Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest

Proxy estimates of atmospheric CO2 are necessary to reconstruct Earth's climate history. Confidence in paleo‐CO2 estimates can be increased by comparing results from multiple proxies at a single site, but so far this strategy has been implemented only for marine‐based techniques. Here we present CO2 estimates for the well‐studied early Paleocene Castle Rock site in Colorado using four paleobotanical proxies. Median estimates range from 470 to 813 ppm, demonstrating fair correspondence. The synthesis yields a median of 616 ppm (352–1110 ppm at 95% confidence), considerably higher than previous early Paleocene CO2 estimates (~300 ppm). Ash bed geochronology by the high‐precision U‐Pb method places the Castle Rock assemblage at 63.844 ± 0.097 Ma (fully propagated 2σ error). When these results are placed into the broader context of other Cenozoic CO2 estimates from plant‐gas‐exchange approaches and coeval estimates of global mean surface temperature, a pattern emerges of an Earth system sensitivity around 3 °C per CO2 doubling during the Paleocene and Eocene, a time with little land ice, then steepening to >7 °C after the Eocene once land ice was present on Antarctica.
The importance of female reproductive history on self-reported sleep quality, mood, and urogenital symptoms in midlife

This cross-sectional pilot study suggests that women´s reproductive history, as determined by parity and miscarriage, may be relevant to their midlife health and well-being. Abstract Objective This study investigated the importance of reproductive history on somatic and psychological symptoms in midlife women. Methods A total of 503 women from 39 to 65 years of age were recruited from different localities in Slovakia. These were interviewed about their reproductive and menstrual history, sociodemographic background, and lifestyle and health status after submitting pretested questionnaires. All variables were measured by self-reporting, and multivariable logistic and ordinal regression analyses tested the associations. Results Women who experienced miscarriage had a greater likelihood of waking early and then sleeping poorly, and they also felt unattractive in midlife. Moreover, women with two or more miscarriages were four times more likely to experience this sleep symptom than those without miscarriage (odds ratio [OR], 4.2; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.70-10.38; P = 0.002). In addition, women with one or two children suffered significantly less often with severe depressed mood and lack of enjoyment than women with three and more children (lack of enjoyment: with one child, the OR was 0.39 [95% CI, 0.16-0.96; P = 0.041]; with two children, the OR was 0.47 [95% CI, 0.23-0.97; P = 0.040]; depressed mood: with one child, the OR was 0.32 [95% CI, 0.12-0.84; P = 0.021]). Finally, the premenopausal and perimenopausal women were less likely to experience severe vaginal dryness than those in postmenopause. Conclusions This cross-sectional pilot study suggests that women's reproductive history, as determined by parity and miscarriage, may be relevant to their midlife health and well-being. Future research is warranted.
Pre-Post Practice Changes in Countermovement Vertical Jump Force-Time Metrics in Professional Male Basketball Players

Abstract Cabarkapa, D, Cabarkapa, DV, Philipp, NM, Knezevic, OM, Mirkov, DM, and Fry, AC. Pre-post practice changes in countermovement vertical jump force-time metrics in professional male basketball players. J Strength Cond Res 37(11): e609–e612, 2023—Despite the countermovement vertical jump (CVJ) being one of the most popular noninvasive and time-efficient methods for monitoring neuromuscular status, there is a lack of scientific literature focused on examining fatigue-induced alterations in performance in elite athletes. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine changes in force-time metrics pre-post practice in professional male basketball players. Seventeen athletes competing in first-tier and second-tier national basketball leagues in Europe participated in this study. While standing on a uniaxial force plate sampling at 1,000 Hz, each athlete completed 3 CVJs pre-practice and post-practice. The practice consisted of individual and team shooting drills, position-specific player development drills, 5-on-0 offensive actions, and 5-on-5 play, including full-court transition (∼2 hours). The findings reveal that pre-post practice changes in force-time metrics seem to be phase specific. Despite a trivial increase in eccentric mean force (920.4 ± 100.2, 929.4 ± 100.0 N), most changes were observed within the concentric phase of the CVJ. The concentric phase duration increased pre-post practice (0.233 ± 0.027, 0.242 ± 0.033 seconds), whereas concentric impulse (262.9 ± 18.8, 258.6 ± 21.6 N·s), peak velocity (2.93 ± 0.22, 2.86 ± 0.22 m·s−1), mean force (2052.4 ± 179.2, 2002.7 ± 188.2 N), mean power (3,165.5 ± 269.5, 3,030.9 ± 326.8 W), and peak power (5,523.4 ± 607.3, 5,246.6 ± 663.7 W) experienced a significant decrease. Moreover, alongside longer contraction time (0.663 ± 0.065, 0.686 ± 0.074 seconds), lower vertical jump height (41.0 ± 6.8, 38.9 ± 6.6 cm) and reactive strength index-modified (0.634 ± 0.113, 0.579 ± 0.111 m·s−1) values were observed post-practice. Overall, these findings may allow practitioners to detect fatigue-induced changes in CVJ force-time metrics in professional male basketball players that can ultimately improve the acute and longitudinal training-adaptation monitoring process.
Employees' Emotional Intelligence and Customers' Retention in Selected Hotels in Port Harcourt

espite the increase in organizational behaviour research in firms, there D seems to be little effort made to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence in the hospitality industry in the African context. It is leveraged on this understanding that, this study used a data set of 100 guests to examine how employees' emotional intelligence influences customer retention in selected hotels in Port Harcourt. The four hypotheses posited were all supported. The results indicated that emotional management and relationship management had positive and significant relationship with customer satisfaction and customer loyalty respectively. Academic and managerial implications of the results and future research directions are suggested.
Sorption and Desorption of Competing Heavy Metalsfrom Laterite

Heavy metal pollution is a major concern for environmentalists. Competing ions affect the sorption of heavy metals onto the surfaces of soils. This study evaluated competitive adsorption and desorption of Cd, Cr, Pb, Cu and Zn from two laterite samples – Emuhu Laterite, LAEM and Abeokuta Laterite, LAAB, obtained from Nigeria. The equilibrium concentrations of heavy metals following adsorption using mixed metal solutions were determined. Desorption studies were performed using residues of adsorption studies. Laterite affinities for heavy metal adsorption/desorption were determined by means of selectivity sequences. The adsorption sequences obtained were Cu >Pb> Cr > Zn > Cd and Cu > Cr >Pb ≫ Zn > Cd for LAEM and LAAB, respectively, while the sequences for the desorption experiments were Cr > Cu >Pb> Zn > Cd and Cr ≫ Cu >Pb> Zn > Cd, respectively. Cr, Pb, Cu were strongly adsorbed by both soils. Adsorptions of the heavy metals on LAEM and LAAB fitted into the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm model, respectively. The results suggested that the two soils are capable of receiving and holding Cr, Pb and Cu pollutants in solution. They can thus be recommended for remediation of the three metals from industrial waste effluents.
Targeted Q1 Inhibition of the EGFR Pathways Enhances Zn-BC-AM PDT-Induced Apoptosis in Well-Differentiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a receptor often expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells, is one of the recently identiﬁed molecular targets in cancer treatment. In the present study, the effects of combined treatment of Zn-BC-AM PDT with an EGFR inhibitor AG1478 were investigated. Well-differentiated NPC HK-1 cells were subjected to PDT with 1 m M of Zn-BC-AM and were irradiated at a light dose of 1 J/cm 2 in the presence or absence of EGFR inhibitor AG1478. Speciﬁc protein kinase inhibitors of downstream EGFR targets were also used in the investigation. EGFR, Akt, and ERK were found constitutively activated in HK-1 cells and the activities could be inhibited by the EGFR inhibitor AG1478. A sub-lethal concentration of AG1478 was found to further enhance the irreversible cell damage induced by Zn-BC-AM PDT in HK-1 cells. Pre-incubation of the cells with speciﬁc inhibitors of EGFR (AG1478), PI3k/Akt (LY294002), or MEK/ERK (PD98059) before light irradiation were found to enhance Zn-BC-AM PDT-induced formation of apoptotic cells. The efﬁcacy of Zn-BC-AM PDT can be increased through the inhibition of EGFR/PI3K/Akt and EGFR/MEK/ERK signaling pathways in NPC cells. Combination therapy with Zn-BC-AM PDT and EGFR inhibitors may further be developed for the treatment of advanced NPC. J. Cell. Biochem. 9999: 1–8, 2009. (cid:1)
Lynch Suspected Cases with Negative

: Some 10–50% of Lynch-suspected cases with abnormal immunohistochemical (IHC) staining remain without any identiﬁable germline mutation of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. MMR proteins form heterodimeric complexes, giving rise to distinct IHC patterns when mutant. Potential reasons for not ﬁnding a germline mutation include involvement of an MMR gene not predicted by the IHC pattern, epigenetic mechanism of predisposition, primary mutation in another DNA repair or replication-associated gene, and double somatic MMR gene mutations. We addressed these possibilities by germline and tumor studies in 60 Lynch-suspected cases ascertained through diagnostics ( n = 55) or research ( n = 5). All cases had abnormal MMR protein staining in tumors but no point mutation or large rearrangement of the suspected MMR genes in the germline. In diagnostic practice, MSH2 / MSH6 (MutS Homolog 2 / MutS Homolog 6) deﬁciency prompts MSH2 mutation screening; in our study, 3 / 11 index individuals (27%) with this IHC pattern revealed pathogenic germline mutations in MSH6 . Individuals with isolated absence of MSH6 are routinely screened for MSH6 mutations alone; we found a predisposing mutation in MSH2 in 1 / 7 such cases (14%). Somatic deletion of the MSH2 - MSH6 region, joint loss of MSH6 and MSH3 (MutS Homolog 3) proteins, and hindered MSH2 / MSH6 dimerization o ﬀ ered explanations to misleading IHC patterns. Constitutional epimutation hypothesis was pursued in the MSH2 and / or MSH6-deﬁcient cases plus 38 cases with MLH1 (MutL Homolog 1)-deﬁcient tumors; a primary MLH1 epimutation was identiﬁed in one case with an MLH1-deﬁcient tumor. We conclude that both MSH2 and MSH6 should be screened in MSH2 / 6-and MSH6-deﬁcient cases. In MLH1-deﬁcient cases, constitutional epimutations of MLH1 warrant consideration.
Melissopalynological studies in India: A review

Melissopalynological study was an age old technique of examining honey samples for their pollen content and was of high research interest in Europe and US for a long time. In the present review study an attempt has been made to accumulate the research studies of melissopalynology in India which was started in early fifties converging to the recent advancements. The different studies from different parts of India explore major bee foraging plants of the studied regions with their seasonal variations. Apart from the pollen investigations some physicochemical parameters were also identified in Indian honey, though not sufficient level to establish a good quality control. The present review is also trying to demarcate the present status and scope in this research area to enhance the knowledge for apicultural market.
University of Birmingham Combination forecasting of energy demand in the UK

In more deregulated markets such as the UK, demand forecasting is vital for the electric industry as it is used to set electricity generation and purchasing, establishing electricity prices, load switching and demand response. In this paper we produce improved short-term forecasts of the demand for energy produced from ﬁve diﬀerent sources in the UK averaging from a set of 6 univariate and multivariate models. The forecasts are averaged using six diﬀerent weighting functions including Simple Model Averaging (SMA), Granger-Ramanathan Model Averaging (GRMA), Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA), Smoothing Akaike (SAIC), Mallows Weights (MMA) and Jackknife (JMA). Our results show that model averaging gives always a lower Mean Square Forecast Error (MSFE) than the best/optimal models within each class however selected. For example, for Coal, Wind and Hydro generated Electricity forecasts generated with model averaging, we report a MSFE about 12% lower than that obtained using the best selected individual models. Among these, the best individual forecasting models are the Non-Linear Artiﬁcial Neural Networks and the Vector Autoregression and that models selected by the Jackknife have often superior performance. However, MMA averaged forecasts almost always beat the predictions obtained from any of the individual models however selected, and those generated by other model averaging techniques.
Modulation of Chemokine Production and Inflammatory Responses in Interferon-(cid:2) - and Tumor Necrosis Factor-R1-Deficient Mice during Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi causes a strong inflammatory reaction at the inoculation site and, later, in the myocardium. The present study investigates the role of cytokines as modulators of T. cruzi - induced chemokine expression in vivo and in vitro . In macrophage cultures, although the stimulation with interferon (IFN)- (cid:2) increases the expression of IP-10, it blocks KC expression. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- (cid:3) , on the other hand, potentiates KC, IP-10, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (cid:3) , and JE/monocyte chemotatic protein-1 expression. Interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-(cid:4) inhibited almost all chemokines tested. The role of IFN-(cid:2) and TNF-(cid:3) in chemokine modulation during infection was investigated in T. cruzi -infected IFN-(cid:2) -deficient (GKO) or TNF-R1/p55-deficient (p55 (cid:5) / (cid:5) ) mice.
. Linear frequency domain reduced order modelling of aerofoil gust response. In 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

A method for constructing reduced order models of an aerofoil subject to gusts is presented. The method is based on subspace system identification in the frequency domain in order to obtain a model which retains the dynamic information of the original system, while having a comparatively smaller dimension. The gust is prescribed through the domain using the split velocity method to obtain the system frequency response. This is used to find the state matrices of the reduced system. By prescribing a series of 1-cosine gusts, it is shown that the reduced system obtained agrees well with the original system
Anomaly of the Moist Potential Vorticity Substance with Mass Forcing and Its Application in Diagnosing Mei-Yu Front Rainfall

Abstract The effects of precipitation on the moist potential vorticity substance (MPVS) are investigated by analyzing the MPVS with precipitation mass forcing and its impermeability in daily 1° × 1° data of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) over the Yangtze River Basin from 21 June to 2 July 1999. The results show that the positive MPVS anomalies appear mainly along the Meiyu front, where the maximum MPVS collocates with the maximum surface rainfall. Rain case diagnoses indicate that the MPVS anomaly may be used as a dynamical signal to detect the location and shift of the rain band when its impermeability is considered.
MIT Open Access Articles Flexpad: highly flexible bending interactions for projected handheld displays

Flexpad is an interactive system that combines a depth camera and a projector to transform sheets of plain paper or foam into flexible, highly deformable, and spatially aware handheld displays. We present a novel approach for tracking deformed surfaces from depth images in real time. It captures deformations in high detail, is very robust to occlusions created by the user’s hands and fingers, and does not require any kind of markers or visible texture. As a result, the display is considerably more deformable than in previous work on flexible handheld displays, enabling novel applications that leverage the high expressiveness of detailed deformation. We illustrate these unique capabilities through three application examples: curved cross-cuts in volumetric images, deforming virtual paper characters, and slicing through time in videos. Results from two user studies show that our system is capable of detecting complex deformations and that users are able to perform them quickly and precisely.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Two sides to every story Causes and consequences of selective exposure to balanced political information

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(2017). How do moving and other major life events impact mental health? A longitudinal analysis of UK children. Health and Place, 46, 257-266.

Research has suggested that children who move home report poorer mental health than those who remain residentially stable. However, many previous studies have been based on cross sectional data and have failed to consider major life events as confounders. This study uses longitudinal data from ALSPAC, a UK population based birth cohort study, and employs within-between random e ﬀ ect models to decompose the association between moving in childhood and poor mental health. Results suggest that while unobserved between-individual di ﬀ erences between mobile and non-mobile children account for a large portion of this association, within-individual di ﬀ erences remain and indicate that moving may have a detrimental impact upon subsequent mental health. There is heterogeneity in children ’ s response to moving, suggesting that a dichotomy of movers vs stayers is overly simplistic.
Actividad microbiana en suelos cultivados con palma aceitera, cacao, pasto y bosque natural Microbial activity in soils cultivated with oil palm, cocoa, pasture and natural forest

The effect of cultivation of oil palm (OP), cocoa (C), pasture (PS) and forest (F) on microbial activity in soils was evaluated during the wet and dry periods of the year. It was measured the total organic carbon (%TOC) by wet digestion, microbial biomass carbon (MicC) by fumigation-extraction, soil respiration (CCO2 ) in static incubations and moisture (%H) by gravimetry. An analysis of
Differential Diagenesis and Pore Evolution Characteristics of Different Sedimentary Microfacies Reservoirs of Bioclastic Limestone: A Case Study of MB2-MC1 Section in X Oilfield in The Middle East

In order to clarify the differential diagenesis of different sedimentary microfacies of bioclastic limestone in Cretaceous M Formation in the Middle East and systematically analyze the characteristics of reservoir pore evolution, the data of regional geology, well logging, core, cast thin section, scanning electron microscope, three-dimensional CT and conventional porosity and permeability test are comprehensively used, taking MB2-MC1 section in X oilfield as an example, starting from the diagenesis and pore evolution of bioclastic-arene shoal, the characteristics of diagenesis of each sedimentary microfacies in different environments are analyzed, and the differential diagenesis, pore evolution process and its influence on physical properties are studied. It is showed that the reservoirs of MB2-MC1 section are mainly developed in the ramp shoal and platform margin shoal. The shoal facies can be further subdivided according to the type of bioclastic debris. The sedimentary microfacies determine the original fabric and bioclastic type of M Formation, and then control the diagenetic sequence and strength. Each sedimentary microfacies mainly experiences different degrees of mud crystallization and burrows in seawater environment, dissolution and cementation in atmospheric freshwater environment, compaction, pressure solution and dolomitization in burial environment. High energy microfacies have the characteristics of non-selective dissolution, mainly developing intergranular pores and intergranular dissolved pores. Medium energy microfacies have the characteristics of selective dissolution, mainly developing mould pores and intragranular pores. The medium-low energy microfacies have the characteristics of moderate cementation, moderate compaction and moderate-weak dolomitization, mainly developing intragranular pores and visceral foramen pores. The low energy microfacies have the characteristics of strong cementation, strong compaction and moderate dolomitization, mainly developing micropores, intercrystalline pores and visceral foramen pores, which are non-reservoirs.
Differences in soil-water characteristics of monoculture oil-palm plantations, agroforestry oil-palm plantations and natural forest

This study aims to determine the soil water retention curves and infiltration rates for three different land use types located in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia: natural forest, monoculture and agroforestry oil palm plantations (divided into new agroforestry (2,5 years) and old agroforestry (over 10 years)). Data on the infiltration rate of the soil for the different land use types was collected by using a double infiltrometer. A Horton curve was fitted to these measurements. The results on the soil water characteristics were compared between all land use types. This concluded that there is a significant difference in constant infiltration rate between the value of the natural forest and the new agroforestry and the value of the other land use types. The forest also has a significant smaller porosity. The results of the study concluded that plantations have a bad influence on the soil characteristics investigated, but in general agroforestry has a less bad impact than monoculture. However, this is highly dependent on the features of the locations investigated.
The Effects of Palu-Koro Fault on Predicting Ground Motion for Estimating Liquefaction-Induced Settlement of the Educational Infrastructure Reconstruction Project at the University of Tadulako

The University of Tadulako suffered significant damage after a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of M 7.5 with a depth of 20 km that occurred on September 28, 2018. This incident happened because of its location very close to the Palu-Koro fault. The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing was assigned to reconstruct damaged educational infrastructure there. Seismic hazard analysis was needed to prepare reconstruction development projects and mitigation efforts. Many studies are related to predicting ground motion due to seismic fault activity, one of which is the attenuation NGA West 2 models. This study aims to determine the relationship between fault effects and ground motion to estimate liquefaction-induced settlement at this project. The results show that the relationship between the fault effects and ground motion affects various PGA values. PGA value resulting from the CY14 model was used to estimate settlement because it considers the worst condition aspect, where the most significant settlement occurred at the drill point DP-05 of 10.234 cm. This settlement can happen because the liquefied soil layer at the drill point was quite deep compared to other drill points.