Mao, J; Liu, X; Liu, J; Jiang, H; Zhang, T; Shao, G; Ai, G; Mao, W; Feng, Y; Yang, W; Liu, G; Dai, K | Abstract: © The Author(s) 2019. P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 is an air-stable cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. However, it suffers irreversible P2-O2 phase transition in 4.2-V plateau and shows poor cycling stability and rate capability within this plateau. To evaluate the practicability of this material in 2.3–4.1 V voltage range, single-crystal micro-sized P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 with high rate capability and cycling stability is synthesized via polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-combustion method. The electrochemical performance is evaluated by galvanostatic charge-discharge tests. The kinetics of Na+ intercalation/deintercalation is studied detailly with potential intermittent titration technique (PITT), galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The discharge capacity at 0.1 C in 2.3–4.1 V is 87.6 mAh g−1. It can deliver 91.5% capacity at 40 C rate and keep 89% after 650 cycles at 5C. The calculated theoretical energy density of full cell with hard carbon anode is 210 Wh kg−1. The moderate energy density associated with high power density and long cycle life is acceptable for load adjustment of new-energy power, showing the prospect of practical application.
Efficient String Graph Construction Algorithm

In the ﬁeld of genome assembly research where assemblers are dominated by de Bruijn graph-based approaches, string graph-based assembly approach is getting more attention because of its ability to losslessly retain information from sequence data. Despite the advantages provided by a string graph in repeat detection and in maintaining read coherence, the high computational cost for constructing a string graph hinders its usability for genome assembly. Even though different algorithms have been proposed over the last decade for string graph construction, efﬁciency is still a challenge due to the demand for processing a large amount of sequence data generated by NGS technologies. Therefore, in this thesis, we provide a novel, linear time and alphabet-size-independent algorithm SOF which uses the property of irreducible edges and transitive edges to efﬁciently construct string graph from an overlap graph. Experimental results show that SOF is at least 2.3 times faster than the string graph construction algorithm provided in SGA, one of the most popular string graph-based assembler, while maintaining almost the same memory footprint as SGA. Moreover, the availability of SOF as a subprogram in the SGA assembly pipeline will give user facilities to access the preprocessing and postprocessing steps for genome assembly provided in SGA.