Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“These Are Just Stories, Mulder”: Exposure to Conspiracist Fiction Does Not Produce Narrative Persuasion

Narrative persuasion, i.e., the impact of narratives on beliefs, behaviors and attitudes, and the mechanisms underpinning endorsement of conspiracy theories have both drawn substantial attention from social scientists. Yet, to date, these two fields have evolved separately, and to our knowledge no study has empirically examined the impact of conspiracy narratives on real-world conspiracy beliefs. In a first study, we exposed a group of participants (n = 37) to an X-Files episode before asking them to fill in a questionnaire related to their narrative experience and conspiracy beliefs. A control group (n = 41) had to answer the conspiracy beliefs items before watching the episode. Based on past findings of both the aforementioned fields of research, we hypothesized that the experimental group would show greater endorsement of conspiracy beliefs, an effect expected to be mediated by identification to the episodes' characters. We furthermore hypothesized that identification would be associated with cognitive elaboration of the topics developed in the narrative. The first two hypotheses were disproved since no narrative persuasion effect was observed. In a second study, we sought to replicate these results in a larger sample (n = 166). No persuasive effect was found in the new data and a Bayesian meta-analysis of the two studies strongly supports the absence of a positive effect of exposure to narrative material on endorsement of conspiracy theories. In both studies, a significant relation between conspiracy mentality and enjoyment was observed. In the second study, this relation was fully mediated by two dimensions of perceived realism, i.e., plausibility and narrative consistency. We discuss our results, based on theoretical models of narrative persuasion and compare our studies with previous narrative persuasion studies. Implications of these results for future research are also discussed.
Channel Hot Carrier Degradation Mechanism in Long/Short Channel $n$-FinFETs

The channel hot carrier degradation mechanisms in n-FinFET devices are studied. In long channel devices, interface degradation by hot carriers mainly degrades the device at the maximum impact ionization condition (V<sub>G</sub> ~ V<sub>D</sub>/2). At higher V<sub>G</sub> closer to V<sub>D</sub>, cold and hot carrier injection to the oxide bulk defect increases and dominates at the V<sub>G</sub>=V<sub>D</sub> stress condition. On the other hand, in short channel devices, hot carriers are generated continuously with respect to V<sub>G</sub> and highly at V<sub>G</sub>=V<sub>D</sub>, and this hot carrier injection into the oxide bulk defect is the main degradation mechanism.
THE EFFECT OF HIGH DIETARY FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT ON THE FATTENING PERFORMANCE AND CHEMICAL BODY COMPOSITION OF FATTENING PIGS

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of dietary fermentable carbohydrates (FC = faecal digestible organic matter faecal digestible crude proteinfaecal digestible crude fat starch sugars) on the body composition and meat quality of pigs. A total of seventy two Stamboek hybrid pigs were housed in groups of six per pen (two pens with gilts and two with barrows per treatment). Three diets were formulated with a low, medium and high FC content (63, 148, 233 g/kg in the grower diets (45-75 kg) and 67, 152, 237 g/kg in the finisher diets (75-110 kg)). Feed and water were offered ad libitum. At slaughter (110 kg LW) lean meat percentage, meat quality and chemical body composition were determined. Our data indicated, that carcass grading was improved by dietary FC. Diet with the high level of fermentable carbohydrates decreased fatness of the carcass and the organ fraction. It can be concluded that the fattening performance (FI, ADG, FCR) was not affected adversely by the high FC intake, but carcass quality in pigs could be improved. Feedstuffs high in fermentable carbohydrates can be valuable ingredients for pig diets, once their energy content has been properly estimated.
Haematuria in HIV - an interactive web

A 55 kg nursing sister presented to a private hospital complaining of lower abdominal pain and frank haematuria. She was assessed as having a urinary tract infection, and started on ciprofloxacin. When seen at our institution a day later she complained of colicky flank and lower abdominal pain, was pale and had a pulse of 112 beats per minute with a blood pressure of 110/70 mmHg. There was mild left iliac fossa discomfort and a distal sensory neuropathy. She had frank haematuria, a haemoglobin concentration 4.8 g/100 ml, a platelet count of 650 x 10/l and an International Normalised Ratio (INR) that failed to clot. She settled after transfusion of fresh frozen plasma and packed cells. Her INR the following day was 6.1, and 2 days later was 1.6.
Multi-time scale hierarchical predictive control for energy management of microgrid system with smart users

In this paper, a multi-time scale hierarchal model predictive control strategy is proposed to optimize energy management problem of a microgrid with multiple smart users. According to the power flow among different energy modules, a hierarchical system model and a multi-time scale hierarchal energy optimization management problem are established. The centralized controller in the upper layer is to optimize the charge/discharge time and energy of storage devices, controllable supply power adjustment and dispatch of the aggregators. The optimization problem in the lower layer is to meet users' demands in real time. Meanwhile, in order to improve the disturbances caused by the randomness of renewable energy and variant loads, a multi-time scale optimization scheme is applied. At the slow scale, the upper optimization problem is solved, and the optimal energy scheduling in the long-term can be achieved. At the fast scale, the energy balance between supply and demand of smart users can be realized in the short-term. Finally, simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of proposed method.
Modeling of Cascade Lasing in Dy : Chalcogenide Glass Fiber Laser With Efficient Output at 4.5  $\mu$m

The performance of a continuous-wave Dy:GeAsGaSe chalcogenide glass fiber laser operating on the <sup>6</sup>H<sub>11/2</sub> rarr <sup>6</sup>H<sub>13/2</sub> transition at 4.2-4.7 mum is studied using numerical modeling. A double-clad fiber geometry is assumed, with direct pumping of the <sup>6</sup>H<sub>11/2</sub> level at 1.7 mum. It is shown that simultaneous lasing on the <sup>6</sup>H<sub>13/2</sub> rarr <sup>6</sup>H<sub>15/2</sub> transition serves to effectively depopulate the <sup>6</sup>H<sub>11/2</sub> level and significantly improve the efficiency and power scalability. A slope efficiency of 0.16 is calculated when the fiber loss is 1 dB/m. For efficient operation, it is necessary to keep the fiber loss below ap5 dB/m.
Improved-Accuracy Source Reconstruction on Arbitrary 3-D Surfaces

This paper presents a novel formulation of the source reconstruction problem on arbitrary three-dimensional (3-D) surfaces based on integral equations. Rigorous boundary integral field identities are employed to enforce that the two unknown currents are Maxwellian on the reconstruction surface; this leads to a dual integral-equation formulation, in contrast to the single-equation formulation found in literature. Numerical tests against reference currents allow a quantitative assessment of the improvements in accuracy afforded by the novel formulation, with important benefits in diagnostic applications.
Fluorine and chlorine in peralkaline liquids and the need for magma generation in an open system

Summary Fluorine, chlorine, zinc, niobium, zirconium, yttrium, and rubidium have been deter-mined on fifteen obsidians from Eburru volcano (Kenya Rift Valley), spanning the range from pantel-leritic trachyte to pantellerite. All pairs of elements show positive correlation coefficients, ranging between 0·769 and 0·998, but with most values better than 0·900. In spite of some very high correlations, only two of the twenty-one best-fit lines pass near the origin of the Cartesian coordinates. Linear distributions are found within two separate groups of elements: F, Zr, Rb; and Cl, Nb, Yt. Zn behaves in general as a member of the second group but seems to be subject to an additional variation. When an element from the fluorine group is plotted against one from the chlorine group the resulting pattern is non-linear. Therefore, although the elements in both groups would generally be considered ‘residual’ (partition coefficients between crystals and liquid approaching zero) there are clearly detectable differences in their variation, and hence their behaviour. Major-element variations in the obsidians are such that a vapour (fluid) phase would be needed to account for any magma evolution. The trace-element patterns are also impossible by closed-system crystal fractionation and suggest that this fluid may have been rich in halogens, with the metallic elements forming preferred ‘complexes’ with either F or Cl. The F-Zr-Rb ‘complex’ also varies quite independently of the important major oxides (e.g. A12O3) in the rocks. In the case of Rb this is but one aspect of a more significant anomaly, in which there is no sign of any influence of alkali feldspar (which partitions Rb) in the variation. This is remarkable because trachytes and rhyolites have normative ab+or > 50 %, and any evolutionary process controlled by crystal ⇋ liquid interactions must be dominated by the melting or crystallization of alkali feldspar. The results on the Eburru obsidians show that if they are an evolutionary series then either, the process was not crystal ⇋ liquid controlled, or that any such process has been overriden (or buffered) by other processes that have superimposed the observed trace-element patterns. In the latter event, the buffering phase may have been a halogen-bearing vapour. The same considerations must apply to other pantellerite provinces where Rb appears to have behaved as a ‘residual’ element.
THE EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ON RENAL FUNCTION IN DOGS WITH ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY KISANI

The effect of ascorbic acid on renal function in dogs subjected to ischemia reperfusion injury was investigated. Six dogs with a mean weight of 10 kg (range 8 11 kg) were used in the study. The dogs were administered ascorbic acid (treatment group) and the same volume of normal saline (control group). This administration was followed by reperfusion. Nephrectomy was carried out on the right kidneys. Blood samples were collected from these dogs post operatively on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 14 days and analysed for blood urea (BUN) and creatinine. There was no significant difference in serum creatinine level in both the control and treatment group (p>0.05). There was significant change in the levels of BUN in both the control and treatment groups (p<0.05). In conclusion, ascorbic acid protects renal tissue from being damaged by ischemia-reperfusion injury, thereby, helping in the recovery of renal function.
Interactions between phytase and different dietary minerals in in vitro systems

An in vitro experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different dietary minerals on phytate hydrolysis by microbial phytase enzyme and to measure the residual phytate content after phytate digestion. Calcium (0, 6, 8, 10 g kg -1 of diet), Fe (0, 70, 80, 90 mg kg -1 of diet), Zn (0, 30, 40, 50 mg kg -1 of diet) or Na (0, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 g kg -1 of diet) were incubated with a Na-phytate solution, with phytase enzyme (500 FTU kg -1 of diet) at pH 2.5 or 6.5. The phytate concentration was set at 0.27% to mimic the phytate level in a typical corn-soybean meal-based poultry diet. Inclusion of Ca, Zn and Fe significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the phytate phosphorus hydrolysis at both pH values but the effect was strongest at pH 6.5. Irrespective of the pH, adding Na also inhibited (p < 0.05) phytate phosphorus hydrolysis; however, the negative effect was more pronounced at pH 2.5 than 6.5. Residual phytate content (mg) after phytate digestion was higher (p < 0.05) at pH 6.5 than at 2.5 in the presence of Ca, Zn and Fe. The reverse was the case in the presence of Na. These in vitro results demonstrated that increased concentrations of dietary Ca, Fe, Zn and Na could reduce phytate phosphorus hydrolysis, but such a response would need to be tested in animal feeding trials.
Traffic Dynamics on Complex Networks: A Survey

Traffic dynamics on complex networks are intriguing in recent years due to their practical implications in real communication networks. In this survey, we give a brief review of studies on traffic routing dynamics on complex networks. Strategies for improving transport efficiency, including designing efficient routing strategies and making appropriate adjustments to the underlying network structure, are introduced in this survey. Finally, a few open problems are discussed in this survey.
Recommender system using fuzzy c-means clustering and genetic algorithm based weighted similarity measure

A combinatorial approach by combining fuzzy c-means clustering technique and genetic algorithm based weighted similarity measure to develop a recommender system (RS) has been presented in this paper. The approach is carried out for the development of collaborative filtering based recommender system. In this approach fuzzy c-means clustering technique has been applied to the dataset and clustering is done on the basis of the ratings provided by the users in the dataset. These cluster values are then passed to the genetic algorithm based weighted similarity measure to find the similarity between the clustered values and obtaining optimal similarity metrics. We have also computed the quality measures of the recommender system on the basis of the number of similar values retrieved with respect to the number of iteration runs performed by an algorithm. The results obtained show an improvement in the quality of the recommender system.
Low Temperature Processed Two-Transistor- Two-Capacitor-Based Ferroelectric Random Access Memory

We have demonstrated a low temperature fully integrated process for a ferroelectric random access memory array for potential flexible electronics applications. The memory cell is based on a two-transistor-two-capacitor structure, with cadmium sulfide as the semiconductor material for n-channel thin-film transistors, and poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer as the ferroelectric material for capacitors. At VDD = 5 V, a voltage difference of ~1 V between the two states (0 and 1) is achieved at the output of the sense amplifier.
CLEAN technique for passive bistatic and multistatic SAR with GNSS transmitters

This paper presents the description and some examples of application of the CLEAN technique to passive SAR based on GNSS emissions, in order to extract the scattering centers in the achieved images and to increase the understanding of the imaged scene. Two different operative scenarios are considered: the bistatic case, involving a single GNSS transmitter and a ground-based receiver, and the multistatic case, achieved by considering the non-coherent combination of the BSAR images obtained by multiple, spatially separated satellites. The effectiveness of the technique in extracting the point scatterers' returns in the bi/multi-static images is proved against simulated and real datasets. Moreover, the inherent capability of rejection of the ghost scatterers arising in the multistatic images from close scattering centers is shown. The application of the proposed technique allows the proper extraction of the amount of information of the observed area.
Schmidt number witnesses and bound entanglement

The Schmidt number of a mixed state characterizes the minimum Schmidt rank of the pure states needed to construct it. We investigate the Schmidt number of an arbitrary mixed state by studying Schmidt-number witnesses that detect it. We present a canonical form of such witnesses and provide constructive methods for their optimization. Finally, we present strong evidence that all bound entangled states with positive partial transpose in ${\mathcal{C}}^{3}\ensuremath{\bigotimes}{\mathcal{C}}^{3}$ have Schmidt number 2.
Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model Identification for Small Scale Unmanned Helicopter

This paper presents system identification method for small unmanned helicopter based on Takagi Sugeno fuzzy models under hover. Firstly,the nonlinear discrete model of small unmanned helicopter with unknown parametersis determined by Takagi Sugeno system. Secondly, derivative based gradientmethod is used to identify unknown parameters of TS fuzzy model because in gradientadaptation, fuzzy system is not supposed to be linear in the parameters, so allfuzzy sets for input and output could be adjusted. The proposed method showedits effectiveness in terms of data matching obtained by the X-Plane©flight simulator. Obtained simulation results show high accuracy of themodeling method and better justification for real time applicability of theapproach DOI : http://dx.doi. org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i1. 3577
Realizing the Activation Potential of Online Communities Completed Research Paper

Online communities suffer from the 1-9-90 principle, which states that 1% of the community's user base generates original content, an additional 9% is limited to interacting with existing content, while the remaining 90% of the participants is passively lurking. In this work we present a data-driven stochastic framework that estimates (1) the activation potential (i.e., the users that are currently lurkers but present a high likelihood of becoming heavy contributors) of an online community and (2) when and which users are more likely to become heavy contributors. Our proposed framework captures the transitional evolution of a user by a Hidden Markov Model, and estimates each user's propensity to become a heavy contributor by employing parametric survival models. We build and evaluate our models on a unique large dataset of a specialized online community about diabetes.
Age-Related Decline in Reproductive Sensitivity to Inhibition by Short Photoperiod in Peromyscus Leucopus

Abstract Seasonal environments favor the timing of reproduction to match seasons when successful reproduction is most likely. Most species of temperate zone mammals suppress reproduction in winter using changes in day length as a cue. In many species, individuals vary genetically in how strongly they respond to these seasonal cues. Individuals also may modify their response to day length depending upon other factors, including their age. Age-specific changes might occur because young, peripubertal rodents are more strongly affected by harsh conditions than adults, and therefore might be more sensitive to inhibitory photoperiods. We tested the hypothesis that genetic variation in responses to photoperiod persists as individuals age. Young males from a captive population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) that is genetically variable for reproductive inhibition by short day length (SD) were tested for photoperiod responses. Mice were placed in SD within 3 days after birth, tested at age 70 days, allowed to mature for at least 18 weeks at long day length, and then tested again as adults aged ≥34 weeks. Young males were more likely to be strongly reproductively suppressed by SD than adults, indicating that age-specific changes in reproductive strategy occur in this population. However, males that were reproductively photoresponsive when young also were more likely to be reproductively photoresponsive as adults. Thus, genetic tendency for reproductive sensitivity to photoperiod is a trait retained from puberty to adulthood, but attenuates with age.
Preonset time sequence of auroral substorms: Coordinated observations by all‐sky imagers, satellites, and radars

[1] Using two conjunction events of the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) imagers and spacecraft as well as the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) and Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radars, we show that longitudinally narrow flow bursts in the nightside polar cap can precede poleward boundary intensifications (PBIs) that are followed by equatorward moving north-south (N-S) arcs, including those leading to substorm onset instability within the near-Earth plasma sheet. The association between the ionospheric flows and PBIs indicates that enhanced flows on open field lines may contribute to parallel potential drop increase, triggering of magnetotail reconnection, and to the earthward flows leading to N-S arcs and to substorm onset. We also investigated differences between N-S arc sequences that do and do not lead to substorm expansion onset. We found that the two types of N-S arcs have similar characteristics, indicating that their corresponding plasma sheet flow properties could also be similar. There is, however, one difference between the sequences of N-S arc evolution. Each N-S arc leads to small intensification of the growth phase arc, and when the onset-related N-S arc reaches the equatorward portion of the auroral oval, the preexisting growth phase arc is much brighter than at the times of non-onset-related N-S arcs. Assuming that the growth phase arc is related to pressure gradients at the inner edge of the plasma sheet, this difference indicates that the near-Earth plasma pressure distribution at the time of plasma sheet fast flows is crucial in substorm triggering. These observations suggest that substorm onset instability is possible only when the preexisting inner plasma sheet pressure is sufficiently large.
The significance of geographic range size for spatial diversity patterns in Neotropical palms

We examined the effect of range size in commonly applied macroecological analyses using continental distribution data for all 550 Neotropical palm species (Arecaceae) at varying grain sizes from 0.5" to 5°. First, we evaluated the relative contribution of range-restricted and widespread species on the patterns of species richness and endemism. Second, we analysed the impact of range size on the predictive value of commonly used predictor variables. Species sequences were produced arranging species according to their range size in ascending, descending, and random order. Correlations between the cumulative species richness patterns of these sequences and environmental predictors were performed in order to analyse the effect of range size. Despite the high proportion of rare species, patterns of species richness were found to be dominated by a minority of widespread species (∼20%) which contained 80% of the spatial information. Climatic factors related to energy and water availability and productivity accounted for much of the spatial variation of species richness of widespread species. In contrast, species richness of range-restricted species was to a larger extent determined by topographical complexity. However, this effect was much more difficult to detect due to a dominant influence of widespread species. Although the strength of different environmental predictors changed with spatial scale, the general patterns and trends proved to be relatively stabile at the examined grain sizes. Our results highlight the difficulties to approximate causal explanations for the occurrence of a majority of species and to distinguish between contemporary climatic factors and history.