Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Scaling the “Memory Wall” for Multi-Dimensional Seismic Processing with Algebraic Compression on Cerebras CS-2 Systems

We exploit the high memory bandwidth of AI-customized Cerebras CS-2 systems for seismic processing. By leveraging low-rank matrix approximation, we fit memory-hungry seismic applications onto memory-austere SRAM wafer-scale hardware, thus addressing a challenge arising in many wave-equation-based algorithms that rely on Multi-Dimensional Convolution (MDC) operators. Exploiting sparsity inherent in seismic data in the frequency domain, we implement embarrassingly parallel tile low-rank matrix-vector multiplications (TLR-MVM), which account for most of the elapsed time in MDC operations, to successfully solve the Multi-Dimensional Deconvolution (MDD) inverse problem. By reducing memory footprint along with arithmetic complexity, we fit a standard seismic benchmark dataset into the small local memories of Cerebras processing elements. Deploying TLR-MVM execution onto 48 CS-2 systems in support of MDD gives a sustained memory bandwidth of 92.58PB/s on 35, 784, 000 processing elements, a significant milestone that highlights the capabilities of AI-customized architectures to enable a new generation of seismic algorithms that will empower multiple technologies of our low-carbon future.
MOTIVATIONAL STAGES IN BEHAVIOR CHANGE OF OVERWEIGHT ADOLESCENTS

Objective: To evaluate the motivational stage for behavior change in overweight adolescents and to verify the relationships between variables. Method: descriptive, exploratory and correlational investigation. Forty-seven adolescents participated in an obesity consultation in Portugal. Data obtained between May and September 2018, through a questionnaire consisting of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale that evaluates motivation for change, and the Contour Drawing Rating Scale that evaluates satisfaction with body image. Results: prevalence of females n=33 (70.2%); mean age: 15.51 years. Mean body mass index of 29.05 kg/m 2 . Regarding the motivation for behavior change, the "pre-conception" dimension is the one with a higher average value (  =21.95±2.39). The older adolescents who were in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stage were the ones who were more motivated to change behaviors. Conclusion: the adolescents presented mostly dissatisfaction with self-image and low motivation for behavior change, with the pre-contemplation motivational stage being the most prevalent. Knowledge of motivational stages allows health professionals to adjust the most appropriate therapeutic intervention strategies for each adolescent.
The Redefinition of the “Bulunkuole Group” in the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for Tectonic Evolution of the Proto-Tethys

The formation ages and tectonic features of the Bulunkuole Complex (BKC) is critical for understanding the geological evolution of the western section of the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (WKOB), and they are also critical for understanding the metallogenic background of the Taxkorgan Iron Belt. In this paper, we report new geochemical and in situ zircon U–Pb isotopes data for the most southwestern iron-bearing formation of the BKC. The petrography and sedimentation ages of the BKC reveal that the main part of the BKC was emplaced in the Early to Late Cambrian period as a giant accretionary wedge formed during the Proto-Tethys Ocean south-southwestward subduction. The high-pressure metamorphic rocks located at the margin of the Kangxiwa Fault should be further disintegrated from the Cambrian BKC to form a Triassic accretionary complex. Geochemical characteristics indicate that the metasedimentary rocks of the Cambrian BKC derived predominantly from the regional contemporary intermediate to felsic source rocks, and deposited in the fore-arc basin. Provenance studies further demonstrate that the detrital materials were mainly sourced from the Gondwana-affinity terranes, Mazar Terrane as well as the volcanic and magmatic rocks produced during the Tethys subduction. The metamorphism of the Cambrian BKC occurred at ca. 200 Ma in the western section of the WKOB. Proto-Tethys Ocean did not close until 230 Ma, possibly during the Early Mesozoic (200–180 Ma).
Hard Sample Matters a Lot in Zero-Shot Quantization Supplemental Material

The hyper-parameters in our method including γ in Eq. 8, ε in Eq. 10 and λ in Eq. 12. In Figure 1, a sensitivity study of them on 3-bit ResNet-18 is performed. For γ, we choose several small values from 0 to 2 since the optimization in data generation process of ImageNet is not as easy as other smallscale datasets. We keep ε on a small magnitude so that the perturbation is not too large, and keep λ on a large magnitude so that the magnitude of two loss terms are consistent. The results show that the performance of HAST is somewhat sensitive to these hyper-parameters, but most of these results (50.12% ∼ 51.15%) are comparable with that of the model fine-tuned on real data (51.95%). Note that the worse results in Figure 1 outperforms the quantized model obtained by the state-of-the-art ZSQ method (45.51%) in a large margin. We conduct similar experiments to find out the optimal value of these hyper-parameters on other datasets.
Spectral Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM PR Data: Comparison of Look-Up Tables

The primary goal of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is to use the information about distributions of precipitation to determine the four dimensional (i.e., temporal and spatial) patterns of latent heating over the whole tropical region. The Spectral Latent Heating (SLH) algorithm has been developed to estimate latent heating profiles for the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) with a cloud- resolving model (CRM). The method uses CRM- generated heating profile look-up tables for the three rain types; convective, shallow stratiform, and anvil rain (deep stratiform with a melting level). For convective and shallow stratiform regions, the look-up table refers to the precipitation top height (PTH). For anvil region, on the other hand, the look- up table refers to the precipitation rate at the melting level instead of PTH. For global applications, it is necessary to examine the universality of the look-up table. In this paper, we compare the look-up tables produced from the numerical simulations of cloud ensembles forced with the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Response Experiment (COARE) data and the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) data. There are some notable differences between the TOGA-COARE table and the GATE table, especially for the convective heating. First, there is larger number of deepest convective profiles in the TOGA-COARE table than in the GATE table, mainly due to the differences in SST. Second, shallow convective heating is stronger in the TOGA COARE table than in the GATE table. This might be attributable to the difference in the strength of the low-level inversions. Third, altitudes of convective heating maxima are larger in the TOGA COARE table than in the GATE table. Levels of convective heating maxima are located just below the melting level, because warm-rain processes are prevalent in tropical oceanic convective systems. Differences in levels of convective heating maxima probably reflect differences in melting layer heights. We are now extending our study to simulations of other field experiments (e.g. SCSMEX and ARM) in order to examine the universality of the look-up table. The impact of look-up tables on the retrieved latent heating profiles will also be assessed.
Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data: comparisons of lookup tables from two- and three-dimensional simulations

The Spectral Latent Heating (SLH) algorithm was developed to estimate latent heating profiles for the TRMM PR. The method uses PR information (precipitation top height, precipitation rates at the surface and melting level, and rain type) to select heating profiles from lookup tables. Lookup tables for the three rain types-convective, shallow stratiform, and anvil rain (deep stratiform with a melting level)-were derived from numerical simulations of tropical cloud systems from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) utilizing a cloud-resolving model (CRM). The two-dimensional ("2D") CRM was used in the previous studies. The availability of exponentially increasing computer capabilities has resulted in three-dimensional ("3D") CRM simulations for multiday periods becoming increasing prevalent. In this study, we compare lookup tables from the 2D and 3D simulations. The lookup table from 3D simulations results in less agreement between the SLH-retrieved heating and sounding-based one for the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX). The level of SLH-estimated maximum heating is lower than that of the sounding-derived one. This is explained by the fact that the 3D lookup table produces stronger convective heating and weaker stratiform heating above the melting level that 2D counterpart. Condensate generated in and carried over from the convective region is larger in 3D than in 2D, and condensate that is produced by the stratiform region's own upward motion is smaller in 3D than 2D.
Classifying Knowledge Management Systems Based on Context Content

This paper discusses using users and the amount of context captured by a Knowledge Management System as the basis for classifying systems. The paper discusses previous classification schemes and concludes they aren’t helpful as Knowledge Management in an organization encompasses all the classification criteria in an ongoing basis. Ultimately, it is concluded that classifying the system based on the context for the captured knowledge being stored in the users’ heads or as part of the knowledge base is the appropriate method.
User-Centered Development of STOP (Successful Treatment for Paranoia): Material Development and Usability Testing for a Digital Therapeutic for Paranoia

Background Paranoia is a highly debilitating mental health condition. One novel intervention for paranoia is cognitive bias modification for paranoia (CBM-pa). CBM-pa comes from a class of interventions that focus on manipulating interpretation bias. Here, we aimed to develop and evaluate new therapy content for CBM-pa for later use in a self-administered digital therapeutic for paranoia called STOP (“Successful Treatment of Paranoia”). Objective This study aimed to (1) take a user-centered approach with input from living experts, clinicians, and academics to create and evaluate paranoia-relevant item content to be used in STOP and (2) engage with living experts and the design team from a digital health care solutions company to cocreate and pilot-test the STOP mobile app prototype. Methods We invited 18 people with living or lived experiences of paranoia to create text exemplars of personal, everyday emotionally ambiguous scenarios that could provoke paranoid thoughts. Researchers then adapted 240 suitable exemplars into corresponding intervention items in the format commonly used for CBM training and created 240 control items for the purpose of testing STOP. Each item included newly developed, visually enriching graphics content to increase the engagement and realism of the basic text scenarios. All items were then evaluated for their paranoia severity and readability by living experts (n=8) and clinicians (n=7) and for their item length by the research team. Items were evenly distributed into six 40-item sessions based on these evaluations. Finalized items were presented in the STOP mobile app, which was co-designed with a digital health care solutions company, living or lived experts, and the academic team; user acceptance was evaluated across 2 pilot tests involving living or lived experts. Results All materials reached predefined acceptable thresholds on all rating criteria: paranoia severity (intervention items: ≥1; control items: ≤1, readability: ≥3, and length of the scenarios), and there was no systematic difference between the intervention and control group materials overall or between individual sessions within each group. For item graphics, we also found no systematic differences in users’ ratings of complexity (P=.68), attractiveness (P=.15), and interest (P=.14) between intervention and control group materials. User acceptance testing of the mobile app found that it is easy to use and navigate, interactive, and helpful. Conclusions Material development for any new digital therapeutic requires an iterative and rigorous process of testing involving multiple contributing groups. Appropriate user-centered development can create user-friendly mobile health apps, which may improve face validity and have a greater chance of being engaging and acceptable to the target end users.
December 2016: Linking the Lowest Arctic Sea-Ice Extent on Record with the Lowest European Precipitation Event on Record

AFFILIATIONS: aCosta navarro, ortega, garCía-serrano, guemas, tourigny, Cruz-garCía—Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Barcelona, Spain; massonnet—Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Barcelona, Spain doblas-reyes—Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Juan C. Acosta Navarro, jacosta@bsc.es
MASDEA: Marine species database for Eastern Africa

The Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA) was started in 1996, in the framework of a collaborative project between the Regional Cooperation in Scientific Information Exchange – Western Indian Ocean (RECOSCIX-WIO) and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI). Since then, it has grown to a substantial database, with over 20,000 taxonomic and 50,000 distribution records. Since 1999, the database has been online, through the web server of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), and has attracted a reasonable amount of hits, some resulting in comments, and corrections and additions to the content. Some of the decisions taken at the design stage of the database are discussed. A preliminary analysis of the data in the database is presented. This clearly shows a marked ‘observer’ bias, and demonstrates the need to continue the efforts of collecting information.
Impact of diabetes and hypertension for the development of cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review

This study aimed to systematically evaluate the evidence respecting the association of risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease among patients with diabetes and hypertension. Articles were searched from 2015 to 2022 through PubMed, MEDLINE, and Embase. The inclusion criteria included risk factors such as Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood pressure measurement, body mass index, determining the glomerular filtration rate, and blood lipid profile in patients with hypertension and diabetes. The quality of the study was assessed by assessment Newcastle-Ottawa scale. After thorough research, only seven out of 170 articles were selected. The systolic blood pressure and glomerular filtration rate were calculated. All studies' quality was good under the NOS criteria. Generally, high HbA1c: 138mmHg, high or low GFR: >60mL/min/1.75m2), and increasing systolic blood pressure (SBP from 120–139 to ≥140mmHg) are great risk factors for CVD among the diabetes and hypertension patients. While no data on blood lipid profile and BMI was available among the selected studies. It was concluded that relatively well-controlled hypertension and diabetes might reduce the risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease.
Hydrological Response to Climate Change of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin: Based on IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)

Climate change is likely to affect the hydrology and water resources availability of upper Blue Nile River basin. Different water resource development projects are currently existed and under construction in the region. In order to understand the future impacts of climate change, we assessed the hydrological response of climate change of four catchments (Gilgel Abay, Gumer, Ribb, and Megech) of the upper Blue Nile River basin using new emission scenarios based on IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5). Five biased corrected 50 kms by 50 kms resolution GCMs (Global Circulation Model) output of RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 emission scenarios were used. The future projection period were divided in to two future horizons of 2030`s (2035-2064) and 2070`s (2071-2100). The Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrological Modelling System (HEC-HMS) was calibrated and validated for stream flow simulation. All the five GCMs projection showed that, maximum and minimum temperature increases in all months and seasons in the upper Blue Nile basin. The change in magnitude in RCP 8.5 emission is more than RCP 4.5 scenario as expected. There is considerable average monthly and seasonal precipitation change variability in magnitude and direction. Runoff is expected to increase in the future, at 2030`s average annual runoff projection change may increase up to +55.7% for RCP 4.5 and up to +74.8% for RCP 8.5 scenarios. At 2070`s average annual runoff percentage change increase by +73.5% and by +127.4% for RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 emission scenarios, respectively. Hence, the increase in flow volume in the basin may have a significant contribution for the sustainability of existed and undergoing water development projects. Moreover; it will help for small scale farmer holders to harness water for their crop productivity. However, a precaution of mitigation and adaptation measures ought to be developed for possible flooding in the flood plains area of the River basin.
Uncommon Bilateral Carotid Artery Dissection in a Farmer: The Perils of Heavy Weight Lifting

Bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection on heavy weight lifting is a very rare cause of stroke in young patients. Arterial dissection is due to a tear in the intima and internal elastic lamina which leads to extravasation of blood into the media and subintimal plane. Clinical diagnosis of carotid artery dissection is difficult with common clinical presentations like headache and neck pain. Here we present a case of a 40-year-old young man who presented to us (tertiary referral center) with headache and quadriparesis. MRI brain showed multiple acute infarcts in bilateral centrum semiovale extending up to frontal periventricular white matter with few tiny foci in bilateral medial temporal and left gangliocapsular regions and CT cerebral angiography showed bilateral ICA dissection. He was treated with low molecular weight heparin and was discharged for follow-up with regular physiotherapy.
ESTUDO INTEGRADO DO PROCESSO EROSIVO NUMA MICROBACIA EXPERIMENTAL LOCALIZADA NO MUNICÍPIO DE CUNHA – SP

The goal of this paper was to organize a database about the parameters of the erosive process for a watershed located at the city of Cunha (eastern portion of the Sao Paulo State) and to elaborate the maps about Natural Potential for Erosion (NPE) and Soil Loss Expectative (SLE). The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is the applied mathematical model, and GIS technology (Idrisi software) was used. Two land cover scenarios were used: one corresponding to the actual land cover (natural forest), and one hypothetic scenario corresponding to a uniform pasture land cover. Throughout analysis of the USLE factors and PNE map it was observed that the watershed is highly vulnerable to erosion process. For SLE elaborated considering the natural vegetation, the important role that such land-cover type plays in order to control the erosive process is noted. The SLE map elaborated for the pasture showed that the soil loss would be highly and dangerously increased if none conservationist practice were applied and/or the soil was misused. The estimated annual values of soil loss are: 5.1 t.ha-1 for the natural vegetation, and 28,280.0 t.ha-1 for pasture.
Man-Land Interaction: 10,000 Years of American Indian Impact On Native Ecosystems in the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley, Eastern Tennessee

Stratified archaeological deposits from the Little Tennessee River watershed have yielded a 10,000-year record of vegetational change reflecting both geomorphic events and the utilization of plant resources by American Indians. Changes in composition of charred wood, fruit, and seed assemblages indicate the progressive impact of man upon the native vegetation during the midand late Holocene. We hypothesize that land clearance and cultivation over the past several thousand years have increased the extent of forest edge, the transition zone between closed forest and open areas. These changes would have led to an increase in landscape carrying capacity and in the abundance and diversity of food resources available to expanding Indian populations. This would have constituted a positive feedback between man and his landscape. Paleoecological analyses of sediments from ponds in the study area will provide independent tests of our model of manland interaction.
“Great food, but the noise?”: Relationship between perceived sound quality survey and non acoustical factors in one hotel restaurant in Italy

The empirical assessment of the quality of the sound landscape in restaurants and how it affects the overall customer experience has only recently begun to be addressed. Noise from recreational activities, such as discos, restaurants, bars, hotels, etc., characterizes the soundscape of tourist centers, where there is a need to ensure the coexistence of noisy commercial activities and the right to rest of citizens customers of accommodation facilities, often already compromised by traffic. Although there is a renewed sensitivity to the issue of noise, restaurants are often characterized by poor acoustics and a poor multi-sensory perception of comfort. This article examines the noise levels of a hotel’s dining room in an Italian tourist resort during lunch and dinner hours. The study included aspects related to the acoustics, lighting, and quality of the location, also for the assessment of the perception of comfort obtained was given to customers a questionnaire of satisfaction during the meal, every day for a week. Considering the correlation between the three components of the soundscape, namely people, sound, and the environment under consideration, this study aims to explore the effects of the soundscape on sound restoration for accommodation facilities in tourist resorts.
Low-frequency source parameters of twelve large earthquakes. M.S. Thesis

A global survey of the low-frequency (1-21 mHz) source characteristics of large events are studied. We are particularly interested in events unusually enriched in low-frequency and in events with a short-term precursor. We model the source time function of 12 large earthquakes using teleseismic data at low frequency. For each event we retrieve the source amplitude spectrum in the frequency range between 1 and 21 mHz with the Silver and Jordan method and the phase-shift spectrum in the frequency range between 1 and 11 mHz with the Riedesel and Jordan method. We then model the source time function by fitting the two spectra. Two of these events, the 1980 Irpinia, Italy, and the 1983 Akita-Oki, Japan, are shallow-depth complex events that took place on multiple faults. In both cases the source time function has a length of about 100 seconds. By comparison Westaway and Jackson find 45 seconds for the Irpinia event and Houston and Kanamori about 50 seconds for the Akita-Oki earthquake. The three deep events and four of the seven intermediate-depth events are fast rupturing earthquakes. A single pulse is sufficient to model the source spectra in the frequency range of our interest. Two other intermediate-depth events have slower rupturing processes, characterized by a continuous energy release lasting for about 40 seconds. The last event is the intermediate-depth 1983 Peru-Ecuador earthquake. It was first recognized as a precursive event by Jordan. We model it with a smooth rupturing process starting about 2 minutes before the high frequency origin time superimposed to an impulsive source.