Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does consumer healthy lifestyle influence the consumption patterns of Malaysian consumers?

This paper was designed to examine the effects of price and place on the consumption patterns of healthy food and a healthy lifestyle, as well as the mediating effects of a healthy lifestyle between the specified linkages. A quantitative research design approach as selected, and a questionnaire was formulated for primary data collection. The variables were measured using 21 items sourced from previous studies. The systematic sampling technique assessed all the items using a five-point Likert Scale, with 500 questionnaires distributed to academicians from four Malaysian Universities. A total of 357 responses were received, representing a 71.4% response rate. The analysis utilized Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression and descriptive methods. The findings suggest that there is a direct relationship indicating that consumers’ healthy lifestyle, price, and place are significant predictors of consumption patterns. Furthermore, the mediating effects of a healthy lifestyle show that it plays a significant role in mediating the relationship between price and place with consumption patterns. Malaysian consumers have a strong concern about healthy food consumption patterns. It is recommended that managers prioritize strategies that place more significance on promoting a healthy lifestyle in the context of healthy food consumption patterns. The study also discusses the implications for various stakeholders, along with its limitations, and provides recommendations for future research.
Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as $20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend $200 billion. How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup . Both the Olympics and the World Cup are touted as major economic boons for the countries that host them, and the competition is fierce to win hosting rights. Developing countries especially see the events as a chance to stand in the world's spotlight. Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess. It exposes the hollowness of the claims made by their private industry boosters and government supporters, all illustrated through a series of case studies ripping open the experiences of Barcelona, Sochi, Rio, and London. Zimbalist finds no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the Olympics or the World Cup. While the wealthy may profit, those in the middle and lower income brackets do not, and Zimbalist predicts more outbursts of political anger like that seen in Brazil surrounding the 2014 World Cup.
New Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from Qilian orogenic belt and its tectonic implications

Lower Cretaceous red sedimentary rocks from the depositional basin of East Qilian fold belt have been collected for a paleomagnetic study. Stepwise thermal demagnetization reveals two or three components of magnetization from dark red sandstones. Low-temperature magnetic component is consistent with the present Earth Field direction in geographic coordinates. High-temperature magnetic components are mainly carried by hematite. The mean pole of 19 sites for high-temperature magnetic components after tilt-correction is λ=62.2° N, ϕ=193.4° E, A95=3.2°, and it passes fold tests at 99% confidence level and reversal tests at 95% confidence level. The paleopole is insignificantly different from that of Halim et al. (1998) from the same sampling area at the 95% confidence level. Compared with paleomagnetic results for North China, South China, and Eurasia, our results suggest that no significant relative latitudinal displacement has taken place between Lanzhou region and these blocks since Cretaceous time. Remarkably, the pole of Lanzhou shows a 20° clockwise rotation with respect to those of North China, South China, and Eurasia. Geological information indicates that the crustal shortening in the western part of Qilian is greater than that in eastern part. In this case, the clockwise rotation of sampling area was related to India/Eurasia collision, and this collision resulted in a left-lateral strike-slip motion of the Altun fault in north Tibetan Plateau after the Cretaceous.
Law of international aquifers

This study presents an accounting of the efforts made to date at the international level, both intergovernmental and nongovernmental, that may be bringing us closer to the time when transnational groundwater consideration can be studied and acted upon in conjunction with surface water and within intergovernmental institutions tailored to the purpose. A review of the Helsinki Rules and international developments since 1966 is followed by a summary of trends at the municipal level of separating water rights from the property law concept of ownership. The transboundary nature of frontier aquifers is still resisted by many at the political level, but the steadily growing demand for water and the heightened threats to groundwater quality are making it more difficult to avoid the issue. Until the day when an international aquifer receives the same attention as surface waters, water-resource specialists must continue to study the conditions of aquifers, to probe for the most-appropriate management techniques, and to promote optimum utilization and protection. 65 references.
EKOSISTEM MANGROVE SEBAGAI OBYEK WISATA ALAM DI KAWASAN KONSERVASI MANGROVE DAN BEKANTAN DI KOTA TARAKAN

Kawasan Konservasi Mangrove Bekantan (KKMB) di Kota Tarakan Kalimantan Timur dibangun sebagai tempat pendidikan mangrove dan konservasi bekantan. Pengelolaan selanjutnya berkembang menjadi daerah tujuan wisata, sehingga diperlukan kajian kesesuaian ekosistem mangrove dan persepsi pengunjung dalam rangka mendukung program tersebut. Studi ini meliputi analisis vegetasi mangrove, kandungan logam berat di dalam tanah dan tekstur substrat tanah, keberadaan satwaliar dan biota perairan, kondisi pasang surut dan persepsi pengunjung KKMB. Tipe ekosistem mangrove KKMB terdiri dari hutan alam yang didominasi Rhizophora apiculata (INP = 106,94%) dan kawasan perluasan didominasi oleh Sonneratia alba (INP= 113,50%). Analisis substrat tanah menunjukkan indikasi pencemaran logam berat yang tinggi seperti Pb (20,63-33,41 ppm) sebagai dampak negatif kegiatan transportasi masyarakat. Salah satu jenis biota perairan yang dimanfaatkan masyarakat adalah Telescopium telescopium yang merupakan jenis yang dilindungi. Ditemukan 25 individu bekantan ( Nasalis larvatus ) dan 18 jenis burung. Penilaian kesesuaian kawasan KKMB menunjukkan hutan alam (80,26%) dan kawasan perluasan (92,10%) sangat sesuai dan memenuhi kriteria sebagai obyek wisata alam, ditunjang oleh persepsi pengunjung yang tertarik kepada keindahan alam, satwaliar, dan biotik perairan.
Conservative cooperative spectrum sensing without CRC in CR network

Cooperative spectrum sensing can detect the primary signal more reliably via exploiting spatial diversity, which usually requires extra common reporting channel for cognitive radios to exchange local sensing decision. In this letter, we propose a conservative cooperative spectrum sensing scheme, which can utilize the licensed channel for transmitting local sensing decision with limited interference to primary users. The new scheme can save the common reporting channel without sacrificing ROC performance and mitigate total interference probability compared with conventional cooperative sensing scheme.
The family keyworker as a critical element for attachment resilience in the face of adversity

Attachment resilience is the ability of attachment relationships to survive adversity and maintain their functions in the face of stress and is a critical component of personal and family resilience. This property is the result of interactive influences across multiple systems of care. In this way, security is transferred across what we call chains of security. This paper will delve into how family keyworkers (i.e., professionals who are referential and responsible for family intervention plans) function as a critical link within these chains of security for hard‐to‐reach families: first, through attachment‐like relationships that foster attachment resilience within families that are vulnerable or face adversity, and second, as receptors and transmitters of security by means of attachment‐centered supervision. Sensitivity, repair, and mentalization are highlighted as key processes constant across these multisystemic levels.
River flow modelling in two large river basins with non‐stationary behaviour: the Paraná and the Niger

A conceptual water balance model is applied in a distributed structure to model monthly river flow in tributaries of two very large river systems which exhibit non‐stationary behaviour, the Paraná in South America and the Niger in West Africa. The approach utilises global data sets of rainfall and potential evaporation (PE) time series and soil available water capacity at 0·5 degree latitude and longitude resolution. River flow data for tributaries ranging in size from 631 to 71 510 km2 for the period 1931–1990 (Paraná) and 1950–1989 (Niger) are used to calibrate and validate the model. The results show varying degrees of model performance during both the calibration and validation procedure. The analysis highlights some interesting issues pertaining to the development and application of water balance models such as sensitivity of model performance and parameter values to input data sets, particularly the method chosen to estimate PE. The paper ends with an analysis of prolonged fluctuation in flow characteristics exhibited by both rivers after the early 1970s, associated with fluctuation in rainfall regime and possibly change in land use or land cover. Between 1931–1971 and 1972–1990 Paraná river flows increased by ∼28% (rainfall increase ∼5%) and between 1950–1969 and 1970–1989 Niger river flows decreased by ∼34% (rainfall decrease ∼14%). Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DETERMINAÇÃO DO ÍNDICE DE DISPONIBILIDADE HÍDRICA PARA CASCAVEL, PR

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram determinar e analisar o Indice de Disponibilidade de Umidade (IDU) proposto por Hargreaves e Merkley. Para essas determinacoes, a evapotranspiracao potencial foi estimada pelos metodos de Camargo, Thornthwaite e Hargreaves-Samani. Utilizou-se uma serie pluvial, na cidade de Cascavel, PR referente ao periodo de 01-01-1973 a 31-12-2001. Os Indices de Disponibilidade de Umidade mostraram a existencia de excedente hidrico na maioria dos meses, quando determinado em funcao da evapotranspiracao pelos metodos de Thornthwaite e Camargo, e deficit pelo metodo de Hargreaves-Samani. O IDU determinado na forma decendial apresentou deficit hidrico em agosto para os tres metodos de evapotranspiracao. Ressalta-se, entretanto, que o IDU usando-se o metodo de Hargreaves-Samani, mostrou deficits hidricos nos meses de abril, julho, setembro e novembro. UNITERMOS: Evapotranspiracao potencial, indice hidrico, e precipitacao pluvial. SCHNEIDER, D. S. L. G. ; BOAS, M. A. V. ; URIBE-OPAZO, M. A. ; MACEDO JUNIOR. ; E. DETERMINATION OF HUMIDITY AVAILABILITY INDEX FOR THE REGION OF CASCAVEL IN THE STATE OF PARANA 2 ABSTRACT The objective of this paper was to determine and analyze Humidity Availability Index (HAI) proposed by Hargreaves and Merkley. For these determinations, potential evapotranspiration was estimated by Camargo, Thornthwaite, and Hargreaves-Samani methods. A pluvial series was used in the city of Cascavel, PR, Brazil, measured from 0 1-01-1973 to 12-31-2001 . HAIs showed the existence of excessive hydric volume in almost all months when determined in favor of evapotranspiration using Thornthwaite and Camargos’s methods, and a deficit using Hargreaves-Samani’s method. Determined descending HAI showed a hydric deficit in August for all three evapotranspiration methods. However, using Hargeaves-Samani method, HAI presented a hydric deficit in the months of April, June, September, and November. KEY WORDS: Evapotranspiration, Hydric Index, rainfall
Nonconvex Regularization with Multi-Weighted Strategy for Real Color Image Denoising

Most existing image denoising methods commonly assume that the image is contaminated by additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). However, real-world color image noise exhibits more complicated distribution properties, making it challenging to develop an accurate model. Consequently, denoising methods designed for AWGN often fail to achieve satisfactory performance on real-world images. In this paper, we present a novel multi-channel optimization model for real-world color images denoising within the multi-weighted Schatten p -norm minimization. Our proposed model utilizes the weighted Schatten p -norm as the regularization term, while the data fidelity term employs two weight matrices to balance the noise level across channels and regions. Besides, it helps to preserve as much detail as possible in the recovered image while removing noise. Although our proposed model is nonconvex and has no analytical solution, an accurate and efficient optimization algorithm is established based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs) framework. Finally, we demonstrate the superior performance of our proposed method over existing state-of-the-art models on three real image datasets.
Sinonasal adenocarcinoma following styrene exposure in the reinforced plastics industry

Background Sinonasal adenocarcinoma is a rare disease expected to have rare causes and potential for strong risk factors as reflected by the strong association with occupational wood dust exposure. High level styrene exposure is a rare and suspected carcinogen, and this study examines the exposure–response relation between occupational styrene exposure, sinonasal adenocarcinoma and other subtypes. Methods We followed 73 092 styrene-exposed workers from 1968 to 2011 and identified sinonasal cancers in the Danish Cancer Registry. We modelled cumulative styrene exposure and estimated incidence rates and age, sex and wood-industry adjusted ORs. Results During 1 585 772 person-years, we observed nine cases of adenocarcinoma, corresponding to a fivefold non-significantly increased OR for estimates of high versus low cumulative styrene exposure (OR 5.11, 95% CI 0.58 to 45.12). The increased risk was confined to exposure received during the recent 15 years. The other histological subtypes showed no increased risk. Conclusion This study suggests increased risk of sinonasal adenocarcinoma following styrene exposure. The observations are, however, few, confounding from wood dust exposure cannot be ruled out, and additional studies are needed before firm conclusions can be drawn.
Empirical transfer functions: Application to determination of outermost core velocity structure using SmKS phases

SmKS waves provide good resolution of outer‐core velocity structure, but are affected by heterogeneity in the D″ region. We have developed an Empirical Transfer Function (ETF) technique that transforms a reference pulse (here, SmKS) into a target waveform (SKKS) by: (1) time‐windowing the respective pulses, (2) applying Wiener deconvolution, and (3) convolving the output with a Gaussian waveform. Common source and path effects are implicitly removed by this process. We combine ETFs from 446 broadband seismograms to produce a global stack, from which S3KS‐SKKS differential time can be measured accurately. As a result of stacking, the scatter in our measurements (0.43 s) is much less than the 1.29 s scatter in previous compilations. Although our data do not uniquely constrain outermost core velocities, we show that the fit of most standard models can be improved by perturbing the outermost core velocity. Our best‐fitting model is formed using IASP91 with PREM‐like velocity at the top of the core.
Applying Clustering to Predict Attackers Trace in Deceptive Ecosystem by Harmonizing Multiple Decoys Interactions Logs

Bluff and truth are major pillars of deception technology. Deception technology majorly relies on decoy-generated data and looks for any behavior deviation to flag that interaction as an attack or not. But at times a legitimate user can also do suspicious decoy interactions due to lack of knowledge and can be categorized under the “ATTACK” category which in a true sense should not be flagged that way. Hence, there is a need of doing collaborative analysis on honeypot, which are set up to monitor and log activities of sources that compromise or probe them. This goldmine provides ample information about the attacker intent and target, how it is moving forward in the kill chain as this information can be used to enhance threat intelligence and upgrade behaviors analysis rules. In this paper, decoys which are strategically placed in the network pointing to various databases, services, and Ips are used providing information of interactions made. This data is analyzed to understand underlying facts which can help in strengthening defense strategy, it also enhances confidence on the findings as analysis is not restricted to single decoy interaction which could be false positive or un-intentional in nature but analyzing holistically to conclude on the exact attack patten and progression. With experiment we have highlighted is reconciling various honeypots data and weighing IP visits and Honeypot interaction counts against scores and then using KNN and Weightage KNN to derive inclination of target IP against Source IP which can also be summarized as direction of Attack and count/frequency of interaction from highlights criticality of the interactions. Used KNN and W-KNN have shown approx. 94% accuracy which is best in class, also silhouette score highlighted high cohesion of data points in the experiment. Moreover, this was also analyzed that increasing the number of decoys in the analysis helps in getting better confidence on attack probability and direction.
A Review and Assessment of Land-Use Change Models Dynamics of Space, Time, and Human Choice

A review of different types of land-use change models incorporating human processes. Presents a framework to compare land-use change models in terms of scale (both spatial and temporal) and complexity, and how well they incorporate space, time, and human decisionmaking. Examines a summary set of 250 relevant citations and develops a bibliography of 136 papers. From these papers, 19 land-use models are reviewed in detail as representative of the broader set of models. Summarizes and discusses the 19 models in terms of dynamic (temporal) and spatial interactions, as well as human decisionmaking. Many raster models examined mirror the extent and resolution of remote-sensing data. The broadest-scale models generally are not spatially explicit. Models incorporating higher levels of human decisionmaking are more centrally located with respect to spatial and temporal scales, probably due to the lack of data availability at more extreme scales. Examines the social drivers of land-use change and methodological trends and concludes with some proposals for future directions in land-use modeling.
Financial Analysts and the Pricing of Accruals

We test predictions relating to the role of financial analysts in aiding investors' assessment of the different valuation implications of the cash flow and accrual components of earnings. First, we examine whether analysts revise their forecasts of future earnings in anticipation of predictable accrual reversals. Then, we examine whether share prices reflect predictable accrual reversals differently depending on analyst activity. Our findings suggest that analysts act as sophisticated information intermediaries in that some analysts are able to identify firms with less persistent accruals. However, share prices do not reflect the information conveyed by analyst forecast revisions. Rather, investors appear to expect the same persistence in earnings, regardless of its cash flow and accrual components and regardless of analyst activity, until the accruals reverse. Thus, incorporating information from analyst activity substantially improves short-term returns to an accrual-based trading strategy.
Mangrove species richness in relation to salinity and waterlogging: a case study along the Adelaide River floodplain, northern Australia

Mangrove species richness was surveyed in relation to soil water content and soil water salinity along the Adelaide River floodplain during the late dry season. Twenty two species of mangrove were identified, four of which have not been recorded previously from the Adelaide system: Acanthus ebracteatus, Avicennia integra, Rhizophora apiculata, and R. lamarkii. Species richness was minimal in areas experiencing prolonged exposure to extremes of either freshwater or hypersaline conditions (regardless of whether those conditions are products of the river salinity regime and/or pronounced seasonal cycles of waterlogging and drying), and maximal in areas where moderate salinities and high soil water contents prevail in the late dry season. Three ecophysiological hypotheses are suggested which might provide mechanistic bases for understanding local variation in species richness along natural salinity gradients.
Effect of physical and chemical parameters on water treatment plant effluent quality (particle count and particle size)

The city of Tehran uses surface water to supply drinking water to a population of more than 10 million people via five large water treatment plants. Tehran’s water treatment plants consist of pre-treatment, coagulation, flocculation, filtration and disinfection units (conventional treatment). The plants’ effluent quality is in compliance with WHO standards. Drinking water standards these days are getting more stringent because of our knowledge about pollutants and the development in measurement instruments. Meeting new drinking water standards that will be enforced by regulatory agencies in the future is a challenge to the water industry. Removal of micro organisms such as Giardia, Cryptosporidium, DBD, TOC and particle size and particle count are playing a more important role in new standards. In this experimental study a conventional pilot plant was designed, built and used during a period of six months to study the effect of type and dose of coagulant, filtration rate on particle count and particle size of treated water. Particle size and count is a surrogate measure for the removal of pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, Giardia, Lambia, and Cryptosporidium. The results of this study indicated that the filtration rate and type of coagulant dosage has more effect than the other operational parameters on overall effluent quality and on particle size and count.
Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker Circulation

This work was supported by an Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Postdoctoral Fellowship (J.C.), a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant (S.D.), a National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (S.S.), and ARC Discovery Project grant DP1092945 (H.V.M.), and an AINSE Fellowship grant (H.V.M.).