Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Intelligent Fuzzy Controller and Fuzzy Rule Suram Algorithms in the Drying Process

: Both the Intelligent Fuzzy Controller and Suram Fuzzy Rule are using a look-up table such as defuzzification analysis, which is based on weather variables, namely ambient temperature and ambient humidity for a drying process. State variable membership functions are expressed in terms of error values and error changes with typical triangular maps and trapezoidal maps. An Intelligent fuzzy controller is a hybrid controller which consists of an optimal fuzzy controller, fuzzy controller, and adaptive fuzzy controller. Membership function design is used to build the algorithm process. The algorithm process was developed based on the input-output knowledge pair for the drying process. The membership function must be stable and flexible with respect to weather and performance derived from the acquisition process, time constants, and system delays. The developed control system involves temperature control in different zones and ambient humidity. The system model was developed using a system identification scheme based on online input/output data and knowledge gathered through extensive testing. The knowledge base of fuzzy tuners is derived from drying schedules for certain wood specimens. The intelligent fuzzy control algorithm is used for scheduling the controller on various drying schedules. The results show that the proposed approach to overall control has great potential for performance improvement when applied to other industrial kilns. An intelligent fuzzy controller is also implemented, and its performance is compared with conventional controllers, it is more smooth, robust and controllable. On the other hand, the Suram fuzzy rule is an algorithm developed to control a drying system using diesel as an energy source by modifying the value of the fuzzy membership function [0.5,1]; and has been developed taking into account the wind speed in the drying process. The comparison results show that the Fuzzy Rule Suram is more efficient than the Intelligent Fuzzy Controller in terms of the use of electrical energy, by maximizing the use of solar energy.
The Global Resurgence of Monkeypox: A Review

Background: The World Health Organization led a program to eliminate smallpox, which was validated 40 years ago. According to estimates, most nations have stopped vaccinating their citizens against the disease on a regular basis. Cross immunity has been affected as a result, and a sizable section of the world's population no longer possesses protection to orthopox viruses that are directly connected to one another, such monkeypox and smallpox. These data raise the possibility that emerging or re-emerging human would fill the epidemiological gap left by smallpox, along with occasional instances of human pathogens with many orthopox viral infections. Aim of this study: This review focused on the disease caused by the monkeypox virus and its significant modes of transmission, which has recently reemerged in some nations globally, as well as how to prevent the disease from spreading. Conclusion: The monkeypox virus can spread in a variety of methods, all of which need intimate contact with ill people or infected animals. Small mammals are occasionally able to carry the virus without showing any symptoms. Monkeys, hedgehogs, rodents, anteaters, prairie dogs, dogs, and squirrels are just a few of the many animal species that can contract the monkeypox virus. Viral transmission between humans is less frequent than with infected animals, however, close contact either exposure to respiratory droplet, mouth contact to mouth or to skin, or skin contact with mucosal skin lesions of an infected person are the methods of transmission. Good personal hygiene and vaccination is recommended to build immunity against monkeypox. Further research is needed to clarify the role of host as well as viral components in the pathogenesis of serious and lethal infection, as well as to gain a better understanding of their risks, genes, and natural histories. This will enable global healthcare strategists to develop effective protection plans.
Sequential robust estimation for nonparametric autoregressive models

ABSTRACT We construct a robust truncated sequential estimator for the pointwise estimation problem in nonparametric autoregression models with smooth coeﬃcients. For Gaussian models we propose an adaptive procedure based on the constructed sequential estimators. The minimax nonadaptive and adaptive convergence rates are established. It turns out that in this case these rates are the same as for regression models.
CMOS and sCMOS imaging performance comparison by digital holographic interferometry

Abstract. We use a digital holographic interferometric setup to assess, as a proof of concept, two state-of-the-art sensors (CMOS and sCMOS cameras) that are widely used in nondestructive testing (NDT). This interferometric study is intended to evaluate the image quality recorded by any camera used in NDT. The assessing relies on the quantification of the optical phase information recovered by the cameras used for this study. For this, we calculate the signal-to-noise ratio, correlation coefficient, and quality index (Q-index) as main figures-of-merit. As far as we know, the Q-index has not been used for evaluation of the optical phase coming from image holograms. The CMOS and sCMOS sensors used record the same deformation event under the same experimental conditions. The experiment involves the inspection of a large sample (>1 m2 of area) which implies low illumination conditions for the imaging sensors. The retrieved CMOS optical phase shows artifacts that are not observed in the sCMOS. An analysis of these two groups of interferometric images is presented and discussed. The methodology set forth here can be applied to evaluate other sensors such as CCDs and EM-CCDs.
Simulation-free Bayesian Analysis for Temporally Misaligned Data with Application to Ice Cores

Temporal misalignment occurs when the observations in a multivariate process are not completely aligned in time. This paper proposes a hierarchical Bayesian framework for such data. The parameters for the model include the variance for the temporal increments and correlation coefficient for the spatial structure of the process, both of which will be estimated using a fast and simulation-free approach. Additionally, we show that a fully Bayesian inference using exact posterior predictive distributions can be carried out at any arbitrary time points. The method is applied to analyze two palaeoclimate proxy records from Greenland.
Dielectric response of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3/CoFe2O4/(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 magnetoelectric sandwich films

ABSTRACT The sandwich magnetoelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3/CoFe2O4/(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 films have been fabricated on Ni–5 at. %W RABiTS tape by pulsed laser deposition. The dielectric properties of the films have been investigated. The dielectric tunability of the sandwich films increases initially and then decreases with increasing the bias field. It is suggested that the peak behavior originates from the interfacial polarization, trapping and locking mechanisms. The abnormal dielectric tunability not only has some new physical meanings, but also has potential practical applications in detectors, sensors and so on.
Effect of Genotype and Explant on Shoot Regeneration in Brassica juncea

In order to utilize biotechnological approaches for the improvement of B. juncea, a high frequency reproducible protocol for complete plantlet regeneration is required. With this aim cotyledon and plumule explants derived from 5 day old seedlings of five different cultivars of B. juncea were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l BAP and 0.2 mg/l IAA. Varuna exhibited significantly higher frequency (85%) of shoot regeneration than other genotypes, whereas RH 30 exhibited more number of shoot regeneration per explant but the frequency of shoot regeneration in this variety was poor than that of Varuna. The explants, cotyledon and plumule from Varuna produced the highest frequency (75% and 95%) of shoot regeneration, whereas both the explants from RH 30 produced highest number of shoots per explant. It is clear that different genotypes and explants have different potential for frequency of shoot regeneration as well as number of shoot regeneration per explant.
Maturation de la capside du bactériophage T5 : étude structurale et fonctionnelle de la protéine de décoration pb10

Le bacteriophage T5, qui infecte la bacterie Escherichia coli, est constitue d’une capside icosaedrique renfermant un ADN double brin et d’une queue permettant le transfert de son ADN dans le cytoplasme de la cellule hote. Au cours de la morphogenese, la capside et la queue sont assemblees separement puis connectees pour former les particules infectieuses. La capside de T5 est d'abord assemblee sous forme d'une procapside vide constituee de 775 copies d’une proteine unique qui s'organise en hexameres et pentameres pour former respectivement les faces et les sommets de l’icosaedre. Un des sommets est occupe par la proteine portale qui constitue un pore d’entree pour l’ADN. L’encapsidation du genome a travers le canal portal, assuree par un moteur moleculaire, provoque l’expansion de la procapside. La capside pleine d'ADN est ensuite decoree par la proteine pb10 qui se fixe sur sa surface externe, au centre des 120 hexameres, et elle est fermee par la proteine p144 qui constitue le point d'ancrage pour la queue.Les objectifs de ma these etaient de determiner la structure, la fonction et le mecanisme de fixation a la capside des deux proteines pb10 et p144. J’ai produit et purifie la proteine de fermeture p144 dont la structure et les caracteristiques de fixation sur la capside seront prochainement etudiees. J’ai resolu la structure de la proteine de decoration pb10 en solution par resonance magnetique nucleaire (RMN), ce qui a revele une proteine formee de deux domaines. Le domaine N-terminal structure en helices alpha se fixe a la capside, alors que le domaine C-terminal, de type immunoglobuline, est expose au solvant. La determination des constantes cinetiques d'association et de dissociation par resonance plasmonique de surface (SPR) a permis de montrer que pb10 se fixe sur la capside de T5 de maniere quasi-irreversible, avec une affinite de l’ordre du picomolaire. Des experiences de mutagenese dirigee sur le domaine de fixation de pb10 indiquent que cette forte affinite repose sur un reseau d’interactions electrostatiques et hydrophobes. J’ai demontre que pb10 participe a la stabilisation de la capside de T5 par des techniques de calorimetrie differentielle a balayage (DSC) et thermo-fluorescence (FTSA). Par ailleurs, j'ai demontre qu’il etait possible de fusionner des proteines de grande taille au domaine C-terminal de pb10 sans affecter sa haute affinite pour la capside. J’ai ainsi pu fonctionnaliser des capsides avec une proteine d’interet fusionnee a pb10. Ces resultats ouvrent la voie vers diverses applications, dont la presentation d’antigenes en vue de creer de nouveaux vaccins.
Action learning and coaching as an integrated approach for supporting women’s career progression

This paper offers a critically reflective evaluation of an online action learning initiative in one university which addressed gender inequality and support for women’s career development. The action learning group comprised four women working in academic roles, and four working in professional services roles. It was co-facilitated by the authors from a shared understanding as coaches working together as ‘third space’ practitioners; defined as those working in higher education who do not fit conventional binary descriptors/roles such as academic or professional services. Key features of the paper are: (i) the argument that holistic academic practice development applies to individuals working in professional services, technical/operational, and academic roles; and (ii) adoption of a ‘practice first’ approach. The paper illustrates action learning as a practice, and the important role of reflective supervision based on systems-psychodynamic thinking in co-facilitation of action learning as a group process. Nancy Kline’s coaching-based Thinking Environment approach was also used in both the facilitation of action learning, and as framework for critical reflection and supervision of our coaching practice. Theoretically, action learning was informed by the job demands-resources model, and concepts of job crafting and self-compassion, which enable individuals to shape their work environment by adjusting to prevailing demands and accessing resources. The paper includes outcomes of this action learning initiative, and offers new perspectives for personal, professional, and career development. However action learning and coaching alone cannot overcome organisational barriers to career progression. Nor can they address the wider and well documented damage caused by higher education policy and politics. The approach we advocate here calls for a collective process for inquiring into – and revealing – the institutional problems and practices that create barriers for women’s career progression. This allows action learning and coaching to move beyond being seen as simply an individual/group process for problem-solving and career development.
A coupled CFD-Monte Carlo method for simulating complex aerosol dynamics in turbulent flows

ABSTRACT A coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-Monte Carlo method is presented to simulate complex aerosol dynamics in turbulent flows. A Lagrangian particle method-based probability density function (PDF) transport equation is formulated to solve the population balance equation (PBE) of aerosol particles. The formulated CFD-Monte Carlo method allows investigating the interaction between turbulence and aerosol dynamics and incorporating individual aerosol dynamic kernels as well as obtaining full particle size distribution (PSD). Several typical cases of aerosol dynamic processes including turbulent coagulation, nucleation and growth are studied and compared to the sectional method with excellent agreement. Coagulation in both laminar and turbulent flows is simulated and compared to demonstrate the effect of turbulence on aerosol dynamics. The effect of jet Reynolds (Rej) number on aerosol dynamics in turbulent flows is fully investigated for each of the studied cases. The results demonstrate that Rej number has significant impact on a single aerosol dynamic process (e.g., coagulation) and the simultaneous competitive aerosol dynamic processes in turbulent flows. This newly modified CFD-Monte Carlo/PDF method renders an efficient method for simulating complex aerosol dynamics in turbulent flows and provides a better insight into the interactions between turbulence and the full PSD of aerosol particles. Copyright © 2017 American Association for Aerosol Research
Framing women’s indignation: news coverage on women’s mobilization in Mexico, 2019–2021

ABSTRACT Women’s mobilizations in Mexico have caused controversy due to violent protest strategies. Also, the government discredited them as being manipulated by the conservative opposition. This study analyzes press coverage of women's mobilizations from 2019 to 2021 in three Mexican newspapers with different ideological orientations, applying frame analysis. The findings point to the predominant frames in the three newspapers as legitimizing the mobilization. However, although the ideological orientation of a newspaper is relevant, it does not automatically define a preference for specific frames, suggesting that the novelty of a phenomenon translates into a more significant interaction between the creators and receivers of the frames.
Vertex micromagnetic energy in artificial square ice

Artificial arrays of interacting magnetic elements provide an uncharted arena in which the physics of magnetic frustration and magnetic monopoles can be observed in real space and in real time. These systems offer the formidable opportunity to investigate a wide range of collective magnetic phenomena with a lab-on-chip approach and to explore various theoretical predictions from spin models. Here, we study artificial square ice systems numerically and use micromagnetic simulations to understand how the geometrical parameters of the individual magnetic elements affect the energy levels of an isolated square vertex. More specifically, we address the question of whether the celebrated square ice model could be made relevant for artificial square ice systems. Our work reveals that tuning the geometry alone should not allow the experimental realization of the square ice model when using nanomagnets coupled through the magnetostatic interaction. However, low-aspect ratios combined with small gaps separating neighboring magnetic elements of moderated thickness might permit approaching the ideal case where the degeneracy of the ice rule states is recovered.
In search of suitable habitats for water beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) within a heavily transformed river system

The Odra is a large, regulated river, along which many groynes have been built. There are few publications examining how groynes affect the functioning of a river. We investigated the effect of these hydro-engineering structures on the water beetle fauna of a river subject to strong human pressure. The species composition, assemblages, functional and ecological groups of these beetles in groyne fields were compared with those of oxbows in the Odra valley. We demonstrated that the groyne fields were highly beneficial for water beetle development, offering highly suitable alternative habitats to oxbows which, though natural, are sensitive and endangered habitats in river valleys. The numerically dominant species in the groyne fields were rheophiles, which are typical of weakly eutrophic, well-oxygenated oxbows. Species-wise, eurytopes were the most important beetle assemblage. Macrophytes and organic matter were the factors governing the occurrence of saprophages and polyphages, which provide plentiful food resources for the predominating predators in these habitats. Either the pH, visibility, temperature, hardness and O2 both the vegetation, water depth, breadth of the littoral of the two habitat types were key to the beetles' distribution. The presence of groyne fields has rendered the species richness of the Odra's water beetles comparable with that of large, natural rivers, which amply demonstrates that not all anthropogenic transformations of habitats are inherently negative.
Multivariate numerical derivative by solving an inverse heat source problem

Abstract A method for approximating multivariate numerical derivatives is presented from multidimensional noise data in this paper. Starting from solving a direct heat conduction problem using the multidimensional noise data as an initial condition, we conclude estimations of the partial derivatives by solving an inverse heat source problem with an over-specified condition, which is the difference of the solution to the direct problem and the given noise data. Then, solvability and conditional stability of the proposed method are discussed for multivariate numerical derivatives, and a regularized optimization is adopted for overcoming instability of the inverse heat source problem. For achieving partial derivatives successfully and saving amount of computation, we reduce the multidimensional problem to a one-dimensional case, and give a corresponding algorithm with a posterior strategy for choosing regularization parameters. Finally, numerical examples show that the proposed method is feasible and stable to noise data.
Infant feeding choices among Panamanian mothers: A qualitative study

Abstract Infant and child nutrition practices are among the most critical determinants of infant health and breastfeeding is considered the gold standard of infant feeding. Despite extensive public health interventions to promote breastfeeding, its prevalence has decreased in recent years in Panama, particularly in urban settings. There has been a nearly 20% drop in breastfeeding in the 10 years leading to 2020. Current literature often fails to elucidate the factors underpinning Panamanian mothers' decision making in relation to breastfeeding. This article explores the experiences, views, and decision making related to infant feeding choices of mothers in Panama City. The study used a qualitative approach, involving online semistructured interviews with seven participants. Utilizing the socioecological model enabled an understanding of the influence of the various, nested levels of a mother's social environment on behaviors and practices. Five themes were developed following analysis: “practical, bodily, and emotional challenges”; “workplace influences”; “family and friends’ support”; “the role of health care and healthcare professionals”; “the influence of social and cultural norms on decisions and practices. ” The main barrier to breastfeeding was the lack of family support, especially from grandmothers. In contrast, private lactation consultation and partners' support were perceived as the best approaches for breastfeeding success, suggesting an urgent need for publicly available lactation support. This study demonstrates the importance of understanding the complexity of the social norms surrounding infant feeding, showing the challenges that mothers face in this process, and sheds light on the (public) interventions necessary to improve breastfeeding initiation and continuation.
9.3 APPLYING A PROCRUSTES SHAPE ANALYSIS VERIFICATION SCHEME TO NOWCAST ENSEMBLE FORECAST MEMBERS TO DETERMINE ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSED CONVECTIVE MODE

As part of a nowcast development project a new verification scheme has been developed that is designed to be more informative with regard to the nature of errors found in an object-oriented method. This methodology assesses an overall penalty function that is composed of errors due to differences in size, shape, location, intensity and orientation of precipitation objects. The concept behind this approach is to provide detailed error assessments that give forecasters indications of the nature of problems with forecasts that can inform decision making and development. The original version of the verification scheme is described in detail in Micheas et al. (2007). The Procrustes verification technique described originally in Micheas et al. (2007) was slightly modified for use with meteorological precipitation fields. The adjustments made from the original version of the Procrustes scheme are minor and reflect changes in the interpretation of errors only and not with the original methodology. The original penalty took into account only shape and intensity sum of squares errors. The new penalty function is a cell-by-cell-based function which includes shape, intensity, dilation, rotation, and translation, and attempts to bring each error component penalty to similar orders of magnitude. Once penalties for each matched set are compiled a mean squared error is assessed for all matches in a forecast domain. In the current framework if there are more cells in the forecast an additional penalty is assessed for false alarms. The first half of this paper uses some artificial geometrically shaped pseudo-reflectivity images to illustrate the operation of the new version of the verification scheme. The second portion shows the scheme as applied to an ensemble of nowcasts of a single case of severe weather in the St. Louis, MO area.