Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sound Healing: Mood, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being Interrelationships

Psychosocial stress, tension, and depression are quite common in many parts of the developed world. Integrative medicine techniques which may potentially increase spiritual and emotional well-being may be useful in combating chronic psychosocial stress, as well as challenges with depression and excessive tension. The present observational study examines the effect of singing-bowl sound healing on emotional and spiritual well-being and particularly examines interrelationships between changes in spiritual well-being with changes in tension and depressed mood post-sound healing. Participants experienced a sound healing environment of vibrational musical instruments such as singing bowls (bell-like instruments), gongs, and other vibrational instruments. Sixty-two participants were examined in an observational study using singing-bowl sound healing. Emotional and spiritual well-being were examined by utilizing standardized questionnaires. Results revealed significant correlations between improvements in scores of spiritual well-being and reductions in scores of tension and depression post-sound healing. Moreover, effects varied by age of the study participants. Specifically, the association between spiritual well-being improvement and depression improvement was strongest for ages 31–40, while spiritual well-being improvement and tension improvement associations were strongest for ages 51–60. Implications for applying sound healing meditations as a potential low-cost, low-technology therapeutic technique are discussed for emotional and spiritual well-being.
Variación del componente graso y muscular mediante la aplicación de ejercicios funcionales en futbolistas profesionales

El presente estudio tuvo como fin analizar la variación del componente graso y muscular, mediante la aplicación de un programa de entrenamiento funcional, en futbolistas profesionales. De tipo descriptivo. Se aplicó (Test de valoración física, Vo2 Max, fuerza explosiva, fuerza resistencia, potencia, ejercicios preventivos, pliometría, resistencia aeróbica y anaeróbica, intervalos, intermitentes, ejercicios coordinativos y velocidad); por último, se realizó la toma de medidas del componente graso y muscular finales para la comparación pre y post entrenamiento funcional con el objetivo de conocer la variación de los mismos utilizando el programa estadístico SPSS versión 27. Se analizó la variación del componente graso y muscular, mediante la aplicación de un programa de entrenamiento funcional, en futbolistas profesionales, encontrando una variación significativa (p<0,05) antes y después del trabajo realizado mediante los ejercicios funcionales en los componentes corporales de IMC, pliegues, Porcentaje Graso (Carter, a partir de Yuhasz) y Porcentaje Muscular (Poortmans).
Research on the High Temperature and High Pressure Gold-Plated Fiber Grating Dual-Parameter Sensing Measurement System

In electrohydrostatic drive actuators, there is a demand for temperature and pressure monitoring in complex environments. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) has become a promising sensor for measuring temperature and pressure. However, there is a cross-sensitivity between temperature and pressure. A gold-plated FBG is proposed and manufactured, and an FBG is used as a reference grating to form a parallel all-fiber sensing system, which can realize the simultaneous measurement of pressure and temperature. Based on the simulation software, the mechanical distribution of the pressure diaphragm is analyzed, and the fixation scheme of the sensor is determined. Using the demodulator to monitor the changes in the reflectance spectrum in real-time, the pressure and ambient temperature applied to the sensor are measured. The experimental results show that the temperature sensitivity of gold-plated FBG is 3 times that of quartz FBG, which can effectively distinguish the temperature changes. The pressure response sensitivity of gold-plated FBG is 0.3 nm/MPa, which is same as the quartz FBG. Through the sensitivity matrix equation, the temperature and pressure dual-parameter sensing measurement is realized. The accuracy of the temperature and pressure measurement is 97.7% and 99.0%, and the corresponding response rates are 2.7 ms/°C and 2 ms/MPa, respectively. The sensor has a simple structure and high sensitivity, and it is promising to be applied in health monitoring in complex environments with a high temperature and high pressure.
Effects of Holstein and beef-dairy cross breed description on the sale price of feeder and weaned calf lots sold through video auctions

Objective: Objectives were to determine: 1) value of Holstein feeder steer lots compared with steer lots of other breed descriptions, 2) value of beef-dairy cross weaned steer calves compared with either Holstein weaned calves or weaned calves of other breed descriptions, and 3) value of beef-dairy cross weaned calves compared with weaned calves of other beef breed descriptions sold through video auctions. Study Description: Data on 14,075 feeder steer lots sold in 211 auctions from 2010 through 2018; 763 weaned steer calf lots, and 1,125 weaned steer and heifer calf lots sold via seven auctions in 2020 and 2021 were used. Separate multiple regression models using backwards selection were developed for feeder cattle, weaned steer, and weaned steer and heifer calf lots. The five breed group categories used were English-English crossed, English-Continental crossed, Brahman-influenced, Holstein, and beef-dairy crossed (weaned calves). Results: Breed description of feeder steer, weaned steer calf, and weaned steer and heifer calf lots affected sale price (P < 0.0001). Among weaned steer calves, beef-dairy crossed lots sold for the second lowest (P < 0.05) price ($147.62/cwt), though greater than Holsteins. Among feeder steer lots, Holsteins sold for the lowest (P < 0.05) sale price ($110.56/cwt) compared with all other breed groups. Among weaned steer and heifer calves, beef-dairy crosses sold for less than (P < 0.05; $136.39/cwt) all other breed groups. The Bottom Line: Beef-dairy crosses have improved value prospect compared with Holstein steers in the beef supply chain.
Driving Performance Evaluation of Shuttle Buses: A Case Study of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

The risky behaviours of bus drivers are of great concern to public health and environmental sustainability, especially for the buses operated between cities. With this in mind, the present study examined the distribution of risky behaviours among bus drivers, and the contributing factors to risky performance. To achieve this, 1648 records of GPS trajectory data and 8281 records of advance warning message data from Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge shuttle buses were obtained. The temporal and spatial distribution of risky behaviours was analysed. A random parameters negative binomial model was developed to further investigate the relationship between speed-related factors and risky behaviours. The results indicated that the warning of safety distance, lane departure, forward collision, and distraction were more likely to occur on weekdays. The period between 14 and 16 o’clock obtained the highest frequency of safety distance and lane departure warnings. Regarding the model estimation results, indicators reflecting average speed, acceleration, and number of trips per day showed a statistically significant impact on safety distance and lane departure warnings. Also, the acceleration of bus drivers showed a mixed impact on lane departure warnings. Corresponding implications were discussed according to the findings to reduce the frequency of risky behaviours in shuttle bus operations.
Construction of Modern Logistics Platform of Industrial Cluster in Liaoning Province

Industrial clusters have become another point for the growth of Liaoning's economic development;the modern logistics industry is receiving more and more attention as the third profit source of enterprises.With the continuously strengthen of the social division of labor and specialization,the correlation between the development of industrial clusters and modern logistics is increasingly apparent,it has practical necessity to establish modern logistics platform in our industrial clusters.Starting from the interaction between the industrial clusters and the modern logistics,the strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,threats when establishing the platform are analyzed,some relevant proposes are put forward in combination with the specific conditions of our province.
Effect of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 Spores as a Probiotic Feed Supplement on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Diarrhea Score, Intestinal Microbiota, and Excreta Odor Contents in Weanling Piglets

Simple Summary The weanling period is a vital stage for piglets. Due to lack of a complete digestive system and an immune system, a series of stress problems develop, such as diarrhea. As a kind of microecological additive with high stability and rapid proliferation, Bacillus subtilis is suitable for piglets’ diets as an additive. The objective of our study was to determine and confirm the effect of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores as a probiotic feed supplement on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal score, intestinal microbiota, and excreta odor contents in weanling piglets. Taken together, our results suggest that dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores could benefit the body weight, average daily gain, and gain-to-feed ratio of weanling piglets and improve the ATTD of dry matter, crude protein, and energy. Abstract It has been well-documented that the dietary supplementation of Bacillus subtilis could improve piglet performance. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores as a probiotic feed supplement on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal score, intestinal microbiota, and excreta odor contents in weanling piglets. A total of 150 crossed ((Yorkshire × Landrace) × Duroc) weanling piglets (28-days-old), with an average initial body weight of 7.53 ± 1.23 kg, were divided into two treatment groups according to sex and initial body weight (BW) for a 6-week experiment. In each group, fifteen replicate pens consisting of five piglets per pen (three gilts and two barrows) were used in a randomized complete block design. Treatments consisted of (1) CON, a basal diet; (2) BSC, a diet of CON + 300 g Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) C-3102 spores per ton of feed. Supplementation with the B. subtilis C-3102 spores in the diet increased the BW, average daily gain (ADG), and gain-to-feed ratio (G:F) throughout the whole trial (p < 0.05). Weanling piglets that were fed B. subtilis C-3102 spores had increased dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and energy (E) digestibility compared to the CON group (p < 0.05). Lower diarrhea scores were observed in the B. subtilis C-3102 spores group on Day 7 (p < 0.05). Taken together, our results suggest that dietary supplementation with B. subtilis C-3102 spores could benefit the BW, ADG, and G:F of weanling piglets and improve the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of the DM, CP, and E.
Bioactive Compounds of Ganoderma boninense Inhibited Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Growth by Affecting Their Cell Membrane Permeability and Integrity

Some species of Ganoderma, such as G. lucidum, are well-known as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and their pharmacological value was scientifically proven in modern days. However, G. boninense is recognized as an oil palm pathogen, and its biological activity is scarcely reported. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the antibacterial properties of G. boninense fruiting bodies, which formed by condensed mycelial, produced numerous and complex profiles of natural compounds. Extract was cleaned up with normal-phase SPE and its metabolites were analyzed using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LCMS). From the disc diffusion and broth microdilution assays, strong susceptibility was observed in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in elute fraction with zone inhibition of 41.08 ± 0.04 mm and MIC value of 0.078 mg mL−1. A total of 23 peaks were detected using MS, which were putatively identified based on their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z), and eight compounds, which include aristolochic acid, aminoimidazole ribotide, lysine sulfonamide 11v, carbocyclic puromycin, fenbendazole, acetylcaranine, tigecycline, and tamoxifen, were reported in earlier literature for their antimicrobial activity. Morphological observation via scanning electron microscope (SEM), cell membrane permeability, and integrity assessment suggest G. boninense extract induces irreversible damage to the cell membrane of MRSA, thus causing cellular lysis and death.
Thyroid Cancer Diagnostics Related to Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors: An Integrated Risk Assessment Approach

There are still many questions remaining about the etiopathogenesis of thyroid cancer, the most common type of endocrine neoplasia. Numerous occupational and environmental exposures have been shown to represent important risk factors that increase its incidence. Updated information about thyroid cancer diagnostics related to occupational and environmental risk factors is reviewed here, considering an integrated risk assessment approach; new data concerning thyroid cancer etiology and pathogenesis mechanisms, diagnostic biomarkers and methodologies, and risk factors involved in its pathogenesis are presented. A special emphasis is dedicated to specific occupational risk factors and to the association between environmental risk agents and thyroid cancer development. The occupational environment is taken into consideration, i.e., the current workplace and previous jobs, as well as data regarding risk factors, e.g., age, gender, family history, lifestyle, use of chemicals, or radiation exposure outside the workplace. Finally, an integrative approach is presented, underlying the need for an accurate Risk Assessment Matrix based on a systematic questionnaire. We propose a complex experimental design that contains different inclusion and exclusion criteria for patient groups, detailed working protocols for achieving coherent and sustainable, well-defined research stages from sample collection to the identification of biomarkers, with correlations between specific oncometabolites integrated into the Risk Assessment Matrix.
Sources of Thermal Power Generation and Their Influence on the Operating Temperature of Organic Solar Cells

Thermal stability, closely associated with the operating temperature, is one of the desired properties for practical applications of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this paper, an OSC of the structure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/ZnO/Ag was fabricated, and its current-voltage (J-V) characteristics and operating temperature were measured. The operating temperature of the same OSC was simulated using an analytical model, taking into consideration the heat transfer, charge carrier drift-diffusion and different thermal generation processes. The simulated results agreed well with the experimental ones. It was found that the thermalization of charge carriers above the band gap had the highest influence on the operating temperature of the OSCs. The energy off-set at the donor/acceptor interface in the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) was shown to have a negligible impact on the thermal stability of the OSCs. However, the energy off-sets at the electrode/charge-transporting layer and BHJ/charge-transporting layer interfaces had greater impacts on the operating temperature of OSCs at the short circuit current and maximum power point conditions. Our results revealed that a variation over the energy off-set range from 0.1 to 0.9 eV would induce an almost 10-time increase in the corresponding thermal power generation, e.g., from 0.001 to 0.01 W, in the cells operated at the short circuit current condition, contributing to about 16.7% of the total solar power absorbed in the OSC.
Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of the first myovirus isolated from Oceanospirillaceae, representing a novel viral cluster prevalent in polar oceans

The marine bacterial family Oceanospirillaceae, which is abundant in the deep-seas and polar oceans, is closely associated with algal blooms and petroleum hydrocarbons degradation. However, only a few Oceanospirillaceae-infecting phages have so far been reported. Here we report on a novel Oceanospirillum phage, vB_OsaM_PD0307, which is the first myovirus to be found that infects Oceanospirillaceae. vB_OsaM_PD0307 with a 44,421 bp linear dsDNA genome. Phylogenetic analysis and average nucleotide sequence identities suggest that vB_OsaM_PD0307 is different from other phage isolates and represents a novel genus-level myoviral cluster with two high-quality uncultured viral genomes, designed as Oceanospimyovirus. Additionally, the biogeographical distribution of the vB_OsaM_PD0307 cluster suggests that they are widespread in the oceans and abundant in polar areas. In summary, our findings expand the current understanding of the phylogenetic diversity, genomic characteristic and function of Oceanospimyovirus phages, and highlight the role of the vB_OsaM_PD0307 phage as a major ecological agent that can infect certain key bacterial groups associated with polar algal blooms. Importance Oceanospirillumphage vB_OsaM_PD0307 is the first myovirus found to infect Oceanospirillaceae and represents a novel viral genus, Oceanospimyovirus. This study provides insights into the genomic, phylogenetic, and ecological characteristics of myoviruses infecting Oceanospirillaceae and improves our understanding of the interactions between Oceanospirillaceae and their phages in the oceans.
Measurement Method and Compensation Control for Unbalanced Moment of Inertial Platform

A measurement and compensation method was proposed in order to eliminate the coupling effect on tracking accuracy and stabilizing capability due to unbalanced moment of inertial platform.The condition for static balancing of twoaxis gimbaled inertial platform was analyzed.Weight sensors were used to measure the static unbalance torque of inner and outer gimbal,then the calculation formulas of dynamic unbalanced moment during missile flight were derived.The simulation results of the built control model for inner gimbal in MATLAB/Adams show the effectiveness of the proposed compensation method for unbalanced moment.
Understanding Coding Behavior: An Incremental Process Mining Approach

Capturing and analyzing interaction data in real-time from development environments can help in understanding how programmers handle coding activities. We propose the use of process mining to learn coding behavior from event logs captured from a customized Integrated Development Environment, concerning interactions with both such an environment and a Version Control System. In particular, by using an incremental approach, the discovered model can be refined after every single development session, which avoids the need to for the model to learn from scratch from previous sessions. It would also allow one to provide the programmer timely suggestions to improve their performance. In this paper, we applied off-line incremental behavior, so as to be able to analyze it at several levels of depth and at different moments. As a preliminary evaluation of our approach, we investigated the coding activities of six novice students of a Java academic programming course working on a programming case study. The results provide some useful information about the initial difficulties in coding activities faced by programmers and show that their coding behavior could be considered as “formed” after a development task requiring approximately 4000 rows of code.
Instrumented Functional Test for Objective Outcome Evaluation of Balance Rehabilitation in Elderly Fallers: A Clinical Study

Introduction: Observational tests, e.g., the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) are widely used for balance evaluation in the elderly fallers. However, they do not allow objective outcome evaluation of rehabilitative interventions. This study aimed to investigate, in a clinical setting, the use of inertial measurement units (IMUs) integrated into the BBS test for objective outcome evaluation of balance rehabilitation in elderly fallers compared to conventional BBS scores. Methods: Thirty-six elderly fallers were recruited from the in-patient population of a geriatrics Clinic. Participants performed the BBS test while wearing 3 IMUs placed on the sternum, sacrum, and tibia of the dominant leg following admission to the clinic. Subsequently, they completed a rehabilitation program for 2–4 weeks. They performed a similar test before their discharge. The physical therapist recorded the BBS scores at both sessions, and the sensor data of the 2-min quiet standing task (BBS task 2) were extracted for objective balance evaluation. Moreover, eleven young adults were recruited to perform a 2-min quiet standing test while wearing the same IMUs. Center-of-pressure (COP) and segmental center-of-mass (COM) accelerations were calculated to estimate time-domain, frequency-domain, and intersegment coordination biomarkers of balance. Results: COP time- and frequency-domain measures, COM acceleration time-domain measures, and intersegment coordination measures could identify age-related changes in balance of seniors compared to young adults (p < 0.05). Moreover, balance biomarkers of senior adults exhibited a reduced sway acceleration and jerkiness in the medial-lateral direction post-rehabilitation (p < 0.05). Although the total BBS scores increased post-rehabilitation, sway displacement and velocity did not significantly improve. We observed a significant association between pelvis-leg coordination at high sway oscillations and the total BBS scores pre- and post-rehabilitation. Conclusion: IMUs enable not only the characterization of underlying causes of impaired balance but also the identification of improved and yet impaired aspects of balance post-rehabilitation. Hence, IMUs allow us to characterize risk factors post-rehabilitation in elderly fallers, whereas the BBS scores only show changes in overall balance. It is crucial to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of such interventions to reduce future falls and their adverse consequences. Therefore, instrumented balance assessment is recommended since it can provide quantitative and objective measures for clinical outcome evaluations.
Developing And Verifying A Necroptic Gene-Based Prognostic Index In Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth leading cancer throughout the world and ranks fourth in cancer mortality. Necroptosis modulates tumorigenesis, metastasis, and treatment resistance. However, gene sets related to necroptosis in HCC are rarely analyzed. Hence, it is vital to assess the clinicopathological influence of necroptosis in a large HCC patient population. Our goal in this research was to develop a novel HCC prognostic indicator based on necroptosis. To that end, we examined 132 necroptosis related genes (NRGs) and recognized 36 differentially expressed NRGs (DE-NRGs) in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. Using both uni- and multivariate Cox regression models, we selected 4 NRGs, which can be employed to categorize HCC cases into low- or high-risk groups. Based on our survival analysis, the overall survival (OS) duration of high-risk cases was markedly shorter, in comparison with low-risk cases. We also verified using COX regression analysis that NRGs can serve as stand-alone prognostic indicators of HCC prognosis. Moreover, the area under the curve (AUC) of the combined prediction model was 0.807. Lastly, we also verified the validity of our model using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset. In summary, a state-of-the-art NRG-based HCC prognostic indicator is established to accurately predict the outcome of HCC cases to aid clinicians in the efficient planning and designing of personalized anti-HCC therapy.