Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ellipsometric Measurements of Plastically Deformed Copper

Chemically pure copper (99.99) prepared in the sample of square cross-section (10 x 10 mm2) and length about 50 mm was extremely plastically deformed with the repeated application of equal channel angular pressing. Equal channel angular pressing was applied as an effective technique for producing bulk nanoscaled structures. It is well known that severe plastic deformation of metallic materials often leads to microstructure with ultrafine grains and cross-sections which remain about equal before and after deformation. Optical properties of the sample were studied using spectroscopic ellipsometry in UV-VIS range. The parameters of the sample like copper oxide and surface roughness overlayer were calculated using two-film model together with the Bruggeman effective medium approximation.
Effects of the interaction between the magnetic moments on the energy levels of a pionic atom

We present the calculation of the binding energy of 2p pion for various central charges Z. We have taken into account the interaction between the magnetic moment of the nucleus and the orbital magnetic moment of the pion. The obtained results show that the interaction between the magnetic moments decreases teh binding energy. This decrease is larger when the two magnetic moments add one another. Also, the binding energy increases with Z increasing.
Realtime Calibration of an Industrial Robot

In large scale, complex and low volume manufacturing systems, robotics are now considered unavoidable for automating the factory operations. The aerospace industry focuses on a high variety and quality but extremely low volume. The precision it requires for numerous tasks is unique and distinct from any other manufacturing industry. This can comprise accurate position, module assembly, inspection, fastening, etc. The scale of the robot invites different types of errors during operation, which can be either because of the kinematics of the robot or because of the environment (noise, temperature, load, etc.). There are packages available from robot manufacturers for the correction and compensation of errors on the robot to achieve accuracy. There are two associated problems: 1. cost and 2. static nature. They are very costly and they do not provide correction in realtime fashion (dynamic); the robot stops, waits for the correction, and then moves to the next position. The external tool to monitor the accuracy also requires attaching with the robot permanently. These are dedicated resources. These tools for accurate measurement are expensive and attached permanently to a robot, which means wastage of resources. These measuring tools are called metrology devices and attaching these devices and the robot to the network means that other robots/machines can also use these expensive tools for measurement. Our aim was to address two problems in this project: 1. calibration (error correction and compensation of robot) and 2. dynamic and realtime processing. It helped to perform the dynamic error correction and the compensation of an industrial robot. The results showed the error correction was achieved in the region of 0.02 mm.
An Image Encryption Scheme Based on Permutation-subsitution Architecture at Half Pixel Level

An image encryption scheme using permutation-substitution mechanism at half pixel level is proposed. One round of permutation and one round of substitution achieve desirable results. In the permutation process, the image sized HW × is expanded to one sized 2 HW × . The generalized Arnold map is applied to generate the pseudo-random sequences for the permutation and substitution processes implemented row-by-row/column-by-column instead of pixel-by-pixel to increase the encryption rate. The security and performance of the proposed scheme have been analyzed as well.
Enhancement of terahertz photoconductive antenna operation by optical nanoantennas

Photoconductive antennas are promising sources of terahertz radiation that is widely used for spectroscopy, characterization, and imaging of biological objects, deep space studies, scanning of surfaces, and detection of potentially hazardous substances. These antennas are compact and allow for generation of both ultrabroadband pulses and tunable continuous wave terahertz signals at room temperatures, with no need for high‐power optical sources. However, such antennas have relatively low energy conversion efficiency of femtosecond laser pulses or two close pump wavelengths (photomixers) into the pulsed and continuous terahertz radiation, correspondingly. Recently, an approach to solving this problem that involves known methods of nanophotonics applied to terahertz photoconductive antennas and photomixers has been proposed. This approach comprises the use of optical nanoantennas for enhancing the absorption of pump laser radiation in the antenna gap, reducing the lifetime of photoexcited carriers, and improving the antenna thermal efficiency. This Review is intended to systematize the main results obtained by researchers in this promising field of hybrid optical‐to‐terahertz photoconductive antennas and photomixers. We summarize the main results on hybrid THz antennas, compare the approaches to their implementation, and offer further perspectives of their development including an application of all‐dielectric nanoantennas instead of plasmonic ones.
Effects of the Replacement of Dietary Fish Meal with Defatted Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) on Juvenile Large Yellow Croakers (Larimichthys crocea) Growth and Gut Health

Simple Summary Fish meal is the most common protein source in aquatic feeds. The decline of fishery resources and the increased demand have led to a shortage of fish meal resources in recent years. To ensure the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry, it is crucial to find a low-price, high-quality protein source to replace fish meal. In this study, substituting fish meal of large yellow croakers (Larimichthys crocea) diets with defatted yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) test was carried out. The results showed that the dietary fish meal could be replaced by 15% defatted yellow mealworm in feeds containing 40% fish meal without adversely affecting the growth of large yellow croakers, and to some extent improving the immunity of the organism. Substitution levels of 15% or more are beneficial for digestive enzymes. In addition, the moderate addition of defatted yellow mealworm improves intestinal health by improving the structure and microbial composition of the gut. Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Tenebrio molitor meal (TM) replacement for fish meal (FM) on growth performance, humoral immunity, and intestinal health of juvenile large yellow croakers (Larimichthys crocea). Four experimental diets were formulated by replacing FM with TM at different levels—0% (TM0), 15% (TM15), 30% (TM30), and 45% (TM45). Triplicate groups of juveniles (initial weight = 11.80 ± 0.02 g) were fed the test diets to apparent satiation two times daily for eight weeks. There was no significant difference in final body weight (FBW) and weight gain rate (WG) among TM0, TM15, and TM30, while TM45 feeding significantly reduced the FBW and WG. Compared with TM0, AKP activity in serum was significantly decreased in TM45, while the TM15 group remarkably increased LZM activity. TM30 showed significantly higher serum C3 levels compared to the TM0 group, while the TM addition groups decreased the C4 levels significantly in the serum. In terms of intestinal histology, the addition of TM increased the height and thickness of the intestinal villus and also increased the thickness of the intestinal muscles significantly. The addition of TM significantly reduced the serum DAO and D-lactate concentrations. The results of 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the addition of TM significantly enhanced the relative abundance of Bacilli and Lactobacillus and contributed to the decrease in the relative abundance of Plesiomonas. In addition, the TM30 and TM45 groups significantly reduced the abundance of Peptostreptococcaceae. Overall, our results indicated that TM could be a viable alternative protein source, 6.7% TM supplantation (replacing 15% FM) in large yellow croaker feed improved humoral immunity and intestinal health with no adverse effects on growth. Furthermore, the replacement of FM with 30% and 45% TM adversely affects growth and humoral immunity.
Forest Therapy Trails: A Conceptual Framework and Scoping Review of Research

While most definitions of forest therapy emphasize the role of multisensory, immersive experiences in nature to achieve human health and wellbeing outcomes, reviews of research on forest therapy to date have predominantly focused on outcomes and provide limited insight on the factors and conditions that give rise to nature experiences. In this scoping review we employ a conceptual framework developed in the context of landscape perception research to examine empirical studies of forest therapy in terms of how the fuller process of human, forest, interaction, and outcome components are conceptualized and measured. Our literature search identified 266 studies focused on forest therapy and related activities, which were coded on a number of variables related to each of the four components in our framework. While most studies reported positive mental and/or physiological health outcomes using a wide array of measures, the typical study used small, homogeneous samples of participants who engaged in limited interactions with a forest environment that was minimally described. However, our analysis also identified a wider range of findings with regard to human-forest interactions, which together provide important insights for guiding forest therapy research and the provision of forest therapy trails, settings, and programs.
Effects of Insular Cortex on Post-Stroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

Objective: To investigate the relationship of lobar and deep brain regions with post-stroke dysphagia (PSD). Method: The databases of Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched from the establishment to May 2022. Studies that investigated the effects of lesions in lobar and deep brain regions on swallowing function after stroke were screened. The primary outcomes were PSD-related brain regions (including aspiration-related and oral transit time-related brain regions). The secondary outcomes were the incidence rate of PSD. The brain regions with the most overlap in the included studies were considered to be most relevant to PSD, and were presented as percentages. Data were compared utilizing the t-tests for continuous variables and χ2 for frequency-based variables. Result: A total of 24 studies and 2306 patients were included. The PSD-related lobar and deep brain regions included the insular cortex, frontal lobe, temporal gyrus, basal ganglia, postcentral, precentral, precuneus, corona radiate, etc. Among these brain regions, the insular cortex was most frequently reported (taking up 54.2%) in the included studies. Furthermore, the total incidence rate of PSD was around 40.4%, and the incidence of male was nearly 2.57 times as much as that of female (χ2 = 196.17, p < 0.001). Conclusions: In lobar and deep brain regions, the insular cortex may be most relevant to PSD and aspiration, which may be a potentially promising target in the treatment of PSD.
FINANCIAL SELF-EFFICACY MEDIATES THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL LITERATURE AND ATTITUDE ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR

The purpose of this study is for knowing the influence of literacy finance and attitude finance on managing finance and what self-efficacy is capable to moderate the influence of literacy finance and attitude finance on management finance. The researcher is interested in studying about behavior management finance personal to students Major Accountancy Warmadewa University's Faculty of Economics and Business Class year 2019. Ideally, Warmadewa University student Class of 2019 has been getting many subjects about accountancy finance nor management finance and already experienced manage finance during studying so that can be a fundamental knowledge to increase their behavior management finance wisely. The research population is 504 people. The researchers use the Slovin formula because in the withdrawal sample, quantity must be representative so that the results study could be generalized and the calculations are not needed table amount sample, however, could be conducted with formulas and simple calculations so that the amount sample of 100 people. Data collection in This study uses a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire. This research uses the Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis method. This result shows that literacy finance and attitude finance did not take an effect on financial management behavior. Furthermore, financial self-efficacy take positive effect and significant on financial management behavior, literacy finance takes an positive effect and significant on financial self-efficacy, while attitude finance did not take an effect on financial self-efficacy. The results also show that financial self-efficacy is able to mediate the effect of financial literacy on financial management behavior, but financial self-efficacy is not able to mediate the effect of financial attitudes on financial management behavor.
Constraining dark matter sub-structure with the dynamics of astrophysical systems

The accuracy of the measurements of some astrophysical dynamical systems allows to constrain the existence of incredibly small gravitational perturbations. In particular, the internal Solar System dynamics (planets, Earth-Moon) opens up the possibility, for the first time, to prove the abundance, mass and size, of dark sub-structures at the Earth vicinity. We find that adopting the standard dark matter density, its local distribution can be composed by sub-solar mass halos with no currently measurable dynamical consequences, regardless of the mini-halo fraction. On the other hand, it is possible to exclude the presence of dark streams with linear mass densities higher than λ{sub st} > 10{sup −10}M{sub ☉}/AU (about the Earth mass spread along the diameter of the SS up to the Kuiper belt). In addition, we review the dynamics of wide binaries inside the dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Milky Way. The dynamics of such kind of binaries seem to be compatible with the presence of a huge fraction of dark sub-structure, thus their existence is not a sharp discriminant of the dark matter hypothesis as been claimed before. However, there are regimes where the constraints from different astrophysical systems may reveal the sub-structure mass function cut-off scale.
Behavioral and endocrine responses to noninteractive live and video conspecifics in males of the Siamese fighting fish

Abstract The physiological mechanisms underlying variation in aggression in fish remain poorly understood. One possibly confounding variable is the lack of standardization in the type of stimuli used to elicit aggression. The presentation of controlled stimuli in videos, a.k. a. video playback, can provide better control of the fight components. However, this technique has produced conflicting results in animal behavior studies and needs to be carefully validated. For this, a similar response to the video and an equivalent live stimulus needs to be demonstrated. Further, different physiological responses may be triggered by live and video stimuli, and it is important to demonstrate that video images elicit appropriate physiological reactions. Here, the behavioral and endocrine responses of male Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens to a matched-for-size conspecific fighting behind a one-way mirror, presented live or through video playback, were compared. The video playback and live stimulus elicited a strong and similar aggressive response by the focal fish, with a fight structure that started with stereotypical threat displays and progressed to overt attacks. Postfight plasma levels of the androgen 11-ketotestosterone were elevated as compared to controls, regardless of the type of stimuli. Cortisol also increased in response to the video images, as previously described for live fights in this species. These results show that the interactive component of a fight and its resolution are not needed to trigger an endocrine response to aggression in this species. The study also demonstrates for the first time in a fish a robust endocrine response to video stimuli and supports the use of this technique for researching aggressive behavior in B. splendens.
The interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium

The expected characteristics of the solar wind, extrapolated from the vicinity of the earth are described. Several models are examined for the interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar plasma and magnetic field. Various aspects of the penetration of neutral interstellar gas into the solar wind are considered. The dynamic effects of the neutral gas on the solar wind are described. Problems associated with the interaction of cosmic rays with the solar wind are discussed.
Robust cooperative multiple flexible-joint arms control using the q-Bernstein-Schurer operators as the uncertainty approximator: A singular perturbation approach

The position-force tracking issue of an object being moved by collaborative Multiple Flexible-Joint arms, facing dynamic uncertainties, model nonlinearities, and unknown perturbations is studied in this paper. Toward this end, an adaptive control scheme applying the function approximation technique is suggested, enabling the object to track the reference trajectory. This capability arises from the universal approximation property of the FAT-based approaches. Herein, the q-Bernstein-Schurer operators are exploited to disturbances/uncertain dynamic approximations. Since the parameters of the system are not exactly recognized, adaptive rules are suggested for tuning the coefficients of the operator. The Lyapunov stability analysis guarantees uniformly ultimately bounded stability of all the error signals. Two Flexible-Joint manipulators transporting a rigid object are employed to validate the theoretical achievements. The state-of-the-art Chebyshev Neural Network approximator is also used to compare the suggested methodology. The outcomes exhibit the usefulness of the presented approach, handling the system even in the incidence of uncertainties and disturbances needless to the system’s state feedback for function approximation with a low computational burden.
Urban Pigeons (Columba livia) as a Source of Broad-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Lisbon, Portugal

Wild birds may be healthy carriers, and therefore, may be involved in the dissemination of clinically relevant antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, such as extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. This study evaluated whether urban pigeons living in five spots in Lisbon, Portugal, may be colonized and, therefore, constitute potential spreaders of multidrug-resistant bacteria. A total of 100 pigeon fecal samples were collected in different urban areas for the detection of ESBL- or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. All β-lactamase-producing isolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility and their genetic backgrounds were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. Of the 100 fecal samples collected, nine ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (9%) were identified. Three isolates carried the blaCTX-M-15 gene, three isolates harbored the blaCTX-M-27 and three isolates carried the blaSHV-12 gene. Genotyping of the nine ESBL-producing E. coli strains revealed seven different sequence types (STs) including ST10, ST131, ST154, ST206, ST1488 (SLV ST10), ST2858 and ST3576, most of which have been already described in humans, animals or in the environment. Urban pigeons constitute a potential source of ESBL genes and may be a transmission vehicle of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the environment.
PREOPERATIVE HALP SCORE AS A PREDICTOR OF SURVIVAL IN LOCALLY ADVANCED COLON CANCER

Introduction: Lower preoperative hemoglobin (H), albumin (A), lymphocyte (L) and platelet (P) score (HALP) has been identified as a predictive factor in LACC to categorize patients with higher risk of poor outcome. Therefore, it is important to identify biomarkers available in clinical practice that can predict survival and patient’s prognosis. Our aim is to evaluate preoperative HALP score and its prognostic value. Materials and Methods: Our retrospective study included patients with LACC submitted to oncologic resection between January 2015 to December 2019 in our institution. LACC included stages II and III adenocarcinoma. HALP score was calculated as H (g/L) x A (g/L) x L (/L) / P (/L). A cutoff value was determined by ROC curve analysis and patients were divided accordingly into two groups (low and high HALP) to compare cancer-specific survival, through Kaplan-Meyer curve. Results: In our study, 127 patients were included. The mean age was 70,7 ± 11,9 years and 67 (52,8%) were male. Stage II incorporated 65 patients (51,2%) and stage III 62 (48,8%). The median follow-up time was 37 months. The HALP cutoff value estimated was 22,5. Age ³ 65 years, right-sided tumor, surgical reintervention and cancer-specific survival were associated with a lower HALP scores (p=0,002; p=0,004; p=0,008 and p=0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Nutritional and systemic inflammation status are extremely important in colon cancer prognosis. Serum biomarkers, such as HALP score could easily identify patients with a higher risk of poor outcome. Thus, this prognostic index may be useful as a clinical predictor of survival for LACC patients.
Polymeric Microfluidic Devices Fabricated Using Epoxy Resin for Chemically Demanding and Day-Long Experiments

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a widely used material in laboratories for fabricating microfluidic devices with a rapid and reproducible prototypingability, owing to its inherent properties (e.g., flexibility, air permeability, and transparency). However, the PDMS channel is easily deformed under pressures applied to generate flows because of its elasticity, which can affect the robustness of experiments. In addition, air permeability of PDMS causes the pervaporation of water, and its porous structure absorbs oil and even small hydrophobic molecules, rendering it inappropriate for chemically demanding or day-long experiments. In this study, we develop a rapid and reproducible fabrication method for polymer-based rigid microfluidic devices, using epoxy resin that can overcome the limitations of PDMS channels, which are structurally and chemically robust. We first optimize a high-resolution fabrication protocol to achieve convenient and repeatable prototyping of polymeric devices via epoxy casting using PDMS soft molds. In addition, we compare the velocity changes in PDMS microchannels by tracking fluorescent particles in various flows (~133 μL/min) to demonstrate the structural robustness of the polymeric device. Furthermore, by comparing the adsorption of fluorescent hydrophobic chemicals and the pervaporation through channel walls, we demonstrate the excellent chemical resistance of the polymeric device and its suitability for day-long experiments. The rigid polymeric device can facilitate lab-on-chip research and enable various applications, such as high-performance liquid chromatography, anaerobic bacterial culture, and polymerase chain reaction, which require chemically or physically demanding experiments.