Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Measuring self-disgust in adolescence: Adaptation and validation of a new instrument for the Portuguese adolescent population

ABSTRACT Self-disgust is a complex emotion related to feeling aversion or revulsion about internal and personal physical attributes, personality, functioning and behaviours. The aim of the present study was to adapt, validate and examine the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Self-Disgust Scale, in a sample of Portuguese adolescents (MSDS-A). Participants were 540 adolescents (n = 308females, 57%), with ages between 13 and 18 years. Data were analysed through SPSS and MPLUS was used to perform a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Self-report questionnaires were used to assess several indicators of psychopathology and self-compassion. Results from the CFA showed that a 4-factor model with a second order factor presented good fit indices. The full scale and its factors showed good internal consistency, adequate temporal stability, and good convergent, divergent and incremental validity. The MSDS-A seems a valid measure to assess self-disgust in adolescents, with important implications to clinical context and research.
Integrated Energy Management System for Microgrid based on Renewable Energy Sources

An effective energy management strategy is crucial to ensure highest system reliability, stability, operation efficiency and cost-effective operation of renewable energy sources based standalone microgrid. This paper presents an efficient energy management system for microgrid incorporated with Photovoltaic system, PMSG based wind turbine and energy storages including battery, fuel cell-Electrolyzer. Implemented hybrid modified invasive weed optimization with perturbed and observed method for PV systems to harvest maximum energy during partial shading condition. A sliding mode controller is implemented for boost converter to work as maximum power point tracker for wind turbine. Three solar plants and three wind farms are considered in this paper to establish 1 MW microgrid. Each wind farm is established with multiple wind turbines and similarly each solar plant having multiple PV modules. Each wind turbine and solar plant has their own inverter to synchronize at point of common coupling (PCC). Effective controllers are proposed to supply quality power at PCC under linear status and nonlinear status of single and three phase loads. Small size battery is considered to work under transient time and electrolyzer-fuel cell set will be working under steady state condition to reduce the cost of the system. TS-Fuzzy based controllers are designed for all the converters and implemented hardware-in-loop on a Real Time Simulator (RTS) by using OPAL RT technology/modules. The results unveiled that the RTS precisely emulate the dynamics of the microgrid with proposed controllers.
Postoperative Outcomes of Endoscopic versus Microscopic Myringoplasty in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media—A Systematic Review

Endoscopes are increasingly being used in middle ear surgery as an adjunct to or replacement for the operative microscope. The superior visualization of hidden areas and a minimally invasive transcanal approach to the pathology are some of the endoscope’s advantages. The aim of this review is to compare the surgical outcomes of a totally endoscopic transcanal approach with a conventional microscopic approach for type 1 tympanoplasty in patients with chronic otitis media (COM) in order to establish if endoscopic myringoplasty (EM) could be a better alternative to microscopic myringoplasty (MM). A literature review was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis recommendations. The selected articles were identified by searching PubMed Central, PubMed, MEDLINE and Embase databases for the relevant publications. Only studies where the same surgeon in the department performed both endoscopic and microscopic myringoplasty have been included in the review. The results suggest that with an endoscopic approach, minimally invasive myringoplasty can be achieved with a similar graft success rate and postoperative air–bone gap (ABG) improvement, a shorter operative time and less postoperative complications compared to a microscopic approach.
Toxicity of Nab-Paclitaxel Compared to Paclitaxel in a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background Nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel has been developed to avoid the toxicities associated with Cremophor-solved paclitaxel. Although many studies confirm this hypothesis, there is recent evidence showing no difference between paclitaxel and nab-paclitaxel in their efficacy and safety profile. This study further assesses the toxicity of both paclitaxel and nab-paclitaxel in adult patients with breast and pancreatic cancer in a tertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. These toxicities include neutropenia, anaemia, and effects on kidney and liver functions. Methods The study is a retrospective cohort study done at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from January 2018 to December 2021, conducted on patients diagnosed with breast or pancreatic cancer treated with paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel. Results There is a statistically significant difference between the two groups in developing anaemia, renal, and liver toxicity (P<0.05). On the other hand, there are no statistically significant differences in developing neutropenia between the two groups (P=0.084). Conclusions Nab-paclitaxel might not be better than paclitaxel in reducing the risk of neutropenia, anaemia, and liver toxicity, as predicted. Nevertheless, both medications require that the patient's renal functions be monitored during the treatment. Further studies conducted in multiple oncology centres with a larger sample are needed to evaluate the toxicity of paclitaxel and nab-paclitaxel in adult patients with breast and pancreatic cancer.
Atomic spin resonance in a rubidium beam obliquely incident to a transmission magnetic grating

We studied atomic spin resonance induced by atomic motion in a spatially periodic magnetostatic field. A rubidium atomic beam, with a velocity of about 400 m s−1, was obliquely incident to a transmission magnetic grating that produced a spatially periodic magnetic field. The magnetic grating was formed by a magnetic thin film on a polyimide substrate that had multiple slits at 150 μm intervals. The atoms experienced field oscillation, depending on their velocity and the field period when passing through the grating, and underwent magnetic resonance. Resonance spectra obtained with a perpendicular magnetization film were in clear contrast to ones obtained with an in-plane magnetization film. The former exhibited resonance peaks at odd multiples of the frequency, determined by the velocity over the period, while the latter had dips at the same frequencies.
Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoparticles: State-of-the-Art

A state-of-the-art review of biomimetic nanoparticle synthesis is presented. The technique’s origin has been traced to the studies, started over 150 years ago, on the hyperaccumulation of certain metals by different species of plants. How the initial intracellular method of nanoparticle synthesis evolved into the now widely used extracellular route has been described. The review then covers the gist of all the studies reported on the biomimetic synthesis of nanoparticles of different metals using extracts of different botanical species (plants). The synthesis mechanism is discussed, and the factors influencing the nanoparticles’ extent, shapes, and sizes are identified.
Synchronization of General Linear Multi‐Agent Systems With Measurement Noises

This paper studies the synchronization of general linear multi‐agent systems with measurement noises in mean square. It shows that the conventional consensus protocol is efficient and robust to the additive and multiplicative measurement noises in mean square. For the additive measurement noises which are independent of the relative‐states, it shows that the multi‐agent systems can achieve synchronization in practical mean square. For the multiplicative measurement noises which are dependent of the relative‐states, it shows that the multi‐agent systems can achieve synchronization in (strict) mean square. Furthermore, the new consensus protocol is better than the conventional one at some specific situations, i.e., the multi‐agent systems with additive measurement noises can also achieve synchronization in (strict) mean square. Numerical simulations are also provided and the results show highly consistent with the theoretical results.
Effect of Triangular Wake Splitter on Flow and Heat Transfer over a Circular Cylinder for Various Chord Lengths

The present work is an initiative towards improving heat transfer and reducing drag for the case of flow past cylinder by utilizing triangular wake splitter. Flow and heat transfer analysis has been carried out for three configurations-circular cylinder and cylinder with triangular and rectangular wake splitter from which it has been observed that cylinder with triangular splitter is the best configuration. Hence in the present study we have carried out flow and thermal analysis for triangular wake splitter of different chord lengths. Study has been carried out for low Reynolds number 5, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100,200. Flow and thermal analyses have been performed for the case of constant wall temperature. Fluent 6.2. 16 is used for the purpose of analysis. An incompressible SIMPLEC finite volume code employing a non-staggered grid arrangement is used. Second order upwind scheme is used for convective terms. Time discretization is implicit and a Second order Crank-Nicholson scheme is employed. Effect of wake splitter and wake splitter chord length on wake formation, vortex generation, coefficient of drag, local Nusselt number, coefficient of pressure heat transfer coefficient, overall heat transfer has been numerically studied and variations have been plotted. Validation has been carried out for average Nusselt number on single cylinder for Reynolds number 200 and coefficient of drag for Reynolds number 5 to 100 and results were found to be in good agreement with available experimental and numerical work. Heat transfer with triangular wake splitter has been found to be 17%, 53.4%, 115.7% more and drag coefficient 1.176, 7.92 and 9.01 times lower compared to bare cylinder for three different chord lengths. Performance of triangular wake splitter has been found to be similar to rectangular wake splitter. Results point towards cylinder with triangular wake splitter being more efficient than other configurations. KeywordsCFD-FLUENT, Coefficient of drag, Nusselt number, Rectangular and Triangular wake splitter. ——————————  ——————————
Design of Miniature Ring-Cusp Ion Thrusters via Analysis of Discharge EEDF and Plasma Parameter Mapping

An experimental effort was under taken to understand and improve the discharge efficiency of the Miniature Xenon Ion (MiXI) thruster. Analyses were performed on the 3 cm discharge with a 3-ring and 5-ring cusp configurations, which lead to a new axial ring cusp design that shows considerable promise. For each configuration, a Langmuir probe was used to make 2D maps of the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) and other important plasma parameters throughout the discharge chamber. For the standard ring-cusp configurations, the results show that the plasma structure is dominated by the cusp fields at the miniature scale and suggest that primary electron loss to the walls likely dominates discharge losses at this scale. The insight derived from the testing of the ring-cusp configurations led to the development of a new design approach: the Miniature Axial Ring Cusp Ion (MARCI) prototype thruster. Discharge mapping and performance testing of the MARCI discharge demonstrate favorable plasma conditions within the discharge and near the extraction plane, and that the device can potentially achieve discharge losses and mass utilization efficiencies near 245 W/A and 0.89, respectively. As such, the new MARCI design approach may allow miniature ion thrusters to achieve the performance and efficiency levels of highly efficient conventional ion thrusters.
Heterointerface design and strain tuning in epitaxial BiFeO3:CoFe2O4 nanocomposite films

The ability to control the morphology of heterointerfaces with coupled functionalities is fascinating from both fundamental and technological perspectives. Here, using BiFeO3:CoFe2O4 vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) films as a model system, we demonstrate a simple and effective method to modulate the heterointerface and its morphology in nanocomposite films with pulsed laser deposition. By tuning the deposition frequency through thickness during film growth, both vertically straight and gradient heterointerfaces have been achieved. The modulated heterointerface is strongly correlated with strain tuning and interface coupling, and thus modifies the magnetic anisotropy, coercive fields, and ferroelectric switching behavior. This study provides a viable approach for tailoring the interface strain and coupling in VAN and achieving tunable physical properties.
Mid- to Late-Holocene coastal morphological evolution, vegetation history and land-use changes of the Porto Gulf UNESCO World Heritage site and its surroundings (NW Corsica Island, Western Mediterranean)

Two coastal areas located on the North-Western side of Corsica Island have been investigated to reconstruct their Mid- to Late-Holocene landscape evolution together with the history of human occupation. Particular attention has been paid to the study of shoreline migration and vegetation history alongside land-use. Three boreholes were drilled to a maximum depth of 4.20 m and laboratory work comprised the identification of molluscs and pollen/NPPs as well as sedimentological analyses. Chronostratigraphy is based on a series of 18 radiocarbon datings and enabled to reconstruct the environments in the Fangu Estuary to the north of the World Heritage site over the last six millennia, and over the last four millennia on the Girolata coastal plain to the south. Palaeogeographic reconstruction of shoreline mobility is established for each site based on borehole chronostratigraphy analysis. In addition, two original pollen and NPPs diagrams have been established for the Girolata and Fangu sites. These reveal that anthropogenic activities began to significantly impact local vegetation cover ca. 2500 years BP at Girolata, and ca. 2000 years BP at Fangu. Of particular interest, our work records the first complete pollen sequence in Corsica for Roman times at Girolata: first, the exploitation of cereals, grapevines and the development of husbandry is observed during the Roman Republic (500 BCE–0), followed by the almost exclusive cultivation of Olea sp. during the Roman Empire (0–500 CE). Following this, and using other regional pollen studies obtained for NW Corsica, we propose a regional evolution of the complex human-environment interactions for the last six millennia. Our results reveal a peak of regional forest decline (the most intense event recorded for the Late-Holocene) from the 11th to the 16th centuries CE which can be attributed to the exploitation of wood resources during the Pisan and Genoese dominations of the island.
Use of allelopathic water extract of field crops for weed control in wheat

Two field trials were conducted at Research Area, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. In first study water extracts of sorghum, sunflower, rice and brassica were tank mixed each @ 12 L ha-1 with each other and also with reduced rates of phenoxaprop-p-ethyl (287 g ha-1) and isoproturon (333 g ha-1). Both herbicides at recommended rates (862 and 1000 g ha-1 respectively) were used as standard treatments. In second study sorghum and sunflower water extracts @ 12 and 15 l ha-1 were combined with each other in 3:2 ratio of affinity as well as recommended dose of affinity and isoproturon were used as a standard. A weedy check was also included in both experiments for comparison. Result of first study revealed that weed dry matter production by sorgaab, sunfaab and rice water extracts with one third dose of isoproturon was 92 and 93% at 40 and 70 DAS. It was superior (61 and 62% at 40 and 70 DAS) to the label dose of phenoxaprop-p-ethyl and increased grain yield by 22.79%; it was also economical, giving higher net returns and percent marginal returns whereas another economical treatment was isoproturon @ 1000 g ha-1 which gave 93% reduction in weed dry weight and 30% increase in grain yield. Results of second study revealed that weed dry matter production by sorgaab, sunfaab and 1/2 dose of affinity was 99%(100 DAS) which increased grain yield by 38.02%; it was also economical, giving higher net benefits and marginal rate of return whereas sorgaab + sunfaab @ 12 L ha-1 two sprays (40 and 60 DAS) was also an economical treatment and increased grain yield by 6.77%.
The complete mitochondrial genomes of four lagriine species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and phylogenetic relationships within Tenebrionidae

It is common to use whole mitochondrial genomes to analyze phylogenetic relationships among insects. In this study, seven mitogenomes of Tenebrionidae are newly sequenced and annotated. Among them, four species (Cerogira janthinipennis (Fairmaire, 1886), Luprops yunnanus (Fairmaire, 1887), Anaedus unidentasus Wang & Ren, 2007, and Spinolyprops cribricollis Schawaller, 2012) represent the subfamily Lagriinae. In this subfamily, the mitogenomes of the tribes Goniaderini (A. unidentasus) and Lupropini (L. yunnanus and S. cribricollis) were first reported; they were found to be 15,328–16,437 bp in length and encode 37 typical mitochondrial genes (13 PCGs, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, and a single noncoding control region). Most protein-coding genes in these mitogenomes have typical ATN start codons and TAR or an incomplete stop codon T–. In these four lagriine species, F, L2, I, and N are the most frequently used amino acids. In the 13 PCGs, the gene atp8 (Pi = 0.978) was the most diverse nucleotide, while cox1 was the most conserved gene with the lowest value (Pi = 0.211). The phylogenetic results suggest that Pimelinae, Lagriinae, Blaptinae, Stenochiinae, and Alleculinae are monophyletic, Diaperinae is paraphyletic, and Tenebrioninae appears polyphyletic. In Lagriinae, the tribe Lupropini appears paraphyletic because Spinolyprops is clustered with Anaedus in Goniaderini. These mitogenomic data provide important molecular data for the phylogeny of Tenebrionidae.
A Two-Way Coupled Model of Visco-Thermo-Acoustic Effects in Photoacoustic Trace Gas Sensors

We introduce the first two-way coupled model for the thermo-viscous damping of a 4 mechanical structure (such as quartz tuning fork) that is forced by the weak acoustic and thermal 5 waves generated when a laser source periodically interacts with a trace gas. The model is based on a 6 Helmholtz system of thermo-visco-acoustic equations in the fluid, together with a system of equations 7 for the temperature and the displacement of the structure. These two subsystems are coupled across 8 the fluid-structure interface via several conditions. With this model, the user specifies the geometry of 9 the structure and the viscous and thermal parameters of the fluid, and the model outputs an effective 10 damping parameter and a signal strength that is proportional to the concentration of the trace gas. 11 This new model is a significant improvement over existing one-way coupled models in which damping 12 effects are incorporated via a priori laboratory measurements. Analytical solutions derived for an 13 annular structure show reasonable agreement between the one-way and two-way coupled models at 14 higher ambient pressures. However, at low ambient pressure the one-way coupled model does not 15 adequately capture thermo-viscous effects. 16
Multiple-Attribute Decision Making Based on the Probabilistic Dominance Relationship with Fuzzy Algebras

In multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM) problems, ranking the alternatives is an important step for making the best decision. Intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IFNs) are a powerful tool for expressing uncertainty and vagueness in MADM problems. However, existing ranking methods for IFNs do not consider the probabilistic dominance relationship between alternatives, which can lead to inconsistent and inaccurate rankings. In this paper, we propose a new ranking method for IFNs based on the probabilistic dominance relationship and fuzzy algebras. The proposed method is able to handle incomplete and uncertain information and can generate consistent and accurate rankings.
Are Protein Shape-Encoded Lowest-Frequency Motions a Key Phenotype Selected by Evolution?

At the very deepest molecular level, the mechanisms of life depend on the operation of proteins, the so-called “workhorses” of the cell. Proteins are nanoscale machines that transform energy into useful cellular work, such as ion or nutrient transport, information processing, or energy transformation. Behind every biological task, there is a nanometer-sized molecule whose shape and intrinsic motions, binding, and sensing properties have been evolutionarily polished for billions of years. With the emergence of structural biology, the most crucial property of biomolecules was thought to be their 3D shape, but how this relates to function was unclear. During the past years, Elastic Network Models have revealed that protein shape, motion and function are deeply intertwined, so that each structure displays robustly shape-encoded functional movements that can be extraordinarily conserved across the tree of life. Here, we briefly review the growing literature exploring the interplay between sequence evolution, protein shape, intrinsic motions and function, and highlight examples from our research in which fundamental movements are conserved from bacteria to mammals or selected by cancer cells to modulate function.
Finite element analysis of magnetohydrodynamic transient free convection flow of nanofluid over a vertical cone with thermal radiation

A finite element analysis is performed to study the unsteady natural convection flow of a nanofluid past a vertical cone under the influence of applied magnetic field and thermal radiation. The governing two-dimensional momentum, energy and concentration are highly non-linear coupled partial differential equations. They are solved by finite element method based on Galerkin weighted residual approach. The investigations are conducted for the effects of various physical parameters such as magnetic parameter (M), Prandtl number (Pr), radiation parameter (Rd), Lewis number (Le), Brownian motion parameter (Nb), thermophoresis parameter (Nt), ratio of Grashof numbers and index parameter (n). The results indicate that the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are significantly dependent on the above-mentioned flow parameters.