Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of varying amounts of linseed oil or saturated fatty acids around insemination on reproductive and blood parameters of ewes

Abstract The current study was designed to evaluate the effect of sequential low and high dietary linseed oil (LO; as omega-3 enriched fatty acid; FA) before and post insemination, respectively, on different plasma variables of ewes. Fat-tailed Qezel ewes were assigned randomly to be fed a diet enriched with 3% LO (n = 30) or the saturated FA (SFA; n = 30) three weeks before insemination (Day 0). The lipogenic diet supplemented with 6% LO or SFA was fed after insemination until Day +21. The control ewes were fed an isocaloric and isonitrogenous diet with no additional FA during the study. Estrus was synchronized by inserting a vaginal sponge (Spongavet®) for 12 days + 500 IU equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG; Gonaser®), and ewes were inseminated via laparoscopic approach 56–59 h after eCG injection. The size of ovarian structures was assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography at −21, −14, −2, 0, and +10 days. Blood samples were collected weekly to measure the plasma’s different biochemical variables and FA profile. Treatment did not affect the amounts of glucose, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, interleukin-10, interleukin-2, and non-esterified FA (p > 0.05). Conversely, concentrations of triglyceride, cholesterol, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and insulin-like growth factor-1 were higher in SFA-fed ewes relative to control animals (p < 0.05). LO feeding resulted in greater amounts of n-3 FA isomers in plasma, while higher amounts of stearic acid were detected in SFA fed group 0 and +21 (p < 0.05). The number of ovarian follicles and corpora lutea also were not affected by treatment. Other reproductive variables were not affected by treatment except for the reproductive rate. It seems that LO or SFA feeding of fat-tailed ewes peri-insemination period was not superior to the isocaloric non-additional fat diet provided for the control group during the non-breeding season.
A Review of User Experience Requirements for a Procedural Training Task in Virtual Reality

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Warfighter Interactions and Readiness Division is actively integrating virtual reality (VR) technology in Distributed Mission Operations Live, Virtual, and Constructive (DMO LVC) training. A head-mounted display (HMD) comparison methodology was pilot tested to evaluate the usability of multiple VR headsets for application in Warfighter training. This report discusses key factors and considerations that may impact usability and user experience, thereby impacting the training of the user. Implications on how these findings may correlate with training efficiencies are discussed.
Usable privacy from grounded models to new guidelines and heuristics

The development of usable interfaces for privacy policies is essential to increase users’ trust in technology and comply with legal requirements. This thesis aimed to design interfaces that allow laypeople to protect their online privacy. A comprehensive analysis was conducted, comprising a literature review, a thematic and cluster analysis, and an empirical evaluation. Six usable privacy heuristics (push) were derived, which effectively detect severe problems in privacy policy interfaces for laypeople. Moreover, initial usable privacy guidelines (pug) were formulated, and a novel process for developing usability criteria was proposed. Future research directions were suggested, such as applying these heuristics and guidelines to domains like human-robot interaction and human-artificial intelligence interaction.
pH-dependent release properties of curcumin encapsulated alginate nanoparticles in skin and artificial sweat

Topical skin application of curcumin is challenging due to the low solubility and poor stability, including fast photodegradation, of this bioactive compound. Therefore, curcumin encapsulated alginate (CU-Al) nanoparticles were prepared by the ionic gelation method followed by freeze drying to determine the efficacy of alginate in facilitating curcumin release. Evaluation of the release of curcumin from the encapsulate in the presence of artificial sweat (pH 4.7) and skin (pH 5.5), about which the literature is meagre, was carried out after particle size characterization. CU-Al nanoparticles were in the nano-range (186.8 nm), assimilated a negative zeta-potential value (-15.4 ± 8.13 mV), and displayed a high encapsulation efficiency (94.55 ± 0.53%). The release of encapsulated curcumin at pH 5.5 (max. 64%) and at pH 4.7 (max. 27%) were significantly different. In pH 5.5 and pH 4.7, the release profiles of encapsulated curcumin fitted best with the Weibull (followed an anomalous transport mechanism) and Gompertz (followed a super case II transport mechanism) models respectively, displaying sigmoidal release patterns. Diffusion and polymer relaxation/swelling based release at pH 5.5 and rapid polymer relaxation/erosion based release at pH 4.7 have governed the encapsulated curcumin release. The results indicated that CU-Al nanoparticles may be utilized to facilitate controlled and prolonged release of curcumin in both skin and artificial sweat, thereby functioning as a promising novel delivery vehicle for curcumin. However, skin deposition or penetration may be required for yielding a satisfactory topical administration of curcumin during sweating.
Anhydrous partial melting experiments on MORB-like eclogite: Phase relations, phase compositions and mineral-melt partitioning of major elements at 2-3 GPa

We present melt and mineral compositions from nominally anhydrous partial melting experiments at 2---3 GPa on a quartz eclogite composition (G2) similar to average oceanic crust. Near-solidus partial melts at 3 GPa, determined with melt traps of vitreous carbon spheres, have 55---57 wt % SiO2, rather less silica than the dacitic compositions that are generally assumed for near-solidus eclogite partial melts. At 2 GPa, equivalent near-solidus partial melts are less silicic ( 52 wt % SiO2). The 3 GPa near-solidus partial melts (up to melt fractions of 3%) are saturated in rutile and have 5 7---6 7 wt % TiO2. The G2 composition is K2O-poor (0 03 wt%), but a modified composition with 0 26 wt%K2O (G2K) produces dacitic near-solidus melts with 61---64 wt % SiO2. Rutile saturation for G2K extends to higher melt fraction ( 13%) and occurs at lower TiO2 melt contents (3 3 wt %) than for G2. These results can be understood in terms of a simplified thermodynamic model in which alkalis increase the SiO2 content of liquids saturated in quartz, which in turn diminishes the TiO2 concentrations required to maintain rutile saturation. Additionally, the mode of residual garnet and generation of silicic liquids by partial melting of anhydrous eclogite are linked, as garnet is required to mass-balance formation of appreciable SiO2-rich melt. Partitioning of Na between clinopyroxene and melt shows significant increases with pressure, but only modest shifts with changing temperature. In contrast, partitioning of Ti between cpx and melt, as well as between cpx and garnet, shows pronounced dependence on temperature for compositions relevant to anhydrous partial melting of eclogite. Mixtures between partial melts of eclogite and primitive picritic Hawaiian magmas are similar to magnesian, SiO2-rich compositions inferred from melt inclusions from the Koolau volcano. However, in detail, no eclogitic partial melt has been identified that is capable of explaining all of the compositional features of the exotic Koolau component. Based on phase compositions in our experiments, the calculated density of near-solidus eclogite is 3440 kg/m, notably less than commonly assumed. Therefore, the excess temperature required for a plume to support a given proportion of eclogite in the upper mantle may be less than previously assumed.
Quantifying transpirable soil water and its relations to tree water use dynamics in a water‐limited pine forest

Knowledge of the relationship between soil water dynamics and tree water use is critical to understanding forest response to environmental change in water‐limited ecosystems. However, the dynamics in soil water availability for tree transpiration (Tt) cannot be easily deduced from conventional measurements of soil water content (SWC), notably because Tt is influenced by soil water potential (Ψs) that, in turn, depends on soil characteristics. Using tree sap flow and water potential and deriving depth‐dependent soil water retention curves, we quantified the ‘transpirable soil water content’ (tSWC) and its seasonal and inter‐annual variations in a semi‐arid Pinus halepensis forest. The results indicated that tSWC varied in time and with soil depth. Over one growing season Tt was 57% of rain and 72% of the infiltrated SWC. In early winter, Tt was exclusively supported by soil moisture at the top 10 cm (tSWC = 11 mm), whereas in spring (tSWC > 18 mm) and throughout the dry season, source water for Tt shifted to 20–40 cm, where the maximum fine root density occurs. Simulation with the soil–plant–atmosphere water and energy transport model MuSICA supported the idea that consistent tSWC at the 20–40 cm soil layer critically depended on limited water infiltration below 40 cm, because of high water retention below this depth. Quantifying tSWC is critical to the precise estimation of the onset and termination of the growing season (when tSWC > 0) in this semi‐arid ecosystem. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Menulis buku ajar di tengah perkembangan artificial intelligence (ai)

Tujuan artikel ini adalah untuk mengetahui proses kreatif menulis buku menggunakan artificial intelligent (AI). Kemunculan AI yang sangat cepat tidak perlu dikhawatirkan. AI dapat menjadi alat bagi guru untuk menulis, membantu mengembangkan ide, dan menemukan beberapa persoalan yang bisa diangkat. Oleh karena itu, dalam menulis buku, guru perlu memanfaatkan AI sebagai sarana. AI dapat membantu guru dalam mempercepat penulisan buku. AI pun dapat membantu guru menemukan ide-ide baru, sehingga kualitas pembelajaran semakin baik. Buku dari hasil kolaborasi ide AI dan kreatifitas guru pun dapat meningkatkan jumlah publikasi. Guru pun dapat terbantu untuk jenjang karir kenaikan pangkat. Selain itu, kualitas Pendidikan Indonesia akan semakin baik, karena tersedia bahan ajar yang memadai dan selalu diperbarui dalam rentang waktu yang relatif pendek.The purpose of this article is to reveal the creative process of writing a book using artificial intelligence (AI). The very rapid development of AI can be used as a tool for teachers to write, help develop ideas, and find several problems that can be researched. It helps teachers speed up book writing and can also help them find new ideas, so that the quality of learning becomes better. Books resulting from the collaboration of AI ideas and teachers’ creativity can also increase the number of publications, which is useful for career advancement. Apart from that, the quality of Indonesian education will improve, because adequate open materials are available and are always updated in a relatively short time span.
The application of a binary division procedure to the classification of forest subcategories using MODIS time-series data during 2000–2010 in China

ABSTRACT Forests account for more than 23% of China’s total area. As the most important terrestrial ecosystem, forests have tremendous ecological value. However, it remains difficult to classify forest subcategories at the national scale. In this study, a newly developed binary division procedure was used to categorize forest areas, including their spatiotemporal dynamics, during the period 2000–2010. Time-series images acquired using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), together with auxiliary data on land use, climate zoning, and topography, were utilized. Hierarchical classification and zoning were combined with remote-sensing auto-classification. Based on the forest extent mask, the state-level forest system was divided into four classes and 18 subcategories. The method achieved an acceptable overall accuracy of 73.1%, based on a comparison to the sample points of China’s fourth forest general survey data set. In 2010, the total forest area was 1.755 × 106 km2, and the total area of and shrubs was 4.885 × 105 km2. The total area of woodland increased by 2536.25 km2 during the decade 2000–2010. The shrub subcategories exhibited almost no change during this time period; however, significant changes in forest area occurred in the mountainous region of Northeast China as well as in the hilly regions of Southern China. The main transformations took place in cold-temperate and temperate mountainous deciduous coniferous forest, subtropical deciduous coniferous forest, subtropical evergreen coniferous forest, and temperate and subtropical deciduous broadleaved mixed forests. The binary division procedure proposed herein can be used not only to rapidly classify more forest subcategories and monitor their dynamic changes, but also to improve the classification accuracy compared with global and national land-cover maps.
Users’ Navigation Strategy and Information Search with Health Insurance Decision Aids Using Social Network Analysis

Health insurance enrollment decisions are not only medical decisions but also involve other factors such as employment and financial status. Decision aids such as Virtual Benefits Counselors (VBC) and Human Resources (HR) traditional websites may help users make informed decisions. Little research has explicitly focused on how users navigate and search for information using these aids. We propose the use of the Social Network Analysis (SNA) method to characterize navigation and information search behavior. SNA was applied to the navigation data of 16 participants who were asked to make mock health insurance enrollment decisions using a VBC or HR website. VBC users searched for financial information with less back-and-forth navigation and explored a larger percentage of the system, whereas HR website users had more back-and-forth navigation between the same pages but explored fewer available pages. In conclusion, SNA provided insights into differences between how users interact with different decision aids and what contents they were looking for which may prove useful in understanding users’ interaction strategies.
Adaptivity of Budyko Hypothesis in Evaluating Interannual Variability of Watershed Water Balance in Northern China

AbstractThis study evaluates the performance of three Budyko-type equations (Fu’s equation, Turc-Pike’s equation, and Milly’s equation) in modeling annual evapotranspiration in 32 watersheds covering both humid and arid regions in Northern China. Daily meteorological data and monthly runoff data are used to calculate potential and actual evapotranspirations in the 32 watersheds. The results show that the Budyko-type equations are adaptive in predicting annual evapotranspiration over most of the watersheds, and Fu’s and Turc-Pike’s equations perform better than Milly’s. In addition, the validity of the framework by Koster and Suarez in predicting the evapotranspiration deviation ratio (EDR) (i.e., the ratio of the standard deviation of evapotranspiration to the standard deviation of rainfall) based on Fu’s and Ture-Pike’s equations is also examined. Given the unexpected Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency values (−0.915 and −1.026 in Fu’s and Ture-Pike’s, respectively), a linear one-variable model is employed to imp.
MODEL LINIER DIPERUMUM UNTUK MEMODELKAN DURASI CURAH HUJAN TINGGI DI SULAWESI SELATAN

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memodelkan durasi curah hujan tinggi di Sulawesi Selatan yang menjadi penyebab bencana hidrologi pada bulan Januari setiap tahunnya. Dalam penelitian ini, data iklim seperti curah hujan, kecepatan angin, kelembaban relatif, sinar matahari dan suhu udara di rekapitulasi dan di modelkan menggunakan model linier diperumum. Tujuannya adalah untuk memprediksi variabel-variabel yang relevan mempengaruhi peningkatan durasi hujan dengan intensitas tinggi di Sulawesi Selatan. Pada proses estimasi parameter, model linier diperumum ditambahkan komponen acak berupa efek acak spasial dan estimasi menggunakan pendekatan Bayesian. Hasil analisis menghasilkan variabel iklim apa saja yang relevan memodelkan peningkatan hari hujan tinggi pada bulan Januari, serta jarak pengaruh variabel yang relevan tersebut.
Mixing (MX) Oceanographic Toolbox for EM-APEX float data applying shear-strain finescale parameterization

The Mixing Oceanographic Toolbox provides a framework to estimate the dissipation rate and diff usivity from Electromagnetic Autonomous Pro ling Explorer (EM-APEX) oat observational data. The EM-APEX floats measure the temperature, salinity, pressure, and horizontal velocity of the current. Vertical gradients of velocity and buoyancy are estimated and a fi nescale parameterization is applied. This method provides order of magnitude estimates of mixing as well as estimates of the regional variability of mixing.
Care Issues in Patients with Rett Syndrome: A Parental Perspective

Background: The purpose of this study is to better understand the way caregivers of patients with Rett syndrome perceive the quality of the health care services they receive and identify its main shortcomings. Methods: A survey was distributed to all caregivers who are part of AIRETT (the Italian Association of Relatives of Patients with RS). The survey gathered information on the management of relatives of patients with Rett syndrome. Results: The data refers to 52 patients, all females, with a median age of 15 years at the time of the survey. Concerning RS specificity, our data confirm the high complexity of this chronic, multifaceted condition, mainly characterized by the presence of epilepsy, apnea, severe scoliosis, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The specialists more frequently involved in the care of patients were general practitioners or family pediatricians (98%) and neurologists (92%), and more rarely physiatrists (71%). Only 15% of patients were followed by a pulmonologist, despite the fact that respiratory problems were frequent (apneas were present in 81% of patients, and 2% had a tracheostomy). Although 63.5% of patients presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and 2% had a gastrostomy, only 33% were followed by a gastroenterologist. Moreover, although orthopedic issues were present in 78.8% of patients, including severe scoliosis in 22% of them, only 25% were followed by an orthopedist. Furthermore, despite the fact that RS patients are fragile, about one quarter of them were not vaccinated. As far as organizational issues are concerned, several specialized centers are located in various regions throughout the country. As a consequence, the high mobility rate from one center to another resulted in non-homogeneous assistance. Conclusions: The study shows that caregivers of RS patients take over most obligations and burdens by increasing their perceived level of stress. For the majority of patients, the most frequent complications were not followed by the reference subspecialist, with the only exception of epilepsy. Moreover, improving vaccination strategies for these patients is necessary.
Differential Transcriptomic Signatures of Small Airway Cell Cultures Derived from IPF and COVID-19-Induced Exacerbation of Interstitial Lung Disease

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a pathological condition wherein lung injury precipitates the deposition of scar tissue, ultimately leading to a decline in pulmonary function. Existing research indicates a notable exacerbation in the clinical prognosis of IPF patients following infection with COVID-19. This investigation employed bulk RNA-sequencing methodologies to describe the transcriptomic profiles of small airway cell cultures derived from IPF and post-COVID fibrosis patients. Differential gene expression analysis unveiled heightened activation of pathways associated with microtubule assembly and interferon signaling in IPF cell cultures. Conversely, post-COVID fibrosis cell cultures exhibited distinctive characteristics, including the upregulation of pathways linked to extracellular matrix remodeling, immune system response, and TGF-β1 signaling. Notably, BMP signaling levels were elevated in cell cultures derived from IPF patients compared to non-IPF control and post-COVID fibrosis samples. These findings underscore the molecular distinctions between IPF and post-COVID fibrosis, particularly in the context of signaling pathways associated with each condition. A better understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms holds the promise of identifying potential therapeutic targets for future interventions in these diseases.
Restoring Consumer Trust in a Home Improvement Service Provider with Negative Reviews

With the growth in technology, the use of digital information to learn about a product or a service has increased substantially. Generally, users tend to trust a service provider until they find negative information. However, when their trust is violated, it becomes difficult to rebuild it. This study focused on the type of response that a service provider can provide to restore a user’s trust. We recruited 400 participants through Qualtrics Research Services for a 2*5 between subjects study. The findings suggest that irrespective of the type of accusation, i.e., morality- or competence-based, both an elaborate apology and denial restore the trust in the service provider. However, these ratings fell within the average range, suggesting that both are only an initial action and additional information is needed to regain the trust lost due to an accusation.
First Time Use of an Autonomous Food Delivery Robot: Effects of Affect and Delivery Scenarios

The objective of the study was to examine the effect of users’ emotions and delivery outcomes from sidewalk autonomous delivery robots on user experience and perception of the robots. Participants’ emotions were induced by specific clips from movies and were measured by a self-report emotion scale. Two delivery scenarios were designed to mimic two extreme delivery outcomes where the delivered food was either on time and as expected or late and not as expected. Results showed that delivery outcomes led to significantly different user experiences, whereas the induced emotions did not. In line with prior research, the current study suggests that the quality of the food delivery service is more important than user emotions in prompting users to want to use the service again and rating the robots more favorably.