Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MIRROR NEURONS AND EMBODIED SIMULATION IN VISUAL ART ( Aesthetics and Art therapy )

One of the most remarkable discoveries in neuroscience is Mirror Neuron System (MNS) which could explain a host of mental abilities that was mysterious and inaccessible to experiments. This finding also was very helpful in discussing some questions in neuroaesthetics about the connecting role of visual art (notably sculpture and painting), including: How does art connect people? How can a work of art be the artist’s language, talking to the beholders? How do beholders participate in the experience of creating an artwork just by observing the final work? How can art be the communication media beyond the time, place and culture? In addition, discovery of MNS could provide knowledge about importance of sculpture and painting in art therapy from neurobiological perspective, answering questions such as: How can art have therapeutic effects through promoting the interpersonal relationship and social engagement? How does art therapy facilitate the patient’s verbal expression in the process of psychotherapy? In this study the attempt has been made to discuss the above questions and describe the visual art as a form of communication, from the neuroscience point of view. Therefore, through a systematic review of literature, this study explores the MNS researches in aesthetics and art therapy, provides an in-depth knowledge of MNS function in Visual art.
Research on the Adjustment Path of Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry Organizational Structure under the Evaluation & Approval System Reforming

Objective: Drug Evaluation & Approval System Reforming (EASR) is a major initiative of the State Council’s “Delegate power and optimize service” and “random inspection and information disclosure” policies in the R&D of pharmaceutical industry. The research aims to analyze the impact of drug EASR on the Chinese pharmaceutical organizational structure since 2015. Methods: Based on the relationship analysis between EASR and the organization structure of the government and pharmaceutical industry, this paper uses the Panel Data model to analyze the relevant factors affecting the R&D organizational structure. Results and Conclusion: The results show that it is significantly and positively correlated between the clinical trial behavior and the technology incubator, the domestic technology transfer and the technology macro environment. The organizational structure optimization path of the pharmaceutical industry based on the EASR includes the specialized division, big data model, international cooperation, MAH and technology finance model.
THERMO-HYDROMETRIC ARGUMENTS IN THE DEMONSTRATION OF FOEHNAL CIRCULATION IN COTNARI, ROMANIA

The foehnal circulation from Cotnari is a meteorological reality demonstrated through the statistical, cartographic and graphical analyses realized on the basis of the data processing of a program of hourly observations made in 12 representative points of the researched territory, carried out for 8 months. Our analyses confirm that from a thermal point of view the foehn brings an average thermal increase of 1.3-1.5 ° C and a hygric deficit of 8-9%. In clear cases with foehn (that represent 4.5% of the time monitored), the thermal and hygric consequences are doubled in value.
Functional analysis of an appressorium-spesific gene from Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

A novel gene (CAS2) specifically expressed during appressorium formation was isolated from Colletotrichum gleosporioides using Differential Display RT-PCR. CAS2 comprises 368 deduced amino acid residues and is 50% identical to a hypothetical protein from Chaetomium globosum. ProtFun 2.2 server analysis predicted that Cas2 functions as a transport and binding protein. Based on putative transmembrane domain prediction software (HMMTOP), Cas2 protein is composed of five alpha-helical transmembrane domains with a very short external N-terminus tail and long internal C-terminus. ExPASy ScanProsite analysis showed the presence of integrin beta chain cysteine-rich domain, N-myristoylation site, EGF-like domain, 2Fe-2S ferredoxins, iron-sulfur binding region, VWFC domain, fungal hydrophobins signature, membrane lipoprotein lipid attachment site and Janus-faced atracotoxin (J-ACTX) family signature in CAS2 protein. Mutants with deleted CAS2 were not significantly different in terms of vegetative growth, conidiation, and appressoria production compared to wild type. However, the cas2 mutant produced multipolar germination, a feature which distinguishes it from wild type strain. Interestingly, the mutant is non-virulent to mango fruits, indicating that CAS2 may encode proteins that function as novel virulence factors in fungal pathogens.
Representation of Multiple Acoustic Sources in a Virtual Image of the Field of Audition from Binaural Synthetic Aperture Processing as the Head is Turned

The representation of multiple acoustic sources in a virtual image of the field of audition based on binaural synthetic-aperture computation (SAC) is described through use of simulated inter-aural time delay (ITD) data. Directions to the acoustic sources may be extracted from the image. ITDs for multiple acoustic sources at an effective instant in time are implied for example by multiple peaks in the coefficients of a short-time base (≈2.25 ms for an antennae separation of 0.15 m) cross correlation function (CCF) of acoustic signals received at the antennae. The CCF coefficients for such peaks at the time delays measured for a given orientation of the head are then distended over lambda circles in a short-time base instantaneous acoustic image of the field of audition. Numerous successive short-time base images of the field of audition generated as the head is turned are integrated into a mid-time base (up to say 0.5 s) acoustic image of the field of audition. This integration as the head turns constitutes a SAC. The intersections of many lambda circles at points in the SAC acoustic image generate maxima in the integrated CCF coefficient values recorded in the image. The positions of the maxima represent the directions to acoustic sources. The locations of acoustic sources so derived provide input for a process managing the long-time base (>10s of seconds) acoustic image of the field of audition representing the robot’s persistent acoustic environmental world view. The virtual images could optionally be displayed on monitors external to the robot to assist system debugging and inspire ongoing development.
Regional Councils in a Global Context: Council Types and Council Elements

Propelled by the increasing global competition for location qualities and production factors of (economic) regions in the age of globalization, regional councils have been introduced on sub-national levels in a number of countries. However, the conditions to develop and to govern these regional spaces vary massively in global comparison. Based on three types of elements for the well-functioning of regional councils, in this study, ten regional councils across the globe have been analysed and compared by carrying out qualitative web researches and expert’s interviews. Results show that although huge differences between the political organizations in the globally selected case studies exist, two main forms and two sub-types of councils—with a specific functional orientation—can be identified. The aim of the paper is to provide an analytical framework that can be used in analysing regional councils or in processes to develop regional councils further.
Search for Zeeman-splitting of OH 6.035 GHz line in the young planetary nebula K 3-35

Magnetic field could play a role in the formation and early evolution of non-spherical planetary nebulae (PNe). The predominant source of information of the magnetic fields in PNe is the polarization observations of maser emission. To date, distinct and/or possible Zeeman pairs have only been reported towards four PNe by measuring the OH ground-state transitions at 1.6–1.7 GHz. With the C-band (4–8 GHz) receiving system of the Shanghai TianMa 65-m radio telescope, we aim to search for possible Zeeman pairs of the PNe towards which the OH excited-state 6.035 GHz maser lines have been detected. For the young PN K 3-35, a new emission component near VLSR = 20.5 km s−1, which is currently the strongest (Ipeak ∼ 0.3 Jy) among the four components towards K 3-35 is detected. A clear S-shaped feature corresponding to this new emission component is observed in the Stokes V spectrum. Frequency shifts are seen between the fitted left-hand circular polarization and right-hand circular polarization emission peaks for the two emission components near VLSR = 19.7 and 20.5 km s−1. If the S-shaped profile and the frequency shifts are the results of Zeeman-splitting, the line-of-sight magnetic field strengths of +2.9 ± 0.6 and +4.5 ± 0.4 mG can be inferred for these two emission components, respectively.
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations of X‐shaped radio sources

We present results from a study of X-shaped sources based on observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These observations were motivated by our low-frequency study of 3C 223.1, an X-shaped radio source, which showed that the wings (or low surface brightness jets) have flatter spectral indices than that of the active lobes (or high surface brightness jets), a result not easily explained by most models. We have now obtained GMRT data at 240 and 610 MHz for almost all the known X-shaped radio sources and have studied the distribution of the spectral indices across the sources. While the radio morphologies of all the sources at 240 and 610 MHz show the characteristic X-shape, the spectral characteristics of the X-shaped radio sources seem to fall into three categories, namely, sources in which (i) the wings have flatter spectral indices than the active lobes have, (ii) the wings and the active lobes have comparable spectral indices, and (iii) the wings have steeper spectral indices than the active lobes have. We discuss the implications of the new observational results on the various formation models that have been proposed for X-shaped sources.
Pump it or Leave it ? A Water Resource Evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa

1 Abstract In Sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 184 million people rely on hand pumps for their water supply. The goal of this study is to develop an algorithm that can predict hand pump sustainability in low-income countries based on a minimum of data collected on the field. Predicting the sustainability of a hand pump at a given point in time can help shorten the time for NGOs to provide support and organize targeted maintenance operations in remote areas. Using the Taarifa dataset, we trained, compared and optimized different machine learning algorithms to predict three categorical features of the dataset that were identified as possible indicators of hand pump sustainability: functionality of the hand pump, quantity of water delivered, and quality of water delivered. Logistic Regression, Gaussian Discriminant Analysis, Support Vector Machine, Decision Trees and Neural Networks algorithms were tested on our dataset. We then optimized Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and Neural Networks, ultimately combining them with a Voting Ensemble Classifier. The Random Forest algorithm had the best performance when looking at F1 and MCC scores. However, the Voting Ensemble method yielded better distributed results across all classes.
Accelerating and simulating detected physical interations

The aim of this doctoral thesis is to present a body of work aimed at improving performance and developing new methods for animating physical interactions using simulation in virtual environments. To this end we develop a number of novel parallel collision detection and fracture simulation algorithms. Methods for traversing and constructing bounding volume hierarchies (BVH) on graphics processing units (GPU) have had a wide success. In particular, they have been adopted widely in simulators, libraries and benchmarks as they allow applications to reach new heights in terms of performance. Even with such a development however, a thorough adoption of techniques has not occurred in commercial and practical applications. Due to this, parallel collision detection on GPUs remains a relatively niche problem and a wide number of applications could benefit from a significant boost in proclaimed performance gains. In fracture simulations, explicit surface tracking methods have a good track record of success. In particular they have been adopted thoroughly in 3D modelling and animation software like Houdini [124] as they allow accurate simulation of intricate fracture patterns with complex interactions, which are generated using physical laws. Even so, existing methods can pose restrictions on the geometries of simulated objects. Further, they often have tight dependencies on implicit surfaces (e.g. level sets) for representing cracks and performing cutting to produce rigid-body fragments. Due to these restrictions, catering to various geometries can be a challenge and the memory cost of using implicit surfaces can be detrimental and without guarantee on the preservation of sharp features. We present our work in four main chapters. We first tackle the problem in the accelerating collision detection on the GPU via BVH traversal one of the most demanding components during collision detection. Secondly, we show the construction of a new representation of the BVH called the ostensibly implicit tree a layout of nodes in memory which is encoded using the bitwise representation of the number of enclosed objects in the tree (e.g. polygons). Thirdly, we shift paradigm to the task of simulating breaking objects after collision: we show how traditional finite elements can be extended as a way to prevent frequent re-meshing during fracture evolution problems. Finally, we show how the fracture surface–represented as an explicit (e.g. triangulated) surface mesh–is used to generate rigid body fragments using a novel approach to mesh cutting.
Design and FDM/FFF Implementation of a Compact Omnidirectional Wheel for a Mobile Robot and Assessment of ABS and PLA Printing Materials

This paper proposes the design and 3D printing of a compact omnidirectional wheel optimized to create a small series of three-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robots. The omnidirectional wheel proposed is based on the use of free-rotating passive wheels aligned transversally to the center of the main wheel and with a constant separation gap. This paper compares a three inner-passive wheels design based on mass-produced parts and 3D printed elements. The inner passive wheel that better combines weight, cost, and friction is implemented with a metallic ball bearing fitted inside a 3D printed U-grooved ring that holds a soft toric joint. The proposed design has been implemented using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and tough polylactic acid (PLA) as 3D printing materials in order to empirically compare the deformation of the weakest parts of the mechanical design. The conclusion is that the most critical parts of the omnidirectional wheel are less prone to deformation and show better mechanical properties if they are printed horizontally (with the axes that hold the passive wheels oriented parallel to the build surface), with an infill density of 100% and using tough PLA rather than ABS as a 3D printing material.
PIV measurement of internal structure of diesel fuel spray

Abstract This paper reports particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements of diesel fuel spray injected from a single-hole nozzle at injection pressures ranging from 30 to 70 MPa, which are comparable to partial-load operating conditions of commercial diesel engines. The fuel is injected into a non-combusting environment pressurized up to 2.0 MPa. A laser-induced fluorescent (LIF) technique is utilized to visualize internal structures of fuel sprays formed by densely-distributing droplets. A specially designed synchronization system is developed to acquire double-frame spray images at an arbitrary time delay after injection. A direct cross-correlation PIV technique is applied to measure instantaneous droplet velocity distribution. Unique large-scale structures in droplet concentration, called ‘branch-like structures’ by Azetsu et al. (1990), are observed and shown to be associated with active vortical motions, which appear to be responsible for the mixing between droplets and the surrounding gas. It is found that the droplets tend to move out of the vortical structures and accumulate in the regions of low vorticity. Some other interesting features concerning droplet velocity fields are also presented.
Augmented reality for SCADA

Questions of construction of the Augmented Reality for application in SCADA-systems are considered. It is marked, that last years researchers from Russia actively started studying this branch. The author considers the augmented reality in a section of a reality-virtuality continuum taking into account restrictions of memory of the operator and social aspect of application augmented reality. Recommendations on environmental analysis and reading of data from display devices are given. The greatest efficiency of application augmented reality is seen in joint activity and carrying out of works which demand coordinated work. The necessity of the further researches for developing of network architecture, safety, confidentiality and protection against extraneous intervention is noted. Advantage of augmented reality is reuse of software, databases and knowledge. At the replacement of maintenance staff and users of SCADA-system there is no need to teach them all the knowledge and skills at once. They will receive them directly in the process of application.
Low Dose of Genistein Alleviates Mono-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate-Induced Fetal Testis Disorder Based on Organ Culture Model

Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) and genistein have been classified as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which interfere with the differentiation and development of the male reproductive system. However, how these two EDCs would affect fetal rat testis development at a low dose was rarely studied. In this study, we established the organ culture system and applied it to evaluate testicular effects following multiple EDC exposure at a low dose. 15.5 days postcoitum fetal rat testes were dissected, cultured, and exposed to vehicle (control), GEN (1 μmol/L, G), MEHP (1 μmol/L, M), or GEN (1 μmol/L)+MEHP (1 μmol/L, G+M). Testicular cell markers, testosterone concentration, redox state, testicular histology, and testicular ultrastructure were evaluated. Our results showed that a low dose of MEHP suppressed the development of Sertoli cells, Leydig cells, and gonocytes by triggering oxidative injuries, which was consistent with the ultrastructural findings. However, coadministration of genistein at a low dose could partially attenuate MEHP-induced fetal testis damage through antioxidative action. Cotreatment of genistein at a low dose may have a promising future on its protecting role for attenuating other EDC-induced reproductive disorders during early life. Based on the results, it can be speculated that dietary intake of isoflavones may make the fetal testis less susceptible to phthalate-induced injury.
Collaborated Tasks-driven Mobile Charging and Scheduling: A Near Optimal Result

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) has emerged into an inspiringly commercial and applicable era to charge devices. Existing studies mainly focus on general charging patterns and metrics while overlooking the collaborated task execution, which incurs charging inefficiency among nodes. In this paper we first advocate the collaborated tasks-driven mobile charging and scheduling to respect the energy requirement diversity. Specially, the mobile charging scheduling strategy is considered to maximize the overall task utility which concerns sensor selection and task cooperation. Unfortunately, solving this problem is non-trivial, because it involves solving two coupling NP-hard problems. In tackling with this difficulty, we construct a surrogate function with specific theoretical analysis of its submodularity and gap property. Then, we approximate the traveling cost to transform the formulated problem into an essentially monotone submodular function optimization subject to a general routing constraint, where we propose $a (1-\ 1/e)/4$-approximation algorithm. Extensive simulations are conducted and the results show that our algorithm can achieve a near-optimal solution covering at least S4.9% of the optimal result achieved by the OPT algorithm. Furthermore, field experiments in office room and soccer field environment with 10 and 20 sensors are implemented respectively to validate our proposed algorithm.
Rates of delirium associated with calcium channel blockers compared to diuretics, renin-angiotensin system agents and beta-blockers: An electronic health records network study

Background: Antihypertensive drugs, especially calcium channel blockers, have been associated with differential rates of a number of neuropsychiatric outcomes. Delirium is commonly attributed to medication, including antihypertensive drugs, but delirium incidence has not been compared directly between antihypertensive drug classes. Methods: Using a federated electronic health records network of 25.5 million people aged 50 years or older, we measured rates of delirium over a two-year period in patients prescribed calcium channel blockers compared to the other main antihypertensive drug classes. Extensive propensity score matching was used to create cohorts matched for a range of demographic factors and delirium risk factors. Negative control outcomes were also measured. Results: Cohort sizes ranged from 54,000–577,000. Delirium was more common with calcium channel blockers than with renin-angiotensin system agents (~40% higher) but less common than with beta-blockers (~20% lower). These differences remained when patients with a range of other delirium risk factors were excluded, and they were not paralleled by the negative control outcomes. Comparisons between calcium channel blockers and diuretics produced inconclusive results. Conclusions: Calcium channel blockers are associated with higher rates of delirium than renin-angiotensin system agents, but lower rates compared to beta-blockers. The findings add to the list of factors which may be considered when choosing antihypertensive drug class.
Who Follows the Referendum Campaign? The Effect of Political Interest and Media Use in Bulgaria

ABSTRACT The content of referendum campaigns and their effects on voters has been broadly covered in the literature. However, there is little information about who follows the campaigns. To address this gap in the literature our article analyzes what determines the people who vote in referendums to pay attention to the political campaign. The analysis focuses on the 2016 referendum in Bulgaria and uses individual-level data from an original survey. The findings indicate that high interest in politics and the use of traditional media increased the level of campaign following. Online news consumption and political participation had a lower positive effect.
Artificial Infection of Mycobacterium marinum Isolated from Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata in Japan

Artificial infection was conducted to determine the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium marinum isolated from cultured yellowtail at a farm in Kagoshima Prefecture. Gross findings observed in the fish examined in this study were same with mycobacteriosis in cultured yellowtail naturally infected with Mycobacterium sp. In addition, histopathological features found in the fish of two and three weeks after inoculation were quite similar to those in the naturally infected fish. From the results, the bacterial strain used in this study was demonstrated to be a causative agent of the clinical case.