Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Wireless Sensor System for Prediction of Carbon Monoxide Concentration using Fuzzy Time Series

C a r b o n m on o x i d e (C O ) co n c e n t ra t i o n p r od u c e d f r o m i nc o m p l e te m a t e r i a l b u r n i n g a f f ec ts b o t h w or k h e a lth a n d s a f e t y . A s m ar t s y st e m c a pa b le o f e ar ly d e t ec ti o n o f ca r b o n m on o x id e (C O ) c o n c e n t ra ti o n is t h e re f o r e re q u i r e d . T h is r e s e a r c h d e v e l o p s a ca r b o n m on o x i d e s e n s o r d e t ec ti o n c a p a b i l ity u si n g a w ir e le s s s e n s o r s y st e m t h at t r a n s m its d a ta to t h e w e b s e r ve r v ia i n t e r n e t c o n n ec ti o n . A s e m i c o nd u c t o r C O s e n s o r is i n st a l le d in a re m o te t e r m i n a l u n it. A c o m p u t e r a pp l ic a ti o n is d eve l o p e d f o r d a ta a c qu isit io n a n d s e nd i n g v ia o n l i n e an d in rea l t i m e to a w e b s er v e r u si n g a n i n t e r n e t m o d e m . F o r a w e b- b a s e d p r e d icti o n o f CO c o n c e n t r a ti o n , a F uzz y Ti m e Se r ies a l g or i t h m i nd u c e d b y Prit p a l S i n g m a t r ix is u s e d . T h i s re s e a r c h u s e s CO co n c e n t r a ti o n d a t a f o r t w o m o n t h s. T h e re s u lt i n g ca rb o n m on o x i d e c o n c e n t r a ti o n p r e d ict i o n is d is p l a y e d in r e a l t i m e o n a d a s h b o a r d . T h is p r e d icti o n is f o r t h e n e x t d a y ’s f ore c a st. R e s u lts s h o w t h a t t h e F u zz y T i m e S er i e s t h a t is i n d u c e d b y Pri t p a l S i n g m a t r ix h a s a n av e ra g e er r o r o f 2 . 6 7 % , ca lc u l a t e d w ith its av e ra g e f o re c a st i n g err o r r a te (AFER). T h is e r ro r v a l u e v a r i e s, d e p e nd i n g o n t h e n u m b e r o f d a ta a n d d a t a c h a r ac t e r istic s .
Cooler Heads Prevail: An Experimental Study on the “Cooling” Effect of the Strategy Method on Agent Resentment

This study investigates whether agents’ resentment of controls in a gift-exchange game can be effectively mitigated using the strategy method where agents’ effort choices are elicited contingent on all possible contract choices by principals. The results suggest that allowing agents to contemplate contract choices prospectively results in less resentment and that agents exert higher effort than without this “cooling” process.
Decoupling gravity in F-theory

We study seven-brane SU(5) GUT models of string phenomenology which can be consistently analyzed in a purely local framework. The requirement that gravity can decouple constrains the form of four-dimensional physics as well as the geometry of spacetime. We rule out a large family of candidate UV completions of such models and derive a priori constraints on the local singularities of compact elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfolds. These constraints are strong enough to obstruct a wide class of brane constructions from UV completion in string theory. It is demonstrated that consistent local models always have exotic Yukawa coupling structures, and hidden sectors or interesting non-perturbative superpotentials which merit further investigation.
[Reseña] ¿Qué hacer ante las desigualdades en la educación secundaria? Aportes de la experiencia latinoamericana

Jacinto, Claudia y Terigi, Flavia: “¿Qué hacer ante las desigualdades en la educación secundaria? Aportes de la experiencia latinoamericana. Editorial Santillana, Buenos Aires, 2007. La crisis, los fracasos, las deudas, los malestares de la educación, son un campo transitado, sobre el que parecería poco se puede agregar, sin sumarse a los coros de nostálgicos y necios, que claman por la imposible restitución de un pasado, que obviamente y como tal, ya no es o que anuncian tragedias apocalípticas, incluso con algún guiño de alegría, por exclusividades perdidas .
Effect of Antenna Parameters on the Field Coverage in Tunnel Environments

Radio wave propagation in confined spaces is consequent upon the reflections of boundaries; thus, the radiation characteristics of the antenna have significant influence on the field coverage in the confined space. This paper investigates the effects of antenna parameters on field coverage characteristics in a tunnel environment. A modified modal method is proposed to analyse the wave propagation properties along the tunnel. The relationships between the amplitudes of modes and the antenna parameters, including the beam width, beam direction, and antenna location, are analysed. The results indicate that by properly selecting the antenna parameters, optimum field coverage in tunnel environments can be realized.
The Development of a Non-formal Education Program to Enhance Career Competency for Spa Therapists

The purposes of the research were: (1) to develop a non-formal education program to enhance career competency for Spa therapists (2) to study the results of using the non-formal education program to enhance career competency for Spa therapists (3) to analyze factors, conditions, and problems of the application of a non-formal education program to enhance career competency for Spa therapists. Research methodology can be divided into three steps: (1) the development of a non-formal education program to enhance career competency for Spa therapists, (2) study results of using the non-formal education program to enhance career competency for Spa therapists, (3) analyze factors and conditions with a group discussion of the experimental group and the interviews with the facilitator of the group. The results of the research: 1. The non-formal education program to enhance career competency for spa therapists consists of objective, learners, instructors, content, learning activities, learning period, learning resources and media, environment, assessment and evaluation. 2. The experiment results of the non-formal education program were (1) The score of the knowledge in communication Chinese language for spa therapists and ten trigger – point therapy after the experimentation increased higher than the prior experimentation with statistical significant at level of . 05. (2) The score of the Chinese language communication skill for spa therapists’ skill between experimental group and control group. The experimental group have score increased higher than the control group with statistical significant at level of . 05 (3) The score of ten trigger – point therapy skill between experimental group and control group. The experimental group have score not difference from the control group with statistical significant at level of . 05 (4) The score of communication Chinese language attitude for spa therapists and Spa therapists career attitude after the experimentation increased higher than the prior experimentation with statistical significant at level of . 05. 3. The factors and conditions of the non-formal education program to enhance career competency for spa therapists. In this research factors compose of learners, instructors, learning activities, content, learning period, and environment. Conditions compose of learners, instructors, learning activities, learning period, learning resources and media and environment.
The effects of herbal plants on Mucin 2 gene expression and performance in ascetic broilers

BACKGROUND: The mucus layer plays an important role as an intermediate for the protection of the gut against acidic chyme, digestive enzymes, and pathogens; in addition, it acts as a lubricant and facilitator of nutrient transportation. Phytogenic compounds seem to promote intestinal mucus production. OBJECTIVES:The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of low and high levels of energy and amino acids in combination with turmeric, thyme, and cinnamon on chicken performance and expression of mucin 2 gene. METHODS: The eight experimental groups consisted of diluted and condensed diet with and without the addition of 5g/kg of each turmeric, thyme, and cinnamon to the diet. Chicken performance was recorded. Expression analysis of the mucin 2 gene was carried out by quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS: Body weight gain, feed intake, FCR, and mortality rate were not affected by diets (p>0.05). A significant (p<0.05) reduction of the mucin 2 gene expression was observed in chickens fed by condensed diet; however, the expression increased by supplementation of turmeric, thyme, and cinnamon. CONCLUSIONS: These results, in addition to the function of herbs in increasing the activity of some enzymes which is possibly related to the mucin biological pathways, showed that the application of turmeric, thyme, and cinnamon could be useful in poultry diets. It appears that supplementation of turmeric, thyme, and cinnamon could increase mucin 2 gene expression in the small intestine, and this can improve intestinal digestive function and defense.
Critical effect of spin-dependent transport in a tunnel barrier on enhanced Hanle-type signals observed in three-terminal geometry

The MgO thickness dependence of Hanle signals in Co50Fe50/MgO/n-Si tunnel junctions was investigated using a three-terminal geometry. The observed Hanle signal is several orders of magnitude stronger than the predicted value by conventional theory as reported in many literatures. Furthermore, the magnitude of the spin signal depends on the junction resistance rather than the channel resistance, implying that the largest part of the observed Hanle signal is not caused by spin accumulation in the semiconductor region. A possible origin of the observed strong Hanle signal is due to a modulation of the tunneling resistance by a magnetic field, which is induced by the spin precession in localized states formed in the vicinity of the Co50Fe50/MgO interface.
Comparison of the standards for absorbed dose to water of the NPL, United Kingdom and the BIPM for 60Co γ rays

A comparison of the standards for absorbed dose to water of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom and of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) has been made in 60Co gamma radiation under the auspices of the key comparison BIPM.RI(I)-K4. The comparison result, based on the calibration coefficients for two transfer standards and expressed as a ratio of the NPL and the BIPM standards for absorbed dose to water, is 0.9980 (0.0064). The degrees of equivalence for the NPL and the other participants in this comparison have been calculated and the results are given in the form of a table for the eleven national metrology institutes (NMIs) that have taken part in the ongoing comparison for absorbed dose to water. A graphical presentation is also given. Main text. To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm. org/. The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCRI Section I, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
The Effects of Government Policies towards Contraception Use in Women

La educacion es considerada un factor muy importante en la relacion entre el nivel de natalidad y el uso de anticonceptivos en un pais. El proposito de este articulo es analizar si los niveles de natalidad son reducidos debido a las politicas gubernamentales, especificamente, el apoyo directo hacia el control de natalidad en comparacion a los paises que dan apoyo indirecto. Por lo tanto, en el presente documento se comparan Honduras y Belice, que proporcionan apoyo directo e indirecto a la anticoncepcion, respectivamente. Primero, el coeficiente en la variable de nacionalidad nos dice si las mujeres en Honduras estan usando mas anticonceptivos que las mujeres en Belice. Segundo, despues de utilizar un modelo Poisson, encontramos que aunque Honduras da apoyo directo para el uso de metodos anticonceptivos, no hay diferencia entre los niveles de natalidad en Honduras en comparacion con Belice, . 188 (p < 0.1) Tercero, aunque Honduras da subsidios directos para anticonceptivos y Belice da subsidios indirectos, no hay diferencia en la frecuencia de uso de anticonceptivos entre las mujeres de Honduras en comparacion con las mujeres de Belice, 0.567 (p < 0.1). Como el coeficiente en nacionalidad resulto estadisticamente insignificante en los dos modelos, podemos concluir que el factor determinante en la reduccion de los niveles de natalidad en los paises es la efectividad de los programas de anticoncepcion, sin importar el tipo de apoyo que el gobierno da a las mujeres. Los gobiernos pueden hacer sus programas mas efectivos si los complementan con la escolaridad. Estos programas de educacion adjunto con programas de anticoncepcion efectivos, pueden ensenar tanto a las ninas como a las mujeres los beneficios que se obtienen al limitar su comportamiento reproductivo.
Geostatistical analysis under preferential sampling

Geostatistics involves the fitting of spatially continuous models to spatially discrete data (Chiles and Delfiner, 1999). Preferential sampling arises when the process which determines the data-locations and the process being modelled are stochastically dependent. Conventional geostatistical methods assume, if only implicitly, that sampling is non-preferential. However, geostatistical methods are often used in situations where sampling is likely to be preferential: for example, in a pollution monitoring network, monitors will typically be placed close to likely sources of pollution. We give a general expression for the likelihood function of preferentially sampled geostatistical data and discuss how this can be evaluated approximately using Monte Carlo methods. We present an idealised model for preferential sampling, and show through simulations how preferential sampling invalidates conventional geostatistical methods of in- ference. We discuss practical strategies for dealing with preferential sampling and describe two applications. The first application is to data from an air pollution monitoring network in California, USA, where the objective is to construct estimates of spatially averaged pollution levels. The second application is to a set of bio-monotoring data from Galicia, northern Spain, where the objective is to assess the impact of industry on the region-wide pollution surface.
A Spatially Resolved Radio Spectral Index Study of the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NGC\,1569

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF IMPROVEMENT IN LAKE URMIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION USING CHOICE EXPERIMENT

The Lake Urmia and its satellite wetlands have been selected as a demonstration site for the United Nations Development Program/Global Environment Facility/Department of Environment Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project. This project aims to demonstrate reduction of the major threats of this wetland protected area coordinated through an integrated management plan. A choice experiment was developed to examine public preferences and elicit their willingness to pay on improvements in lake’s indicators toward good environmental status. A pilot choice experiment study was administered in Urmia municipality and the data were analyzed using a random parameter logit model. The results revealed that residents of this municipality might strongly prefer improvement in water quantity and were willing to pay significant amounts to promote current water level to the highest level. Furthermore, water quality, numbers of flamingos and Artemia stock were identified as the next important issues which warranted additional management attention.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND BEST MANAGEMENT OF URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF : MEASURES AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

Urban stormwater runoff constitutes a non-point source pollution, which contributes in degradation of water bodies’ quality (USEPA, 2002). European Union’s environmental policy includes water environment protection and preservation by adopting a series of directives, 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive WFD), 97/11/EEC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive EIA), 2001/42/EC (Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive SEAD) and many others. However, such legislative framework is not strongly related to the issue of urban stormwater runoff management, due to its general content. Pollution control of urban stormwater runoff entails a management strategy based on scientific research and reliable available data. Consequently, the subject of prevention and control of urban stormwater runoff remains still open and it is a motivation for further research and discussion; it also underlines the need to propose detailed specifications both for environmental impact assessment, as well as for the proper formation of a data-base. Thus, within the content of the present paper, the following are included: a) the investigation and presentation of the receiving waters pollution issues from the urban stormwater runoff, b) the examination of the respective pollutant generation and characteristics, c) the presentation of their impacts d) the examination of the measures (structural and non-structural BMPs) f) the presentation of the existing legislation in the EU and Greece. Finally, specific measures, which authorities must take into account in the framework of the programs for runoff river basin management, according to the 2000/60 EC Directive and the Greek Law 3199/2003, are proposed.
Determinants of Willing to Pay (WTP) for Renewable Energy in Post-Fukushima Japan: Results of Ordinal Multinomial Logit and Tobit Regression Models

Climate change poses a grave and enduring threat to the health and well-being of current and future generations (IPCC, 2014). Academics and environmentalists generally agree that there is no single silver bullet solution to climate change; rather well-integrated, long-term climate strategies are needed. Yet adopting and implementing coherent forward-looking strategies is often less about achieving a consensus among scientists and environmentalists than overcoming several persistent barriers to policy change. Science-based solutions need to be embedded in supportive enabling environments need to overcome these barriers.
Forecasting Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclone Intensification via Projection Pursuit

As Tropical Cyclones (TC’s) move poleward out of the tropics toward the midlatitudes, they move into a region of colder temperatures and associated higher wind shear. The interaction between the TC and an increasingly baroclinic regime is referred to as Extratropical Transition (ET). As the TC moves into the increasing baroclinic environment, it weakens, as measured by a rising central sea-level pressure. If it interacts favorably with midlatitude upper-level trough then it can reintensify as an extratropical cyclone or it eventually dissipates. Because ET is a highly variable process, the end result of this transition, either dissipation or intensification, is very hard to predict even with full physics capable systems (Jones et al. (2003)). Recent research by Ritchie and Elsberry (2005) has indicated that the outcome of the transition depends on the midlatitude pattern that the TC moves in, and the phasing between the TC and midlatitude upper-level troughs embedded within the large-scale midlatitude circulation. Figures 1 and 2 show Typhoon (TY) Peter (1997) and Supertyphoon (STY) Ivan (1997) with two different outcomes, intensification and dissipation, respectively. The analysis fields are from the U.S. Navy’s Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS).
Membrane post-synthesis modifications and how it came about

Article history: Received 27 September 2017 Received in revised form 8 December 2017 Accepted 12 December 2017 Nowadays, reverse osmosis (RO) is the most largely utilized desalination process at the World level. During the three last decades, amazing progress has been realized in the manufacturing of RO membranes using different materials. However, what is astonishing here is the fact that a new research field was open in a relatively short time with hundreds of scientific publications and patents which are made on membrane post-synthesis modifications in order to improve the structural properties and desalination performance opening a large debate about the membrane fabrication techniques and membranes capacities to deal with various water pollutants. This review aims to discuss this extra technological field dedicated to membranes modifications following their fabrication. As conclusions, membrane fabrication methods are a well-established and developed technology which however needs more technical improvements to overcome the needs of a post-synthesis industry and satisfy quantitatively and qualitatively the water guidelines. On the other hand, the large chemical products use in both membranes synthesis and post-synthesis should be avoided or at least reduced, since monomers, alcohols, acids and bases risk to be realized into drinking water. That is said because RO process has been presented hopefully as a promising powerful and green technology instead of chlorination and coagulation/flocculation which are proven highly polluting with their toxic metal salts injection and poisonous disinfection by-products formation.
Effects of the 2013 SNAP Benefit Cut on Food Security

Effects of the 2013 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cut on food security is examined by employing the annual Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement 2012–2014. Food security measured in December 2014 is compared with the corresponding statistics for December 2012 using difference-in-differences methods. Results confirm that reduced SNAP benefits significantly threatened the food security of SNAP households.
Non‑linear dynamics in heart rate variability in different generations

It has been well known that R‑R intervals in the electrocardiogram ﬂuctuate at all times in healthy humans that called as heart rate variability (HRV. Spectral analysis had been widely applied to separate the constituents of the HRV and could clarify that several components which would be relating to respiration blood pressure oscillation and temperature regulation were existing. Spectral analysis can provide an analytical features of the ﬂuctuations but can not show the dynamic properties of the ﬂuctuations. From this reason a chaotic analysis became to use for the analysis of the complex phenomena such as biological signals like electroencephalogram (EEG and the HRV. However the chaotic property of the HRV with respect to advancing age has not been investigated. In the present study we aimed to examine the eﬀect of aging on the HRV by using the chaotic and a spectral analysis. Electrocardiogram were obtained from 86 subjects ranging to the diﬀerent generations: the little children from 5 to 6 years children from 11 to 12 years old the young adults from 18 to 21 years and the elderly people from 61 to 83 years old in both sexes at sitting rest. R‑R intervals were measured by using double threshold algorithm and converted into the heart rate unit of beats/min. Following the calculation of an individual mean value a standard deviation of the HRV a power spectrogram and the chaotic dimensions such as the maximal lyapunov exponent the lyapunov dimension and the KS entropy were also calculated from the attractor embedded into the 4‑dimensional phase space. Group mean values of HR decreased from little children to young adults but slightly increased from young adults to elderly people. The magnitude of ﬂuctuation expressed as the standard deviation of heart rate (SDHR gradually decreased with age. The values of the maximal lyapunov exponent the lyapunov dimension and the KS entropy gradually decreased with age and were positively correlated with SDHR. The HRVs in all subjects were identiﬁed as chaos because it satisﬁed the criteria.