Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ground State Phase Diagram of the Extended Hubbard Model with Pair-Hopping Interaction in the Limit of Very Narrow Bandwidth

The extended Hubbard model with the pair-hopping interaction, i.e. the Penson–Kolb–Hubbard model, is one of the conceptually simplest phenomenological models for studying correlations and for description of superconductivity in very narrow-band systems with short-range, almost unretarded pairing. We present ground state phase diagrams of the model derived within the broken-symmetry Hartree–Fock approximation in the narrow-bandwidth regime and compare these results with the exact ones in the atomic limit for the limit of high dimensions. The investigation of the diagrams of the model show that results obtained within both approaches are consistent, although for the case of the finite single-electron hopping phases with magnetic long-range order also occur.
Influência da precipitação simulada in vitro em tratamentos acaricidas para controle de Rhipicephalus microplus

Rhipicephalus microplus é uma espécie de carrapato amplamente distribuída que causa perdas diretas e indiretas à produção de gado; portanto, o controle de infestações de carrapatos é essencial. Métodos de tratamento corretos são necessários para evitar sobredosagem ou subdosagem de acaricidas químicos e controlar a resistência aos carrapatos. Além disso, estudos que evidenciem os fatores associados à eficácia dos produtos químicos são extremamente necessários. Portanto, este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos da intensidade e do tempo de precipitação sobre a eficácia da aplicação tópica de acaricidas. Fêmeas ingurgitadas foram coletadas de bovinos em fazendas localizadas no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil e tratadas com Colosso FC30® Ouro Fino Animal Health (15% cipermetrina, 30% clorpirifós, and 15% fention). Após 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 6 h, 9 h, 12 h ou 24 h de tratamento, foram submetidas à simulações de precipitação em intensidade leve ou intensa, para cada tempo. Os resultados mostraram eficácia acaricida de 100% para todos os grupos avaliados e demonstraram que a precipitação de 30 min após o tratamento e em qualquer intensidade, não afetou a eficácia do Colosso FC30. Portanto, este estudo esclareceu a influência da precipitação simulada na eficácia do tratamento tópico Colosso FC30 no controle de R. microplus.
CLINICALLY RELEVANT LONG-TERM RELIABILITY OF CONTRALATERAL SUPPRESSION OF CLICK-EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS

Background: Contralateral suppression of click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) are a potentially useful clinical tool. Recent studies have provided descriptions of the reliability of contralateral suppression of CEOAEs. These were limited in terms of their clinical relevance as they utilised custom-built measurement systems or were conducted by a single tester over a short time period. Further, in the main previous studies reported only group data. The present study addresses these limitations by reporting individual and group data collected by two testers, using standard clinical equipment over longer time periods. Materials and methods: Contralateral suppression of CEOAEs was recorded from 12 ears using the ILO 292 system. Clicks and contralateral broadband noise (BBN) were presented at 60 dB p.e. SPL and 65 dB SPL respectively. Global and best ½-octave band suppression values (in dB) were measured on four separate occasions by two testers spanning an average time period of 35.5 days. Reliability was assessed via the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the standard error of measurement (SEm). Multilevel regression analysis was used to explore potential causes of variation in suppression. Results: Global suppression reliability was shown to be worse than previous reports, with only fair to good reliability observed. ICC and SEm values were 0.57 and 0.47 dB respectively. Corresponding values for best ½-octave band suppression were 0.49 and 0.64 dB. Further analysis revealed no significant effect on contralateral suppression for a range of variables tested. Substantial variation (up to 2 dB) in contralateral suppression between test sessions was seen for individual subjects. Conclusions: Findings suggest that contralateral suppression of CEOAEs, measured by separate testers using standard clinical equipment is not reliable over long time periods.
Periodic array-based substrates for surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy

Abstract At the beginning of the 1980s, the first reports of surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy (SEIRS) surfaced. Probably due to signal-enhancement factors of only 101 to 103, which are modest compared to those of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), SEIRS did not reach the same significance up to date. However, taking the compared to Raman scattering much larger cross-sections of infrared absorptions and the enhancement factors together, SEIRS reaches about the same sensitivity for molecular species on a surface in terms of the cross-sections as SERS and, due to the complementary nature of both techniques, can valuably augment information gained by SERS. For the first 20 years since its discovery, SEIRS relied completely on metal island films, fabricated by either vapor or electrochemical deposition. The resulting films showed a strong variance concerning their structure, which was essentially random. Therefore, the increase in the corresponding signal-enhancement factors of these structures stagnated in the last years. In the very same years, however, the development of periodic array-based substrates helped SEIRS to gather momentum. This development was supported by technological progress concerning electromagnetic field solvers, which help to understand plasmonic properties and allow targeted design. In addition, the strong progress concerning modern fabrication methods allowed to implement these designs into practice. The aim of this contribution is to critically review the development of these engineered surfaces for SEIRS, to compare the different approaches with regard to their performance where possible, and report further gain of knowledge around and in relation to these structures.
On identifying marker genes from gene expression data in a neural framework through online feature analysis: Research Articles

Many attempts have been made to analyze gene expression data. Typical goals of such analysis include discovery of subclasses, designing predictors/classifiers for diseases, identifying marker genes, and trying to get a deeper understanding of underlying biological process. Success of each of these tasks strongly depends on the features used to solve the problem. The high dimensional nature of expression profiles makes the task very difficult. Consequently, many researchers have used some feature selection criteria to reduce the dimensionality of the problem. These approaches are off-line in nature, as feature selection is done in a separate phase from the system design phase. These approaches ignore the fact that utility of features depends on both the problem that is solved and the tool that is used to solve the problem. We here propose to use a novel neural scheme that picks up the necessary features on-line when the system learns the classification task. Because it considers all the features at one go, it does not miss any subtle combination of these features. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our on-line feature selection (OFS) scheme to distinguish between acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cancer expression data set. Our scheme could identify only five genes that can produce results as good as or even better than what is reported in the literature on this data set. It identifies an important marker gene that alone has a very good discriminating power. This analysis method is quite general in nature and can be effectively used in other areas of bioinformatics. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Int Syst 21: 453–467, 2006.
Bioinformatic mining for RiPP biosynthetic gene clusters in Bacteroidales reveals possible new subfamily architectures and novel natural products

The Bacteroidales order, widely distributed among diverse human populations, constitutes a key component of the human microbiota. Members of this Gram-negative order have been shown to modulate the host immune system, play a fundamental role in the gut’s microbial food webs, or be involved in pathogenesis. Bacteria inhabiting such a complex environment as the human microbiome are expected to display social behaviors and, hence, possess factors that mediate cooperative and competitive interactions. Different types of molecules can mediate interference competition, including non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs), polyketides, and bacteriocins. The present study investigates the potential of Bacteroidales bacteria to biosynthesize class I bacteriocins, which are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). For this purpose, 1,136 genome-sequenced strains from this order were mined using BAGEL4. A total of 1,340 areas of interest (AOIs) were detected. The most commonly identified enzymes involved in RiPP biosynthesis were radical S-adenosylmethionine (rSAM), either alone or in combination with other biosynthetic enzymes such as YcaO. A more comprehensive analysis of a subset of 9 biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) revealed a consistent association in Bacteroidales BGCs between peptidase-containing ATP-binding transporters (PCATs) and precursor peptides with GG-motifs. This finding suggests a possibly shared mechanism for leader peptide cleavage and transport of mature products. Notably, human metagenomic studies showed a high prevalence and abundance of the RiPP BGCs from Phocaeicola vulgatus and Porphyromonas gulae. The mature product of P. gulae BGC is hypothesized to display γ-thioether linkages and a C-terminal backbone amidine, a potential new combination of post-translational modifications (PTM). All these findings highlight the RiPP biosynthetic potential of Bacteroidales bacteria, as a rich source of novel peptide structures of possible relevance in the human microbiome context.
Identifikasi Awal Kode Tanda-tangan dengan Pendekatan Pemodelan Koordinat

Salah satu aspek terpenting dalam komunikasi data saat ini adalah mentransformasikan sebuah format analog ke dalam bentuk terdigitalisasi. Tanda-datangan merupakan sebuah data yang penting dan dijadikan sebagai bukti faktual dalam kegiatan transaksi di akhir proses. Tanda-tangan juga salah satu hal yang terpenting untuk dilakukan pengamanan agar tidak dapat diduplikasi atau ditiru. Setiap pengenalan objek dalam dunia digital harus dilakukan proses kuantisasi agar memudahkan ditransformasikan ke dalam bentuk digital. Salah satu bentuk kuantisasi yang sederhana adalah data koordinat. Tanda-tangan umumnya diaktualisasikan dalam bentuk 2-dimensi; dan secara pemodelan, aktualisasi sebuah objek pada bidang 2-dimensi adalah koordinat. Pada penelitian ini telah dilakukan serangkaian pengujian dengan pendekatan pemodelan untuk jumlah sampling enam responden. Dan hasilnya menunjukkan masing-masing keenam responden memiliki karakteristik deskriptif secara terpola, posisi yang khas atau unik, dan memiliki kode koordinat tertentu. Batasan juga dilakukan pada media sampling, yakni bidang 2-dimensi sebagai sampling lay-out adalah ruang-matriks 11x11. Keenam responden dilakukan pencuplikan sampling garis tanda-tangan sebanyak 32 kali. Metode yang digunakan dalam melakukan uji-sampling adalah kuantisasi deskriptif, yang artinya setiap garis tanda-tangan akan dicuplik dalam dua koordinat yang berbeda, yang dijadikan sebagai koordinat acuan terhadap sampling pencuplikan tanda-tangan selanjutnya yang dilakukan percobaan sebanyak 32 kali. Dan diperoleh hasilnya bahwa ruang-matriks 11x11 telah representatif memperlihatkan bentuk dan pola setiap posisi garis tanda-tangan secara khas; yang dinyatakan dalam koordinat.
Add-On Energy Harvesting of Diesel Exhaust Muffler Using Thermoelectric Generator

Trends Light fossil fuel vehicles are now turning to electricity. The electric vehicle transition begins with a hybrid car. The Hybrid vehicle uses an internal combustion engine as a generator. Controller systems, driving safety and entertain light vehicles are growing so that they consume a lot of electricity, Safe devices and driving lifestyle support. An additional battery charging system for a hybrid car now is being developed by the automotive manufacturer at least the system can increase the fulfilment of electricity consumption needs.The charging system can utilize waste energy vehicle itself or even from outside the vehicle system. In this research, the author wants to explore the thermal energy harvesting system in the remaining exhaust gases. The concept of this research is to develop a Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) as a power producer. The heat source uses a 140kW diesel engine with a heat potential of 523K at stationary conditions, and an exhaust velocity of 1407.05 m / s. This study demonstrates the potential prototype TEG then compared Ansys simulation and manual calculations as the first step for further research. The results obtained, the Exhaust TEG can produce a voltage of 2.1 Volt at 30 seconds of data collection. The cooling system on the TEG exhaust from the HVAC cooler with a temperature of 289K and a Velocity of 0.8 can produce a significant temperature difference.Keywords: Diesel Engine, Thermoelectric, Exhaust TEG system, Electricity.
The prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affects millions of women globally, with resource-limited countries, such as Ethiopia, carrying the highest burden. Previously, the prevalence of POP was estimated using seven studies. However, this study lacks generalization because of the limited number of studies and low geographical representation. In total, 12 additional primary studies were conducted after this review, and their reported prevalence was significantly variable across the studies. In addition, different new factors were reported in the primary studies. Therefore, this study aimed to update the pooled prevalence of POP and its associated factors in Ethiopia. Methods This study was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. Articles that were published between 2000 and 2023 were searched using the African Journal of Online, ScienceDirect, DOAJ, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the modified Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment tool. The data were extracted using Microsoft Excel and analyzed by Stata version 11. A random effect model was used to investigate the pooled prevalence of POP and its associated factors. The I2 test and Egger's regression test were used to detect the presence of heterogeneity and publication bias across studies, respectively. Result A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria and represented the data of 14,575 women. The pooled prevalence of POP was found to be 22.70%. History of home delivery (pooled odds ratio (OR) =2.93, 95% CI =1.46, 5.91), prolonged labor (OR = 4.63, 95% CI = 2.56, 8.38), history of perineal tear (OR = 4.83, 95% CI = 2.31, 10.11), instrumental delivery (OR =3.70, 95% CI =2.01, 6.81), grand multipara (OR = 5.42, 95% CI = 4.06, 7.23), family history of POP (OR = 3.30, 95% CI = 2.07, 5.25), and carrying heavy objects (OR = 3.23, 95% CI = 2.22, 4.70) were significantly associated with POP. Conclusion The pooled prevalence of POP was high in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Health and clinicians should emphasize counseling on modifiable risk factors and develop further prevention strategies.
The Effect of Social Capital on Different Innovations Under the Pandemic in Chinese Manufacturing Supply Chains: A Literature Review

In light of the unique social and cultural characteristics in China and the limited understanding of the relationship between social capital and innovation, this study aims to investigate the impact of social capital on product innovation and process innovation through a comprehensive review of relevant literature. The methodology employed for this study involves conducting a contextual analysis of existing literature from various databases. The results of the review confirm the positive influence of social capital, including its dimensions, in facilitating both product innovation and process innovation. The findings of this study are expected to contribute to the knowledge of scholars and manufacturers, providing them with a clearer understanding of the relationship between social capital and innovation, as well as guiding the establishment of competitive supply chains especially under the pandemic. Furthermore, this study also discusses the indicators and distinctions between product innovation and process innovation.
Problem-solving skills and its relationship to parenting styles among adolescents

Parental styles play the most important role in adolescence's education. The impact of family on adolescence's education can vary depending on the parents' style. The firs t place where individual’s all developmental fields are shaped is near environment. One of the most important environmental factors in shaping the personality is parental style. The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between parenting styles and the skills of problem-solving among adolescent. Design: A descriptive correlational design was adopted by the researcher for the study. Sampling: The adolescents were selected on the basis of stratified random sampling technique. The sample consisted of adolescent students 382 adolescents and 382 parents (either parents of each child). Tool: Social Problem-Solving Inventory Revised and Parental styles scale were the tools used for the study. Result: showed positive high-level correlation between parenting styles and adolescents' problem-solving dimensions. Conclusion: parenting styles were a significant predictor of problem-solving skills in adolescents. Recommendation: There is need for training program that will serve as parent training intervention so as to equip the parents with the skills required for being both encourage achievement and acceptance.
Concentrated forces. Asymptotic study

— In this work we study the asymptotic behaviour of the solution of the two-dimensional elasticity system. We consider Dirichlet data and the support of the body forces to be of order e (a small parameter approaching zero). For the sake ofsimplicity, we study first the case of Laplace's équation. We détermine the "outer" and the "inner" expansions and we perform their matching. All the terms are weü-determined. By introducing a composite expansion, we then show the convergence of the asymptotic process as e tends to zero. Finally, we generalize this results for elasticity 3 s system. Resumé. — Dans ce travail nous étudions le comportement asymptotique de la solution du système de l'élasticité bidimensionnel. Nous considérons des données de Dirichlet et le support des forces volumiques de l'ordre de z (a petit paramètre). Pour plus de simplicité, nous développons l'étude dans le cas de l'équation de Laplace. Vétude asymptotique nous conduit à la détermination des développements extérieur et intérieur et à leur raccordement. Tous les termes sont bien déterminés. Grâce à l'introduction d'un développement composite, nous montrons alors la convergence du processus lorsque s tend vers zéro. Enfin, nous généralisons ces résultats au cas du système de l'élasticité.
Laser-assisted formation of micropores and nanobubbles in sclera promote stable normalization of intraocular pressure

Pores in sclera enhance uveoscleral water outflow and can normalize intraocular pressure in glaucomatous eyes. The aims of this study are to demonstrate laser-induced formation of pores with a dendritic structure and to answer the questions: How is a pore system stable and can laser treatment provide a long-lasting pressure stabilization effect? Effect of 1.56 µm laser radiation on porcine eye sclera was studied using atomic force microscopy and super resolution structured irradiation microscopy with fluorescent markers. Results suggest that the pores with a complex spatial configuration can arise as a result of laser irradiation and that laser-generated stable gas nanobubbles coated with calcium ions allow pore stabilization in the sclera. Our results support a laser based approach for treatment of glaucoma.
An Encoder–Decoder Architecture within a Classical Signal-Processing Framework for Real-Time Barcode Segmentation

In this work, two methods are proposed for solving the problem of one-dimensional barcode segmentation in images, with an emphasis on augmented reality (AR) applications. These methods take the partial discrete Radon transform as a building block. The first proposed method uses overlapping tiles for obtaining good angle precision while maintaining good spatial precision. The second one uses an encoder–decoder structure inspired by state-of-the-art convolutional neural networks for segmentation while maintaining a classical processing framework, thus not requiring training. It is shown that the second method’s processing time is lower than the video acquisition time with a 1024 × 1024 input on a CPU, which had not been previously achieved. The accuracy it obtained on datasets widely used by the scientific community was almost on par with that obtained using the most-recent state-of-the-art methods using deep learning. Beyond the challenges of those datasets, the method proposed is particularly well suited to image sequences taken with short exposure and exhibiting motion blur and lens blur, which are expected in a real-world AR scenario. Two implementations of the proposed methods are made available to the scientific community: one for easy prototyping and one optimised for parallel implementation, which can be run on desktop and mobile phone CPUs.
Association of blood cadmium with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with hypertension

Background Cadmium is a commonly found heavy metal with a prolonged biological half-life, which results in long-term health burden for the population. Prior studies have demonstrated an association between blood cadmium and hypertension. However, few studies examined the relationship between blood cadmium and long-term health outcomes in patients with hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the association of blood cadmium with mortality in patients with hypertension. Methods This study analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2012. Complex sampling-weighted multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the hazard ratios (HRs) of all-cause, cardiovascular, and Alzheimer’s disease mortality in patients with hypertension classified by blood cadmium concentrations’ quantiles. Results The study included 12,208 patients with hypertension with a median follow-up duration of 10.8 years. During this period, there were 4,485 all-cause deaths, including 1,520 cardiovascular deaths and 180 Alzheimer’s disease deaths. Compared with the lowest quintile of blood cadmium (≤0.25 μg/L) group, the highest quintile of blood cadmium (≥0.80 μg/L) group’s adjusted HRs were 1.85 (95% CI, 1.59–2.14) for all-cause mortality, 1.76 (95% CI, 1.33–2.34) for cardiovascular mortality, and 3.41 (95% CI, 1.54–7.51) for Alzheimer’s disease mortality. Additionally, the adjusted HR for cardiovascular mortality was 2.12 (95% CI, 1.36–3.30) in never-smoking patients with hypertension. Conclusion Higher blood cadmium is associated with increased risks of all-cause, cardiovascular, and Alzheimer’s disease mortality in patients with hypertension. The effect of blood cadmium on cardiovascular mortality may be more pronounced in never-smoking hypertensive patients.