Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physiological and anthropometric parameters of Cameroonian schoolchildren (10 to 12 years) to physical education and sports (PES) sessions

Physical Education and Sports (PES) sessions are the only opportunities for many children to participate in physical activity and sport. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in anthropometric parameters, blood pressure profile and cardiorespiratory fitness induced by PES sessions among Cameroonian schoolchildren. Participants were 80 students (age: 10–12 years; boys n = 45; girls n=35) who exercised only during physical education (2 × 45-min periods per week). Anthropometric (weight, height, waist circumference) and physiological parameters (systolic blood pressure: SBP, diastolic blood pressure: DBP, resting heart rate : HRr, cardiorespiratory fitness : VO2max) assessments were conducted in two trials separated by three months. An investigation sheet allowed the collection of dietary habits. The prevalence of obesity remained constant throughout the study (1.25%). In boys and girls, weight and body mass index (BMI) increased significantly (P<0.05). For physiological parameters (DBP, HRr, VO2max), no significant difference (P>0.05) was found after three months in the school children. PAS and PAD had significantly decreased (P0.05) among girls. Regular breakfast was associated with lower weight status among students. In contrast, fruit consumption was associated with greater weight gain among students. PES sessions after three months do not have sufficient impact on the improvement of anthropometric, physiological and performance parameters in students; results that are linked to an imbalance between very high calorie dietary intakes and energy expenditure.
SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND ENZYME ACTIVITY FOR DIFFERENT RECLAMATION (ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION) PATTERNS OF ABANDONED FARMLANDS IN SHIHEZI, XINJIANG, CHINA

Although there have been obvious land use changes in Xinjiang, China, the effect of reclamation (ecological restoration) of abandoned farmlands on soil microbial properties is rarely reported. Natural restoration of abandoned farmland was used as a control treatment, and the effects of different reclamation (ecological restoration) patterns on soil microbial properties in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China were analyzed. The results showed that there was a significant difference between different reclamation (ecological restoration) patterns in soil chemical and microbial characteristics (P < 0.05). These results indicate that the highest values for soil organic matter and available P were in accordance with the highest values for soil microbial communities (fungi, bacteria and total microbial amount), and the higher the value of pH, the lower the activity of urease and soil microbial biomass carbon. Land use patterns, both ecological restoration and reclamation types, were useful when only soil quality improvement was considered. Because of the advantages of improvement in soil fertility, the agroforestry pattern could be used as the preferred reclamation pattern for abandoned farmland in salinized regions. By increasing the soil water content and promoting the establishment of vegetation, the water recharge pattern could be a good choice during the early stage of ecological restoration of abandoned farmland.
Measuring Corporate Governance Quality in Concentrated-Ownership Firms

In this paper, I present a corporate governance index adjusted to firms with concentrated ownership. The index consists of 31 components that measure three dimensions of corporate governance quality at the firm level: board independence, board qualifications, and controlcash flow wedge. The index has several advantages over indexes constructed in previous papers: it is based exclusively on mandatorily disclosed data, which are more reliable than the voluntarily disclosed data previously used in some studies; it does not contain components that measure the firm’s corporate social responsibility since this dimension is not relevant to investor protection; it does not contain components that measure outcomes related to a firm’s corporate governance quality, including the number and volume of related-party transactions and disciplinary acts taken against management; it extensively measures board qualifications; and its components are well defined so that the index may be calculated without applying discretion. Based on this index, I calculate corporate governance quality scores for 120 nonfinancial Israeli public firms in the period 2007–2014 and show governance quality to have improved owing to legal reforms that went into effect during those years, as well as to changes voluntarily undertaken by the firms.
Modelling of market equilibrium on the basis of Smart Grid market system decomposition

The structural decomposition of the Smart Grid market equilibrium model is suggested for the ‘Top-Level Market’ and ‘Smart City’ local systems. Modelling of the ‘Top-Level Market’ system is implemented at the central level and is provided by the methods of solving nonlinear complementarity problems of large dimension with the reproduction of the competitive Cournot game. Modelling of ‘Smart City’ systems is fulfilled at the local levels by methods of solving mixed integer modelling problems with the reproduction of competitive Bertrand's games. A mathematical model of the ‘Smart City’ system is proposed, which shows the peculiarities of balancing the supply and demand in the system in the presence of limited capacity of electricity storage. The model reflects the interaction of the ‘Smart City’ system with the ‘Top-Level Market’ system. The computational experiments show the adequacy of the results of modelling of ‘Smart City’ systems.
Adsorption of amphoteric and nonionic polymers on model thin films

SONG, JUNLONG. Adsorption of Amphoteric and Nonionic Polymers on Model Thin Films. (Under the direction of Prof. Orlando J. Rojas). Understanding the adsorption behaviors of polymers from solution is critical in applications such as fiber processing, specifically in the development of fiber bonding and lubrication. Therefore, in situ and real time Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Surface Plasmon Resonance were employed to monitor the adsorption of hydrosoluble polymers (including amphoteric and nonionic macromolecules) on ultrathin films of cellulose, polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon and polyethylene terephthalate. The extent of adsorption of amphoteric polymers on cellulose (and also on silica) depended on the charge density of the polymer, the substrates and pH of the medium. More importantly, the adsorbed amount exceeded that found in the case of simple polyelectrolytes. We hypothesized that this extensive adsorption is the result of a polarization effect produced by the charged substrate, which also determined the characteristics (thickness and viscoelastivcity) of the adsorbed layers as well as bonding abilities. Surface active polymers including diblock polyalkylene glycols and triblock polymers (based on ethyleneand propyleneoxide) as well as silicone surfactants were used to study the formation of boundary layers that are relevant in fiber lubrication. Adsorption isotherms for the nonionic polymers followed a Langmuirian behavior in which the hydrophobic effect was a major driving mechanism. It was concluded that surface-active molecules form robust self assembled (lubricant) layers that withstand high shear forces and are able to control friction and abrasion due to the unique molecular structures they form at the interface. Adsorption of Amphoteric and Nonionic Polymers on Model Thin Films
Benthic invertebrates associated with subfossil cold-water coral frames and hardgrounds in the Albanian deep waters (Adriatic Sea)

Ina NASTO*, Frine CARDONE, Francesco MASTROTOTARO, Piero PANETTA, Antonietta ROSSO, Rosanna SANFILIPPO, Marco TAVIANI, Angelo TURSI Department of Geological Sciences and Geotechnologies, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy Local Research Unit of the National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (ULR CoNISMa), Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy Local Research Unit of the National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (ULR CoNISMa), Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy Marine Science Institute (ISMAR), National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Naples, Italy
Dual Energy on Dual Source CT in Abdominal Imaging

Establish whether virtual non-contrast images can replace real non-contrast images, avoiding the preliminary scan, thus saving the patient dose. Forty-one patients were studied on a second-generation dual-source scanner, triphasic were applied on all patients, arterial and venous phase was acquired in dual-energy. HU values of TNC and VNC scans were compared through ROI on liver, spleen, kidneys, aorta, muscle, and fat. Qualitative analysis of the data sets was performed by four readers and the values from 1 to 4 (1. poor, 2. fair, 3. good, 4. excellent.) were assigned to define the diagnostic quality of the images. Then the absorbed dose ratios between the virtual images and the pre-contrast and portal phase images were compared. HU values were analyzed with the t-test and the difference was statistically significant P<0.0001. Image quality was evaluated as excellent or good in 91,3% of TNC and 81,6% of VNC. At last, VNC showed a sensitive dose reduction -46% compared to conventional triphasic protocol. Overall VNC has shown a good image quality comparable to TNC. The dose reduction obtained from the extraction of images without iodine, avoiding further scans, suggests the use of the dual-energy protocol in many exams.
AutoSkin: Skeleton-based Human Skinning with Deep Neural Networks

Articulated character animation has received increasing attention in applications like game or film production. One of the main challenges is the task of skinning that animator should specify the association between skeleton structure and skin surface which involves large amounts of manual weight painting and deformation tuning. In this paper, we propose a deep learning based framework for skinning. By using our framework, the skinning is seen as a multi-regression task and the network can infer the skeleton-skin association and compute the accurate weights automatically while only requiring minimal manual tuning. One significant advantage of our framework is that the impressive performance can be also achieved while dealing with complicated 3D characters, even these characters exist over a hundred bones or dress delicately. Our experiments have indicated that our framework could generate competitive results compared with the commercial software and we aim to apply it in the industry such as games or video applications.
An Image Denoising Method Based on Deep Residual GAN

As people come into contact with image data more often, high quality and clear images attract more attention. Many methods have been proposed to deal with image noise problem including deep learning (DL). However most of them is lack of capability when customers want more perceptual details of the image without information loss. In this paper, a deep residual network based on generative adversarial (GAN) network was proposed to complete the image denoising mission. Firstly, a generative-adversarial network structure based on residual blocks was designed. Secondly, a refined loss function was given to train the GAN network. The well designed loss function can help the generated image to be very close to the clear counterpart (ground truth) while enhancing more details in colours and brightness. Finally, extensive experiments show that our network is not only convincing for images denoising, but also effective for other image process tasks, such as image defogging, medical CT denoising etc., presenting impressive and competitive effects.
Meteorological drought trend analysis by standardized precipitation index (SPI) and reconnaissance drought index (RDI): a case study of Gajapati District

Drought is taken into account as a natural hazard, which might be characterized mainly by its severity, duration, and areal extent. Among the above three dimensions, drought severity is that the main factor through which drought analysis was done. The paper aims at presenting the overall meteorological drought analysis of Gajapati District of Odisha by Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)and Standard precipitation Index (SPI), through DrinC software using SPI-3, SPI-6, SPI-9 & SPI-12, and RDI-3, RDI-6, RDI-9 & RDI 12 which were computed at multiple time steps (3, 6,9 and 12-month) for the period 1967-2002. The 12-month SPI and RDI series shows well-deﬁned wet periods and dry periods compared to other months. it has been discussed, for identifying dry/wet periods, SPI 12 and RDI 12 shows greater utility than SPI 3 and RDI 3. The analysis of RDI-12 shows that, there was a Moderate drought was recorded during 1967-68, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1987-88. In the Gajapati region drought index, by SPI & RDI method showed that extremely affected by drought among 35 years was 1972-73 and severe drought occurred in 1979-80. Overall, there was a moderate drought situation within the Gajapati district.
Solubilization Of Nimesulide; Use Of Co-Solvents

Solubility of nimesulide in various solvents and solvent-co-solvent mixtures was determined in relatlon to the development of parenteral formulations. Solubility was low in aqueous solvents. Solubility Increased on solubilization of drug in semi-polar solvents and non-ionic surfactants. Solubility increased drastically (>70 mg/rnl) when polyethylene glycol 300 and polyethylene glycol 400 were used as solvents. The minimum concentration of polyethylene glycol required for solubility to be greater than 50 mg/ml was found to be 80%. It was recommended that solvent containing 90% polyethylene glycol and 10% co-solvent (alcohol, propylene glycol,Tween 80 and Brij 30) with solubility greater than 65 mg/ml can be used in parenteral formulations of nimesuilde. Alternatively 8% co-solvent can be mixed with 2% benzyl alcohol which acts as an anaesthetic agent.
A PSICOLOGIA ORGANIZACIONAL E DO TRABALHO COMO FERRAMENTA DE APOIO À GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO: UM ESTUDO SOBRE SUA APLICABILIDADE NA MARINHA DO BRASIL

The articulation of Psychology with Knowledge Management is extremely important as support for the creation, access, transfer and conversion of the organizational asset. This study aims to identify fields of work in Organizational and Work Psychology related to the critical success factors in Knowledge Management suggested by the Neptune Program Excellence Model. Through a qualitative content analysis of data taken from the Neptune Program Excellence Model, it was possible to identify eight fields of action. Keyword: Knowledge Management; Organizational and Work Psychology; Organizational culture; Military organizations; Brazil's navy.
Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Neutron Diffraction Studies of Gas Hydrates

Gas hydrates (clathrates) are elevated-pressure (P) and low-temperature (T) solid phases in which gas molecule guests are physically incorporated into hydrogen-bonded, cage-like ice host frameworks. Natural clathrates have been found worldwide in permafrost and in ocean floor sediments, as well as in the outer solar system (comets, Mars, satellites of the gas giant planets). Diffraction patterns have been collected of gas hydrates at various methane and ethane compositions by preparing samples in an ex situ gas hydrate synthesis apparatus, and CO2 gas hydrates were prepared in situ to look at the kinetics of formation. Storage of hydrogen in molecular form within a clathrate framework has been one of the suggested methods for storing hydrogen fuel safely, but pure hydrogen clathrates H2(H2O)2 form at high pressures. It has been found that mixed clathrates (a stabilizer molecule in the large cage) and hydrogen gas together can reduce the pressures and temperatures at which these materials form. In situ neutron inelastic scattering experiments on hydrogen adsorbed into a fully deuterated tetrahydrofuran water ice clathrate show that the adsorbed hydrogen has three rotational excitations (transitions between J = 0 and 1 states) at approximately 14 meV in both energy gain and loss. These transitions could be unequivocally assigned the expected slow conversion from orthoto para-hydrogen resulted in a neutron energy gain signal at 14 meV, at a temperature of 5 K (kT= 0.48 meV). A doublet in neutron energy loss at approximately 28.5 meV are interpreted as J = 1→ 2 transitions. In situ neutron inelastic scattering experiments on hydrogen adsorbed into ethylene oxide, a structure I former, were also carried out at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANSCE). There is convincing evidence (shifted rotational mode of molecular hydrogen) that hydrogen is capable of diffusing in the small cages of ethylene oxide clathrate. Values are also obtained for the librational modes of enclathrated ethylene oxide and several water translation modes. Also reported for the first time are the internal modes (higher frequencies) of ethylene oxide in ethylene oxide clathrate as measured by inelastic neutron scattering.
Nbs1 Mediates Assembly and Activity of the Mre11 complex

We derived a mouse model in which a mutant form of Nbs1 (Nbs1mid8) exhibits severely impaired binding to the Mre11-Rad50 core of the Mre11 complex. The Nbs1mid8 allele was expressed exclusively in hematopoietic lineages (in Nbs1-/mid8vav mice). Unlike Nbs1flox/floxvav mice, which are Nbs1 deficient in the bone marrow, Nbs1-/mid8vav mice were viable. Nbs1-/mid8vav hematopoiesis was profoundly defective, exhibiting reduced cellularity of thymus and bone marrow, and stage specific blockage of B cell development. Within six months, Nbs1-/mid8 mice developed highly penetrant T cell leukemias. Nbs1-/mid8vav leukemias recapitulated mutational features of human T-ALL, containing mutations in Notch1, Trp53, Bcl6, Bcor, and Ikzf1, suggesting that Nbs1mid8 mice may provide a venue to examine the relationship between the Mre11 complex and oncogene activation in the hematopoietic compartment. Genomic analysis of Nbs1-/mid8vav malignancies showed focal amplification of 9qA2, causing overexpression of MRE11 and CHK1. We propose that overexpression compensates for the meta-stable Mre11-Nbs1mid8 interaction, and that selection pressure for overexpression reflects the essential role of Nbs1 in promoting assembly and activity of the Mre11 complex.
Iron speciation in acid mine effluents: chemical and microbial controls

The Black Fork Creek watershed, located in Perry and Morgan Counties, Ohio, was selected as a representative field site for evaluating the solution chemistry of iron in streams receiving acid coal mine drainage. Water samples from a point source of acid discharge and a 2 km downstream section of the receiving stream were examined in detail. The total sulfate content, total iron content, Eh and pH of the acid effluent were 4500 micro-g/ml, 1250 micro-g/ml, + 584 mV and 2.9, respectively, at the time of sampling. Ferrous iron accounted for 95% of the total iron load.
Influencia de la temperatura de sustrato sobre la dureza de las películas de (Ti,Al)N preparadas por co-erosión catódica reactiva por radiofrecuencia

Empleando la técnica de erosión catódica r eactiva por radiofrecuencias asistida por un magnetrón (reactive rf magnetrón co-sputtering) se hicieron recubrimientos de (Ti,Al)N sobre sustratos de silicio a partir de un blanco de titanio y de una pequeña placa de aluminio, en una mezcla de gases de Ar y N 2. Las películas fueron depositadas a temperaturas de sustrato ambiente y a 150oC, observándose una gran variación en el espesor, tamaño de grano y dur eza. Los resultados obtenidos por EDS revelan que hubo mayor cantidad de aluminio depositado sobre los sustratos de silicio a temperatura ambiente que sobre los sustratos crecidos a 150°C. Esto fue corroborado en los resultados obtenidos por mediciones de difracción de rayos X, donde se detectaron estructuras cristalinas y amorfas, además de estimarse el tamaño de grano de los recubrimientos. La microscopía electrónica de barrido reveló una morfología piramidal en las películas de (Ti,Al)N a temperatura ambiente, mientras que a 150oC está morfología se perdió. Utilizando un micro-indentador Vicker se obtuvo la dureza de los recubrimientos para las dos temperaturas de sustrato.
Lexicografia monolíngue pedagógica e ensino do vocabulário: interfaces teóricas e práticas

Neste artigo refletimos sobre a importância e o uso de dicionários monolíngues pedagógicos no processo de ensino e de aprendizagem de Espanhol como Língua Estrangeira (E/LE), com foco para o Ensino do Vocabulário (EV). Para tanto, além de orientarmo-nos pelos princípios teóricos e metodológicos da Lexicografia Pedagógica (LEXPED), apoiamo-nos em autores que valorizam o desenvolvimento do conhecimento léxico no estudo de línguas. Ademais, propomos uma atividade com exercícios dirigidos com vistas a demonstrar que léxico, texto e dicionário caminham juntos, como possibilitadores de significados e informações para a realização dos sentidos que desejamos.
When All Products Are Digital: Complexity and Intangible Value in the Ecosystem of Digitizing Firms

During the last four decades, digital technologies have disrupted many industries. Car control systems have gone from mechanical to digital. Telephones have changed from sound boxes to portable computers. But have the firms that digitized their products and services become more valuable than firms that didn’t? Here we introduce the construct of digital proximity, which considers the interdependent activities of firms linked in an economic network. We then explore how the digitization of products and services affects a company’s Tobin’s q—the ratio of market value over assets—a measure of the intangible value of a firm. Our panel regression methods and robustness tests suggest the positive influence of a firm’s digital proximity on its Tobin’s q. This implies that firms able to come closer to the digital sector have increased their intangible value compared to those that have failed to do so. These findings contribute a new way of measuring digitization and its impact on firm performance that is complementary to traditional measures of information technology (IT) intensity.
Acrosome integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential of frozen thawed buffalo semen treated with heparin binding protein

The experiment was conducted to study the sperm acrosome integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) of frozen thawed buffalo semen treated with heparin binding protein (HBP). Buffalo semen straws from 10 bulls were procured from Central Frozen Semen Production and Training Institute, Hesseraghatta, Banglore-560088. The frozen straws were thawed at 37 oC for 30 seconds and emptied into a 15mL sterile plastic centrifuge tube containing 1mL capacitation medium (control), addition of 25µg/mL (treatment I), 50µg/mL (treatment II) and 100µg/mL (treatment III) of HBP. The contents were incubated at 37 oC for 2 hours. After incubation, sperm acrosomal integrity was assessed by Giemsa stain method. In control, HBP treatment I, II and III, 51.50% ± 1.29, 46.30% ±0.86, 43.40% ± 0.66and 42.15% ± 0.40 spermatozoa, respectively had intact acrosome. But, 48.50% ±1.29, 53.70% ± 0.86, 56.60% ± 0.66and 57.85% ± 0.40 spermatozoa in control, HBP treatment I, II and III respectively had lost acrosome. Significantly (P