Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Study on Some Basic Problems of Ecological Rehabilitationin Northwest Area

This paper discusses some basic problems that lying in Northwest of China, including water shortage types, terminal object of ecological rehabilitation and the confirmation of oasis scale. The results show that different combining of water shortage types lies in different Area. Potential landscape of the Northwest Area are various, however, the original landscape are complicated; this is especially outstanding in the Loess Plateau. The terminal object of rehabilitation is from original landscape to potential ones. By studying the landscape we can guide our constructing: first, the arid environment of Northwest Area has a long history, during its evolution, it develops plants that adapt to the arid environment. And these should be considered first when rehabbing the ecological environment. Secondly, the developments of Northwest environment are special, which means its east is different from its west. On considering about this, we should pay more attention to the east there. Two kinds of methods are available: one is the equilibrants of water and heat; the other is the equilibrium of water demand and requirement. When using these two methods to decide the oasis scale of the same region, the adjusting direction should be alike, however the scales are different, which due to different parameters. Therefore, strengthening the investigation and experiments so as to get the proper parameters, this is the way we should take when defining a fitting area of oasis.
Demography and Ethnography of Fertility Behaviour: A Study of Non-Industrial Population in India

Abstract This is an endeavour to study the causal relationship between the women’s behavioural factors and fertility in a more or less non-industrial rural population in an Eastern Indian state. It analyses the women’s behavioural factors with regard to impact on fertility. The behavioural factors of women higher desired family size and longer perceived ideal birth interval has been consistently associated with lower fertility. For Scheduled caste population, the association of woman’s correct knowledge about probable days of conception within menstrual cycle, with lower fertility gives impression that this knowledge may provide chance to the woman or couple to go for some kind of fertility control mechanism. The verbatim and incidents studied give impression that at one hand the child survival is at demand and in other hand there seem to have a need for access to controlled and intended fertility.
Climate-based prediction of potential distributions of introduced Asparagus species in Australia.

Lower optimal moisture 0.15 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.35 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 Upper optimal moisture 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.196 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 Limiting high moisture 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.0 3.0 Cold stress temperature threshold 5.0 2.1 2.1 4 5 1.5 5 ‐ 5 ‐
Legacy in major sport events: empirical insights from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

The awarding of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to South Africa was an historic moment for all of Africa as football’s biggest event travelled to the continent for the first time. This study, set five years on, seeks to identify the legacies left by the construction of two new stadiums in Durban and Cape Town. As part of the EU-funded CARNiVAL project, which seeks to investigate the legacies and impacts of hosting such events, interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in the planning of legacies in the two cities. Using Chappelet and Junod’s (2006) framework to analyse the legacies, this study found that Durban and Cape Town have used different strategies to leverage the legacies with differing results. Yet, both stadiums have suffered from the same issue; a seeming lack of need for two stadiums with capacities over 54,000, for domestic sport leagues which average fewer than 10,000 spectators.
Tillamook Volcanic Series: Further evidence for tectonic rotation of the Oregon Coast Range

Paleomagnetic directions from the Eocene Tillamook Volcanic Series of the Oregon Coast Range point 46 o clockwise from the expected Eocene field direction. Potassium argon dating of six dikes and flows from this formation yields a mean age of 44.3 + 0.6 m.y. These results establish that the Oregon coastal block of Simpson and Cox (1977) extends north to the Oregon-Washington border and that this block has rotated clockwise 46 o + 13 o during the past 44 m.y. The block has undergone no detectable north-south translation. A two phase model is developed to explain the tectonic history and anomalous magnetic field directions of the Pacific northwest region. Phase I of the rotation, active between 50 and 42 m.y. B.P., results from fragmentation of the Farallon plate with rotation of a fragment during its accretion to North America. Phase II of the rotation, active between 20 m.y. b.p. and the present, occurs in association with extension in the Basin and Range province.
The group purchasing process : an investigation into the influence of the facilitator in alpine tourism

Group travel is a common feature of all tourism markets and can vary from the familiar peer group/common purpose associations of the football and cricket followers to the non-familiar co-operative travel group of the under 35 year olds bus adventures throughout Europe. This study investigates the nature of social group travel in alpine tourism. It specifically examines the phenomena of the "group facilitator"; the person within the group who takes a major role in the travel decisions and organisation on rehalf of all the other members in the travel party. The specific activities of this "group facilitator" and the role of opinion leadership, information search, organisation process, previous experience, relationship ties between the group members are examined. The 'facilitator' also influences other individuals' decision to participate who delegate selection of destination to this person as well. The 'facilitator' has many of the characteristics of an opinion leader and was recognised by group participants as a major source of information about the destination. The findings of the study have important implications for tourism marketers as they highlight an opportunity to reach many potential travellers by directly targeting one key influencer and decision maker.
Comparative analysis of swarm based routing protocols for MANET

In the last few decades the attention of the researchers is towards the routing of the data among the sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks. Their main area of concern is based on routing protocols utilizing the concept of SWARM INTELLIGENCE. In this paper we are going to study different routing protocols which are based on swarm intelligence based. After doing a survey their comparison is made based on a number of aspects like route latency, delay, network topology, control traffic, routing information, network mobility, communication overhead and other ones.
Land cover and impervious surface extraction using parametric and non-parametric algorithms from the open-source software R: an application to sustainable urban planning in Sicily

Detailed urban land-cover maps are essential information for sustainable planning. Land-cover maps assist planners in designing strategies for the optimisation of urban ecosystem services and climate change adaptation. In this study, the statistical software R was applied to land cover analysis for the Catania metropolitan area in Sicily, Italy. Six land cover classes were extracted from high-resolution orthophotos. Five different classification algorithms were compared. Texture and contextual layers were tested in different combinations as ancillary data. Classification accuracies of 89% were achieved for two of the tested algorithms.
Megabentos asociado a dos praderas de Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813 del sudeste ibérico con diferente grado de conservación

En el presente trabajo se recogen los resuhados de pescas experimenta.les realizadas en dos praderas de Posidonia ouanica (L.) Dclilc 1813, con distinto grado de alteración por pesca de arrasu·c, para comparar la composición del mcgabcntos (fracción epifauna) de la comunidad asociada. Los resultados muesu·an diferencias profundas en la esu·uctura de dicha comunidad entre ambas praderas. Se observa, en la pradera más alterada, la disminución o desaparición de especies propias de fondos duros, el incremento de especies propias de . fondos arenoso-fangosos o ubiquist. '1s, la abundancia de filtradores activos y sedimentivorós y una mayor densidad de individuos capturados, que podría indicar una mayor vulnerabilidad del megabentos al arte de arrastre al pe1·der complejidad estructural 1a pradera.
17. MAGNETIC FABRIC ANALYSIS OF FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS, IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN 1

The fabric of fine-grained sediments, cored during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 149 to the Iberia Abyssal Plain, was analyzed using the method of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility. The purposes of this study were to investigate downcore changes in magnetic fabric, and to determine paleocurrent direction. The general magnetic fabric analysis reveals an oblate shape, with Kmin axes perpendicular to the bedding plane, which is a typical sedimentary fabric. The magnetic lineation (L = Kmax/Kint) remains fairly constant throughout the section. However, the magnetic foliation structure (F = Kint/Kmin) shows distinctive variation. Several cases show sharp changes at lithostratigraphic boundaries. Poorly foliated intervals at Sites 897 and 898, where inclination of Kmin is not parallel to the bedding plane, probably resulted from postdepositional disturbance. For selected data from lithostratigraphic Unit I at Sites 897, 898, and 900, the magnetic lineation represented by the Kmax axes shows clustering indicative of paleocurrent direction. These data suggest that turbidity currents originated from the eastern continental margin of Iberia during the middle Miocene to late Pleistocene.
Variation of Southern Ocean sea level and its possible relation with Antarctic sea ice

The variation of the Southern Ocean (SO) sea level and its possible relation with Antarctic sea ice are investigated. The dataset used results from a space-time objective analysis which merges one-year simultaneous ERS-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. The main results are as follows, (1) The study confirms and complements previous ones in that the sea level variability in the SO is complex and bathymetrically controlled. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is dominated by the annual component. For the western boundary currents, however, the semi-annual component is equally or more important. (2) A new result is obtained showing that, in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence region, the locations of the annual and semi-annual energies are geographically separated, the maxima of which are comparable instead of being semiannual dominant. (3) A striking feature revealed by this study is that the annual cycles of sea level variations in the western boundary current zone (35degree-45degree S) and seasonal sea ice zo.
Qualitative study of the perceived experiences and needs coping of primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer during operation in central China

Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding of the intraoperative waiting period experience and needs response of primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer. Method Using a purposive sampling method, 16 primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer admitted to the Department of Breast Surgery of Shanxi Bethune Hospital from January to May 2022 were selected as study subjects. Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted using a qualitative research method. Results Five themes were extracted from the levels of safety and security, information transfer, emotion management, psychological adjustment and role adaptation: safety first and intraoperative care, lack of information and misdirection, negative emotions and tired of coping, ineffective worry and overthinking, and role multiplicity and bearing alone, respectively. Conclusion The intraoperative waiting period for primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer felt multidimensional and had less than optimal needs satisfaction. Healthcare professionals should use the existing needs as an entry point to give appropriate interventions to enhance the coping ability of caregivers of patients with breast cancer.
High density mapping of atrial tachycardia in patients post cardiac surgery

Mapping and ablation of atrial tachycardia (AT) in patients who have had prior cardiac surgery can be a challenge for clinical electrophysiologists. High density mapping (HDM) technology has been widely used in these patients because it provides a better characterization of the substrate and the mechanisms with an unprecedented high resolution. In this review, we summarize how the latest HDM technologies can reveal the mechanism of AT in different types of patients post‐cardiac surgery and guide a specifically tailored ablation strategy.
Correlación entre los valores de tensión arterial obtenidos con un tensiómetro de muñeca y un tensiómetro de brazalete

Background: The measurement of blood pressure (BP) in children must be performed in a routine way. However, this may be a problem due to multiple factors. The most common factor is related to the size of the bracelet to de used in this measurement. Objective: To know the correlation between the figures of the BP measurements recorded by a wristwatch tensiometer (WT) and a bracelet tensiometer (BT). Material and methods: It was measured the figures of BP through the use of WT and BT tensiometer equipment, using a prospective, descriptive, transversal and observational design, in children whose ages ranged from 72 to 180 months. It was compared the concordance among the readings obtained by the different equipments through the calculation of the interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) in the SPSS program version 15.0 for Windows. Results: The study included 96 patients, 62 (65%) from the male sex, with an average age of 126 ± 31 months. The average systolic blood pressure (SBP) obtained through the BT was of 104 ± 11 mmHg; and with the BT, it was of 63 ± 8 mmHg. The average diastolic blood pressure (DBP) obtained by the WT was of 63 ± 8 mmHg; and with the BT, it was of 66 ± 8 mmHg. The ICC for the SBPs was of 0.903; and for the DBPs, it was of 0.853 (in both of the cases with a value of p < 0.001). Conclusions: The concordance among the figures of Bp measured by the WT and the BT was very good for the SBP and good for the DBP.
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN A TROPICAL FRESH WATER LAKE: INDIA

Kolleru lake, the largest freshwater lake in India was studied for the assessment of dissolved organic matter distribution and the influence on the lake hydro chemical characteristics. The study revealed the significant influence of freshwater inputs and their control in the distribution of dissolved organic matter (DOM) throughout the lake. Correlation analysis indicated that the DOM mineralization decreased the DO concentration during the monsoon and post-monsoon, making the lake under saturated (upto 7% DO saturation) whereas, during pre-monsoon DO in the lake was not controlled by DOM. Mixing plots of DOC, DON and DOP versus salinity suggested that DON and DOP acted as sink during all the seasons, whereas DOC acted as a source due to domination of production over mineralization. This is the baseline information regarding the dissolved organic matter and will be useful for further intensive study on biogeochemistry of the lake.
Fe(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II) Binding to the C-Terminal Region of FeoB Protein: An Insight into the Coordination Chemistry and Specificity of the Escherichia coli Fe(II) Transporter

The interactions between two peptide ligands [Ac763CCAASTTGDCH773 (P1) and Ac743RRARSRVDIELLATRKSVSSCCAASTTGDCH773 (P2)] derived from the cytoplasmic C-terminal region of Eschericha coli FeoB protein and Fe(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II) ions were investigated. The Feo system is regarded as the most important bacterial Fe(II) acquisition system, being one of the key virulence factors, especially in anaerobic conditions. Located in the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, FeoB protein transports Fe(II) from the periplasm to the cytoplasm. Despite its crucial role in bacterial pathogenicity, the mechanism in which the metal ion is trafficked through the membrane is not yet elucidated. In the gammaproteobacteria class, the cytoplasmic C-terminal part of FeoB contains conserved cysteine, histidine, and glutamic and aspartic acid residues, which could play a vital role in Fe(II) binding in the cytoplasm, receiving the metal ion from the transmembrane helices. In this work, we characterized the complexes formed between the whole cytosolic C-terminal sequence of E. coli FeoB (P2) and its key polycysteine region (P1) with Fe(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II) ions, exploring the specificity of the C-terminal region of FeoB. With the help of a variety of potentiometric, spectroscopic (electron paramagnetic resonance and NMR), and spectrometric (electrospray ionization mass spectrometry) techniques and molecular dynamics, we propose the metal-binding modes of the ligands, compare their affinities toward the metal ions, and discuss the possible physiological role of the C-terminal region of E. coli FeoB.
Minimizing Measurement-Induced Errors in Viscoelastic MR Elastography

The inverse problem that underlies Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is sensitive to the measurement data and the quality of the results of this tissue elasticity imaging process can be influenced both directly and indirectly by measurement noise. In this work, we apply a coupled adjoint field formulation of the viscoelastic constitutive parameter identification problem, where the indirect influence of noise through applied boundary conditions is avoided. A well-posed formulation of the coupled field problem is obtained through conditions applied to the adjoint field, relieving the computed displacement field from kinematic errors on the boundary. The theoretical framework for this formulation via a nearly incompressible, parallel subdomain-decomposition approach is presented, along with verification and a detailed exploration of the performance of the methods via a numerical simulation study. In addition, the advantages of this novel approach are demonstrated in-vivo in the human brain, showing the ability of the method to obtain viable tissue property maps in difficult configurations, enhancing the accuracy of the method.
Cost–effectiveness of obinutuzumab plus bendamustine in Chinese patients with relapse and refractory follicular lymphoma

A decision analytic model was constructed to assess the cost–effectiveness of obinutuzumab plus bendamustine followed by obinutuzumab maintenance therapy (O-B-O) in Chinese patients with relapsed and refractory follicular lymphoma (rrFL). O-B-O was associated with a dominant or more favorable cost–effectiveness than the conventional therapies. Survival outcomes, quality of life of progression-free survival, and subsequent treatment costs for progressive disease were the main drivers of the cost–effectiveness of O-B-O. The cost–effectiveness proportions of O-B-O relative to conventional therapies under the recommended cost–effectiveness threshold ranged from 61.0% to 99.9%. Thus, O-B-O was highly cost-effective for treating patients with rrFL in China compared with conventional therapies.
Can the delivery of behavioural support be improved in the NHS England Low-Calorie Diet Programme? An observational study of behaviour change techniques.

BACKGROUND Previous research has illustrated a drift in the fidelity of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) during the design of the pilot NHS England Low-Calorie Diet (NHS-LCD) Programme. This study evaluated a subsequent domain of fidelity, intervention delivery. Two research questions were addressed: 1) To what extent were BCTs delivered with fidelity to providers programme plans? 2) What were the observed barriers and facilitators to delivery? METHODS A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was employed. Remote delivery of one-to-one and group-based programmes were observed. A BCT checklist was developed using the BCT Taxonomy v1; BCTs were coded as present, partially delivered, or absent during live sessions. Relational content analysis of field notes identified observed barriers and facilitators to fidelity. RESULTS Observations of 122 sessions across eight samples and two service providers were completed. Delivery of the complete NHS-LCD was observed for five samples. Fidelity ranged from 33%-70% across samples and was higher for group-based delivery models (64%) compared with one-to-one models (46%). Barriers and facilitators included alignment with the programme's target behaviours and outcomes, session content, time availability and management, group-based remote delivery, and deviation from the session plan. CONCLUSIONS Overall, BCTs were delivered with low-to-moderate fidelity. Findings indicate a dilution in fidelity during the delivery of the NHS-LCD and variation in the fidelity of programmes delivered across England. Staff training could provide opportunities to practice the delivery of BCTs. Programme-level changes such as structured activities supported by participant materials and with sufficient allocated time, might improve the delivery of BCTs targeting self-regulation.
Learning to See Physical Properties with Active Sensing Motor Policies

Knowledge of terrain's physical properties inferred from color images can aid in making efficient robotic locomotion plans. However, unlike image classification, it is unintuitive for humans to label image patches with physical properties. Without labeled data, building a vision system that takes as input the observed terrain and predicts physical properties remains challenging. We present a method that overcomes this challenge by self-supervised labeling of images captured by robots during real-world traversal with physical property estimators trained in simulation. To ensure accurate labeling, we introduce Active Sensing Motor Policies (ASMP), which are trained to explore locomotion behaviors that increase the accuracy of estimating physical parameters. For instance, the quadruped robot learns to swipe its foot against the ground to estimate the friction coefficient accurately. We show that the visual system trained with a small amount of real-world traversal data accurately predicts physical parameters. The trained system is robust and works even with overhead images captured by a drone despite being trained on data collected by cameras attached to a quadruped robot walking on the ground.
MAAIG : Motion Analysis And Instruction Generation

Many people engage in self-directed sports training at home but lack the real-time guidance of professional coaches, making them susceptible to injuries or the development of incorrect habits. In this paper, we propose a novel application framework called MAAIG(Motion Analysis And Instruction Generation). It can generate embedding vectors for each frame based on user-provided sports action videos. These embedding vectors are associated with the 3D skeleton of each frame and are further input into a pretrained T5 model. Ultimately, our model utilizes this information to generate specific sports instructions. It has the capability to identify potential issues and provide real-time guidance in a manner akin to professional coaches, helping users improve their sports skills and avoid injuries.
Power law in Sandwiched Volterra Volatility model

The paper presents an analytical proof demonstrating that the Sandwiched Volterra Volatility (SVV) model is able to reproduce the power-law behavior of the at-the-money implied volatility skew, provided the correct choice of the Volterra kernel. To obtain this result, the second-order Malliavin differentiability of the volatility process is assessed and the conditions that lead to explosive behavior in the Malliavin derivative are investigated. As a supplementary result, a general Malliavin product rule is proved.