Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Normal faulting and crustal deformation, Alkyonides Gulf and Perachora peninsula, eastern Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

Geophysical, structural, geochronological and geomorphological data indicate that the Psatha, East Alkyonides, Skinos and Pisia faults are Holocene-active structures whereas the status of the West Alkyonides, Strava, Perachora and Loutraki faults is less certain. We see no evidence for significant lateral surface fault growth. New data for late Pleistocene footwall uplift of the Psatha fault are comparable with previously estimated Holocene rates. Pre-Holocene stratigraphic sequences in the Alkyonides Gulf allow calculation of vertical displacement on the Skinos fault of 1.42–1.60 km over a period of >0.6 Ma. Previous palaeoseismological studies indicate comparable displacement rates extrapolated to 0.61–2.20 Ma, whereas extrapolation of previous geodetic data indicate a range of 0.17–0.46 Ma. The latter is too short given the evidence of the stratigraphic record, signifying either that these data may not be representative of longer-term rates, or that significant deformation has taken place elsewhere, for example, on offshore antithetic faults. A case is established for uniform late Quaternary (post-MIS 7) uplift of the Perachora peninsula at rates of c. 0.2–0.3 mm a−1. The lack of regional tilting over Perachora–Corinth–Isthmia is in marked contrast to the situation in the Alkyonides–Megara basins to the east.
Response Growth and Yield of Three Broad Bean Cultivars (Vicia faba L.) to Spraying with Different Concentrations of Salicylic Acid Under Saline Soil Conditions

South of Babylon province, at 32 degrees 40 minutes north latitude and 44 degrees 39 minutes east longitude, was the site of a field experiment run by the College of Agriculture at Al-Qasim Green University during the winter of 2022-2023. Three broad bean varieties were tested for their reactions to salicylic acid sprays of varying doses in saline soil. The experiment was conducted with a split plot arrangement according to The Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates. The experiment included two factors: The first important factor was the cultivation of three cultivars of broad beans (Turkish, Spanish, and Dutch) which were placed in the main plot. As for, the sub-plot was included three concentrations of salicylic acid: control treatment, the spraying treatment with 100 mg L-1, and the spraying treatment with 200 mg L-1. The results showed that the Turkish cultivar was significantly excelled in the studied trait of plant height (118.46 cm), the number of branches (branch-1), and the biological yield (4.81 tons. ha-1), while the Spanish cultivar was excelled in leaf area (2505.8 cm2) and the number of pods (21.74 pods. plant -1), seed yield (2.49 ton. ha-1), and harvest index (56.15%). Where spraying with salicylic acid was significantly excelled on 200 mg L-1 in the studied traits for plant height (97.08 cm), the number of branches (10.87 branch.plant-1), the leaf area (2363.7 cm2), the number of pods (23.01 pods plant-1), seed yield (2.40 ton.ha-1), and the harvest index (49.23%).
On the Value of Combiners in Heterogeneous Ensemble Effort Estimation

: Effectively managing a software project to deliver a high-quality product primarily depends on accurately estimating the effort required throughout the software development lifecycle. Various effort estimation methods have been proposed in the literature, including machine learning (ML) techniques. Previous attempts have aimed to provide accurate estimates of software development effort estimation (SDEE) using individual estimation techniques. However, the literature on SDEE suggests that there is no commonly superior estimation technique applicable to all software project contexts. Consequently, the idea of using an ensemble approach emerged. An ensemble combines multiple estimators using a speciﬁc combination rule. This approach has been investigated extensively in the past decade, with overall results indicating that it can yield better performance compared to other estimation approaches. However, not all aspects of ensemble methods have been thoroughly explored in the literature, particularly the combination rule used to generate the ensemble’s output. Therefore, this paper aims to shed light on this approach by investigating both types of combiners: three linear and four non-linear. The ensemble learners employed in this study were K-Nearest Neighbors, Decision Trees, Support Vector Regression, and Artiﬁcial Neural Networks. The grid search technique was employed to tune the hyperparameters for both the learners and the non-linear combiners. Six datasets were utilized for the empirical analysis. The overall results were satisfactory, as they indicated that the ensemble and single techniques exhibited similar predictive properties, and the ensemble with a non-linear rule demonstrated better performance.
Comportamiento de respuesta del pájaro canario, "Serinus canaria" Linnaeu 1758, ante diferentes sonidos

It has been proved that call from a dominant canary male, using different types of bird songs, and from a common kestrel, cause changes in the response of other male specimens of Serinus canaria. It was also observed a higher number of responses when calls are from cospecifics. Moreover, the canary respond with a song when the call is a contact claim.
Severity and Economic Burden of Recreational Waterborne Illness in the United States

Surface water recreation on lakes, oceans, and rivers is popular in the United States. Currently, health outcomes that develop due to water recreation are typically assessed as a binary variable: illness is present or absent. Evidence suggests that a range of symptom severity exists among water recreators that may not be captured using a binary illness approach. The aims of this study were to characterize severity, describe potential predictors of severity, determine the cost of illness (COI) attributable to water recreation, and to estimate the economic burden due to recreational waterborne illness in the United States. Analyses used data from two prospective cohort studies. The Chicago Health Environmental Exposure and Recreation Study (CHEERS) focused on those participating in boating, fishing, and paddling on waters directly impacted by non-disinfected wastewater effluent. The National Epidemiological and Environmental Assessment of Recreational Water (NEEAR) study examined those swimming and wading at beaches impacted by human fecal pollution. This study observed a spectrum of illness severity among those who water recreate. Measures of water quality and direct water contact were associated with increased severity of symptoms among water recreators. The COI within NEEAR and CHEERS incorporated costs associated with medications, visits with a healthcare provider (HCP) or emergency department (ED), hospitalizations, and lost productivity. In general, the COI attributable to water recreation ranged between $500 to $2,000, per 1,000 individuals engaged in swimming, wading, boating, fishing, or paddling. The total economic burden due to recreational waterborne illness including sporadic GI, respiratory, eye, ear, and skin illnesses, and illnesses associated with recreational outbreaks, was estimated to range between $3.1 and $4.7 billion annually. This estimate included costs associated with medications, visits with an HCP or ED, hospitalizations, and costs related to missed work, mortality, and sequelae. Overall, assessing the occurrence of illness, may not adequately describe the impact of water recreation on human health. Severity and the COI may be promising for future studies of water recreation and health, while estimates of the total costs associated with recreational waterborne illness may be useful for prioritizing waterborne disease prevention initiatives.
Propuesta para pilotear una aplicación de un instrumento de evaluación del desempeño por competencias, bajo el enfoque de 360° en una empresa de calzado.

This paper proposes a methodology to implement an automated performance assessment tool for job skills under the 360 ° approach, particularly for production supervisors jobs two shoe companies of the city of Leon Gto. This software was designed and developed using the technology of CMMI and is currently in the process of registration with the relevant bodies. Once the descriptors of competencies and associated behaviors were developed and validated through focus groups by experts in the field, being able to fly it to give validity to it. The names of the host companies are booked on request to Human Resources managers, but relevant data on its production, sales and staff are reported.
Teaching Students To Use Programming Error Messages

Research shows many students struggle to use programming error and warning messages effectively. Instead of using these messages as aids to debug and fix their code, some students have negative emotional reactions to seeing 'angry red text'. Not utilizing programming error and warning messages effectively, or at all, increases the difficulty of learning to program. As compiler messages can vary by programming language and/or development environment, lessons on reading them are not typically included in mainstream educational materials. We believe this gap can be filled and that students can learn to use error messages to their advantage. Further, we believe that teaching students how to read and use error messages can have a significant impact on the learning experience for novice programmers. The goal of this working group is to develop educational materials to teach students to use programming error messages, and evaluate the use of these materials. An additional goal is to investigate the role that large language models may play in the interpretation of error messages in the educational environment. We will produce guidelines for developing educational materials and strategies informed by feedback obtained from the community and our experimentation.
Sub-ppm Methane Detection with Mid-Infrared Slot Waveguides

Hybrid integration of photonic chips with electronic and micromechanical circuits is projected to bring about miniature, but still highly accurate and reliable, laser spectroscopic sensors for both climate research and industrial applications. However, the sensitivity of chip-scale devices has been limited by immature and lossy photonic waveguides, weak light–analyte interaction, and etalon effects from chip facets and defects. Addressing these challenges, we present a nanophotonic waveguide for methane detection at 3270.4 nm delivering a limit of detection of 0.3 ppm, over 2 orders of magnitude lower than the state-of-the-art of on-chip spectroscopy. We achieved this result with a Si slot waveguide designed to maximize the light–analyte interaction, while special double-tip fork couplers at waveguide facets suppress spurious etalon fringes. We also study and discuss the effect of adsorbed humidity on the performance of mid-infrared waveguides around 3 μm, which has been repeatedly overlooked in previous reports.
Umbria-Marche sequence (central Italy): a study on its aftershock sequence

We studied the aftershock sequence following the mainshock (M s 6.4) of September 26, 1997 with its epicenter at Colfiorito (Italy). This work studies a methodological aspect finalized to observe possible anomalies in the temporal decay before a large aftershock with magnitude M>5.5. Such anomalies are thought to be variations from the mean temporal trend. In fact, modeling the dacay as a non-stationary Poissonian process, the number of aftershocks in a small time interval ∆t is the mean value n(t)⋅∆t, with standard deviation . In this work, besides the analyzed parameters of other sequences, we have extended the spectrum of parameters by using fractal properties of the temporal sequence. Earthquakes belong to a class of phenomena known as multifractals. In general, it is important to define the fractal dimension D, but sometimes is not useful if we are describing a natural phenomenon; so it is neces- sary to define the box-counting dimension D0, and the correlation dimension D2. Usually D 0 ≥D 2 . The data concerning the temporal series, checked according to complete- ness criteria, come from the NEIC-USGS data bank (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/).
ZERO-INFLATED POISSON TRANSMUTED WEIGHTED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION: PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Count observations with high frequencies of zero counts abound in diverse fields. In actuary science, for example, insurance claims are often underreported, leading to a higher frequency of zero counts. This invariably reduces the mean and leads to over-dispersion. Different techniques to model such occurrences exist. This study uses the cubic rank transmutation map to compound the weighted exponential distribution and obtain a new count distribution in the mixed Poisson paradigm. The zero-inflated form of the proposition is obtained along with some mathematical properties. Simulated skewness, kurtosis, and dispersion index for the new distributions reveal they are suitable for model dispersed observation with positive skewness. Five datasets with high frequencies of zero counts are used to assess the performance of the new distribution along with some popular count distributions by using the maximum likelihood for parameter estimation. Results show that the natural form of the new proposition performs creditably better than its zero-inflated forms, even when there is a higher proportion of zero counts. The classical negative binomial distribution is also observed to outperform its zero-inflated form in most cases. In contrast, the zero-inflated Poisson distribution better fits the datasets than the classical Poisson distribution.
Value of SuDS beyond urban flood management: The ecosystem services value of green/blue solutions

We analyse the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) as a solution to better manage storm water runoffs and reduce urban flooding, and at the same time provide significant Ecosystem Services (ES). ES vary from temperature control at urban and building scale to main water savings, depending on the type of SuDS considered. The general objective is to incorporate the monetary value of SuDS' ecosystem services into the decision making process on storm water management (SWM) of an urban catchment affected by regular floods, and to optimize the design of the drainage solution, in order to justify the feasibility of larger investment on this type of systems. The case study is an urban catchment of 220 ha in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, where approximately 600 houses are affected by pluvial floods. Rain barrels and green roofs are the two types of SuDS considered in the study. An optimization algorithm together with the hydraulic model of the drainage system is used to determine the optimum size and distribution of the drainage elements (SuDS and storages). The results show that the inclusion of ES benefits justifies significantly larger investments on SuDS. When detention storages are considered in combination with SuDS, the largest flood reductions are achieved as well as the largest total benefits.
Diatom-inferred changes in effective moisture during the late Holocene from nearshore cores in the southeastern region of the Winnipeg River Drainage Basin (Canada)

The Winnipeg River Drainage Basin (WRDB), within the boreal forest region of northwest Ontario, is a region that is expected to be negatively affected by climate warming. Inferences of droughts over the past two millennia from Little Raleigh Lake were based on two nearshore sediment cores. The core locations were from depths of ~12 and 15 m and were based on sufficient nearshore sediment accumulation and distance from the modern benthic-to-planktonic diatom boundary, where a distinct shift from dominance of benthic taxa changed to dominance of planktonic taxa in surficial sediments at ~11.8 m. Diatom-inferred depth was based on a model developed from 60 surficial sediments within the study lake. Depth inferences indicate that prolonged periods of aridity occurred from ~ad 950 to 1300 (corresponds to ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’) and from ~ad 1625 to 1750 (aridity during ‘Little Ice Age’). We found that the core collected from a depth closer to the benthic-to-planktonic diatom boundary was more sensitive to changes in lake level than the deeper core where planktonic diatoms dominated the assemblage. The inferred low-water stands of the past two millennia are well outside of the range of the past ~100 years, suggesting that recent drought history may not be a good estimate of future extremes.
The Importance of FFA and SAE Activities: A Comparison of Texas Principals’ and Teachers’ Perceptions.

The relationship between principals and school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers is crucial for SBAE program success. According to educational leadership theory, principal perceptions of a program can lead to support and student achievement. There is a gap in the literature concerning principal perceptions of specific FFA and SAE activities within the last 30 years. Findings from this survey design study showed both principals and SBAE teachers perceived FFA and SAE activities were important, and no significant difference was found between principals and SBAE teachers on the perceived importance of FFA or SAE activities. It was recommended SBAE teachers continue to educate administrators about FFA and SAE activities and maintain an effective line of communication to maintain the current positive perceptions held about SBAE program components. Additional research should be conducted to determine how principal perceptions of SBAE programs lead to support as well as determine what SBAE teachers view as adequate administrative program support.
Electrochemical Biosensor for the Monitoring of Phages of in Milk-Based Samples

Lactococcus lactis (LL) bacteriophage infections in milk prevent proper lactic fermentation, leading to the production of unsaleable low-quality products and great economic losses in the dairy industry. In this work, we present an innovative biosensing approach for the cost-effective detection of LL phages (PGs) in milk-based samples through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The detection is based on the evident parametric shifts in the charge transfer resistance and the impedance phase at 100 Hz caused by different bacteria proliferation due to PG activity. The EIS results are compared with optical absorbance measurements at 600 nm, in order to validate the proposed method. Preliminary experimental tests with filtered milk-based samples confirm the sensor capability to detect PGs at different concentrations in milk-based solutions in less than 4 h. In order to reach a higher sensitivity, we propose a new milk pretreatment adding calcium chloride (CaCl2) to the samples. The EIS results with CaCl2-treated milk evidence an enhanced PG activity, which leads to a much larger parametric shift. Lastly, the sensor is tested with CaCl2-treated milk-based samples at different PG concentrations, obtaining an enhanced performance reaching the limit of detection (LOD) of $10^{{3}}$ PFU/mL.
Pragmatic versus Hedonic: Determining the Dominant Quality in User Experience for Professional and Leisure Collaboration Tools

: As collaborative technologies become integral in both professional and leisurely settings, especially during the rise of remote work and digital communities due to COVID-19, understanding the user experience (UX) factors is critical. This study aims to explore the differential importance of these UX factors across professional and leisure contexts, leveraging the widespread use of collaboration tools for an in-depth analysis. The objective of the study is to identify and assess key UX factors in collaboration tools, and to quantify their differential impact in professional and leisure settings. Our research underscores the nuanced role of context in evaluating User Experience (UX) factors’ importance in collaboration tools, with significant variances observed across professional and leisure settings. While some UX factors, including accessibility, clarity, and intuitive use, maintained universal importance across contexts and tools, others—specifically dependability and efficiency—contradicted assumptions of being universal "hygiene factors", demonstrating the complexity of UX evaluations. This complexity necessitates a differentiated approach for each context and collaboration tool type, challenging the possibility of a singular evaluation or statement.
Internal Audit Effectiveness: Effectiveness of Internal Control System and Management Support as a Moderating Variable

The purpose of this study is to investigate the direct effects of the effectiveness of the internal control system on the effectiveness of internal auditors in Malaysia's public sector. This study also examined how the independent and dependent variables connected with the moderating influence (management support). The researcher used the quantitative approach to address issues on the relationships of the quantifiable variables to explain, forecast, and control a phenomenon. The quantitative research method employed questionnaires with 30 items to measure the effectiveness of internal audits. The data were collected through questionnaires. This research finding was based on a survey of 111 internal auditors working for Malaysian federal statutory bodies. According to the findings, significant relationships exist between the internal control system and the internal audit's effectiveness. Unfortunately, there is no correlation between the effectiveness of the internal control system and how well management supports it and the internal audit's effectiveness. This research may result in a new understanding of internal audit effectiveness, specifically in the Malaysian public sector.
Enclaves from the A‐type granite of the Mégantic Complex, White Mountain Magma Series: Clues to granite magmagenesis

The subsolvus biotite-hornblende-granite at Megantic contains mafic to leucocratic enclaves. The groundmass of leucocratic enclaves is microgranitic; that of mafic enclaves is meladioritic. Apatite is commonly acicular in the enclaves, suggesting quenching of mafic magmas commingled with the granitic host. Mafic enclaves contain mafic clots (hornblende cores, biotite rims), some with relic cores of viAl-Cr-rich diopsidic augite similar to phenocrysts in associated basaltic dykes. The clots are interpreted to be pseudomorphs after mafic phenocrysts. The enclaves also contain granitic microxenoliths, xenocrysts of quartz with hornblende reaction rims, partially resorbed oligoclase and perthite megacrysts and biotite xenocrysts. The xenocrysts record hybridization between a mafic enclave magma and a granitic magma and/or rock. Enclaves define mixing lines on many variation diagrams. However, Rb, Sr, Ba, Zr, Nb, Y, REE, Zn, Pb, and F do not fit this pattern and appear to have been redistributed by residual granitic melts or exsolved volatiles. The data suggest that the granite is anatectic, heat being provided by crystallization of associated basalts. Mixing calculations suggest that as little as 5% hybridization with basalt or hawaiite can account for the Sr isotopic heterogeneity of the granites.