Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Naturally nutrient rich (NNR) score and the risk of colorectal cancer: a case-control study

Background The association between colorectal cancer (CRC) and nutrients has been studied frequently. However, the association of nutrient density of diets with the risk of CRC has been less studied. This study aimed to investigate the association between CRC and naturally nutrient rich (NNR) score in Iranian adults. Method This case-control study included 160 patients with colorectal cancer and 320 controls aged 35–70 years in Tehran, Iran. Dietary intake was assessed using a 168-item food frequency questionnaire. The NNR score was obtained by calculating the average daily value of 14 nutrients including protein, vitamins A, C, D, E, B1, B2, B12, calcium, zinc, iron, folate, potassium and unsaturated fatty acids. Results Regarding dietary intake of the components of NNR score, the case group had a lower intake of polyunsaturated fat (15.41±4.44 vs 16.54±4.20 g/day, p=0.01), vitamin E (10.15±4.16 vs 13.1±5.33; p=0.001), vitamin B1 (2±0.86 vs 2.19±0.84 mg/day, p=0.03) and folate (516.45±96.59 vs 571.05±80.31; p=0.001) and a higher intake of oleic acid (8.21±5.46 vs 5.59±3.17 g/day, p=0.01) compared with the control group. Colorectal cancer risk was inversely associated with the NNR score after adjusting for the confounders (OR 0.92; 95% CI 0.88 to 0.97; p=0.03). Conclusion Low NNR scores may be linked to CRC. If confirmed by future longitudinal research, this result may help prevent CRC by recommending nutrient-rich diets.
Decoding and Delivering Public Health

Health is an essential requirement for the development and welfare of individuals as well as populations. Health is often viewed as a domain distinctively divided into two separate worlds: clinical medicine and public health. Fundamentally, clinical medicine operates with the individual as the unit of observation and intervention, while public health has the population as the unit of study and service. While the health system is charged with the prime responsibility for delivering care, it is also necessary to recognise and respect the role of the community, not merely as a beneficiary but as an active contributor to agenda-setting, implementation and monitoring. To ensure that a wide range of health services reach all entitled persons in the population, we need to design and deliver a strong Universal Health Coverage programme, which is best delivered when public financing accounts for a major portion of the health expenditure. Since health is profoundly influenced by social, economic, environmental and commercial determinants, it is imperative that these determinants are shaped to enable, rather than erode, health. Public health has emerged from the communion of medicine and social sciences. It is now a multi-disciplinary confluence of life sciences, quantitative sciences, social sciences and management sciences. Public health research must be multi-disciplinary, to assist the development and delivery of enlightened public policy through multi-sectoral pathways.
Detection of Anomalies in Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions

Electric Vehicle (EV) charging involves a complex system with cyber-physical components, backend systems, and communication protocols. A potential security incident in this system can open up cyber-physical threats and, for instance, lead to EV battery fires or power grid blackouts. In this paper, we propose a hybrid Intrusion Detection System (IDS) method consisting of regression-based charging session forecasting and anomaly detection. The method considers an EV’s detailed charging behavior throughout a session and we discuss and evaluate different design choices. For anomaly detection, we consider both classification- and novelty-based models as well as an ensemble method to combine both models. We perform evaluations based on real-world EV charging session data with simulated attacks. Our results show that regression-based forecasting provides a significant increase in detection performance for attacks affecting individual reports during a charging session. Additionally, the proposed ensemble method, which combines artificial neural network-based classification and local outlier factor-based novelty detection, can maintain a low false alarm rate while offering good detection performance w.r. t. known attacks as well as generalization to previously unseen attacks. We thus argue that the proposed solution can provide a positive contribution to EV charging security, resilience, and trustworthiness.
Hades: Practical Decentralized Identity with Full Accountability and Fine-grained Sybil-resistance

Decentralized identity (DID), the idea of giving users complete control over their identity-related data, is being used to solve the privacy tension in the identity management of decentralized applications (Dapps). While existing approaches do an excellent job of solving the privacy tension, they have not adequately addressed the accountability and Sybil-resistance issues. Moreover, these approaches have a considerable gas overhead, making them impractical for Dapps. We presented Hades, a novel practical DID system supporting full accountability and fine-grained Sybil-resistance while providing strong privacy properties. Hades supports three aspects of accountability, i.e., auditability, traceability, and revocation. Hades is the first DID system that supports accountability in all these three aspects. Hades is also the first DID system that supports fine-grained Sybil-resistance, enabling Dapps to customize personalized Sybil resistance strategies based on users’ identity attributes. Hades can run efficiently on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). We implemented and evaluated Hades. The benchmarks showed that Hades has the lowest gas cost incurred on EVM as far as we know. Also, we presented a case study on attribute-associated fair NFT distribution (“airdrops”) where all previous works failed, whereas we gave a solution leveraging Hades.
Child Neuropsychology

Young people who have experienced homelessness, foster care, or poverty are among the most disadvantaged in society. This review examines whether young people who have these experiences di ﬀ er from their non-disadvantaged peers with respect to their cognitive skills and abilities, and whether cognitive pro ﬁ les di ﬀ er between these three groups. Three electronic databases were systematically searched for articles published between 1 January 1995 and 1 February 2015 on cognitive functioning among young people aged 15 to 24 years who have experienced homelessness, foster care, or poverty. Articles were screened using pre-determined inclusion criteria, then the data were extracted, and its quality assessed. A total of 31 studies were included. Compared to non-disadvantaged youth or published norms, cognitive performance was generally found to be impaired in young people who had experienced homelessness, foster care, or poverty. A common area of di ﬃ culty across all groups is working memory. General cognitive functioning, attention, and executive function de ﬁ cits are shared by the homeless and poverty groups. Creativity emerges as a potential strength for homeless young people. The cognitive functioning of young people with experiences of imper-manent housing and poverty has been relatively neglected and more research is needed to further establish cognitive pro ﬁ les and replicate the ﬁ ndings reviewed here. As some aspects of cognitive functioning may show improvement with training, these could represent a target for intervention.
Planning and policy for earthquake hazards in New Zealand

Twenty-four district plans and regional policy statements from the Hawke's Bay, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions were analysed in order to examine how councils plan for earthquake hazards. The results indicate that methods of accounting for earthquake hazards vary between different districts and regions. In general, plans and policy statements themselves contain very little information about the nature of earthquakes, the location of fault lines in the area or information on the possible effects of earthquakes. Earthquake hazards are in most part dealt with as part of an 'all hazards' framework, and are not specifically singled out for mention in plans or policy statements. Most of the objectives, policies, methods and environmental outcomes contained in plans or policy statements, are based on the 'all hazards' approach. Only three district plans in the regions studied have actual objectives, policies or methods that specifically mention earthquakes or make some attempt to plan for their specific nature. The majority of districts do not have any specific rules written in their plan for earthquakes, although many districts have rules for other hazards such as flooding, land instability, erosion and coastal hazards. Finally, a third of district plans make reference to the Building Act 1991 to reinforce the fact that buildings in the district must be built to specification in order to perform in an earthquake, but only three have any additional earthquake-specific policies.
The Termolator: Terminology Recognition based on Chunking, Statistical and Search-based Scores

The Termolator is a high-performing terminology extraction system, which will soon be available as open source software. The Termolator combines several different approaches to get superior coverage and accuracy. The system identifies potential instances of terminology using a chunking procedure, similar to noun group chunking, but favoring chunks that contain out-of-vocabulary words, nominalizations, technical adjectives, and other specialized word classes. The system ranks such term chunks according to several metrics including: (a) a set of metrics that favors term chunks that are relatively more frequent in a “foreground” corpus about a single topic than they are in a “background” or multi-topic corpus and (b) a relevance score which measures how often terms appear in articles and patents in a Yahoo web search. We analyse the contributions made by each of these metrics and show that all modules contribute to the system’s performance, both in terms of the number and quality of terms identified. Workshop Topic Terminology Extraction
Annals of Clinical Case Reports

The 5 th generation, 5G, for wireless communication is rolled out without previous studies on potential effects on human health and the environment. In this case study we describe two men, case 1 and case 2, working in three office rooms close to base stations. After the deployment of 5G, both men developed symptoms typical for the microwave syndrome, e
Outcomes of oxytocin treatment on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a clinical condition that poses life-threatening risks and can be caused by diseases or operations such as trauma, shock, and gastric dilatation volvulus. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of oxytocin on intestinal damage in rats induced by experimental ischemia-reperfusion injury. Three groups of Wistar albino rats were established: a control group (CTR, n=6), an intestinal ischemia-reperfusion group (I-IR, n=6), and an intestinal ischemia-reperfusion with oxytocin group (I-IR+Oxt, n=6). The I-IR+Oxt group received an intraperitoneal injection of 1 mg/kg oxytocin 30 minutes before anesthesia. In the I-IR and I-IR+Oxt groups, the superior mesenteric artery was ligated for 1 hour to induce ischemia-reperfusion injury, followed by one hour of reperfusion by opening the ligatures. At the end of the reperfusion period, the rats were euthanized, and blood and intestinal tissue samples were collected. From the blood samples, ALT, ALP, AST, LDH, BUN, creatinine, IL-1β, and TNF-α concentrations were evaluated. Tissue samples were analyzed for IL-1β, TNF-α, and MDA activity. Serum and tissue IL-1β and TNF-α concentrations were higher in both the I-IR and I-IR+Oxt groups compared to the CTR group. However, these levels were found to be lower in the I-IR+Oxt group compared to the I-IR group. The histopathological analysis showed that the I-IR+Oxt group had better epithelial regeneration and less inflammatory cell infiltration compared to the I-I/R group. In conclusion, oxytocin inhibited the release of IL-1β and TNF-α and the harmful effect of I/R on intestinal cells.
Comparison of Neoatherosclerosis and Neovascularization of Restenosis after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Background : Neoatherosclerosis (NA) is associated with stent failure. However, systematic studies on the manifestations of NA and neovascularization (NV) at different stages after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation are lacking. Moreover, the relationship between NA and NV in in-stent restenosis (ISR) has not been reported. This study aimed to characterize NA and NV in patients with ISR at different post-DES stages and compare the association between NA and NV in ISR lesions. Methods : A total of 227 patients with 227 lesions who underwent follow-up optical coherence tomography before percutaneous coronary intervention for DES ISR were enrolled and divided into early (E-ISR: < 1 year), late (L-ISR: 1–5 years), and very-late (VL-ISR: > 5 years) ISR groups. Furthermore, ISR lesions were divided into NV and non-NV groups according to the presence of NV. Results : The prevalence of NA and NV was 52.9% and 41.0%, respectively. The prevalence of lipidic NA (E-ISR, 32.7%; L-ISR, 50.0%; VL-ISR, 58.5%) and intimal NV (E-ISR, 14.5%; L-ISR, 30.8%; VL-ISR, 38.3%) increased with time after stenting. NA was higher in ISR patients with NV lesions than in those without ( p < 0.001). Patients with both ISR and NV had a higher incidence of macrophage infiltration, thin-cap fibroatheroma, intimal rupture, and thrombosis ( p < 0.01). Conclusions : Progression of lipidic NA was associated with L-ISR and VL-ISR but may not be related to calcified NA. NA was more common in ISR lesions with NV; its formation may substantially promote NA progression and plaque instability.
SAVORING OUR FOOD CAN SAVE US – COUNTERING THE GLOBAL WITH THE LOCAL

Protecting biodiversity could be one way of combatting climate change and creating sustainable employment in the countryside. This strategy can become more palpable if protection is accorded to specific ‘terroirs’ ( kapookan ) in the Philippines whose products are unique because they result from the interplay between an ecosystem and a cultural tradition. Internationally, both in Europe and Asia, the labelling system called “Geographic Indications” is being used to protect such localities and their products. The essay looks into how these two concepts, “terroir” and “Geographical Indications” could help protect biodiversity and the rural sector in the Philippines. On the one hand, it shows how issues raised by the implementation of the two concepts are meaningful to anthropology. On the other hand, it shows how anthropology could contribute to broadening and deepening these concepts. Because anthropology examines the interaction between communities and their ecosystems, it can locate and define particular terroirs. Moreover, because anthropology tries to interpret objects in their concrete particularity, it can highlight why a particular product is unique both nationally and internationally. Finally, recent anthropology has become more sensitive to the impact of outside forces on the environment. Sadly, international forces are intervening in the implementation of a meaningful version of Geographical Indications.
On the power and control of a misaligned rotor – Beyond the cosine law –

We present a new model to estimate the performance of a wind turbine operating in misaligned conditions. The model is based on the classic momentum and lifting-line theories, considering a misaligned rotor as a lifting wing of finite span, and accounts for the combined effects of both yaw and uptilt angles. Improving on the classical empirical cosine law in widespread use, the new model reveals the dependency of power not only 5 on the misalignment angle, but also on some rotor design parameters and – crucially – on the way a rotor is governed when it is yawed out of the wind. Additionally, the model also shows that a sheared inflow is responsible for the observed lack of symmetry for positive and negative misalignment angles. Notwithstanding its simplicity and insignificant computational cost, the new proposed approach is in excellent agreement with large eddy simulations (LES) and wind tunnel experiments. Building on the new model, we derive the optimal control strategy for maximizing power on a misaligned rotor. Additionally, 10 we maximize the total power of a cluster of two turbines by wake steering, improving on the solution based on the cosine law.
Investigation of Preparation of Slag Wool from Melting-Separated Red Mud

The preparation of high-quality inorganic fibers by centrifugation from modified melting-separated red mud, which is the product of the efficient recovery of pig iron from red mud, is a new approach to achieve large-scale production of high value-added materials from red mud. This method has a wide range of application prospects and could contribute substantially to the comprehensive utilization of bulk industrial solid waste and the development of a circular economy. In this study, melting-separated red mud was modified with water-quenched blast furnace slag, quartz sand, and quicklime. The effect of the CaO/Na2O mass ratio on the viscosity, fluidity, and crystallization performance of the melting-separated red mud was investigated; slag wool was prepared by centrifugation under laboratory conditions; and the effect of the CaO/Na2O mass ratio on the morphology and properties of the slag wool was investigated. The viscosity of modified melting-separated red mud with different CaO/Na2O mass ratios shows a decreasing trend with increasing temperature, and the fluidity increases with increasing temperature, indicating that the melt fluidity is improved. The suitable fiber-forming temperature of the melting-separated red mud shows a trend of increasing–decreasing–increasing with an increasing CaO/Na2O mass ratio, and at a CaO/Na2O ratio of 3.0, the maximum suitable fiber-forming temperature is 81 °C. Considering the feasibility of slag wool preparation from modified melting-separated red mud, the CaO/Na2O of the modified raw material system should not be higher than 3.0. The crystallization temperature of modified melting-separated red mud with different CaO/Na2O mass ratios first increases and then decreases, with a peak of 1450 °C at a CaO/Na2O ratio of 4.0. Slag wool prepared from modified melting-separated red mud with different CaO/Na2O mass ratios exhibits good properties, with a diameter of 5.47–6.67 µm and a slag ball content of 2.7–8.4%.
Stratigraphy and detailed age of the Upper-Cretaceous Himenoura Group in the eastern part of Amakusa-Kamishima Island, Kumamoto, Japan

熊本県の天草上島の東部には，上部白亜系の姫浦層群が露出しており，姫浦層群は樋の島層と阿村層に区分されている．本調査地域の姫浦層群からは，アンモナイトやイノセラムスに加えて，放散虫や有孔虫などの微化石が多産する．樋の島層からは，有孔虫のDicarinella canaliculataと多くのMarginotruncana pseudolinneianaやイノセラムスのInoceramus amakusensis，アンモナイトのTexanites kawasakiiなどが産出したため，本層はサントニアン階と考えられる．阿村層の上部からは，Grobotruncana linneianaやG. cf. arcaなどからなるカンパニアン階を指示する有孔虫化石群集が産出し，さらにこれらの種は阿村層上部から多産する．したがって，サントニアン/カンパニアン境界は，おそらく阿村層の下部付近にある．なお，Amphipyndax stocki，Dictyomitra formosa，D. koslovaeなどで特徴づけられる樋の島層や阿村層の放散虫化石群集は，サントニアン～中期カンパニアン期を指示する．
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Do high-risk couples profit more or less from couple relationship education programs than low-risk couples? Room for improvement and vulnerability effects

In recent years it has been discussed whether high-risk couples benefit more from Couple Relationship Education programs (CREs) than low-risk couples due to larger room for improvement, or profit less due to greater vulnerability. Pertinent response prediction studies yielded inconclusive results. Careful review suggests this may be due to: statistical handling (not disentangling room for improvement and vulnerability effects), time frame analyzed (not disentangling opposing effects during intervention and follow-up), sampling, and selection of risk factors. We used an analytic strategy that maximized odds for replicability and tested two hypotheses: (1) room for improvement : pre-intervention relationship dissatisfaction predicts gain in satisfaction during intervention, and decline during follow up, and (2) vulnerability : when adjusted for room for improvement (pre-intervention relationship dissatisfaction), risk factors show negative or negligible, but no positive associations with gain in satisfaction. Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling (APIM) was employed in 79 self-referred (SR) couples and 50 clinician-referred (CR) couples who had completed the ‘Hold me Tight’ program, a CRE based on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. Our findings supported both: (1) the room for improvement hypothesis, with pre-intervention dissatisfaction predicting more gain during intervention (both samples) and decline during follow-up (SR sample, for the CR sample the effect was negligible), and (2) the vulnerability hypothesis, as several negative, but no positive effects of risk factors were observed during intervention and follow-up. Specific risk
A Typology of University Agriculture Students’ Projected A Typology of University Agriculture Students’ Projected Motivations to Study Abroad: An Application of Q Methodology Motivations to Study Abroad: An Application of Q Methodology

Abstract The study’s purpose was to understand Louisiana State University freshman agriculture students’ projected motivations to study abroad. To achieve this, we used a Q methodological approach. When viewed through the lens of the expectancy-value model of achievement motivation, findings suggested students’ motivations could be interpreted through three typologies: (1) Goal-Oriented Students, (2) Social-Oriented Students, and (3) Learning-Oriented Students. In particular, the Goal-Oriented Students expressed they were motivated to enroll in a study abroad course because they perceived it could enhance their educational and career-related ambitions through personal growth. Meanwhile, Social-Oriented Students articulated that the social dimensions of study abroad courses, i.e., networking, relationship building, and opportunities to experience a new culture, served as their primary motivation. Finally, the Learning-Oriented Students reported their desire to gain more agricultural knowledge, experience an alternative method of instruction, and learn to work with diverse populations provided intrinsic value and encouraged them to study abroad in the future. As a consequence, this study’s findings not only broaden the study abroad literature but also provide implications for university administrators and faculty to better accommodate students through recruitment and programming tailored to their motivational needs.