Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modulation of the Hip Range of Motion for Kick Following Combination Exercise in Iranian Elite Male Taekwondo Players: Quasi-Experimental Study

Introduction: Taekwondo is one of the most famous martial arts in the world; according to its rules, kicks have full points. The purpose of this research was to investigate and compare the effect of strength and stretching with the method of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and their combined exercises on the range of motion (ROM) of kicks as a factor related to sports injuries in Iranian elite male taekwondo players. Materials and Methods: The current research was semi-experimental. The statistical sample of the study was 24 Iranian elite male taekwondo players who entered the study voluntarily, were available, and completed the informed consent form. To compare the effect of three methods of strength training, stretching with PNF method, and combined on hip joint active, passive, and kick ROM, the subjects were divided into three groups of 8 people. The subjects underwent an 8-week training program consisting of three 45-minute gym sessions per week. Statistical analysis was performed using Shapiro-Wilk descriptive and inferential methods, correlated t, multivariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and pairwise comparisons. Moreover, the level of significance in the present study was considered 0.05. Results: All three types of exercises significantly increased the hip joint active and kick ROM. Besides, two other exercises significantly affected the passive ROM except for strength exercises. Conclusion: It seems that the combination of strength exercises with stretching exercises (PNF) can improve the ROM of the kick in elite taekwondo players more than each of these exercises alone
Impacts of urban hillslope development and agriculture on hydrology and water quality in the Chilliwack Creek watershed, British Columbia

The Lower Fraser Valley (LFV) has one of the most rapidly growing urban populations in Canada, and as a result water pollution problems associated with non-point source (NPS) pollution from urban expansion and agricultural intensification are increasing rapidly in this region. At the same time, the increasing demand for housing combined with the protection of agricultural land in the valley has pushed development onto the hillslopes. The transition from natural forest cover to impervious surfaces alters the hydrologic system, and increases the rate and volume of stormwater runoff that reaches the receiving watercourses. Due to the sensitivity of hillslope environments, and because upland activities may have damaging consequences downstream, development on these hillslopes presents many unique challenges for stormwater management. This research project uses a watershed approach to examine the impacts of land use (agriculture and urban development) on hydrological processes and surface water quality in a mixed land use setting. In Chilliwack, forest land on the hillslope is being converted into urban developments, and plans are under way to house up to 50,000 people on the hillslopes in Chilliwack over the next 25 years. The impact of this conversion on hydrology and water quality was examined in streams draining recently completed urban development (up to 2000 houses) by comparing the results with streams originating from undisturbed forested land. Using samples collected at twenty stations, a baseline was established for water quality and trace metals in sediments for various sub-watersheds in the study area. These results indicate that the lowland agricultural activities are the major source of NPS pollution in the watershed. Nutrient levels are elevated during the wet season, and many of the agricultural tributaries show evidence of eutrophication in the summer season. Trace metals associated with agricultural operations (Cu, Fe, Mn, Cd and Zn) were also elevated in the sediment of agricultural streams. Spatially, ammonia, orthophosphate and trace metals increased in the downstream direction along Interception Ditch (a large agricultural drainage ditch) indicating the effects may be cumulative. Results from the hillslope urban sites indicated that the hydrologic impacts of the development are the most important at this stage. Peak runoff was shown to be up to 1416% higher and lag times were up to 30 hours shorter in the suburban hillslope catchment (26% TIA) than for the forested catchment (4% TIA). While the impact on water and sediment quality was minimal, concentrations of orthophosphate, dissolved magnesium and potassium did show significantly elevated concentrations compared to the forested tributaries.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation The International Handbook

, recovery is not pursued by restoring a lost function, but by offering patients with acquired brain injury strategies to compensate for their impairments. These strategies can be broadly subdivided into external and internal strategies. External strategies are material aids that help patients in overcoming cognitive deficits in everyday life. Internal strategies are verbal and non-verbal methods for improving the processing and retention of information, problem-solving and self-regulation (e.g. mnemonics and self-instructional training). In the case of compensatory strategy training the mechanisms of recovery are well known at task level, but there are no studies to date that investigate recovery at cerebral level.
A 140 GHz High Efficiency Slotted Waveguide Antenna using a Low Loss Feeding Network

This letter proposes a 140 GHz high efficiency slotted waveguide antenna with a low loss feeding network. The feeding network consists of the feeding slot, the over-mode cavity and the coupling slots, which provides the same-magnitude but alternating-phase excitations for the slotted parallel-plate waveguide array. The alternating-phase excitations are used to implement virtual electric walls for replacing the physical metal walls of the conventional waveguides, which reduces the loss from the metal walls. Hence, the antenna efficiency is improved significantly. Moreover, the implementation challenges of the tiny metal sidewalls of the THz waveguides are avoided. The proposed low loss feeding network has a compact size, which integrates the power divider and phase shifter together. By using the computer numerical control metal-milling technology, an 8 × 8 slot array with the proposed feeding network is designed and fabricated, which has a fractional bandwidth of 10.17%, i.e. from 132 to 146.15 GHz. Experimental results show that the radiation and aperture efficiency of the prototype can be as high as 93.4% and 73.2%, respectively. The measured antenna has a peak radiation gain of 24.59 dBi @ 137.5 GHz, and a flat in-band gain. The proposed antenna provides a promising solution to develop high efficiency upper millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz (THz) applications.
Yoga Postures Correction and Estimation using Open CV and VGG 19 Architecture

:- The COVID-19 epidemic has significantly changed how we work out, with more people turning to home fitness as a way to stay active during stay-at-home orders. However, without access to professional trainers, beginners may struggle to perform exercises with proper form, increasing the risk of injury. Therefore, there is a need for systems to monitor exercise performance for both short-and long-term injury prevention. In this study, we present an approach for accurately detecting and correcting yoga postures using pose estimation techniques with OpenCV and VGG-19 architectures with GPU transfer learning. To precisely measure and correct body posture during training sessions, the suggested solution combines deep learning-based algorithms and computer vision approaches. To confirm the effectiveness of the VGG-19 model on the utilised dataset, We conducted a large number of tests, comparing the performance of several machine learning and deep learning strategies for estimating yoga postures. With a precision of 98.11 percent, the findings show the usefulness of the suggested technique in precisely recognising and correcting exercise postures. The findings of this study have significant implications for improving the effectiveness and safety of yoga sessions and could be extended to other domains that require precise human pose estimation.
Strong conservatism of ﬂ oral morphology during the rapid diversi ﬁ cation of the genus Helianthemum

Premise: Divergence of ﬂ oral morphology and breeding systems are often expected to be linked to angiosperm diversi ﬁ cation and environmental niche divergence. However, available evidence for such relationships is not generalizable due to di ﬀ erent taxonomic, geographical and time scales. The Palearctic genus Helianthemum shows the highest diversity of the family Cistaceae in terms of breeding systems, ﬂ oral traits, and environmental conditions as a result of three recent evolutionary radiations since the Late Miocene. Here, we investigated the tempo and mode of evolution of ﬂ oral morphology in the genus and its link with species diversi ﬁ cation and environmental niche divergence. Methods: We quanti ﬁ ed 18 ﬂ oral traits from 83 taxa and applied phylogenetic comparative methods using a robust phylogenetic framework based on genotyping ‐ by ‐ sequencing data. Results: We found three di ﬀ erent ﬂ oral morphologies, putatively related to three di ﬀ erent breeding systems: type I, characterized by small ﬂ owers without herkogamy and low pollen to ovule ratio; type II, represented by large ﬂ owers with approach herkogamy and intermediate pollen to ovule ratio; and type III, featured by small ﬂ owers with reverse herkogamy and the highest pollen to ovule ratio. Each morphology has been highly conserved across each radiation and has evolved independently of species diversi ﬁ cation and ecological niche divergence. Conclusions: The combined results of trait, niche, and species diversi ﬁ cation ultimately recovered a pattern of potentially non ‐ adaptive radiations in Helianthe-mum and highlight the idea that evolutionary radiations can be decoupled from ﬂ oral morphology evolution even in lineages that diversi ﬁ ed in heterogeneous environments as the Mediterranean Basin.
The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde: Analysis of r/ToastMe and r/RoastMe Users on Reddit

This study, focusing on two Reddit subcommunities of r/- ToastMe and r/RoastMe, aims to (1) characterize and understand users (named Jekyll and Hyde) who simultaneously participate in two subreddits with opposing tones and purposes, (2) build predictive models detecting those Jekyll and Hyde users to assess how unique and idiosyncratic their characteristics are, and (3) investigate their motivations of participation and potential interaction between the two contrasting activities through a survey and one-on-one interviews. Our results reveal that the Jekyll and Hyde users are generally more active and popular than ordinary users. Also, they use assimilated language customized to each community’s tone. Combining these findings with their motivations unveiled through the survey and interviews, we conclude that the Jekyll and Hyde users are digitally culture-savvy, who know how to utilize online community benefits and enjoy each community’s culture by assimilating themselves into the community and observing its rules. Moreover, the users’ duality observed in this process underscores the dynamic and multifaceted nature of online personas. These findings highlight the need for a nuanced approach to understanding online behaviors and provide insights for designing healthier online environments, emphasizing the importance of clear community norms and the potential interplay of users’ activities across different communities.
The delimitation of the regions of provenance of forest tree species in Slovenia based on ecological regions

The new Act on Forest Reproductive Material, which was adopted in June 2002, in accordance with the EU Directive on the marketing of forest reproductive material, demands the demarcation of regions of provenance for the production of forest reproductive material. In this paper, the proposal for demarcation of ecological regions and sub-regions, which are the basis for defining the proposal regions of provenance, is presented. The borders of ecological regions are transitional or mosaic. For rationalisation of the delimitation of the regions of provenance in the field and easier control of usage, the borders of the regions of provenance are, as much as possible, adapted to the management and administrative borders, which are marked in the field. The basis for delimitation of seven regions of provenance, divided into 4 altitudinal zones, is presented.
The multidimensional relations between the Wari and the Moche states of Northern Peru

El presente articulo explora como la arqueologia puede estudiar las relaciones entre sociedades complejas durante periodos criticos de su desarrollo, a traves del analisis de las multiples variables, circunstancias y contingencias que definen las interacciones sociales. Mediante el estudio de los contextos y objetos provenientes de San Jose de Moro, un importante centro funerario y ceremonial en el valle del Jequetepeque, los autores abordan las naturalezas y propositos que se traslapan detras de las relaciones entre los Estados mochica del norte del Peru y la sociedad wari de la sierra sur, durante el Periodo Intermedio Temprano y el Horizonte Medio.
DIGITAL LITERACY READINESS FROM THE MSME PERSPECTIVE: LITERATURE REVIEW

This article aims to determine the views and readiness of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) towards digital literacy, as one of the strategies in dealing with the challenges that occurred during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. The Covid-19 pandemic has paralyzed most MSMEs due to declining sales levels. For this reason, MSME business actors need to change their sales strategy by switching to digitalization. Therefore, digital literacy can be an alternative to save MSME businesses during the Covid-19 Pandemic. In this article, the method used is literature study with library research method to elaborate literature related to the theme of digital literacy in SMEs. Twenty-five articles reviewed in this study were sourced from Google Scholar. This article concludes that in order for MSMEs to survive in times of uncertainty and limited direct access for consumers and MSMEs to meet, MSME readiness in digital literacy is very important. Digital literacy will help MSMEs develop their businesses during the pandemic and post-pandemic times. Digital literacy can also cover the weaknesses faced by MSMEs in running their business during this Pandemic.
Stratifying Indeterminate Cytology Thyroid Nodules by Combining Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TI-RADS) and The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC)

Objective: To determine the risk of malignancy of Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) indeterminate Thyroid Nodules (Bethesda III, IV and V) by combining cytologic (TSBRTC) and Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TI-RADS) ultrasonographic features based on final histopathology. Methods:Design: Retrospective review of recordsSetting: Tertiary Private Training HospitalParticipants: 551 recordsResults: Among 81 eligible participants, 59 out of 84 nodules (70.24%) wer malignant on histopathology. The malignancy risk of Bethesda classification was 60.87% (28 out of 46) for Bethesda III, 57.14% (8 out of 14) for Bethesda IV and 95.83% for Bethesda V. The malignancy risk for TI-RADS categories was 0 % (0/1) for TI-RADS 2, 50% (10 out of 20) for TI-RADS 3, 71.05 % for TI-RADS 4 and 91.67 % for TI-RADS 5. The highest risk of malignancy (100%) was associated with [Bethesda IV/TI-RADS 1, 2, and 3], [Bethesda V/TI-RADS 1, 2 and 3 [Bethesda IV and V/TI-RADS 1, 2 and 3] and [Bethesda IV/TI-RADS 5]. The lowest risk of malignancy (33.33%) was associated with [Bethesda III/TI-RADS1, 2 and 3]. A high Bethesda classification (Bethesda V) was almost 5x more likely to have a malignant anatomorphology compared with Bethesda III (p = .05) while a TI-RADS 4 or 5 category was almost 5x more likely to have a malignant anatomorphology compared to TI-RADS 1, 2 or 3 (p = .026). Conclusion: This study showed that TI-RADS scoring is a sensitive diagnostic classification in recognizing patients with thyroid cancer and combining Bethesda classification and TI-RADS scoring increases the sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules. A higher likelihood of malignancy is associated with higher Bethesda classification and TI-RADS scoring.
A Study on the Recreational Forest: Evidence from Korean Recreational Forests

This study searched the influence of service quality attributes on sat- isfaction of recreational forest based on "Expectation and Disconfirmation Model"(1) and "Consumption-System Approach"(2), and suggested data to im- prove quality and business effectiveness of recreational forest. In the prior re- searches mostly were limited in causal relationship between "attributes of rec- reational forest → satisfaction" and this research suggested understanding of the influence of each attributes on satisfaction using logistic regression analysis and presents predictive model of it.
A Rare Case of Unprovoked Deep Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Associated Petechial Hemorrhage

A 73-year-old male with hyperlipidemia and prior squamous cell carcinoma presented with a new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizure and left-sided weakness. He had a progressively worsening cervical and occipital headache for nine days and was initially evaluated with an unremarkable CT head. The patient arrived at the emergency department with a left gaze deviation, prompting a "Code Neuro. " CT angiography (CTA) detected a large dural sinus thrombosis, which was confirmed with a CT venogram and brain MRI. The patient was closely monitored in the intensive care unit and managed with heparin, nicardipine, and hypertonic saline boluses. Neurosurgery opted against surgical intervention. EEG revealed right hemisphere focal dysfunction. Recanalization occurred on hospital day 6. The patient was transitioned to apixaban upon discharge and instructed to follow up with hematology for a hypercoagulable workup. This case highlights the diagnostic complexity of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), urging consideration of a differential even in atypical patients. We hope reporting this case will prompt clinicians to consider CVST in patients with non-specific symptoms, leading to timely diagnosis and treatment.
Benchmarking Stream Join Algorithms on GPUs: A Framework and its Application to the State-of-the-art

Joining streams is an essential and resource-demanding operation in stream processing engines (SPEs). Recent works have shown significant performance benefits by offloading stream-join processing to hardware accelerators, including GPUs. As a result, a wide variety of GPU-accelerated stream join algorithms (SJAs) have emerged. However, existing works evaluate the proposed GPU-accelerated SJAs only in isolation, on different hardware, and not using a common workload. As a result, it is difficult to compare different SJAs and select the best-suited SJA for a particular situation. In this paper, we shed light on the performance characteristics of GPU-accelerated SJAs. To this end, we explore the configuration parameter space of SJAs and investigate the impact of each parameter. We evaluate the performance of well-known SJAs under multiple configurations of the underlying join algorithm, the parallelization strategy, the algorithm progressiveness, and the GPU type. Our results show that each variant of SJA has its strengths and weaknesses and that ill-suited configurations of parameters lead to up to two orders of magnitude difference in throughput. Based on the results, we developed a guideline for selecting SJA variants for different circumstances.
Intracoronary Infusion of Thioﬂavin-S to Study Microvascular Obstruction in a Model of Myocardial Infarction

Introduction and objectives: Microvascular obstruction exerts deleterious effects after myocardial infarction. To elucidate the role of ischemia-reperfusion injury on the occurrence and dynamics of microvascular obstruction, we performed a preliminary methodological study to accurately deﬁne this process in an in vivo model. Methods: Myocardial infarction was induced in swine by means of 90-min of occlusion of the mid left anterior descending coronary artery using angioplasty balloons. Intracoronary infusion of thioﬂavin-S was applied and compared with traditional intra-aortic or intraventricular instillation. The left anterior descending coronary artery perfused area and microvascular obstruction were quantiﬁed in groups with no reperfusion (thioﬂavin-S administered through the lumen of an inﬂated over-the-wire balloon) and with 1-min, 1-week, and 1-month reperfusion (thioﬂavin-S administered from the intracoronary catheter after balloon deﬂation). Results: In comparison with intra-aortic and intraventricular administration, intracoronary infusion of thioﬂavin-S permitted a much clearer assessment of the left anterior descending coronary artery perfused area and of microvascular obstruction. Ischemia-reperfusion injury exerted a decisive role on the occurrence and dynamics of microvascular obstruction. The no-reperfusion group displayed completely preserved perfusion. With the same duration of coronary occlusion, microvascular obstruction was already detected in the 1-min reperfusion group (14% (cid:2) 7%), peaked in the 1-week reperfusion group (21% (cid:2) 7%), and signiﬁcantly decreased in the 1-month reperfusion group (4% (cid:2) 3%; P < . 001). Conclusions: We present proof-of-concept evidence on the crucial role of ischemia-reperfusion injury on the occurrence and dynamics of microvascular obstruction. The described porcine model using intracoronary injection of thioﬂavin-S permits accurate characterization of microvascular obstruction after myocardial infarction.
Determining factors in modiﬁed audit reports: evidence from Portuguese municipalities

Factors inﬂuencing audit reports have been widely studied in the private sector, but few studies have sought to assess the reasons for modiﬁed reports or qualiﬁed opinions in the public sector. The objective of our work is to analyse the determining factors that inﬂuence municipalities’ audit reports. For this, we analysed three dimensions: factors related to the characteristics of the municipality, factors related to the characteristics of the auditor, and political factors. Our conclusions demonstrate that ﬁnancial aspects, excluding debt, do not signiﬁcantly inﬂuence an auditor´s opinion. However, the size of the audit ﬁrm and emphasis of matter in the audit report do affect the likelihood of a qualiﬁed opinion. Nevertheless, there is no relationship between differing political afﬁliations of the executive and deliberative bodies and the type of audit report or audit opinion. We found no relationship between a modiﬁed report and the studied variables.
Determinants of audit report lag: evidence from Palestine

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to employ agency theory to identify the determinants of the audit delay among Palestinian companies listed on Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE). Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the agency theory, eight hypotheses are tested using data collected from the year 2011 annual reports for all the 46 listed companies on PSE. Multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the influence of a set of company characteristics, ownership structure variables, and corporate governance mechanisms. Findings – The result of the analysis demonstrated that the audit reporting delay is influenced by the board size, corporate size, status of audit firm, company complexity, existence of audit committee, and ownership dispersion. Research limitations/implications – The main shortcoming of the current study is that the analysis covered the Palestinian companies’ annual reports for only one year. A time series analysis might give fuller and understandable picture about the audit r.