Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Implementation K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm in Searching Location Books in Library Statically Based on RFID

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for determining an object using electromagnetic waves (radio waves) through a device called a tag. This identification is carried out using a reader, tag, and antenna. To maximize the performance of RFID technology in a room with a room scale that is not too large, the K Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm is used to calculate the error value generated from the reader and antenna that measures tags and is applied in an automatic counting program designed using the Python programming language. After testing and experimenting on target tags using each of the 4 reference tags, the test and experiment results do not differ greatly from the actual coordinates of the detected tags for target tag A with a percentage error coordinate value of (x = 6.3%), (y = 3%), and (z = 0.01%). The target Tag A error values of 4 reference tags are (x = 6.3 cm), (y = 1.05 cm), and (z = 0.4cm). Meanwhile, the coordinate error values (x e , y e , z e ) for target B Tag with the percentage error coordinate values of (x = 3%), (y = 4%), and (z = 0%). The target Tag B error values of 4 reference tags are (x = 3.3 cm), (y = 2.8cm), and (z = 0 cm).
Concentrations of selenium, mercury, and lead in blood of emperor geese in western Alaska

We found up to 10 ppm wet weight of selenium in blood samples collected from emperor geese (Chen canagica) on their breeding grounds on the Yukon‐Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska, USA. Incubating adult females captured in late May through mid‐June 1997 had significantly higher concentrations of selenium in their blood (mean = 5.60 ppm) than adult females captured during wing molt in late July 1996 (mean = 2.78 ppm). Females that nested early or were in good body condition had higher concentrations of selenium in their blood than did other nesting females. Blood samples from 4 of 29 goslings had detectable levels of selenium (mean = 0.14 ppm). Our findings suggest that emperor geese are exposed to more selenium in the marine environment of their wintering and staging areas on the Alaska Peninsula than on the breeding grounds. The highest concentration of mercury found in the blood of emperor geese was 0.24 ppm. One bird had a blood lead concentration of 0.67 ppm, but 82% had no detectable lead in their blood, suggesting that lead exposure from the ingestion of lead shot poses little threat for emperor geese in western Alaska, contrary to findings reported for sympatric spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri).
Products derived from the leaves of Ocimum kilimandscharicum (Labiatae) as post-harvest grain protectants against the infestation of three major stored product insect pests

The bioactivity of materials from the leaves of Ocimum kilimandscharicum was tested against Sitophilus zeamais Mots chulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in maize and sorghum grains in the laboratory. Exposure of adults of the three insect species to dried ground leaves and essential oil extract of O. kilimandscharicum induced 100% mortality after 48 h. Fresh and dried whole leaves were not toxic to Sitophilus zeamais or R. dominica. Grains treated with dried ground leaves and essential oil extract caused significant reductions in the number of progeny and survival rate of all three pest species tested. There was no adult survival or progeny production in grains treated separately with each of the two materials at doses of 25.0 g (dried ground leaves) and 0.3 g (essential oil) per 250 g of grain, respectively. Unlike R. dominica and Sitotroga cerealella, grains treated with fresh leaves enhanced the feeding activity of Sitophilus zeamais. Ground leaves and the essential oil, however, protected the grains against feeding by all three species, resulting in lower weight loss and number of damaged seeds compared with untreated grains. All the plant materials were repellent to S. zeamais with the essential oil extract applied at 0.3 g/250 g of grain evoking the highest repellent action. There was, however, considerable variation in the repellency of the materials against R. dominica and Sitotroga cerealella. The results are discussed in terms of the efficacy of O. kilimandscharicum for protection against loss due to insects in traditional grain storage in developing countries.
Robotic Untangling of Herbs with Parallel Grippers

Robotic packaging generally involves picking target objects from a pile consisting of many other similar or random objects. For a pile composed of herbs, the weight picked up can be controlled by varying the opening aperture width of a parallel gripper. However, the individual strands of herbs get entangled with each other, causing more to be picked up than desired. Here, it is shown that using a spread-and-pick approach the degree of entanglement in a herb pile can be reduced. Compared to the traditional approach of picking from an entanglement-free point in the pile, the proposed approach reduces the variance in picked weight for homogeneous piles of plastic and real herbs by 36.35 and 23.64 percent, respectively. These results demonstrate that using the proposed spread-and-pick approach, the stochasticity of a herb environment can be counterbalanced effectively.
Diet of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Canterbury coastal waters, New Zealand

Abstract The diet of chinook salmon in New Zealand coastal waters is described, based on 803 adult salmon taken by commercial bottom trawlers in depths of 40–70 m off the mid‐Canterbury coast during three summers from 1991/92 to 1993/94, and 36 yearlings caught in a shallow coastal embayment in 1992 and 1993. Adult chinook salmon were primarily piscivorous, stout sprat— Sprattus muelleri—comprising 76% of the diet by weight. Pelagic swarming postlarval juveniles of the galatheid crab Munida gregaria, known as red krill, and juvenile hoki, Macruronus novaezelandiae, comprised 18% and 5% of the diet, respectively. Prey diversity was extremely low, both in terms of the number of species consumed (10), and the proportion of stomachs containing a single prey type (81%). Diet showed no relationship to predator size or geographical area. Interannual variability of Munida and hoki in the diet appeared to be related to changes in their abundance. Diet of yearling salmon consisted of several larval fish species and.
Demographic Predictors of Adult Behaviors in the Pediatric Postoperative Environment

Over 85% of children experience postoperative pain. If poorly treated, pediatric postoperative pain may lead to various negative health outcomes. Adult behaviors may be associated with child experiences in the postoperative environment. For example, adult behaviors such as distraction, humor, and coping advice divert a child’s attention away from their pain and thus, may significantly reduce child postoperative distress. In contrast, adult behaviors such as empathy, reassurance, and apology direct a child’s attention towards their pain which may increase a child’s overall postoperative distress. Moreover, patient demographic factors, like child ethnicity, may significantly alter the frequency of use of these adult behaviors. Therefore, this study aimed to determine which participant demographic factors are associated with the use of certain adult behaviors in response to child postoperative distress. This study included children ages 2 to 10 years old (N=112) undergoing elective surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Participant demographics including ethnicity and race were collected prior to surgery. Nurse, parent, and child postoperative behavioral interactions were video recorded in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). From these video recordings, adult behaviors were coded for their frequency of use. Multiple regressions analyses showed that adults were more likely to use humor with Non-Hispanic White children compared to Hispanic children (b = 0.393, p = 0.049). Moreover, fathers were marginally more likely to use empathy, reassurance, and apology with Hispanic children compared to Non-Hispanic White children (b = 0.249, p = 0.05). These results suggest that Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White children may receive different behavioral treatment in response to their postoperative distress. Implications for these findings suggest that child ethnicity may be predictive of different adult PACU behaviors which may illustrate how cultural differences can influence the child postoperative experience.
Time-budgeting in meat chickens grown commercially

Abstract 1. Observations were made for 1‐h periods on 19 birds aged from 27 to 50 d in a commercial meat chicken flock. Data were collected on the frequency, the total proportion of time spent in different behaviour patterns, and sequencing of behaviour. 2. Sixty‐four percent of time was spent lying. Individuals engaged in up to 41 separate lying bouts, which suggests that the birds were restless rather than resting. 3. Interrupted rest was sometimes caused by birds standing on each other; on other occasion it may have served to increase heat loss. 4. The frequency and duration of eating and drinking amongst individuals was variable. Neither dust‐bathing nor agonistic behaviour were observed and their absence may reflect the lack of importance of these behaviour patterns in meat chickens.
A Broad Review of Hypertension Pharmacology

Hypertension affects approximately 1.13 billion people worldwide, and these numbers continue to rise as the population gets older and the definition of hypertension continues to change. It has been shown repeatedly that controlling high blood pressure (BP) helps prevent developing cardiovascular (CV) disease, especially in the older population. [1,2] Every patient with hypertension should pursue lifestyle changes and non-pharmacological approaches to lower their blood pressure. These lifestyle changes generally include a healthy diet, regular exercise, minimal alcohol intake, and working toward a healthy weight. [3] However, when nonpharmacological approaches fail to achieve target blood pressure goals, antihypertensive medications can help patients to achieve the recommended targets. In this article, we will offer a broad review of the pharmacology of blood pressure-lowering drugs with their common indications, as well as common side effects.
Impact of in-cloud aqueous processes on the chemical compositions and morphology of individual atmospheric aerosols

Abstract. The composition, morphology, and mixing structure of individual cloud residues (RES) and interstitial particles (INT) at a mountaintop site were investigated. Eight types of particles were identified, including sulfate-rich (S-rich), S-organic matter (OM), aged soot, aged mineral dust, aged fly ash, aged metal, refractory, and aged refractory mixture. A shift of dominant particle types from S-rich (29 %) and aged soot (27 %) in the INT to aged refractory mixture (23 %) and S-OM (22 %) in the RES is observed. In particular, particles with organic shells are enriched in the RES (27 %) relative to the INT (12 %). Our results highlight that the formation of more oxidized organic matter in the cloud contributes to the existence of organic shells after cloud processing. The fractal dimension (Df), a morphologic parameter to represent the branching degree of particles, for soot particles in the RES (1.82 ± 0.12) is lower than that in the INT (2.11 ± 0.09), which indicates that in-cloud processes may result in less compact soot. This research emphasizes the role of in-cloud processes in the chemistry and microphysical properties of individual particles. Given that organic coatings may determine the particle hygroscopicity, activation ability, and heterogeneous chemical reactivity, the increase of OM-shelled particles upon in-cloud processes should have considerable implications.
Reading and Seeing: The Artistic Use of Visual Features in Contemporary Novels

Abstract:Recent decades have seen an increase in novels artistically utilizing their printed features, such as font and formatting. However, the artistic possibilities of visual features in printed literature meant to be read to oneself are rarely discussed as philosophically or artistically interesting. I identify and dismiss two attempted justifications for this omission and locate their origins in modernism and its insistence on medium purity. I argue that this view of the purity of the text should be abandoned. Finally, I examine several border cases that may pose problems if we take seriously the artistic role of the visible in literature.
Anticorpos Anti-Gangliosídeos em Pacientes com Síndrome de Guillain-Barré Associado à Infecção pelo Vírus Zika no Brasil

A infecção pelo vírus zika está associada ao desenvolvimento da Síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB), uma doença autoimune neurológica causada pelo reconhecimento imune de gangliosídeos e outros componentes nas membranas das células neuronais. Utilizando ELISA de alto rendimento, analisamos o perfil de anticorpos anti-glicolipídeos, incluindo gangliosídeos, de amostras de plasma de pacientes com infecções por zika associadas ou não à SGB em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. Observamos que os pacientes infectados com o zika vírus que desenvolvem SGB apresentam níveis mais altos de anticorpos antigangliosídeos quando comparados com pacientes infectados com zika sem SGB. Também observamos que um amplo repertório de gangliosídeos foi direcionado por auto anticorpos anti IgM e IgG nesses pacientes. Como o vírus zika infecta neurônios, que contêm gangliosídeos de membrana, a apresentação antigênica dessas células infectadas pode estimular os autoanticorpos anti-gangliosídeos observados, sugerindo que os autoanticorpos induzidos diretamente pela infecção podem levar ao desenvolvimento de SGB. Nossos resultados estabelecem, coletivamente, uma ligação entre anticorpos antigangliosídeos e SGB associado ao zika vírus. Palavras-chave: Zika; Autoanticorpos; Anti-Gangliosídeos; Síndrome de Guillain-Barré.
First records of the North American catfish Ameiurus melas in Portugal

The North American catfish Ameiurus melas is recorded for the first time in Portugal. Its presence in the Tagus River Basin is probably due to natural spread of individuals from Spanish populations, while episodic translocation could explain its occurence in the previously non-invaded Guadiana and Sado River basins.
Early Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy After Acute Biliary Pancreatitis and ERCP Single Center Results

YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: Ocak 2015–Temmuz 2019 tarihleri arasında klinik, laboratuar ve görüntüleme yöntemleriyle akut biliyer pankreatit (ABP) tanısı konulan ve ERCP ile koledok taşı tedavi edilen 152 hastadan taburcu edilmeden ilk 48 saat içinde LK yapılan 80 hastanın kayıtları retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Hastaların yaş, cinsiyet, laboratuvar, üst batın ultrasonografi (USG), manyetik rezonans kolanjiopankreatografi (MRCP ) ve ERCP sonuçları değerlendirildi. Ameliyat süresi, açığa geçme oranı ve cerrahi sonrası hastanede yatış süreleri kaydedildi.
Impact of attitude towards a region on purchase intention of regional products: the mediating effects of perceived value and preference

This research has three research objectives. First, this research will demonstrate that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region is not direct but indirect. Second, this research will establish that perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products. Lastly, this research will highlight cognitive (through perceived value) and affective (through preference) routes or paths, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region. ,As previous works in the authors’ field of research, the authors conducted a field study, combined with a questionnaire survey. 398 consumers responded to the authors’ questionnaire in a hypermarket (belonging to the retailer Systeme U) in Vendee (a region in France). The authors measured their attitude towards this region, their preference for regional food products and their purchase intention of these products as well as the perceived value of regional food products. ,The perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are full mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region. ,This research supplements prior works. It shows that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products is indirect. Consumers' purchase intention of regional products is not directly attributable to their attitude towards the region of origin of these products. Regional products and their features have to be reintegrated into this equation. ,This study identifies several routes or paths to explain consumers' purchase intention of regional products. A cognitive route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by perceived value. An affective route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by preference. A hybrid path that combines cognitive and affective paths, as this research established a link between perceived value and preference. ,This research foregrounds regional products and their features, too often neglected in favour of consumers and their characteristics.
Laboratory Comparisons of Sticky Traps to Detect and Control Five Species of Cockroaches (Orthoptera: Blattidae and Blatellidae)

Four cockroach sticky traps, D-Con®, Mr. Sticky®, Raid®, and Roach Coach® compared in laboratory experiments differed in their ability to trap the five principal domiciliary cockroaches, Blatta orientalis L. , Blattella germanica (L.), Periplaneta americana (L.), P. fuliginosa (Serville), and Supella longipalpa (F.). One trap (Raid) was consistently better and one (Mr. Sticky) was consistently worse in their ability to trap each species than some or all other traps. D-Con and Roach Coach were variable in effectiveness, depending on the species involved. Although caught more often than any other species, B. germanica also produced more progeny, and therefore significant population reduction did not occur after 2 weeks of trapping. B. orientalis was the most, and S. longipalpa the least likely species to be caught. Most trap catches occurred during the first 24 h of the 2-week period that cockroaches were exposed to the traps. Females of all species were caught in sticky traps as much as or more than males or large, medium, or small nymphs. Fifty-six percent of oothecae deposited in traps failed to hatch.
Regional dynamics and dispersal in the vascular plant Silene viscosa (L.) inhabiting small islands

We investigated and compared the patch occupancy and colonisation and extinction over a 40-yr period in the vascular plant Silene viscosa in two archipelagos off the Swedish east coast. We also assessed the importance of regional vs local dynamics for regional persistence by examining factors affecting colonisation and extinction processes. We found an effect of isolation on the patch occupancy in 1957, but this effect disappeared 1997. The effect of isolation was not detected when analysing colonisations and extinctions during the 40-yr period separately, which suggests that the colonisations and extinctions since 1957 have changed the patch occupancy of S. viscosa. The change in the patch occupancy is attributed to an increased colonisation, presumably mediated by the increase of the greylag goose Anser anser. The large amplitude of population size change, the high persistence of populations during a 40-yr period, and the long term persistence for some populations all suggest that the distribution pattern approximates a distribution that is expected to be generated from an Island-Mainland model, where a number of large populations are persistent and a number of smaller populations are more prone to extinction due to catastrophes (nesting cormorants) and environmental stochasticity (summer drought). Most evidence suggests that regional processes are of less importance than local processes for regional persistence on a time scale of 40 yr for S. viscosa.
Papillomaviruses infecting cetaceans exhibit signs of genome adaptation following a recombination event

Abstract Papillomaviruses (PVs) have evolved through a complex evolutionary scenario where virus–host co-evolution alone is not enough to explain the phenotypic and genotypic PV diversity observed today. Other evolutionary processes, such as host switch and recombination, also appear to play an important role in PV evolution. In this study, we have examined the genomic impact of a recombination event between distantly related PVs infecting Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans). Our phylogenetic analyses suggest that one single recombination was responsible for the generation of extant ‘chimeric’ PV genomes infecting cetaceans. By correlating the phylogenetic relationships to the genomic content, we observed important differences between the recombinant and non-recombinant cetartiodactyle PV genomes. Notably, recombinant PVs contain a unique set of conserved motifs in the upstream regulatory region (URR). We interpret these regulatory changes as an adaptive response to drastic changes in the PV genome. In terms of codon usage preferences (CUPrefs), we did not detect any particular differences between orthologous open reading frames in recombinant and non-recombinant PVs. Instead, our results are in line with previous observations suggesting that CUPrefs in PVs are rather linked to gene expression patterns as well as to gene function. We show that the non-coding URR of PVs infecting cetaceans, the central regulatory element in these viruses, exhibits signs of adaptation following a recombination event. Our results suggest that also in PVs, the evolution of gene regulation can play an important role in speciation and adaptation to novel environments.
Atoms, quanta, and qubits: Atomism in quantum mechanics and information

The original conception of atomism suggests “atoms”, which cannot be divided more into composing parts. However, the name “atom” in physics is reserved for entities, which can be divided into electrons, protons, neutrons and other “elementary particles”, some of which are in turn compounded by other, “more elementary” ones. Instead of this, quantum mechanics is grounded on the actually indivisible quanta of action limited by the fundamental Planck constant. It resolves the problem of how both discrete and continuous (even smooth) to be described uniformly and invariantly in thus. Quantum mechanics can be interpreted in terms of quantum information. Qubit is the indivisible unit (“atom”) of quantum information. The imagery of atomism in modern physics moves from atoms of matter (or energy) via “atoms” (quanta) of action to “atoms” (qubits) of quantum information. This is a conceptual shift in the cognition of reality to terms of information, choice, and time
Shrinkage in the Body Length of Myctophid Fish (Diaphus Slender-Type spp.) Larvae with Various Preservatives

Abstract There was significant shrinkage in the body lengths of larvae of the myctophid fish Diaphus slender-type spp. for the first two weeks after they were preserved in 5% and 10% formalin, 70% and 90% ethyl alcohol, and 70% isopropyl alcohol solutions. The shrinkage was greatest in 70% isopropyl alcohol, followed by 90% ethyl alcohol, 70% ethyl alcohol, and the formalin solutions. No significant difference in shrinkage was observed between the 5% and 10% formalin solutions. Linear regressions described the relationships between body length before and after 140 days of preservation.