Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Auf der Suche nach dem Dorf von Morgen

Abstract Rural settlements in Bavaria are undergoing fundamental transformations due to de- mographical change and structural changes in economy and agriculture. Predicting future consequences at local level is difficult and depends on various influences. The scenario technique is one way to support policy development under uncertain circumstances. This paper presents four scenarios depicting the future of Bavarian villages in 2020 under different preconditions regarding spatial context and the range of functions and services villages provide for their residents. The scenarios were developed in the course of a research project that examined the changes Bavarian villages will potentially undergo in the future. The project resulted in suggestions for the adaptation of the Bavarian Village Development Program how to best support rural livelihoods under changing conditions. The scenarios illustrate possible future paths both in economically weak peripheral regions and in prospering agglomerations and outline .
"Determination of nitrate and nitrite content in Zonar milk serum and derived dairy drinks using ion-pair reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography "

The presence of nitrite and nitrate in milk and dairy products may cause serious health problem for consumers. Thus, a simple and accurate ion-pair reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic (IP-RP-HPLC) method has been developed and validated for determination of nitrite and nitrate in some dairy drinks based on Zonar Milk Serum. The separation was achieved on a Synergy Hydro-RP polar endcapped C18, 80Å, 4m (250  4.6 mm) column using isocratic elution with 0.01M n-octylamine and methanol, 90:10 (v/v) at pH=7; with flow rate of 1 mL·min-1 and detection at 214 nm and 25°C. A linear response (R2 ≥ 0.9994) was observed in the range between 3.125 and 75 μg mL-1 for the nitrite and nitrate standard solutions. The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were found as 0.25 μg mL-1 and 0.8 μg mL-1 for nitrite and 0.4 μg mL-1 and 1.2 μg mL-1 for nitrate, respectively. The method was validated according to ICH guidelines with respect to selectivity, linearity, detection and quantitation limits, accuracy, precision. The good analytical performance verified for this method indicates that it is suitable the monitoring of nitrite and nitrate in dairy drinks based on Zonar Milk Serum.
Heavy rainfall prediction applying satellite‐based cloud data assimilation over land

To optimize flood management, it is crucial to determine whether rain will fall within a river basin. This requires very fine precision in prediction of rainfall areas. Cloud data assimilation has great potential to improve the prediction of precipitation area because it can directly obtain information on locations of rain systems. Clouds can be observed globally by satellite‐based microwave remote sensing. Microwave observation also includes information of latent heat and water vapor associated with cloud amount, which enables the assimilation of not only cloud itself but also the cloud‐affected atmosphere. However, it is difficult to observe clouds over land using satellite microwave remote sensing, because their emissivity is much lower than that of the land surface. To overcome this challenge, we need appropriate representation of heterogeneous land emissivity. We developed a coupled atmosphere and land data assimilation system with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (CALDAS‐WRF), which can assimilate soil moisture, vertically integrated cloud water content over land, and heat and moisture within clouds simultaneously. We applied this system to heavy rain events in Japan. Results show that the system effectively assimilated cloud signals and produced very accurate cloud and precipitation distributions. The system also accurately formed a consistent atmospheric field around the cloud. Precipitation intensity was also substantially improved by appropriately representing the local atmospheric field. Furthermore, combination of the method and operationally analyzed dynamical and moisture fields improved prediction of precipitation duration. The results demonstrate the method's promise in dramatically improving predictions of heavy rain and consequent flooding.
Viral Targeting of Importin Alpha-Mediated Nuclear Import to Block Innate Immunity

Cellular nucleocytoplasmic trafficking is mediated by the importin family of nuclear transport proteins. The well-characterized importin alpha (IMPA) and importin beta (IMPB) nuclear import pathway plays a crucial role in the innate immune response to viral infection by mediating the nuclear import of transcription factors such as IRF3, NFκB, and STAT1. The nuclear transport of these transcription factors ultimately leads to the upregulation of a wide range of antiviral genes, including IFN and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). To replicate efficiently in cells, viruses have developed mechanisms to block these signaling pathways. One strategy to evade host innate immune responses involves blocking the nuclear import of host antiviral transcription factors. By binding IMPA proteins, these viral proteins prevent the nuclear transport of key transcription factors and suppress the induction of antiviral gene expression. In this review, we describe examples of proteins encoded by viruses from several different families that utilize such a competitive inhibition strategy to suppress the induction of antiviral gene expression.
Succulent plant diversity as natural capital

Correspondence Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK. Email: o.grace@kew.org Societal Impact Statement Drought‐tolerant plants are increasingly recognized as a resource to mitigate the con‐ sequences of climate change. Succulent plants use stored water to sustain metabo‐ lism during regular droughts; succulence is a highly successful adaptation that has evolved in thousands of species throughout the plant kingdom. Desert (xeromorphic) succulent species are a potentially relevant resource to manage environments and energy supply in the hottest and driest places. However, many species are threat‐ ened with extinction or could become invasive outside their natural range. This re‐ view highlights research needed to develop desert succulents as a sustainable resource in a carbon economy. Summary Drought and increased temperature of the Earth's surface pose significant social and economic challenges under the anticipated effects of climate change. The presence of a reservoir of water to sustain metabolism under drought conditions is a conceptu‐ ally simple, but remarkably complex, adaptation in the plant kingdom known broadly as succulence. The trait has arisen repeatedly among flowering plant lineages: thou‐ sands of succulent species representing immense taxonomic diversity are found on all continents except the polar regions. The phylogenetic diversity and ecological ad‐ aptations of desert‐adapted (xeromorphic) succulent plants could be particularly rel‐ evant resources to meet the challenges of environmental change, in applications as varied as bioenergy, urban greening, and high‐value products. However, a more com‐ plex picture is emerging in which xeromorphic succulents endemic to arid and semi‐ arid regions could be at risk of extinction due to habitat loss and exploitation, while others could become invasive if introduced outside their natural range, thus com‐ pounding an existing problem of invasive succulent plant species. This review aims to summarize the state of current knowledge of xeromorphic succulent plants as a re‐ source, draw attention to conservation concerns, and examine the potential for their unique traits to be harnessed in a climate change‐resilient world.
Shellfish reef restoration pilots: Voordelta The Netherlands

Once, shellfish reefs - mainly flat oysters - covered about 20% of the North Sea floor, but diseases, pollution and overfishing have led to a significant decline. As part of the Haringvliet Dream Fund Project (www.haringvliet.nu), ARK Nature and World Wildlife Fund Netherlands are working on shellfish reef restoration. Shellfish, such as mussels and flat oysters, are keystone species for marine biodiversity, since they filter the water, provide shelter and nursery grounds for many marine animals, serve as attachment substrate for plants and range of animals, including birds. They also play an important role in natural coastal protection. Therefore, mussel and flat oyster reef restoration is attempted within the Haringvliet coastal zone (the so-called Voordelta). This project is co-funded by the ministry for Economic Affairs, the ministry for and Environment, province of South Holland, Port of Rotterdam, National Postcode Lottery and LIFE. ARK Nature leads this project. The North Sea Flat (a cooperation of Wageningen Marine Research, Bureau Waardenburg and Sas Consultancy) is responsible for the execution of the current two pilots: maintenance, monitoring, analysis of monitoring results and reporting.
Geschlechtsrollenidentität bei Frauen mit Agoraphobie

25 women with agoraphobia with and without panic disorder and 25 women without psychic disorders are interviewed with questionary method to gender role self imagine, subjective percepted gender role expectations, gender role behavior, social insecurity and percepted problem situations of life. Data show that women with agoraphobia percieve a greater discrepancy between their own gender role self imagine and the perepted gender role expectations, they show significant more traditionell gender role behavior and significant less social competence than women of the control group. In addition patients with agoraphobia weigth their problems with their partners, parents-in-law and self esteem stronger then women of the control group.
Response of fine root respiration to variations in biotic and abiotic factors in a mixed Mediterranean forest affected by drought-induced secondary succession

Understanding the factors controlling fine root respiration (FRR) at different temporal scales will help to improve our knowledge about the spatial and temporal variability of soil respiration (SR) and to improve future predictions of CO2 effluxes to the atmosphere. Here we present a comparative study of how FRR respond to variability in soil temperature and moisture in two widely spread species, Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Holm-oaks (HO; Quercus ilex L.). Those two species show contrasting water use strategies during the extreme summer-drought conditions that characterize the Mediterranean climate. The study was carried out on a mixed Mediterranean forest where Scots pines affected by drought induced die-back are slowly being replaced by the more drought resistant HO. FRR was measured in spring and early fall 2013 in excised roots freshly removed from the soil and collected under HO and under Scots pines at three different health stages: dead (D), defoliated (DP) and non-defoliated (NDP). Variations in soil temperature, soil water content and daily mean assimilation per tree were also recorded to evaluate FRR sensibility to abiotic and biotic environmental variations. Our results show that values of FRR were substantially lower under HO (1.26 ± 0.16 microgram CO2 /groot·min) than under living pines (1.89 ± 0.19 microgram CO2 /groot·min) which disagrees with the similar rates of soil respiration previously observed under both canopies and suggest that FRR contribution to total SR varies under different tree species. The similarity of FRR rates under HO and DP furthermore confirms other previous studies suggesting a recent Holm-oak root colonization of the gaps under dead trees. A linear mixed effect model approach indicated that seasonal variations in FRR were best explained by soil temperature (p<0.05) while soil moisture was not exerting any direct control over FRR, despite the low soil moisture values during the summer sampling. Plant assimilation rates were positively related to FRR explaining part of the observed variability (p<0.01). However the positive relations of FRR with plant assimilation occurred mainly during spring, when both soil moisture and plant assimilation rates were higher. Our results finally suggest that plants might be able to maintain relatively high rates of FRR during the sub-optimal abiotic and biotic summer conditions probably thanks to their capacity to re-mobilize carbon reserves and their capacity to passively move water from moister layers to upper layers with lower water potentials (where the FR were collected) by hydraulic lift.
Posicionament de vehicles en mapes mitjançant GPS

El projecte consisteix en el desenvolupament d'un algorisme que millori el posicionament final d'un sistema que adquireix les dades d'una antena de GPS estandard. Aquest sistema en certs moments te perdua total de senyal GPS o rep senyal amb pertorbacions, derivant en un mal posicionament. Nosaltres hem proposat una solucio que utilitza les coordenades del GPS, el filtre Kalman per resoldre els problemes de pertorbacions de senyal, bases de dades digitals geografiques per garantir la circulacio del vehicle per sobre la carretera, i finalment combina la informacio temporal de posicions anteriors i la de les bases de dades per posicionar el vehicle quan hi ha perdua total de senyal. Els experiments realitzats ens indiquen que s'obte una millora del posicionement.
Empathy and Criminal Motivation: Relationship and Prevention

The study explores the relationship between empathy and criminal motivation, analyzing how empathy can be used to prevent crime. Empathy, as the ability to understand and share the emotional experiences of others, plays an essential role in revealing the motivations behind crime and developing prevention strategies. The core of this study is that empathic intervention can increase abusers’ cognitive and emotional awareness of the harm of their aggression, and this awareness will offset the previous self-perceived rewards of sexual violence. Through literature review and case analysis, the study found a close link between empathy and criminal motivation. Offenders may experience setbacks in social relationships, emotional distress, or interpersonal conflict and lack positive emotional support. This lack of empathy may prompt them to seek the wrong ways to satisfy their needs, thus forming a criminal motive. An in-depth study of how empathy is applied in prevention strategies can provide new perspectives on crime understanding and intervention. Criminal behavior can be prevented by developing empathy, promoting positive social interactions, or providing emotional support. This comprehensive approach is vital for social construction and crime prevention.
Systemic Sclerosis and Atherosclerosis: Potential Cellular Biomarkers and Mechanisms.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by endothelial dysfunction, pathologic vasculopathy, and increased tissue fibrosis. Traditionally, SSc has been regarded as a prototypical fibrotic disease in the family of systemic autoimmune diseases. Traditionally, emphasis has been placed on the three components of the pathogenesis of SSc: vascular, immune, and mesenchymal. Microvascular lesions, including endothelial dysfunction and smooth muscle cell migration into the intima of vessels in SSc, resemble the atherosclerotic process. Although microvascular disease is a hallmark of SSc, understanding the role of atherosclerotic vascular lesions in patients with SSc remains limited. It is still unknown whether the increased cardiovascular risk in SSc is related to specific cardiac complications (such as myocardial fibrosis) or the accelerated development of atherosclerosis. Different immune cell types appear to be involved in the immunopathogenesis of SSc via the activation of other immune cells, fibrosis, or vascular damage. Macrophages, B cells, T cells, dendritic cells, neutrophils, and endothelial cells have been reported to play the most important role in the pathogenesis of SSc and atherosclerosis. In our article, we reviewed the most significant and recent studies on the pathogenetic links between the development of SSc and the atherosclerotic process.
The impact of mass customization on fashion-innovative students: an assessment of need for uniqueness, self-identity, and perceived performance risk

ABSTRACT Many retailers have implemented mass customisation technologies to allow customers to individualise products. While the concept of customisation has been assessed, few studies to date have examined customisation among fashion-innovative students who may possess distinctive product needs. Thus, the purpose of this research was to assess the relationship between Attitude towards Mass Customization and Purchase Intention among fashion-innovative students. In addition, this study investigated the impact of Need for Uniqueness, Self-Identity, and Perceived Performance Risk on Attitude towards Mass Customization among fashion-innovative students. Data were collected using a self-administered online survey. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS – SEM) was employed to test the hypothesised model. Results indicate that a positive relationship existed between attitude towards customisation and purchase intention among fashion-innovative students. The study also revealed fashion-innovative students may possess the concern of perceived performance risk when considering the concept of customisation.
Challenges and Solutions to Criminal Liability for the Actions of Robots and AI

Civil liability legislation is currently being developed, but little attention has been paid to the issue of criminal liability for the actions of robots. The study describes the generations of robots and points out the concerns about robots’ autonomy. The more autonomy robots obtain, the greater capacity they have for self-learning, yet the more difficulty in proving the failure foreseeability when designing and whether culpability or the elements of a specific crime can be considered. In this study, the tort liability depending on the category of robots is described, and the possible solutions are analyzed. It is shown that there is no need to introduce new criminal law constructions, but to focus on the process of proof. Instead of changing the legal system, it is necessary to create the most detailed audit trail telling about the robot’s actions and surroundings or to have a digital twin of the robot.
Impacts of Grass Coverage and Rainfall Intensity on Runoff and Sediment Yield in Tianshan Mountains of China——A Case Study of the Tianchi Natural Lake Reserve Area

Based on the experiment on plots,impacts of grass coverage change on runoff and sediment yield in the Tianchi Lake Natural Reserve Area in Xinjiang were investigated.Grass coverage had much more influence on sediment yield than that on runoff.Total runoff depth for 35% grass coverage was 1.4,1.5,and 2.2 times that for 50%,55%,and 75% grass cover degrees,and total sediment yield for 35% grass coverage was 4,6,and 10 times that for 50%,55%,and 75% grass cover degrees,respectively.The relations of grass coverage to total runoff and sediment yield can be described by exponential function.Rainfall intensity had much more influence on sediment yield than runoff.In the same condition of grass coverage,runoff and sediment yield were increased with increased rainfall intensity.The relation of rainfall intensity to total runoff and sediment yield can be described by binomial function.The relation between grass coverage and total runoff depth can be described by exponential function.
Study on smoothing process for large deviation aspherical element

Large deviation aspherical element refers to an optical element with large asphericity and sharp curvature changes. It plays an important role in constructing modern optical system. However, widely used passive smoothing technology cannot meet the need of producing smooth large deviation aspherical element. Thus, an active smoothing technology was creatively used in the current research, aiming to reduce the mid-spatial frequency (MSF) error of the surface of large deviation aspherical element. To reach the objective, an off-axis smoothly-processing model was constructed. It offers important information about the degree of coincidence between grinding lap and large deviation aspherical element. Finite element analysis was also conducted to examine the relationships among material, thickness, and structure of grinding lap during the active smoothing process, and to obtain optimal active smoothing parameters. Finally, a complete processing process for large deviation aspheric elements was constructed and used for machining experiments. The result suggested that the off-axis smoothly-processing model has high accuracy, and the smoothing technology in this paper is effective to decrease the MSF error of the surface of large deviation aspherical element.
An anatomical study: The variation of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness with age and ocular axial length in subjects of West Bengal.

Ganglion cells form the second order neurons of the visual pathway. The Retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) consists of unmyelinated axons of Ganglion cells which converge at the Optic nerve head. Increasing age and increased axial length of the eyeball have been noted to cause a reduction in the RNFL thickness. The present work aims to correlate the effects of increasing age and axial length of the eyeball on the Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in middle aged and elderly subjects of West Bengal. 380 Adults of both sexes and of various age groups , minimum age being above 40 years were chosen for the study. RNFL thickness was measured by Optical Coherence Tomography ( OCT ) . We have been able to show that RNFL thickness gradually decreases with increasing age and axial length of the eyeball. The results also show that this effect is aggravated for higher values of the independent variables , i.e, at higher decades of age and at moderate or severely increased axial length. We believe that this study will be able to enhance our knowledge regarding the anatomical and pathophysiological relation between an unique organ
Production potential development and quality of life of the population indicators modelling

In this research the methods which allow developing indicators, reflecting the level of production potential and quality of life are investigated. The statistics presenting the level of production potential and quality of life are selected and grouped. By means of the factorial analysis indicator variables are allocated by groups. Regression dependences between the group indicators and indicators reflecting the level of production potential and quality of life are received. Normative levels of production potential and quality of life development are formed. The research has been realized on the example of the Central Federal District of Russia (17 regions) for 2009-2014.
Toxicological Evaluation of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Chromolaena Odorata in Male Wistar Albino Rats

Article history: To evaluate the toxicological implications of the administration of aqueous leaf extract of Chromolaena odorata. The aqueous leaf extract was administered three times per week, for 90 days at doses of 161.5mg/kg, 32 3mg/kg, 538,5mg/kg and 1077mg/kg body weight, respectively. The control animals received 0.5ml of deionised water alone. The animals were sacrificed at the end of 90days. Blood samples were collected for biochemical analysis, and the heart, testes and kidney harvested for histological analysis. Histopathological examination of the heart, lungs, testis and the kidneys did not show any observable morphological alterations. The biochemical parameters; amylase, albumin and total serum protein, and Na + were found to be decreased at doses of 538.5mg/kg and 1077mg/kg, while the serum levels of creatine kinase, AST, K + , glucose, uric acid, urea and creatinine were increased at the same dose levels. The absence of exhibition of observable toxicity below 538.5mg/kg body weight suggests that the extract may be safe and non-toxic only at very low doses.