Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improved track forecasting of a typhoon reaching landfall from four-dimensional variational data assimilation of AMSU-A retrieved data

[1] In this study, an attempt to improve typhoon forecasts is made by incorporating three-dimensional Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) retrieved wind and temperature and the central sea level pressure of cyclones from typhoon reports or bogus surface low data into initial conditions, on the basis of the Fifth-Generation National Center for Atmospheric Research/Pennsylvania State University Mesoscale Model (MM5) four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4DVar) system with a full-physics adjoint model. All the above-mentioned data are found to be useful for improvement of typhoon forecasts in this mesoscale data assimilation experiment. The comparison tests showed the following results: (1) The assimilation of the satellite-retrieved data was found to have a positive impact on the typhoon track forecast, but the landing position error is ∼150 km. (2) The assimilation of both the satellite-retrieved data and moving information of the typhoon center dramatically improved the track forecast and captured the recurvature and landfall. The mean track error during the 72-hour forecast is 69 km. The predicted typhoon intensity, however, is much weaker than that from observations. (3) The assimilation of both the satellite-retrieved data and the bogus surface low data improved the intensity and track forecasts more significantly than the assimilation of only bogus surface low data (bogus data assimilation) did. The mean errors during the 72-hour forecast are 2.6 hPa for the minimum sea level pressure and 87 km for track position. However, the forecasted landing time is ∼6 hours earlier than the observed one.
The Selection of Ocean Container Carrier: An Analytic Network Process (ANP) Approach

Carrier selection is a complicated problem as it includes many quantitative and qualitative criteria. Due to the complexity of this issue, many criteria that influence decision making interact with each other, making it necessary to consider these interactions in order to make the best decision. The analytical network process (ANP) method enables us to solve the carrier selection problem of decision making more effectively and realistically. This study, which aims to contribute to the research field, employs the previously unused ANP method, which permits criteria interaction, and investigates the carrier selection problem in order to determine the similarities and differences between different industries’ expectations of ocean container carriers. In this context, this study has been applied in three different industries: textiles, white goods
Climate‐based sensitivity of air quality to climate change scenarios for the southwestern United States

The need to understand future trends in air quality is an issue that is frequently raised by air quality planners and managers. The potential for extreme events is of particular interest, but forecasts are difficult using traditional methods and further complicated by predictions of future climate change. This study aims to address this research need through a climate‐based sensitivity study of ground‐level ozone and particulate matter (PM) in the U.S. Southwest. Extreme value methods were used to examine ozone and PM in Tucson, Arizona, over the time period 1990–2001. A Statistical DownScaling Model (SDSM) was employed to build regression‐based models between gridded meteorological data and point time series of ozone and PM. Following model calibration and verification, future climate‐based ozone and PM scenarios were created for 2002–2050 and 2051–2099. Daily output of projected ozone and PM were then subjected to extreme value methods in order to estimate climate‐based changes in ozone and PM extremes over the next century. Results indicate that monthly mean and extreme ozone values are sensitive to predicted increases in temperature, particularly in the summer months. PM results are less certain but suggest that PM may be sensitive to changing moisture conditions. Copyright © 2008 Royal Meteorological Society
Energy conservation and dissipation properties for elastodynamics with contact impact and friction

The objective of this paper is to propose a time integration scheme for nonsmooth mechanical systems involving one-sided contact, impact and Coulomb friction, that respects the principles of discrete-time energy balance with positive dissipation. To obtain energetic consistency in the continuous time model, we work with an impact law inspired by the work of M. Fr´emond (Fr´emond, 2001, 2002, 2017) which ensures that dissipation is positive, i.e. that the Clausius–Duhem inequality is satisfied. On this basis, we propose a time integration method based on the Moreau–Jean scheme (Jean and Moreau, 1987; Moreau, 1988) and show that this method has correct dissipation properties.
Parcours d'étude et de recherche : un dispositif pour la recherche et la formation professionnelle

In this text, we present the structuring of a study and research path (SRP) carried out within the scope of the initial education of pre-service mathematics teachers attending the curricular supervised teaching practice at a public university in Brazil. One of the research objectives was the constitution of a theoretical-methodological device capable of promoting teachers' research and continuing education on plane analytic geometry (PAG) topics. The work built around the generative question of the SRP, "How to teach the analytic geometry of the point and the line? ", brought the possibility of answering the general question of the research promoting a process of professional formation from a theoretical-methodological device with specific characteristics. The planning moments identified in the activities executed by the pre-service teachers were quite significant. However, we could not identify in the recordings the possible praxeologies thought for the teaching of the PAG. Overall, the SRP-PF developed proved to be a theoretical-methodological device with the potential for scientific research in the didactics of mathematics and the professional formation of pre-service teachers.
Impacts of Rainfall Events on Wastewater Treamtent Processes

ix Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Objectives 5 Chapter Three: Background 6 Stormwater Policy 6 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Policy 8 Proposed “Blending” Policy 9 Proposed “Peak Wet Weather” Policy 10 Combined Sewer and Sanitary Sewer Systems 12 Impacts of Stormwater on Wastewater Treatment 14 Effluent Standards and Testing Parameters 15 Pathogenic Microorganisms 17 Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Facilities to Meet Future Demands 18 Suspended Growth Processes: Activated Sludge 19 Nutrient Removal 22 Attached Growth Processes: Trickling Filters 29
Pengaruh Kualitas Sistem dan Kualitas Informasi Aplikasi Telemedicine Halodoc Terhadap Kepuasan Pengguna Pada Follower Akun Twitter @Halodocid

User satisfaction continues to be a top priority in terms of digital services and is a very important factor for the success of the services. Halodoc is a telemedicine with a mobile application platform whose users are increasing due to the need for information during the Covid-19 pandemic. Halodoc as a health application that has a function as a health information and consulting service in Indonesia is expected to provide good service to provide user satisfaction.In that regards, this study aims to examine the effect of system quality and information quality of Halodoc application on user satisfaction. This research was conducted based on the Information Systems Success model designed by DeLone and McLean by taking several dimensions of success or the required variables.The samples used in this study were followers of the Twitter account @HalodocID who used the Halodoc application as of 10 August 2021. Questionnaires were distributed on 19-30 August 2021.This study chose the multiple linear regression model as a data analysis method that passed five tests; those are the normality test, the linearity test, the multicollinearity test, the autocorrelation test, and the heteroscedasticity test.Prior to the five tests, all questionnaire data from respondents had been tested and declared valid and reliable.Hypothesis testing in this study was carried out by examining the effect of system quality and information quality variables on user satisfaction through simultaneous testing (F test) and partial testing (t test). The research result proves that system quality and information quality have a positive and significant effect on user satisfaction.
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHANGES IN PLATE MOTIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF RIFTED BASINS IN AFRICA

We present the results of a backstripping study, incorporating over 200 wells in 14 different basins or groups of basins located on the African interior or continental margins. These results, presented as mean tectonic subsidence rates averaged over appropriate periods, are compared with the opening histories and changes in plate motions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Tethys-Mediterranean area for seven time-steps from the Late Jurassic until present. The results indicate a temporal and spatial correlation between phases of rapid subsidence in African basins and changes in plate motions and, therefore, are promising in terms of applicability of large-scale plate motions in the studies of paleo-stresses in sedimentary basins, especially at times of initial rifting and formation of subduction zones. Reactivation of the basins appears to be primarily controlled by the orientation of the basin and underlying basement structures with respect to the stress direction. The basins are preferably formed within weaker zones, mostly Pan-African shear zones, and the distance from the active plate boundary to the weak zone plays a minor role in whether or not it will be reactivated. The presence of three important hot spots, which were active during the early stages of break-up of Gondwana, may have been important in preweakening the lithosphere at their sites. This may have played an additional role in the localization of the basin deformation.
Polypharmacy as the risk factor of potentially inappropriate medication and medication regimen complexity index in hospitalised elderly patients

Background: The majority of elderly patients often receive complex therapy or polypharmacy due to physiological changes, which can develop into an adverse drug event. Objective: To analyse the risk factors of potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs) and medication regimen complexity in elderly patients. Method: This is an observational study with cohort retrospective methods, carried out at the In-patient Unit of Airlangga University Hospital, Surabaya. The inclusion criteria were patients aged ≥ 60 years old who were admitted between January to December 2019 for at least three days and received at least one drug. PIMs were monitored with Beers Criteria 2019 and therapy complexity was measured with Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) during admission, hospitalisation, and discharge. Result: Among 357 patients, 60.8% received at least one PIM on admission. Furthermore, the MRCI score decreased from 22.7 at the time of admission to 11.5 on discharge. Patients who received polypharmacy were two to three times more at risk of having PIMs (p < 0.001). The number of medications correlated with the MRCI scores (Correlation Coefficient= 0.815–0.877, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Polypharmacy is one of the risk factors of PIMs and medication regimen complexity, elderly patients who receive polypharmacy must be closely monitored to prevent adverse drug reactions.
Depression in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder with a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms. Some of the serious complications of PCOS are mental disorders including depression. Therefore, the aim of the meta-analysis was to determine the prevalence, mean level, standardized mean difference and probability of depression based on the research conducted with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). A systematic literature search was performed using the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, ClinicalTrials.gov and Google for research published until January 2023. The meta-analysis was conducted on a group of 4002 patients obtained from 19 studies, which met the inclusion criteria (adult pre-menopausal women diagnosed with PCOS, papers on the prevalence of depression or the HADS scoring). According to the research performed, the mean prevalence of depression was 31% (I2 = 93%; p < 0.001), whereas the mean HADS depression score in patients with PCOS was 6.31 (I2 = 93%; p < 0.001). The standardized difference of mean depression scores was SMD = 0.421 (95% confidence interval = 0.17–0.68, I2 = 67%). The overall probability of depression in PCOS patients was more than 2.5-fold higher than in healthy women ((RR: 2.58), confidence interval [1.38–4.85]; I2 = 90%, p < 0.001). The research results imply an increased risk of depressive symptoms in women with PCOS.
Alergia alimentaria a maní: conceptos clínicos, diagnósticos y terapéuticos

The prevalence of food allergy (FA) is about 2-8%, with clinical manifestations ranging from localized symptoms, to severe anaphylactic reactions. FA is generally caused by milk, eggs, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, fish and crustacean; being peanut one of the main foods involved in Western countries. Although in other parts of the world peanut allergy (PA) is not a problem, probably due to timing of introduction into the diet, form and preparation, genetics, and the hygiene hypothesis. Unfortunately, in Chile there are no epidemiological data about FA or PA. A number of food allergens have been identified, which has improved patient diagnosis and treatment assessment. Regarding peanut, 9 allergens have been identified, Ara h 1 to Ara h 9 (Arachis hypogaea). The diagnosis of IgE-mediated PA is based on a consistent history and evidence of peanut-specific IgE sensitization, carried out by skin-prick testing or in vitro determination. PA treatment consists of peanuts avoidance, which often becomes difficult due to inadvertent consumption. Today promising treatments are under development, including oral induction tolerance or sublingual immunotherapy. These treatments offer the possibility of at least raising the threshold of the amount of peanut that would be necessary to cause a life-threatening allergic reaction.
Identifying Jurassic tight gas sands in the East Texas Basin with 3D-3C seismic data

Summary The York sandstone member and other sandstone bodies within the Bossier Formation are characterized by having low porosity and permeabilities (6% and 0.2-0.001md respectively); they are Upper Jurassic in age in the East Texas basin and have been a target for dry gas since the late 90’s. Here we present the results of petrophysical analyses of five wells with dipole sonic logs, together with a detailed join interpretation of conventional PP and converted PS seismic data to infer the distribution of these Jurassic sand bodies. The objective is to guide new development wells in the Bossier Fm. , at the East Texas Basin. The results of the petrophysical analysis suggests that despite of the low impedance contrast and some overlap of Vp/Vs values, this ratio could be used as a lithology indicator where low values of Vp/Vs ratio (1.55 or less) are expected for clean dry gas sandstones and values larger than 1.6 are related to silt and shale lithologies. From the join interpretation, the seismically extracted interval Vp/Vs ratio between the correlated Cotton Valley Limestone and Bonner member tops (an interval including the York sandstone), it can be concluded that there are zones where anomalously low Vp/Vs ratio ( 1.9).
Drivers of green purchasing behaviour: a systematic review and a research agenda

Background: Green purchasing is an important aspect of sustainable consumption, which decreases society’s environmental effect. Although numerous research has been conducted to investigate the determinants of green buying behaviour, there has been a lack of effort in comprehensively analysing these findings. The purpose of this study is to examine the available literature on the factors that influence green purchasing behaviour. Methods: The review focused on empirical research published in peer-reviewed English-language publications between 2017 and 2021 in Web of Science and Scopus. The research took place from May to June 2021. Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) is used to assess the risk of bias in systematic literature reviews. Results: 41 articles were included, with significant focus on the retailing sector. Most of these studies were centred in Asian countries, primarily China and India. The Theory of Planned Behaviour was the most prominent, appearing 15 times, followed by the Theory of Reasoned Action (seven times). Analysis identified five main themes and 15 sub-themes related to green purchase behaviour drivers. These themes were categorized by occurrence: People (34 papers), marketing (13), knowledge (12), environment (12), and influence (nine). The dominant driver was people (34 studies), encompassing sub-themes including motivation (three), perception (eight), behavioural (13), and psychographic characteristics (10). Conclusions: This study has given an overview of the present status of green purchasing behaviour, which serves as a foundation for future studies and guidance for policymakers and practitioners. However, it does not include unpublished materials and non-English papers. Secondly, it focuses on articles from two databases within the last five years which doesn’t encompass all article types, prompting the need for future exploration. Thirdly, extending the review’s time frame could unveil more pronounced GPB patterns. Lastly, although all eligible papers were assessed based on criteria, the chance of overlooking some papers is acknowledged.
Biogeochemical Nutrient Cycling in the Upper Great Ouse Estuary, Norfolk, U.K.

Abstract The cycling of dissolved inorganic nutrients in the Great Ouse estuary, Norfolk, U.K. was studied over a 50-day period in the early summer of 1994. The cycling of nutrients within the estuary and the export of nutrients to the surrounding coastal waters is quantified using mass balancing and conservative mixing considerations. Overall, the estuary was a minor sink for nitrate+nitrite (8%), a modest sink for silicate and phosphate (12 and 22%, respectively), a large source of ammonium (95%), and, overall, a small sink for dissolved inorganic nitrogen (2%). Water-column processes account well for the observed silicon and phosphorus removals; however, sedimentary processes are required to account for most of the ammonium source and some of the nitrate sink. The most significant water-column processes were primary production and nutrient regeneration from particulate material. The former process appears to be driven mainly by nitrogen imported directly at the head of the estuary, not recycled nitrogen. Regenerative processes returned approximately half of the silicate assimilated in primary production to the water column, and reduced the inferred respiratory releases of nitrogen and phosphorus by 40 and 60%, respectively. The two approaches to quantifying export, mass balancing and conservative mixing considerations, complement each other well, with the mixing analysis suggesting magnitudes and locations for nutrient-cycling processes not quantified by the mass-balance model.
Enhancing Security in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization-driven Intrusion Detection and Secure Routing Algorithm

Wireless technologies have grown in popularity and are used in many applications. Transient Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) serve specific goals without infrastructure. The dynamism of these networks makes them useful for ubiquitous computing. However, high mobility, the lack of a centralized authority, and open media make MANETs vulnerable to various security risks. Thus, an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) should be used to monitor and detect system security issues. To prevent and improve security against unauthorized access, intrusion screening is crucial. The depletion of a mobile node's power supply can impact its capacity to transmit packets, as this functionality is contingent upon the system's overall lifespan. Computational Optimization-driven solutions have been prevalent in the context of IDS and secure routing inside MANETs. This research employs the Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization-driven Intrusion Detection and Secure Routing Algorithm (EPSO-IDSRA). Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization technique (EPSO) has provided confidence-based, secure, and energy-efficient routing in MANETs. The EPSO technique is applied to identify optimal hops for enhancing the routing process. The initial step involves the activation of the fuzzy clustering algorithm, followed by selecting Cluster Heads (CHs) based on assessing their indirect, direct, and recent confidence values. Furthermore, the identification of value nodes was contingent upon assessing confidence levels. Also, the CHs are involved in multi-hop routing, and determining the optimal route depends on the anticipated protocol, which chooses the most favorable paths considering factors such as latency, throughput, and connectivity within the designated area. The EPSO method, presented for secure routing (at time 50ms), yielded an optimal energy consumption of 0.15 millijoules, a minimal delay of 0.008 milliseconds, a maximum throughput of 0.8 bits per second, and an 89% detection rate.
DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROCONTROLLER DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING AUDIO INFORMATION

The paper presents the results of the design, development and manufacture of a microcontroller device for reproducing sound information in the presence of a person. The description of the concept of a microcontroller device and the architecture of the system are given. The technical specification for the manufacture of the device and its software has been compiled. A prototype of the audio information playback device based on Arduino-UNO was made. In order to reduce the cost of one product, the device was upgraded and the ATtiny13A-SU microcontroller was selected as the microcontroller. An electrical principal scheme, a printed circuit board of the device and software for it have been developed. 17 operating audio information playback devices have been manufactured. A technical solution for further improvement of the microcontroller device is proposed.
Adaptação e Evidências de Validade da Escala de Demandas Profissionais de Bombeiros Militares Brasileiros (EDP-BM-BR)

The objective of this article is to verify the psychometric properties of the Professional Demands of Military Firefighters Scale (EDP-BM-BR), adapted for the Brazilian context. The exploration of the variables took place through focus groups with military firefighters from operational teams. A sample of 1327 firefighters answered the 12 item questionnaire, submitted to reliability and validation assessment. The exploratory factor analysis process resulted in 11 items subdivided into 3 factors, which indicated the 3 main categories of stressful events for this audience: chronic demands (DC), acute demands (AD), and organizational demands (DO). The Professional Demands of Military Firefighters Scale contributes to the advancement of theories of well-being and occupational health in studies in the areas of health and work psychology, and human resources management, considering the reality of professionals who work in chronic risk conditions in the Brazilian context.
Modification of the elastic field of an edge dislocation

ABSTRACT The classical description of the elastic field of an edge dislocation is modified by the addition of a line force to the Burgers vector. Also, partitioning of displacements is imposed, consistent with the topological theory of defects at interfaces, agreeing with symmetry requirements as are inherent in nonlinear or atomistic calculations. Much of the classical theory is unchanged. However, displacement fields and image effects differ.