Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Management of a Modern Political Party (A Study on Recruitment Model of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in West Java)

Objective: This article will discuss the recruitment model for members/cadres and prospective candidates of general elections, either legislative or executive of PDI-P in West Java, as well as its challenges in becoming a modern political party in Indonesia. Method: This research uses a qualitative method with data collection dominantly using a literature review related to the recruitment model of modern political parties and interviews with cadres of PDI-P in West Java. The analytical tools used are the scheme of recruitment model of modern political parties by Pippa Norris (2006), the concept of modern political party management by Hofmeister & Grabow (2011), also the 10 principles of the ideal party by Bhakti & Nurhasim (2016) to explain the recruitment model of PDI-P in West Java as one of the modern parties in Indonesia. Result: The result found that the recruitment of PDI-P in West Java has used the principles of the modern political party in the process, such as opening the opportunity widely for the public to join the party, opening the chances for non-cadre to be nominated by the party as well all the procedure is based on the party Memorandum of Association/ Articles of Association (AD/ART). Conclusion: Nevertheless, there are problems that have not been accommodated by the party, such as the quota for people with disabilities, young people, and the mechanism of special quota fulfillment for women that have not been given the overall clarity.
Aerial Transportation of Cable-Suspended Loads With an Event Camera

In this letter, we investigate the integration of a Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) into an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with a cable-suspended load in order to achieve a robust and fast estimation of the cable's state during the transportation of the load. Based on the advantageous properties of event cameras, our ultimate goal is to design a computationally lightweight event processing method that persistently identifies the cable and estimates its complete state – required for any controller with feedback of the cable's state – within a much shorter time period compared to frame-based algorithms. Using a point cloud representation for the incoming event streams, the proposed method achieves the fast detection of the cable while the respective measurements are afterward fitted to a Bézier curve in order to approximate both the cable angle and angular velocity. Our method is initially validated in an indoor environment, where ground truth is available from a motion capture system, and is subsequently deployed in an outdoor one in order to evaluate its robustness against noise. Throughout the outdoor experiment, the feedback provided by the DVS is incorporated into a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) scheme which drives an octorotor towards reference setpoint positions while minimizing the cable angular motion.
Assessment of Gamma Dose Rate within Idu Industrial Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria

------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT---------------------------------------------------The gamma dose rate within Idu Industrial Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has been carried out using Atomtex 1117M Radiation Monitor. Readings were taken in twenty three different locations. Five different readings were taken at each location and the mean equivalent dose rate was used to calculate the annual equivalent dose rate. It was observed that the average dose equivalent varied from 0.106±0.001 μSv/h to 0.139±0.004 μSv/h with a mean of 0.117±0.006 μSv/h which is below the standard background radiation of 0.133 μSv/h. The study also revealed that the average annual equivalent dose rate is 0.205±0.017 mSv/y which is lower than the value of 1.0 mSv/yr averaged over five consecutive years according to the dose limit recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). This indicates that the people living and working within the area are safe and are not exposed to high doses of radiation as a result of activities in the Idu Industrial Area.
Analysis of Auxin-Encoding Gene Family in Vigna radiata and It’s Cross-Species Expression Modulating Waterlogging Tolerance in Wild Vigna umbellata

Mungbean is known to be susceptible to waterlogging (WL) stress. Some of the wild species have the potential to tolerate this through various physiological and molecular mechanisms. Auxin Response Factor (ARF) and Auxin/Indole Acetic Acid (AUX/IAA), an early responsive gene family, has multiple functions in growth, development, and stress tolerance. Here, we report the first comprehensive analysis of the ARF and AUX/IAA gene family in mungbean. A total of 26 ARF and 19 AUX/IAA genes were identified from the mungbean genome. The ARF and AUX/IAA candidates were clearly grouped into two major clades. Further, the subgrouping within the major clades indicated the presence of significant diversity. The gene structure, motif analysis, and protein characterization provided the clue for further fundamental research. Out of the10 selected candidate genes, VrARF-5, VrARF-11, VrARF-25, and VrAUX/IAA-9 were found to significantly multiple-fold gene expression in the hypocotyl region of WL-tolerant wild relatives (PRR 2008-2) provides new insight into a role in the induction of lateral root formation under WL stress. The analysis provides an insight into the structural diversity of ARF and AUX/IAA genes in mungbean. These results increase our understanding of ARF and AUX/IAA genes and therefore offer robust information for functional investigations, which can be taken up in the future and will form a foundation for improving tolerance against waterlogging stress.
Application of the Quality by Design Concept (QbD) in the Development of Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery Systems

Hydrogel-based drug delivery systems are of interest to researchers for many reasons, such as biocompatibility, high diversity, and the possibility of administration from different routes. Despite these advantages, there are challenges, such as controlling the drug release rate and their mechanical properties during the manufacturing of these systems. For this reason, there is a need for the production and development of such drug delivery systems with a scientific strategy. For this reason, the quality by design (QbD) approach is used for the development of drug delivery systems. This approach, by identifying the most effective factors in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products and controlling them, results in a product with the desired quality with the least number of errors. In this review article, an attempt is made to discuss the application and method of applying this approach in the development of hydrogel-based drug delivery systems. So that for the development and production of these systems, according to the type of drug delivery system, what target characteristics should be considered (QTPP) and what factors, such as material properties (CMA) or process parameters (CPP), should be taken into account to reach the critical quality attributes of the product (CQA).
Competing endogenous RNAs in human astrocytes: crosstalk and interacting networks in response to lipotoxicity

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are characterized by a progressive deterioration of neuronal function, leading to motor and cognitive damage in patients. Astrocytes are essential for maintaining brain homeostasis, and their functional impairment is increasingly recognized as central to the etiology of various NDs. Such impairment can be induced by toxic insults with palmitic acid (PA), a common fatty acid, that disrupts autophagy, increases reactive oxygen species, and triggers inflammation. Although the effects of PA on astrocytes have been addressed, most aspects of the dynamics of this fatty acid remain unknown. Additionally, there is still no model that satisfactorily explains how astroglia goes from being neuroprotective to neurotoxic. Current incomplete knowledge needs to be improved by the growing field of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which is proven to be related to NDs, where the complexity of the interactions among these molecules and how they control other RNA expressions need to be addressed. In the present study, we present an extensive competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network using transcriptomic data from normal human astrocyte (NHA) cells exposed to PA lipotoxic conditions and experimentally validated data on ncRNA interaction. The obtained network contains 7 lncRNA transcripts, 38 miRNAs, and 239 mRNAs that showed enrichment in ND-related processes, such as fatty acid metabolism and biosynthesis, FoxO and TGF-β signaling pathways, prion diseases, apoptosis, and immune-related pathways. In addition, the transcriptomic profile was used to propose 22 potential key controllers lncRNA/miRNA/mRNA axes in ND mechanisms. The relevance of five of these axes was corroborated by the miRNA expression data obtained in other studies. MEG3 (ENST00000398461)/hsa-let-7d-5p/ATF6B axis showed importance in Parkinson’s and late Alzheimer’s diseases, while AC092687.3/hsa-let-7e-5p/[SREBF2, FNIP1, PMAIP1] and SDCBP2-AS1 (ENST00000446423)/hsa-miR-101-3p/MAPK6 axes are probably related to Alzheimer’s disease development and pathology. The presented network and axes will help to understand the PA-induced mechanisms in astrocytes, leading to protection or injury in the CNS under lipotoxic conditions as part of the intricated cellular regulation influencing the pathology of different NDs. Furthermore, the five corroborated axes could be considered study targets for new pharmacologic treatments or as possible diagnostic molecules, contributing to improving the quality of life of millions worldwide.
Extended Abstract: Exploring the Missing Blind Zone in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf

While onshore unconventional resources capture the headlines of supporters and rejectionists, an underexplored zone of low risk potential resources, on the shelf of Gulf of Mexico should be considered as another optimum choice. The abundance of geologi- cal, geophysical, engineering and infrastructure data and facilities on the shelf can make this missing zone a high exploration potential. Historically, finding hydrocarbon started early by mapping structures via well cor-relations. In the last five decades, seismic mapping including attributes such as bright spots, direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHI), amplitude variations with offset (AVO), etc. became the tools for assessing potential prospects. However, seismic represents the re- sponse of the acoustic waves to the subsurface litho-hydrogeology and occasionally to the hydrocarbon fluid contents. At the geopressure transition zone, shale and sand veloci- ties cross over, and reflectivity becomes very weak and occasionally cannot be recog-nized on the seismic stacking velocity (prestack time migration) lines (i.e., very low fre- quency / dim spot / blind zone). However, this zone represents over 50% of the early offshore shelf discoveries from 1950s and beyond. Non-seismic method of assessing, delineating and mapping this zone is introduced in this extended abstract. The concept of integrating the regional maximum flooding sur- faces (MFS) and the top of geopressure (TOG) in a mappable fairways fashion is the foundation of this technique. The “strat-geopressure fairway” represents the spatial belt surrounding the interception’s contours where stratigraphic top (MFS) and TOG are met. Incorporating the established producing horizons (from the offset wells) to these fairways provides an essential fast track tool for pre-drilling appraisal of a play concept, lead and prospect. Moreover,
Weavable thermoelectrics: advances, controversies, and future developments

Owing to the capability of the conversion between thermal energy and electrical energy and their advantages of light weight, compactness, noise-free operation, and precision reliability, wearable thermoelectrics show great potential for diverse applications. Among them, weavable thermoelectrics, a subclass with inherent flexibility, wearability, and operability, find utility in harnessing waste heat from irregular heat sources. Given the rapid advancements in this field, a timely review is essential to consolidate the progress and challenge. Here, we provide an overview of the state of weavable thermoelectric materials and devices in wearable smart textiles, encompassing mechanisms, materials, fabrications, device structures, and applications from recent advancements, challenges, and prospects. This review can serve as a valuable reference for researchers in the field of flexible wearable thermoelectric materials and devices and their applications.
Unleashing the power of OpenStreetMap tags: a graph neural network approach for efficient LiDAR point cloud classification

When employing Graph Neural Networks (GNN) for point cloud classification, global information is passed through the iteration of hidden states of graph nodes. However, this method is often associated with high memory and time costs. To address this issue, we propose a strategy that integrates prior OpenStreetMap (OSM) tags into LiDAR point cloud classification, which enhance iteration speeds by fixing the initial hidden states of certain graph nodes. First, we perform over-segmentation of the LiDAR point cloud to obtain super points and embedded features. Then, OSM tags are affixed to the super points and incorporated into the GNN to update other super point embedded features. Our results demonstrate that coupling OSM with GNN significantly improves classification accuracy for roof, tree, and impervious surface categories.
USING RBI GRADE 81 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BLACK COTTON SOIL AND LATERITIC SOIL

Expansive soils are causing number of damages to the structures particularly light buildings and pavements compare to other natural hazards like earthquake, floods, etc. Thus, worldwide these soils are considered to be problematic soils and pose several challenges for engineers. So, as to utilize these soils in an effective way, proper treatment to the soil is required. With the same intention, an attempt is made to modify engineering properties of black cotton soils by using RBI Grade 81. Lateritic soil contains more amounts of finer particles like medium sand, fine sand, silt and clay. It could be described as a red friable clay surface in a temperature countries, it could also described as a very hard homogenous vescular massive clinker lateritic soils as a group rather than well defined materials are most commonly found in a leached soils of humid tropic which is enriched in iron and aluminium. In order to fully appreciate the usefulness of lateritic clay soil, its problem (both in field and laboratory but as per project only laboratory experiments will be done) would have to be identified and useful solutions applied, like a soil stabilization, soil stabilization can be divided into two categories namely mechanical and chemical Mechanical stabilization is the blending of different grades of soils to obtain a required grade. Chemical stabilization is the blending of the natural soil with chemical agents. Several blending agents have been used to obtain different effects. The most commonly used agents are Portland cement; asphalt binders and lime, grade 81 Atterberg’s limit, California Bearing Ratio (C.B.R.), Unconfined Compressive Strength (U.C.S.) tests has been carried out on the samples of soil and soil with stabilizers. Curing of samples is done for 0,3, days . RBI Grade 81 will be added to the soil in dry state in percentage (by weight) varying from 1% to 2% and the tests has been carried out for lateritic (red soil) and black cotton soil. Black cotton soil and lateritic soil are such that they represent a wide range of variation in their properties
Amos-SLAM: An Anti-Dynamics Two-Stage RGB-D SLAM Approach

The traditional simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems rely on the assumption of a static environment and fail to accurately estimate the system’s location when dynamic objects are present in the background. While learning-based dynamic SLAM systems have difficulties in handling unknown moving objects, geometry-based methods have limited success in addressing the residual effects of unidentified dynamic objects on location estimation. To address these issues, we propose an anti-dynamics two-stage RGB-D SLAM approach. In the first stage, we identify potential motion regions for both known and unknown dynamic objects and rapidly generate pose estimates through optical flow tracking and model generation techniques. In the second stage, dynamic features within each frame are eliminated through dynamic assessment. For unidentified dynamic objects, we propose an approach involving superpixel extraction and geometric clustering to delineate potential motion regions based on color and geometric cues within the image. We conducted extensive experiments using public datasets and real-world scenarios, which demonstrated that our method surpasses current state-of-the-art (SOTA) dynamic SLAM techniques on public datasets. Our method’s robustness was also confirmed through experiments in real scenes featuring objects moving at varying speeds.
The late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental changes along the western South-American continental slope : a reconstruction based on dinoflagellate cysts and TEX86

There is still controversy about the impact and the extent of major high-latitude climate reversals such as the northern hemisphere Younger Dryas and the southern hemisphere Antarctic Cold Reversal. Particularly, the extent to which the southern hemisphere high-latitude oceanatmosphere dynamics determine the southern South American climate, caused by shifts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and southern westerly wind (SWW) belt, is still a matter of debate. A late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using dinoflagellate cysts and organic geochemical proxies was carried out at ODP Site 1233 (41°0'S, 74°27'W) in the Southeast Pacific, and allowed a better insight into the late Quaternary climate dynamics, i.e., temperature variations, latitudinal shifts of the ACC/SWW-coupled system, changes in the supply of nutrients, etc. Additionally, studies were carried out to improve and to refine environmental proxies such as the process length variation of Operculodinium centrocarpum as a density proxy, the knowledge of ecological preferences of certain dinoflagellate cyst species and the TEXse index as a temperature proxy. These proxies subsequently allowed a more detailed reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment at Site 1233 during the last 25 kyr. Our results demonstrate that climate variability in the Southeast Pacific mid-latitudes during the last 25 kyr is closely coupled to global atmospheric and oceanographic reorganisations. Both the northern and southern hemisphere high-latitudes play a crucial role in regulating millennial-scale climate variability, while the effects of variable tropical circulations seem to superimpose on the large scale fluctuations controlled by (sub)polar dynamics.
Integrating Full-Length and Second-Generation Transcriptomics to Reveal Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the Development of Corydalis yanhusuo Tuber

Corydalis yanhusuo is a medicinal herb in China that has been widely used to treat various kinds of pain. The tuber is the main organ of C. yanhusuo used for medicinal purposes, but changes in related genes during the development of the tuber have rarely been reported. To identify the differentially expressed genes during tuber development, C. yanhusuo full-length transcriptomic sequencing was performed using single-molecule real-time technology, and tubers at three development stages were selected for comparative transcriptome analysis. A total of 90,496 full-length non-chimeric transcripts were obtained, and 19,341 transcripts were annotated in at least one public database. A total of 9221 differentially expressed genes were identified during the swelling process of C. yanhusuo tuber. A Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis revealed that differentially expressed genes associated with a “starch and sucrose metabolism pathway”, “phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway”, “isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis pathway”, “zeatin biosynthesis pathway”, and “brassinosteroid biosynthesis pathway” were predominantly enriched. In addition, the genes involved in cell wall metabolism were potentially associated with tuber swelling. These processes regulated and were involved in C. yanhusuo tuber development. The results provide a foundation for further research on tuber formation in medicinal plants.
Preprocessing techniques for recognition of ancient Kannada epigraphs

The Dravidian language Kannada is most spoken in the state of Karnataka, and because of its extensive library of epigraphs, including old manuscripts and inscriptions, it is regarded as a repository of knowledge. To make this knowledge more accessible to the people, efforts are being made to digitize the documents for optimized usage and storage using optical character recognition (OCR) but oftentimes these epigraphs are in poor conditions and the quality of the image being fed to the OCR model may not be good enough to achieve high accuracy of recognition and classification. Preprocessing techniques are used to make the dataset more reliable by improving the quality and accuracy of the model. Preprocessing methods including binarization, smoothing, edge detection, and segmentation help to increase the model's interpretability, decrease overfitting, and train it more quickly and with fewer resources. When applied to the epigraphs, these preprocessing approaches significantly increase the image quality and minimize noise, making it simpler to identify and digitize the text.
Evaluation of collared peccary translocations in the Texas Hill Country

Evaluation of Collared Peccary Translocations in the Texas Hill Country. (May 2006) Brad Alan Porter, B.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Roel R. Lopez Historically, the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) occurred throughout much of Texas including the northern portion of the Texas Hill Country. Remaining peccary populations were extirpated in much of their former range due to over harvest and habitat loss. In 2004, efforts to restore peccary populations to the Texas Hill Country began when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists translocated 29 collared peccaries into the 2,157 ha, Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area (MMWMA). I evaluated the success of peccary translocations for mixed and intact family groups by comparing survival, ranges, and dispersal of translocated, radio-tagged peccaries. In addition, I evaluated two release methods (soft versus hard) to determine differences in population demographics. I found that peccary ranges and dispersal patterns did not differ (P > 0.05) between intact and mixed groups or release method (soft versus hard). However, I did find that peccary fidelity to release sites was greater for soft releases of family groups. Individuals from the soft release group dispersed the shortest distance and stayed on MMWMA. Only 2 individuals from the hard releases stayed on MMWMA while the rest (19 individuals) dispersed 4-8 km. Future peccary translocations should emphasize the release method employed and family structure of individuals released to improve translocation effectiveness in establishing populations in target areas.