Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
On concepts of ecological water demand

With the increasing awareness of the importance of ecological and environmental protection, the concept of ecological water demand has been disputed among numbers of researchers mainly from the field of ecology, hydrology and water resources. In this paper, the concepts related to different aspects of the ecological water protection are discussed, including ecological water demand, the existing ecological water, the ecological water use, the ecological water shortage, the ecological eater consumed and ecological water returned. Two general relationships between the concepts are also described. It is noted that the concept ecological water demand is proposed for the ecological protection or rehabilitation as well as water resources development and utilization. While the ecological water shortage must be the most direct factor for water resources allocation if we take into account the ecosystem and environment health. The ecological water shortage can be determined based on the estimation of ecological water demand and the assessment of existed ecological water, and may be the base of ecological water use. The procedure of water resources allocation for the ecosystem is as follows. At first, the ecological object must be defined rationally according to the field investigation. Then the ecological water demand, existing ecological water can be estimated, and the ecological water shortage can be obtained. Based on the ecological water shortage and the feasibility of ecological water use, the schemes of ecological water allocation can be settled.
Realising ‘Joined-Up’ Geography in the National Health Service: The Role of Geographical Information Systems?

This paper focuses on the use of geographical information systems (GIS) within primary and secondary health care sectors in the United Kingdom in relation to wider notions of ‘joined-up’ government—a key tenet of central government initiatives aimed at addressing problems such as social exclusion and polarisation. Drawing on findings from a national-level questionnaire survey, and follow-up semi-structured interviews with key respondents from the National Health Service (NHS), we have found that there has been an increase in GIS uptake within health organisations in the last decade. However, there has been limited collaboration between NHS organisations and local authorities on projects that utilise GIS. This lack of interorganisational activity is underpinned by the lack of a service-level agreement for digital data provision within NHS organisations, ambiguous understandings of data confidentiality requirements, and a limited awareness of the benefits of joined-up working arrangements. The paper concludes with a suggestion that significant organisational and cultural changes are required to facilitate enabling contexts for enhanced collaborative use of GIS between NHS organisations and local authorities, in order to support the wider joined-up government agenda currently being promoted in the United Kingdom.
Electricity Market Price Forecasting Based on TPA-LSTM with Data Augmentation of Shanxi Province

In response to the problem that many existing models and algorithms are difficult to apply to electricity market price data with limited samples, this paper proposes a method for predicting electricity market day-ahead clearing prices using a Temporal Pattern Attention (TPA) LSTM self-attention neural network model with data augmentation and component analysis. To solve the problem of the low proportion of peak-valley price in the total data, several data augmentation methods are used to augment the peak-valley price data and designs a time series prediction framework that based on TPA-LSTM self-attention neural network and component decomposition models. Market data of Shanxi Province is applied to verify the effectiveness of our method and corresponding comparison is carried out. Results show that the method achieves the expected prediction effect and is superior to the comparison algorithm results, in which data augmentation and TPA are not carried out.
Semantics : Science , Services and Agents on the World Wide Web

This paper takes as its premise that the web is a place of action, not just information, and that the purpose of global data is to serve human needs. The paper presents several component technologies, which together work towards a vision where many small micro-applications can be threaded together using automated assistance to enable a unified and rich interaction. These technologies include data detector technology to enable any text to become a start point of semantic interaction; annotations for web-based services so that they can link data to potential actions; spreading activation over personal
Study on the efficacy, safety, and biomarkers of nusinersen in type II and III spinal muscular atrophy in children

Introduction/aims The time span for the approval of nusinersen to treat SMA remains short. Most studies on the efficacy and safety of this drug within clinical trials, are lacking real-world research data. This study is based on real-world studies of SMA patients in children with type II and III SMA and is committed to objectively evaluating the effectiveness and safety of this drug. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 18 children with type II and III SMA from January 2022 to June 2023. The motor function assessment scale, SMN protein, platelet, liver and kidney function, and other laboratory indicators of all patients before and after treatment were collected for statistical analysis. Results After load dose treatment (after 64 days of treatment), compared with baseline, the Revised Upper Limb Module (RULM) of SMA patients showed significant improvement (improvement rate: 44%), confirming the short-term effectiveness of the drug. The increase in cerebrospinal fluid SMN protein was greater in patients with significant improvement in motor function than in patients without improvement in motor function. Compared with baseline, there was no significant increase in AST and ALT levels in SMA patients, indicating that the drug had almost no effect on the liver. After each treatment, thrombocytopenia and partial urinary protein positivity may occur, but it could recover before the next treatment. This indicates that nusinersen is potentially harmful to platelet and renal function, although the effect is weak and reversible. Discussion Nusinersen has shown good efficacy and overall safety, but platelets and urinary protein are still indicators that require long-term monitoring. The increase in cerebrospinal fluid SMN protein was greater in patients with significant improvement in motor function than in patients without improvement in motor function.
Forecasting Vegetable Price Prediction Using GC-Attention Based- LSTM Approach

The impact of the information technology sector is being seen in every facet of today's globalized economy. In order to progress, countries like India require greater assistance in the agricultural sector. Farmers and the government can both benefit from accurate price forecasts. Vegetable price prediction is difficult; thus, the proposed system used the neural network features of self-adaptation, self-study, and high fault tolerance to construct a Backpropagation neural network model. The neural network was used to establish a model for making forecasts. Preprocessing, feature selection, and evaluating the model's performance are the three stages that make up the suggested method. Preprocessing typically involves normalization. PCA is used to pick features. It employs GC-A-LSTM for measuring the model's efficacy. The proposed method is contrasted with LSTM and A-LSTM, two established approaches. When compared to more simplistic approaches, it excels.
The Holy See

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”. [1]
A Mediterranean conifer under vegetation shift: seasonal changes of photochemical activity in Cupressus sempervirens (L.) and evidence of correlation with temperature models

2003), particularly bud break and leaf senescence in deciduous species. It is also involved in hardening and de-hardening processes and regulates photosynthesis and evapotranspiration (Farquhar et al., 2001). Ho wever, these processes are difficult to predict if, for the investigated species, the rela tionships between environmental factors and the rate at which photosynthetic capacity is impaired with the onset of winter and regained in the spring are unknown (Nippert et al., 2004). In evergreen species, air temperature acts on both chlorophyll concentration and efficiency (Ensminger et A Mediterranean conifer under vegetation shift: seasonal changes of photochemical activity in Cupressus sempervirens (L.) and evidence of correlation with temperature models
The Allocation of European Union Allowances : Lessons , Unifying Themes and General Principles

A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2), and under what conditions, when those emissions are limited. The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world’s first large experiment with an emission trading system for CO2 and it is likely to be copied by others if there is to be a global regime for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. This paper provides the first in-depth description and analysis of the process by which rights to emit carbon dioxide were created and distributed in the EU ETS. The main objective of the paper is to distill the lessons and general principles to be learned from the allocation of allowances in the EU ETS, i.e. in the world’s first experience with allocating carbon allowances to sub-national entities. We discuss the lessons and unifying observations that emerge from this experience and provide some insights on what seem to be more general principles informing the allocation process and on what are the global implications of the EU ETS.
The Cost of Kyoto Protocol Targets: The Case of Japan

This paper applies the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model to analysis of the cost of the Kyoto Protocol targets, with a special focus on Japan. The analysis demonstrates the implications of the use of different measures of cost, and explains the apparent paradox that the relative carbon price among Kyoto parties may not be an accurate measure of their relative welfare costs. Attention is given to the role of relative emissions intensity and various distortions, in the form of fuel and other taxes, in determining the burden of a climate policy. Also, effects of climate policy on welfare through an influence on the terms of trade are explored. We consider the cases of the EU, Japan, and Canada, each meeting their Kyoto targets, and the US meeting the Bush Administration’s intensity target. For a country with a low emissions intensity as in Japan, the absolute reduction in tons is small relative to the macroeconomy, and this reduces its welfare loss as a share of total national welfare. Low emissions intensity (high energy efficiency) also means the economy has few options to reduce emissions still further, resulting in a higher carbon price. Energy efficiency thus pushes in both directions, lowering the number tons that need to be reduced but raising the direct cost per ton. But other factors also are important in explaining costs differences. Existing fuel taxes are very high in Japan and Europe, increasing the economic cost of a greenhouse gas emissions reduction policy. For these regions, the extra cost due to these distortions is several times the direct cost of the emissions mitigation policy itself. In contrast, fuels taxes are low in the US and relatively low in Canada. The US, EU, and Japan gain somewhat from reductions in world prices of oil and other fuels because they are net importers. Canada, in contrast, is a significant net energy exporter, and its policy costs rise considerably because of lost energy export revenue. This effect on Canada is due mostly to implementation of the policy in the other regions rather than to domestic implementation. Canada is also the most emissions intensive of these regions, a factor that contributes to its cost of control.
Pushing the boundaries

This article's objective is to report on the recent technological activities in microwave photonics that are currently being carried out in Europe, mainly within the integrated European IPHOBAC project, though many other projects in microwave photonics are being carried out in other parts of the world, especially in Japan, various Asian countries, and North America. The IPHOBAC project is application-driven; an overview of its technical objectives is presented. For each application field (communications, radar/sensing, and instrumentation), at least one specific system demonstration has been planned. This is done to demonstrate the capabilities and advantages of the developed microwave photonic technologies in systems. This approach also provides clear guidance for defining the specifications of the components and modules to be developed.
Promoting regional countryside tourism in the Sound region (Denmark/Sweden)

Oreferie is an Interreg project on sustainable tourism in the Sound region, which comprises parts of Zealand (Denmark) and the most Southern part of Sweden, Scania. While parts of the region are densely populated including both Copenhagen and Malmo, other parts are very rural. Here large areas of unspoiled landscapes exist including seaside, woodland and agricultural areas, which are often very little exploited for tourism. The objective of the project is to promote and initiate tourism regarding experiencing nature and cultural heritage in the region. Partners in the project are private tourist entrepreneurs, municipalities, the regional council and universities . The focus has been on guided tours on different topics as wildlife, "wild food", geology and gardens with the aim to increase visitors' understanding in these fields. Thus the project aims to contribute to sustainable tourism by emphasizing the attractiveness of the region by promoting tourism which does not involve long distance travelling, emphasizing the use of public transport and at the same time increasing the public's knowledge and awareness about nature, wildlife and cultural heritage. In particular it is attempted to better learn to know and understand the "other side", which means the other side of the Sound, the strait which separates Denmark form Sweden. So far two approaches have been chosen. Firstly new guided tours carried out by private entrepreneurs have been initiated and secondly already existing products have been highlighted. Network meetings have been arranged to strengthen entrepreneurs and the cooperation of different tourist operators has been encouraged (e.g. combination of guided tours with consumption of local food production and overnight stays). Difficulties, challenges and opportunities of the process of promoting regional countryside tourism are analyzed and discussed.
Força de gestão de recursos humanos: exploração teórica e validação empírica no setor hoteleiro

Strategic Human Resource Management emphasizes the way the HR system is critical to organizational efficacy. Notwithstanding the theoretical and empirical support for the human resource management-organizational performance connection, authors still do not know how this association works. Bowen and Ostroff (2004) responded to this plea, and introduced the concept of strength of the human resource system. Such systems communicate clear and unambiguous messages about the content of HRM that guide the behaviour of employees to organizational goals. Nine attributes are proposed, grouped into three clusters: distinctiveness, consistency and consensus. Based on seven semistructured interviews to HR managers in hotels, we explored the attributes which make a HRM System strong or weak. Data was compared with the theoretical propositions of Bowen and Ostroff, and results offer some insights regarding each of the attributes put forward by authors. Furthermore, data showed that only some of the nine constructs are part of the agendas of the HR function. The attributes which were less supported were: understandability, validity and justice. Implications are drawn in respect to the way HR communicates with employees.
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background: Inconsistent results have been obtained regarding postoperative pain control using local infiltration and epidural analgesia for patients after total knee or hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA). We therefore conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the efficacy and safety of local infiltration vs epidural analgesia for TKA and THA. Methods:Electronic searches were conducted on PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane library to identify eligible RCTs conducted up to February 2020. Weighted mean difference (WMD) and relative risk with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) were applied to calculate pooled effect estimates between local infiltration and epidural analgesia using the random-effects model. Results:Seven RCTs including a total of 412 TKA patients, and three RCTs including a total of 200 THA patients were selected for this meta-analysis. We noted that local infiltration was associated with lower visual analog scale (VAS) scores at rest after 48hours (WMD: 1.31; 95%CI: 2.44 to 0.18; P= .024) and 72hours (WMD: 0.95; 95%CI: 1.39 to 0.52; P< .001) for patients with TKA, while local infiltration significantly reduced VAS scores at rest after 12hours for patients with THA (WMD: 1.00; 95%CI: 1.49 to 0.51; P< .001). Moreover, local infiltration was associated with lower VAS scores during movement after 48hours in TKA patients (WMD: 1.08; 95%CI: 1.86 to 0.29; P= .007), while there were higher VAS scores during movement after 24hours for patients with THA (WMD: 1.06; 95%CI: 0.67 to 1.45; P< .001). Furthermore, we noted that local infiltration was associated with higher flexion angles compared with epidural analgesia after 24hours (WMD: 7.11; 95%CI: 2.30–11.93; P= .004), 48hours (WMD: 6.69; 95%CI: 3.78 to 9.59; P< .001), and 72hours (WMD: 5.19; 95%CI: 0.95–9.44; P= .016). There were no significant differences between local infiltration and epidural analgesia for the length of hospital stay, nausea, or wound infection. Conclusions: Local infiltration is superior to epidural analgesia for postoperative pain control after TKA, whereas for THA patients inconsistent results were obtained at various times. Abbreviations: CI= confidence interval, RCTs= randomized controlled trials, RR= relative risk, THA= total hip arthroplasty, TKA = total knee arthroplasty, WMD = weighted mean difference.
Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Sugammadex for the Reversal of Rocuronium-induced Neuromuscular Blockade in Elderly Patients

Background: The management of elderly patients can be challenging for anesthesiologists for many reasons, including altered pharmacokinetics and dynamics. This study compared the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of sugammadex for moderate rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade reversal in adult (aged 18–64 yr) versus elderly adult (aged 65 yr or older) patients. Methods: This phase 3a, multicenter, parallel-group, comparative, open-label study enrolled 162 patients aged 18 yr and older, American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1–3, scheduled for surgery with general anesthesia and requiring neuromuscular blockade. After anesthesia induction, patients received rocuronium, 0.6 mg/kg, before tracheal intubation, with maintenance doses of 0.15 mg/kg as required. At the end of surgery, patients received sugammadex, 2.0 mg/kg, at reappearance of the second twitch of the train-of-four (TOF) for reversal. The primary efficacy variable was time from sugammadex administration to recovery of the TOF ratio to 0.9 or greater. Pharmacokinetics and safety were also evaluated. Results: Overall, 150 patients were treated and had at least one postbaseline efficacy assessment; 48 were aged 18–64 yr (adult), 62 were aged 65–74 yr (elderly), and 40 were aged 75 yr or older (old-elderly). The geometric mean time (95% confidence interval) from
Biometrics

Funding information National Institutes of Health Abstract Within the framework of Fisher's discriminant analysis, we propose a multiclass classification method which embeds variable screening for ultrahigh‐dimensional predictors. Leveraging interfeature correlations, we show that the proposed linear classifier recovers informative features with probability tending to one and can asymptotically achieve a zero misclassification rate. We evaluate the finite sample performance of the method via extensive simulations and use this method to classify posttransplantation rejection types based on patients' gene expressions.
Lossless Geometry Compression for Steady-State and Time-Varying Tetrahedral Meshes † ‡

In this paper we investigate the problem of lossless geometry compression of irregular-grid volume data represented as a tetrahedral mesh. We propose a novel lossless compression technique that effectively predicts, models, and encodes geometry data for both steady-state (i.e., with only a single time step) and time-varying datasets. Our geometry coder is truly lossless and also does not need any connectivity information. Moreover, it can be easily integrated with a class of the best existing connectivity compression techniques for tetrahedral meshes with a small amount of overhead information. We present experimental results which show that our technique achieves superior compression ratios, with reasonable encoding times and fast (linear) decoding times.
Polymyalgia rheumatica: observations of disease evolution without corticosteroid treatment

Objectives: The diagnostic diversity of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) can easily be obscured by the widespread use of corticosteroids (CSs) early in the disease course. This study observed the course of PMR without CSs and determined whether alternative medication could be useful. Methods: Seventy patients with new-onset PMR comprised phase 1. Eight were removed with specific diagnoses (four with giant cell arteritis [GCA]). The remaining 62 were treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) alone until enough time had elapsed to ascertain whether their PMR had evolved into another rheumatologic inflammatory condition. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was then added to their regimen. Twenty-five additional patients with PMR comprised phase 2. Twenty-two were immediately treated with HCQ prior to the anticipated disease progression. Results: In phase 1, 52/62 developed synovitis in multiple other joints 9 months from PMR onset; 48/52 received HCQ, and 42/48 (87.5%) achieved complete remission. In phase 2, during HCQ induction, 21 patients developed similar synovitis; after 6 months of HCQ use, 80% achieved remission. In 73/95 (77%), a definite diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be made on average 8.5 months from PMR onset. Only 12/95 (13%) stayed true to form with their PMR and did not develop another specific diagnosis. Conclusion: In this study, true PMR was infrequent in the absence of GCA. PMR in most patients evolved into seronegative RA, which was dramatically responsive to HCQ use. Treatment of acute PMR with HCQ was a rational alternative to CS use even if progressive additive synovitis had not yet occurred.