Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Python-based Deep-Learning methods for energy consumption forecasting

In a society where we do nothing but increase the use of electricity in our daily life, en-ergy consumption and the corresponding management is a major issue. The predictionof electric energy demand is a key component, for the power system operators, in themanagement of the electrical grid. The importance of forecasting a particular house-hold daily energy consumption does concern the end-user too, by reason of the designand sizing of a suitable renewable energy system and energy storage.The aim of this thesis is to develop and train a computing system capable of predict-ing, with best accuracy as possible, electricity consumption at household-level. Thispaper presents a Short Term Load Forecasting (STLF) with Artificial Neural Networks(ANN), which lead to accurate results in spite of the dwelling consumption unpre-dictability. The recorded data, containing the daily track of electricity consumption overa particular household from 2015 to 2018, was analysed. Subsequently, a study over theANN architecture and training algorithms was carried out in order to define a robustmodel. Furthermore, several experiments were conducted with different models, con-taining distinct inputs, aiming to compare the relevance of a diversity of parametersfor the network’s training. Finally, the forecasting of the optimal models, created withthe insights collected over the whole research, was performed and compared in severalspecially selected time periods.The results showed how with the appropriate inputs and selection of hyperparame-ters, a shallow ANN can provide certain accuracy on the forecasting of electric energydemand. As well as a methodology to develop and train an artificial neural network
Atomistic Simulations of Plasmon Mediated Photochemistry

Chemical reactions mediated by localized surface plasmons have been identified as a viable pathway for efficiently converting solar energy to chemical energy. The excitation and decay of plasmons have found applications in catalysis via different mechanisms. Especially, recent reports demonstrated that the hot charge and energy carriers generated from plasmon decay in nanoparticles could transfer to attached molecules and drive photochemistry, which was previously thought to be impossible. In recent work, we have computationally explored the atomic-scale mechanism of a plasmonic hot-carrier-mediated chemical process, H2 dissociation. Numerical simulations demonstrate that, after photoexcitation, hot carriers transfer to the antibonding state of the H2 molecule from the nanoparticle, resulting in a
FASES DO DESENVOLVIMENTO EMBRIONÁRIO HUMANO EM BISCUIT: UM MODELO DIDÁTICO PARA O ENSINO DE BIOLOGIA INCLUSIVO

A busca por uma educacao inclusiva e um desafio, que vem impulsionando os professores a se apropriarem de estrategias que promovam uma educacao de qualidade para todos os alunos. Nesse contexto, a elaboracao e utilizacao de modelos didaticos com carater inclusivo e bastante pertinente, pois tem contribuido intensamente na consolidacao de uma educacao inclusiva e significativa. Portanto, este trabalho tem como objetivo descrever as caracteristicas e uso pedagogico de um modelo didatico intitulado “Etapas do desenvolvimento embriologico humano” voltado ao ensino de Embriologia inclusivo. O Modelo envolve o ensino das divisoes celulares e as fases do desenvolvimento embrionario humano. O mesmo foi testado durante atividades do PIBID com alunos normovisuais de uma escola publica e com pessoas com deficiencia visual, atraves de um evento de educacao inclusiva para o ensino de Biologia promovido no âmbito de um projeto de extensao da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
Disinformation Operations Aimed at (Democratic) Elections in the Context of Public International Law: The Conduct of the Internet Research Agency During the 2016 US Presidential Election

Abstract Due to new technologies, the speed and volume of disinformation is unprecedented today. As seen in the 2016 US presidential election, especially with the conduct of the Internet Research Agency, this poses challenges and threats for the (democratic) political processes of internal State affairs, and in particular, (democratic) elections are under increasing risk. Disinformation has the potential to sway the outcome of an election and therefore discredits the idea of free and fair elections. Given the growing prevalence of disinformation operations aimed at (democratic) elections, the question arises as to how international law applies to such operations and how States under international law might counter such hostile operations launched by their adversaries. From a legal standpoint, it appears that such disinformation operations do not fully escape existing international law. However, due to open questions and the geopolitical context, many States refrain from clearly labelling them as internationally wrongful acts under international law. Stretching current international legal norms to cover the issue does not seem to be the optimal solution and a binding international treaty would also need to overcome various hurdles. The author suggests that disinformation operations aimed at (democratic) elections in the context of public international law will most likely be regulated (if) by a combination of custom and bottom-up law-making influencing and reinforcing each other.
Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol by MoO2 Nanoparticles

Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde was carried out with MoO2 nanoparticles (MoO2 NPs). MoO2 NPs were synthesized by two different approaches and characterized by several techniques. The synthesis was done by a hydrothermal procedure using ethylenediamine and either Fe2O3 or hydroquinone. In the latter case, an additional calcination step under N2 was performed to eliminate passivating agents at the surface of the nanoparticles. The synthesized nanocatalysts showed similar catalytic properties, being efficient catalysts in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. High substrate conversion and product selectivity were achieved under all tested conditions. Studies were conducted using two different oxidants: tert-butyl hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide, in our continuous effort to obtain more efficient catalysts for more sustainable catalytic processes. When H2O2 was used as the oxidant, 94% yield was achieved with 100% selectivity for benzaldehyde, which was a very promising result to undergo other studies with this system. Moreover, to elucidate some aspects of the reaction mechanism, a study was conducted, and it was possible to conclude that the reaction undergoes, to some extent, through a radical mechanism with both oxidants.
Spectrum efficiency analysis of signal alignment-based beamspace millimetre wave MIMO-NOMA systems

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been integrated with beamspace multi-input multi-output (MIMO) to enhance system spectrum efficiency (SE) by serving more than one user per dedicated radio frequency (RF) chain. However, balancing the system performance with significant RF reduction is still challenging. In this study, the authors propose beamspace MIMO-NOMA system based on signal alignment (SA) concept, where they will be able to tackle the issue of hardware complexity with a significant performance. Spectrum and energy efficiencies are analysed through two main stages. First, the excess degrees-of-freedom of beamspace MIMO-NOMA are exploited by SA to suppress the inter-beam/pair interference through designing user detection vectors and precoding matrix. Accordingly, a significant RF-chains reduction is provided. Second, power allocation coefficients are evaluated upon the optimal SE in order to mitigate intra-beam/pair interference. Moreover, the authors derive a tight closed formula for optimal SE based on Karush-Kuhn-Tucker analysis, which is validated by a heuristic-based optimal solution. Simulation results show a superior performance gain over orthogonal multiple access technique. Furthermore, the Monte-Carlo numerical solution depicts the marginal performance gap between the analytical and heuristic-based optimisation approach. This confirms the accuracy and rigidity of the proposed system.
Planejamento de Caminho Seguro com Espuma Probabilística para um Robô Móvel

: This paper presents an application of the Probabilistic Foam Method in the path planning of a diﬀerential drive mobile robot. The major advantage of this method is the creation of safe path that is signiﬁcantly far from the obstacles based in the radius of a structure called bubble. In this application, the new bubble is computed based in the information from workspace rather than the conﬁguration space. The proposed methodology was tested in a virtual environment using a path tracking algorithm that computes the angular velocity that moves the robot to the desired position, which is the path created. Simulations shows that the system is able to plan free obstacle paths with a high degree of safety.
Application of Efficient Express Sequence Tags Information for Classification and Functional Study of Simple Sequence Repeats in Cattle Testis Tissue

Genomic markers play an important role in tracing the flow of genetic causality of observable signals in animals and plants. In farm animals, the participation of male animals in the gene pool of subsequent generations are much higher than female animals and testes are the most important organs of the male reproductive system. This study was conducted to investigate simple sequence repeats (SSR) within the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in order to classify the Bos taurus testis tissue’s genes for their relationship and specificity with related reproductive domains. A total of 48,549 publicly available EST sequences from cattle testis tissue downloaded from GenBank database, out of which, 10,237 sequences that their library made from testis tissue were extracted and specialized as the studied sequences using several searching tools and software. Across these selective sequences, 2,039 contigs, 5,097 singletons, and 153 SSRs were detected. EST-SSRs were subsequently evaluated using GenBank and categorized based on their functions in biological systems of dairy cattle. Investigation of these motifs showed that the identified EST-SSRs can be classified into 48 types that GT in dinucleotides and GCC in trinucleotides had the highest frequency. Annotation and gene ontology analysis revealed a relationship among 54 domains with the observed SSRs. Localization and characterization of such markers can help tracing the production of amino acids coded by identified repeats as shown in this study.
Evaluation of Resistance Improvement of Soybean (Glycine Max (L) Merr.) against Salinity using Mass Selection and Gene Expression of Salinity Tolerant

: Saline soils are land that has not been utilized widely for the cultivation of soybean due to the toxic effects that interfere with the growth of the plant. This research aims to get the soybean genotypes that have salinity resistant through mass selection methods and gene expression testing of third generation of saline tolerant of the soybean genotypes that salinity resistant (F3). The research of mass selection conducted on research’s land with salinity of land 5-6 mmhos/cm and molecular analysis carried out at the Center of Molecular Biosciences University of the Japan. Molecular analysis of saline tolerant gene at the root of soybean selection results F3 and soybean grobogan varieties showed mRNA expression gene DREB5, GPRP3, P5CS, bZIP, ERF and NHX1 higher in selected soybean that salinity resistant F3 that was treated by salinity compared to the controls, while the level of gene expression GmCLC1 and PAP3 lower than the control. Comparison of gene expression levels in soybeans that given salinity stress show there has been an increased of expression genes that associated with the ability of adaptation of plants to salinity stress.
The Effect of Anti-glaucoma Eyedrops and 0.1% Fluorometholone on Myopic Regression after LASIK or LASEK

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of combined medical treatment with anti-glaucoma eyedrops and 0.1% fluorometholone on visual acuity and refractive errors in patients complaining of blurred vision due to myopic regression after laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy (LASEK). Methods: This study comprised 155 patients (155 eyes) who were diagnosed with myopic regression after LASIK or LASEK and received medical treatment from January 2015 to January 2016. The visual acuity and refractive errors were compared before and after medical treatment and evaluated to determine whether the results differ between LASIK and LASEK. Results: The mean time of medical treatment was 64.1 ± 36.8 months after surgery. The responder group whose vision was improved and whose myopic error was decreased after medical treatment was comprised of 63 patients (41%). Their visual acuity in this group improved -0.21 ± 0.11 logMAR, and the amount of myopic error decreased 0.56 ± 0.32 diopters. The full responder group was 24 patients (15%), and the partial responder group was 39 patients (26%). The frequency of response to medical treatment was higher after LASIK than after LASEK, but the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusions: The combined medical treatment with anti-glaucoma eyedrops and 0.1% fluorometholone was effective in 41% of patients with regard to visual acuity improvement when used for post-LASIK or post-LASEK myopic regression. The medical treatment was effective after both LASIK and LASEK. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2017;58(1):13-20
Inheriting or re-structuring habitus/capital? Chinese migrant children in the urban field of cultural reproduction

Abstract Highlighting the fluid nature of habitus/capital, this paper critiques a ‘rucksack approach’ (Erel, 2010) in the Bourdieusian studies of Chinese migrants’ cultural reproduction and social inclusion, which takes a determinism and fatalism standpoint and neglects the re-structuring of the migrant habitus and cultural capital over generations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Beijing and Shanghai with 62 teachers, rural migrants and local parents and students. This paper conceptualises an urban field of cultural reproduction, which is marked by the reproduction and validation of urban-specific cultural configurations, including knowledge, skill, language, aesthetic/taste, value and lifestyle. In this field, migrant children have experienced re-structuring of habitus and accumulation of new forms of cultural capital. This is illustrated by their manner of speaking, ways of behaving, self-presentation, and their appreciation of extra-curricular hobbies. A well-integrated relationship between migrant and local children can be identified, which contributes to the production of a generation of ‘new urban citizens’, yet in the meantime reproduces the migrant families’ class status as low-skilled labourers.
An Assessment of Compliance with The European and National Minimum Requirements on Calf Welfare of Dairy Cattle Farms in İzmir Province

Bu arastirmanin amaci, Izmir ilinde bulunan sut sigiri isletmelerinin minimum buzagi refahi gerekliliklerine uyumunun degerlendirilmesidir. Arastirma, Izmir iline bagli Bayindir ilcesinde toplam 30 sut sigiri isletmesinde yurutulmustur. Avrupa Birligi (2008/119/EC) ve ulusal mevzuatta tanimlanan asgari buzagi refahi gerekliliklerine dayanilarak gelistirilen bir olcme, gozlem ve degerlendirme formu kullanilmistir. Arastirmaya katilmayi kabul eden ciftliklerde gozlem, tespit ve olcumler yapilarak buzagi barinaklarinda kaynak ve idare ile ilgili refah degerlendirmeleri yapilmistir. Elde edilen bulgulara gore, buzagilarin beslenme ve barinmasina iliskin fiziki kosullarin uygun oldugu ancak barinak ve ekipman temizligi ile altlik kullaniminin yetersiz oldugu tespit edilmistir. Sonuc olarak, Izmir'in Bayindir ilcesinde sut sigiri isletmelerinde buzagi refahi yonunden minimum gerekliliklerin besleme, saglik idaresi ve gunluk kontroller acisindan karsilandigi, ancak barindirma ile ilgili onemli eksikliklerin bulundugu belirlenmistir. Sut sigiri isletmelerinin buzagi refahi minimum gerekliliklerine uyumunun arttirilmasi icin ciftcilerin hayvan refahi kavrami ve mevzuati konusunda farkindaliginin ve egitim duzeyinin arttirilmasi onerilmistir.
Electrocortical temporal complexity during wakefulness and sleep: an updated account

The states of sleep and wakefulness are critical physiological processes associated with different brain patterns of activity. The intracranial electroencephalogram allows us to measure these changes, thus, it is a critical tool for its study. Recently, we showed that the electrocortical temporal complexity decreased from wakefulness to sleep. Nevertheless, the origin of this complex activity remains a controversial topic due to the existence of possible artifacts contaminating the brain signals. In this work, we showed that complexity decreases during sleep, independently of the electrode configuration employed. This fact strongly suggests that the basis for the behavioral-state differences in complexity does not have an extracranial origin; i.e., generated from the brain.
A Mental Health Prolram for Adolacent Parents

The complex problem of teenage pregnancy continues to be of significantcon­ cern to medical and mental health professionals, educators, and policymakers at national and state levels for very good reasons. Pregnancy triggers aseries of events which bear serious consequences for the youngster and her offspring from a medical, psychological, and sociological point of view. In response to the need for controlling and reducing the incidence of preg­ nancies in this young age group, health, educational, and social agencies have developed a variety of programs to educate and meet the needs of sexually active adolescents. Many concentrate on birth control counseling for those sexually active adolescents at high risk for pregnancy, and abortion counseling for the pregnant ones. Hospitals and health agencies provide services for childbearing teenagers as part of their regular prenatal services. Services for girls in lower socioeconomic groups tend to focus on the later stages of the prenatal and post­ natal period. After the baby is born, active follow-up very often does not take place, and agencies learn about the young mother when she again requests prenatal services. From an educational point of view, there has been an expansion of pro­ grams that enable the adolescent mother to return to school, improve her employment opportunities, or get assistance with her medical, psychological, and social needs. According to Baldwin (I976) and the Alan Guttmacher Insti­ tute (I976), pregnancy continues to be the most frequent cause of adolescent school drop-out.
Serum Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Obstrüktif uyku apne sendromu (OUAS) üst hava yolunun uyku sırasında tekrarlayıcı kısmi ya da tam tıkanmaları sonucu gelişen hipoksi ve arousalla karakterize bir sendromdur (1). Erişkin nüfusta OUAS prevalansı erkeklerde %3,1-%7,5, kadınlarda %2-%4,5 arasında bulunmuştur (2). OUAS’da meydana gelen tekrarlayan hipoksi-reoksijenizasyon peryodları sonucu artan sempatik aktivite artışı, çeşitli kardiyovasküler ve metabolik olaylara neden olmaktadır (3). OUAS tedavisinde standart tedavi olarak kullanılan nazal sürekli pozitif hava yolu basıncı (CPAP) apne-hipopne ve ilişkili hipoksi-reoksijenizasyon ataklarını önleyerek OUAS'la ilişkili komplikasyonları azaltır (4).
CARACTERÍSTICAS ESTRUTURAIS E PRODUTIVAS EM HÍBRIDOS INTRAESPECÍFICOS E INTERESPECÍFICOS DE CAPIM-ELEFANTE

Resumo Objetivou-se avaliar a estrutura e a produção de forragem em híbridos de capim-elefante manejados sob corte. Utilizaram-se como tratamentos 24 clones de capim-elefante provenientes da Embrapa Gado de Leite e o Cameroom como testemunha. Os capins foram cortados rentes ao solo, a cada 60 dias. Os parâmetros avaliados foram: produção e teor de matéria seca, número de perfilhos basais, número de folhas por perfilho, altura da planta, diâmetro do colmo. A maior altura das plantas foi observada no clone CNPGL 00-103-1. O grupo com maior número de perfilhos teve três clones e média de 39,38 perfilhos m-2. No grupo dos clones CNPGL 00-103-1, CNPGL 93-25-3, CNPGL 00-16-1 e CNPGL 00-90-3 foram observados os maiores teores de matéria seca (22,7% de MS). As maiores massas de forragem, de lâmina foliar e de colmo foram observadas no clone CNPGL 00-214, 15852 e 6195 kg ha-1 de MS respectivamente. A maior relação lâmina foliar/colmo foi do clone CNPGL 00-201-1 e apenas neste a massa de lâmina foliar foi superior à de colmo. O clone CNPGL 00-214 mostrou-se mais produtivo, com alta capacidade de perfilhamento e de acúmulo de forragem.
Placenta Accreta - Still a Dilemma

Objectives: To determine the etiological risk factors and outcomes of placenta accreta. Study Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Gynae Unit III Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Duration of Study: Two years from 1 st Sept 2009 to 31 st Aug 2011. Materials and Methods: All the patients who pre-sented with suspected placenta previa, previous cesa-rean section or myomectomy scar and previous D&C in OPD and emergency department were included in the study. Trans-abdominal ultrasound was carried out in all the patients when diagnosed or had suspicion of placenta accrete it was confirmed by color Doppler. MRI was carried out in those patients who had anterior placenta previa along with placenta accreta. Data regarding age, parity, booking status and previ-ous obstetric history were recorded and analyzed. Results: During the study period there were 9046 deliveries and 13 patients presented with placenta acc-reta giving the incidence of 1 in 695 deliveries. Majo-rity of all patients (84.61%) with placenta accreta were between 31 – 35 years of age. Seventy seven percent were multi gravidae and 23% were grand multi gravi-dae. More than 2/3 rd of the patients were booked. Forty six percent of the patients had previous 2 C/S, 38.5% had previous 3 C/S and 15.5% had H/O D&C. In 77% placenta previa was present along with placenta acc-reta. All the patients with placenta accreta were opera-ted under General anaesthesia and had hysterectomy. There was no maternal deaths. Conclusion: Placenta accreta is an obstetric catastro-phe associated with high maternal and perinatal morbi-dity and mortality in developing countries. Antenatal care should be improved and all patients with previous C/S should have USG to diagnose placenta previa and accreta. This study showed a strong association of pla-centa accrete with previous C/S, placenta previa and previous D&C.
A family of hyperbolas associated to a triangle

In this note, we explore an apparently new one parameter family of conics associated to a triangle. Given a triangle we study ellipses whose one axis is parallel to one of sides of the triangle. The centers of these ellipses move along three hyperbolas, one for each side of the triangle. These hyperbolas intersect in four common points, which we identify as centers of incircle and the three excircles of the triangle. Thus they belong to a pencil of conics. We trace centers of all conics in the family and establish a surprising fact that they move along the excircle of the triangle. Even though our research is motivated by a problem in elementary geometry, its solution involves some non-trivial algebra and appeal to effective computational methods of algebraic geometry. Our work is illustrated by an animation in Geogebra and accompanied by a Singular file.