Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Buildability analysis on squared profile structure in 3D concrete printing (3DCP)

Abstract Numerical modelling and simulation approaches can be used to optimize material combinations, structural design, and process parameters to achieve the desired structural performance of 3D-printed structures. In this study, a novel construction and demolition waste-based mortar mixture was prepared for the 3D concrete printing (3DCP) process. A square cross-sectional structure was designed and 3D-printed using a lab-scale gantry-type 3D printer for buildability analysis. The geopolymer material was also characterized to obtain time-dependent properties for use in a numerical model capable of predicting the buildability (final height) of structures. In the numerical modelling and simulation phase, predictive simulations were performed for experimentally 3D-printed structures to validate the predictability of the numerical model. The numerical model revealed a sound approximation of buildability with an error of 6.3% only. Furthermore, using numerical simulations, sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of designed height and 3DCP process parameters (i.e., printing speed and layer width) on the buildability of structures. The numerical modelling and simulation results revealed a strong impact of both process parameters (i.e., printing speed and layer width) on the buildability of 3D-printed structures. A maximum buildability of 410.6 mm was achieved for structure 3D-printed at a printing speed of 20 mm/s and layer width of 45 mm. Overall, an improved buildability was observed for lower printing speeds and higher layer widths; however, the buildability performance was more sensitive to the layer width.
Evolution of Cherries (Prunus Subgenus Cerasus) Based on Chloroplast Genomes

Cherries (Prunus Subgenus Cerasus) have economic value and ecological significance, yet their phylogeny, geographic origin, timing, and dispersal patterns remain challenging to understand. To fill this gap, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the complete chloroplast genomes of 54 subg. Cerasus individuals, along with 36 additional genomes from the NCBI database, resulting in a total of 90 genomes for comparative analysis. The chloroplast genomes of subg. Cerasus exhibited varying sizes and consisted of 129 genes, including protein-coding, transfer RNA, and ribosomIal RNA genes. Genomic variation was investigated through InDels and SNPs, showcasing distribution patterns and impact levels. A comparative analysis of chloroplast genome boundaries highlighted variations in inverted repeat (IR) regions among Cerasus and other Prunus species. Phylogeny based on whole-chloroplast genome sequences supported the division of Prunus into three subgenera, I subg. Padus, II subg. Prunus and III subg. Cerasus. The subg. Cerasus was subdivided into seven lineages (IIIa to IIIg), which matched roughly to taxonomic sections. The subg. Padus first diverged 51.42 Mya, followed by the separation of subg. Cerasus from subg. Prunus 39.27 Mya. The subg. Cerasus started diversification at 15.01 Mya, coinciding with geological and climatic changes, including the uplift of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and global cooling. The Himalayans were the refuge of cherries, from which a few species reached Europe through westward migration and another species reached North America through northeastward migration. The mainstage of cherry evolution was on the Qing–Tibet Plateau and later East China and Japan as well. These findings strengthen our understanding of the evolution of cherry and provide valuable insights into the conservation and sustainable utilization of cherry’s genetic resources.
The Impact of High Commitment Human Resource Management on Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Job Autonomy

: To investigate the impact of high commitment human resource management on job satisfaction, a random questionnaire survey is conducted on 194 teachers in higher education institutions nationwide. SPSS22.0 is used in methods including descriptive statistical analysis, one-way analysis of variance, back testing, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and stepwise regression analysis. The following results are obtained: (1) High commitment human resource management and job autonomy were significantly and positively correlated; (2) High commitment human resource management is significantly and positively correlated with job satisfaction; (3) Job autonomy is significantly and positively correlated with job satisfaction; (4) High commitment human resource management and job autonomy are significantly different in terms of education. Job satisfaction is significantly different in terms of employee status and years of working. High commitment human resource management, job autonomy, and job satisfaction are significantly different in terms of school location (provincial capital, non-provincial capital); (5) Job autonomy plays a partially mediating role in the relationship between high commitment huamn resource management and job satisfaction. In response to the results, it is suggested that Chinese higher education institutions should implement high commitment human resource management model to reasonably expand employees’ job autonomy and improve their job satisfaction according to the actual situation.
The mRNAs for the Steroid 5α‐Reductase Isozymes, Types 1 and 2, Are Differentially Regulated in the Rat Epididymis

ABSTRACT: The enzyme steroid 5α‐reductase (EC 1.3.1.22) catalyzes the conversion of testosterone to its more potent form, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), in many androgen‐sensitive target tissues. In the epididymis, the 5α‐reduced metabolites of testosterone, DHT and 5α‐androstan‐3α, 17β‐diol (3α‐diol), are considered the primary regulators of epididymal structure and function. Two rat 5α‐reductase transcripts, designated types 1 and 2, have been identified. Our laboratory has previously characterized the endocrine and developmental regulation of the 5α‐reductase type 1 mRNA in the rat epididymis. However, regulation of the type 2 mRNA has not been investigated. Thus, we undertook to characterize the longitudinal distribution of the steady state 5α‐reductase type 2 mRNA as well as the effects of development and of unilateral efferent duct ligation on its expression in the rat epididymis. To contrast the regulation of the type 2 5α‐reductase isozyme mRNAs in the rat epididymis, these data have been compared with those previously obtained for the type 1 mRNA and enzyme activity. An analysis of the longitudinal distribution of the type 2 transcript along the epididymis revealed that its mRNA was expressed predominantly in the proximal caput region of the tissue. This regional distribution pattern differed markedly from the patterns previously described for the type 1 mRNA and enzyme activity. Surprisingly, a segment‐by‐segment analysis showed that epididymal 5α‐reductase type 2 mRNA levels were not altered as a function of increasing postnatal age. Again, this result was in marked contrast to the important changes in 5α‐reductase type 1 mRNA and enzyme activity that have been reported to occur during puberty in the rat. In the final experiment, the effect of unilateral efferent duct ligation revealed that 5α‐reductase type 2 mRNA levels increased in the initial segment of the ligated side but remained unchanged in the rest of the tissue; this was in marked contrast to the dramatic decrease (>60%) in type 1 mRNA levels observed specifically in the initial segment of the epididymis. Taken together, these experiments demonstrate that 5α‐reductase type 1 and type 2 mRNAs are differentially regulated in the rat epididymis. Moreover, this is the first report of a tissue in which the mRNAs for the steroid 5α‐reductase isozymes are regulated differently.
Native Grass and Forb Establishment in Post- Agricultural Soil

Restoration of degraded and abandoned agricultural land in arid and semiarid climates is a global problem. The erratic patterns of precipitation these lands experience makes restoration of a plant community difficult. Application of supplemental irrigation and inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are two restoration techniques that have been suggested to overcome deficits in natural precipitation. The effects and the interactions of irrigation and seeding date on the ground cover of intended species and unintended exotic species were tested in a post-agricultural restoration experiment in south-central Colorado, USA. The greatest ground cover of intended species and lowest ground cover of unintended species was observed when seeds were sown in May and were irrigated at higher rates. Results suggest that the timing of sowing as well as the amount of irrigation applied are important in arid post-agricultural restoration. The effects of different AMF inoculation and water treatments on plant biomass were also tested in a manipulative greenhouse experiment. Plant biomass was not greater when inoculated with AMF, which suggests that the use of AMF in post-agricultural soil may not be worth the additional costs of implementation.
Pasture degradation papers search: how can supervised and transdutive methods help on the process of classification?

A recuperação de pastagens degradadas tem sido tema importante no que diz respeito à segurança alimentar. Apesar do grande volume de artigos científicos sobre “pastagens degradadas”, há um grande desafio em termos de recuperação desses documentos para extração de conhecimento. Neste artigo foram exploradas duas abordagens de classificação, uma supervisionada e outra transdutiva, visando melhorar a qualidade das buscas e reduzir o esforço de anotação manual. Os resultados mostraram que é possível separar os artigos de interesse com certo nível de precisão, com destaque para o método supervisionado SVM, que apresentou o melhor desempenho. Por outro lado, o algoritmo transdutivo GNetMine, que apresentou desempenho semelhante aos modelos supervisionados utilizando apenas um quarto dos dados rotulados. Uma vez que a anotação manual de dados para treinamento dos métodos supervisionados é trabalhosa e depende da colaboração de especialista, sendo fundamental o desenvolvimento de métodos de classificação que demandem menor número de dados rotulados. A partir da seleção de artigos de interesse, futuramente outras técnicas de Mineração de Textos poderão ser aplicadas para facilitar a extração de conhecimento e a determinação de recomendações para a recuperação de pastagens no campo, contribuindo para o aumento da produção de alimentos de forma sustentável.
Festivals and Revelry: a Study of Identity in the Cantons of Modern Switzerland

The following paper seeks to address the question of whether or not Fribourg and the other Swiss cantons are able to maintain a cantonal identity in the increasingly globalized political system and what methods are used for this identity preservation. This “reproduction of identity” in the cantonal system (also referred to as “cultural reproduction”) will be the focus of my thesis. After looking at the literature on identity formation, familiarizing myself with the history of Switzerland, the cantonal system, and the canton of Fribourg, and finally collecting and analyzing data on identity formation practices in the guise of festivals, I believe it is safe to reach the conclusion that cantonal identity is still strong in Fribourg.
Predacious Strategies of Nematophagous Fungi as Bio-Control Agents

Plant-parasitic nematodes significantly threaten agriculture and forestry, causing various diseases. They cause annual losses of up to 178 billion dollars worldwide due to their parasitism. Nematophagous fungi (NF) are valuable in controlling or reducing parasitic nematode diseases by killing nematodes through predatory behavior. This article summarizes the strategic approaches adopted by NF to capture, poison, or consume nematodes for food. NF are classified based on their attacking strategies, including nematode trapping, endoparasitism, toxin production, and egg and female parasitism. Moreover, extracellular enzymes such as serine proteases and chitinases also play an important role in the fungal infection of nematodes by disrupting nematode cuticles, which act as essential virulence factors to target the chemical constituents comprising the nematode cuticle and eggshell. Based on the mentioned approaches, it is crucial to consider the mechanisms employed by NF to control nematodes focused on the use of NF as biocontrol agents.
Development of Mulberry Ecological Industry and Sericulture

The global environmental problems of common concern are closely bound up with forests.It also provides a good opportunity for the development of mulberry eco-industry.As the roles of mulberry in sand prevention and control,stony desertification treatment,soil and water conservation,saline and alkaline land treatment,and returning farmland to forests were recognized,and the value of mulberry as multi-purpose resources other than silkworm feed was realized and explored,mulberry eco-industry has been gradually revealed to have the advantages of favorable ecological and economic benefits.The development and construction of mulberry eco-industry would play an important role not only in comprehensive management of the ecological environment in China,but also in the extension and enrichment of sericultural industrial chain,and establishment of circulation economy,all of which would bring an ecological and economic sustainable development to areas with vulnerable eco-systems.To fully understand and explore the ecological functions of mulberry,correctly master the relationship between mulberry eco-industry and traditional sericulture,establish various patterns for mulberry eco-industry and corresponding production and management patterns for silk industry,and to carry out scientific researches on mulberry in light of eco-industry are of great significance in advancing the development of mulberry eco-industry and silk industry.
Upper Devonian deposits at Górno in the Holy Cross Mts

The lithology of the Upper Devionian carobonate deposits of the environs of Gorno, along with their conodont stratigraphy ga.e a basis recognition of the sedimentation and paleogeography·of the region within the Upper Devonian basin of the Holy Cross Mts. The tectonic gaps recognized between the Givetian and Frasnian as well as between the Devonian and Carboniferous deposits, led to the corrections in the regional tectonics. Three species of conodonts viz. Polygnathus ancyrognathoideus Ziegler, Schmidtognatnus aff. pietzneri Ziegler and Spathognathodus sannemanni treptus Ziegler so far unknown from the Devonian of the Holly Cross Mts. have been described.
Surrogate-based constrained multi-objective optimization for the compression of CNNs

A implantação de redes neurais profundas em dispositivos com recursos limitados apresenta desafios significativos. Para enfrentar esse problema, técnicas como poda e quantização são frequentemente utilizadas. No entanto, essas técnicas exigem ajustes cuidadosos para garantir que o modelo final seja computacionalmente eficiente sem sacrificar muita qualidade. Para automatizar o processo de compressão e melhorar sua robustez e acessibilidade, propomos um Algoritmo Evolucionário Multiobjetivo com Restrições Baseado em Surrogates para a compressão de redes neurais artificiais. Resultados experimentais obtidos para o conjunto de dados CIFAR10 utilizando as arquiteturas ResNet50 e VGG16 indicam que a abordagem proposta permite um ajuste mais eficiente em relação aos algoritmos de poda e quantização, resultando em conjuntos não dominados de maior qualidade em comparação com o método de otimização sem Surrogates. Além disso, nosso método produziu versões mais enxutas das arquiteturas testadas mantendo a precisão.
with High-Grade Glioma Perfusion and Water Diffusion in Patients Effects of Dexamethasone on Cerebral

R. Whittle BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The mechanisms by which the glucocorticoid dexamethasone produces its therapeutic action in patients with intracranial tumors still remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether dexamethasone affects cerebral perfusion and water molecule diffusion by using quantitative dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MR imaging (DSC-MR imaging) and diffusion tensor MR imaging (DT-MR imaging). METHODS: Ten consecutive patients with glioblastoma multiforme underwent DSC-MR imaging and DT-MR imaging before and 48–72 hours after dexamethasone treatment (16 mg/day). Cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), mean transit time (MTT), and water mean diffusivity ( (cid:1) D (cid:2) ) were measured for enhancing tumor, nonenhancing peritumoral edematous brain, and normal-appearing contralateral white matter before and after steroid therapy. The percentage change in CBF, CBV, MTT, and (cid:1) D (cid:2) for the 3 tissue types was calculated for each patient, a mean value obtained for the population, and the statistical significance determined by using a paired-samples Student t test. RESULTS: After dexamethasone treatment, there was no significant change in tumor CBF, CBV, or MTT. Edematous brain CBV and MTT were also unchanged. There was, however, an increase in edematous brain CBF (11.6%; P (cid:3) . 05). (cid:1) D (cid:2) was reduced in both enhancing tumor ( (cid:4) 5.8%; P (cid:3) . 001) and edematous brain ( (cid:4) 6.0%; P (cid:1) . 001). There was no significant change in CBF, CBV, MTT, or (cid:1) D (cid:2) for normal-appearing contralateral white matter after treatment. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that dexamethasone does not significantly affect tumor blood flow but may, by reducing peritumoral water content and local tissue pressure, subtly increase perfusion in the edematous brain.
The Skin Microbiome and Its Role in Psoriasis: A Review

Abstract The skin microbiome is made of various microorganisms, most of which have the function of protecting individuals from harmful pathogens, and they are involved in innate and adaptive immune responses. The skin acts as a physical and immunological barrier against external stimuli, including pathogens and physical damage. Changes in the composition of the skin microbiome can trigger inflammatory processes leading to inflammatory skin diseases in susceptible individuals. Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a multifactorial etiology, where breakdown of immune tolerance to cutaneous microorganisms is implicated in its pathogenesis. Dysregulation of the microbiome due to genetic and environmental factors plays a significant role in the development of psoriatic disease. Dermatologic conditions such as atopic dermatitis, acne, psoriasis, and rosacea have been associated with intestinal dysbiosis. The skin microbiota composition is crucial for the development of appropriate immune responses, and alterations in the skin microbiome can contribute to changes in physiology and susceptibility to skin diseases or inflammatory conditions. Understanding the microbial settlement of the skin and the network of interactions that occur throughout life is essential for comprehending the pathogenesis of skin diseases and developing innovative treatments. With this article we tried to explore the relationship between the human microbiome and psoriatic disease, shedding light on the functions of the microbiome and the inflammatory disease processes to identify additional therapeutic targets. This review aims to highlight the relationship between skin and gut microbiome functions and inflammatory processes in skin psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The goal is to facilitate future studies on the skin microbiome to identify potential novel therapies for patients with psoriatic disease.
The response of an idealized ocean basin to variable buoyancy forcing

The response of an idealized ocean basin to variable buoyancy forcing is examined. A general circulation model that employs a Gent–McWilliams mixing parameterization is forced by a zonally constant restoring surface temperature profile, which varies with latitude and time over a period P. In each experiment, 17 different values of P are studied, ranging from 6 months to 32 000 yr. The model’s meridional overturning circulation (MOC) exhibits a very strong response on all time scales greater than 15 yr, up to and including the longest forcing time scales examined. The peak-to-peak values of the MOC oscillations reach up to 125% of the steady-state maximum MOC and exhibit resonance-like behavior, with a maximum at centennial to millennial forcing periods (depending on the vertical diffusivity). This resonance-like behavior stems from the existence of two adjustment time scales, one of which is set by the vertical diffusion and the other of which is set by the basin width. Furthermore, the linearity of the response as well as its lag with the forcing varies with the forcing period. The considerable deviation from the quasi-equilibrium response at all time scales above 15 yr is surprising and suggests a potentially important role of the ocean circulation for climate, even at Milankovich time scales.
Classification of 3D UAS-SfM Point Clouds in the Urban Environment

The classification of three-dimensional (3D) point clouds derived through the use of cost-effective and time-efficient photogrammetric technologies can provide helpful information for applications, particularly in the mapping context. This paper presents a practical study of 3D Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) – Structure-from-Motion (SfM) point cloud classification using mainly open-source software. Following a supervised classification approach that makes use of only the dimensionality of points, the entire scene was classified into three land-cover categories: ground, high vegetation, and buildings. By applying the above-mentioned approach, the level of competence in classifying a 3D point cloud of a heterogeneous scene situated in the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was evaluated. The resulting overall classification accuracy of 81.3%, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.70, was determined by means of a confusion matrix. The results achieved indicate the potential use of open-source software and 3D UAS-SfM point cloud classification in mapping and monitoring complex environments and in other applications that might arise.
Caracterização de Estratégias de Futebol com base na Frequência, Importância e Efetividade de Jogadas

Entender e prever resultados em futebol é um desafio pela complexidade do jogo em si, pelo número e diversidade dos jogadores envolvidos e mesmo por fatores externos que nem sempre são qualificáveis ou quantificáveis. Por outro lado, há todo um esforço no sentido de treinar os times e prepará-los para agir e reagir adequadamente a uma variedade de cenários, o que indica a existência de estratégias. Este artigo tem por objetivo caracterizar essas estratégias de futebol, com foco em como o time se comporta coletivamente. Estratégia de futebol é definida como um conjunto de jogadas que devem ser frequentes, importantes e efetivas, que são critérios normalmente conflitantes. É proposta uma metodologia para identificar essas estratégias, a qual é implementada e avaliada usando dados reais de temporadas de ligas. Os resultados mostram que a metodologia proposta permite caracterizar estratégias dos diferentes times.