Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cross-cultural validity of the psycho-social aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU) scale

The Psycho-Social Aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU) scale was developed by Bodroza and Jovanovic (2016) to comprehensively measure psychological and social aspects of the users? Facebook (FB) experiences i.e. compensatory use of FB, self-presentation on FB, socializing, and seeking sexual partners through FB, FB addiction, and FB profile as the virtual self. The scale was previously validated on two Serbian samples. The aim of this study was to examine the validity of the PSAFU scale across multiple cultures, i.e. develop a version of the scale that would be suitable for the cross-cultural study of FB behaviors. The sample consisted of 1.632 respondents from Croatia, Italy, Iran, Serbia, and the UK. Administered questionnaires consisted of the PSAFU scale (Bodroza & Jovanovic, 2016), the Big Five Inventory (BFI; John et al., 1991), the Narcissistic Personality Inventory 16 (NPI-16; Ames et al., 2006), socio-demographic, and FB use questions (e.g., time spent on FB on a daily basis, frequency of posting, and number of FB friends). After some modifications and exclusion of the Virtual Self scale, the results of multigroup confirmatory factor analysis show that the PSAFU scale is cross-culturally invariant for the cultures included in this study and suitable for use in them. The remaining dimensions of revised PSAFU scale (PSAFU-R) have statistically significant relationships with measured personality traits and with indicators of FB use, although considerable cross-cultural variations were obtained.
Symptoms resulting from the feeding of true bugs on growing hazelnuts

Palomena prasina (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) are new pests in French hazel orchards (Corylus avellana L., Corylaceae). Knowing the symptoms in growing hazelnuts resulting from pests feeding on them is important for risk assessment and risk management. Insects were isolated in net sleeves on hazelnuts of the Pauetet cultivar at various phenological stages for 1 week, and symptoms resulting from the insects’ feeding were observed at harvest. From pre‐shell expansion to kernel expansion and from kernel expansion to kernel maturation, feeding mainly results in blank nuts and necrotic spots, respectively. The feeding of adult insects, as well as third‐ and fourth‐instars, resulted in blank nuts. When adults and fifth‐instars fed on the kernel, necrotic spots resulted. The stylet penetration potential of adult insects and late‐instars is higher, allowing them to reach the kernel and cause abortion or necrotic spotting. Blank nuts are the main damage observed, and their intensity is highly related to changes in both hazelnut and bug phenology. Therefore, symptoms should be discussed in light of the cultivar and bug occurrence in the field. This study contributes to the development of decision tools for integrated pest management of true bug pests that feed on hazelnuts.
Correlation between circulating microRNA and lipid indicesin patients with ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus

The aim of the study was to investigate circulating miRNAs-27a, -221 levels and their correlations with lipid indices in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods. The study included 58 patients with stable IHD and type 2 diabetes mellitus, 22 IHD patients without diabetes and 19 healthy controls. MicroRNAs-27a-3р and 221-3р were determined in blood plasma by real time polymerase chain reaction. U6 small nuclear RNA was used for normalization. Results. The lowest levels of circulating miRNAs-27a and -221 were in IHD patients with diabetes. The decrease in the levels of both microRNAs in patients with diabetes was significant not only in comparison with the control group (P = 0.024, P = 0.006), but also with patients without diabetes (P = 0.011, P = 0.001). In IHD patients without diabetes, microRNAs-27a and -221 levels did not change significantly. In IHD patients with diabetes, microRNA-221 showed a significant positive correlation with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (R = 0.382, P = 0.003). MicroRNA-27a was correlated negatively with triglycerides (TG) (R = -0.284, P = 0.051) and positively – with HDL-C (R = 0.257, P = 0.078) at a borderline significance level. The lower level of microRNA-27a (the 1st tertile) was associated with significantly increased TG level in comparison with the 3rd tertile (P = 0.004), and significantly decreased HDL-C level in comparison with the 2nd (P = 0.001) and the 3rd (P = 0.023) tertiles. Patients with lower microRNA-221 level (the 1st tertile) had significantly reduced HDL-C level in comparison with the 3rd tertile(P = 0.007). Conclusions. The results have demonstrated the significant decrease in circulating microRNAs-27a and -221 levels in IHD patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and no change in both microRNAs in patients without diabetes. In IHD patients with diabetes, the lower expression of microRNA-27a was associated with the significant elevation of TG and the significant decrease in HDL-C. The lower microRNA-221 level was associated only with the significant decrease in HDL-C.
Effects of Voltage Sags on a Refinery with Induction Motors Loads

Voltage sags are voltage reduction events, followed by restoration of the normal supply conditions after a short duration. Induction Motors (IMs) constitute a large portion of the loads in industrial power systems. The loss of their service in a continuous process plant (like a refinery) may result in a costly shutdown. The basic observed effects of voltage sags on induction motors are speed loss and current and torque transients associated with both voltage reduction and recovery. This paper will focus on the response of the IMs to various parameters of voltage sags; including magnitude, duration, effect of pre-sag voltage, loading percentage, point on the wave of sag occurrence, source harmonics, and three-phase unbalance. Other objectives of this study are to investigate the motors ride through capability during different types of voltage sags, and to establish guidelines for adjusting the protection relays of the IMs. The industrial electrical distribution system of Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemicals Co. (ANRPC) is taken as a case study to investigate such effects through computer simulations using the MATLAB/SIMULINK i toolbox. Validity of the simulations is verified by actual performance.
The Interiorization of Public Higher Education in Santana do Araguaia, Brazil

As part of the interiorization program of public higher education in Brazil, and following the dismemberment of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), the Federal University of South and Southeast of Pará (Unifesspa) was created in 2013 in the Eastern Amazon. In 2014, the Araguaia Engineering Institute (IEA) of Unifesspa was set up in the city of Santana of Araguaia, providing a licentiate degree course in Mathematics. The bachelor’s degree in civil engineering was added in 2018, and architecture and urbanism in 2019. Santana of Araguaia is a relatively new municipality, located in the state of Pará, away from the main centralities and between the borders of agribusiness and the Amazon. Our research analyzed the evolution of the first years of this university campus in the municipal and regional contexts and reports the development indexes of IEA and Santana do Araguaia. It is observed that there are numerous challenges to improving this asymmetry; however, the interiorization of public higher education does have the potential to overcome some of this inequality, stimulate the development, and guarantee the right to public, free, and quality higher education.
Power Changes of Electromagnetic Waves Across the Temporal Boundary in Simple Polar-Molecule Reactions

Microwave-assisted chemical reactions have been widely used, but the inhomogeneous heating limits further applications. The aim of this paper is to investigate the power transfer behavior in the simple polar-molecule reactions whose polarization changes with the proceeding of the reactions. At the temporal boundary, based on the continuity of charge and flux and the equivalent transmission line approach of the simple polar-molecule reactions, we discover the power changes in the reactions. The numerical results are in agreement with the theory of the temporal boundary. When the time scale of the component concentration variation is smaller than the wave period, the polarization is not continuous at the temporal boundary. The impedance of the reactions across the temporal boundary changes, and the reflection occurs. Moreover, when the dielectric property of the reactions decreases, the power of the waves increases after the temporal boundary and the waves experience a net energy gain. The results may be helpful in disclosing the non-uniform electromagnetic energy distribution in chemical reactions.
Patterns of Growth and Development of Young Herd Horses of Eurasia

Department of Biotechnology, «Taraz Regional University named after M.Kh. Dulati» 40 Tole bi str. , Taraz, Kazakhstan Department of Private Zootechnics, «Russian State Agrarian University Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev» 49 Timiryazevskaya str. , Moscow, 127550, Russian Federation Department of Agricultural Production Processing Technology, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Tuva State University» 28 Student quarter 1 sq. , Kyzyl, 667000, Tuva Republic, Russia Department Physiology, Morphology and Biochemistry named after academician N.U. Bazanova, «Kazakh National Agrarian Research University» 8 Abay Ave., Almaty, Kazakhstan Department of «Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Medicine and Feed and Milk Quality Assessment», «Research and Production Center for Livestock and Veterinary Medicine» Limited Liability Company 40 Kenesary str. , Nur-Sultan, 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan
Social-Media Analytics based Schema for Candidate Profiling

We’re proposing a design for a candidate profiling system that uses various tools to help Human Resource Managers (HRM) in finding the best candidates for their job profile. This approach not only helps HRMs, but also helps the candidates in both: improving their skills and in getting jobs that suit their qualifications and abilities.
John Dewey and the dialogue between architecture and neuroscience

Sustainability is the most significant force to change architecture since the breakthrough of modernism a century ago. So far the contributions of architects to this mandate have largely amounted to technological interventions. Yet the urgent call for sustainability demands going beyond merely technological solutions to modify behavioral patterns, cultural habits and even our deeply ingrained ideas about ourselves. The very notion that architecture could modify behavioral patterns, or the sedimentation of habits seems far-fetched in an epistemological framework that has drawn strict lines between outside and inside, subject and object, body and mind — all the dualities that the cognitive and neurosciences have been gradually working to undermine. Our practice as architects has been unconsciously shaped by centuries of formalist thinking that have turned buildings into inanimate objects; a habit of thinking that has weakened our role and contributed to the sense that architecture is a luxury item, one among many consumable commodities — though we can no longer deny that it is the very fabric of our survival and flourishing. Further, the once healthy plurality of our architectural theory has left us without a coherent philosophical framework with which to confront the climate crisis. For John Dewey, theory and practice were not ontologically separate domains, but two distinct yet inseparable and necessary aspects of engaging in the world. This essay explores how Dewey's pragmatic philosophy could help to build a theoretical framework that would allow us to apply and integrate the findings of the cognitive and neurosciences into our architectural practice and education, so that we might respond not only to the constraints and opportunities of the given context — site, program and energy resources—but also to the limits and affordances of our perceptual systems and the whole of our body and mind.
Examining the Communication Pattern of Transportation and Transit Agencies on Twitter: A Longitudinal Study in the Emergence of COVID-19 on Twitter

Social media can be a significant tool for transportation and transit agencies providing passengers with real-time information on traffic events. Moreover, COVID-19 and other limitations have compelled the agencies to engage with travelers online to promote public knowledge about COVID-related issues. It is, therefore, important to understand the agencies’ communication patterns. In this original study, the Twitter communication patterns of different transportation actors—types of message, communication sufficiency, consistency, and coordination—were examined using a social media data-driven approach applying text mining techniques and dynamic network analysis. A total of 850,000 tweets from 395 different transportation and transit agencies, starting in 2018 and the periods before, during and after the pandemic, were studied. Transportation agencies (federal, state, and city) were found to be less active on Twitter and mostly discussed safety measures, project management, and so forth. By contrast, the transit agencies (local bus and light, heavy, and commuter rail) were more active on Twitter and shared information about crashes, schedule information, passenger services, and so forth. Moreover, transportation agencies shared minimal pandemic safety information than transit agencies. Dynamic network analysis reveals interaction patterns among different transportation actors that are poorly connected and coordinated among themselves and with different health agencies (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]). The outcome of this study provides understanding to improve existing communication plans, critical information dissemination efficacy, and the coordination of different transportation actors in general and during unprecedented health crises.
Dynamic bending of bionic flexible body driven by pneumatic artificial muscles(PAMs) for spinning gait of quadruped robot

The body of quadruped robot is generally developed with the rigid structure. The mobility of quadruped robot depends on the mechanical properties of the body mechanism. It is difficult for quadruped robot with rigid structure to achieve better mobility walking or running in the unstructured environment. A kind of bionic flexible body mechanism for quadruped robot is proposed, which is composed of one bionic spine and four pneumatic artificial muscles(PAMs). This kind of body imitates the four-legged creatures’ kinematical structure and physical properties, which has the characteristic of changeable stiffness, lightweight, flexible and better bionics. The kinematics of body bending is derived, and the coordinated movement between the flexible body and legs is analyzed. The relationship between the body bending angle and the PAM length is obtained. The dynamics of the body bending is derived by the floating coordinate method and Lagrangian method, and the driving force of PAM is determined. The experiment of body bending is conducted, and the dynamic bending characteristic of bionic flexible body is evaluated. Experimental results show that the bending angle of the bionic flexible body can reach 18°. An innovation body mechanism for quadruped robot is proposed, which has the characteristic of flexibility and achieve bending by changing gas pressure of PAMs. The coordinated movement of the body and legs can achieve spinning gait in order to improve the mobility of quadruped robot.
Diagnosis of single-phase open-line fault in three-phase PWM rectifier with LCL filter

In this study, the transient process when the single-phase open-line fault (SPOLF) occurs in the three-phase AC–DC pulse width modulation rectifier with LCL filter (LCL-PWMR) is theoretically analysed for the first time and the corresponding diagnosis scheme is proposed. First, the equivalent circuit of the LCL-PWMR is built and the detected phase voltage (DPV) detected by the three-phase grid voltage sensors under fault conditions are derived in s-domain. The result shows that the DPV in the open-line phase is not equal to zero, while consists of a fundamental component plus a resonant component with specific frequency. Furthermore, a diagnosis scheme for the SPOLF based on 2-order band-pass filter (BPF) connected in series with enhanced phase-locked loop (EPLL) is proposed. BPF is used to eliminate the fundamental component of the sum of three-phase DPVs and EPLL to estimate the amplitude of resonant component. Then the SPOLF can be detected when the amplitude of resonant component is beyond the allowed threshold. Furthermore, the adaptability of the proposed diagnosis scheme for the system with different rated power is verified theoretically. Detailed simulations tests based on Matlab/Simulink software and experimental tests are carried out to demonstrate the validity of the theoretical analysis and feasibility of the proposed diagnosis scheme.
Structural connectivity-based subtyping of healthy individuals using elastic net subspace clustering

Individuals vary in behavior and cognition within a diseased or even “normal” population. Subtyping is critical for characterizing and understanding individual variations in behavior. Neuroimaging-based subtyping has emerged recently and shown great potential for clustering individuals with distinct neural patterns across sub-clusters. However, due to the high dimensional nature of neuroimaging data and relatively limited sample size, commonly used clustering methods in most existing studies such as k-mean may undermine the subtyping results due to the lack of power. Subspace clustering method with elastic net regularization is superior in the sense of jointly learning the sparse affinity matrix and its clustering to preserve reliable high dimension information during clustering limited number of samples. The current study aimed to introduce the Elastic Net subspace clustering to subtype brain structural connectivity matrices robustly. We have included 105 healthy young subjects and constructed structural connectivity matrices based on diffusion tensor imaging as input features for clustering. By calculating and optimizing two indices, “Silhouette Coefficient” and “Calinski-Harabasz” index, optimal parameters were selected to balance the low rank sparse subspace clustering and least square regression and determine the optimal number of clusters. Then the stability of clustering results was tested by subsampling all subjects and clustering each subgroup 3000 times, and the across- and within-subject clustering error rates were estimated. After receiving two robust clusters with high stability, we further explored and found different neural connectivity patterns between clusters. Results suggest that neurosubtyping has the potential to reveal underlying distinct neural patterns speaking to the variations in behavior and neurobehavioral relationships.
Pathological Correlation of Lymphocyte Cytosolic Protein 1 in Gastric Cancer and its Effect on Tumor Immune Infiltration

To investigate the expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 in plasma and tumor tissues of patients with gastric cancer and to analyze the correlation between lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 and clinicopathological indexes and its effect on tumor immune infiltration. The expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 in plasma samples of 61 patients with gastric cancer who underwent surgery from December 2019 to December 2020 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 was detected by immunohistochemical staining and western blot. To study the correlation between pathology and lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 expression in gastric cancer and the effect of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 expression on tumor immune infiltration. The expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 was closely related to the tumor size, differentiation, lymph node metastasis, tumor, nodes and metastases stage and depth of invasion of gastric cancer (p<0.05). After the expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1, the migration and infiltration ability of gastric cancer MKN45 cells and BGC823 cells were improved (p<0.05). The expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 is closely related to the pathology of gastric cancer and the high expression of lymphocyte cytoplasmic protein 1 can significantly enhance the immune infiltration ability of gastric cancer and then has the potential of drug therapeutic targets.
BRECHA OCUPACIONAL DE GÉNERO EN LA INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERA EN COLOMBIA

El objetivo de este estudio es realizar un análisis estadístico sobre las brechas ocupacionales de género en la industria manufacturera de Colombia para el año 2009 y 2019. Para ello, se utilizan datos de la Encuesta Anual Manufacturera, explorando variables como la participación femenina en cada categoría laboral, la actividad económica, el departamento, las ventas y materias primas compradas en el exterior. Se encuentra que en Colombia esta industria presenta significativas brechas ocupacionales por género las cuales difieren entre la actividad económica, la categoría laboral y el departamento. Por su parte, de acuerdo con el modelo Logit fraccional, las importaciones están asociadas con menores tasas de empleo femenino, mientras que las exportaciones tienden a aumentar la proporción de mujeres en la firma. Finalmente, se encuentra que en promedio las pequeñas empresas tienen una mayor participación de empleadas del total de su fuerza laboral en relación con las empresas de mayor tamaño.
Auditory Evoked Potentials: A Reliable Guide to Sedation Levels during General Anethesia

General anesthesia is the deliberate induction and maintenance of reversible unconsciousness, analgesia and areflexia. Anesthetics produce dose-dependent suppression of cognitive processing. Due to the use of neuromuscular blocking agents and also due to the inherent side effects of the anesthetics themselves, clinical signs of inadequate anesthesia, such as spontaneous movement or increase of blood pressure with surgical stimulation are suppressed. Techniques to reliably detect of states of inadequate anesthesia are, therefore, highly desirable. The auditory evoked potential index (AEPidx) provides a reliable and single numerical variable to obtain real time data of state of consciousness that is superior to BIS monitoring. This research paper helps in accessing that auditory evoked potential as a reliable guide to sedation levels during general anesthesia