Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Issues of environmental (ir)responsibility

In this paper the author reflects the questions of humans’ relationship to the environment and of their ecological behaviour that becomes together with the development of modern technologies increasingly relevant just as the question whether humans are able to affect fundamentally the environment on the Earth by their activities. According to some authors (e.g. Ehrlich, 1968; Gore, 2006; Wilson, 1995; Winter, Koger, 2009; Smajs, 2005) human survival is directly connected with people’s relationship to the nature; but other influential authors have contradictory opinions or they are at least afraid of overestimation of ecological activities that can lead to neglecting of other important problems (e.g. Simon, 1981; Goklany, 2007; Lomborg, 2007; Klaus, 2007, 2009). These issues are dealt in this article mainly from the perspective of psychological theories and concepts – the Freud’s concept of unconsciousness is discussed as well as groupthink, theory of dissonance, contingency trap, Milgram’s theory of autonomous and agentic state of consciousness, group and intergroup behaviour, social dilemma – tragedy of the commons. Achieving a sustainable way of life depends on the equilibrium between consumption of individuals and regenerative abilities of the natural environment. However, people still behave as if they were separated from the nature. The linking axis of this article is the question of psychic powers causing individual and collective ecological (ir)responsibility and the resulting consequences.
POSETS ADMITTING THE LINEARITY OF ISOMETRIES

Abstract. In this paper, we deal with a characterization of the posetswith the property that every poset isometry of F nq ﬁxing the origin is alinear map. We say such a poset to be admitting the linearity of isome-tries. We show that a poset P admits the linearity of isometries over F nq if and only if P is a disjoint sum of chains of cardinality 2 or 1 whenq= 2, or P is an anti-chain otherwise. 1. IntroductionLet F q be a ﬁnite ﬁeld with q elements, and F nq the vector space of n-tuplesover F q . In 1995, Brualdi et al. [1] introduced a non-Hamming metric on F n which is associated to an arbitrary poset on [n] = {1,2,. ,n}. It is calleda poset metric. The poset metric spaces have been extensively studied in[1, 3, 4, 5, 8]. We brieﬂy introduce basic notions for poset metric on F nq . Let P = ([n],≤) be a poset on [n] of coordinate positions of vectors on F nq . A subset I of P is called an order ideal (or a down-set) if x ∈ I and y ≤ ximply y ∈ I. For an arbitrary subset A of P, we denote by hAi the smallestorder ideal of P containing A. The P-weight of a vector u = (u
Internet of Things based system for Smart Kitchen

This paper provides insight to the dynamics that come with the emergence of IoT in the furniture and kitchen manufacturing industry. By implementing the concept of IoT companies are currently evaluating how internal knowledge and skillsets correspond to the new technical requirements that the emerging digital setting outlines and by directing internal research they are learning more about IoT and connected products as they proceed. One current major problem is that there are no open protocols that can connect all products regardless of supplier. Nevertheless, implementation of IoT does not solely involve technical aspects and companies are also faced with the dilemma on how to design and develop corresponding commercial processes. To this point early product implementations have arrived on the consumer markets and the future vision is to achieve full integration that imbeds connectivity and interaction among all products in the home.
Troubled by the humics — effects of water colour and interspecific competition on the feeding efficiency of planktivorous perch

In humic lakes in addition to various density-dependent interactions, dark water may be partly causing a bottleneck in perch (Perca fluviatilis) growth. This study focuses on clarifying the role of water colour and increasing fish density on the plankton feeding efficiency of perch. Both aquarium experiments and field data were used in this study. In the experiments, perch fed clearly less in highly humic water than in clear water, but the presence of roach had no significant effect on the feeding efficiency of perch. According to the field data, water colour had a significant effect on the length at which perch shifted from feeding primary on plankton to other food sources.
Neurosecretory Protein GL Induces Fat Accumulation in Chicks

We recently found a previously unidentified cDNA in chicken hypothalamus which encodes the precursor for neurosecretory protein GL (NPGL). A previous study showed that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) infusion of NPGL caused body mass gain in chicks. However, it was not clear which part(s) of the body gained mass. In the present study, we investigated which tissues increased in mass after chronic i.c. v. infusion of NPGL in chicks. We found that NPGL increased the masses of the liver, abdominal fat, and subcutaneous fat, while NPGL did not affect the masses of muscles, including pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and biceps femoris. Oil Red O staining revealed that fat deposition had occurred in the liver. In addition, the size of the lipid droplets in the abdominal fat increased. Furthermore, we found an upregulation of lipogenesis and downregulation of lipolysis in the abdominal fat, but not in the liver. These results indicate that NPGL is involved in fat storage in chicks.
Morphogenic responses of three explants of Lupinus montanus (H.B.K.) cultured in vitro

El necrosamiento y la respuesta morfogenica de explantes de cotiledon, epicotilo e hipocotilo de plantulas de Lupinus montanus (HBK) germinadas in vitro se evaluaron para establecer las condiciones basicas de micropropagacion. El necrosamiento se evaluo en medio MS con 0.40 mg·litro-1 de tiamina, 100 mg·litro-1 de mio-inositol, 3 % de sacarosa y 7 g·litro-1 de agar-agar y distintas dosis de carbon activado (CA) y acido citrico. Los tratamientos con CA (50 mg·litro-1 y 100 mg·litro-1) fueron los mejores en el control del necrosamiento ( P = 0.001); el cotiledon tuvo mayor nivel de necrosamiento ( 70 %) a diferencia del cotiledon, cuya respuesta fue primordialmente callogenica (50 %). El epicotilo cultivado en medio MS con 3.0 μM de AIA y 1.0 μM de BA tuvo el mayor numero de brotes (10) y altura (11.4 ± 2.6 cm).
IMPACT OF TRADE ON EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN MANUFACTURING IN INDIA

Analysing the impact of trade on manufacturing employment in India, it is found that exports had a favourable effect on industrial employment, but the positive effect of export increase was offset by the negative effect of increases in imports. The net effect was marginal. The failure of trade to raise industrial employment is traced primarily to the changing product composition of trade and the changing direction of trade. Petroleum products have emerged as a major item of Indias exports whereas the traditional labour-intensive products have lost their share. The analysis reveals an adverse effect of changing factor prices on manufacturing employment. One interesting finding of the study is that after a long period of jobless growth, the corporate sector organized manufacturing has achieved in the last four years (2004-05 through 2007-08) a high rate of growth in employment, about 7 per cent per annum on average.
Microphysical precursor conditions leading to precipitation initiation in marine stratocumulus

Although the classical model of how a population of cloud droplets grows to precipitation-sized drops through the condensation and coalescence processes is well accepted, it does not fully address the history of how nascent precipitation drops come about in warm clouds. A size-resolving (bin) large-eddy simulation (LES) model and a parcel trajectory model are used to investigate the dominant microphysical precursor conditions influencing precipitation initiation for a case of marine stratocumulus based on conditions sampled during the CAP-MBL field campaign in the eastern North Atlantic. Backward trajectories are then calculated beginning from ten regions of nascent precipitation to analyze the precursor conditions of precipitation onset. A suite of backward trajectories is also calculated from ten null cases originating in regions that do not form drizzle. The backward trajectories originating in nascent drizzle regions exhibit larger mean cloud droplet radius (rv) relative to the null cases, as would be expected since larger cloud droplets tend to preferentially form drizzle. These nascent drizzle cases experience anomalously low droplet concentration (Nc) along the trajectory path, relative to the null cases, but also low values of cloud-water mixing ratio (qc). These results indicate the most surprising aspect of our study, specifically that the larger values of mean volume radius (rv) are driven, not by large cloud liquid water contents (qc), but rather by small values of cloud droplet concentration (Nc). These findings suggest that new regions of drizzle are associated with parcels that previously participated in the drizzle process.
Extraction of Bioactive Compounds (Mangiferin) from Mahkota Dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa) Fruits Using Subcritical Water: Effect of Process Parameters on Extraction Yield

Mahkota Dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa) is a popular herbal plant that is indigenous to Indonesia and Malaysia. The bioactive ingredients in the plant contain antihistamine, antioxidant, and anti-cancer compound. In this work, experimental study was performed using subcritical water extraction (SWE) method to extract bioactive compound namely mangiferin from Mahkota Dewa fruits. A sequential screening strategy using one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) was carried out at different solid to solvent ratios (30 – 70 g/L), temperatures (50 – 150 °C) and extraction times (3 – 7 hours). The yield of mangiferin extracted was measured using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The results show that the solid to solvent ratio, extraction temperature and time cause significant effect on the mangiferin yield. The best operating conditions for extracting Mahkota Dewa fruit with subcritical method is 60 g/L solid to solvent ratio and 100°C extraction temperature for 5 hours with mangiferin yield of 3.202% w/w.
Tourist Without a Cause

Location-based recommender systems in the tourist domain are increasingly becoming more and more popular. However, these systems typically suffer from two problems: Not having sufficient information about the user results in the cold start problem; and acquiring suitable user models can be problematic, the knowledge bottleneck problem. The work presented here demonstrates how stereotype modelling can be used as a suitable tool for acquiring knowledge and building user models for a Bayesian network based recommender system.
Sensitivity analysis of climatic parameters on Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) calculated by FAO Penman - Monteith Equation (CROPWAT MODEL 8.0) for Sub-humid to humid areas of Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

The sensitivity of reference evapotranspiration calculated by CROPWAT 8.0 model to climate variables in Kulumsa and Meraro, Arsi Zone Ethiopia has been investigated. Sensitivity analysis of ETo to minimum temperature, maximum temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and sunshine hours were conducted using SAS 9.0 and Excel based on correlation coefficient, linear regression and root mean square error (RMSE). The sensitivity coefficients were derived for each variable on a monthly basis. The results of correlation, linear regression and RMSE between the reference evapotranspiration and climatic variables showed that during annual and dry season period, relative humidity and maximum temperature showed high negative and positive correlation coefficient respectively for both Kulumsa and Meraro study sites but during rainy season, sunshine hours and relative humidity showed high positive and negative correlation for Kulumsa and Meraro study sites. For Kulumsa study site, relative humidity, maximum temperature and wind speed showed high regression coefficient and low root mean square error for annual, dry season and rainy season respectively, while relative humidity showed high regression coefficient and low root mean square error for both annual and rainy season for Meraro study site. However during the dry season at Meraro study site, maximum temperature showed high regression coefficient and low root mean square error.
Pre-pregnancy body mass index and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

Vesna RUDIĆ-GRUJIĆ Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska Jovana Dučića 1, 78000 Banja Luka Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina vesna.rudic. g@gmail.com SUMMARY Introduction/Objective Not only do pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity increase the risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes but they also lead to the development of gestational diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity in the Republic of Srpska and to investigate its association with hyperglycemia and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from February to October 2012 among 555 pregnant women in gestational period from 24 to 28 weeks. The criterion for exclusion from the sample was previously diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Results Before pregnancy, 20.39% of participants had increased body mass index, while 4.04 % [95% confidence interval (CI); 2.62–6.13] were obese. Gestational diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 10.91% (95% CI, 8.44–13.98) of them. The increase in body mass index by 1 increased the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus by 1.09 times [odds ratio (OR) = 1.09; 95% CI; 1.02–1.16]. Pregnant women who were overweight had a 4.88 times greater risk (OR = 4.88; 95% CI, 1.23–29.41) of developing gestational diabetes. Conclusion Every fifth pregnant woman in this study was overweight or obese before pregnancy. The increase in body mass index by 1 increased the risk of gestational diabetes by 1.09 times (OR = 1.09; 95% CI; 1.02–1.16). Counselling is necessary for overweight and obese women planning pregnancy.
Fast Stereo Matching Fully Utilizing Super-Pixels

In this paper, we propose a depth image generation method by stereo matching on super-pixel (SP) basis. In the proposed method, block matching is performed only at the center of the SP, and the obtained disparity is applied to all pixels of the SP. Next, in order to improve the disparity, a new SP-based cost filter is introduced. This filter multiplies the matching cost of the surrounding SP by a weight based on reliability and similarity and sums the weighted costs of neighbors. In addition, we propose two new error checking methods. One-way check uses only a unidirectional disparity estimation with a small amount of calculation to detect errors. Cross recovery uses cross checking and error recovery to repair lacks of objects that are problematic with SP-based matching. As a result of the experiment, the execution time of the proposed method using the one-way check was about 1/100 of the full search, and the accuracy was almost equivalent. The accuracy using cross recovery exceeded the full search, and the execution time was about 1/60. Speeding up while maintaining accuracy increases the application range of depth images.
Immunomodulatory Role of Capsular Polysaccharides Constituents of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. In immunocompetent patients, cryptococcal infection is often confined to the lungs. In immunocompromised individuals, C. neoformans may cause life-threatening illness, either from novel exposure or through reactivation of a previously acquired latent infection. For example, cryptococcal meningitis is a severe clinical disease that can manifest in people that are immunocompromised due to AIDS. The major constituents of the Cryptococcus polysaccharide capsule, glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), and galactoxylomannan (GalXM), also known as glucuronoxylomanogalactan (GXMGal), are considered the primary virulence factors of Cryptococcus. Despite the predominance of GXM in the polysaccharide capsule, GalXM has more robust immunomodulatory effects on host cellular immunity. This review summarizes current knowledge regarding host-Crytococcus neoformans interactions and the role of capsular polysaccharides in host immunomodulation. Future studies will likely facilitate a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in antigenic recognition and host immune response to C. neoformans and lead to the development of new therapeutic pathways for cryptococcal infection.
A Corpus-based Study of Present Tense Distribution in Chinese Students' English Writings

In this paper the use of present tenses in Chinese students' writings in CLEC is compared with that of their counterparts in BAWE. First the overall distribution of all present tenses in the two corpora is described respectively; then the distribution feature of each tense is summarized; at last the causes for the distribution features in Chinese students' writings are analyzed. The major findings are: in Chinese students' writings, simple present tense and present progressive tense are overused, while present perfect tense and present perfect progressive tense are underused. Some pedagogical implications based on the research findings are discussed at the end of the paper. KEYWORD: English writing; Present tense; Distribution; Corpus
The Development and Validation of Mindfulness Measurement among Thai Buddhist Employees

This study aims to develop and test the mindfulness measurement instrument of Buddhist employees. The quantitative approach was applied to this study. The research population was defined as the Buddhist employees in Thai organizations. The research sample was divided into two groups for different purposes. One group consisted of 100 Buddhist employees, of which 50 were meditators and the rest weren’t. This group was engaged in the instrument development phase. The second group comprised 509 participants and was used in testing the reliability and validity of the instrument. The data was gathered using questionnaires. The collected data was compiled and analyzed by computer programs. The statistics employed in the instrumental development process were: Item Congruence Index (IOC), Reliability, and Discriminant analysis, while Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to confirm the validity of the instrument construct. The analysis showed validity of the mindfulness measurement model according to the conceptual framework whereby 34 items of four-factor mindfulness measures: mindfulness of body, mindfulness of feelings, mindfulness of mind, and mindfulness of mind-object were psychometrically sound and conceptually supported the self-assessment of mindfulness for Thai Buddhist employees. This mindfulness scale is thus likely to provide future organizational researchers with a valuable tool for assessing mindfulness practice, and human resources development professionals with a reliable and valid instrument that can aid them in their development of individual training programs for employees. Keywords: Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Body, Mindfulness of Feelings, Mindfulness of Mind, Mindfulness of Mind-Objects, Validation of Mindfulness Measurement, Thai Buddhist Employees
The Effect of Education Program Based on Health Belief Model on Decreasing Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetic Type 2 Patients in Zahedan

life. Objectives: The aim of study was detecting the effect of health belief model program on decreasing blood sugar level in diabetic patients of Zahedan city in 2011. Patients and Methods: After choosing 138 diabetic type 2 patients from Zahedan diabetic center, they were divided into two random groups (case and control groups each of them 69 patients). Data was collected using a questionnaire based on the health belief model, and checklist related to patient practices. Reliability and validity of questionnaire was examined. Data collected before the intervention and three and six months after educational method intervention were analyzed by the SPSS software. Results: According to the results there is a significant statistical difference between average numbers of models before and after educational intervention (p < 0.001). Also HbA1c and FBS after educational intervention were lower (p < 0001). Conclusions: Applying the HBM Model proved is very effective in developing an educational program for diabetics, to control their blood sugar. Besides such programs, follow up education for controlling and monitoring are highly recommended.
Multiport vector network analyzer calibration: a general formulation

An overall calibration theory for Multiport Network Analyzers (MNWA) is presented. A general algorithm is developed to exploit the redundancy inherent in MNWA self-calibration. Linear dependency conditions given by using one-port or two-port standards to calibrate a MNWA are analyzed, by deriving novel criteria for multiport self-calibration. It is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that an n-port test set can be calibrated by using only one two-port standard and one load. The excellent accuracy reached by means of this new theory opens new alternatives to a metrological qualification of MNWA for n-port device testing. >
NEW SURFACE FITTING APPROACH IN REVERSE ENGINEERING OF SHEET METAL PARTS

The paper is focused on surface reconstruction techniques, developed to enhance the capability of a measurement system set up for analysing sheet-metal parts. It presents an alternative technique to get accurate results in shape reconstruction in terms of deviation and smoothing. The matrix-like structured data, output of the measure, allows to reconstruct the surfaces following two approaches: Fit curves to sets of aligned points and then blend a surface onto them; fit surfaces on the whole point data set. The first approach is easier to perform because of the wide diffusion, also in the CAD systems, of many robust routines for 2D-curve fitting. The second approach requires a more complex algorithm to surface the 3D point cloud directly but allows to take into account a smoothing factor on the whole data set, that is very useful when more noise is expected on the point cloud.