Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bihermitian Structures On Complex Surfaces

We correct the statements of Theorem 1 and Corollary 2 of the above‐mentioned paper and provide a new argument for Corollary 2. We also update some parts of the paper in the light of recent major developments in the theory of bihermitian structures, due to M. Gualtieri and N. Hitchin. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 53C26 (primary), 32J15, 53C56 (secondary).
FACTORES ASOCIADOS A LA NO ADHESIÓN A LA TERAPIA EN PERSONAS HIPERTENSAS QUE BUSCAN ASISTENCIA POR EMERGENCIAS

RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar factores asociados a la no adhesión a la terapia en personas con Hipertensión Arterial que asisten a servicios de urgencia por emergencias y/o complicaciones derivadas de la hipertensión. Método: estudio transversal realizado entre diciembre de 2019 y octubre de 2020 con 238 residentes en un municipio de mediano porte del sur de Brasil, utilizando la Escala de Adherencia Terapéutica de 8 ítems de Morisky. En el análisis se utilizó Regresión Logística Múltiple. Resultados: se consideró que 86 (36,1%) participantes no cumplían con la terapia. Se observó una mayor probabilidad de no adhesión en personas menores de 60 años (Odds Ratio=2,04), que buscaron asistencia en los servicios de urgencia en los tres años en estudio (Odds Ratio=5,08) y que tenían una relación con profesionales de Atención Primaria de la Salud (Odds Ratio=1,96). Conclusión: reconocer los factores asociados a la no adhesión a la terapia permitirá que los profesionales realicen intervenciones educativas y asistan a las personas con hipertensión arterial según sus necesidades, previniendo/posponiendo complicaciones.
Explaining Consumer Support for Sustainable Business Practices in the Frontier Market of Lebanon

Frontier markets of the world are countries with promising long-term rewards for investors, but risky and uncertain prospects in the next few years. These pre-emerging markets include such countries as Nigeria, Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon. Although sustainable business practices have appeared in frontier markets, the fragility and volatility of these markets raise the question about the nature of consumer support for sustainability in these challenging markets. Specifically, not much is currently known about factors influencing consumers’ purchasing support for firms pursuing sustainable business practices in frontier markets. This study contributes to macromarketers’ understanding of frontier markets by addressing consumers’ support for sustainable business practices in Lebanon. Structural equation modeling results of survey responses suggest that sustainable business practices influence purchasing of Lebanese consumers and are positively affected by antecedents, such as 1) Attitude toward Business Benevolence, 2) Environmental Values, and 3) Concern about Business Ethics. These results correspond to those from a US sample suggesting that support for sustainable business is not merely a phenomenon for developed markets—but for frontier markets, as well.
Determinants of satisfaction with online food delivery providers and their impact on restaurant brands

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the spillover effects between online food delivery providers’ (OFDs) performance and restaurant brands. It proposed a model of three determinants for e-satisfaction with OFDs and related these variables to restaurants’ brand satisfaction, image and loyalty. Design/methodology/approach A survey was designed, and 332 responses from delivery apps users in Ecuador were collected. A partial least squares structural equations model was applied. Findings The three proposed determinants of OFD satisfaction were significant: e-service quality, personal aspects of delivery workers and perceived food quality. Regarding the spillover effects, e-service quality and personal aspects had an influence on perceived food quality, mediating a chain of effects on restaurants’ brand satisfaction, image and loyalty. Research limitations/implications Data were collected before COVID-19. Further studies will need to be undertaken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic because minimal contact between delivery workers and customers is expected. In addition, food quality perceptions may include new concerns about biosafety norms. Practical implications Practices aiming to improve the service experience with OFDs are suggested, including proper training, supervision and improvement of delivery workers’ conditions. On the other hand, because restaurants do not control OFD’s performance, their contractual agreements should focus on avoiding service failures that erode restaurants’ brand equity. Originality/value This paper fulfills the need to study the spillover effects in the context of the collaborative economy, where delivery companies, delivery workers and restaurants work together to provide a service, and the performance of one of the parties impacts the consumers’ perceptions of the other party.
MA-STS-Based Social Intimacy Analysis Algorithm Using Real Campus Network Data

In recent years, the widespread availability of Wi-Fi in various settings, including universities, enterprises, and large shopping centers, has become increasingly prevalent. The user’s time and location information embedded in wireless network systems can reveal individual and group social relationships, which indirectly reflect each person’s psychological well-being. However, due to challenges in obtaining complete data, the high complexity of related data, and the absence of suitable data analysis models, few studies have analyzed student social behavior using data from university campus networks. This paper employs real-world data from a renowned Chinese university’s wireless campus network for in-depth analysis and introduces a novel multiangle semantic trajectory similarity (MA-STS) algorithm to infer the intimacy and relationship types (such as teacher-student, friends, classmates, or romantic partners) between users. The experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves an accuracy of over 95%.
Efficacy of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention in Underserved Individuals Receiving Inpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot Study

Introduction A mindfulness intervention is a mind-body complementary health approach that focuses on the relationships between mind, body, brain, and behavior. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and similar mindfulness programs have been shown to decrease drug craving and relapse and improve emotional regulation, stress, pain, and anxiety. To our knowledge, a very limited number of studies have examined its efficacy in individuals from underserved populations. Underserved populations experience disparities in healthcare access, and as a result, see poorer addiction-related outcomes. The goal of this pilot study was to utilize an evidence-based, neuroscience-informed brief mindfulness intervention to improve mental health and decrease substance use behavior in a vulnerable, underserved population in New Jersey suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD). Methods We implemented a brief MBSR intervention in 15 underserved individuals undergoing inpatient medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD. Individuals received weekly intervention sessions lasting one hour over six weeks. Furthermore, they practiced mindfulness for 10 minutes daily. Participants completed pre-and post-mindfulness intervention surveys to examine their mental well-being, drug craving, perceived stress, and emotional regulation. Results Within-subjects t-test results showed that compared to pre-intervention, participants showed significantly decreased perceived stress (t(14) =2.401, p=. 015) and significantly decreased difficulty in emotional regulation (t(13) =3.426, p=. 002 ) at post-intervention. They also showed significantly decreased drug craving post-intervention (t(14) =5.501, p=. <001). Anxiety decreased post-intervention but was not statistically significant (t(14) =1.582, p=. 068). Conclusion This pilot study demonstrates that a brief mindfulness intervention can be effective for underserved individuals with OUD. Consistent with our hypothesis, results showed that a six-week mindfulness intervention could reduce everyday stress, drug craving, and difficulties in emotional regulation. In the future, a large-scale randomized control trial should be conducted with a control group to demonstrate the efficacy of this useful intervention.
Tropical rainfall, Rossby waves and regional winter climate predictions

Skilful climate predictions of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Oscillation out to a few months ahead have recently been demonstrated, but the source of this predictability remains largely unknown. Here we investigate the role of the Tropics in this predictability. We show high levels of skill in tropical rainfall predictions, particularly over the Pacific but also the Indian and Atlantic Ocean basins. Rainfall fluctuations in these regions are associated with clear signatures in tropical and extratropical atmospheric circulation that are approximately symmetric about the Equator in boreal winter. We show how these patterns can be explained as steady poleward propagating linear Rossby waves emanating from just a few key source regions. These wave source ‘hotspots’ become more or less active as tropical rainfall varies from winter to winter but they do not change position. Finally, we show that predicted tropical rainfall explains a highly significant fraction of the predicted year‐to‐year variation of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation.
New primates from the Eocene of Saskatchewan, Canada: Revision of the primates from the Cypress Hills Formation with description of new taxa

True primates in the Canadian fossil record are known from only the Eocene epoch of southwestern Saskatchewan. They were originally described in the 1980s from two sets of localities: the Lac Pelletier localities (Duchesnean) and the Swift Current Creek (SCC) locality (Uintan). Additional fieldwork and sample sorting were carried out over the last decade. The present study includes a description of new primate dental material from the Swift Current Creek (SCC) locality. We name a new genus and two new species and revise the known primates for both the Lac Pelletier and SCC faunas. The Cypress Hills region of Saskatchewan likely represented a haven for small primates in the Eocene and may have supported an endemic primate fauna.
SEISMIC AND ENERGY RETROFIT OF MULTIFAMILY LIGHT-FRAME TIMBER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS USING MASS PLY PANEL (MPP) WALL FAÇADE SYSTEM

: The most common type of construction in the US for single and multifamily housing is known as Light-Wood-Frame (LWF). This system has been widely used for decades, following prescriptive design rules and usually without an engineered-based analysis. Due to the evolution of knowledge on the seismic hazard in the Pacific Northwest, retrofitting these structures built before the 1990s has become a necessity. In addition, these buildings also lack the energy efficiency required to reduce our global carbon footprint. This paper presents a novel façade retrofit solution consisting of prefabricated mass ply panels (MPP) that can be rapidly applied on-site over existing building cladding to upgrade older LWF one- to three-story buildings. The structural design of an existing prototype two-story LWF building in Portland, OR is presented. Custom steel connections resist design forces following the Equivalent Lateral Force (ELF) method from ASCE 7-16. Nonlinear displacement validation is performed using analytical models (AM) and finite element models (FEM), obtaining lateral drifts of 0.50% for the design earthquake (DE) reducing the expected damage in the building. Over-strength factors are calculated, considering the contribution of existing LWF walls and steel connections. A follow-up experimental setup is described for future validation of the initial assumptions.
The Reflection Forums at Moving Stage Lab

In 2005 Bruce Barton and I were commissioned by the Danish chapter of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) to design and facilitate an ambitious laboratory on theatrical devising. The intentions and framework given by the ITI were to foster exchange between twenty-four professional stage artists from the Scandinavian and Baltic countries through a physical workshop with an online reflection component. The participants included playwrights, dramaturges, directors, choreographers, performing artists and designers. The workshop, known as Moving Stage Lab (MSL), was held in the summer of 2006 as part of the Nordic Theatre Days Festival in Copenhagen.
Modeling Claim - Evidence - Stance link in the Discussion Section of Research Genres: A Comparative Case Study of Expert and Student Writers in Applied Linguistics

: The previous genre-based studies have emphasized the rhetorical organization of the discussion section in research articles or thesis writing. The present study extends this trend by exploring the argumentative structure and its link to stance-taking features in the discussion part-genre written by both expert and student writers. Two corpora were compiled, including discussion samples taken from published research articles and those chosen from Master’s theses in applied linguistics. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to identify any differences and similarities between the two groups of writers in terms of their organization of argumentative structure and the stance-taking manner. The results demonstrated that expert and student writers significantly differ in the manipulation of supporting evidence albeit their similar tendency to craft claim-evidence link. The significant differences were particularly found in the realization of interpretive arguments, with student writers employing more use of reason-result pattern whereas established writers presenting the higher occurrence of concessive clauses to reinforce the strength of arguments. Besides, the study also revealed that student writers tend to favor more numerical data while expert writers show greater preferences for generalized evidential and research evaluation to seek support for knowledge claims. Furthermore, the analysis of stance markers highlighted that stance-taking devices are inextricably interwoven with the claim-evidence link, with hedges and self-mentions predominantly serving for the interpretive evidence, attitude markers for both evidential and evaluative labels, and boosters for claim sets and factual evidence. Statistically significant differences between two corpora were also observed across the allocation of stance markers in relation to argumentative structures. The findings of the study have both theoretical and pedagogical implications for EAP writing instruction and learning needs.
Strong convergence theorems of an iterative scheme for strictly pseudocontractive mappings in Banach spaces

Abstract The article establishes the sufficient and necessary conditions for the strong convergence of the Ishikawa iterative scheme with random errors in the sense of Xu for a strictly pseudocontractive mapping in an arbitrary real Banach space under certain assumptions. It affirmatively answers the open question that put forth by Zeng. The results in this paper extend and improve the corresponding results of Browder, Petryshyn, Rhoades, Osilike and Zeng.
A comparison between the continual reassessment method and D-optimum design for dose finding in phase I clinical trials

Abstract The continual reassessment method is a model-based procedure, described in the literature, used to determine the maximum tolerated dose in phase I clinical trials. The maximum tolerated dose can also be found under the framework of D-optimum design, where information is gathered in such a way so that asymptotic variability in the parameter estimates in minimised. This paper investigates the two methods under some realistic settings to explore any potential differences between them. Simulation studies for six plausible dose-response scenarios show that D-optimum design can work well in comparison with the continual reassessment method in many cases. The D-optimum design is also found to allocate doses from the extremes of the design region to the patients in a trial.
Temperature control in cavities by combustion of two-atom entanglement

We show that the temperature of a cavity field can be drastically varied by its interaction with suitably-entangled atom pairs (dimers) traversing the cavity. Their entangled state can be simply controlled by molecular dissociation or collisions forming the dimer. Depending on the chosen state of the dimer, the cavity field can be driven to a steady-state temperature that is either much lower or higher than the ambient temperature. Hence, entangled atom dimers can serve as an advantageous quantum fuel for highly efficient photonic thermal engines.
A practical guide for the generation of model-based virtual clinical trials

Mathematical modeling has made significant contributions to drug design, development, and optimization. Virtual clinical trials that integrate mathematical models to explore patient heterogeneity and its impact on a variety of therapeutic questions have recently risen in popularity. Here, we outline best practices for creating virtual patients from mathematical models to ultimately implement and execute a virtual clinical trial. In this practical guide, we discuss and provide examples of model design, parameter estimation, parameter sensitivity, model identifiability, and virtual patient cohort creation. Our goal is to help researchers adopt these approaches to further the use of virtual population-based analysis and virtual clinical trials.
Experimental Study on Model Predictive Control for a Point Absorber Type Wave Energy Converter With a Linear Generator

This paper presents the experimental evaluation results of power production efficiency of model predictive control (MPC) on a wave energy converter (WEC) with a linear generator in regular and irregular waves. A bottom-fixed WEC of point absorber type was subjected to the WEC model in this paper. To compare the power production efficiency, the power production efficiency of the approximate complex-conjugate control with considering the copper loss (ACL) was also evaluated. In regular waves, the MPC performance was comparable to the ACL one in the power-production amount reasonably. In irregular waves which have narrow band spectral distribution, a same trend as the trend in regular waves was obtained. On the other hand, in irregular waves which have broadband spectral distribution, the MPC was more effective than the ACL. Moreover, Experiments in regular and irregular waves were carried out in the MPC under the constraint of the small heave displacement. The constraint of the displacement was approximately satisfied by the MPC. This is useful in practical operation. It is also investigated experimentally how time horizon affects the performance of the MPC. When the time horizon is short, the power production amount of the MPC increases.
Competencias emprendedoras que permiten el desarrollo de la creación de un emprendimiento

El emprender se considera una trayectoria llena de aprendizajes, retos, ensayos, incluso fracasos; por tal razón, es importante conocer las competencias que un sujeto tiene o desarrolla a lo largo del camino emprendedor. El presente artículo se ha basado en desarrollar la generación de conocimiento acerca de las competencias emprendedoras tomadas desde la teoría de las motivaciones del psicólogo David McClelland, precursor significativo a nivel de emprendimiento (Perilla, 1998); sin embargo, si bien su teoría es muy importante, ha venido evolucionando con otros autores que la van enriqueciendo; por ello, el fin de este artículo es, reconocer algunos autores que han ido aportando a esta teoría desde diferentes posturas.
Pengaruh Electronic Word Of Mouth (e-WOM ) Terhadap Niat Membeli Barang Elektronik Melalui Market Place

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Electronic Word of mouth (e-WOM) terhadap niat (intention) beli produk elektronik melalaui platform market place. Menggunakan Theory Planed Behavior (TPB) sebagai model perilaku konsumen, yang mengintegrasikan eWOM, sikap (attitude), norma subyektif, persepsi kontrol perilaku dan niat (intention) untuk membeli produk elektronik melalui market place. Sebanyak 113 responden digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan Structural equation Model (SEM) Temuan utama dari penelitian ini terkait dengan pengaruh e-WOM yang diterima terhadap sikap individu, norma subyektif dan kontrol perilaku yang dirasakan yang memengaruhi niat mereka untuk memesan produk elektronik dengan menggunakan market place
Enforcing Fairness in the Traffic Policer Among Heterogeneous Congestion Control Algorithms

Traffic policing is widely used by ISPs to limit their customers’ traffic rates. It has long been believed that a well-tuned traffic policer offers a satisfactory performance for TCP. However, we find this belief breaks with the emergence of new congestion control (CC) algorithms: flows using new CC algorithms can easily occupy the majority of bandwidth, starving traditional TCP flows. We confirm this problem with experiments and reveal its root cause as follows. Without a buffer in traffic policers, congestion only causes packet losses, while new CC algorithms are loss-resilient. When being policed, they will not reduce the sending rate until an unacceptable loss ratio for TCP is reached, resulting in low throughput for competing TCP flows. Simply adding a buffer to the traffic policer improves fairness but incurs high latency. To this end, we propose FairPolicer, which can achieve fair bandwidth allocation without sacrificing latency. FairPolicer regards a token as a basic unit of bandwidth and fairly allocates tokens to active flows in a round-robin manner. To avoid bandwidth waste when flows come and go, FairPolicer puts all available tokens in a global bucket and maintains the amount of residual bucket space rather than the number of available tokens. To scale to massive concurrent flows, FairPolicer uses a Count-Min Sketch structure to maintain per-flow data with a small memory footprint. Testbed experiments show that FairPolicer can allocate bandwidth in a max-min fair manner and achieve much lower latency than other kinds of rate limiters.
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring for Acute Brain Injured Patients: When, How, What Should We Monitor

While there is no level I recommendation for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, it is typically indicated for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 3–8 (class II). Even for moderate TBI patients with GCS 9–12, ICP monitoring should be considered for risk of increased ICP. The impact of ICP monitoring on patient outcomes is still not well-established, but recent studies reported a reduction of early mortality (class III) in TBI patients. There is no standard protocol for the application of ICP monitoring. In cases where cerebrospinal fluid drainage is required, an external ventricular drain is commonly used. In other cases, parenchymal ICP monitoring devices are generally employed. Subdural or non-invasive forms are not suitable for ICP monitoring. The mean value of ICP is the parameter recommended for observation in many guidelines. In TBI, values above 22 mmHg are associated with increased mortality. However, recent studies proposed various parameters including cumulative time with ICP above 20 mmHg (pressure-time dose), pressure reactivity index, ICP waveform characteristics (pulse amplitude of ICP, mean ICP wave amplitude), and the compensatory reserve of the brain (reserve-amplitude-pressure), which are useful in predicting patient outcomes and guiding treatment. Further research is required for validation of these parameters compared to simple ICP monitoring.