Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A comparative study of ion-induced damages in C60 and C70 fullerenes

The stability of fullerenes (C60 and C70) under swift heavy ion irradiation is investigated. C60 and C70 thin films were irradiated with 120 MeV Ag ions at fluences from 1×1012 to 3×1013 ions/cm2. The damage cross-section and radius of damaged cylindrical zone were found to be higher for C60 than C70 as evaluated by Raman spectroscopy, which shows that the C70 molecule is more stable under energetic ion impact. The higher damage cross-section of the C60 molecule compared with that of the C70 molecule is explained on the basis of thermal conductivity in the framework of the thermal spike model. The surface morphology of pristine C60 and C70 films is studied by atomic force microscopy. UV-visible absorption studies revealed that band gap for C60 and C70 fullerenes thin films decreases with increasing ion fluence. Resistivity of C60 and C70 thin films decreases with increasing ion fluence but the decrease is faster for C60 than C70, indicating higher damage in C60. Irradiation at a fluence of 3×1013 ions/cm2 results in complete damage of fullerenes (C60 and C70) into amorphous carbon.
Rickettsia spp. in rodent-attached ticks and first evidence of Spotted fever Group Rickettsia species Candidatus Rickettsia uralica in Europe.

BACKGROUND Rickettsia spp. are human pathogens that cause a number of diseases and are transmitted by arthropods, including ixodid ticks. Estonia contributes a region, where the distribution area of two exophilic tick species of known medical importance, Ixodes persulcatus and I. ricinus, overlap. The presence of the nidicolous rodent-associated I. trianguliceps has recently been shown for Estonia. Although there is no Estonian data available on human disease caused by tick-borne Rickettsia spp. , the presence of three Rickettsia species in non-nidicolous ticks, albiet at very dissimilar rates, was also previously reported. The aim of this studywas to screen, identify and characterize Rickettsia species in nidicolous and non-nidicolous ticks attached to rodents. RESULTS Nymphs and larvae of I. ricinus ( n = 1004), I . persulcatus ( n = 75) and I. trianguliceps ( n = 117) attached to rodents and shrews caught in different parts of Estonia were studied for the presence of Rickettsia spp. by nested PCR. Ticks were removed from 314 small animals of 5 species (bank voles Myodes glareolus , yellow necked mice Apodemus flavicollis , striped field mice A. agrarius, pine voles M. subterranius and common shrews S. araneus) . Rickettsial DNA was detected in 8,7% (103/1186) studied ticks. In addition to R. helvetica, previously found in questing ticks, this study reports the first identification of the recently described I. trianguliceps- associated Candidatus R. uralica in west of the Ural.
Spatiotemporal patterns of N2 fixation in coastal waters derived from rate measurements and remote sensing

Abstract. Coastal lagoons are important sites for nitrogen (N) removal via sediment burial and denitrification. Blooms of heterocystous cyanobacteria may diminish N retention as dinitrogen (N2) fixation offsets atmospheric losses via denitrification. We measured N2 fixation in the Curonian Lagoon, Europe's largest coastal lagoon, to better understand the factors controlling N2 fixation in the context of seasonal changes in phytoplankton community composition and external N inputs. Temporal patterns in N2 fixation were primarily determined by the abundance of heterocystous cyanobacteria, mainly Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, which became abundant after the decline in riverine nitrate inputs associated with snowmelt. Heterocystous cyanobacteria dominated the summer phytoplankton community resulting in strong correlations between chlorophyll a (Chl a) and N2 fixation. We used regression models relating N2 fixation to Chl a, along with remote-sensing-based estimates of Chl a to derive lagoon-scale estimates of N2 fixation. N2 fixation by pelagic cyanobacteria was found to be a significant component of the lagoon's N budget based on comparisons to previously derived fluxes associated with riverine inputs, sediment–water exchange, and losses via denitrification. To our knowledge, this is the first study to derive ecosystem-scale estimates of N2 fixation by combining remote sensing of Chl a with empirical models relating N2 fixation rates to Chl a.
INCUBATION TEMPER ATURE DIFFER ENTIALL Y AFFECTS HATCHI NG TIME, ECG SUR VIV AL, AND HATCHLING PER FOR MANCE IN THE LIZAR D PODARCI S M URALI S

Effects of incubation temperature on embryo survival, incubation duration, hatchling size, post-hatching growth, and sprint speed were studied in the lizard Podarcis muralis. Embryos incubated at 32 C and 35 C hatched about 10 days before those of 28 C and over 5 wk before those of 24 C. Hatching success was high at 24 C and 28 C hut much lower at higher temperatures (32 C and 35 C). Neonates incubated at low temperatures had larger snout-vent lengths and body masses (effects of egg mass removed), grew faster, and had higher sprint speeds (size effects removed) than hatchlings incubated at higher temperatures. Hence, incubation temperatures that accelerate embryo development (32-35 C) did not maximize embryo survival and hatchling characteristics. In this study, an incubation temperature of 28 C provided the best balance between developmental rate, hatching success, and posthatch performances.
Supplementary Material: Gen-LaneNet

The supplementary material is organized as follows: 1. Algebraic Verification of the Geometric Transformation. 2. Features Investigation of Issue Associated 3D-LaneNet. 3. Experiments on Center Lines. 4. Qualitative Comparison. 1 Algebraic Verification of the Geometric Transformation In this section, we present an algebraic derivation of the geometric transformation between 3D ego-vehicle coordinate frame and virtual top-view coordinate frame. Although a general derivation from geometric perspective has been presented in our main paper, we present this algebraic derivation as a doubleverification. The derivation considers a simpler camera setup when only pitch angle is involved in camera orientation. A 3D point (x, y, z) in ego-vehicle coordinate frame can be projected to a 2D image point (u, v) through a projective transformation. Its corresponding 2D point (x̄, ȳ) in top-view coordinate frame can be projected to the same 2D image point through a planer homography. Given R as the rotation matrix, T as the translation vector, K indicating camera intrinsic parameters, the described relationship can be written as: uv 1  = α1K [R T ]  x y z 1  = α2K [R1:2 T ] x̄ȳ 1  , (1) where R1:2 indicates the first two columns of R, and α1, α2 are two constant coefficients. Given camera height h, pitch angle θ, we can explicitly write R, T as: R = 1 0 0 0 − sin θ − cos θ 0 cos θ − sin θ  , T =  0 cos θ · h sin θ · h  . (2) Given simplified notation of sin θ as s, cos θ as c, we can rewrite Equation 1 as: 1 0 0 0 0 −s −c ch 0 c −s sh   x y z 1  = α 1 0 0 0 −s ch 0 c sh x̄ȳ 1  .
A Secured Privacy-Preserving Multi-Level Blockchain Framework for Cluster Based VANET

Existing research shows that Cluster-based Medium Access Control (CB-MAC) protocols perform well in controlling and managing Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET), but requires ensuring improved security and privacy preserving authentication mechanism. To this end, we propose a multilevel blockchain-based privacy-preserving authentication protocol. The paper thoroughly explains the formation of the authentication centers, vehicles registration, and key generation processes. In the proposed architecture, a global authentication center (GAC) is responsible for storing all vehicle information, while Local Authentication Center (LAC) maintains a blockchain to enable quick handover between internal clusters of vehicle. We also propose a modified control packet format of IEEE 802.11 standards to remove the shortcomings of the traditional MAC protocols. Moreover, cluster formation, membership and cluster-head selection, and merging and leaving processes are implemented while considering the safety and non-safety message transmission to increase the performance. All blockchain communication is performed using high speed 5G internet while encrypted information is transmitted while using the RSA-1024 digital signature algorithm for improved security, integrity, and confidentiality. Our proof-of-concept implements the authentication schema while considering multiple virtual machines. With detailed experiments, we show that the proposed method is more efficient in terms of time and storage when compared to the existing methods. Besides, numerical analysis shows that the proposed transmission protocols outperform traditional MAC and benchmark methods in terms of throughput, delay, and packet dropping rate.
THE PROTECTIVE FUNCTION OF THE EPIDERMAL LAYER OF RYE SEEDLINGS AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET‐B RADIATION

Ultraviolet‐B radiation induces the accumulation of UV‐absorbing pigments of the flavonoid type in the epidermal layer of rye seedlings. The content of pigments identified as isovitexin derivatives was about 4 times higher in leaves preirradiated for up to 24 h with long wavelength UV‐B radiation as compared to control plants without any UV‐B pretreatment. Leaves preconditioned in this way could prevent or reduce damage to photosynthetic function caused by short wavelength UV‐B radiation. Photosynthetic activity monitored by variable fluorescence was reduced in unprotected leaves compared to protected leaves when expressed as a fluorescence decrease ratio value, as quantum yield of photosystem II (Fvm/Fm) or as leaf vitality index (Fm/Fo).
Sustainable use of water resources in a Wadi system facing climate
change impacts and growing groundwater demand

Abstract. Understanding current and possible future alterations of water resources under climate change and increased water withdrawal allows for better water and environmental management decisions in arid regions. This study aims at analyzing the impact of groundwater withdrawals and climate change on groundwater sustainability and hydrologic regime alterations in a Wadi system in central Iran. A hydrologic model is used to assess streamflow and groundwater recharge of the Halilrood Basin on a daily time step under different scenarios over a model setup period (1979–2009) and for two future scenario periods (near future: 2030–2059 and far future: 2070–2099). The Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) with a set of 32 parameters are used in conjunction with the Range of Variability Approach (RVA) to evaluate hydrologic regime change in the river. The results show that groundwater recharge is expected to decrease, and is not able to fulfil the increasing water demand in the far future scenario. The Halilrood River will undergo low and moderate flow alteration under both stressors during the near future as RVA alteration is classified as high for only three indicators, while in the far future, 11 indicators lie in high range. Absolute changes in hydrologic indicators are stronger when both climate change and withdrawals are considered in the far future simulations, since 27 indicators show significant changes and RVA show high and moderate level of changes for 18 indicators. Considering the evaluated RVA changes, future impacts on the freshwater ecosystems in the Halilrood Basin will be severe. The developed approach can be transferred to other Wadi regions for a spatially-distributed assessment of water resources sustainability.
User Selection in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Communication Systems

This letter presents a detailed investigation on the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication system with user scheduling. Depending on the availability of channel state information (CSI) at the RIS, two separate scenarios are considered, namely without CSI and with CSI. Closed-form expressions are derived for the ergodic capacity of the system in both scenarios. It is found that CSI has a significant impact on the performance of the system. Without CSI, the RIS provides an array gain of N, where N is the number of reflecting elements, and user scheduling provides an multi-user gain of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\log \log \text {M}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, where M is the number of users. With CSI, the RIS provides an array gain of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text {N}^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, while no multi-user diversity gain can be obtained.
AWARD NUMBER: W81XWH-17-1-0470 TITLE: Targeted Lung-Derived Proteins as a Therapeutic Strategy Against Breast Cancer Metastasis

The epithelial cells in an adult woman’s breast tissue are continuously replaced throughout their reproductive life during pregnancy and estrus cycles. Such extensive epithelial cell turnover is governed by the primitive mammary stem cells (MaSCs) that proliferate and differentiate into bipotential and lineage-restricted progenitors that ultimately generate the mature breast epithelial cells. These cellular processes are orchestrated by tightly-regulated paracrine signals and crosstalk between breast epithelial cells and their tissue microenvironment. However, current evidence suggests that alterations to the communication between MaSCs, epithelial progenitors and their microenvironment plays an important role in breast carcinogenesis. In this article, we review the current knowledge regarding the role of the breast tissue microenvironment in regulating the special functions of normal and cancer stem cells. Understanding the crosstalk between MaSCs and their microenvironment will provide new insights into how an altered breast tissue microenvironment could contribute to breast cancer development, progression and therapy response and the implications of this for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to target cancer stem cells.
Electrical Conductivity of Thin Wires

An expression for the electrical conductivity of thin metal wires of a circular cross-section has been derived taking account of conduction-electron scattering at grain boundaries and the wire surface. An angular-dependent specularity parameter has been introduced and possible fluctuations of the wire diameter along its length have been taken into account. Boltzmann transport equations have been solved for the boundary conditions proposed by Dingle.
Subgraph Matching on Multiplex Networks

An active area of research in computational science is the design of algorithms for solving the subgraph matching problem to find copies of a given template graph in a larger world graph. Prior works have largely addressed single-channel networks using a variety of approaches. We present a suite of filtering methods for subgraph isomorphisms for multiplex networks (with different types of edges between nodes and more than one edge within each channel type). We aim to understand the entire solution space rather than focusing on finding one isomorphism. Results are shown on several classes of datasets: (a) Sudoku puzzles mapped to the subgraph isomorphism problem, (b) Erdős-Rényi multigraphs, (c) real-world datasets from Twitter and transportation networks, (d) synthetic data created for the DARPA MAA program.
Clinical value of PC combined with bevacizumab in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and effects of serum miR-499

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical value of pemetrexed + cisplatin (PC) combined with bevacizumab (Bev) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and effects of serum miR-499. Methods: Altogether 144 patients with NSCLC who received palliative chemotherapy in the first people’s Hospital of Fuyang from December 2013 to July 2016 were selected as research subjects. Sixty-eight cases treated with PC were in a PC group, while the other 76 cases treated with Bev combined with PC (BPC) were in a BPC group. Their overall response rate (ORR), toxic and side effects, quality of life (QOL), 2-year progression-free survival (PFS), 2-year overall survival (OS), and serum miR-499 level were compared. Results: The ORR, 2-year OS, 2-year PFS, and improvement rate of QOL in the BPC group were better than those in the PC group. The number of cases of nausea and vomiting in the BPC group was higher than that in the PC group. Serum miR-499 level in the BPC group was higher than that in the PC group. The low expression of miR-499 was related to poor OS and PFS. The area under curve (AUC) of serum miR-499 for diagnosing the efficacy of palliative chemotherapy on NSCLC was 0.930. Conclusion: BPC has better clinical efficacy in patients with advanced NSCLC without increasing serious toxic and side effects, so this regimen can be popularized and applied in clinical practice. In addition, increasing miR-499 may be a strategy for treating NSCLC.
Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine uptake among minority ethnic groups

2. Primary care data analysed by QResearch indicates that, for several vaccines, Black African and Black Caribbean groups are less likely to be vaccinated (50%) compared to White groups (70%). Furthermore, for new vaccines (post-2013), adults in minority ethnic groups were less likely to have received the vaccine compared to those in White groups (by 10-20%). Recent representative survey data from the UK Household Longitudinal study shows overall high levels of willingness (82%) to take up the COVID-19 vaccine. However, marked differences existed by ethnicity, with Black ethnic groups the most likely to be COVID-19 vaccine hesitant followed by the Pakistani/Bangladeshi group. Other White ethnic groups (which includes Eastern European communities) also had higher levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy than White UK/White Irish ethnicity. [high confidence]
Histological and Morphological Study of Carcinoma Breast of Women

Previous studies have referred that the breast cancer, with particular histological traits, can be affected bythe reproductive factors. In the current study, we employed 30 breast cancer cases for women in age (15-55years) to study how factors such as microscopic screening, gross examination, as well as the age, can impacton histological type and grade of tumor. After the organ eradication from the patients, the tissue sampleswere picked, as fast as possible, and placed in 10% formalin directly. In such a way, we maintained thecells and cellular components in a situation that can be described as similar as possible to the living cellsand preserved the antigenicity in order to be processed without any modification. Samples were divideddepending on various factors, such as anatomical location, the nodal status, and tumor relationship tosurgical margin, weight, size, and age. Each sample was sectioned and fixed onto a private embeddingcassette to keep the tissue treatment. The histochemical stains, which is include the eosin and hematoxylin,had utilized to afford a disparity to tissue sections. We found that the majority of the 30 women with breastcancer were at age (31-40 years) and that 12 patients of them were involved left breast, while the other 18patients included right breast. In agreement with previous studies that have investigated the level of riskof histological subgroups, our study concludes that the link between breast cancer risks and reproductivefactors is vary depending on the histological structure of the tumor.
University of Birmingham Towards an architecture for discovering domain dynamics

Robots assisting humans in complex domains often have to reason with different descriptions of incomplete domain knowledge. It is difﬁcult to equip such robots with comprehensive knowledge about the domain and axioms governing the domain dynamics. This paper presents a combined architecture that enables interactive and cumulative discovery of axioms governing action capabilities, and the preconditions and effects of actions in the domain. Speciﬁcally, Answer Set Prolog is used to represent the incomplete domain knowledge, and to reason with this knowledge for planning and diagnostics. Unexpected outcomes observed during plan execution trigger reinforcement learning to interactively discover speciﬁc instances of previously unknown axioms and to revise the existing axioms. Furthermore, a decision tree induction approach based on the relational domain representation constructs generic versions of the discovered axioms, which are then used for subsequent reasoning. The architec-ture’s capabilities are illustrated and evaluated in a simulated domain of a robot moving objects to speciﬁc places or people in an indoor domain.
Prevalence of Rhodococcus equi in foals of west northern Rajasthan by Vap A and Vap C genes specific polymerase chain reaction

Rhodococcus equi infection is considered as the most common cause of severe pneumonia in foals and has a substantial impact on equine breeding farms because of its high prevalence and case fatality rate. The objective of the study was to identify prevalence of Rhodococcus equi in foals of west north Rajasthan. Fecal swab samples were collected and cultured on Rhodococcus equi specific CAZ-NB media and DNA sample was extracted. 100 foals screened from west north Rajasthan state, out of which 18 foals were found positive based on PCR results for the Rhodococcus equi infection as these samples showed the amplification of VAP A and VAP C genes. The prevalence of Rhodococcus equi in female foals was 26 per cent while the prevalence of Rhodococcus equi in male foals was 9 per cent.
ZNAČAJ KOLOREKTALNOG KARCINOMA U OBOLEVANJU I UMIRANJU ODRASLOG STANOVNIŠTVA JUŽNOBANATSKOG OKRUGA U PERIODU OD 2010. DO 2019. GODINE

Uvod/cilj: Prema podacima GLOBOCAN-a, kolorektalni karcinom (KRK) u svetu predstavlja veliki javno zdravstveni problem, jer je 2018. godine registrovano 1.849. 518 novoobolelih i 880.792 umrlih. U Srbiji KRK je drugi vodeći uzrok obolevanja kod muškaraca (iza karcinoma pluća), a treći kod žena (iza karcinoma dojke i pluća). Cilj rada je da se kod odraslih analizira kretanje vanbolničkog obolevanja, stope hospitalizacije i mortaliteta od KRK u Južnobanatskom okrugu u periodu 2010-2019. godine. Metode: Primenjen je deskriptivni statistički metod rada. Podaci iz rutinske zdravstvene statistike analizirani su za period 2010-2019. godine. Praćeni su pokazatelji vanbolničkog obolevanja, bolničkog lečenja i umiranja od KRK odraslog stanovništva Južnobanatskog okruga. Rezultati: U Južnobanatskom okrugu dolazi do porasta vanbolničkog obolevanja, kao i stopa hospitalizacije od KRK. Na godišnjem nivou je zbog KRK u bolnicama Vršac i Pančevo hospitalizovano 214 pacijenata. Prosečna starost je iznosila 66,8 godina, a prosečna dužina lečenja 8,4 dana. Najviše hospitalizovanih je starosti od 60 do 69 godina. U obe bolnice se beleži viša stopa hospitalizacije kod muškaraca nego kod žena. Oko 110 ljudi godišnje u okrugu izgubi život zbog KRK, a prosečna starost umrlih je 75,7 godina. Najviše umrlih muškaraca je starosti od 70 do 79 godina (32,7%), a više od 80 godina kod žena (31,8%). Među vodećim uzrocima umiranja kod muškaraca je KRK na devetom, a kod žena na trinaestom mestu, a stopa mortaliteta je viša kod muškaraca nego žena. Zaključak: Zbog značajnog učešća u obolevanju i umiranju, KRK predstavlja veliki zdravstveni problem stanovništva Južnobanatskog okruga. U cilju unapređenja zdravlja stanovništva neophodno je sprovoditi organizovani skrining u cilju ranog otkrivanja KRK u ciljanoj populaciji, a intenzivnijom promocijom zdravlja i zdravih stilova života redukovati izloženost faktorima koji se dovode u vezu sa KRK.