Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Largely Enhanced Stretching Sensitivity of Polyurethane/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites via Incorporation of Cellulose Nanofiber

Stretchable sensors have drawn a great deal of attention due to their importance and necessity in high-technology areas. However, it is difficult to obtain sensors with high sensitivity accompanied by high tenacity. Taking advantage of the very large aspect ratio and amphiphilicity of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), in this study, we fabricated polyurethane (TPU)/multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites with excellent dispersion using NFC as stabilizer. Then the mechanical and electrical properties, particularly the stretching sensitivity of the prepared TPU/NFC@CNTs nanocomposites, were investigated. It was found that the prepared TPU/NFC@CNTs has much better mechanical properties and electrical conductivity compared with those of TPU/CNTs composites. More importantly, a linear change of electrical conductivity as a function of stretching is observed for at least strains up to 300% and a very high sensitivity whose gauge factor close to 50 could be achieved. The excellent stretching sensitivity co.
The use of mineral adsorbents as intestinal binding agents of skatole and androstenone to control boar taint

THE USE OF MINERAL ADSORBENTS AS INTESTINAL BINDING AGENTS OF SKATOLE AND ANDROSTENONE TO CONTROL BOAR TAINT Sanghyuk (Peter) Park Advisor: University of Guelph, 2017 Dr. E.J. Squires Research to develop alternatives to surgical castration to control boar taint in pigs has become a prominent topic of interest due to welfare concerns associated with castration. Amongst these alternatives, decreasing levels of androstenone and skatole in fat using dietary means has not yet been thoroughly examined. Based on binding results from a set of simple in vitro experiments, four mineral adsorbents were incorporated in diets and fed to purebred Duroc boars. Feeding diets containing bentonite, diatomaceous earth, spent filter aid, or hydrated sodium-calcium aluminosilicate for 28 days did not decrease androstenone concentrations in fat or plasma in market-weight boars. In a second animal trial, feeding diets containing hydrated sodium-calcium aluminosilicate for a longer period of time (42 to 68 days) significantly decreased androstenone concentrations in fat and plasma of crossbred [(Yorkshire x Landrace) x Duroc] boars by the last few weeks of the study. However, the proportion of tainted carcasses did not significantly decrease in comparison to the control group despite the results. Boars fed diets containing spent filter aid significantly decreased intramuscular fat percentage of loins. Neither feeding trial detected quantifiable levels of skatole in fat to make any detailed comparisons. Further research in this area must refine the inclusion levels of these adsorbents based on detailed toxicological data available.
The moderating effect of analytical decision-making culture on the relationship between business intelligence drivers and organisational agility: Empirical study in Jordanian banking sector

The aim of this paper is to examine the moderating effect of analytical decision-making (ADM) on the relationship between business intelligence drivers [business intelligence (BI), external drivers (EXD) and innovation capacity (INC)] on organisational agility (ORA) in the Jordanian banking sector using mobile banking applications. This study was conducted on four Jordanian banks using mobile banking applications. Approach data were collected in total and 300 out of 360 surveys were valid for the analysis. By carrying out partial least squares hypotheses and applying the confirmatory factor analysis, the item reliability, convergent validity and discriminant validity were assessed. We tested the loadings and the t -statistics of the indicators on their corresponding constructs. The findings revealed that there is a certain statistical effect of BI, EXD and INC on ORA; there is an important role of ADM culture as the mediator on the relationship between BI, EXD and INC and ORA.
Influence of Vermicompost Fertilizer and Water Deficit Stress on Morpho-Physiological Features of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. cv. karaj)

ABSTRACT One goal in the face of deficit water conditions is to increase growth and yield. Agro-industrial production frequently causes environmental pollution by using chemical fertilizers. In recent decades, bio-fertilizers such as vermicompost have been used as a safe alternative to chemical fertilizer. The present study considered the response of the chickpea to different combinations of vermicompost and water deficit stress in a greenhouse environment. Plant response was determined by measuring a range of morpho-physiologic parameters. The treatments were addition of 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% of vermicompost to soil, and water deficit stress at the following levels: non-stress (100% of field capacity), moderate water stress (75% of field capacity), and severe water stress (25% of field capacity). The results showed that vermicompost had a significant effect on all traits under stress and non-stress conditions. The vermicompost treatments under non-stress conditions significantly increased plant height, number of pods, leaf area, stem and leaf dry weight, pod dry weight, chlorophyll a, carotenoid, total chlorophyll content, CO2 assimilation rate, internal CO2 concentration, and water-use efficiency over that of the control condition. The addition of 30% vermicompost under moderate and severe water stress conditions significantly increased plant height, number of pods, leaf area, leaf dry weight, carotenoids, and water-use efficiency over that of the control level. This study confirmed that vermicompost improved the morphological features, soil biological activity, and quality of the chickpea, but did not positively influence the physiological features under moderate and severe water deficit stress.
Capaian Aspek Kompetensi Sains Siswa SMA dengan Pembelajaran Model Problem-Based Learning dan Cooperative Learning Tipe STAD

Science literacy is an essential element of science and technology learning. The mastery of science literacy drives people being competitive and worth employed, especially in the workplace where an employee is expected to be innovative. Globally the mastery of society's science literacy of Indonesian students was still low. Science literacy consists of 4 dimensions, namely context, science competence, knowledge, and science attitude. The science competency dimension becomes important to be achieved by the students as an indicator of the achievement of science literacy. Related to improving science literacy through components of learning strategy, based on various relevant research, in SMA Negeri 1 Tanjungpinang has been conducted a study to compare the achievement of science competency with Problem-based learning and Cooperative Learning (STAD type). To test whether there is a significant difference in the average level of science competency scores between the PBL class and the CL-STAD class in SMA 1 used Mann-Whitney test which shows a significant value of 0.000 < 0.05. These results show that there is a significant difference in the average level of science competency of the students X IPA class with the implementation of the PBL and CL-STAD in SMA 1 Tanjungpinang. The achievement of science competency in PBL class is higher than the achievement in CL-STAD class based on 3 aspects, namely: identifying scientific issues, explaining scientific phenomena, and using scientific evidence.
Autoencoders for Drug-Target Interaction Prediction

Background: Because it is so laborious and expensive to experimentally identify Drug-Target Interactions (DTIs), only a few DTIs have been verified. Computational methods are useful for identifying DTIs in biological studies of drug discovery and development. Results: For drug-target interaction prediction, we propose a novel neural network architecture, DAEi, extended from Denoising AutoEncoder (DAE). We assume that a set of verified DTIs is a corrupted version of the full interaction set. We use DAEi to learn latent features from corrupted DTIs to reconstruct the full input. Also, to better predict DTIs, we add some similarities to DAEi and adopt a new nonlinear method for calculation. Similarity information is very effective at improving the prediction of DTIs. Conclusion: Results of the extensive experiments we conducted on four real data sets show that our proposed methods are superior to other baseline approaches.Availability: All codes in this paper are open-sourced, and our projects are available at: https://github.com/XiuzeZhou/DAEi.
Values reconciliation : politics and ethics of Confucian piety and overseas education

My gratitude also goes to the Eddie Ching Graduate Fellowship, Hughes Hall Santander Award, Faculty of Education, and University of Cambridge for supporting my doctoral research, writing, and thesis production. In addition to receiving conference travel grants through Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, the American Annual Anthropology Association and British Sociological Association also provided financial support that enabled me to present my research papers at national and international academic conferences and complete my dissertation in a timely manner.
The Prevalence of Obesity, Overweight and Hypertension among Market Women in Rural Areas

Obesity is rapidly becoming a prominent disease in, developing countries hence, this study assessed the prevalence of obesity and overweight among market women in three rural areas. A total of 1140 market women were randomly sample from three major markets of these villages. Questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic information while anthropometric indices were obtained using standard procedure. However, only 100 valid questionnaire were analysed. The result showed that 12% of the respondents were overweight, 25% were mildly obese, while 14% and 9% were moderately and severely obese respectively. Also, assessment of their waist hip ratio showed that 78% of them were centrally obese. The study also showed that 13.1% and 6.1% of them were mildly and moderately hypertensive. Therefore, there is need for enlightenment program for rural women on obesity and the associated risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Automatic Segmentation of Coronary Lumen and External Elastic Membrane in IVUS Images Using 8-layer U-Net

Background: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is the golden standard in accessing the coronary lesions, stenosis, and atherosclerosis plaques. In this paper, a fully-automatic approach by an 8-layer U-Net is developed to segment the coronary artery lumen and the area bounded by external elastic membrane, i.e. EEM cross section area (EEM-CSA). The database comprises of single-vendor and single-frequency IVUS data. Particularly, the proposed data augmentation of MeshGrid combined with flip and rotation operations is implemented, improving the model performance without pre- or post-processing of the raw IVUS images.Results: The mean intersection of union (mIoU) of 0.941 and 0.750 for the lumen and EEM-CSA respectively were achieved, which exceeded the manual labeling accuracy of the clinician. Conclusion: The accuracy shown by the proposed method is sufficient for subsequent reconstruction of 3D IVUS images, which is essential for doctors’ diagnosis in the tissue characterization of coronary artery walls and plaque compositions, qualitatively and quantitatively.
Análise de Perdas Técnicas em Sistemas de Distribuição com Controle de Potência Reativa da Geração Distribuída

The increasing insertion of generation units in modern distribution systems, mainly photovoltaic and wind power, demands that they can provide some kind of grid support. Voltage control and reactive compensation have been the most studied approach, often as an aid to voltage regulators and capacitor banks. This paper aims to analyze the technical power losses of a real distribution system’s feeder when distributed generation is used for reactive support. The “power factor”and voltage controls in grid connection were evaluated. A real distribution system provided by the Electric Power Research Institute was used as a case study. The distributed generation’s reactive power control affected the system element’s power losses. Resumo: Com o aumento da inserção de unidades de geração, principalmente fotovoltaica e eólica, nos sistemas de distribuição modernos, tem sido muito discutido como essas podem auxiliar no suporte a rede. O controle de tensão e compensação de reativos em redes têm sido os mais abordados, muitas vezes como forma de aux́ılio a reguladores de tensão e bancos de capacitores. O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar as perdas técnicas em um alimentador de um sistema de distribuição real quando a geração é usada para suporte de reativo. Foram avaliados os controles de “fator de potência” e da tensão no ponto de conexão. Como caso de estudo foi usado um sistema de distribuição real disponibilizado pelo Electric Power Research Institute. Notou-se que o controle de reativo empregado pelas gerações distribúıdas altera as perdas dos elementos do sistema.
PFS: Planetary fourier spectrometer

Spectrometer (PFS) of Mars Express. An average global spectrum ranging from 200 cm–1 to 8200 cm–1 is compared with the martian spectrum from the Short Wavelength Spectrometer of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), and with the global synthetic spectrum computed using only the gases CO2, CO and H2O. PFS is able to measure the vertical temperature–pressure profile in the atmosphere and the temperature of the soil simultaneously with the dust and water-ice opacity. The short-wavelength channel shows the major CO2 bands at 4.3 μm and 2.7 μm. The bottom of the first band shows very clearly the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium emission of the high atmospheric CO2 gas, while the limb measurements show CO emission. All the isotopic CO2 molecules appear to be emitting at the same radiance level, implying strong energy pumping from the most abundant to the less abundant molecules. In one of the first passes over Olympus Mons, the temperature field shows abnormal adiabatic cooling in the atmosphere above the mountain, while the soil temperature of the volcano is higher than the latitudinal profile expectation because of illumination from the Sun. The descending branch of the Hadley cell circulation is studied in detail, with its adiabatic heating and formation of water-ice clouds. Of the many unidentified lines observed, a few have been studied and the presence of methane (10 ppbv), HF (200 ppbv) and HBr (150 ppbv) is reported here. PFS has allowed the study of the composition of the permanent south polar cap: an intimate
Time to Leave Your Comfort Zone? Optimal Variation-Seeking Strategies for Social Media Influencers on Streaming Media Platforms

Social media influencers (SMIs) face intense competition in the era of streaming media. To win and retain large audiences in the long run, SMIs need to step out of their comfort zone to seek variation in their media content style and repertoire. Our study is centered around developing effective variation-seeking strategies for SMIs on streaming media professionally generated content (PGC) platforms. In particular, we propose a finite-horizon Markov Decision Process (MDP) model that captures the inter-temporal dynamics between the SMIs and the audiences. This computational model helps individual SMI determine the optimal variation-seeking strategy, including when and how to change her performance style and repertoire during the streaming season. To calibrate the parameters of the MDP model, we leverage real-time data on a major streaming media PGC platform in China and perform state-of-the-art matrix completion techniques. Our findings reveal that the optimal variation-seeking policy is state-dependent, where the state includes the SMI intrinsic type and the remaining time horizon. In particular, we identify a subset of SMI types that should take variation-seeking actions during the streaming season and characterize their degrees of variation-seeking actions. Moreover, we find that the variation-seeking action (should it be taken) is encouraged earlier than later. Our study represents the first effort in the literature to capture the inter-temporal dynamics between the SMIs and the audiences on streaming media PGC platforms and make recommendations to SMIs on the individual level.
Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of Some Novel a Zino and Pyranopyrazole Derivative

Background: Pyranopyrazole derivatives has vital role in the class of organic compounds because of their broad spectrum of biological as well as pharmacological importance.Results: Our current goal is the [3+3] Cycloaddition of benzoyl isothiocyanate and pyrazolone 1 undergo oxidation cyclization producing pyrazoloxadiazine 3. The diol 5 was obtained as a condensation of two equivalent of 1 with thiopene-2-carboxaldhyde in acetic acid above sodium acetate mixture. When the condensation carried out in presence of piperidine under fusion the unsaturated ketone 4 was obtained. The cyclocondensation of pyrazolone 1 and pyruvic acid derivative in the presence of aminotive reagent resulted in pyrazolo pyrimidine 7. The pyrazolo pyran derivative 11 was resulted from the [3+3] cycloaddition of 1 and cinnamic acid. ᴽpyrone derivative was prepared by acylation of 12 with to equivalent of acetic anhydride. Phthalic anhydride undergoes arolyation using zinc chloride as a catalyst. The cyclic keto acid 23 was synthesized by the action of succinic anhydride on 12 in acetic medium. Cinnamic acid and 12 leads to pyrazole derivative 24 through Michael reaction. All of the tested compounds showed good microbial activity against pathogenic microorganisms. Newly synthesized compounds were screened for their antioxidant activity. Some of tested compounds exhibited promising activities.Conclusions: The newly synthesized compounds were found to be potent towards antioxidant activity. Moreover, the results showed that nearly a compound 5 was found to be the most potent levels of activity. Additionally, compounds 13, 14, 16, 22, 23 and 24 were found to have moderate activity. While compound 14 was found the lowest potent levels.
Comparative screening of antimicrobial activity using ethanolic extract of Canscora decurrens Dalz. obtained from soxhlet and microwave

The present study was designated to investigate antimicrobial activity by using whole plant ethanolic extract (100mg/ml) of C. decurrens. The extracts were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity by disc diffusion method and extraction was done with the help of modern method (microwave) and conventional method (soxhlet) against bacterial strains Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and antifungal strains Aspergillus niger, Rhizoctonia solani selected for antifungal activity. In microwave extract obsessed maximum antibacterial activity against bacterial strain E. coli (10.07), P. aeruginosa (10.65) and S. aureus (10.37) as compared to soxhlet extract similarly in case of fungi, Rhizoctonia solani (10.32) and Aspergillus niger (10.93) screening maximum inhibition zone in microwave extract as compared to soxhlet extract. The result clearly prove that microwave extracts of C. decurrens was found to have more potential than soxhlet extract in the tested
Thinking Aloud. A qualitative analysis of stressors and coping responses in cricket bowlers during a competitive match

ABSTRACT Stressors and coping in cricket bowlers have yet to be explicitly examined. The present study aimed to investigate stressors and coping verbalisations of cricket bowlers during a competitive match using a Think Aloud (TA) method. TA provides access to a participant’s immediate short-term memory and overcomes limitations associated with retrospective methods such as recall bias and memory decay. Six semi-elite club level cricket bowlers were selected to verbalise their thoughts during a bowling spell in a real-life competitive match using TA. Verbalisations were recorded using an audio device and transcripts were thematically analysed to generate relevant stressors and coping themes. Findings indicated stressors and coping strategies varied throughout cricket bowling performance. Results also highlighted how stressors and coping responses represent a dynamic and recursive process and do not occur in isolation of one of another. Stressors were made up of organisational and competitive stressors and coping responses were coded using problem-focussed coping and emotion-focussed coping strategies. The findings from this study have extended previous literature by further understanding the stressors and coping responses of cricket bowlers by adopting a novel method of data collection, within an ecologically valid environment of real-life cricket competition. Applied implications and future research suggestions are discussed accordingly within the concluding remarks.
A Literature Review of NLP Approaches to Fake News Detection and Their Applicability to Romanian-Language News Analysis

Fighting fake news is a difficult and challenging task. With an increasing impact on the social and political environment, fake news exert an unprecedently dramatic influence on people’s lives. In response to this phenomenon, initiatives addressing automated fake news detection have gained popularity, generating widespread research interest. However, most approaches targeting English and low-resource languages experience problems when devising such solutions. This study focuses on the progress of such investigations, while highlighting existing solutions, challenges, and observations shared by various research groups. In addition, given the limited amount of automated analyses performed on Romanian fake news, we inspect the applicability of the available approaches in the Romanian context, while identifying future research paths.
Treatment of Coagulopathy in COVID-19 Patients: A scoping review

Background: Coagulopathy, including disseminated intravascular coagulation, is frequently noted in patients with coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19). Recently, a number of articles on this topic have been reported.Objective: The aim of this study is to identify existing gaps where further research on anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients with coagulopathy needs to be done.Methods: We used the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews. The protocol was registered on May 21, 2020, before conducting this review. MEDLINE, CENTRAL, WHO-ICTRP, ClinicalTrial.gov and PROSPERO were used.Result: Eight studies were included; six studies were already published and two are ongoing. The reported results for three publications were from case series, three were from retrospective cohorts and two were from randomized controlled trials. Eight studies examined the effectiveness of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), of which seven studies used a prophylactic dose and four studies used a therapeutic dose of LMWH. A prophylactic or therapeutic dose of unfractionated heparin was investigated in four and three studies, respectively. No recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin was investigated. Conclusion: The anticoagulants are limited to heparinoids, and the study designs were of low quality. Further studies with an improved design are needed to compare other available anticoagulants.