Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Body Measurement Using 3D Handheld Scanner

Body measurement is the first process that must be encountered before any custom-made compression garment can be designed. The current practice of obtaining the measurement is by traditional methods using tools like measuring tape. However, this method is considered to be time-consuming and usually not accurate. The most popular solution to the problem is by using non-contact measurement. The development of the 3D whole body scanner has made non-contact body measurement become a reality due to its capacity to capture a vast amount of information. However, the cost to buy the whole body scanner is quite expensive. Moreover, their sizes are also bulky which make them less portable. Thus, a handheld body scanner provides a solution to the problem. Despite that, current handheld scanner only provide image and visualization aspect, but not the measurement aspect. This paper reports the development of a method to acquire body data from a 3D handheld scanner. In this new method, the point cloud of a body part was collected using the handheld scanner. Then, the data was transformed into point coordinates. Several processes were developed to filter the number of points to allow for faster processing time and increasing the measurement accuracy. In the first process, only points at specific height/layers are selected. In the second process, the remaining points are rearranged according to their height and angle. In the last process, the number of points is further reduced. In this process, the number of points per layer is limited to 72 points. Results show that the method can be used to determine body measurement.
Modeling to discern nitrogen fertilization impacts on carbon sequestration in a Pacific Northwest Douglas‐fir forest in the first‐postfertilization year

This study investigated how nitrogen (N) fertilization with 200 kg N ha−1 of urea affected ecosystem carbon (C) sequestration in the first‐postfertilization year in a Pacific Northwest Douglas‐fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) stand on the basis of multiyear eddy‐covariance (EC) and soil‐chamber measurements before and after fertilization in combination with ecosystem modeling. The approach uses a data‐model fusion technique which encompasses both model parameter optimization and data assimilation and minimizes the effects of interannual climatic perturbations and focuses on the biotic and abiotic factors controlling seasonal C fluxes using a prefertilization 9‐year‐long time series of EC data (1998–2006). A process‐based ecosystem model was optimized using the half‐hourly data measured during 1998–2005, and the optimized model was validated using measurements made in 2006 and further applied to predict C fluxes for 2007 assuming the stand was not fertilized. The N fertilization effects on C sequestration were then obtained as differences between modeled (unfertilized stand) and EC or soil‐chamber measured (fertilized stand) C component fluxes. Results indicate that annual net ecosystem productivity in the first‐post‐N fertilization year increased by∼83%, from 302 ± 19 to 552 ± 36 g m−2 yr−1, which resulted primarily from an increase in annual gross primary productivity of∼8%, from 1938 ± 22 to 2095 ± 29 g m−2 yr−1 concurrent with a decrease in annual ecosystem respiration (Re) of∼5.7%, from 1636 ± 17 to 1543 ± 31 g m−2 yr−1. Moreover, with respect to respiration, model results showed that the fertilizer‐induced reduction in Re (∼93 g m−2 yr−1) principally resulted from the decrease in soil respiration Rs (∼62 g m−2 yr−1).
Vulnerability beyond Stereotypes: Context and Agency in Hurricane Risk Communication

AbstractRisk communication may accentuate or alleviate the vulnerability of people who have particular difficulties responding to the threat of hazards such as hurricanes. The process of risk communication involves how hazard information is received, understood, and responded to by individuals and groups. Thus, risk communication and vulnerability interact through peoples' knowledge, attitudes, and practices. This study explores risk communication with several groups that may be at particular risk of hurricane impacts: older adults, newer residents, and persons with disabilities. Focus groups conducted in Miami, Florida, examined how members of these groups express their own vulnerability or agency in terms of receiving, interpreting, and responding to hurricane risk information. Findings indicate that people's interactions with risk information are deeply contextual and are facilitated by their individual agency to cope with their vulnerabilities.
USO DE RECURSOS E DIETA DAS RAIAS DE ÁGUA DOCE (CHONDRICHTHYES, POTAMOTRYGONIDAE) DA RESERVA BIOLÓGICA DO PARAZINHO, AP

Elasmobranchs are present in all aquatic ecosystems. They are dominant predators of the communities where they live and play an important role in the energy transfer among the upper trophic levels. The objective of this study was to understand the diet of stingray species found in the Biological Reserve of Parazinho (Amapa), to establish the type of food preferred by the group and by each species and the annual consumption of food items by assemblages. The collections were carried out from March 2012 to January 2013 by using longlines, inspected every falling tide, cast nets, jigs, and closing of tidal channels. For stomach content analysis, we used the food importance index (IAi). We analyzed 95 stomachs of stingrays in the following species: Potamotrygon orbignyi, P. motoro, P. constellata, P. scobina, P. dumerilii, P. sp.1, and P . sp. The most important food items in the stingrays’ diet were shrimp ( Macrobrachium amazonicum ), followed by the gastropod mollusk Pomacea sp. , crab, and fish. Shrimp was considered important in all collections. The food analysis showed a general preference of stingrays for food items abundant in the study area. , The stingrays of the REBIO do Parazinho were found to be effective predators, preying on invertebrates, in particular, crustaceans followed by mollusks, insects, and annelids. The present study showed that stingrays are a group of opportunistic species that have the ability to utilize the food resources available in the environment and that they can adapt to different types of habitat and prey availability. Keywords: important food; opportunistic species; Potamotrygon .
Notes on the Merger Strategy of High versus Low-tech Industries: Complementarities and Moral Hazard

In this essay I assess the role that is played by the two characteristics of high-tech firms in shaping their corporate strategies: short product cycles and the involvement of intangible assets in production. Short product cycles impose high-tech firms to seek complementary assets for entering new markets quickly and compete. The involvement of intangible capital in high-tech production, on the other hand, is related to the distinguishing characteristic of high-tech industries for which R&D activities are observed frequently and firms employ a large proportion of scientists, engineers and technicians. In this essay, I hypothesize and show that as a result of these two characteristics high-technology firms are likely to engage in vertical mergers more often than low-technology firms and vertical mergers are likely to involve firms that employ intangible assets in production.
Early Fractions Learning of 3rd Grade Students in SD Laboratorium Unesa.

Fractions varied meanings is one of the causes of difficulties in learning fractions. These studentsÂ should be given greater opportunities to explore the meaning of fractions before they learn the relationship between fractions and operations on fractions. Although students can shading area represents a fraction, does not mean they really understand the meaning of fractions as a whole. With a realistic approach to mathematics, students are given the contextual issues of equitable distribution and measurements that involve fractions. Keyword:Â fraction meaning, relation of fraction, design research,realistic mathematics education, equitable distribution, measurement Â DOI : http://dx.doi. org/10.22342/jme.3. 1.617. 17-28
Frequency-Dependent Lg Attenuation in the Indian Platform

We use seismograms from regional earthquakes recorded on digital seismographs in peninsular India to determine the frequency-dependent Q of Lg for the Indian platform. We measure Lg attenuation by determining the decay of spectral amplitudes with distance. The available data suggest some spatial variation in attenuation but a much denser ray-path coverage would be required to validate such observations. We, therefore, combine all the measurements of overlapping regions that span both the shield and intervening terranes to obtain an average value of attenuation for the Indian platform: Lg–Q = 665 ± 10 with the frequency exponent n = 0.67 ± 0.03. This average value of Lg attenuation for the Indian platform is similar to the average for other stable regions of the globe.
Psychological IBF theory applies the most recently evolved scientific thinking to psychology

Kantor’s (1946, 1963, 1969) analysis of the history of science agreed with Einstein and Infeld (1938) and Dewey and Bentley (1949) that field theory represented the third stage of science. Scientists first regarded natural events as acting under self-contained (internal) powers. As Dewey and Bentley put it, up to the time of Galileo, the learned view was “that there exist things which completely, inherently, and hence necessarily, possess Being; that these continue eternally in action (movement) under their own power—continue, indeed in some particular action essential to them in which they are engaged” (p. 110). In the second stage of science, thinkers retained the notion of internal powers and accounted for natural phenomena in terms of forces acting between unalterable objects. Familiar standbys of classical science evolved in the second stage: the world-machine, mechanism,
Structural characterization of indium oxide nanostructures: a Raman analysis

In this work we report on structural and Raman spectroscopy measurements of pure and Sn-doped In2O3 nanowires. Both samples were found to be cubic and high quality single crystals. Raman analysis was performed to obtain the phonon modes of the nanowires and to confirm the compositional and structural information given by structural characterization. Cubic-like phonon modes were detected in both samples and their distinct phase was evidenced by the presence of tin doping. As a consequence, disorder effects were detected evidenced by the break of the Raman selection rules.
Recuperación, procesamiento y clasificación de tuits para visualizar estructuras de interacción

In the context of digital social media, where users have multiple ways to interact with others, it is important to have tools to analyze the interaction processes within these platforms. Social network analysis frequently uses node-link diagrams to represent relationships among social actors. However, the visual representation of network graphs with additional information in vertices and edges is a complex task and few programs provide this feature. We propose a system for the recovery and processing of tweets to visualize Political Communication networks. The
Lidar and true-orthorectification of infrared aerial imagery of high Pinus sylvestris forest in mountainous relief

Combination of various data sources has been demonstrated more effective than using them separately. Information retrieval is significantly improved by synergies between laser scanner and optical imagery. Digital photography relies on traditional methods for orthorectification in order to accomplish an accurate correspondence with Lidar. We investigated combinatorial techniques in a high pine forest situated in mountainous relief in the Guadarrama Range (Spain). Results have shown critical inaccuracies in the integration of these data, even when obtained simultaneously. We propose the use of Lidar-derived Digital Surface Model in the process of orthorectification of aerial imagery. We hypothesised that the use of true-orthophoto techniques for improving the planimetric accuracy of VHR can be reliable for forestry applications. The methodology slightly improved the geometrical results obtained, though radiometric results might be meaningless. Consequently, other possible solutions are also discussed.
MUSE GAS FLOW AND WIND (MEGAFLOW). I. FIRST MUSE RESULTS ON BACKGROUND QUASARS

The physical properties of galactic winds are one of the keys to understand galaxy formation and evolution. These properties can be constrained thanks to background quasar lines of sight (LOS) passing near star-forming galaxies (SFGs). We present the first results of the MusE GAs FLOw and Wind survey obtained from two quasar fields, which have eight Mg ii absorbers of which three have rest equivalent width greater than 0.8 Å. With the new Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), we detect six (75%) Mg ii host galaxy candidates within a radius of 30″ from the quasar LOS. Out of these six galaxy–quasar pairs, from geometrical argument, one is likely probing galactic outflows, where two are classified as “ambiguous,” two are likely probing extended gaseous disks and one pair seems to be a merger. We focus on the wind-pair and constrain the outflow using a high-resolution quasar spectra from the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph. Assuming the metal absorption to be due to ga;s flowing out of the detected galaxy through a cone along the minor axis, we find outflow velocities in the order of ≈150 (i.e., smaller than the escape velocity) with a loading factor, , of ≈0.7. We see evidence for an open conical flow, with a low-density inner core. In the future, MUSE will provide us with about 80 multiple galaxy−quasar pairs in two dozen fields.
Endophytes in plant system: Roles in growth promotion, mechanism and their potentiality in achieving agriculture sustainability

Intensive agriculture practices which depends heavily on unsustainable level of agrochemical inputs are environmentally harmful and the expansion of these practices to meet future needs are not economical and ecologically Sustainable. Endophytes are the group of microorganisms that inhabit plant, live inside the host microenvironment, receive protection from environmental stresses, and have greater access to nutrients with lesser competition from other microbes. Bacterial and fungal endophytes are widespread inhabitants inside plant tissues and have been shown to assist plant growth and health. They exert beneficial effects upon plants and enhance plant growth and yield either directly or indirectly via several mechanisms. Present review paper critically focused on the role of these endophytes in plant growth promotion, there different mechanism of action and their practical utility in agriculture system. This comprehensive review is based on critical study of different research works and investigations all around the globe. Paper also depicts evaluation of endophytes role in enhancing crop productivity and maintaining soil health aiming towards sustainability of agriculture in long run.
Integrating Simulation Modelling and Value Stream Mapping for Leaner Capacity Planning of an Emergency Department

Recently, the application of lean thinking in healthcare has grown significantly in response to rising demand, caused by population growth, ageing and high expectations of service quality. However, insufficient justifications and lack of quantifiable evidence are the main obstacles to convince healthcare executives to adopt lean philosophies. This paper presents a real application of the successful implementation of a methodology that integrates Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and simulation modelling to improve an emergency department (ED) of a University hospital in Dublin. Appling lean approach in operations will minimize the patient waiting time and improve service time. VSM points out to the value-added and non-value-added activities in a clear schematic way. Simulation Model is also developed for the department in order to account for the variability and complexity resulted in healthcare processes due to dynamism and sharing resources. A comparative analysis of current and future state of the ED is provided and presented to managers to illustrate the potential benefits of adopting lean practices.
Study on prevalence and identification of ticks in Humbo district, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia

The distribution and abundance of cattle tick species in Humbo woreda, Wolaita zone, was studied over a period of 6 months from November, 2011 to April, 2012. Adult ticks were collected from seven main body regions of 384 cattle which were under extensive management system. Out of the total of 384 cattle examined, 238 (61%) were found to be infested by one or more tick species. About 2,439 adult ticks were collected from the animal body parts and identified to genera and species level. Five tick species of three genera (Amblyomma, Boophilus and Rhipicephalus) were identified. The relative prevalence of each species was Boophilus decolaratus (30%), Rhipicephalus evertsi-evertsi (25%), Amblyomma varigatum (25%), A. cohaerence (11%), and A. lepidium(6%). The risk factors like sex and age of cattle did not show significant association with the infestation rate but there was association with both breeds and body conditions. The prevalence of tick infestation in medium body condition (78%), poor body condition (67%), and good body condition (57%) was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05) among the three groups of body conditions. The prevalence of tick infestation was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05) among the three breeds, with highest prevalence in exotic breeds (100%) than both cross (80%) and local breeds (58%). The result indicated that the favorable predilection sites of Amblyommaspecies are ventral body and perineum. B. decolaratus preferred dewlap, udder/scrotum, belly, leg/tail, head, and perineum. R. eversti-evertsi had a strong predilection sites for perineum, dewlap, udder/scrotum, and ears. The sex ratio of all tick species identified during this study periods was skewed towards male except forB. decolaratus. Considering the economic importance of tick and tick borne diseases (TBDs) in the Humbo district, also in the country, there should be country wide control strategy, taking into account acaricide residues in products. Key words: Attachment site, cattle, Humbo woreda, ixodidae, prevalence, tick burden.
Experiences of Being Non-Smoking among Adolescents in a Smoking Context

Introduction: A study among Greenlandic 13-year-old showed that 68 percent for boys and 55 percent for girls, and at age 15, 46 percent of the boys and 32 percent of the girls were non-smokers. A literature review showed that the behaviour of parents and peers, attitudes and expectations were crucial factors for the smoking habits of adolescents. Young adults would more likely start smoking if their parents, older siblings and/or friends were smokers. Parental support has been proven to be a preventive factor against smoking, especially if the school and leisure centers get involved. Group pressure, directly or indirectly, is often described as the most important reason why adolescents start smoking. The purpose was to study why some adolescents choose to be smoke-free in a society where the norm is to smoke. Methods: Adolescents who were non-smokers were interviewed in focus groups. The material was analysed using content analysis. Results: The contents analysis of the text resulted in eleven categories. Based on these, four themes were developed. These themes covered areas on the reasons for being smoke-free; how the smoke-free adolescents generally felt about smokers from a society or environment perspective, and also specifically from an individual perspective, such as how smokers took up space and did not show any consideration. There was a feeling among non-smokers of not belonging and of ambivalence, as well as a perspective of the future for adolescents in Greenland and an uncertainty about what would be required for a smoke-free environment. Conclusions: In a context where the norm is to smoke, the adolescents need to make a conscious choice to be smoke-free, and there were different reasons for this choice. This choice means becoming an outsider in their group of peers as well as the overall social culture. Smokers were seen as taking up too much space, as their needs ruled and this was deemed inconsiderate.
Influence of dynamic exercise on doppler parameters of left ventricular diastolic function in single vessel coronary artery disease and healthy population

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the influence of dynamic exercise on selected doppler parameters of global left ventricular diastolic function in single vessel coronary artery disease patients and in healthy population. Material and methods: 135 patients entered the study. Coronary artery disease (CAD) was angiographically confirmed in 84 patients. Epicardial coronary arteries proved to be normal in 51 patients, who were qualified for coronary arteriography because of suspected CAD. These pts entered the control group. Echocardiographic evaluation of selected doppler parameters of global left ventricular diastolic function at rest and on exertion (bicycle ergometry) was performed in all patients. Results: The obtained values of the measured doppler LV diastolic function parameters at rest in CAD patients differed significantly from the ones in healthy population. IVRT and tdecE were significantly longer in CAD patients than in healthy population. E/A ratio was reduced in CAD patients when compared to healthy persons. The doppler LV diastolic function parameters did not change in response to exercise in CAD patients when compared with baseline values. The significant increase in E velocity, decrease in tdecE and IVRT in comparison with baseline values were observed in healthy population.
Faecal indicator organisms in the Renoster Spruit system of the Modder-Riet River catchment and implications for human users of the water

The impact of a variety of urban discharges from Bloemfontein on the numbers of microbiological faecal indicator organisms in the water of the Renoster Spruit subcatchment was investigated using E. coli, C. perfringens and somatic coliphages as microbial indicators. The no-observed-adverse-effect-levels for the occurrence of these organisms in water intended for domestic purposes, for full-body contact recreation as well as irrigation of crops that may be eaten raw, were exceeded. The results indicated that the faecally polluted urban runoff, in combination with inadequately treated wastewater effluents, overcame the assimilation capacity of the Renoster Spruit in the immediate vicinity of the city to such an extent that it posed a possible risk of infection to potential water users for considerable distances downstream from the urban area. The high levels of faecal indicators in the Renoster Spruit diminished to such an extent downstream that the receiving Modder River, directly downstream from the confluence with the Renoster Spruit, posed an infection risk for domestic users only but not for recreational users of the water. Water at this point could also be used to irrigate crops eaten raw.