Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anatomy of subinertial waves along the Patagonian shelf break in a 1/12° global operational model

<p>The Patagonian slope hosts a variety of waves. We used a state of the art ocean reanalysis to examine waves at the shelf break and in the core of the Malvinas Current (MC) at periods larger than 10 days. Statistics over 25 years indicated three types of signals: in phase signals at specific locations of the shelf break to the south of 47&#176;S, fast propagating signals all along the shelf break (phase speed from 140 cm/s to 300cm/s) at periods between&#160; 5 and&#160; 110 days, and slower signals in the core of the MC (phase speeds from 10 cm/s to 30cm/s) at 20-day, 60-day and 100-day periods. &#160;</p><p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The large zonal wind stress variations south of 47&#176;S forced in-phase along-slope velocity variations and triggered fast propagating waves at distinct sites corresponding to abrupt changes in the shelf break orientation. The shelf break waves modulated the intensity of the inshore jet, which varied from 0 to 30 cm/s at 100 m depth, and had spatial and temporal structures and scales consistent with those of observed upwelling events. Slow propagating waves in the core of the MC had along-slope wavelengths between 450 and 1200 km and were not forced by the local winds. They were tracked back to the Drake Passage and the Malvinas Escarpment. </p>
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS, SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY IN GASTRONOMIC FESTIVALS

Currently, the organization of gastronomic festivals is an opportunity to rescue the culture and development of a destination. The present study was carried out in the city of Naranjal, Ecuador at the "Gastronomic Festival of the Red Crab" and its objectiv es are: (i) to identify the relationship between the level of education and income, as sociodemographic variables as well as the level of satisfactio n of people attending a Gastronomic Festival. (ii) identify the influence of Satisfaction on the probability of revisiting a Gastronomic Festival. Two hundred valid questionnaires completed on-site by national and international visitors during the event were used. Pearson's Chi square and Spearman's Correlation were applied for data analysis. The results show that the level of satisfaction of the attendees is influenced by their level of education and income. Furthermore, the probability of revisiting the event is influenced by the level of satisfaction of the attendees. The results will contribute to the academic literature and the information will be used for service providers to develop products according to demand.
A least square matching optimization method of low altitude remote sensing images based on self-adaptive patch

This paper presents a novel matching optimization method based on self-adaptive template. The proposed method is designed to be effective for enhancing the accuracy of stereo matching. In order to improve the similarity of the initial matching windows and fully exploit the pixels around the corresponding image points, a self-adaptive patch is introduced instead of a constant patch. Then, an error equation is built to compute the optimal point according to space geometry relationship and epipolar line constraint. At last, a least square adjustment method is used to calculate the coordinate of the corresponding 3D point in the Object Space Coordinate System. Comparison studies and experimental results prove the high accuracy of the proposed algorithm in low-altitude remote sensing image point cloud optimization.
Aromatherapy in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review

Cardiovascular diseases have the highest incidence of morbidity and mortality in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), they caused approximately 17.9 million deaths in 2016, accounting for 31% of all causes of death worldwide.1 Stress and anxiety seem to destabilize cardiovascular regulation, adversely affecting the autonomic and neuroendocrine pathways and, consequently, cardiovascular parameters and tissue perfusion.2,3 Recently, Ma et al.,4 observed that negative emotions can increase systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), and cortisol levels, whereas positive emotions can decrease SBP and HR. In this context, complementary therapies to control stress and anxiety have been studied, and integrative practices have shown to be promising resources in promoting health to patients with chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease.5 In Brazil, a decision by the National Policy and Integrative and Complementary Practice (PNPIC) was approved within the scope of Abstract
EMPREENDEDORISMO DIGITAL E SEUS PRINCIPAIS DIRECIONAMENTOS DE PESQUISA: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DE LITERATURA

Resumo: Devido ao avanço da tecnologia, e por consequência a expansão da internet, novos modelos de negócios surgem constantemente. Um exemplo desses novos modelos de negócios é o Empreendedorismo Digital, que é uma subcategoria do empreendedorismo em que parte ou tudo que seria físico em uma organização tradicional foi digitalizado. Com base no exposto, este estudo tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise qualitativa da produção academêmica sobre o Empreendedorismo Digital. Como medotologia, utilizou-se o método PRISMA para realização de uma revisão de literatura na base de dados da SCOPUS. Como resultado parcial deste estudo foram identificados 33 artigos que estavam dentro do escopo e foram considerados aptos para compor o portfólio bibliográfico. A partir da seleção destes estudos, foram identificados o ano de publicação de maior ocorrência, os principais Journals que publicaram sobre a temática, os principais autores e países de afiliação dos autores e também as palavras-chaves utilizadas nos artigos encontrados. De posse destas informações, foi realizada a análise qualitativa destes estudos utilizando o software NVIVO que possibilita conhecer as principais características e temáticas abordadas nos artigos. Desta forma, torna-se possível conhecer temáticas importantes que norteará novas pesquisas que trarão benefícios para a área acadêmica e também para as organizações.
The parasitic fauna of Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) (Teleostei: Sparidae) of Béni Saf 's Bight in the West Coast of Algeria.

About 40% of known species in the living world are parasites (Dobson et al., 2008), including 16000 known parasitic Nematodes species of animals (including humans), and 8 % are invertebrate parasites (Anderson et al., 2010). Parasites generally look bad because they are responsible for pathologies. According to Hudson et al. (2006), the diversity of parasites in the ecosystem is indicative of their overall health. Nematodes are considered one of the largest and most diverse groups of helminth parasites that infect marine, freshwater, and even brackish water fish (Klimpel et al., 2011; Morsy et al., 2013). Their infections cause great morbidity in humans and animals. Many cases of human anisakiasis, especially of the genera Anisakis and Pseudoterranova, occur due to the consumption of undercooked fish (Chaligiannis et al., 2012; Guardone et al., 2018). ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: Sept. 20, 2020 Accepted: Oct. 17, 2020 Online: Nov. 11, 2020 _______________
QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SF6 INSULATION AT WARU 150 KV GIS COMPARTMENT USING PARTIAL DISCHARGE ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER

Almost all of modern gas insulated switchgears (GIS) use sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) as insulation material. Therefore, GIS quality much or less depends on quality of its SF6. Failure however can arise within operation of SF6 GIS due to quality decline of SF6. Quality decline of SF6 in GIS can be recognized by existence of decomposition product of SF6, which may appear due to partial discharge, arc during switching, etc. Therefore quality control of SF6 insulation in GIS is necessary in order to prevent failure occurred due to SF6 quality decline. In this study, quality assessment of SF6 at Waru 150 kV SF6 GIS is done using equipment namely partial discharge ion mobility spectrometer. This equipment assesses quality of SF6 based on ions mobility. Concentration of decomposition product is then obtained from ion mobility of gas analyzed. For all compartment tested of Waru 150 kV SF6 GIS, it was found that the largest concentration of decomposition product is between 1000-2000 ppmv. Generally, SF6 condition at Waru 150 kV SF6 GIS is normal based on CIGRE standard.
A novel marker of systemic inflammation in psoriasis and related comorbidities: chitotriosidase.

BACKGROUND/AIM Chitotriosidase (ChT) is an enzyme secreted by activated macrophages and neutrophils in response to proinflammatory signals. There is growing evidence indicating that ChT activity reflects the systemic inflammatory status. This study aimed to investigate whether serum ChT activity increased in patients with psoriasis and related comorbidities. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 53 (28 with associated comorbidities and 25 without comorbidities) patients with psoriasis and 52 healthy volunteers. All participants underwent laboratory investigations for serum ChT levels, complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and serum lipid levels. RESULTS The patients with psoriasis showed significantly higher levels of ChT activity as compared to the healthy controls (23.5 ± 11.4 vs. 17.5 ± 10.4 ? mol/mL/hour; p = 0.015). Additionally, the ChT activity was significantly higher in patients with comorbidities than in those without (p = 0.042). CONCLUSION Our data support the pathogenetic role of inflammatory processes induced by macrophage activation in patients with psoriasis and related comorbidities. We believe that high ChT activity in patients with psoriasis may serve as an early prediction of the possible related comorbidities.
Mécanismes radicalaires dans la dégradation de composes phénoliques en chimie sous rayonnement : radiolyse gamma des chalcones et de l’acide férulique en solutions alcooliques

Dans la continuite des travaux sur les composes phenoliques effectues au sein de l’equipe Biomolecules EA 1085, nous avons etudie la radiolyse gamma d’une serie de molecules appartenant a la famille des flavonoides. Nous avons suivi leur reaction avec les radicaux libres issus de la radiolyse des solvants, tels que les radicaux centres sur le carbone, 1-hydroxymethyl (HMR) et 1-hydroxyethyl (HER) et leurs isomeres centres sur l’oxygene. Ces radicaux libres peuvent etre impliques dans de nombreuses maladies et les flavonoides sont des antioxydants puissants que l’on trouve dans l’alimentation. La radiolyse de quatre flavonols, six chalcones et une dihydrochalcone sera presentee dans ce manuscrit. Les molecules ont ete solubilisees dans des alcools (methanol/ethanol) a differentes concentrations allant de 5x10-5M a 10-2M, en milieu desaere et non desaere. L’irradiation est effectuee par rayonnements gamma provenant d’une source de 60Co, a des doses allant de 0,1kGy a 24kGy. L’analyse des solutions irradiees montre la disparition de la chalcone etudiee et la formation de produits de radiolyse. Une etude analytique montre que la radiolyse des chalcones est un processus qui depend a la fois de la concentration et de la dose absorbee. Chaque molecule donne naissance a des produits de radiolyse que nous avons isoles, purifies puis identifies par Resonance Magnetique Nucleaire (RMN). L’identification des produits de radiolyse montre que la degradation des chalcones peut etre provoquee par une attaque, au niveau de la double liaison, des especes reactives HMR/HER et de leurs isomeres centres sur l’oxygene. Elle montre aussi pour certaines molecules la formation d’un nouveau cycle pentagonal. Nous avons egalement etudie le role de l’oxygene dans la radiolyse de ces composes qui, de maniere inattendue, protege les chalcones contre les attaques radicalaires. Un mecanisme de transformation detaille des chalcones est propose. Ce type de reaction peut donc se produire lors de l’exposition de produits alimentaires a un rayonnement γ utilise pour prolonger leur duree de conservation. Nous avons ainsi etudie les effets du rayonnement γ sur un jus d’orange en nous focalisant sur la variation de la teneur en composes phenoliques. Ces analyses montrent que l’acide ferulique (un acide phenolique) est degrade par l’irradiation. Cet acide presente une analogie structurale avec les chalcones (presence d’une chaine tricarbonee α,β-insaturee, d’un carbonyle et d’un cycle aromatique). Ceci nous a amene a etudier la radiolyse de l’acide ferulique. Les produits de degradation identifies montrent que l’acide ferulique subit l’attaque des radicaux libres du solvant de la meme facon que les chalcones, au niveau de la double liaison. Ces resultats sont une premiere etape pour mieux apprehender les effets du rayonnement gamma sur les fruits et legumes soumis a un traitement ionisant.
A Neutron Diffraction Study of the Thermal Stability of the α-Quartz-Type Structure in Germanium Dioxide

The structure of the α-quartz-type form of germanium dioxide was refined at room temperature and up to 1344 K by the Rietveld method using time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction data. The intertetrahedral bridging angle θ and the tilt angle δ exhibit thermal stabilities that are among the highest observed in α-quartz homeotypes. The temperature dependence of these angles is found to be a function of the structural distortion in these materials. Structure–property relationships predict that due to its highly distorted structure, germanium dioxide is potentially a high-performance piezoelectric material. The high stability of the above structural parameters as a function of temperature infers that the corresponding piezoelectric properties should also be retained under these conditions. At the present time, problems related to phase stability and crystal growth need to be resolved before the α-quartz-type form of ger-manium dioxide can be used as a piezoelectric material.
Ownership Pattern and Governance–Performance Relation: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

The article examines whether different corporate governance practices and ownership patterns influence firm performance and value creation in an emerging market context. The study establishes that the governance–performance relation depends highly on the estimation tools applied. While the pooled regression or fixed effects panel model may provide spurious and biased relations, the system generalized method of moments (GMM) model provides superior and valid results by addressing all types of endogeneity problems. The results show that firms with a separate CEO and chairperson outperform firms with CEO duality. Also, higher executive salary leads to improved firm performance. Moreover, higher promoter shareholding leads to greater value creation and improved firm performance, and domestic institutional investors (DII) have a significant impact on firm performance.
Research progress of MXenes-based wearable pressure sensors

Flexible wearable pressure sensors can maintain their sensing capability when any deformation occurs, which possess ponderance in the realms of electronic skin, man–machine interaction, medical diagnosis, and human motion detection. Two-dimensional (2D) layered-structured materials of early transition metal carbides and carbonitrides, named MXenes, own fascinating character due to mechanical flexibility, good conductivity, excellent hydrophilic property, large specific surface areas, and unique surface chemistry. The excellent properties of MXenes can improve the sensing performance of flexible pressure sensors based on MXenes. MXenes can be obtained by diverse preparation methods and form composites with other materials conveniently. In particular, polymers are ideal choices for synthesizing MXenes composites due to their versatility, compatibility, and low cost. MXenes or MXenes/polymers display strengthened mechanical flexibility and tensile properties through the design of the structure and the manufacturing process, which makes them desirable for extensive use in the realm of wearable pressure sensors. In this review, we focus on preparation and compounding methods of MXenes and MXenes/polymers as well as recent progress of applications in wearable pressure sensors. Moreover, major challenges and further research are also presented.
Utilisation of Bio-binder Made of Homogenised Peat in Crumb Rubber-containing Composites

The utilisation of the industrial residual products to create new value-added materials and to reduce footprint is a modern challenge of science and industry. Development of the new multifunctional and bio-based composites is an excellent opportunity for complex utilisation of industrial residual products. The study describes the preparation and characterisation of the three-phases bio-based composites. The main components are bio-based binder made of peat, devulcanised crumb rubber (DCR) from used tires and part of the fly ash the cenosphere (CS). Three-phase composite prepared in the form of a block for investigation of the mechanical properties and density and a form of granules for determination of the water and oil products sorption was investigated. This work investigated the dependence of the properties on the main component DCR and CS fraction. Is found, that maximum compression strength (in block form) observed for composition without CS and DCR addition - 79.3 MPa, the second highest value of compression strength is 11.2 MPa for composition with 27.3 wt% of CS. For compositions with bio binder content from 17.4 to 55.8 wt% and with DCR contents in range from 11.0 to 62.0 wt% compression strength is in range 1.1 to 2.0 MPa. Liquid sorption analysis (water and diesel) showed that the maximum saturation of liquids in both cases is set after 35 minutes and ranges from 1.05 to 1.4 g·g -1 for water and 0.77 to 1.25 g·g-1 for diesel. It was noted that 90% of the maximum saturation with diesel fuel comes after 10 minutes and for water after 35 minutes.
Role of Affective Mediators in the Effects of Media Use on Proenvironmental Behavior

Much of the research on media use and environmental participation has examined the persuasive effects of media-motivated cognitive constructs on proenvironmental behavior, whereas the role of media-induced affective constructs has largely been neglected. To address this gap, this study examines how affective constructs (emotional responses and perceived knowledge) arise from media use and in what ways they contribute to environmental participation in the context of haze. Results from a web survey of 1,589 Chinese citizens suggest that traditional media use elicited more positive emotions than the use of new media, while new media use evoked more negative emotions than that of traditional media. Both traditional and new media use were positive predictors of perceived knowledge. Moreover, negative emotion, positive emotion, and perceived knowledge were all positively associated with proenvironmental behavior. The results of mediation analyses indicated that these affective constructs mediated the association between media use and proenvironmental behavior.
Interactions between Air Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives on Challenges and Future Directions

Interactions between air pollution and terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in the Earth system. However, process-based knowledge of air pollution–terrestrial ecosystem interactions is limited, hindering accurate quantification of how changes in tropospheric chemistry, biogeochemical cycling, and climate affect air quality and its impact on humans and ecosystems. Here we summarize current challenges and future directions for advancing the understanding of air pollution–ecosystem interactions by synthesizing discussions from a multidisciplinary group of scientists at a recent Integrated Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) early-career workshop. Specifically, we discuss the important elements of air pollution–terrestrial ecosystem interactions, including vegetation and soil uptake and emissions of air pollutants and precursors, in-canopy chemistry, and the roles of human activities, fires, and meteorology. We highlight the need for a coordinated network of measurements of long-term chemical fluxes and related meteorological and ecological quantities with expanded geographic and ecosystem representation, data standardization and curation to reduce uncertainty and enhance observational syntheses, integrated multiscale observational and modeling capabilities, collaboration across scientific disciplines and geographic regions, and active involvement by stakeholders and policymakers. Such an enhanced network will continue to facilitate the process-level understanding and thus predictive ability of interactions between air pollution and terrestrial ecosystems and impacts on local-to-global climate and human health.
Identifying factors affecting schedule and cost performance on building project

The project cost and schedule are two major factors which contribute to the project performance. Therefore, it is important to identify factors that affect project cost and schedule performance, which will, in turn, affect the whole project performance. Previous studies have listed many factors have a large impact on time and cost performance, however the discussion related to the relationship between influencing factors and performance parameters is still limited. This research identified and refined 15 influencing factors through literature review. Those factors were grouped into 3 group factors: resource, environmental and management. Then, further literature review further was conducted to determine the relationships between influencing factors with project time and cost performance. The study focuses on factors influencing project cost and time performance based on the physical progress and actual cost. The result shows that resource group is the most variable influencing physical progress, direct cost and indirect cost. While environment and management group influencing physical progress and indirect cost.
Stable 3D inertial focusing by high aspect ratio curved microfluidics

Fine manipulation of particles is essential for the analysis of complex samples such as blood or environmental water, where rare particles of interest may be masked by millions of others. Inertial focusing is amongst the most promising techniques for this task, enabling label-free manipulation of particles with sub-micron resolution at very high flow rates. However, the phenomenon still remains difficult to predict due to the focus position shifting in tortuous ways as function of the channel geometry, flow rate and particle size. Here, we present a new line of microfluidics that exploit inertial focusing in high aspect ratio curved (HARC) microchannels and overcome this limitation. Consisting of a single curved channel, HARC systems provide a highly predictable, single focus position near the centre of the inner wall, largely independent of the flow rate and particle size. An explanation of the mechanism of migration and focus of particles, together with its governing equations, is provided based on simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics and experimental results. HARC microchannels built in silicon-glass were used for experimental validation, achieving a high quality, single focus position for a range of microparticles with sizes of 0.7–1 µm and bacterial cells (Escherichia coli). The recovery of 1 µm particles was 99.84% with a factor 4 in concentration. With a stable focus position, we envision that HARC systems will bring the technology closer to implementation in laboratories for analysis of complex fluids with biological particles like cells and organelles.