Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Involvement of rest diastolic arterial pressure in autonomic heart rate recovery from exercise in normotensive men

I Centro de Estudos do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo (CESNA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia, UNESP Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. II Cardiorespiratory Research Group, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom. III Laboratório de Delinemanto de Pesquisas e Escrita Científica, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
A custom-built simple system for conditioning and measurement of in situ whole-cluster transpiration

A custom-built, low-cost gas exchange system designed for conditioning of the cluster microclimate and for fully automated measurements of in situ whole-cluster transpiration is presented. Measurements were carried out on potted Sangiovese grapevines at the onset of veraison. To increase the range of variability in cluster transpiration, air streams of different vapor pressure deficits (VPD) were created by conditioning the temperature of the incoming flow. Heating was created and maintained for 10 d (26 June 5 July) by air flow through a metal segment equipped with three 75 W (warm) or 100 W (hot) light bulbs. The cluster transpiration rates recorded for the unheated (control) clusters throughout the conditioning period varied from 0.18 to 0.28 mmol m s. While the daily transpiration rates of clusters supplied with warm air were similar to those of the control, water loss began to decrease significantly in clusters treated with hot air from day 4 onward and stayed lower throughout the remaining conditioning period. The gas exchange system presented here proved sensitive enough to detect the typically low transpiration rates of berries during ripening; effects due to air heating could be separated from fluctuations caused by daily variation of weather.
“CoachPod”: evaluation of an anatomy teaching podcast originally intended for learning anatomy on the move

Warwick Medical School (WMS) has no dissection facilities; students travelled by coach to the nearest medical school. The “CoachPod” is a series of podcasts designed to prepare students for dissection whilst travelling to dissection lab classes. Each podcast was filmed a week prior to each session and uploaded to the WMS website for students in the 2007 cohort (n=203). Evaluation was performed using a questionnaire with tickbox, Likert scale and free text questions. Overall response rate averaged 28%. Sixty-five percent watched the CoachPod on a computer, 34% watched it on an MP4 player, 55% viewed it at home, 31% viewed it on the coach, 26% watched each episode more than once, 83% perceived it as beneficial in aiding preparation, 51% felt the Coach was an appropriate learning environment, 90% felt they were of an appropriate length and that the anatomy was presented clearly, 89% believed the recordings were of adequate quality, 84% valued their tutors being in them, 92% enjoyed watching them, and 98% would value continued production. Suggestions for improvement were mostly on technical matters. CoachPod is considered a valuable dissection preparation tool, although it is mainly used at home and not on the move. Just-in-time preparation allowed subsequent incorporation of feedback.
Extraction of Gelatin from Megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) Skins with Several Organic Acids

: Light-colored, dry collagen was obtained and, after dissolving in warm water, turned into soluble gelatin. The type of acid used influenced the gelatin viscoelastic and gelling properties. Acetic- and propionic-acid extracts produced the gelatins with the highest elastic modulus, viscous modulus, melting temperature, and gel strength, especially when skins were previously treated with dilute NaOH. After such treatment, lactic acid was also shown to be suitable for collagen or gelatin extraction. The lowest degree of turbidity was achieved by using citric acid, whereas propionic acid led to the most turbid gelatin. No improvements of rheological properties were observed when acid concentration for extraction was increased above 0.05 M.
Wireless Energy Transmission High-Efficiency DC-AC Converter Using High-Gain High-Efficiency Two-Stage Class-E Power Amplifier

In this paper, a high-efficiency DC-AC converter is used for wireless energy transmission. The DC-AC convertter is implemented by combining the oscillator and power amplifier. Given that the conversion efficiency of a DC-AC converter is strongly affected by the efficiency of the power amplifier, a high-efficiency power amplifier is implemented using a class-E amplifier structure. Also, because of the low output power of the oscillator connected to the input stage of the power amplifier, a high-gain two-stage power amplifier using a drive amplifier is used to realize a high-output power DC-AC converter. The high-efficiency DC-AC converter is realized by connecting the oscillator to the input stage of the high-gain high-efficiency two-stage class-E power amplifier. The output power and the conversion efficiency of the DC-AC converter are 40.83 dBm and 87.32 %, respectively, at an operation frequency of 13.56 MHz.
Voluntary Participation in a Mechanism Implementing a Public Project

In this study, a participation game in a mechanism to implement a public project is considered; in this game, agents decide simultaneously whether they will participate in the mechanism or not. We characterize the sets of participants at strict Nash equilibria, strong equilibria, and coalition-proof equilibria of the participation game. The three sets of equilibria are shown to coincide and exist. All the equilibrium allocations are Pareto efficient at any one of three notions of equilibria. However, if the public good can be provided in multiple units or if there are multiple projects, then these sets may fail to coincide.
Comparison of the effects of pentobarbital sodium and chloral hydrate anesthesia on post-ischemic damage in an experimental model of focal cerebral ischemia

Introduction: Anesthetic agents, blood pressure, arterial pH and blood gases have been found to influence on the pathophysiology of experimental stroke. However, there are very few studies on the effects of anesthetic agents in the animal models of cerebral ischemia. Therefore, in this study, we compared the effects of chloral hydrate and pentobarbital anesthesia on the infarct size, motor neurological dysfunctions and physiological parameters in a transient model of focal cerebral ischemia. Methods: Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups and received either chloral hydrate (400 mg/kg, n=10) or pentobarbital sodium (60 mg/kg i.p., n=14) by intra-peritoneal injection. Temporary focal cerebral ischemia was induced by 90 min middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), followed by 23 h reperfusion. Physiological parameters were measured before and after ischemia. Cortical and striatal infarct volumes and motor dysfunctions were determined 24 h after MCAO. Results: Cortical and striatal infarct volume in pentobarbital sodium anesthetized rats were 84 ± 8 and 26 ± 2 mm 3 , which were significantly lower than chloral hydrate group (208 ± 10, 62 ± 2 mm 3 , respectively, P < 0.001). Moreover, neurological motor dysfunction was significantly lower in pentobarbital sodium anesthetized in comparison with chloral hydrate group (P < 0.01). Physiological values were similar between 2 groups, except that the mean arterial pressure was significantly higher in the pentobarbital group compared with the chloral hydrate group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that chloral hydrate anesthesia causes higher brain injury and motor neurological deficits compared with pentobarbital sodium anesthesia in a temporary model of focal cerebral ischemia. Thus, the effects of anesthetic agents must be considered in experimental cerebral ischemia studies.
The fluid-dynamics of the ISS mice drawer system under microgravity

The present paper deals with the "critical analysis" of the environment that will be provided by the MDS (Mice Drawer System) under microgravity conditions. This system will be used to study the "extended" growth and life of mice on the International Space Station (ISS). A very long period (100 days) will be investigated taking advantage of the availability of the ISS platform. The complex physical-chemical system (fluid-dynamics, ventilation, air-conditioning, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels and distributions, etc.) that will be established in absence of gravity inside the MDS is simulated through solution of a custom system of partial differential equations. The choice of custom model is motivated by the advantage to insert boundary conditions and complex equations that provide a clear understanding of the phenomena involved and a wide spectrum information to match the requirements for the maintenance and the well-being of the animals.
Capable design or designing capabilities? An exploration of service design as an emerging organizational capability in Telenor

This empirical paper examines a process, starting with the managerial decision to make service design an organizational capability, and follows it as it unfolds over time within one organization. Service design has become an established business practice of how firms create new products and services to promote differentiation in an increasingly uncertain business landscape. Implicit in the literature on service design are assumptions about strategic implications of adopting the prescribed innovation methods and tools. However, little is known about how service design evolves into an organizational capability enabling firms to transform their existing businesses and sustain competitiveness. Through a longitudinal, exploratory case study of service design practices in one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, we explicate mechanisms through which service design evolves into an organizational capability by exploring the research question: what are the mechanisms through which service design develops into an organizational capability? Our study reveals the effect of an initial introduction of service design tools, identification of boundary-spanning actors and co-alignment of dedicated resources between internal functions, as well as through co-creation with customers. Over time, these activities lead to the adoption of service design practices, and subsequently these practices spark incremental learning throughout the organization, alter managerial decisions and influence multiple paths for the development of new capabilities. Reporting on this process, we are able to describe how service design practices were disseminated and institutionalized within the organization we observed. This study thus contributes by informing how service design can evolve into an organizational capability, as well as by bridging the emerging literature on service design and design thinking with established strategy theory. Further research will have to be conducted to confirm if the same mechanisms are observable across contexts and in other firms, and several future research directions are identified. In addition, the study also has implications for practice as it demonstrates how service design methodology can be implemented and has strategic implications for organizations.
Combination of coseismic displacement fields, a geodetic perspective

This study provides the mathematical framework for the rigorous combination of coseismic offsets observed by a global positioning system (GPS) network and investigates the results obtained on the occasion of the recent Emilia earthquakes (Italy). This seismic sequence that affected northern Italy from May 20, 2012, allowed two offset fields to be computed, one with reference to the mainshock (M 5.9, followed by two other M 5.1 events on the same day), and a second with reference to the replicas that occurred on May 29, 2012 (M 5.8, M 5.3 and M 5.2; ISIDe data archive, http://iside.rm.ingv.it). The final displacement field is basically the result of a comparison and validation process with repeated feedback between the different analysis groups at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV; National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) that was established to obtain prompt coseismic displacement solutions, as precise as possible, and in the first days after an event. This is important for early seismic-source evaluation as it represents the most complete and validated dataset at the very early stage of a seismic crisis, and it is also extremely useful in reducing random and systematic errors in the estimated parameters. This study is the result of a cooperative effort that involved different research groups at INGV, with the sharing of all of the collected GPS data. The intention was to compare these results and thus reducing sources of error associated with individual processing strategies, to allow the final combination of the different displacement fields into a single consensus solution. The process assessed the robustness of each single GPS result, thus minimizing erroneous interpretations of individual solutions. […]
Probing the Atomic Structures of Synthetic Monolayer and Bilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Using Electron Microscopy

Monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a phenomenal two-dimensional material; most of its physical properties rival those of graphene because of their structural similarities. This intriguing material has thus spurred scientists and researchers to develop novel synthetic methods to attain scalability for enabling its practical utilization. When probing the growth behaviors and structural characteristics of h-BN, the use of appropriate characterization techniques is important. In this review, we detail the use of scanning and transmission electron microscopies to investigate the atomic configurations of monolayer and bilayer h-BN grown via chemical vapor deposition. These advanced microscopy techniques have been demonstrated to provide intimate insights to the atomic structures of h-BN, which can be interpreted directly or indirectly using known growth mechanisms and existing theoretical calculations. This review provides a collective understanding of the structural characteristics and defects of synthetic h-BN films and facilitates a better perspective toward the development of new and improved synthesis techniques.
Benthic macrophyte communities in the Ghar El Melh lagoon (North Tunisia)

AbstractThis work deals with the biodiversity and distribution of benthic macrophytes in the Ghar El Melh lagoon, a Mediterranean coastal lagoon located in the North of Tunisia. An inventory was made of the benthic flora and submerged macrophyte communities were mapped during two successive campaigns (the summer of 1999 and the winter of 2000). The following 24 macrophyte species were identified: seven red algae, two brown algae, 11 green algae, and four marine angiosperms. The results were compared with available data from the literature. Ruppia cirrhosa is the most dominant species. It is found in all lagoon parts, except in the west sector.Ruppia beds are usually associated withCladophora forming heterogeneous communities. During summerRuppia cirrhosa shows a large distribution, covering an area of ca. 21.4 km2, with dense, extensive beds covering 80–100%. In winter, severalCladophora species have a very large distribution as well, covering nearly an area of 28.5 km2 with an average cover of 46%. The green algaeCaulerpa prolifera is confined to the eastern part of the lagoon which is mainly affected by seawater.In comparison with previous situations, many transformations were observed in biodiversity and spatial distribution of the dominant communities. Thus,Cymodocea nodosa andZostera beds, which dominated in the 1970s, were replaced byZostera andCaulerpa prolifera in the 1980s and are currently succeeded byRuppia cirrhosa andCladophora.Restoration of the Ghar El Melh lagoon will enable an increase in the exchange with the open sea and the circulation of water, in particular in the confined zones. This should considerably improve the water quality and would positively influence the phytobenthic communities.
Feasibility Study of a 10 GW High Altitude Wind Energy Generation Station in New York State

High altitude winds offer an enormous dense layer of energy over New York State, which can be considered as a cheap energy resource. This layer of energy not only can sufficiently supply this state, but also can supply all the U.S. energy needs. In this paper a High Altitude Wind Energy Generation Station (HAWEGS) with rated power of 10 GW over Catskill’s mountains in the New York State is modeled and designed. The HAWEGS consists of an array of Airborne Wind Energy Generation Systems (AWEGSs). To achieve a smooth electrical energy generation during the year with a high capacity factor, the HAWEGS is configured as three interconnected sections spaced at the same longitude. The optimum performance heights of the AWEGSs in all the sections were found. Moreover, a detailed electrical system including power transmission and energy storage was designed. Three-month resolution and annual performances of the HAWEGS were presented. The project cost and electricity price were estimated. Also, risk management for addressing the highlighted problems was presented. It was shown that in spite of fossil fuel, extraction of high altitude winds using the HAWEGSs can decrease earth-surface temperature, addressing the global warming. Finally conclusion and perspective were presented.
Aging Auditory System and Amplification

The aging of auditory system determines the physical, sensory, and neural changes in the peripheral and central parts and may cause changes in the reception and sound process‐ ing. Age related hearing loss, also called presbycusis, can occur in the elderly population due to aging. The difficulty for compression of speech in the elderly may be due solely to hearing loss, but may be linked to degenerative issues of the central auditory system. Age is a factor that interferes with the central auditory processing. The results of audi‐ tory processing may change and more if there is the presence of peripheral hearing loss. It should be considered that the longer an individual has hearing loss, the greater the negative effects on the perception of sound and performance in listening skills. The use of hearing aids favors amplification and modification of the sound stimulus so that it reaches the eardrum with quantity increase and quality, promoting and stimulating the auditory skills. This chapter intends to make a review of the auditory processing disorder and evidence the benefit of the use of amplification in the elderly.
Rain, dew, and humid air as drivers of morphology, function and spatial distribution in epiphytic lichens

Abstract This review is a first attempt to combine and compare spatial distribution of the three main water sources, rain, dew and humid air, with water-related traits of mainly epiphytic macrolichens in a conceptual and functional model. By comparing climatic and lichenological knowledge, various effects of dewfall, rainfall and humid air on epiphytic lichen morphology and function are analyzed to search for traits and patterns. Although dew, rain and humid air cause lichen hydration and activate photosynthesis, these atmospheric hydration sources influence and shape lichens differently. In order to visualize hydration patterns, dew, rain and humid air are shown as corners in a triangle exhibiting the various combinations of these hydration sources. The sources of hydration vary on temporal scales, and on the spatial scales: regional, landscape, stand and tree. Lichen growth form, photobiont type, water-holding capacity (WHC) and suprasaturation depression show clear patterns within the hydration triangle. For most lichen species, one average pre-dawn dewfall approximately fills their average internal WHC. This suggests that lichens are optimally designed to utilize dew rather than rain, consistent with literature emphasizing dew as a driver for annual C-assimilation in chlorolichens. However, rain is needed to fill their external WHC and to fully hydrate most cyanolichens. Including the sources of hydration and internal lichen variables, such as water-holding capacity, will improve modelling of local and global future scenarios on lichen distribution and biomass production.
Seabird behavior as an indicator of food supplies: Sensitivity across the breeding season

We used empirical data on the time allocation of common murres Uria aalge in relation to measures of local prey density to examine whether adults provisioning chicks are more sensitive to changes in prey density than birds that are incubating eggs. We hypothesized that seasonal differ- ences in food requirements of incubating and chick-rearing parents would affect the form of the rela- tionship between time spent at the colony and local food density. We found that the relationship did differ between the incubation and chick-rearing period in 3 important ways: (1) there was a strong non-linear relationship between food density and colony attendance during chick-rearing and a weaker relationship during incubation; (2) incubating birds were able to maintain relatively constant rates of attendance over a wider range of food densities than chick-rearing birds and only reduced colony attendance under extremely poor feeding conditions, if at all; and (3) incubating birds spent more time attending nest sites at the colony than provisioning birds. These differences confirmed that chick-rearing parents are more sensitive to changes in food density than incubating parents, and that measurements of time allocation during the incubation period would have limited value as an indicator of ecosystem change.
The Concerns about Choice Attributes and Behavior Intentions of Consumers toward Food Safety Restaurant

Consumers have grown increasingly aware about food safety over the last decade. However, various lifestyles have been shown to influence and predict consumer behavior. The main objective of this study is to investigate different consumers’ attribute and intentions toward food safety in restaurant. This study uses a food-related lifestyle approach and cluster analysis to identify three consumer segments: the conservative, the adventurous and the health-conscious consumer. Health-conscious consumers turned out to have more positive attitudes toward healthy and natural foods than the other two segments. This consumer segment also showed the highest likeliness to pay more for restaurants with higher food-safety standards. On the other end of the spectrum, adventurous consumers primarily seek novelty. This group values convenience over health concerns. Among the above, health-conscious consumers should be the primary target groups for restaurant that advertise food safety.