Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stability Data Xbee S2b Zigbee Communication on Arduino Based Sumo Robot

Wireless technology is a solution to reach hard-to-reach places using cable technology. The use of wireless technology can reach these areas without using copper or cables in the data transmission process. Communication technology using wireless is one solution to connect the control system to support the creation and achievement of the goals of the 4.0 revolution so that control and monitoring become easier. With the convenience provided by wireless technology such as connecting various types of system devices between other systems. One type of wireless technology is WPAN, especially on the ZigBee system from Digi International with the IEEE 802.15. 4 protocol standard with low power consumption and working at a frequency of 2.4 GHz. Utilization of the communication system from the ZigBee protocol can control according to the range capabilities of the ZigBee system. ZigBee's ability and use of communication can perform communication control robot sumobot (slave robot) and remote control (robot leader) as an introduction to command data to carry out movements on the slave robot in accordance with the orders from the robot leader After trying XBEE to send data at a certain distance without experiencing data loss, the best distance is obtained, namely 1 - 100 meters with the firmware coordinator and router settings. Data delays can be minimized with a transfer rate of 3 kbps in the data transfer rate.
Improving nitrogen‐use efficiency by using ridge tillage in rice paddy soils

Nitrogen (N) fertilizers are increasingly being used to meet crop demand for the expanding human population. However, historical N‐use efficiency (NUE) is low for rice paddy fields compared to upland ecosystems. This study aimed to investigate the fate of N fertilizer and compared NUE under different tillage regimes in a rice‐based agroecosystem. A long‐term field study of tillage regimes (i.e. flooded paddy field, conventional tillage and ridge tillage) and 15N isotope tracer methods (in situ and incubation) was used to determine N fertilizer fate and uptake. Nitrogen uptake by rice (which represents NUE) significantly differed between tillage regimes (p < .05). Nitrogen‐use efficiency was 31% of applied N fertilizer for ridge tillage, which was the highest among the three tillage regimes, while the lowest NUE occurred for conventional tillage (17%). The soil residual N for ridge tillage was significantly higher (21%), than for the flooded paddy field or conventional tillage. The total gaseous N loss was highest for ridge tillage (28%) and lowest for conventional tillage (17%). Ammonia (NH3) volatilization accounted for the largest proportion of gaseous loss from N fertilizer for all three tillage regimes. However, the largest loss of applied N was with water (runoff and leaching), where N loss accounted for 20% of applied N for ridge tillage but up to 54% for conventional tillage. Ridge tillage changed the soil micro‐topography and water regimes leading to better N conservation. Based on these results, adoption of ridge tillage should significantly improve NUE for rice paddy fields.
An Investigation of Collaborative Consumption Engagement and the Interaction With Self-Identity

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between motivation factors and collaborative consumption engagement and explore the moderating effect of self-identity on that relationship. For this, the present study collected data from 228 college students in South Korean through a survey method. In the results, first, the more sustainability or economic benefits participants perceive in collaborative consumption platforms, the more they are engaged in collaborative consumption. Second, a positive relationship between perceived sustainability and collaborative consumption engagement is stronger for participants in collaborative consumption platforms high rather than low in interdependent self-view. However, interdependent self-view was found to have no significance in the relationship between perceived economic benefits and collaborative consumption engagement.
Ground Water Recharge with Sewage Effluent

Sewage effluent is an excellent source of water for irrigation, especially in dry areas. Before it can be used for unrestricted irrigation, conventional treatment should be followed by treatment so that the water meets the agronomic, public health, and aesthetic requirements for unrestricted irrigation. This usually means reduction of nitrogen concentration to less than 10 mg/l, complete removal of pathogenic organisms, and essentially complete removal of suspended solids and biodegradable organic carbon. This can often be achieved with a groundwater recharge system, using the soil and aquifer materials as natural filters. Studies on two experimental projects in Phoenix showed that “soil-aquifer treatment” systems can reduce nitrogen concentrations from about 20 mg/l to about 7 mg/l, fecal coliform concentrations from about 3500 per 100 ml (chlorinated secondary effluent) to 0.3 per 100 ml, viruses from 21 plaque-forming units/l to 0, suspended solids from 15 mg/l to 1 mg/l, and total organic carbon from 20 mg/l to 3 mg/l. The latter represents mostly the nondegradable carbon. Hydraulic loading rates for sands to loamy sands were about 300 ft/yr. Thus, 1 acre of infiltration basin can renovate about 300 af/year of sewage effluent. The renovated water should be removed from the aquifer to avoid its spread into high-quality native groundwater. (Please note that af/year stands for acre feet/year.)
Conditions for identity development among religious immigrant youth

ABSTRACT Young people with immigrant backgrounds are especially exposed in their identity formation. They may face particular difficulties if they also identify themselves as religious, such as being positioned as odd and different in negative ways by their peers. Focusing on the social conditions for developing an integrated identity, and through the theoretic lens of dialogical self-theory, this article asks how young religious immigrants are positioned by the expectations of their social environments. The article is based on qualitative interviews with 22 religious youths with immigrant backgrounds living south of Stockholm. The result highlights three discernible conflicts in the youths’ identity formation: being religious and Swedish, being religious and young and being religious and a feminist. Despite these conflicts, they all want to stay religious as adults, even though their stories reveal hesitation and insecurity about the future.
Bromid [Biomonitoring Methods in German language, 2006]

Mit Hilfe des beschriebenen Verfahrens kann im Plasma oder Serum vorliegendes Bromid bestimmt werden. Dabei k nnen neben der Hintergrundbelastung der Allgemeinbev lkerung sowohl arbeitsals auch umweltbedingte Erh hungen des Plasmabromidspiegels erfasst werden, etwa durch bromidhaltige Begasungsmittel, Inhalationsnarkotika oder Arzneistoffe. Nach der Ausf llung der Proteine aus dem Plasma mit Trichloressigs ure wird ein Aliquot des berstandes mit Phosphatpuffer pH 5,5 versetzt. Es wird eine L sung des Farbstoffes Phenolrot (kmax = 356 nm) hinzugef gt. Durch die Zugabe von Chloramin T zur Probe wird das vorhandene Bromid zu Brom oxidiert, welches entsprechend folgendem Schema mit Phenolrot zu dem Farbstoff Bromphenolblau (kmax = 589 nm) reagiert. Analytische Methoden Bromid Analysen in biol. Material Bd. 2, Seite D 1
Are smoking cessation behaviours among daily smokers associated with a perceived public stigma of smokers? Cross-sectional analyses of Norwegian data 2011–2013

Introduction Perceived stigma may be an unintended consequence of tobacco denormalization policies among remaining smokers. Little is known about the role of perceived stigmatization in cessation behaviours. Aims To test if perceived public smoker stigma is associated with recent attempts to cease smoking and future cessation plans among adult daily smokers. Methods Using merged data from the biennial national survey Norwegian Monitor 2011 and 2013 (N daily smokers = 1,029), we performed multinomial and ordinal regression analyses to study the impact of perceived public stigma (measured as social devaluation and personal devaluation) on recent quit attempts, short-term intention to quit and long-term intention to quit, controlling for confounders. One additional analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between stigma and intention to quit on quit attempts. Results A significant association between perceived social devaluation and recent quit attempts was found (OR 1.76). Perceived stigma was not associated with future quit plans. Personal devaluation was not associated with any cessation outcome. The role of perceived social devaluation on quit attempts was mainly found among smokers with intentions to quit. Conclusion These findings indicate that stigma measured as social devaluation of smokers is associated with recent quit attempts, but not with future quit plans.
An efficiency-based capacity formulation: mathematical properties and practical implications

Traditional capacity approaches focus only on the vehicle-carrying ability of a facility; i.e. a freeway segment is characterized by higher speed and volume. Furthermore, these definitions lead to the two-capacity phenomenon which creates confusion among practitioners and researchers over which one is the appropriate value. To address these issues, this paper puts forth a new understanding of freeway capacity by considering the optimal traffic state idea where the infrastructure is operating in the most efficient way. This paper endeavors to explain the existence of the optimal traffic state that may lead to a substantial amelioration of traffic conditions on freeways. These analytical properties are transferable to different families of speed–density models. A simulation study is then undertaken to demonstrate how additional benefits can be achieved using the efficiency-based approach. Results show that the proposed methodology improves the overall traffic network performance in comparison to when conventional capacity is used.
Consumer suggestion sharing: helpful, pragmatic and conditional

Purpose Consumers who share their suggestions with firms contribute valuable knowledge and both exhibit and reinforce positive customer engagement. Yet, the motivational antecedents of direct-to-firm customer suggestion sharing remain understudied. This study aims to investigate how potential self, other customer and firm benefits motivate consumer suggestion sharing. Design/methodology/approach A critical incident pretest explores the domain and establishes ecological validity. Two scenario-based experimental studies test the proposed relationships in distinct service contexts. Findings Results support a prosocial (helpful) view of suggestion sharing – potential benefits to other customers motivate suggestion sharing. Potential benefits for the firm play two roles, namely, they indirectly motivate suggestion sharing by increasing consumers’ perceived outcome expectancy, illustrating a pragmatic mechanism, and they directly motivate suggestion sharing when service quality is high, illustrating a conditional, reciprocity-driven mechanism. When service quality is low, consumers are less likely to share firm-benefitting suggestions and more likely to share non-beneficial suggestions, highlighting a potential low service quality “trap” in which firms can become stuck. Research limitations/implications Future research is needed to study the antecedents of attitude toward suggestion sharing and the effect of relationship strength on suggestion sharing. Practical implications Managerially, multiple paths are identified by which firms can motivate suggestion sharing. The low-service quality “trap” indicates that low-service quality firms should not rely on, and should perhaps even ignore, customer suggestions as a tool for improving their offerings. Originality/value By experimentally investigating the motivational antecedents of direct-to-firm consumer suggestion sharing, this paper fills a gap in extant research and provides a foundation upon which future suggestion sharing research can build.
UDTN-RS: A New Underwater Delay Tolerant Network Routing Protocol for Facilitating Coastal Patrol and Surveillance Networks

The Coastal Patrol and Surveillance Application (CPSA) is developed and deployed to detect, track and monitor water vessel traffic using automated devices. Latest advancements of marine technologies, including the Automatic Underwater Vehicles, have allowed the development of this type of applications. To facilitate their operations, installation of a Coastal Patrol and Surveillance Network (CPSN) is mandatory. One of the primary design objectives of this network is to deliver adequate amount of data within an effective time period. This is particularly essential for reporting a detection and notifying the current status of an intruder’s vessel through the adverse underwater communication channels. Additionally, intermittent connectivity of the nodes remain another important obstacle to overcome to allow smooth functioning of CPSA. Taking these objectives and obstacles into account, this work proposes a new protocol, named UDTN-RS, which is developed by ensembling forward error correction technique (namely Reed-Solomon codes or RS) in Underwater Delay Tolerant Network (UDTN) routing protocol with probabilistic spraying technique. In addition, the existing binary packet spraying technique is enhanced for supporting encoded packet exchange between the contacting nodes. A comprehensive simulation campaign is performed in identifying the effectiveness of the proposed protocol. The obtained results suggest that the proposed UDTN-RS protocol can be considered a suitable alternative of the existing protocols for sparse networks like CPSN.
Planning for Substantive Testing at the Assertion Level: A Training Activity and Mini Case

This two-part educational resource was developed to enhance students' understanding of a key aspect of the audit guidance concerning financial statement audit planning for substantive testing at the assertion level. Assuming the role of audit associates at a CPA firm, students first engage in a training activity in which they deconstruct substantive audit tasks into significant financial statement accounts, management assertions, and types of audit procedures related to each task. Then, students consider inherent risk factors for a client engagement in a mini case and apply relevant accounts, management assertions, and detailed substantive audit procedures. These resources are easy to implement and require little advanced preparation, yet they provide a rich instructional resource for either new or experienced auditing faculty. Assessment results and student survey responses reveal the effectiveness of these resources in promoting students' comprehension of the critical role of management assertions in the audit planning process.
Phase transition in tumor growth VIII: The spatiotemporal of avascular evolution

A 2D cellular automata model, which allows a better understanding of the morphogenesis of the avascular tumor pattern formation, is presented. Using thermodynamics formalism of irreversible processes and results of complex systems theory, we propose markers to able to establish, in a quantitative way, the degree of aggressiveness and the malignancy of tumor patterns, such as a fractal dimension and the entropy production rate.
Crossed-beam reaction of carbon atoms with hydrocarbon molecules. III: Chemical dynamics of propynylidyne (l-C3H;X 2Πj) and cyclopropynylidyne (c-C3H;X 2B2) formation from reaction of C(3Pj) with acetylene, C2H2(X 1Σg+)

The reaction between ground state carbon atoms, C(3Pj), and acetylene, C2H2(X 1Σg+), is studied at three collision energies between 8.8 and 45.0 kJ mol−1 using the crossed molecular beams technique. Product angular distributions and time-of-flight spectra of C3H at m/e=37 are recorded. Forward-convolution fitting of the data yields weakly polarized center-of-mass angular flux distributions decreasingly forward scattered with respect to the carbon beam as the collision energy rises from 8.8 to 28.0 kJ mol−1, and isotropic at 45.0 kJ mol−1. Reaction dynamics inferred from the experimental data and ab initio calculations on the triplet C3H2 and doublet C3H potential energy surface suggest two microchannels initiated by addition of C(3Pj) either to one acetylenic carbon to form s-trans propenediylidene or to two carbon atoms to yield triplet cyclopropenylidene via loose transition states located at their centrifugal barriers. Propenediylidene rotates around its B/C axis and undergoes [2,3]-H-migration to prop.
A new risk stratification system of prostate cancer to identify high-risk biochemical recurrence patients

Background Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is considered a decisive risk factor for clinical recurrence and the metastasis of prostate cancer (PCa). Therefore, we developed and validated a signature which could be used to accurately predict BCR risk and aid in the selection of PCa treatments. Methods A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of data concerning PCa from previous datasets of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the gene expression omnibus (GEO) was performed. Lasso and Cox regression analyses were performed to develop and validate a novel signature to help predict BCR risk. Moreover, a nomogram was constructed by combining the signature and clinical variables. Results A total of 977 patients were involved in the study. This consisted of patients from the TCGA (n=405), GSE21034 (n=131), GSE70770 (n=193) and GSE116918 (n=248) datasets. A 9-mRNA signature was identified in the TCGA dataset (composed of C9orf152, EPHX2, ASPM, MMP11, CENPF, KIF4A, COL1A1, ASPN, and FANCI) which was significantly associated with BCR (HR =3.72, 95% CI: 2.30–6.00, P<0.0001). This signature was validated in the GSE21034 (HR =7.54, 95% CI: 3.15–18.06, P=0.019), GSE70770 (HR =2.52, 95% CI: 1.50–4.22, P=0.0025) and GSE116918 datasets (HR =4.75, 95% CI: 2.51–9.02, P=0.0035). Multivariate Cox regression and stratiﬁed analysis showed that the 9-mRNA signature was a clinical factor independent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), Gleason score (GS), or AJCC T staging. The mean AUC for 5-year BCR-free survival predictions of the 9-mRNA signature (0.81) was higher than the AUC for PSA, GS, or AJCC T staging (0.52–0.73). Furthermore, we combined the 9-mRNA signature with PSA, GS, or AJCC T staging and demonstrated that this could enhance prognostic accuracy. Conclusions The proposed 9-mRNA signature is a promising biomarker for predicting BCR-free survival in PCa. However, further controlled trials are needed to validate our results and explore a role in individualized management of PCa.
Differential Efficacy of an Intelligent Tutoring System for University Students: A Case Study with Learning Disabilities

Computer-Based Learning Environments (CBLEs) have emerged as an almost limitless source of education, challenging not only students but also education providers; teaching and learning in these virtual environments requires greater self-regulation of learning. More research is needed in order to assess how self-regulation of learning strategies can contribute to better performance. This study aims to report how an Intelligent Tutoring System can help students both with and without learning difficulties to self-regulate their learning processes. A total of 119 university students with and without learning difficulties took part in an educational experiment; they spent 90 min learning in a CBLE specifically designed to assess and promote self-regulated learning strategies. Results show that as a consequence of the training, the experimental group applied more self-regulation strategies than the control group, not only as a response to a system prompt but also self-initiated. In addition, there were some differences in improvement of learning processes in students with and without learning difficulties. Our results show that when students with learning difficulties have tools that facilitate applying self-regulated learning strategies, they do so even more than students without learning difficulties.
Smart Metering and Pricing Policy in Smart Grids

Pricing policy is one of the tools allowing the involvement of customers in the balance between the supply and the demand in smart grids. The present chapter aims at presenting the smart metering action including the bidirectional measurement of energy for smart houses equipped with renewable energies as well as the way a smart meter communicates data at the required timing to and from the control center. A typical bill establishment explaining how the net billing is produced along with a discussion about different pricing policies that the utility may adopt to reduce the peak load demand is also presented. The work is concluded by a typical simulation of a smart city modeled in LABVIEW software.
Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and cytotoxic activity of methanolic extract of Mansoa hymenaea (DC.) A.H. Gentry

ABSTRACT Mansoa hymenaea (DC.) A.H. Gentry is used in traditional medicine to treat pain, arthritis, and rheumatoid disease. It has also been demonstrated that species belonging to the Mansoa genus exert cytotoxic activity. Despite this data, biological properties and phytochemistry of M. hymenaea remain poorly understood. Therefore, we determined the metabolite profile of the methanolic extract of M. hymenaea leaves and evaluated its anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and cytotoxic activity. Phytochemical analysis was carried out by conventional methods and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects were assessed in the TPA‑induced ear edema model and acetic acid-induced writhing test, respectively. Cytotoxic activity was determined in vitro against SW-620, MDA-MB231, SiHa, SKLU1, and PC-3 cancer cell lines. The results revealed that M. hymenaea methanolic extract at 2 mg/ear reduced inflammation significantly (p ≤ 0.05) by 50.4 ± 5.9 %, and decreased visceral pain with an effective dose 50 (ED50) of 148.9 ± 14.1 mg kg−1. Moreover, M. hymenaea exerted cytotoxic activity against the breast carcinoma cell line (MDA-MB231) with IC50 = 125.8 ± 16.7 µg mL−1. Chemical analyses revealed that M. hymenaea methanolic extract contained alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, sterols, and saponins. Likewise, trans-13-octadecenoic acid, n-hexadecanoic acid, diallyl disulfide, diallyl trisulfide, β-sitosterol, methyl ursolate, stigmasterol, and phytol were detected by CG-MS in the M. hymenaea methanolic extract. These compounds were previously reported with anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, or cytotoxic effects. Therefore, the methanolic extract of M. hymenaea leaves is a good source of natural compounds with anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and cytotoxic properties. Graphical abstract