Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Group Sparse Regression-Based Learning Model for Real-Time Depth-Based Human Action Prediction

This paper addresses the problem of predicting human actions in depth videos. Due to the complex spatiotemporal structure of human actions, it is difficult to infer ongoing human actions before they are fully executed. To handle this challenging issue, we first propose two new depth-based features called pairwise relative joint orientations (PRJOs) and depth patch motion maps (DPMMs) to represent the relative movements between each pair of joints and human-object interactions, respectively. The two proposed depth-based features are suitable for recognizing and predicting human actions in real-time fashion. Then, we propose a regression-based learning approach with a group sparsity inducing regularizer to learn action predictor based on the combination of PRJOs and DPMMs for a sparse set of joints. Experimental results on benchmark datasets have demonstrated that our proposed approach significantly outperforms existing methods for real-time human action recognition and prediction from depth data.
Assessment of ERA-Interim Driven Simulation Over Italy with COSMO-CLM

This study presents the results of a dynamically downscaled high resolution (about 8 km) climate simulation over Italy, produced with COSMO-CLM model, forced by ERA-Interim reanalysis and covering the time period from 1979 to 2011. Model results have been analysed in terms of two-meter temperature and precipitations. The main aim of this work is to assess the capabilities of high-resolution simulations in reproducing the main features of the Italian climate, in order to provide a reliable tool for impact studies on local scale. Validation of results has been performed comparing model output with different observational data.
THE ROLE OF POLITICAL CONNECTIONS IN MODERATING THE RELATIONSHIP OF EARNING MANAGEMENT AND FIRM VALUES (STUDY ON STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES)

: This study examines the role of political correction in moderating the relationship between earnings management and firm value during the Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla administrations in the 2015-2019 period. Political connections are measured by the activeness of meetings attended by the Board of Commissioners (main commissioners, commissioners, and independent commissioners) who are politically connected. Earnings management uses discretionary accruals, while firm value uses the Tobins Q proxy. The study sampled 18 state-owned companies (BUMN) with five years of observation. Using warpPLS7.0, the results show that earnings management reduces firm value, and political connections positively moderate the relationship between earnings management and strong value. The data was obtained from the IDX (Indonesian Stock Exchange) website, www.idx. co.id. The complete data is the firm's financial statements for the financial year ending 31 December 2015 -2019.
Cognitive reappraisal increases neuroendocrine reactivity to acute social stress and physical pain

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Holistic Health Practice Model in Prevention and Management of Suicidal Ideation, Anxiety, and Depression in Reference to Covid-19 Condition

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected human lives to the core which resulted in suicidal ideations among many people, and various people attempting suicide. The present study aims to 1) assess suicidal ideation, depression, and anxiety among patients who reported at the clinic for psychosocial counseling for COVID-19 condition, and 2) examine the effectiveness of the Holistic Health Practice Model (HHPM) in preventing suicidal ideation. In a pretest-posttest control group design, 60 patients (above the age of 18 years) were chosen for the two groups – Experimental group (N=30; male-15, female-15) and Controlled group (n=30; male-15, female-15). Data was collected and analyzed from August 2021 to June 2022. Both the groups were initially assessed for suicidal ideation, anxiety, and depression using the Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation (MSSI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) respectively. The experimental group received the Holistic Health Practice Model (HHPM) as an intervention for 24 weeks. The mean difference was calculated using a paired t-test method. Baseline assessment indicates that both groups were similar before the therapy. Post-therapy assessment shows a significant difference between the experimental and controlled groups (t value: MSSI – 24.47 > 0.05, BAI – 12.9 > 0.05, BDI – 28.16 > 0.05). Significant differences were also found in pre and post-therapy assessment of the experimental group (t value: MSSI – 43.26 > 0.05, BAI – 19.13 > 0.05, BDI – 24.13 > 0.05). The result indicates the Holistic Health Practice Model (HHPM) to be a successful model in reducing suicidal ideation, anxiety, and depression.
New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2015)

The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native species include: the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in Capri Island, Thyrrenian Sea; the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Adriatic Sea; a juvenile basking shark Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); the deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (East Ionian Sea, Greece); and the oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus in the Adriatic Sea. The new records of alien species include: the red algae Antithamnionella elegans and Palisada maris-rubri, found for the first time in Israel and Greece respectively; the green alga Codium parvulum reported from Turkey (Aegean Sea); the first record of the alien sea urchin Diadema setosum in Greece; the nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatus reported from South-Eastern Aegean Sea (Greece); the opisthobranch Melibe viridis found in Lebanon; the new records of the blue spotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the Alicante coast (Eastern Spain); the alien fish Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus in Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (Greece); the first record of Stephanolepis diaspros from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (western Sicily); a northward expansion of the alien pufferfish Torquigener flavimaculosus along the southeastern Aegean coasts of Turkey; and data on the occurrence of the Lessepsian immigrants Alepes djedaba, Lagocephalus sceleratus and Fistularia commersonii in Zakynthos Island (SE Ionian Sea, Greece).
Macroeconomic and interest rate volatility under alternative monetary operating procedures

The financial crisis of 2007/08 led to widening spreads between risky and riskless interest rates. This suggests that on the one hand it matters what rate a central bank chooses for setting monetary policy and on the other hand that a realistic model of the evolvement over time of risk premia is crucial in policy analysis. This paper addresses both issues. We assume that the risk premia depend on default risk as proxied by the future path of the output gap and examine the volatility of macroeconomic variables and of the yield curve if monetary policy is formulated in terms of the central bank’s riskless repo rate or in terms of a risky short-term or longer-term money market rate. We find that if policy is implemented optimally under commitment, the longer-term market rate procedure yields the lowest macroeconomic volatility. Under discretion, this procedure performs least well. We also study how volatilities are affected if policymakers attempt to stabilise the yield curve and find that inflation, the output gap and the risk premia become more volatile under commitment. ∗petra.gerlach@bis.org and barbara.rudolf@snb.ch. The views expressed in this paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank for International Settlements or of the Swiss National Bank. We thank an anoynomous referee, Andreas Fischer, Stefan Gerlach, Charles Goodhart, Alfred Guender, Sébastien Kraenzlin, Pierre Monnin, Angelo Ranaldo, Enzo Rossi, Marcel Savioz, Martin Schlegel, Paul Söderlind, Mathias Zurlinden and seminar participants at the BIS, the Bundesbank, Oxford University and the SNB for useful discussions.
Working Paper No. 2012-16 New Casinos and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Canada

The local labor market eﬀects of new casinos are examined by comparing the employment and earnings growth in areas with new casinos to the growth in areas with existing casinos and without casinos, exploiting numerous casino openings across multiple locations in Canada over several time periods. The opening of a new casino directly doubles the employment and earnings of the local gambling industry within ﬁve years, while this growth does not appear to continue beyond this period. Indirect positive spillovers are limited to the related local hospitality and entertainment industries. For every job created in the gambling industry, roughly one to two additional hospitality jobs are created. Increased gambling employment does not appear to increase employment in any other local industry.
NEARSHORE CIRCULATION IN THE CONFITAL BAY Implications on marine debris transport

Summary This study attempts to expand knowledge on hydrodynamics in coastal regions and its impacts on debris transport and deposition. Hydrodynamics in the El Confital Bay (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands), a semi-enclosed basin including an urban beach in its inner part (Las Canteras Beach), with a high density of users and providing different recreational opportunities, is examined and related to marine debris collected at different locations along the beach. The whole bay constitutes a unique ecosystem with different habitats of national and international interest and the beach exhibits the particular geomorphological characteristic of being partially enclosed by a natural discontinuous rocky reef. Experimental measurements of different hydrodynamic parameters are obtained for examining the circulation in the zone and to assess the performance of a circulation numerical model used to synthetize current fields under different metocean scenarios. Information on marine debris collected on the shoreline during different beach surveys is examined and processed. Possible relationships between synthetic circulation patterns and debris occurrence and properties are explored.
Development of a telescope for medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy

The Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope (AdEPT) is being developed at GSFC as a future NASA MIDEX mission to explore the medium-energy (5–200 MeV) gamma-ray range. The enabling technology for AdEPT is the Three- Dimensional Track Imager (3-DTI), a gaseous time projection chamber. The high spatial resolution 3-D electron tracking of 3-DTI enables AdEPT to achieve high angular resolution gamma-ray imaging via pair production and triplet production (pair production on electrons) in the medium-energy range. The low density and high spatial resolution of 3-DTI allows the electron positron track directions to be measured before they are dominated by Coulomb scattering. Further, the significant reduction of Coulomb scattering allows AdEPT to be the first medium-energy gamma-ray telescope to have high gamma-ray polarization sensitivity. We review the science goals that can be addressed with a medium-energy pair telescope, how these goals drive the telescope design, and the realization of this design with AdEPT. The AdEPT telescope for a future MIDEX mission is envisioned as a 8 m3 active volume filled with argon at 2 atm. The design and performance of the 3-DTI detectors for the AdEPT telescope are described as well as the outstanding instrument challenges that need to be met for the AdEPT mission.
Potential impacts of global climate change on Tijuana River Watershed hydrology - An initial analysis

During the past year, an investigation has been initiated regarding how future climate changes may impact the hydrology of the Tijuana River Watershed – a binational watershed. The study has used gridded observed daily precipitation and temperatures and downscaled daily precipitation and temperature projections from three global climate models (GCM) to drive the VIC macroscale hydrologic model. Sensitivity analysis using VIC suggests about 2% reduction of runoff for each 1% reduction in precipitation. A 1oC increase in average temperature produces about 3% reduction of runoff. All three GCM simulations yield annual warming, with end-of-century temperature increases from approximately +1oC under a lower emission scenario in the less responsive PCM1 to +3oC in a higher emission scenario with the more responsive GFDL model. Climate projections suggest greater warming in the spring and summer months ranging between 2oC to 3oC under the higher emission scenario. Two of the three GCM simulations yield more frequent summer drying as gauged by VIC simulated soil moisture in the twenty-first century under the higher emission scenario. Summer soil moisture declines most, and most rapidly, in the later part of the twenty-first century. This initial evaluation provides perhaps the first direct estimates of the climate change impacts on the Tijuana River Watershed. However, transforming these results into a more useable projections and impacts will be a task for the future and will require collaboration and interaction between local stakeholders and the researchers.
Dubowitz syndrome: common findings and peculiar urine odor

Background: Dubowitz syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, severe microcephaly, psychomotor retardation, hyperactivity, eczema, and characteristic dysmorphic facial features. Although many cases have been reported, the cause of this disease is still unknown. We present here the case of a Lebanese girl with Dubowitz syndrome in whom an unpleasant urine odor was persistently reported since birth. Conclusion: Although Dubowitz syndrome has been largely described in the medical literature, this is the first time that a peculiar urine odor was reported. This case report adds a new and unusual feature to the numerous findings related to this rare polymorphous syndrome.
The historical ecology of fire, climate, and the decline of shortleaf pine in the Missouri Ozarks

We review studies that have shown reductions in the abundance of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) during the last century in the Ozark Highlands. These studies indicate that pine abundance is currently 15 to 53 percent of the pine abundance levels before major logging activity and fire suppression, activities dating from the mid- to late 19th century. Evidence of pine loss comes from General Land Office notes, the presence of pine remnants, and historical documentation that described pine forests. Selective removal of pine, followed by intense hardwood competition, reduced shortleaf pine abundance in the Ozarks over the past century. In addition, very short fire intervals (< 3 years) before and after logging reduced advanced pine regeneration. More recently (1940-2006), long fire intervals caused by fire suppression have contributed to a long-term decline in pine abundance. Under continuing fire suppression, vegetation dynamic models predict a decline in abundance that will stabilize in about 200 years. Additional, more recent threats to recruitment and maintenance of shortleaf pine populations may include global warming-induced insect outbreaks.
Effect of Intervention in Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills on with

Learning is a process that involves both cognitive and affective components and that requires appropriate educational strategies. The present study investigates the links between self-efficacy and anxiety in second language learning, and the effectiveness of the singing songs teaching strategy upon students’ speaking performance. In particular, we tested whether singing songs in class during English lessons affects the relationship between self-efficacy, anxiety and performance in a group of Italian high school students learning English as a second language (N = 132; age ranging 16-19 years). The data were collected through a production task in which the vocabulary extension, the number of words, and the fluency of speech were coded and calculated as a general indicator of students’ linguistic competence. In addition, students were asked about their use of singing as an educational activity during English lessons. Results of bootstrapping analyses confirmed our prediction that foreign language self-efficacy is correlated to performance, through the mediation of anxiety. Our results also showed that the use of a singing songs strategy moderates the association of low self-efficacy to anxiety and performance, thus suggesting its plausibility as a positive pedagogical tool in second language learning activities. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Simulation of Oil Spills at the Casablanca Platform (Tarragona, Spain) under Different Environmental Conditions

The main objective of this work is the modelization of an oil spill at the Casablanca Platform (Tarragona, Spain) under different environmental conditions and Simulation Models. Computerized models used for the simulation of the spill are EUROSPILL, OILMAP, GNOME and ADIOS. Simulation models mentioned above develop a series of outputs. First, the most probable trajectory of the spill according to oceanographical and meteorological conditions present during the spill and next hours and the minimum impact time on the coast, if this last arrives to happen. Then, the variation according to the time of the physical and chemical properties of the hydrocarbon mixture. Specifically, the variation of the evaporated fraction of the spilled oil according to time is studied. From the results of the evaporated fraction obtained by the simulation models, this fraction is compared with the experimental results obtained by the direct and diffused solar action adjusted, respectively, to a theoretical equation. It is justified because one of the most influent weathering phenomena which affects to a hydrocarbon spill is the evaporation of the volatile fractions, as it modifies as the mixture composition as its volume, specially just after the spill or next hours, depending on the kind of mixture, quantity and environmental conditions.
an English Past Tense Formation Task

In this article, we discuss the results of an experiment designed to test the boundaries of linguistic imitation in a group setting. While most prior work has focused on convergence in either sound structure or syntax, we investigate whether speaker’s choices in verb morphology are influenced by others. The experiment is based on the peer pressure study of Asch. Participants give responses to target stimuli in a verbal and a visual task in a group of human peers, a group of robots, or alone. These results demonstrate that morphological conformity occurs, but that it is socially constrained—it happens with human peers but not with robot peers. This supports a view of linguistic convergence as a deeply social process. The level of linguistic conformity displayed by individuals is related to their degree of conformity in nonlinguistic tasks, suggesting that there are individual propensities toward peer imitation that transcend modalities.
to Leeds Beckett Repository

Purpose: Formalised support services for prisoners that rely on peer methods of delivery show promising health and social outcomes but there is also conjecture that negative effects, both at an individual and organisational level, can occur. Design/methodology/approach: Individuals with recognised professional expertise from various sectors (including ex-prisoners) were invited to contribute to an expert symposium to share their perceptions of the positive and negative effects of peer interventions in prison. Discussions and debate were audio recorded with the consent of all delegates and verbatim transcripts were analysed using Framework Analysis. Findings: According to the participants, peer interventions in the prison setting created both positive and negative impacts. It was clear from the evidence gathered that peer interventions in prisons can impact positively on health outcomes, but these effects were perceived to be more well-defined for peer deliverers. The notion that peer deliverers can be subjected to ‘burnout’ suggests that supervisory processes for peer workers need to be considered carefully in order to avoid the intervention from being counter-productive. Organizationally, one of the salient issues was the adverse effects that peer interventions cause to the security of the prison. Originality/value: To our knowledge, this is the first time an expert symposium has been conducted to specifically examine peer interventions in prison and to consider the effects, both positive and negative, of such schemes.
Social Class and Undergraduate Degree Subject in the UK

Social Class and Undergraduate Degree Subject in the UK Although past research has found strong social class effects on the decision to undertake higher education in the UK, there is only sparse empirical work investigating social class influences on the choice of degree subject at the undergraduate level. Using Universities’ Statistical Record data for the period 1981-1991, we find no social class effect on students’ undergraduate degree subjects enrolled. Our analysis suggests that in a period pre-dating the mass expansion of higher education, the replacement of student grants with student loans and the introduction of undergraduate student tuition fees, the UK university system granted equal opportunities to students from different social classes in terms of the degree subject enrolled. JEL Classification: C25, I21
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

María Angélica Fellenberg1, Félix Carlos1, Iván Peña1, Rodrigo. A. Ibáñez1, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez2 1Departamento de Ciencias Animales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile 2Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 3, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark e-mail: evargasb@sund.ku. dk