Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Eocene mammals from volcaniclastic deposits of the Somun Cura Plateau: biostratigraphic implications for north Patagonia Paleogene

The Paleogene terrestrial faunal succession and its associated bearing volcaniclastic deposits has been exhaustively studied in central Patagonia, but there is still no acceptable litho-bio-chronostratigraphic ordering for the extra-Andean North Patagonia. The only references on Paleogene mammals bearing deposits north to Chubut River are imprecise and contradictory. West to Ingeniero Jacobacci (Río Negro Province, Argentina), the paleontologist and archaeologist Rodolfo Casamiquela reported a fossiliferous succession with Casamayoran or Mustersan (Eocene) and Deseadan (Oligocene) mammals from rocks currently mapped as the Las Chacras Formation. This unit includes acid to intermediate tuffs, ignimbrites, paleosols, conglomerates, and basalts originated in a perivolcanic fluvial system, under a seasonal subhumid-humid climate according to predominant pedogenic features. As a result of our fieldworks and fossil collection in the area of Ingeniero Jacobacci, and the revision of the materials collected by Casamiquela in the forties and fifties (with well-known stratigraphic origin), we identified a single mammal association from the lower section of the Las Chacras Formation (here named the Lower Las Chacras fauna) composed by: Plesiofelis schlosseri Roth, 1903 (Sparassodonta), Trigonostylops Ameghino, 1897, Astraponotus Ameghino, 1901 (Astrapotheria), Propyrotherium Ameghino, 1901 (Pyrotheria), Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides Ameghino, 1901, Eohegetotherium priscum Ameghino, 1901, Puelia sigma (Ameghino, 1901), Periphragnis Roth, 1899 (Notoungulata), Isutaetus depictus Ameghino, 1902 (Cingulata), and a new member of Adianthidae (Litopterna) and probably of Pichipilidae (Paucituberculata). This assemblage is closer to that derived from the Rosado Member of the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca, central Patagonia (type locality of the Mustersan Land Mammal Age) dated in ca. 38 Ma (late middle Eocene). A pyroclastic flow associated to the bearing deposits of Ingeniero Jacobacci was dated (K-Ar) in 39.2±2 Ma, value compatible with the Mustersan age here inferred for the Lower Las Chacras fauna. The alleged occurrence of Deseadan mammals in these levels was based on remains of an isotemnid notoungulate incorrectly identified as a leontinid. The presence of the Tinguirirican (early Oligocene) notoungulate Eohegetotherium priscum, with more apomorphic dental traits than in its Eocene allies, and of an astrapotheriid more derived than Astraponotus suggests that some advanced faunal elements would have been established in North Patagonia earlier than in central Patagonia.
Analysis on Trips Characteristics of Taxi in Suzhou Based on OD Data

Taxi is an important part of urban public passenger traffic system.Based on the general methods of taxi OD data,this paper introduces the techniques and results of the trip analysis basic characteristic,the trip analysis of time distribution and the trip analysis of space distribution.And then taking Suzhou as an example,this thesis contrasts the trip characteristics of taxi in common workdays,weekends and holidays.Accordingly,it has provided ecumenical methods and models for the analysis of OD data.
Engaging Resources for Cultural Events: a Performative Perspective

Festivals and other events are often seen as important means for contributing to the positive image of a place and for increasing visitor numbers, for involving the local community and for creating job opportunities. Organising an event involves the temporary coordination of performers, an audience, volunteers, sponsors and other partners, and in the end an event is simultaneously produced and consumed. When the music has stopped or the actors have come off stage, when the audience has gone home and the premises have been cleared of rubbish, there might be few signs of an event having ever taken place. However, the value of an event is seen to extend beyond its immediate boundaries. This dissertation looks at event organising from a resources perspective. Which resources are engaged, and how do they contribute? Key questions that emerge concern the event’s connection to the place where it is held, how different actors are included or excluded and finally how the aesthetic aspects of an event attract resources. The study draws on observations of five cultural events and interviews with artistic directors, managers and collaboration partners.
Differential Seed Germination Responses of Tomato Landraces to Temperature under Climate Change Scenarios

This study aims to quantify the seed germination response of six tomato landraces to temperature; predict future climate changes relative to the baseline period (1980–2009) for studied locations in the courses of near-term (2010–2039) and mid-term (2040–2069) under two representative concentration pathways (RCP 4.5 and 8.5); assess the impact of future climate change on the final germination percentage (FGP) and time to reach 50% germination (D50) in the studied landraces. The results show that FGP is zero at 10 °C, reaches the highest value at 15–35 °C, and ceases at 36–40 °C for all landraces. The results also demonstrate that the temperature increment is 0.8–1.3 °C and 1.5–2.7 °C in the near- and mid-term, respectively, under RCP 4.5; further, this increment is 0.9–1.9 °C for the near-term and 2.3–3.4 °C for the mid-term under RCP 8.5. It estimates that the D50 takes 2.5 to 3.8 days among the locations in the baseline course. In the near term, the D50 would be 2.2 to 3.4 days under RCP 4.5 and 2.1 to 3.3 days under RCP 8.5. For the mid-term, the D50 would be projected between 1.9 and 2.9 days under RCP 4.5 and 1.8 to 2.7 days under RCP 8.5. The FGP increases up to 19.5% for Gorgan and 21.3% for Varamin under climatic scenarios relative to baseline, and it will not change in the future climate for other landraces. In conclusion, global warming can result in rapid, uniform, and complete germination in different tomato landraces.
Learning to portray your reality: teaching statistics to high school students

The Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBIC) “Learning to Portray Your Reality” seeks to motivate female high school students to apply for undergraduate program in statistics at the University of Brasilia (UnB), to divulge the undergraduate program in statistics at UnB and to promote the statistical education. The high school students learned how to have a statistical thinking, what is the job of a statistician and the roll of statistic in science, as well as some basics concepts of statistics. They also learned how to work with the database available online by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Furthermore, it was designed an activity to promote the undergraduate program in statistics at UnB and the learning of the statistic in their school.
On the development of a heart motion compensation system on the da Vinci research kit for minimally invasive surgery on the beating heart

This thesis describes the development of a heart motion compensation system on the da Vinci Research Kit for coronary artery bypass surgery. With this teleoperation robotic platform, minimally invasive surgery on a beating heart could be performed on an already clinically prevalent system. Semi-automation of the slave manipulators of the robot is introduced as they track the surface of the beating heart. The surgeons regular teleoperation commands are superimposed on the automated trajectory. To achieve a virtually stabilized environment, a novel concept of maintaining the camera fixed relative to the heart target is proposed. The preliminary research question is whether the robot is capable of tracking the highly dynamic heart motion. System identification was performed on the seven degree of freedom da Vinci slave manipulators, and an open loop controller was developed. The controller is based on spectral line decomposition and the assumption of a periodic trajectory. It successfully commanded the slave manipulators to track an actual three dimensional heart trajectory with submillimetre error. Experiments were conducted with expert robotic users to evaluate surgeons’ ability to perform tasks on a moving target emulating the beating heart, with very promising outcomes. The number of missed targets decreased from 37% to 13% when compensation was enabled, the number of hit targets increased from 26% to 41%, and completion time decreased. A second generation system was developed which includes real time motion measurement commanding the robot. Results from user studies with expert surgeons performing bimanual suturing on moving targets with the new system support the motion compensation. They also show the significance of motion measurement errors.
Relationship Between Lateral/Basal Shear Stress Ratio and Structural Vergence of Thrust Wedges: Results From Analogue Modeling and Implications for the Origin of Eastern Sichuan–Xuefeng Fold‐Thrust Belt in South China

Thrust wedges are common in nature, but not all of their origins can be properly explained by the classic Coulomb wedge theory, which considers only a 2D perspective. A few analogue models, however, revealed that lateral shear stress (inherent in both analogue models and nature) may strongly affect the development of thrust wedges and the lateral/basal shear stress (τs/τd) ratio might have controlled the structural vergence of thrust wedge, suggesting that origin of thrust wedges needs to be considered from a 3D perspective. The origin of the Eastern Sichuan–Xuefeng fold‐thrust belt (ESXFTB), which is characterized by two oppositely vergent thrust systems at different crustal levels and may contain another large purely backward‐vergent thrust wedge on the world, is still problematic. Revealing the relationship between τs/τd ratio and structural vergence may prompt a deep understanding of the origin of thrust wedges as well as the ESXFTB. This relationship, however, is still not very clear due to the lack of systematic experiments. For these reasons, we performed systematic experiments of two types of analogue models under different τs/τd ratios. Our model results revealed, for the first time, that structural vergence of thrust wedges lying on a weak décollement may progressively change from frontward (when τs/τd <0.09) to dual (when τs/τd = 0.09–1.15) and then to backward (when τs/τd >1.15) and the two oppositely vergent thrust systems in the ESXFTB can be produced simultaneously by the single northwestward Mesozoic shortening probably due to their apparently different τs/τd ratios.
Improvement of Airport Surface Operation at Tokyo International Airport Using Optimization Approach

Congestion and delays occur on airport surfaces as a result of a rapid increase in the demand for air transport. The aim of this study is to determine the differences between optimized and observed operations to improve airport surface operation at Tokyo International Airport by using mixed-integer linear programming to minimize the total ground movement distance and time based on real-time flight information. Receding horizon schemes are considered to adapt to dynamic environments. The model obtains results that reduce the taxi distance by 18.54% and taxi time by 29.77% compared with the observed data. A comparison of taxiway usage patterns between the optimization results and observed data provides insight into the optimization process, for example, changes in runway cross strategies and taxiway direction rules. Factors such as the objective function weights and airline–terminal relationship were found to significantly affect the optimization result. This study suggests improvements that can be made at airports to achieve a more efficient surface operation.
Lightning phenomena and protection systems

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706, and was fascinated in his youth by electrical phenomena. In 1732 he founded with his collaborators the Library Company of Philadelphia with the support of the Perm family, and achieved a new insight into electrical science with his definition of a 'single electric fire'. This is equivalent to the free-electron concept, and implies the principle of the conservation of charge.
Management and Outcome of Young Women (≤40 Years) with Breast Cancer in Switzerland

Simple Summary Data on the outcome and treatment of young women with breast cancer (BC) in Switzerland is scarce. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate treatment and outcome of women aged ≤ 40 years, diagnosed with stage I-III BC in Switzerland between 2000–2014. We found that the majority of patients were treated according to international guidelines, however we identified differences in quality-of-care score across the two Swiss linguistic/geographic regions (Swiss Latin and Swiss German). Survival was high: 91.4% (95% confidence interval (CI) 90.2–92.5) at 5 years and 83.1% (95% CI 81.2–78.5) at 10 years. After adjusting for multiple clinicopathological factors only tumor characteristics and treatment period remained independently associated with survival. We concluded that national guidelines for young women with BC should be implemented to standardize treatment in Switzerland and awareness should be raised among young women and clinicians that BC does not discriminate by age. Abstract Background: An increase in breast cancer (BC) incidence in young women (YW) as well as disparities in BC outcomes have been reported in Switzerland. We sought to evaluate treatment and outcome differences among YW with BC (YWBC). Methods: YW diagnosed with stage I-III BC between 2000–2014 were identified through nine cancer registries. Concordance with international guidelines was assessed for 12 items covering clinical/surgical management, combined in a quality-of-care score. We compared score and survival outcome between the two linguistic-geographic regions of Switzerland (Swiss-Latin and Swiss-German) and evaluated the impact of quality-of-care on survival. Results: A total of 2477 women were included. The median age was 37.3 years (IQR 34.0–39.4 years), with 50.3% having stage II BC and 70.3% having estrogen receptor positive tumors. The mean quality-of-care score was higher in the Latin region compared to the German region (86.0% vs. 83.2%, p < 0.0005). Similarly, 5- and 10-year overall survival rates were higher in the Latin compared to the German region (92.3% vs. 90.2%, p = 0.0593, and 84.3% vs. 81.5%, p = 0.0025, respectively). There was no difference in survival according to the score. In the univariate analysis, women in the Latin region had a 28% lower mortality risk compared to women in the German region (hazard ratio 0.72; 95% CI 0.59–0.89). In the multivariable analysis, only stage, differentiation, tumor subtype and treatment period remained independently associated with survival. Conclusions: We identified geographic disparities in the treatment and outcome of YWBC in Switzerland. National guidelines for YWBC should be implemented to standardize treatment. Awareness should be raised among YW and clinicians that BC does not discriminate by age.
Three-Dimensional Printing of a Hybrid Bioceramic and Biopolymer Porous Scaffold for Promoting Bone Regeneration Potential

In this study, we proposed a three-dimensional (3D) printed porous (termed as 3DPP) scaffold composed of bioceramic (beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP)) and thermoreversible biopolymer (pluronic F-127 (PF127)) that may provide bone tissue ingrowth and loading support for bone defect treatment. The investigated scaffolds were printed in three different ranges of pore sizes for comparison (3DPP-1: 150–200 μm, 3DPP-2: 250–300 μm, and 3DPP-3: 300–350 μm). The material properties and biocompatibility of the 3DPP scaffolds were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, contact angle goniometry, compression testing, and cell viability assay. In addition, micro-computed tomography was applied to investigate bone regeneration behavior of the 3DPP scaffolds in the mini-pig model. Analytical results showed that the 3DPP scaffolds exhibited well-defined porosity, excellent microstructural interconnectivity, and acceptable wettability (θ < 90°). Among all groups, the 3DPP-1 possessed a significantly highest compressive force 273 ± 20.8 Kgf (* p < 0.05). In vitro experiment results also revealed good cell viability and cell attachment behavior in all 3DPP scaffolds. Furthermore, the 3DPP-3 scaffold showed a significantly higher percentage of bone formation volume than the 3DPP-1 scaffold at week 8 (* p < 0.05) and week 12 (* p < 0.05). Hence, the 3DPP scaffold composed of β-TCP and F-127 is a promising candidate to promote bone tissue ingrowth into the porous scaffold with decent biocompatibility. This scaffold particularly fabricated with a pore size of around 350 μm (i.e., 3DPP-3 scaffold) can provide proper loading support and promote bone regeneration in bone defects when applied in dental and orthopedic fields.
Design and Analysis of Anti-Noise Parameter-Variable Zeroing Neural Network for Dynamic Complex Matrix Inversion and Manipulator Trajectory Tracking

Dynamic complex matrix inversion (DCMI) problems frequently arise in the territories of mathematics and engineering, and various recurrent neural network (RNN) models have been reported to effectively find the solutions of the DCMI problems. However, most of the reported works concentrated on solving DCMI problems in ideal no noise environment, and the inevitable noises in reality are not considered. To enhance the robustness of the existing models, an anti-noise parameter-variable zeroing neural network (ANPVZNN) is proposed by introducing a novel activation function (NAF). Both of mathematical analysis and numerical simulation results demonstrate that the proposed ANPVZNN model possesses fixed-time convergence and robustness for solving DCMI problems. Besides, a successful ANPVZNN-based manipulator trajectory tracking example further verifies its robustness and effectiveness in practical applications.
Mobile Design Pattern Gallery, Color Edition

When youre under pressure to produce a well designed, easy-to-navigate mobile app, theres no time to reinvent the wheel. This concise book provides a handy reference to 70 mobile app design patterns, illustrated by more than 400 screenshots from current iOS, Android, BlackBerry, WebOS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian apps.User experience professional Theresa Neil (Designing Web Interfaces) walks you through design patterns in 10 separate categories, including anti-patterns. Whether youre designing a simple iPhone application or one thats meant to work for every popular mobile OS on the market, these patterns provide solutions to common design challenges. This print edition is in full color.Pattern categories include:Navigation: get patterns for primary and secondary navigation Forms: break the industry-wide habits of bad form design Tables and lists: display only the most important information Search, sort, and filter: make these functions easy to use Tools: create the illusion of direct interaction Charts: learn best practices for basic chart design Invitations: invite users to get started and discover features Controls and feedback: help users perform actions, and provide them with timely feedback Help: integrate help pages into a smaller form factor "Its a super handy catalog that I can flip to for ideas. " Bill Scott, Senior Director of Web Development at PayPal"Just a quick thanks to express my sheer gratitude for this pub, it has been a guide for me reworking a design for an app already in production! " Agatha June, UX designer
Awareness of Source of Radiation, Its Hazards and Protection among Final Year MBBS Students: A Cross-sectional Observational Study

Introduction: Increase availability of multi-detector high speed CT scan, digital radiography and various image guided interventional procedures has increased the total number of radiation related examinations in current era. These have lead to increase radiation exposure to patients as well as the radiologist. This situation has raised the concern about the potential side effects to patients, like radiation-related cancer and death. Aim: Evaluation of awareness of source of radiation, radiation hazards and radiation protection among final year medical students in Tertiary Care Medical College Hospital. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational type of study in which total 136 final MBBS students were issued a questionnaire consisting of 12 multiple choice questions including demographic data, awareness about source of radiation, radiation hazard, protection issues and knowledge about radiation dose levels of common radiological examinations. All questions were multiple choice types with answers containing 2 to 9 choices having only one correct answer. The questionnaire was prepared by authors and their answers were validated by various faculties of Department of Radiodiagnosis by peer review methods. This questionnaire was given in a physical form. The obtained data were analysed using statistical software (descriptive statistics used). As homogenous group of final year medical students were analysed, no scoring and no statistical test were needed. Results: In present study 87.5 % (n=119) of students considered radiation knowledge important for them. Out of eight specific questions for checking their knowledge about radiation awareness, five questions were regarding safe radiation practice, radiation exposure, and radiation dose in common and radiological examination. Among these questions “Rule of 10”- question was correctly answered by 113 (83.1%) of students. Questions regarding “Radiological examination of pregnant patient”- was correctly answered by 114 (83.8 %) of students and “Radiation exposure to patients during diagnostic radiology” question was correctly answered by 115 (84.6%) of students. Conclusion: Medical students have good awareness about radiation protection, with a specific gap of knowledge concerning source of radiation, biological effect of radiation and radiation hazards. Undergraduate teaching curriculum must include comprehensive knowledge about radiation hazards and radiation safety.