Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Customer experience dimensions and e-government success in United Arab Emirates

This systematic research study examined the connection between customer experience dimensions and e- government success in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The organized study utilized a descriptive and cross-sectional survey research design with a positivism philosophy. A sample of 382 participants out of 108,825 target population was chosen employing a table developed by Morgan & Krejcie (1970). Facts were gathered utilizing a questionnaire, simple random sampling and examined applying Descriptive Statistics and Structural Equation Modeling using the Smart Partial Least Squares (SPLS) Version 3.3. 3 software to test the hypotheses. The inquiry study findings came up with a significant correlation between customer experience dimensions (comfort, security and usability) and e- government success at significant level of 0.05. It was thus concluded that the customer experience dimensions significantly affect e- government success. The logical investigation study recommended that the UAE government should augment the budget for e-government successful implementation programs.
Tensor mesons produced in tau lepton decays

Light tensor mesons (T=a{sub 2}, f{sub 2} and K{sub 2}*) can be produced in decays of {tau} leptons. In this paper we compute the branching ratios of {tau}{yields}T{pi}{nu} decays by assuming the dominance of intermediate virtual states to model the form factors involved in the relevant hadronic matrix elements. The exclusive f{sub 2}(1270){pi}{sup -} decay mode turns out to have the largest branching ratio, of O(10{sup -4}). Our results indicate that the contribution of tensor meson intermediate states to the three-pseudoscalar channels of {tau} decays are rather small.
A Beam Steering Dielectric Resonator Antenna Designed Using Rogers RO4003C Material for S-Band Applications

A pattern reconfigurable dielectric resonator antenna emitting at 3.1 GHz is presented in this study. The beam can be steered at 6 degrees, 8 degrees, 14 degrees, and 171 degrees. Three P-i-N diodes are employed in the slots of the ground plane to help steer the beam direction. By changing the state of the three diodes, five states can be obtained. The TE01δ mode is excited using a differential feed technique. Differential feed helps in increasing the gain and reducing the size of the structure. The return loss of each state is less than −25 dB. The gain of the first state is 7.65 dBi, the second and fifth state’s gain is 8.22 dBi, third and fourth state’s gain is 10.6 dBi. This Antenna is designed using Rogers RO4003C material which has low Electrical gravity, low voltage, and high oxidation resistance that makes it appropriate for RF applications. The properties required for RF microwave circuits, matching networks, and controlled impedance transmission lines are present in the RO4003C material. Annealed copper is used for designing the ground plane and feedline which provides excellent conductivity. The antenna is fabricated using the chemical etching process which employs a positive photoresist that gives a higher resolution accuracy for the designed antenna. This process of fabrication has another advantage of inculcating structures from simpler to complex.
Saccorhiza polyschides—A Source of Natural Active Ingredients for Greener Skincare Formulations

The growing knowledge about the harmful effects caused by some synthetic ingredients present in skincare products has led to an extensive search for natural bioactives. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the dermatological potential of five fractions (F1–F5), obtained by a sequential extraction procedure, from the brown seaweed Saccorhiza polyschides. The antioxidant (DPPH, FRAP, ORAC and TPC), anti-enzymatic (collagenase, elastase, hyaluronidase and tyrosinase), antimicrobial (Staphylococcus epidermidis, Cutibacterium acnes and Malassezia furfur), anti-inflammatory (nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10) and photoprotective (reactive oxygen species) properties of all fractions were evaluated. The ethyl acetate fraction (F3) displayed the highest antioxidant and photoprotective capacity, reducing ROS levels in UVA/B-exposed 3T3 fibroblasts, and the highest anti-enzymatic capacity against tyrosinase (IC50 value: 89.1 µg/mL). The solid water-insoluble fraction (F5) revealed the greatest antimicrobial activity against C. acnes growth (IC50 value: 12.4 µg/mL). Furthermore, all fractions demonstrated anti-inflammatory potential, reducing TNF-α and IL-6 levels in RAW 264.7 macrophages induced with lipopolysaccharides. Chemical analysis of the S. polyschides fractions by NMR revealed the presence of different classes of compounds, including lipids, polyphenols and sugars. The results highlight the potential of S. polyschides to be incorporated into new nature-based skincare products.
From Identification to Sensing: RFID Is One of the Key Technologies in the IoT Field

RFID (radio frequency identification) technology appeared nearly 70 years ago. Deployed more widely only from the early 2000s, it is now booming and its development is still accelerating. As its name indicates, its original function was the identification (of objects, animals, people) and its applications were then essentially aimed at traceability, access control and logistics. If this type of use is still relevant today with more and more new application contexts and more and more efficient RFID tags, RFID has also evolved by integrating new capabilities. These new tags, known as augmented tags, include an information capture function. With the explosion of connected objects and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), this old technology that is RFID still has a promising future and will probably be more and more present in our private and professional environments in all fields: logistics, industry, agriculture, building, health and even space.
Level of CSF CXCL10 is highly elevated and decreased after steroid therapy in patients with autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy

To examine the chemokine profile in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy (GFAP‐A), central nervous system immune‐related adverse event (CNS‐irAE), neurosarcoidosis (NS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), multiple sclerosis (MS), and human T‐cell leukemia virus‐1 (HTLV‐1)‐associated myelopathy (HAM).
Modeling Dynamic Social Interactions via Conditional Latent Tree Models

We consider modeling dynamic social networks with co-evolving network participants and social ties. We consider a semiparametric conditional latent tree model for vertex presence that incorporates both hierarchical latent groups and the effects of covariates such as seasonality, previous node state, and so on. For edge evolution, we assume a naive Bayes model that includes both covariate effects and the inferred states of the vertices and hidden variables. The vertex model is learned efficiently using latent tree algorithms while the edge model is learnt via logistic regression. We observe a significant improvement in performance on challenging real-world datasets of Twitter users and a network of beach attendees, with highly sparse vertex and edge presence.
Prospects of Promoting Festival Tourism: A Case study of Khame Jatra in Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur is one of the ancient and the most famous cultural tourist destinations of Nepal. One can observe and have a wonderful experience of tangible and intangible cultural tourism products such as historical, archeological, religious and secular monuments, treasures of arts and crafts and varied indigenous living cultural activities. As the mirrors of Bhaktapur, tangible and intangible cultural heritage reflect the folktales, music and dance, history and traditions, way of life, religious beliefs, costumes and customary laws, dress/ ornaments, social harmony, joys and fears, dreams and sorrows, and the feeling of unity in the diversity of people. The people of Bhaktapur annually celebrate different colourful festivals and Jatras on the special auspicious days. Rest of them, Khame Jatra is a renowned cultural heritage and a very important cultural tourism product. Khame is a male buffalo which is taken out in Open Street for the procession during the ninth day of Dashain festival. It is an archetypal Jatra which is considered a hallmark of indigenous cultural identity and a popular cultural tourism product of Bhaktapur. But, this Jatra is still unexposed; hence it is a hidden or veiled festival. It is necessary recognizing the prominence of Khame Jatra as a prominent tourism product and a prodigious agent for preservation of traditional culture and an effective means of cultural renovation, national identity building and economic growth. The concerned stakeholders and the governing bodies should pay adequate attention for the protection and promotion of this Jatra as a prominent tourism product
Modeling Current Distribution Within Conductors and Between Parallel Conductors in High-Frequency Magnetics

In both planar and wire-wound transformers, large copper cross-sections and parallel windings are often used to increase conduction area and decrease copper loss. However, at high frequency, current is not guaranteed to spread out maximally over the cross-section of a single conductor or to split evenly between parallel conductors. Finite element analysis (FEA) and SPICE-based systems have been used to analyze current distribution within magnetic components, but these methods are computationally intensive. In this article, we show that Maxwell's equations, in the high frequency limit, yield a set of linear algebraic equations that are rapidly solvable to yield both the current and magnetic field distribution and hence can be used to predict loss and leakage inductance. Due to its simplicity, this method is easily applied to cases with a one-dimensional or two-dimensional distribution of current. We show that predicted results match both FEA simulations and experimental measurements very accurately for a variety of cases. This article is accompanied by several software implementations of the method. This method can be used to rapidly analyze high frequency current distribution in transformers and can easily be integrated into numerical optimization algorithms.
Biological Efficacy of Compounds from Stingless Honey and Sting Honey against Two Pathogenic Bacteria: An In Vitro and In Silico Study

Honey inhibits bacterial growth due to the high sugar concentration, hydrogen peroxide generation, and proteinaceous compounds present in it. In this study, the antibacterial activity of stingless and sting honey against foodborne pathogenic bacteria isolated from spoiled milk samples was examined. The isolated bacterial strains were confirmed as Bacillus cereus and Listeria monocytogenes through morphological, biochemical, and 16 s RNA analysis. Physiochemical characterizations of the honey samples revealed that both of the honey samples had an acidic pH, low water content, moderate reducing sugar content, and higher proline content. Through the disc diffusion method, the antibacterial activities of the samples were assayed and better results were observed for the 50 mg/disc honey. Both stingless and sting honey showed the most positive efficacy against Bacillus cereus. Therefore, an in silico study was conducted against this bacterium with some common compounds of honey. From several retrieved constituents of stingless and sting honey, 2,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl 3(2H)-furan-3-one (furan) and 4H-pyran-4-one,2,3-dihydro of both samples and beta. -D-glucopyranose from the stingless revealed high ligand-protein binding efficiencies for the target protein (6d5z, hemolysin II). The root-mean-square deviation, solvent-accessible surface area, the radius of gyration, root-mean-square fluctuations, and hydrogen bonds were used to ensure the binding stability of the docked complexes in the atomistic simulation and confirmed their stability. The combined effort of wet and dry lab-based work support, to some extent, that the antimicrobial properties of honey have great potential for application in medicine as well as in the food industries.
Evaluation of Salicornia bigelovii Germplasm for Food Use in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates Based on Agronomic Traits and Nutritional Composition

Climate change significantly aggravates the quality of soil and water, especially in desert regions such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt concluding in an alarming increase in salinity in the reservoirs of the natural resources. Saline farming rises as a promising solution, utilizing low-quality water and land resources to grow salt-tolerant varieties of conventional crops and halophytes. Samphire (Salicornia spp.) is among the most popular multi-purpose halophytes that are locally consumed in several countries around the world as a vegetable. Six Salicornia bigelovii genotypes (ICBA-2, ICBA-3, ICBA-4, ICBA-8, ICBA-9, ICBA-10) were evaluated for their agronomic performance and nutritional composition in Dubai in UAE and, for the first time, at the Red Sea Governorate in Egypt in the 2019–2020 season using saline groundwater for irrigation (ECw = 26 and 6.6 dS/m, respectively). ICBA-10 performed well in both locations with high green biomass and seed yield (10.9 kgm−2 and 116.3 gm−2, respectively, in UAE; 7.7 kgm−2 and 82.9 gm−2, respectively, in Egypt). ICBA-10 was, overall, also good in ion accumulation, total amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids content in both locations for shoots and seeds. Our results indicated that a lack of a drainage system and leaching fraction, the silt loam texture and the drip irrigation system might have contributed in the gradual accumulation of salts in the soil at Mubarak Valley at the end of the experiment at a higher level than ICBA. Apart from the agronomic parameters, higher salinity levels also affected ion accumulation, the amino acids and the fatty acids content for both shoots and seeds, whereas the proximate composition was affected to a lesser extent. Our findings on the high unsaturated fatty acids content under higher salinity corroborate the nutritional value of S. bigelovii oil. Due to its euhalophyte nature, S. bigelovii is a valuable source of minerals, amino acids and antioxidants that render it the most promising salt-loving plant for food use.
Cluster structure of the inner crust of neutron stars in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach

We analyse how the structure of the inner curst is influenced by the pairing correlations. The inner-crust matter, formed by nuclear clusters immersed in a superfluid neutron gas and ultra-relativistic electrons, is treated in the Wigner-Seitz approximation. The properties of the Wigner-Seitz cells, i.e., their neutron to proton ratio and their radius at a given baryonic density, are obtained from the energy minimization at beta equilibrium. To obtain the binding energy of baryonic matter we perform Skyrme-HFB calculations with zero-range density-dependent pairing forces of various intensities. We find that the Wigner-Seitz cells have much smaller numbers of protons compared to previous calculations. For the dense cells the binding energy of the configurations with small proton numbers do not converge to a well-defined minimum value which precludes the determination of their structure. We show that for these cells there is a significant underestimation of the binding energy due to the boundary conditions at the border of the cells imposed through the Wigner-Seitz approximation.
Oxidative Stress and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Pathophysiology, Signaling Pathway, and Therapy

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), characterized as decreased proteoglycan content, ossification of endplate, and decreased intervertebral height, is one of the major reasons of low back pain, which seriously affects the quality of life and also brings heavy economic burden. However, the mechanisms leading to IDD and its therapeutic targets have not been fully elucidated. Oxidative stress refers to the imbalance between oxidation and antioxidant systems, between too many products of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the insufficient scavenging function. Excessive ROS can damage cell lipids, nucleic acids and proteins, which has been proved to be related to the development of a variety of diseases. In recent years, an increasing number of studies have reported that oxidative stress is involved in the pathological process of IDD. Excessive ROS can accelerate the IDD process via inducing the pathological activities, such as inflammation, apoptosis, and senescence. In this review, we focused on pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress-induced IDD. Moreover, the present review also summarized the possible ideas for the future therapy strategies of oxidative stress-related IDD.
Synthesis of Yttrium Oxide Nanoneedles with Carbon Dioxide Carbonization

In this study, a CO2 carbonization method is introduced for the preparation of 1D yttrium oxide powders. Using YCl3 as the raw material, sodium hydroxide was initially used to completely precipitate Y3+ into yttrium hydroxide, and then CO2 was introduced into the yttrium hydroxide slurry for homogenization-like carbonization to obtain yttrium carbonate precipitation. Then, by studying the effects of carbonization conditions, such as the temperature, CO2 flow rate, and stirring speed, on the morphology and phases of yttrium carbonate, the temperature was observed to exert a greater effect than the other experimental parameters on the morphology and structure of the carbonized products. Finally, Y2(CO3)3·2H2O nanoneedles were obtained at optimal conditions. The carbonized crystals of the acicular yttrium carbonate precipitate because of the solution supersaturation and then quickly complete their crystal growth process through the oriented attachment (OA) and Ostwald ripening (OR) mechanisms. After heat treatment, yttrium carbonate retained a good crystal morphology and produced Y2O3 nanoneedles with a length of 1–2 μm and a width of 20–30 nm.
A Universal In-Place Reconfiguration Algorithm for Sliding Cube-Shaped Robots in a Quadratic Number of Moves

In the modular robot reconfiguration problem, we are given $n$ cube-shaped modules (or robots) as well as two configurations, i.e., placements of the $n$ modules so that their union is face-connected. The goal is to find a sequence of moves that reconfigures the modules from one configuration to the other using"sliding moves,"in which a module slides over the face or edge of a neighboring module, maintaining connectivity of the configuration at all times. For many years it has been known that certain module configurations in this model require at least $\Omega(n^2)$ moves to reconfigure between them. In this paper, we introduce the first universal reconfiguration algorithm -- i.e., we show that any $n$-module configuration can reconfigure itself into any specified $n$-module configuration using just sliding moves. Our algorithm achieves reconfiguration in $O(n^2)$ moves, making it asymptotically tight. We also present a variation that reconfigures in-place, it ensures that throughout the reconfiguration process, all modules, except for one, will be contained in the union of the bounding boxes of the start and end configuration.
Exceptional points and quantum correlations in precise measurements

We examine the physical manifestations of exceptional points and passage times in a two-level system which is subjected to quantum measurements and which admits a non-Hermitian description. Using an effective Hamiltonian acting in the two-dimensional space spanned by the evolving initial and final states, the effects of highly precise quantum measurements in which the monitoring device interferes significantly with the evolution dynamics of the monitored two-level system is analyzed. The dynamics of a multipartite system consisting of the two-level system, a source of external potential and the measurement device is examined using correlation measures such as entanglement and non-classical quantum correlations. Results show that the quantum correlations between the monitored (monitoring) systems is considerably decreased (increased) as the measurement precision nears the exceptional point, at which the passage time is half of the measurement duration. The results indicate that the underlying mechanism by which the non-classical correlations of quantum systems are transferred from one subsystem to another may be better revealed via use of geometric approaches. This article is part of a special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical devoted to ‘Quantum physics with non-Hermitian operators’.
Limits on dust emission from z ∼ 5 LBGs and their local environments

We present 1.2 mm MAMBO-2 observations of a field which is overdense in Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z similar to 5. The field includes seven spectroscopically confirmed LBGs contained within a narrow (z = 4.95 +/- 0.08) redshift range and an eighth at z = 5.2. We do not detect any individual source to a limit of 1.6 mJy/beam (2 x rms). When stacking the flux from the positions of all eight galaxies, we obtain a limit to the average 1.2 mm flux of these sources of 0.6 mJy/beam. This limit is consistent with far-infrared (FIR) imaging in other fields which are overdense in ultraviolet-bright galaxies at z similar to 5. Independently and combined, these limits constrain the FIR luminosity (8-1000 mu m) to a typical z similar to 5 LBG of L-FIR less than or similar to 3 x 10(11) L-circle dot, implying a dust mass of M-dust less than or similar to 10(8) M-circle dot (both assuming a grey body at 30 K). This LFIR limit is an order of magnitude fainter than the LFIR of lower redshift submillimetre sources (z similar to 13). We see no emission from any other sources within the field at the above-mentioned level. While this is not unexpected, given millimetre source counts, the clustered LBGs trace significant overdense large-scale structure in the field at z = 4.95. The lack of any such detection in either this or the previous work implies that massive, obscured star-forming galaxies may not always trace the same structures as overdensities of LBGs, at least on the length scale probed here. We briefly discuss the implications of these results for future observations with ALMA.
Regioselective Synthesis of 5-Trifluoromethyl 1,2,4-Triazoles via [3 + 2]-Cycloaddition of Nitrile Imines with CF3CN

We herein describe a general approach to 5-trifluoromethyl 1,2,4-triazoles via the [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile imines generated in situ from hydrazonyl chloride with CF3CN, utilizing 2,2,2-trifluoroacetaldehyde O-(aryl)oxime as the precursor of trifluoroacetonitrile. Various functional groups, including alkyl-substituted hydrazonyl chloride, were tolerated during cycloaddition. Furthermore, the gram-scale synthesis and common downstream transformations proved the potential synthetic relevance of this developed methodology.