Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Energy Systems Using Extended Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy VIKOR, and TOPSIS Approaches to Manage Non-Cooperative Opinions

Energy systems planning commonly involves the study of supply and demand of power, forecasting the trends of parameters established on economics and technical criteria of models. Numerous measures are needed for the fulfillment of energy system assessment and the investment plans. The higher energy prices which call for diversification of energy systems and managing the resolution of conflicts are the results of high energy demand for growing economies. Due to some challenging problems of fossil fuels, energy production and distribution from alternative sources are getting more attention. This study aimed to reveal the most proper energy systems in Saudi Arabia for investment. Hence, integrated fuzzy AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), fuzzy VIKOR (Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje) and TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to Idle Solution) methodologies were employed to determine the most eligible energy systems for investment. Eight alternative energy systems were assessed against nine criteria—power generation capacity, efficiency, storability, safety, air pollution, being depletable, net present value, enhanced local economic development, and government support. Data were collected using the Delphi method, a team of three decision-makers (DMs) was established in a heterogeneous manner with the addition of nine domain experts to carry out the analysis. The fuzzy AHP approach was used for clarifying the weight of criteria and fuzzy VIKOR and TOPSIS were utilized for ordering the alternative energy systems according to their investment priority. On the other hand, sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the priority of investment for energy systems and comparison of them using the weight of group utility and fuzzy DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) approaches. The results and findings suggested that solar photovoltaic (PV) is the paramount renewable energy system for investment, according to both fuzzy VIKOR and fuzzy TOPSIS approaches. In this context our findings were compared with other works comprehensively.
Dichotomous keys to the mammals of the South by order

The opossum belongs to one of the seven orders of mammals commonly known as “marsupials,” referring to the abdominal pouch or marsupium where the young are carried. However, only about half of all marsupials actually possess a permanent pouch. Considered to be a primitive marsupial order, Didelphimorphia is restricted to the New World (Gardner 1993). The sole family in the order, Family Didelphidae, is represented by 15 genera and 66 species that are distributed throughout South, Central, and North America (Nowak 1999). Baker et al. (2003) report one species in North America, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana).
Plant distribution patterns and plate tectonics in Malesia.

The Malay Archipelago is one of the three areas in the world with a rich tropical rainforest (estimated 42,000 spp.). It is a natural phytogeographic area (70% of the plants endemic), comprising the Sunda Shelf, Wallacea and the Sahul Shelf as subunits, which include nine island groups: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and New Guinea. The flora richness of each island group correlates significantly with the size of the areas. The nine areas all possess many endemic species, but the Philippines, Borneo, and especially New Guinea comprise significantly more endemic species than the mean number for every island. Three major distribution patterns in Malesia are treated: Indian-Malesian distributions, circumpacific distributions, and Wallace’s line (the division between a west and east Malesian flora). The central part of Malesia, Wallacea, is a transition zone between the Sunda and the Sahul flora. It also forms a barrier (known as Wallace’s line) for four reasons: a. The east Malesian elements only rafted during the last 50Ma as plate fragments towards Southeast Asia, where the west Malesian elements were already in place; b. Most stepping stones for dispersal only emerged during the last 10 Ma, especially in Wallacea; c. Wallacea has a dry monsoon climate, while the Sunda and Sahul Shelf have an everwet climate; d. No major land bridges were present in Wallacea during glacial periods. It is shown here that India did not only act as a raft, bringing Gondwanan floral elements to Southeast Asia, but it also received floral elements from mainly Borneo. Most circumpacific distributions can be explained by two land bridge systems due to warm arctic conditions. During the late Cretaceous (Gondwana still breaking up) South America was still connected to Australia via Antarctica (examples: Sapindaceae, Nothofagus, Proteaceae). A northern route existed till at least the Eocene between Europe and North America via a continental connection over the arctic (examples: Magnoliaceae, Sabiaceae).
Multiple Choice Tests to Assess Academic Achievements in Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. A Longitudinal Single Case Study

ABSTRACT With intellectual disabilities, when verbal impairments are joined to dyspraxia, the persons cannot speak and write as well as they have difficulties using gestures and in the card selection to communicate. For when any other assessment about learning becomes difficult, multiple choice tests were designed to allow some corrections. Here that evaluation method was applied to a home-based individualised educative programme, developed with a nonverbal student with autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, and cerebellar damage, through eight years (age: 14–21 years) by four different educators. The study was carried out cataloguing and valuing 268 multiple choice tests, analysing the data and interpreting them in light of the complex pathology of this adolescent, his education and his life. The assessment seems to be reliable for a high (negative) correlation between the grade and the p-value (i.e. the probability that the answers were guessed by chance); the method of allowing corrections seems to give better results than usual, despite the penalisation of the errors; the testing artefacts seem to influence the results; the best achievements were obtained in science and in spelling, while in literature, geography, and history they were sufficient in mean, even when using two different languages.
Optimal Voltage Regulator for Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generation Units Part І: Control System

The stable operation of conventional power systems greatly depends on coherent impedances of the bulk power networks’ elements. However, penetration of inverter interfaced distributed generation (IIDG) units put the stability of modern power systems into a risk due the vague and arbitrary output impedance of IIDG units. Besides, the impedance specification of IIDGs can only be established by means of a virtual impedance loop, which needs extra control efforts also imposes voltage drops. Especially, the virtual impedance depends on the output current and cannot be thus freely adjusted. To this end, an optimal voltage regulator (OVR) is proposed for controlling IIDG units to achieve a free/wide range of impedance shaping. The OVR facilitates the optimal impedance shaping based on the control requirement and grid's impedance characteristics, which makes the IIDG units consistent with the power network thus contributing to stabilizing modern power systems. The OVR's control system is based on the state feedback control and the impedance shaping is achieved through an appropriate feedback gain adjustment process. Simulation results prove the effectiveness of the method to achieve the desired impedance shaping.
Probiotic properties of a sour-milk product : shubat from the camel milk

Camel breeding is traditional branch of animal breeding coming from the ancient times. It was developed on the territory of Kazakhstan as a result of natural, ethnic and nomadic traditions. Kazaks always consumed camel products such as meat, milk and wool. Fermentative treatment of camel milk is a part of ethnic traditions of Central Asia people. In Kazakhstan fermented camel milk is called shubat. Chemical compound of camel milk is remarkably different from cows and other milks. Moreover, qualitative compound differs from the camel milk of African and Arabic camels. Fat consist in Kazakhstan camel milk is 4,5% in average with ranges 2,5-8% dependently on season and camel species. High fat concentration gives tender smooth consistent and specific taste. Existing data on vitamin and mineral composition and" energy value differ from international data which is explained by difference in natural conditions and also by the different methodic of study. Specific micro flora originates in shubat producing and the composition of this micro flora depends on raw milk, ferment and fermenting conditions. Complicated biochemical processes occur during fermentation of camel milk. These are milk sugar degradation and synthesis of new compound such as milk acid, alcohol and hydrocarbon and amino acids, increase of concentration of vitamins B1, B2, C. It was shown that shubat has bactericidal activity to pathogenic bacteria of intestinal group. Shubat is stimulator of activation of stomach secretions, it causes intensive gastric juices separation, has higher digestive properties and acidity than kefir and milk. Lactic bacteria are probiotiques and they set friendly conditions for growth and stable existence of gut micro flora and also, in contrast to antibiotics, do not cause negative influence on normal gut microflora. Probiotiques have very important property to increase anti-infection resistance of organisms, in some cases they act as anti-allergic compounds and also act for regulating and stimulating digestion processes. (Resume d'auteur)
Using phylogenetics and model selection to investigate the evolution of RNA genes in genomic alignments.

The diversity and range of the biological functions of non-coding RNA molecules (ncRNA) have only recently been realised, and phylogenetic analysis of the RNA genes that define these molecules can provide important insights into the evolutionary pressures acting on RNA genes, and can lead to a better understanding of the structure and function of ncRNA. An appropriate dataset is fundamental to any evolutionary analysis, and because existing RNA alignments are unsuitable, I describe a software pipeline to derive RNA gene datasets from genomic alignments. RNA gene prediction software has not previously been evaluated on such sets of known RNA genes, and I find that two popular methods fail to predict the genes in approximately half of the alignments. In addition, high numbers of predictions are made in flanking regions that lack RNA genes, and these results provide motivation for subsequent phylogenetic analyses, because a better understanding of RNA gene evolution should lead to improved methods of prediction.I analyse the RNA gene alignments with a range of evolutionary models of substitution and examine which models best describe the changes evident in the alignment. The best models are expected to provide more accurate trees, and their properties can also shed light on the evolutionary processes that occur in RNA genes. Comparing DNA and RNA substitution models is non-trivial however, because they describe changes between two different types of state, so I present a proof that allows models with different state spaces to be compared in a statistically valid manner. I find that a large proportion of RNA genes are well described by a single RNA model that includes parameters describing both nucleotides and RNA structure, highlighting the multiple levels of constraint that act on the genes. The choice of model affects the inference of a phylogenetic tree, suggesting that model selection, with RNA models, should be standard practice for analysis of RNA genes.
TQM Components as a Source of Competitive Advantage in a Beverage Organization

This study reports on a case study of TQM adoption in searching for answers of why and how organizations adopt such approaches to gain competitive advantages within a Bangladeshi beverage company. It focuses organizational approaches to adopt TQM as a strategic option and the subsequent changes in organizational set-up. Moreover, using the resource-based theory, this study explores what TQM components help achieving competitive advantage. Findings reveal that due to the change in customer requirements in respect to tastes and quality; and increased price pressure led the case organization to adopt TQM. The result shows that the case organization has brought a series of changes in adopting TQM including appointing a consultant; encouraging a culture of continuous learning; developing a mechanism of communicating information; involving top management along with the employees in the improvement process; and emphasizing the use of teams. Following the resource-based view, findings show that the adoption of TQM helped the case organization in identifying its capabilities that facilitated the achievement of competitive advantage. The findings may help other organizations to learn lesson from the case organization through the identification of tacit resources that are generated by a TQM initiative.
Arginine Vasotocin and Social Behavior: Endocrine Effects and Reciprocal Interactions in Anolis carolinensis

Arginine vasotocin (AVT; or its mammalian homologue arginine vasopressin) is a potent regulator of social behavior in many species. Examining its behavioral and endocrinological effects in different species can provide insight into its general mechanisms in regulating social behavior and physiology. These experiments were aimed at gaining insights into the role of AVT and its interactions with other steroid hormones in the regulation of social behavior including aggression and courtship as well as the effect of aggressive behavior itself on AVT expressing cells in the brains, using the green anole lizard as the research subject. Little is known about the role of AVT in reptilian behavior. First, the effect of exogenous AVT on social behavior (mirror and paired aggression, courtship) and circulating steroids was assessed. I found that AVT increased corticosterone (CORT) in all animals and tended to reduce aggressive behavior as has been reported for other territorial species. AVT did not perceptibly alter male courtship but did increase the display behavior of untreated females paired with treated males. Next, endocrine and behavioral effects of different AVT doses were considered as well as the impact of AVT on steroid hormones in single housed animal. I found that high doses of AVT increased CORT more in aggressing than courting animals although no effects on behavior were observed. I also found that AVT stimulates CORT release in animals without a behavior challenge. Then, I examined the influence of AVT on aggressive behavior in animals with a CORTsynthesis inhibitor to establish a non-stress hormone dependent role for AVT. AVT tended to reduce aggressive behavior even in the presence of a CORT-synthesis inhibitor. Next, AVT immunoreactive cell counts were compared in animals with varying numbers of exposures to an aggression inducing versus neutral stimulus. I found that AVT immunoreactive cell number in the preoptic area (POA) increased in animals with five aggressive exposures. Findings from this dissertation suggest a possible role for AVT in the regulation of aggressive behavior and highlight the importance of considering the glucocorticoid response when considering AVT effects. INDEX WORDS: Aggression, Anolis carolinensis, Arginine vasotocin, Corticosterone, Courtship, Neuroendocrinology, Social behavior, Testosterone ARGININE VASOTOCIN AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: ENDOCRINE EFFECTS AND RECIPROCAL INTERACTIONS IN ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS
Geodetic Model of the 2018 Mw 7.2 Pinotepa, Mexico, Earthquake Inferred from InSAR and GPS Data

Investigating the interaction between slow-slip events (SSEs) and large earthquakes provides insights into earthquake-triggering mechanisms and is crucial for earthquake hazard assessment. In this study, we used Sentinel-1 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Global Positioning System (GPS) data to estimate the source parameters of the 2018 Mw 7.2 Pinotepa, Mexico, earthquake. The results show that the earthquake ruptured both the seismogenic zone and a long-term SSE area, with two asperities ruptured during the event. GPS time-series data indicate that an SSE was initiated approximately during March 2017 below Oaxaca; the SSE ruptured an area below the source region of the Pinotepa earthquake and intruded into the seismogenic zone. The spatiotemporal proximity may suggest that the SSE triggered the Pinotepa earthquake. We propose that the triggering mechanism may either have been Coulomb stress loading or weakening of the source area by fluid migration. Furthermore, we calculated the seismic moment deficit and Coulomb failure stress changes and conclude that the Oaxaca area still has the potential for large earthquakes.
Psidium guajava L. Ficha botánica de interés apícola en Venezuela, No. 11 guayaba

Psidium guajava L. is a fruit tree visited by numerous bee species in search of nectar and pollen. This work is included in a series to study the importance of Venezuelan bee flora. The pollen is grey, subangular, approximately 17 x 20 μm diameter, tricolporate, scabrate exine and smooth cytoplasm. The botanical description and bee observations of guava are included in this card.
Accountability in Local Public Utilities. Not Only Corporate Governance

ABSTRACT This study questions the accountability relationship between one Municipality and its different Local Public Utilities (LPUs). On the basis of a case study built on documental analysis and on 21 in-depth interviews with key public officials, top managers and policymakers, a less scholastic view of accountability is proposed based on the consideration of different accountability mechanisms. The case study confirms that corporate governance, albeit central, is only one of the mechanisms available to the municipality to make the LPUs accountable. The dependence on the financial resources and the political salience of the specific public service emerge as factors impacting on the intensity of the accountability relationship.
Dedicated Energy Harvesting in Concatenated Hybrid PLC-Wireless Systems

This work addresses the use of hybrid power line-wireless channels, which are defined as the concatenation of power line communication (PLC) and wireless communication (WLC) channels, for dedicated energy harvesting purposes in in-home facilities. Based on a measured data set of hybrid PLC-WLC channels, we discuss statistical analyses concerning distinct power masks and two different regions that are associated with typical distances from the electric power grids to the wireless device. Moreover, based on the harvested energy from the hybrid PLC-WLC channels, we report the achievable data rates for data communication through narrowband PLC and WLC channels as well as through the hybrid PLC-WLC channels. The analyses show that feasible values of energy can be harvested from the hybrid PLC-WLC channels and that the high power nature of the PLC noise significantly contributes to the total harvested energy. Finally, we point out that interesting achievable data rates can be attained when the harvested energy is used for data communication purposes.
A Biochemical Approach to Understanding the Fanconi Anemia Pathway-Regulated Nucleases in Genome Maintenance for Preventing Bone Marrow Failure and Cancer

Abstract : Fanconi anemia is the most prevalent inherited BMF syndromes, caused by mutations in at least 16 genes. A hallmark of FA is cellular hypersensitivity to agents that form interstrand cross-links (ICLs). The FA pathway maintains genome stability by coordinating the necessary repair response required for the full removal of ICLs. However, the specific function of FA proteins and associated factor remain a very important puzzle to solve. Failed or inappropriate attempts to repair ICL lesions will result in genomic instability that has been postulated to be the genetic causes of both BMF and subsequent cancer development in FA patients. The objective of the proposed project is to develop biochemical systems to characterize the molecular details of ICL repair involved in genome maintenance. Comprehension in such molecular mechanisms will contribute to elucidating both the cause for initiation and step-wise transformation of BMF syndromes to cancer.
Tabanus importunus, vecteur mécanique expérimental de Trypanosoma vivax en Guyane Française

The pathogen of american bovine trypanosomiasis Trypanosoma vivax was transmitted between zebu bull calves by blood meal interruption and immediate resumption of female Tabanus importunus horse flies. Transmission was achieved by 44 transfers from the donor animal to the recipient animal carried out from 8 to 10 days after experimental inoculation of the donor animal. Parasitemia was detected in the recipient animal 10 days after transfer beginning.
Syndecan-4 regulates cell-surface trafficking and biological activity of transglutaminase-2

Transglutaminase-2 (TG2) is a Ca2+-dependent crosslinking enzyme involved in the post-translational modification of proteins via the formation of Ne(γ-glutamyl)lysine isodipeptides. TG2 is externalised in the extracellular matrix (ECM) through an unconventional and not fully understood pathway. Under normal conditions, TG2 modulates cell adhesion, proliferation and tissue repair. Under continuous cell insult higher expression and elevated extracellular trafficking of TG2 contribute to the pathogenesis of tissue scarring. TG2 is known to have affinity for heparin, and in a previous study cell-surface heparan sulphate (HS) has been implicated in extracellular TG2 mediated RGD-independent cell adhesion, a non-enzymatic process independent from the α5β1 integrin-binding to the RGD domain on FN (Verderio et al., 2003). Hence HS proteoglycan (HSPG) could act as cell surface co-receptor for FNbound TG2 or contribute to the regulation of extracellular TG2 activity in cell adhesion and tissue repair.
Uso do lodo de esgoto na produção de agregados leves: uma revisão sistemática de literatura

O lodo de esgoto e o principal subproduto proveniente do tratamento de efluentes residuais. Sua producao e crescente em todo o mundo. Paralelamente, orgaos ambientais vem restringindo varios metodos de deposicao deste residuo, exigindo cada vez mais a criacao de praticas sustentaveis. Nesse contexto, a construcao civil destaca-se como um parceiro em potencial. Diversos estudos empregaram o lodo de esgoto no desenvolvimento de novos materiais de construcao, dentre os quais destaca-se o agregado leve (LWA). Assim, este estudo avaliou, a partir de uma revisao sistematica da literatura, o potencial de aplicacao do lodo de esgoto no processo de fabricacao de agregados leves. Dados importantes como: composicao quimica; densidade; granulometria; resistencia mecânica; absorcao; temperatura de sinterizacao; aplicacao em concretos e lixiviacao, foram analisados e comparados as diretrizes internacionais e/ou a agregados comerciais. Os resultados sao encorajadores, pois em todos os quesitos avaliados os agregados produzidos com lodo de esgoto atenderam aos padroes internacionais e/ou apresentaram resultados semelhantes aos de agregados comerciais. Demonstrou-se, portanto, que o lodo de esgoto possui viabilidade tecnica para fabricacao de LWA’s, confirmando a potencialidade da gestao sustentavel deste residuo. Palavras-chave: Agregado leve; Lodo de esgoto; LWA; Reutilizacao; Revisao sistematica