Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reproducibility of Individual Eﬀect Sizes in Meta-Analyses in Psychology

Supplement A contains additional preregistered results that were not included in the main article. Our preregistration can be found at https://osf.io/v2m9j. Our main repository can be found at https://osf.io/7nsmd/. At the end of this document, a table is displayed with all meta-analyses, the number of primary study effect sizes each meta-analysis contained, the number of primary study effect sizes we sampled, and the reporting results displayed in this supplement summarized.
Management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma in patients with poor prognosis

: An improved understanding of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) biology has translated into major advances in the treatment of patients with metastatic RCC in recent years. Clinical and pathologic criteria can be used to identify RCC patients with poor prognoses. Such patients, however, are often excluded from the cancer clinical trials that guide treatment recommenda-tions. This article reviews available information on the management of patients with metastatic RCC and poor risk features, focusing on the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors. While patients with poor risk features have a more guarded outcome, treatment with temsirolimus has produced meaningful improvements in overall survival for this population. Definitive phase III trial data are lacking for the VEGF pathway inhibitors in patients with poor prognostic features. However, available data suggest that such patients tolerate VEGF pathway blockade reasonably well and are likely to achieve some benefit relative to treatment with interferon. Ongoing translational research efforts may help to define novel treatment approaches specific for patients with metastatic RCC and poor prognostic features.
MEV on L2

3 MEV Inspector 6 3.1 Preliminary Knowledge . 7 3.1. 1 Ethereum Clients . 7 3.1. 2 Transaction traces . 7 3.2 mev-inspect . 8 3.2. 1 Running mev-inspect-py on Optimism . 9 3.3 Running Nodes . 9
Bundling Among Rivals: A Case of Pharmaceutical Cocktails

We empirically analyze the welfare effects of cross-firm bundling in the pharmaceutical industry. Physicians often treat patients with "cocktail" regimens that combine two or more drugs. Firms cannot price discriminate because each drug is produced by a different firm and a physician creates the bundle in her office from the component drugs. We show that a less competitive equilibrium arises with cocktail products because firms can internalize partially the externality their pricing decisions impose on competitors. The incremental profits from creating a bundle are sometimes as large as the incremental profits from a merger of the same two firms.
Archival Analysis of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems : The Current State and Future Directions Research-in-Progress Introduction

In 2000, scholars Estevez and Pastor completed an archival analysis of Enterprise Systems (ES) research, published in Communications of the Association for Information Systems. The objective of the authors was to establish “an annotated bibliography of the ERP publications published in the main Information Systems conferences and journals and to review the state of art in this area” (Esteves and Pastor 2001, p1). In the study, the authors categorized journal articles according to the lifecycle phases of ERP system and further studied the articles within granular topics of interest. Six years later in 2006, using the same classification system and analytical approach, Estevez and Bohorquez produced an updated annotated bibliography (Esteves and Bohorquez 2007), focusing on the period 2001-2005. For this, the scholars eliminated incongruities in the first paper and added a “significant number of new publications in all the categories” (Esteves and Bohorquez 2007, p1). Building on Estevez and Pastor and in the spirit of building cumulative knowledge on ES, we build an archival analysis of ES studies from 2006-2012 to comment on the current state of ES studies and to direct future research on this important phenomena.
Past Precipitation Rates Derived From Ice Core Measurements: Methods and Data Analysis (Paper 4R0286)

Ice cores in which annual layers can be identified, or particular horizons dated, provide a record of past precipitation rates if measured layer thicknesses can be corrected for thinning by flow since deposition. Total strain is usually calculated from steady state flow models because of lack of information about the ice cap's history. An assumption of uniform vertical strain rate is valid, at best, in the upper half of the ice column. Complex models are needed to take account of uneven bedrock and variations in precipitation rate upstream of the borehole. Drilling at an ice divide avoids these complications. New data analyses suggest that precipitation at Camp Century has fluctuated by only plus or minus 10% for the past 8500 years, whereas at Devon Island, on the opposite side of Baffin Bay, precipitation has been uniform only for the past 1300 years, with significantly higher values before that. Estimation of pre-Holocene precipitation rates is especially difficult because that ice may have an effective viscosity different from Holocene ice. Three published estimates of pre-Holocene precipitation at Camp Century are unreliable; the authors did not allow for thinning, and their time scales differ appreciably. Data from three Antarctic stations show some inconsistencies. Measuring concentrations of 10Be in ice cores may be an alternative method of determining past precipitation rates.
Sport and Body Politics in Japan

Introduction: Researching Sport and the Political Economy of the Body in Japan Part One: Configurations of Modernity: Sport, the Body and the Nation 1. Modern Bodies, Capital Cities: The Institutionalization of Sport in Late Nation States 2. Creating Space: Urbanity and Modernity in the Japanese Sport Landscape 3. Sport, Body Control and National Discipline in Prewar and Wartime Japan Part Two: New Roles, New Faces: Sport in the Service of Various Masters 4. Sport and Gender in the Japanese Classroom 5. How to Sell a Public Good: The Current State of Sport Supply in Japan 6. Sport and Challenges of the Aged Society in Japan 7. Health, Lifestyle Risks and the Japanese Obesity Crisis 8. The World Cup Comes to Town: Critical Investigation of the Political Economy of Sport Mega-Events Part Three: Global Dimensions: Sport and Geo-Politics of the Body 9. The Global Game in the Service of Japan's Foreign Diplomacy 10. Sport, Spectacles and Subalternity: Positioning East Asia in World Sports 11. Japan, Asia and the New International Division of Sport Apparel Labour. Epilogue: Japanese Sport and Global Body Culture.
GROUP24: SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION USING DEEP LEARNING

Sign language is a useful tool for people with listening and speaking difﬁculties. In this paper, we used deep learning methods for sign language recognition to obtain comparable results with limited training data. We build three models to perform the task, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), VGG16, and Resnet50. We also investigate ways to improve the model performance like data augmentation, batch normalization, merge datasets, etc. Overall, ResNet-50 has the worst performance whereas the CNN model performs the best with 99 . 65% accuracy on ASL dataset. The VGG-16 learning also shows some success on the classiﬁcation task via transfer learning.
Etude multi-échelles d'un sol argileux plastique traité à la chaux

Cette etude multi-echelles decrit et analyse la validite et la portee de l'utilisation de la chaux pour traiter un sol argileux plastique (la FoCa). Elle identifie egalement la nature de la reaction physico-chimique chaux-argile. Les resultats obtenus au niveau macroscopique ont demontre l'efficacite de la chaux en reduisant fortement le gonflement de ce sol en pression et en amplitude et en ameliorant les proprietes geotechniques de la Foca. L'efficacite du traitement est excellente (atteignant parfois plus de 90%) en presence d'un pourcentage optimal de chaux de 4%. La reaction chaux-argile commence a la peripherie des particules argileuses ou elle predomine. Cette attaque basique sur l'argile produit, a l'echelle microscopique, l'apparition d'un hydrate de calcium, silicium et aluminium (CSAH). Cette reaction induit des modifications mineralogiques, texturales et structurales importante observees grâce a de nombreuses techniques complementaires (DRX, porosite au mercure, ATG, MEB et MET).
COMPUTING URBAN MOBILE LANDSCAPES THROUGH MONITORING POPULATION DENSITY BASED ON CELL-PHONE CHATTING

This study conducts trafﬁ c data of mobile-phone antennas, recorded by a telecommunications company, to develop a real-time monitoring technique of population density in an urban area, given that the intensity of activity in a cell (a covered area around an antenna) is directly proportional to the presence of cell-phone users. An application of this technique to the metropolitan area of Milan (Italy) is presented. Results are illustrated in the form of patch dynamics through a sequence of maps showing how people use urban space in time (e.g. monitoring 24 hours of a working day; comparing working days with Saturday and Sunday; observing special events such as a soccer match at the stadium). In other words, the method presented allows for the visualization of social dynamics in a built-up environment and may provide a spatial zoning based on time use of urban functions. This relates to a human ecosystem framework that provides a theoretical approach to investigate how urban structures affect the distribution of organisms (people), integrating spatial and temporal aspects. Once tested, potential practical applications of this technique were discussed to improve the efﬁ ciency of urban systems management and planning through the monitoring of their dynamics.
Mercati, infrastrutture, sistemi di pagamento

European payment system infrastructures such as T2, T2 Securities and TIPS rely on advanced cryptographic systems for a significant part of their security. In the near future, advances in quantum technologies and algorithms could make today’s security systems vulnerable. Quantum technologies, however, can also be used to devise cryptographic schemes that are able to achieve unconditional security and are therefore resistant to attacks by adversaries with unlimited processing capabilities. Random number sequence generation and protocols for the secure exchange of cryptographic keys between two parties are the pillars of any cryptographic system. In this paper, which takes European payment systems as a point of reference, we analyze some of the solutions currently available for quantum random number generation (QRNG) and quantum key distribution (QKD) infrastructures. Making payment systems quantum-safe also requires the development of applications so as to make it quick and easy to replace potentially compromised cryptographic algorithms.
Analysis, Control and Experimental Verification of a Single-Phase Capacitive-Coupling Grid-Connected Inverter

This study proposes a capacitive-coupling grid-connected inverter (CGCI), which consists of a full-bridge single-phase inverter coupled to a power grid via one capacitor in series with an inductor. The fundamental-frequency impedance of the coupling branch is capacitive. In contrast with the conventional inductive-coupling grid-connected inverter (IGCI), this structure provides an alternative interface for use between a low-voltage DC microgrid and an AC grid. A comparison between the CGCI and the IGCI is performed. It is concluded that the CGCI is able to transfer active power and provide lagging reactive power at an operational voltage much lower than that of the IGCI. This reduces the system's initial cost and operational losses, as well as the energy stored in the DC-link capacitor. The CGCI has been analysed and a DC voltage selection method is proposed. Using this method, the DC-link voltage of the CGCI remains at approximately of 50% of the peak grid voltage. In addition, a P-unit current controller is proposed for use with the CGCI, as a proportional–integral controller is not suitable. Finally, simulation and experiments show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Panomics reveals patient-individuality as the major driver for colorectal cancer progression

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent cancers, with over one million new cases. The prognosis of CRC considerably depends on the disease stage and metastatic status. As precision oncology for patients with CRC continues to improve, this study aims to integrate genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses to identify significant expression differences during colorectal progression using a unique set of paired patient samples concerning tumor heterogeneity. We analyzed fresh-frozen tissue samples of matched healthy colon mucosa, colorectal carcinoma, and liver metastasis from same patients prepared under strict cryogenic conditions. While somatic mutations of known cancer-related genes were analyzed using Illumina's TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel, the transcriptome was assessed comprehensively using Clariom D microarrays. The global proteome was evaluated by liquid chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and validated by two-dimensional difference in-gel electrophoresis. Subsequent unsupervised principal component clustering, statistical comparisons, and gene set enrichment analyses were calculated using differential expression results. While panomics revealed low RNA and protein expression of CA1, CLCA1, MATN2, AHCYL2, and FCGBP in malignant tissues compared to healthy colon mucosa, no differentially expressed RNA or protein targets were detected between tumor and metastatic tissues. Subsequent intra-patient comparisons revealed highly specific expression differences (e.g., SRSF3, OLFM4, and CEACAM5) associated with a patient-individual transcriptome and proteome. In conclusion, the results highlight the importance of inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity alongside the individual, patient-paired evaluation for clinical studies. Next to changes among groups reflecting colorectal cancer progression, we identified significant expression differences between patient-individual normal colon mucosa, primary tumor, and liver metastasis, which could speed up the implementation of precision oncology in the future.
Antecedents of Electric Vehicle Purchase Intention from the Consumer’s Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review

The growing demand for conventional internal combustion engine vehicles can aggravate the current energy and environmental crisis by presenting a higher dependence on fossil fuels and a higher level of greenhouse gases. The transition to electric mobility is a sustainable solution to mitigate the negative impact on the environment and energy security. In recent years, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have grown steadily; however, their worldwide market share is still less than 10%. The present study aims to improve and strengthen the knowledge base on consumer behavior toward EV purchases by investigating the antecedents of EV purchase intention, as well as their impact. This paper is based on a systematic literature review where 63 articles published between 1994 and 2021 were analyzed. The antecedents were classified into three main categories: consumer characteristics, EV characteristics, and EV-related policies. A summary model represents the impact information of each of the main antecedents. The descriptive results of the sample are also discussed. Finally, this study indicates directions for future research and recommendations for developing the most effective strategies and policies that will accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future.
Delft University of Technology Development of a Python tool based on model predictive control for an optimal management of the Calais canal

Model predictive control (MPC) has been widely employed to control a large variety of water systems, such as dams, irrigation canals, inland waterways, drinking water networks and wastewater treatment plants. Its predictive capabilities and the possibility to incorporate constraints make MPC well suited to address several, and sometimes opposite, management objectives linked to water systems. The design of MPC for water systems is usually performed via dedicated software (e.g., Matlab) and tested in simulation using dedicated hydraulic software. However, the implementation of MPC strategies in real systems requires additional development to allow for its embedding within the information systems that are used by system managers. A possible solution is to create a tool based on Python that can be easily integrated with the information systems of managers, and within which existing Matlab solutions can be incorporated. In this paper, the development a ready-to-use Python tool using a hierarchical MPC approach designed for the management of the Calais Canal is presented.
Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Stationary-Reference-Frame Droop-Controlled Parallel Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters

Power-electronics-based microgrids (MGs) consist of a number of voltage source inverters (VSIs) operating in parallel. In this paper, the modeling, control design, and stability analysis of parallel-connected three-phase VSIs are derived. The proposed voltage and current inner control loops and the mathematical models of the VSIs are based on the stationary reference frame. A hierarchical control scheme for the paralleled VSI system is developed comprising two levels. The primary control includes the droop method and the virtual impedance loops, in order to share active and reactive powers. The secondary control restores the frequency and amplitude deviations produced by the primary control. Also, a synchronization algorithm is presented in order to connect the MG to the grid. Experimental results are provided to validate the performance and robustness of the parallel VSI system control architecture.
Modular Verification of Safe Memory Reclamation in Concurrent Separation Logic

Formal verification is an effective method to address the challenge of designing correct and efficient concurrent data structures. But verification efforts often ignore memory reclamation, which involves nontrivial synchronization between concurrent accesses and reclamation. When incorrectly implemented, it may lead to critical safety errors such as use-after-free and the ABA problem. Semi-automatic safe memory reclamation schemes such as hazard pointers and RCU encapsulate the complexity of manual memory management in modular interfaces. However, this modularity has not been carried over to formal verification. We propose modular specifications of hazard pointers and RCU, and formally verify realistic implementations of them in concurrent separation logic. Specifically, we design abstract predicates for hazard pointers that capture the meaning of validating the protection of nodes, and those for RCU that support optimistic traversal to possibly retired nodes. We demonstrate that the specifications indeed facilitate modular verification in three criteria: compositional verification, general applicability, and easy integration. In doing so, we present the first formal verification of Harris’s list, the Harris-Michael list, the Chase-Lev deque, and RDCSS with reclamation. We report the Coq mechanization of all our results in the Iris separation logic framework.
MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES FROM OYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Okoh, H.I. , Akinsulire, O. , Omonijo, A.O. , . Adeyemo, A. , Iyeh, C. , Mogaji, H.O. , Olorunniyi, O.F. , Awe, O.B. ,Ayeni, A. , Arilekolase, O. , Adeogun, A. , . Arowolo, T and Awolola, S. Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Federal University, Oye – Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria 3 Ekiti State Ministry of Health, Ado – Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria 4 LEEDS University, Oyo State, Nigeria 5 World Health Organisation, Nigeria Molecular Entomology Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria
Context in information behavior research

Studies of information needs, seeking, and use (INSU) make up approximately eight percent of research literature in library and information science (LIS) (Julien & Duggan, 2000). Over the past 20 years or so, this subfield of LIS has acknowledged a shift in focus from the study of people interacting directly with information systems to the study of the people themselves and how they seek and use information independently of specific sources and systems (Pettigrew, Fidel, & Bruce, 20011. The “user-centered paradigm” not only emphasizes the understanding of information practices from the human standpoint but also views these practices as a process that takes place within specified situations and contexts (Vakkari, Savolainen, & Dervin, 1997; Wilson & Allen, 1999). However, conceptualizing context for the study of information needs, seeking, and use remains problematic for INSU researchers. What elements constitute a context? How are contexts understood by their participants? How and why do they change? How should information needs, seeking, and use be studied from a user-centered standpoint and in context? Although there is general agreement that context constitutes a frame of reference for information behavior (Vakkari et al., 1997)) there is little agreement within the INSU literature as to how such a frame is established by or for the actor group1 in question or how it operates with regard to information practices. In spite of a growing emphasis on the problem of context, most INSU literature fails to address it theoretically (Dervin, 1997; Johnson, 2003; Lueg, 2002). The purpose of this review is to contribute to research on information seeking in context by examining and comparing existing models of context in this field and analyzing how context has been conceptualized in current INSU empirical research. This chapter expands and further develops previous ARIST reviews of INSU literature: in particular, chapters by Allen (19691, Dervin and Nilan (1986), Hewins (19901, Pettigrew et al. (20011, Solomon (20021, and Lievrouw and Farb (2003),
Classifying agricultural land in an urban landscape with application to waterfowl conservation

This project evaluates technical considerations and human resources required to remotely sense agricultural lands and demonstrates how the results can be used for waterfowl conservation. Using a hierarchical decision tree classifier and 3 agricultural classification schemes on Landsat 7 ETM data, the accuracy was calculated for several image transformation techniques. For an 8 class agricultural scheme, the Tasseled Cap transform had a higher overall accuracy (75.1 % + 1.6) than the normalized difference vegetation index (60.6 + 1.8), second modified soil adjusted vegetation index (60.6 + 1.8), or arctangent to the simple ratio (59.4% + 1.8), and had comparable accuracy to the dataset using 84 data layers (77.6% k 1.5). The decision tree classifier replaced the requirement of raster based classification software and reduced the financial cost by 25%. A classified agricultural map was combined with a species habitat model for American wigeon to set conservation goals for agricultural lands.
Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments: A Practical Guide

PART ONE: PLANNING AND MANAGING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT A Three-Phase Model of Needs Assessment Phase 1 - Preassessment Phase 2 - Assessment Phase 3 - Postassessment PART TWO: METHODS FOR CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT Records and Social Indicators Surveys, Interviews, and the Critical Incident Technique Basic Group Processes Specialized Survey and Group Techniques for Data Gathering and Analysis Future-Oriented Needs Assessment Procedures Causal Analysis