Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Degradation of sewage sludge from plant wastewater using vermicompost

Article Type: Full Length Research Article Organic matter is vital for soil fertility and this may be provided through the humus. Humus liquids are solutions composed of humic and fulvic acids dissolved in water, which provide organic matter to soil through irrigation. In this regard, a study of the degradation of municipal sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant using vermicompost, was undertaken. Liquid humus with physicochemical properties that are similar to those presented by the Mexican commercial liquid humus, Hum Ecol® was obtained the waste treatment plant. This similarity was confirmed by conducting a variance analysis of concentrations of important nutrients such as organic matter, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Statistically, there are no significant differences between the formulated humus and the commercial humus. Also, the test that had the best physicochemical characteristics in terms of nutrients is the formulated humus constituted with a mixture of sludge and equine manure in the ratio of 60:40. It exceeded the content of organic matter and total nitrogen in Hum Ecol® by 31.6 and 2.02%, respectively. ©2015 BluePen Journals Ltd. All rights reserved
Understanding fiber Bragg gratings at harmonics of the Bragg wavelength through spectra and images

Fiber Bragg gratings written using a phase-mask exhibit a complex refractive index pattern in the fiber core, as observed in differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy. This results in dual periodicities along the fiber core and gratings at both the Bragg wavelength, twice the Bragg wavelength, and the harmonics of these. Features in grating spectra arise from one or both of these periodicities and spectra for twice the Bragg wavelength (or its odd harmonics) are very sensitive to the details of how the UV complex diffraction field of the phase mask becomes imprinted as refractive index changes in the fiber core.
Research on the Key Technology of Survey Measurement Image Based on UAV

Abstract With the development of computer technology, especially the emergence of high resolution image sensor, aerial photogrammetry has played an important role in geological survey. Traditional aerial measurements are carried out by manned large aircraft, with a large volume of measured information and a wide range of shots. This method is suitable for large area operation, which is high and expensive for hardware site. UAV air measurement systems are usually used for small area measurements. The UAV is small and fluctuates greatly during flight, the collection of the data and images are not accurate enough. This paper has obtained the accurate measurement of image by studying the image fast matching theory, which has practical significance in the actual mapping and has higher research value.
Interacting with a Self-portrait Camera Using Gestures

Most existing digital camera user interfaces place little emphasis on self-portrait options. Therefore, it is not always easy to take self-portraits using conventional user interfaces. For example, use of a self-timer, can be tiresome (having to run back and forth to prepare and then pose for the shot), time consuming. Use of a handheld remote control may be a better choice, but the additional device occupies the hand, which limits freedom in terms of the possible postures one can assume and often results in unnatural postures. Therefore, it is important to develop a user-friendly interface that allows an individual to take portrait shots both effectively and efficiently. In this research we present the design of new, vision-based gesture interfaces for interacting with a self-portrait camera. Three different types of gesture interfaces were described: 1) hand gesture interface, 2) motionbased hand gesture interface and 3) head gesture interface. Hand Gesture Interface In this study, we presented a new approach of interaction technique for taking self-portraits. The proposed self-portrait camera prototype utilized a camera with a pan & tilt platform to take pictures and a large size of display to show the camera preview. A finger detection technique was used to enable user to trigger camera shutter by using hand gestures. Besides, a novel hand directional movement gesture recognition technique and its interface were proposed to control the camera’s pan & tilt. We evaluated the system performance, accuracy of gesture recognition, and user experience in the experiments. The results showed that the hand gesture interface is effective and useful for taking self-portraits. Motion-based Hand Gesture Interface In this study, we proposed the motion-based hand gestures, and aimed at developing a rich interface for controlling a professional digital single lens reflection (DSLR) camera. Three types of motion-based hand gestures: waving, eight-direction selection and circling gestures were introduced. They provided a good functional mappings scalability for interface design and offered a complete solution for controlling many functions of a DSLR camera, such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, etc. In experiments, we evaluated the effectiveness and user satisfaction. The results showed motion gestures were able to provide us a way to develop a rich gesture interface for control a DSLR camera. In addition, The gesture interface was more useful than existing camera interfaces, such as self-timer.
A reduced model of cavitation physics for use in sonochemistry

Sonochemistry involves focusing acoustic energy through cavitation bubbles to increase chemical activity. The violent bubble collapses lead to temperatures of several thousand kelvin, which drive chemical reactions. In previous work, we gave a detailed computational model of a single bubble collapse, taking into account phase change, mass diffusion, heat diffusion and chemical reactions. All of these phenomena are important in determining the conditions at collapse. The present work involves development of a much simpler model that includes all the physics relevant to the determination of the reaction products. Comparisons with the more detailed computations are made; the reduced model is found to provide reasonable results. Furthermore, it is shown that many of the observed trends in sonochemistry are reflected in the trends observed in the behaviour of a single ‘representative' bubble.
ANTIBIOTIC PROFILE OF COMMON PATHOGENS RELATED TO FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH

Although antibiotics play a crucial role in the health care, their widespread use is increasingly causing some serious health consequences. As a result, the increased duration of hospitalization, the absence from work and the additional cost for social funds are all issues of concern. On that basis, the study of antibiotic profile of microbes isolated from foods is important in order to evaluated the dispersion of resistance, to ensure the foods safety and protect the health of the consumers In our study, sixty samples of two traditionally fermented dairy products coming from Cyclades Islands (Greece) were microbiologically examined and the isolated stains of Esherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, two common pathogens, were tested against a battery of ten antibacterial agents. Our results show that E. coli strains were sensitive to sulphamethoxazole trimethoprim, streptomycin, cefoxitin, cephalosporin and cirpfloxacin. S. aureus strains were sensitive to sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim, oxacillin gentamycin, teicoplanin, vancomycin, cephalothin and cirpfloxacin. Both pathogens were moderated resistant to ampicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline and ampicillin. In conclusion, those traditionally fermented dairy products are in general, free of pathogens resistant to antibiotics and could be considered safe for the consumer’s health.
Phosphorus mobility in a karst landscape under pasture grazing system

– The spatial distribution and partitioning of water dissolved phosphorus fractions in the soil profile of a grazed karst sinkhole landscape were investigated. We also measured P fractions in surface runoff entering a sinkhole drain and in karst spring flow draining the study area. Grazing increased total N, C, and all forms of P of soil. Dissolved inorganic orthophosphate (DPi) was the highest in the surface soil layer and diminished significantly with depth. The proportion of dissolved unreactive phosphorus (DPu) increased with soil depth. Changes in DPu with landscape position and depth were closely correlated with changes in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) suggesting that the mobility and transport of DPu was mediated by DOC. Landscape position sampling showed molybdate reactive phosphorus (MRP) and DPu increased toward the bottom and center of sinkholes. The distribution of DPi and DPu in surface runoff and that occurring in underground watercourses confirms the significance of DPu transported into karst groundwater. d'étude. Le pâturage a augmenté N total, C, et toutes les formes de P de sol. L’orthophosphore inorganique dissous (DPi) était le plus élevé dans la couche de surface du sol et réduit significativement avec la profondeur. La proportion de phosphore non réactif dissous (DPu) a augmenté avec la profondeur de sol. Des changements de DPu en fonction de la position dans le paysage et de la profondeur ont été étroitement corrélés avec des changements du carbone organique dissous (DOC) suggérant que la mobilité et le transport du DPu ont été facilités par le DOC. Un échantillonnage dans le paysage a montré une augmentation de phosphore réactif au molybdate (MRP) et de DPu vers le fond et le centre des dolines. La distribution de DPi et DPu dans l’écoulement de surface et ce qui se produit lors du transit de l’eau sous terre confirme la valeur significative du DPu transporté dans les eaux souterraines du karst.
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: temperature and gravitational lensing power spectrum measurements from three seasons of data

We present the temperature power spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) derived from the three seasons of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the two channels. We detect and correct for contamination due to the Galactic cirrus in our equatorial maps. We present the results of a number of tests for possible systematic error and conclude that any effects are not significant compared to the statistical errors we quote. Where they overlap, we cross-correlate the ACT and the South Pole Telescope (SPT) maps and show they are consistent. The measurements of higher-order peaks in the CMB power spectrum provide an additional test of the ΛCDM cosmological model, and help constrain extensions beyond the standard model. The small angular scale power spectrum also provides constraining power on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects and extragalactic foregrounds. We also present a measurement of the CMB gravitational lensing convergence power spectrum at 4. 6σ detection significance.
The Intersection of Gender-Related Facial Appearance and Facial Displays of Emotion

The human face conveys a myriad of social meanings within an overlapping array of features. Herein, we examine such features within the context of gender-emotion stereotypes. First we detail the pervasive set of gender-emotion expectations known to exist. We then review new research revealing that gender cues and emotion expression often share physical properties that represent a confound of overlapping features characteristic of low versus high facial maturity/dominance. As such, gender-related facial appearance and facial expression of emotions often share social meaning and physical resemblance. Thus, stereotypic and phenotypic information conveyed by the face are intertwined—sometimes confounded, sometimes clashing. We discuss implications of this work for gender-emotion stereotypes, as well as for emotion and face processing more generally.
Patient-Centered Care in Healthcare and its Implementation in Nursing

Patient-centered care (PCC) is a concept and standa rd of care that describes organizing healthcare system around the patient, with the aim is to impro ve quality of care. PCC approach has become increasingly popular in various healthcare systems, including Israeli healthcare system. However, the complexity of the concept contributes to the diffic ulties in implementing it in practice. This article reviews the definitions of the PCC concept and the paths of healthcare systems to implement this approach, while focusing on nursing and nursing edu cation.
Climate model response from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

Solar geoengineering—deliberate reduction in the amount of solar radiation retained by the Earth—has been proposed as a means of counteracting some of the climatic effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. We present results from Experiment G1 of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project, in which 12 climate models have simulated the climate response to an abrupt quadrupling of CO2 from preindustrial concentrations brought into radiative balance via a globally uniform reduction in insolation. Models show this reduction largely offsets global mean surface temperature increases due to quadrupled CO2 concentrations and prevents 97% of the Arctic sea ice loss that would otherwise occur under high CO2 levels but, compared to the preindustrial climate, leaves the tropics cooler (−0.3 K) and the poles warmer (+0.8 K). Annual mean precipitation minus evaporation anomalies for G1 are less than 0.2 mm day−1 in magnitude over 92% of the globe, but some tropical regions receive less precipitation, in part due to increased moist static stability and suppression of convection. Global average net primary productivity increases by 120% in G1 over simulated preindustrial levels, primarily from CO2 fertilization, but also in part due to reduced plant heat stress compared to a high CO2 world with no geoengineering. All models show that uniform solar geoengineering in G1 cannot simultaneously return regional and global temperature and hydrologic cycle intensity to preindustrial levels.
Three-Dimensional Silicon Smart Tactile Imager Using Large Deformation of Swollen Diaphragm with Integrated Piezoresistor Pixel Circuits

Recently, various kinds of tactile sensors have been investigated and reported for tactile applications with robot fingertips. Typical specifications of human fingertips are known as follows; spatial resolution of human fingertip is around 1 mm, time resolution is below 1 msec (1 kHz), and the minimum force resolution is around 1-10 mN. Also, human fingertip can recognize the three-dimensional (3-D) shape of touching object using flexible deformation in the convex shape of fingertip skin. However, it is very difficult to realize all the above requirements/performances in conventional tactile sensors at the same time. Tactile imager is a spatial distribution type of sensor, which can detect the object contact force and its distribution with an array of force or pressure sensors. In addition, detection ability of 3-D surface shape will be required for object handling. Tactile imagers can be applied to robot applications such as in robots for the assistance of visually handicapped and so on. There are two major trends in the previously reported tactile imagers. One is the polymer-based tactile imager realized by the substrate with organic materials, and the other one is silicon-MEMS type sensors. In polymer-based tactile imagers (Brussel & Belien, 1986; Engel et al., 2003; Shimojo et al., 2004; Someya et al., 2004, Engel et al., 2005), pressuresensitive conducting rubber has generally been used as a major force sensing element (Brussel & Belien, 1986; Shimojo et al., 2004; Engel et al., 2005). Polymer-based sensors are suitable for wide area tactile sensors since the fabrication cost per unit area is considered to be much lower than that of silicon sensors. Artificial skin mounted on large areas of robot surface is one of the major applications (Someya et al., 2004; Engel et al., 2005). Essential disadvantages of polymer-based sensors are relatively low spatial resolution and upper limitation on the number of pixels due to electronic signal wires. Typical spatial resolution of polymer-based tactile imagers is around 2 ~ 4 mm range, which is not high enough for fingertip tactile sensing applications as mentioned below. Although a tactile imager with a large number of pixels has been reported using organic-FET switching matrix (Someya et al., 2004), it still utilizes conducting rubber sensor elements. Also, the integration density of organic-FET is much lower than the present silicon technology, and its long term reliability in force sensor applications has not yet been demonstrated. Silicon-MEMS tactile imagers, integrating micro pressure sensor array (Sugiyama et al., 1990) or micro force-sensor array, have been reported earlier (Suzuki et al., 1990(a); (b); O pe n A cc es s D at ab as e w w w . in te ch w eb . o rg
A parameterless differential evolution optimizer

Although the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm has been shown to be a simple yet powerful evolutionary algorithm for optimizing continuous functions, users are still faced with the problem of preliminary testing and hand-tuning of the evolutionary parameters prior to commencing the actual optimization process. As a solution, self-adaptation has been found to be highly beneficial in automatically and dynamically adjusting evolutionary parameters such as crossover rates and mutation rates. In this paper, we present a first attempt at self-adapting the population size parameter in addition to self-adapting crossover and mutation rates. Firstly, our main objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of self-adapting the population size parameter in DE. Using the F1-F5 benchmark test problems proposed by De Jong, we showed that DE with self-adaptive populations produced highly competitive results compared to a conventional DE algorithm with static populations. In addition to reducing the number of parameters used in DE, the proposed algorithm actually outperformed the conventional DE algorithm for one of the test problems. It was also found that that an absolute encoding methodology for self-adapting population size in DE produced results with greater optimization reliability compared to a relative encoding methodology.
The Implementation of Smart Grid to the Simulating Toolkit Modes

This paper discusses the implementation of the renewable energy sources and the energy storage system to the smart grid by means of simulating toolkit of Modes. The output curve of photovoltaic and wind power plant is also the part of this paper. This paper analyses the difference between residential and commercial load. The test system was made in Modes for modelling all possibilities. The possibility of connection energy storage is analysed. The storage system is used for charming the load peaks during the day to compare smart grids with energy storage and without it.
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Interact with the PPARA -L162V Polymorphism to Affect Plasma Triglyceride and Apolipoprotein C-III Concentrations in the Framingham Heart Study 1

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (cid:1) (PPAR (cid:1) ) is a nuclear transcription factor regulating multiple genes involved in lipid metabolism. It was shown that a common leucine to valine (L162V) substitution at the PPAR (cid:1) gene ( PPARA ) is functional and affects transactivation activity of PPAR (cid:1) ligands, such as PUFA, on a concentration-dependent basis. The current study examined this gene-nutrient interaction in relation to plasma lipid variables in a population-based study consisting of 1003 men and 1103 women participating in the Framingham cohort and consuming their habitual diets. We found signiﬁcant gene-nutrient interactions between the L162V polymorphism and total PUFA intake, which modulated plasma triglycerides (TG; P (cid:1) 0.05) and apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III; P (cid:1) 0.05) concentrations. The 162V allele was associated with greater TG and apoC-III concentrations only in subjects consuming a low-PUFA diet (below the population mean, 6% of energy). However, when PUFA intake was high, carriers of the 162V allele had lower apoC-III concentrations. This interaction was signiﬁcant even when PUFA intake was considered as a continuous variable ( P (cid:2) 0.031 for TG and P (cid:1) 0.001 for apoC-III), suggesting a strong dose-response effect. When PUFA intake was (cid:1) 4%, 162V allele carriers had (cid:3) 28% higher plasma TG than did 162L homozygotes ( P (cid:1) 0.01). Conversely, when PUFA intake was (cid:4) 8%, plasma TG in 162V allele carriers was 4% lower than in 162L homozygotes. Similar results were obtained for (n-6) and (n-3) fatty acids. Our data show that the effect of the L162V polymorphism on plasma TG and apoC-III concentrations depends on the dietary PUFA, with a high intake triggering lower TG in carriers of the 162V allele. J. Nutr. 135: 397–403, 2005.
A case study on reusability of a DSL in a dynamic domain

Researchers of domain-specific languages claim that a domain-specific language (DSL), particularly a visual one, can highly increase productivity when the domain is stable and architecture is matured. However, in the real world the domain rarely remains completely unaltered and the software architecture usually goes through series of changes over time. Thus, the promises of DSLs do not always get realized in practice. The costs to change a complete DSL can be high because it contains many different layers and elements that need to work together. This study tries to identify reusable elements of a visual DSL in order to lower these costs and to facilitate construction of a DSL.
Flow-Units in Basalt

Basalt flows in the San José Valley, Valencia County, New Mexico, are of pahoehoe type and are characterized by flow-units. A "flow-unit" may be defined as a tongue-shaped structure within a flow. In transverse cross section flow-units are small lenses from ioo to more than 300 feet long and from 10 to more than 20 feet thick. As many as five flow-units, one on top of the other, may occur in a flow. As there is no evidence of erosion, weathering, or deposition between flow-units, the time-interval between them must be short. The simplest flow mechanism for lava is one in which the lava moves as a single unit. The existence of the flow-units, however, indicates a greater complexity in the mechanism of these flows. At the front of the flow and also on its margins tongues a few hundred feet wide break out and flow for considerable distances. A number of tongues form, crusts appear on them, and these tongues are buried by later tongues, which in turn are buried by others. In this way multiple flows are formed. Such flows differ from single flows of pahoehoe type in their greater proportion of vesicles and other cavities, a fact of importance in the movement of solutions through them.
Label Layout for Interactive 3D Illustrations

Hand-made illustrations in scientific and technical textbooks commonly use internal and external labels or legends to establish co-referential relation between pictorial elements and textual expressions. By analyzing the most complex examples, we extracted several label layout styles and classified them. We propose a variety of real-time label layout algorithms that aim to produce nice and clean layouts. In order to achieve a frame-coherent label layout during user interactions, the algorithms consider layout decisions from previous frame. Moreover, several evaluation criteria to measure the quality of static as well as dynamic label layouts are presented.