Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative Study Between Kinesiotaping Versus Muscle Energy Technique in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic progressive degenerative disorder of multifactorial etiology, causing greater disability and clinical symptoms among adults. Our study aim is to compare the effectiveness of kinesio taping with conventional therapy versus muscle energy technique with conventional therapy in subjects with knee osteoarthritis. Moreover, the assessed objectives are knee pain, range of motion, disability, quadriceps strength, and hamstring flexibility. It is a comparative study, where 30 subjects with knee osteoarthritis meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited and randomly divided into Group A (Kinesiotaping with conventional therapy) and Group B (Muscle energy technique with conventional therapy), each group containing 15 subjects. Both groups received the same conventional therapy, five sessions/week for three weeks. GROUP-A received Kinesiotaping 3 sessions/per week for three weeks, and GROUP-B received Muscle energy technique five sessions/per week for three weeks. Outcome parameters were a Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) for pain, a Goniometer for a range of motion, WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index) for pain, Stiffness, and physical dysfunction, Quadriceps strength test for quadriceps strength and Active knee extension test for hamstrings flexibility. Paired t-test and independent t-test were used to analyze both groups' pre-test and post-results. The study concluded that Group A showed more significant improvement in knee pain (t=3.862, p<0.05), extension range of motion (t=5.983, p<0.05), and hamstrings flexibility (t=5.983, p<0.05) compared to Group B. However, there was no significant difference in improvement among the groups when compared between both groups. Hence, the intervention in Group A was more effective in decreasing pain and increasing knee extension range of motion and hamstrings flexibility in OA knee patients.
Lifting Transit Signals from the Kepler Noise Floor. I. Discovery of a Warm Neptune

Light curves from the 4-year Kepler exoplanet hunting mission have been searched for transits by NASA’s Kepler team and others, but there are still important discoveries to be made. We have searched the light curves of 400 Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) to find transit signals down to signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ∼ 6, which is under the limit of S/N ∼ 7.1 that has been commonly adopted as a strict threshold to distinguish between a transit candidate and false alarm. We detect four new and convincing planet candidates ranging in radius from near-Mercury-size to slightly larger than Neptune. We highlight the discovery of KOI-408.05 (period = 637 days; radius = 4.9 R⊕; incident flux = 0.6 S⊕), a planet candidate within its host star’s Habitable Zone. We dub this planet a “warm Neptune,” a likely volatile-rich world that deserves closer inspection. KOI-408.05 joins 21 other confirmed and candidate planets in the current Kepler sample with semimajor axes a > 1.4 au. These discoveries are significant as a demonstration that the S/N threshold for detection used by the Kepler project is open to debate.
Artificial intelligence and improvement of stem cell delivery in healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) is critical for improving the quality of stem cell manufacturing and delivery. AI can assist in determining the viability, effectiveness, efficacy, and safety of stem cells. Furthermore, in stem cell and regenerative medicine, AI is utilized to streamline simulation and model-building processes and find connections between cellular activities and their microenvironments. However, thoughtful consideration is required to minimize unwanted implications of AI incorporation for stem cell-based treatment.
Skill and Skill Prediction of Cloud-Track Advection-Only Forecasting under a Cumulus-Dominated Regime

AbstractThe intermittency of solar power production is dependent on the evolution and advection of the nearby cloud field. A key problem related to solar energy integration is the improvement of 1-h-ahead forecasts to reduce the impact of intermittency on power systems operations. Many solar forecasts explicitly or implicitly assume Taylor’s hypothesis. While such advection-only forecasts can be presumed to be valid across sufficiently short time scales, it is not clear how rapidly the skill of such a forecast decays with increased lead time. As the goal is to improve the quality of 1-h-ahead forecasts, this work focuses on quantifying the skill of cloud-track wind-based cumulus-dominated cloud field forecasts with respect to lead time. No explicit connection is drawn to the quality of solar forecasts because of the importance of separating two potential sources of error: cloud field forecasting and radiative transfer estimation. It is found that the cumulus field forecast skill begins to asymptotically a.
The Chemistry and Applications of Europium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks (Eu-MOFs)

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) received great interest in different application due to its super adsorption charcheters and high surface area, the most interesting MOFs is Europium based MOFs (Eu-MOFs), it is a class of versatile porous materials, Eu-MOFs have shown enormous potential for different applications such as Hg 2+ ions, Fe 3+ , pesticides, phenols, dyes and other ions, drugs, hypochlorite, selenite & arsenate, miscellanies material, and anticounterfeiting detection. Eu-MOFs were applied in high technology like supercapacitor (SCs), pH & temperature sensing applications. Moreover, Eu-MOFs were applied in biological system dopamine and histadine, 1-hydroxypyrene (1-HP), various types of antibiotic, enzyme detections, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) detections. Additionally, Eu-MOFs were applied in catalysis for the cyanosilylation and reduction reactions. Eu-MOFs is not only worked in previous application but also worked in gas state for gases and different vapor detections. The present review highlights the recent advances in the field of application, followed by the directions for future research.
INTEGRASI SIG DENGAN USLE DALAM PENILAIAN EROSI DI DAS WAIRUTUNG

This study aimed to assess the erosion hazard level in the Wairutung Watershed. The land unit in this study was generated from the overlaying land use maps, slope maps, and soil types maps. The class of vulnerability was determined based on the sum of the parameters' rating results using a computer-based Geographic Information System (GIS) with the ArcGIS program, which was integrated with the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model. The results indicated the division of 4 classes of landslide hazards consisting of a very light class with an area of 2,900.865 ha spread over land units with alluvial soil types. The medium type, with a total area of 3,683.285 ha, is spread over land units with podzolic soil types. Heavy type with a total area of 1,458.367 ha and the whole area is spread over land units with podzolic and Litosol soil types. The erosion hazard level is very heavy, with a total area of 421.97 ha and is spread over land units with Podzolic and Litosol soil types.
Risk of Global Economic Crisis in 2022 and the Mechanism of Transmission of Economic Shocks between the Main Areas of the Global Economy

Goal – the aim of the study is to analyze the main economic areas of the global economy in terms of the possibility of transferring the crisis in relation to the current global economic situation. Research methodology – the analysis conducted was based on literature research; the empirical analysis used causation in the Granger sense and Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient. Score/results – The existence of the so–called “locomotive effect” was observed for a group of countries: USA–CSSA, CSSA–USA, EA–LA, EA–CSSA, LA–EA, CSSA–EA, MECA–LA, MECA–CSSA, LA–MECA, CSSA–MECA, EDA–CSSA, CSSA–EDA, LA–CSSA, CSSA–LA, meaning a positive domestic shock transmitted to the economic partner, among the countries studied, the analysis is carried out based on annual data of GDP values as a measure of economic activity. CSSA remains the safest economic area and also the most neutral in view of the current global economic and political situation. In the WPE, there is a maximum [full] correlation of 1 for: EDA–USA, MECA–EA, EDA–EA, MECA–EDA and EDA–MECA. These are currently the most dangerous and crisis–prone areas, with potential for transferring crises between them. It is facilitated by territorial cohesion and the geopolitical situation between countries in these economic regions. Relatively high correlations can also be observed in these areas between the analyzed factors: IMP, IMG, IDCF and PC. The risk of transferring a crisis resulting from war between the areas mentioned is the highest here. Other correlations in terms of: USA–EA, USA–LA, EA–USA, LA–USA, LA–EDA, EDA–LA remain at weak or average levels. This is influenced by geographic distance and the lack of strong economic and political ties. Originality/value – the originality of the study results from the topic undertaken. Identification of potential crisis areas and channels of crisis transmission in the current global geopolitical situation constitutes an added value.
Inferring the Heliospheric Magnetic Field Back through Maunder Minimum

Recent solar conditions include a prolonged solar minimum (2005–2009) and a solar maximum that has not fully recovered in terms of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field (HMF) strength when compared to the previous maximum values. These anomalies may indicate that we are entering an era of lower solar activity than observed at other times during the space age. We study past solar grand minima, especially the Maunder period (1645–1715) to gain further insight into grand minima. We find the timescale parameters associated with three processes attributed to the magnetic flux balance in the heliosphere using chi-square analysis. We use HMF time series reconstructed based on geomagnetic data and near-Earth spacecraft measurements (OMNI) data to find the fundamental timescales that influence heliospheric field evolution through conversion or opening of magnetic flux from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) into the ambient heliospheric field, removal or loss of the ambient heliospheric field through magnetic reconnection, and interchange reconnection between CME magnetic flux and ambient heliospheric magnetic flux. We also investigate the existence of a floor in the heliospheric magnetic flux, in the absence of CMEs, and show that a floor nT is sufficient to successfully describe the HMF evolution. The minimum value for the HMF at 1 au in the model-predicted historic record is 3.13 ± 0.35 nT. Our model results favorably reproduce paleocosmic data and near-Earth spacecraft measurements data and show how the HMF may evolve through periods of extremely low activity.
Longitudinal transport measurements in an energy recovery accelerator with triple bend achromat arcs

Longitudinal properties of electron bunches (energy spread and bunch length) and their manipulation are of importance in free electron lasers (FELs), where magnetic bunch length compression is a common feature of beam transport. Recirculating accelerators and energy recovery linac accelerators (ERLs) have been used as FEL drivers for several decades and control of longitudinal beam transport is particularly important in their magnet lattices. We report on measurements of longitudinal transport properties in an ERL-FEL, the ALICE (Accelerators and Lasers in Combined Experiments) accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory. ALICE is an energy recovery research accelerator that drives an infrared free electron laser. By measuring the time of arrival of electron bunches, the canonical longitudinal transport quantities were measured in the beam transport and bunch compression sections of the lattice. ALICE includes a four-dipole bunch compression chicane providing fixed longitudinal transport, and triple bend achromat arcs including sextupole magnets where the first and second order longitudinal transport can be adjusted. The longitudinal transport properties in these lattice sections were measured and compared with the theoretical model of the lattice. A reasonable level of agreement has been found. The effect of sextupoles in second order, as well as first order, longitudinal correction is considered, with the measurements indicating the level of alignment of the beam to the center of the sextupole.
Curriculum integration of physical sciences, engineering science, technology subjects in relation to the technical sciences curriculum

The aim with this study was to analyse and explore how physical sciences, engineering science and technology subjects (technical electrical technology, technical civil technology, technical mechanical technology) can contribute to the alignment of the technical sciences curriculum. We used document analysis to collect data. An analysis of the curriculum and assessment policy statements (CAPS) for technical sciences, physical sciences, electrical technology, civil technology, mechanical technology, and textbooks for engineering science was done. The findings of the study suggest that the technical science curriculum is a replica of the physical science curriculum. We recommend that the technical sciences curriculum be reviewed such that relevant scientific concepts can be used to bridge the gaps identified in the curriculum. The implications are that a new, aligned technical sciences curriculum that is relevant for technology subjects must be developed.
Persuaded into Action: Investigating the Most Effective Way to Raise Awareness of Homeless Pets Protection Among Shanghai High School Students

According to the White Paper on China’s Pet Industry 2021, the population of raising cats and dogs in China has reached 68.44 million. However, many acquire these pets without giving it much thought, only to later realize that caring for a pet requires significant effort, time, money, and patience. As a result, pet abandonment has become a serious issue. The World Health Organization predicts that around the world, there are about 200 million stray dogs, with China accounting for 40 million or one-fifth of the total. Rapid modernization and urbanization have turned Shanghai into a hub of homeless pets. To address this issue, this paper focuses on changing the attitudes of Shanghai high school students toward animal protection. The study focuses on this particular group since their attitudes represent the future generation, yet there is a lack of research on this topic. The paper aims to fill this gap by exploring the most effective way to raise awareness among Shanghai high school students about the issue of homeless animal protection. To this end, the researcher has devised three types of persuasion methods in a lab setting to compare and contrast the results among Shanghai high school students.
Study of Behavior of Voltage and Current Spectra of Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Converter at Selected Harmonic Elimination Programmed Pulse Pattern Pulse-Width Modulation

The issue of converted voltage distortion by high-power converters at pulse-width modulation (PWM) with a low switching frequency of semiconductor modules is still relevant. Currently, the Programmed Pulse Pattern PWM (PPWM) technique is used extensively that allows pre-eliminating the selected harmonics from the converter’s voltage and current spectrum or reducing them to meet the voltage quality standard requirements. A review of scientific publications has shown the insufficiency of available studies on defining and estimating the impact of powerful converters with PPWM. The problem of defining the amplitudes of higher harmonics generated by a converter with PPWM, which are the main cause of electronic equipment failures at the common grid connection point, is particularly relevant. This study considers the behavior of the NPC converter voltage and current spectra at PPWM with the selected harmonic elimination (SHE) for three-level (3L) voltage waveforms. The behavior of up to the 50th non-eliminated harmonics in the NPC converter voltage and current spectra is first shown for a modulation factor changing within 0–1.15 at the pitch of 0.01 for six different SHE PPWM: no. 1–5 and 7; no. 2–5, 7, 11, and 13; no. 3–5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and 19; no. 4–5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, and 25; no. 5–5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25; 29, and 31; no. 6–5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, and 37. The concept proposed herein allows measuring the current consumed amplitudes of NPC converter with SHE PPWM at the low average error of about 6%. The adequacy of the approach used herein to determine the current harmonic amplitudes has been experimentally verified with laboratory equipment. The results are consistent with engineering accuracy. The research work is promising for further study and estimation of the impact of the NPC converter SHE PPWM for more complex multi-pulse grid connection circuits and resonance phenomena.
Micro‐macro concurrent topology optimization for nonlinear solids with a decoupling multiscale analysis

The present study proposes a method of micro‐macro concurrent topology optimization for a two‐phase nonlinear solid to minimize the end compliance of its macrostructure undergoing large deformation. To reduce the computational costs to solve a 2‐scale boundary value problem under geometrically nonlinear setting, we use the so‐called method of decoupling multiscale structural analysis, in which the microscopic and macroscopic boundary value problems are decoupled in the homogenization process. An isotropic hyperelasticity model is used for the constitutive model for microstructures, while an orthotropic one is assumed to represent the macroscopic material behavior. Owing to this decoupling framework, the micro‐macro concurrent optimization problem can be split into 2 individual problems at the microscale and macroscale for the sake of algorithmic simplicity. Also, a 2‐scale adjoint sensitivity analysis can be performed within the framework of computational homogenization. It is verified from a series numerical examples that the proposed method is capable of computing the optimal structures at both microscale and macroscale, according to the level of applied load.
A Simplied Private Stable Matching Algorithm

Stable matching algorithms are best known for their use in assigning graduating medical students to their rst hospital appointments. They are also widely used in the matching of groups of men and women, employers and companies. At CT-RSA 2007, Matthew Franklin, Mark Gondree, and Payman Mohassel presented an improved protocol of Golle's private stable matching algorithm for the privacy preserving computation of Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm. In this paper, we prove that when the number of matching authorities (MAs) is more than two, the number of rounds of computation required for stable matching can be reduced to half, which is nearly the same number of rounds needed for the Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm.
Effect of Bisphenol-A Exposure on Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes in Channa punctatus and Alleviation with Vitamin C

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a high volume industrial chemical that is widely employed in themanufacture of polycarbonate plastics, epoxy resins, flame retardants and other industrialproducts. The release of BPA into the environment far exceeds its removal from the differentenvironmental matrices. Alarming levels of BPA have been reported in air, water, soil andbiological fluids like serum, urine and even amniotic fluid. As waterbodies serve as the ultimatesink for toxicants, the effect of BPA on aquatic fauna needs to be investigated. BPA and othersimilar xenobiotics are known to induce oxidative stress by disturbing the redox balance of thebody. In this study we looked into the activity of antioxidant enzymes of the liver in Channapunctatus following BPA exposure. As vitamins are also known to reduce oxidative stress, theeffect of co-exposure of vitamin C and BPA was also studied. We observed significant changesin the activity of antioxidant enzymes as a result of BPA exposure and alleviation of theseeffects due to vitamin C.
Numerical Simulations of Mass Transfer in Close and Contact Binaries Using Bipolytropes

xi Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Chapter 2: V1309 Scorpii as a Merger Event of a Contact Binary . 6 2.1 The Luminous Red Nova V1309 Scorpii . 6 2.1. 1 V1309 Scorpii . 6 2.1. 2 The Progenitor . 7 2.2 Contact Binary Systems . 10 2.2.1 Observed Properties . 10 2.2.2 Structure and Evolutionary Status . 14 Chapter 3: Theoretical Background for Bipolytropes and Mass Transfer . 20 3.1 Polytropes . 20 3.2 Bipolytropes . 23 3.3 Mass Transfer in Binaries . 25 Chapter 4: Self Consistent Field Method . 29 4.1 Rapidly Rotating Bipolytropes . 29 4.2 Numerical Tests of Rotating Bipolytropes . 33 4.2.1 Polytropes, Maclaurin and Dyson-Wong Sequences . 34 4.2.2 Spherically Symmetric Bipolytropes . 34 4.3 Applications of Rotating Bipolytropes . 37 4.3.1 Schönberg-Chandrasekhar Limit . 37 4.3.2 Radii of gyration . 40 4.3.3 Interior of Jupiter . 44 4.4 Bipolytropic Binaries . 47 Chapter 5: Hydrodynamic Evolution . 49 5.1 The Flow-ER Code . 49 5.2 The AMR Code Octotiger . 51 5.3 Test Simulations with Flow-ER and Motivation for using AMR . 52 Chapter 6: Mass Transfer Simulations of Bipolytropic Binaries . 60 6.1 The Initial Model . 60
Parental participation and parents’ support: effects on mathematics achievement, 2018 national assessment of learning, Mexico

The relationship between family involvement in students’ academic activities, their learning, and academic achievement has been widely studied. Two different types of family involvement are recognized: parental participation, which is linked to activities implemented by the school, and parental support, which occurs at home and has to do with the family’s educational practice. This study analyzed the influence of parental participation in school activities, parental support at home, and family socioeconomic status on student learning in mathematics. The database of 104,973 third-year secondary education students (50.1% female and 49.9% male) from the 2018 assessment of academic achievement in mathematical thinking was considered. Path analysis was employed in structural equation modeling, where a general model of parental support was proposed to compare the learning of students from the lowest quartile and those from the highest socioeconomic level; the model presented a good fit for each group. The models used showed acceptable adjustments in some criteria; in these models, there were positive and significant associations between parental schooling and socioeconomic level and achievement in mathematics. The results obtained are consistent with the findings of other studies in which parental support, mediated by socioeconomic status, significantly influences student learning.
Influence of Socio-Organizational and Personal Resources of the Employee on the Positive Perception of Work

In a global context, socio-organizational and personal resources play a significant role in shaping people's perception of work. The aim of the study is to investigate the role of socio-organizational and personal resources and their impact on the positive perception of work social environment. In the article authors empirically examine the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between social organizational resources and organizational commitment and job satisfaction, as well as the effect of personal resources on engagement through the expansion of social resources. The research results demonstrate that resources influence organizational commitment and job satisfaction both directly and indirectly. Moreover, the effect mediated by work engagement is stronger than the direct effect. Understanding and promoting these resources can be beneficial for both employees and organizations worldwide. Received: 9 May 2023 / Accepted: 13 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023