Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative Analysis of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Terrestrial Laser Scanning Application for Coastal Zone Monitoring

The shallow sandy shores of the tideless sea are regularly affected by storm activity. Foredune ridge is a natural and anthropogenic object, a natural protective barrier that protects ecosystems and populated areas from the effects of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena such as storm surges and wind-sand flux. In the course of impact of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena, the foredune ridge integrity is disturbed, the composing material is washed away thus forming breakthroughs. Monitoring of the foredune state is an important stage in maintaining its condition and also provides an empirical basis for predicting the impact of hazardous events. The use of ground-based laser scanning technology as well as digital photogrammetry for the study of sensitive coastal zones is justified for these purposes. In this article, we compare the results of calculating the dynamics of the beach sand material and advance them according to the results of ground-based laser scanning and digital photogrammetry. Comparability is provided by high-density clouds of ground-scan points and digital photogrammetry in a single coordinate reference. Two sections of the sensitive coastal zone of the Curonian Spit (Russian sector of the South-Eastern Baltic) have been explored in advance. A comparison of the applicability of means for obtaining digital elevation models to evaluate the dynamics of sand material has been made. In comparison with TLS, the use of UAV with the SfM algorithm is limited to post-storm surveys, since the final accuracy does not provide for reliable lithodynamic studies due to the small scale of processes comparable to measurement errors.
DEEP OCEAN OUTFALLS – A SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR SYDNEY

INTRODUCTION There is no universal solution to “the best” option for the disposal of wastewater. Any solution adopted should incorporate an appropriate level of technology combined with consideration of the environment into which the wastewater will be discharged. Further, it is necessary to consider the overall “energy penalty” associated with any solution. Inevitably, this means unique solutions for individual outfalls.
Studying the resiliency of the anchoring bias to locus of control in visualization

The anchoring effect is the over-reliance on an initial piece of information when making decisions. It is one of the most pervasive and robust biases. Recently, literature has focused on knowing how influential the anchoring effect is when applied to information visualization, with studies finding its reproducibility in the field. Despite the extensive literature surrounding the anchoring effect’s robustness, there is still a need for research on which individual differences make people more susceptible. We explore how Locus of Control influences visualization’s ubiquitous and resilient anchoring effect. Locus of Control differentiates individuals who believe their life depends on their behavior or actions from those who blame outside factors such as destiny or luck for their life’s outcomes. We focus on the relationship between Locus of Control and the anchoring effect by exposing subjects to an anchor and analyzing their interaction with a complex visualization. Our results show that the anchoring strategies primed individuals and suggest that the Locus of Control plays a role in the susceptibility to the anchoring effect.
Empathy Effects on Antecedent Salience and Anaphor Processing in Japanese

Purpose. The present study investigates whether antecedent saliency is affected by empathy status. That is, the possibility that when the speaker of a sentence empathizes with an entity, called the empathy locus, that entity is more salient than other entities. Accordingly, reduced forms of anaphors would be preferred to fuller forms when referring to an empathy locus. Methods. Two self-paced reading experiments were conducted using two-sentence discourses. Sentence 1 contained empathy-locus and non-empathy-locus antecedents. These were then referred to by fuller and reduced forms of anaphors in Sentence 2. The empathy statuses of the antecedents were indicated by Japanese ‘giving’ verbs, which obligatorily express the empathy locus. Results. Analyses of sentential reading-time results showed a significant interaction of antecedents and anaphors. Sentences 2 were read faster when the anaphors were reduced forms (i.e., null pronouns) than when they were fuller forms, but the reading-speed difference was significantly neutralized when the antecedents were non-empathy loci. Also, this significant neutralization appeared only when the anaphors were overt pronouns (not when they were repeated names) and when the anaphors were not marked by the topic morpheme. Conclusions. The outcomes indicate that empathy-locus antecedents are more salient than non-empathy-locus ones, which affects the choices of fuller or reduced forms of anaphors. Also, the results imply that Japanese overt pronouns may carry anti-logophoricity, which would cause them to avoid referring to empathy loci. In addition, the results imply that the topic’s inherent function, which is to refer to an entity that has previously appeared, may nullify the difference which results from antecedent saliency.
Content of Some Elements in the Bestselling Brands of Green Tea on the Iranian market

Background: Tea is one of most frequently consumed beverages in the world. Only in Iran, around 12000 tons of tea is annually used. Besides, green tea, which is made from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds, is very popular among people. Although teas have health benefits, since they may be much drunk, they may pose a threat to consumers’ health because of absorbing various ions in their leaves. Unfortunately, there are a limited number of studies on the health effects of green teas. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study performed in 2021. In this research, the concentrations of ions: fluoride (F), chloride (Cl), nitrate (NO3 ), sulfate (SO4 ), and phosphate (PO4 ) in the six bestselling green tea brands, both loose and bag, in Iran were detected by means of ion chromatography. Results: The highest amounts of F, Cl, NO3 , SO4 , and PO4 in the brands were found to be, respectively, in 0.27310, 0.62103, 0.83533, 1.28067, and 1.1037 mg/L. The concentrations of the ions in the both loose and bag tea samples were different significantly. Also, the content of F in the all samples was lower than those acceptable levels suggested by different organizations. Conclusion: It was found that the concentration of the ions was by far lower than those have been introduced as the standard levels. Nonetheless, the water used for tea infusion may contain high levels of these compounds and its volume drunk every day is also very important.
Harmonizing complementarities: The role of eco-innovation and globalization for achieving environmental sustainability in emerging countries

This research study investigates the complementarity between eco-innovation and globalization in achieving environmental sustainability in emerging countries over the period of 1990 to 2021. The aim is to shed light on how these factors influence CO2 emissions. The use of the Cross Sectional Autoregressive Distributive Lag model reveals that eco-innovation, a significant catalyst for environmental advancement, demonstrates a detrimental effect on CO2 emissions, hence emphasizing its contribution to the promotion of sustainability. Interestingly, the positive interaction term between globalization and eco-innovation suggests that globalization enhances the relationship between eco-innovation and CO2 emissions. Globalization can facilitate the transfer of knowledge, technologies, and best practices across borders. In the context of eco-innovation, this means that a globalized world can promote the adoption of environmentally friendly technologies and practices more effectively. Nations that engage in active participation in global trade and knowledge exchange are likely to be more advantageous in harnessing the advantages of eco-innovation, specifically in terms of mitigating their carbon dioxide emissions. These results underscore the potential for cooperation between nations, industries, and financial institutions to drive meaningful reductions in carbon emissions, advancing environmental sustainability while maintaining economic growth. This research contributes valuable insights to policymakers, businesses, and organizations seeking a path towards a greener, more sustainable future in emerging countries and beyond.
Testing a Proof of Concept of an Online Simulator-Based Training for Facilitators of Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Interventions: A Small Randomized Trial Involving Making Proud Choices

Well-trained facilitators are critical for prevention programs. However, in-person facilitator training can be expensive and inconvenient. To make facilitator training affordable and accessible, we tested a prototype of online simulator-based training for Making Proud Choices! (MPC) facilitators using a mixed-method approach of survey assessments and observations of teaching. MPC is a leading evidence-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted infection (STI), and teen pregnancy risk-reduction program. A convenience sample of 53 adults was randomly assigned to receive facilitator training on one MPC activity either via an online simulation or via in-person. Participants completed pre–post-surveys and role-played the activity to demonstrate both fidelity and quality of instruction post-training. Pre–post-survey findings demonstrated that the online simulation group was no different compared to the in-person group for improvement in creating a safe and inclusive environment and for engagement of students. This was not the case for knowledge of the curriculum and steps of proper condom use, self-efficacy, and self-reported handling of some sensitive questions and student whispering. However, we did find comparable pre–post-change between the two groups on these measures. Role-play observation results showed that the online simulation group was no different, and in many cases better, than the in-person group on fidelity and quality indicators. Participants reported high levels of acceptability, likability, and applicability to teach youth about sexual health and safety using the prototype. Findings suggest online simulation training can replicate the learning experience from in-person methods, which, in turn, increases access to effective educator training.
Spectral calibration of imaging spectrometers by atmospheric absorption feature matching

A procedure has been developed to measure the band centres and bandwidths for imaging spectrometers using data acquired by the sensor in flight. This is done for each across-track pixel, thus allowing the measurement of the instrument's slit curvature or spectral "smile. " The procedure uses spectral features present in the at-sensor radiance that are common to all pixels in the scene. These are principally atmospheric absorption lines. The band-centre and bandwidth determinations are made by correlating the sensor-measured radiance with a modelled radiance, the latter calculated using MODTRAN 4.2. Measurements have been made for a number of instruments, including the Airborne Visible / Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), shortwave infrared full spectrum imager (SFSI), Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (casi), compact high-resolution imaging spectrometer (CHRIS), and Hyperion. The measurements on AVIRIS data were performed as a test of the procedure; since AVIRIS is a whisk-broom scanner, it is expected to be free of spectral smile. SFSI and casi are airborne pushbroom instruments, and CHRIS and Hyperion are satellite pushbroom sensors all exhibiting, to varying degrees, spectral smile. Measurements of Hyperion were made using three different datasets to check for temporal variations.
Exploring employees' perspectives on the Nigeria PRA 2014 and the impact of behavioural factors on the choice of PFAs

This study aimed to investigate the perspective of Nigeria North-eastern federal tertiary institution employees on the Nigeria PRA 2014, as well as the behavioural factors that influence their selection of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs). The data was collected from 307 respondents using a well-structured questionnaire. This study incorporates various behavioural factors, including retirement planning behaviour, risk tolerance, attitude towards the future, and financial literacy, along with employees’ perspectives on the PRA 2014. This objective considered the influence of these factors on the employee choice of PFAs. The findings reveal that employee perspective on PRA 2014 and employee choice of PFA share a significant relationship. Additionally, the results of the multiple regression revealed that behavioural factors have a significant impact on employees' selection of PFAs. The model that investigates the effect of education qualification on the behavioural factors influencing the employees’ choice of PFA reveals that educational qualification does not significantly affect behavioural factors towards employees' choice of PFAs. The employees' opinion on the PRA of 2014, as it relates to addressing issues with the pension scheme, and the influence of behavioural factors have a notable impact on the selection of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) by employees.
Mapping Advanced Argillic Alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, Using Imaging Spectroscopy

Mineral maps based on Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data were used to study late Miocene advanced argillic alteration at Cuprite, Nevada. Distributions of Fe-bearing minerals, clays, micas, sulfates, and carbonates were mapped using the Tetracorder spectral-shape matching system. The Al content of white micas increases toward altered areas and near intrusive rocks. Alunite composition varies from pure K to intimate mixtures of Na-K endmembers with subpixel occurrences of huangite, the Ca analogue of alunite. Intimately mixed Na-K alunite marks areas of relatively lower alteration temperature, whereas co-occurring Na-alunite and dickite may delineate relict hydrothermal conduits. The presence of dickite, halloysite, and well-ordered kaolinite, but absence of disordered kaolinite, is consistent with acidic conditions during hydrothermal alteration. Partial lichen cover on opal spectrally mimics chalcedony, limiting its detection to lichen-free areas. Pods of buddingtonite are remnants of initial quartz-adularia-smectite alteration. Thus, spectral maps provide a synoptic view of the surface mineralogy, and define a previously unrecognized early steam-heated hydrothermal event. Faulting and episodes of hydrothermal alteration at Cuprite were intimately linked to upper plate movements above the Silver Peak-Lone Mountain detachment and growth, collapse, and resurgence of the nearby Stonewall Mountain volcanic complex between 8 and 5 Ma. Isotopic dating indicates that hydrothermal activity started at least by 7.61 Ma and ended by about 6.2 Ma. Spectral and stable isotope data suggest that Cuprite is a late Miocene low-sulfidation adularia-sericite type hot spring deposit overprinted by late-stage, steam-heated advanced argillic alteration formed along the margin of the Stonewall Mountain caldera.
Underwater Experiments and a Theoretical Model – Case Study in Tallinn Bay

ABSTRACT ERM, A. , BUSCHMANN, F. , LISTAK, M. , REBANE, J., and TOMING, G. , 2013. Underwater experiments and a theoretical model – case study in Tallinn Bay. In: Conley, D.C., Masselink, G. , Russell, P.E. and O'Hare, T.J. (eds.) The aim of this study was to experimentally validate a theoretical shear stress model for calculating critical shear velocities that cause sediment resuspension and bed load transport. Long period measurements with an acoustic Doppler velocimeter were carried out in the Tallinn Bay, in three stations with different bottom geology. Water turbidity was measured at the same level and a camera system was used to register sediment resuspension. Measurements showed that a detailed model must be used in case of strong interactions of waves and currents near the bottom. If currents are weak then a simple Nielsen model can be used to estimate sediment resuspension conditions. Thickness of the bottom boundary layer was found being 1 – 10 cm and the skin friction layer being 0.07 - 0.7 cm. A pilot study using constructed autonomous underwater particle image velocimetry device (PIV) showed that the upper part of bottom boundary layer i.e. the wave boundary layer could be observed by a field PIV-device.
THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COMMUNITY SOCIAL CHANGE

Indonesia is one of the many countries with confirmed cases of Covid-19. An increase in Covid-19 cases can have a big impact, one of the impacts is the declining quality of human resources for each individual in a company. To improve the quality of human resources, of course you have to know the management of human resources. Human resource management is the process of managing human beings from planning, recruitment, selection, training, development, compensation, career, safety, health and maintaining industrial relations to termination of employment to achieve from the company and achieve prosperity. The scope of HRM is the objectives of HRM, policy objectives and functions of HRM related to improving the quality of the company's human resources, including: 1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Implementation 4. Supervision. The functions of human resource management in a company or organization itself include: 1. Job analysis 2. Human resource planning 3. Human resource recruitment 4. Selection 5. Training and development 6. Job evaluation 7. Compensation 8. Career path 9. Safety and health. Factors that influence the quality of human resources in a company are as follows: 1. Company culture 2. Environment 3. Technology 4. Leadership 5. Adaptation 6. Productivity 7. Motivation and recognition. The company's strategy in order to improve the quality of human resources after Covid-19, as follows: 1. Clear job description 2. Detailed work planning 3. Emphasis on technical qualifications and skills 4. Emphasis on special worker training 5.
Organizational Commitment in Islamic Banking: Does Internal CSR Matter?

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects on affective organizational commitment of the work environment, skill development, and empowerment as elements of internal corporate social responsibility (ICSR). PLS-SEM or SEM based on variance were utilized to analyze 300 surveys. The study found that organizational commitment is impacted by work environment, skill development, and empowerment in internal CSR. These findings imply that internal CSR, which encompasses skill development, empowerment, and work environment, is a critical component in strengthening organizational commitment to Islamic banking in Aceh. This is the first study to examine the relationship between internal corporate social responsibility and affective organizational commitment in Islamic banking.
Factors Influencing Customer Satisfaction And Customer Loyalty Toward Social Commerce In Jabodetabek ( Focus On Tiktok Shop )

In this context, it is important for companies operating in the field of social e-commerce to understand the factors affecting customer satisfaction and e-loyalty, among others sales promotion, perceived security, e-service quality and trust. Through this research, is expected to provide valuable insights for social e - commerce companies in developing effective customer marketing and management strategies to increase customer satisfaction and e - loyalty, especially in this study directed at the phenomenon of TikTok Shop which is a trend among the public especially during the COVID-19 pandemic a few years back. The results are expected to provide valuable input for TikTok and other social-commerce platforms in improving customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Keywords: sales promotion, perceived security, e-service quality, trust, customer satisfaction.
Identifying the Functional Macropore Network Related to Preferential Flow in Structured Soils

Understanding the processes and mechanisms that control preferential flow in soils in relation to the properties of their structures is still challenging since fast flow and transport occur in a small fraction of the porosity, that is, the functional macropore network, making it difficult to image and characterize these processes at decimeter scales. The aim of the paper was therefore to propose a new image acquisition and analysis methodology to characterize preferential flow at the core scale and identify the resulting active macropore network. Water infiltration was monitored by a sequence of three‐dimensional images (taken at 5‐, 10‐, or 15‐min intervals) with an X‐ray scanner that allows very fast acquisitions (10 s for a 135‐mm diameter). A simultaneous dye tracer experiment was also conducted. Water infiltration was then imaged at each acquisition time by the voxels impacted by water during infiltration, named the water voxels. The number of times a voxel was impacted by water during the experiment was converted into data reflecting the water detection frequency at the given position in the soil column, named the local detection frequency. Compared with dye staining, the active macropore network was defined by macropores in which water voxels were the most frequently detected during the experiment (local detection frequency above 65%). The geometric properties of this active network, such as the connectivity, were significantly different from those of the total structure. This image processing methodology coupled to dynamic acquisitions can be used to improve the analysis of preferential flow processes related to soil structures at the core scale.
Wavelength‐dependent isotope fractionation in visible light O3 photolysis and atmospheric implications

The 17O and 18O isotope fractionation associated with photolysis of O3 in the Chappuis band was determined using a broadband light source with cutoff filters at 455, 550, and 620 nm and narrowband light sources at 530, 617, and 660 nm. The isotope effects follow a mass‐dependent fractionation pattern (δ17O/δ18O = 0.53). Contrary to theoretical predictions, fractionations are negative for all wavelength ranges investigated and do not change signs at the absorption cross‐section maximum. Our measurements differ from theoretical calculations by as much as 34‰ in εO3+hν18 = (18J/16J − 1). The wavelength dependence is also weaker than predicted. Photo‐induced fractionation is strongest when using a low‐wavelength cutoff at 620 nm with εO3+hν18 = −26.9(±1.4)‰. With decreasing wavelength, fractionation values diminish to εO3+hν18 = −12.9(±1.3)‰ at 530 nm. Results from an atmospheric model demonstrate that visible light photolysis is the most important tropospheric sink of O3, which thus contributes about one sixth to the ozone enrichment.
A Phase 2A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial of GM604 in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS Protocol GALS-001) and a single compassionate patient treatment (Protocol GALS-C) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that lacks effective treatment options. Genervon has discovered and developed GM604 (GM6) as a potential ALS therapy. GM6 has been modeled upon an insulin receptor tyrosine kinase binding motoneuronotrophic factor within the developing central nervous system. Methods This was a 2-center phase 2A, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial with 12 definite ALS patients diagnosed within 2 years of disease onset. Patients received 6 doses of GM604 or placebo, administered as slow IV bolus injections (3x/week, 2 consecutive weeks). Objectives were to assess the safety and efficacy of GM604 based on ALSFRS-R, FVC and selected biomarkers (TDP-43, Tau and SOD1, pNFH). This report also includes results of compassionate treatment protocol GALS-C for an advanced ALS patient.