Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Seaside hotel location and environmental impact: land use dilemmas

ABSTRACT One of the most important decisions to be made in the tourism industry pertains to the location of sites, facilities, and hotels. This decision is influenced by tourist demand, local community needs, and economic benefits to stakeholders. Planners and entrepreneurs of new recreational resorts and hotels must take environmental implications into consideration as well as their responsibility in relation to them. This study addresses the relations between theories of tourism and seaside hotel location, the sustainability paradigm and the development of sustainable tourism, and land use conflicts engendered by the sensitivity of seaside tourism development to environmental and cultural sustainability issues. The aim of the study is to examine and analyze tourism vs. sustainability considerations of seaside hotel location, and to enumerate some of the principles to be considered suitable for optimal hotel placement in order to reduce land use conflicts on the subject. The methodology is qualitative and includes in-depth interviews with experts, tourism planners, entrepreneurs, decision makers and stakeholders involved in tourism development and environmental issues in Israel. This is a significant research with applied value in the planning of seaside hotels and tourism development in areas of pre-existing intensive development, competition, and conflicts over land use.
Potent Anti-Viral Activity of a Trispecific HIV Antibody in SHIV-Infected Monkeys

Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) represent an alternative to drug therapy for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Immunotherapy with single bNAbs often leads to emergence of escape variants, suggesting a potential benefit of combination bNAb therapy. Here a trispecific bNAb is shown to reduce viremia 100- to 1000-fold in viremic SHIV-infected macaques. After treatment discontinuation, viremia rebounded transiently and returned to low levels, through CD8-mediated immune control. These viruses remained sensitive to the trispecific despite loss of sensitivity to one of the parental bNAbs. Similarly, the trispecific bNAb suppressed the emergence of resistance in viruses derived from HIV-1 infected subjects, in contrast to parental bNAbs. Trispecific HIV-1 antibodies therefore mediates potent antiviral activity in vivo that minimizes the potential for immune escape.
Effect of Functional Groups in Coal on the Depth of Adsorption Potential Well

Due to the complexity of the internal structure of natural coal and its characteristic of multicomponent, the depth of its methane adsorption potential well is nonuniform, which makes it difficult to accurately evaluate the adsorption capacity of coal. Besides, in order to find out the factors affecting the depth distribution of potential wells in natural coal, this paper calculated the depth and number of potential wells during methane adsorption in coal according to the Langmuir adsorption kinetics process. Coal samples with different metamorphic degrees were tested and analyzed by infrared spectroscopy diffraction technology. The relationship between the structural parameters of functional groups in coal samples with different metamorphic degrees and the distribution of different depths of adsorption potential wells in coal samples was studied. Some main conclusions are as follows: The number of adsorption potential wells at different depths in natural coal with different metamorphic degrees has multipeak distribution characteristics. With the increase of the metamorphic degree of coal sample, the structures such as aliphatic branched chain structure and oxygen-containing functional groups in coal structure break, fall off, and deoxygenate. The relative content of aliphatic hydrocarbons is significantly reduced and condensed into aromatic hydrocarbons and aromatic ring structures. The different types and quantities of functional groups on the surface of coal samples lead to different forces between coal molecules and methane gas molecules, thus affecting the distribution of different depths of adsorption potential wells in coal samples.
Black Sea Aquaculture: Legacy, Challenges & Future Opportunities

Responsible aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, is a sustainable strategic sector for land and coastal communities. It significantly contributes to food security and enhancement of economic development; it provides employment opportunities and often contributes to the ecological services provided by the environment. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the contribution of aquaculture to the global food security is widely demonstrated by an astounding industry growth of 7.5% per year since 1970. In 2018, aquaculture reached the all-time highest production of 114.5 million tonnes in live weight with a total farm gate sale value of USD 263.6 billion. This makes aquaculture a key player within the Blue Growth concept and a strong contributor to some of its key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This is particularly true in geographical areas where dependence of local economies on fishery products is high, and yet access to sustainable landings is hampered by ecological barriers. One such area is represented by the Black Sea basin. Whilst the Black Sea annual capture fishery production has varied considerably since 1990 and its current landings are significant, growing attention is currently given to boost aquaculture development along the Black Sea bordering countries, with marine aquaculture being considered as an important contributor to the total fisheries production. Nonetheless, aquaculture development in this region is not homogenous and its development has, so far, been limited by environmental, economic, social, and more generally governance issues. This paper, for the first time, attempts to provide a comprehensive fresh outlook of the aquaculture sector in the Black Sea, stressing the importance of regional cooperation as an essential pillar to support the sustainable development of the industry. The paper addresses aquaculture in the Black Sea from different perspectives: it outlines the key characteristics of the Black Sea environment; it discusses the most common farmed aquatic species and the potential for new ones; it frames the national approaches to aquaculture development, sharing information about success stories, while shedding light on the main challenges and priorities ahead. This collective endeavour will represent a helpful contribution to Black Sea riparian countries to answer the many questions they have, and expectations they hold from the aquaculture sector.
Evidence-based nutraceuticals for osteoarthritis: A review

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability worlwide. Alternative treatments are preferred due to the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Nutraceuticals help in balancing anabolic and catabolic processes in the joint tissue, improve redox balance, free-radical scavenging, thus provide cartilage protection. The anti-inflammatory, chondroprotection and antioxidant action of nutraceuticals help in the modification of OA pathophysiology and prevent destruction of articulate cartilage. In this current review, we have highlighted many existing nutraceuticals that have good efficacy, safety & easy accessibility.
Moderating effects of gender and passive Facebook use on the relationship between social interaction anxiety and preference for online social interaction

ABSTRACT In recent years, internet use for online social interaction has dramatically increased among the students. Even though prior studies had confirmed that social interaction anxiety (SIA) can develop one’s preference for online social interaction (POSI) over face-to-face communication, whether the association between SIA and POSI varies with one’s gender and levels of passive Facebook use (PFU) are still unknown. Therefore, to address this knowledge gap, the present study examined the moderating effects of gender and PFU on the association between SIA and POSI among the university students of Bangladesh. Participants were 544 university students (55.9% male and 44.1% female). The study assessed POSI, SIA, PFU, and demographic characteristics of the participants employing cross-sectional study design. The hierarchical regression analysis suggested moderating effects of gender and PFU existed on the association between SIA and POSI. The study argued that male university students with high SIA prefer higher online social interaction than females. This research further argued that the relationship between SIA and POSI was stronger for the students with high passive Facebook use than the students with low passive Facebook use. Since POSI is one of the prime components of problematic internet use (PIU), which can adversely affect individuals’ psychological and physical wellbeing; hence, these results intensify the importance of early and effective interventions for the Bangladeshi university students who are at risk of developing PIU.
Order Effects and Employment Decisions: Experimental Evidence from a Nationwide Program

In this paper, we show that order effects operate in the context of high-stakes, real-world decisions: employment choices. We experimentally evaluate a nationwide program in Ecuador that changed the order of teaching vacancies on a job application platform in order to reduce teacher sorting (that is, lower-income students are more likely to attend schools with less qualified teachers). In the treatment arm, the platform showed hard-to-staff schools (institutions typically located in more vulnerable areas that normally have greater difficulty attracting teachers) first, while in the control group teaching vacancies were displayed in alphabetical order. In both arms, hard-to-staff schools were labeled with an icon and identical information was given to teachers. We find that a teacher in the treatment arm was more likely to apply to hard-to-staff schools, to rank them as their highest priority, and to be assigned to a job vacancy in one of these schools. The effects were not driven by inattentive, altruistic, or less-qualified teachers. The program has thus helped to reduce the unequal distribution of qualified teachers across schools of different socioeconomic backgrounds.
Effect of Oxygen and Nitrogen Sparging during Grape Fermentation on Volatile Sulphur Compounds

Elemental sulphur is a common fungicide applied in vineyards before harvest, and has been found toincrease the production of desirable polyfunctional mercaptans, but also H2S and unwanted reductivesulphur aroma compounds. This paper investigates the effectiveness of oxygen and nitrogen sparging,applied during fermentation, on the removal of volatile sulphur compounds in Sauvignon blanc wines.Increasing the amount of elemental sulphur added to grapes after pressing, from nil to 10 to 100 mg/L,led to an increase in the formation of 3-mercaptohexanol (3MH), of 3-mercaptohexyl acetate (3MHA) forthe 10 mg/L additions only, and of some unwanted reductive compounds. Few changes were observed inthe concentrations of aroma compounds when the juices were sparged with nitrogen during fermentation.Additions of oxygen during fermentation led to some decrease in the concentration of polyfunctionalmercaptans for the 10 mg/L sulphur additions, but did not significantly remove reductive aroma compounds.Few differences were observed in the concentration of wine phenolics or of further wine aroma familieswith any of the treatments.
On the Influence of Fluid–Structure Interaction and Seismic Design on Frame-Supported Elevated Water Tanks

Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of considering seismic forces in the design of frame-type supporting structures for elevated water tanks (EWTs), and to assess the influence of fluid–structure interaction (FSI) on the overall structural response. Firstly, the developed finite element model is validated in accordance with American Concrete Institute code. Secondly, push-over analysis (POA) is performed to evaluate the performance of EWTs for frame members that are designed based on governing seismic and/or gravity loads. From the POA, the formation of plastic hinges is observed in the frame members, and the lateral stiffness and ductility factor is evaluated for each structure. After that, incremental dynamic analysis is conducted by subjecting the EWTs to a suite of ground motions with different intensities and site–source distances to investigate the influence of including FSI in the EWT analysis. Based on the results, the seismic design of the staging contributes to improvements in terms of the stiffness and ductility of reinforced concrete staging. Additionally, the inclusion of FSI introduces a high nonlinearity to the EWT analysis and can drastically change the response of the structure based on the characteristics of the ground motion.
Using otolith chronologies to identify extrinsic drivers of growth of 2 commercially targeted small pelagic fish species

3 School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract—Climate variability is a major cause of changes in marine ecosystems, including changes in both the environment and in many fish species. Understanding the factors influencing key biological characteristics, such as growth, is important for commercially targeted species because these characteristics are used in stock assessments that inform fisheries management. In this study, otoliths were used to examine the growth rates and growth chronologies of 2 commercially targeted small pelagic fish species, the common jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and redbait (Emmelichthys nitidus), from 2 regions of southeastern Australia. Both species grew larger off Kangaroo Island (common jack mackerel: asymptotic length [L∞]=299.40; redbait: L∞=259.79) than off southern New South Wales (common jack mackerel: L∞=249.52; redbait: L∞=238.89). Temporal growth synchrony in both species and regions (0.17–3.50%) was low compared with that of moresiteattached benthic species. Interannual variations in growth rates of common jack mackerel off Kangaroo Island were positively correlated with seasurface temperature (SST), with growth rates 18% higher at 18.0°C than at 16.4°C. However, growth was not correlated with SST or chlorophylla concentration for the other species and locations. Developing a more complete understanding of the environmental drivers of growth in these small pelagic fish species may require chronologies to be extended and extrinsic variables in the models to be increased.
Librarian E-Readiness in the Disruption 4.0 Era

In the era of disruption of the industrial revolution 4.0 as it is today, there are almost no difficulties in meeting information needs. Both information that is educational or information that is entertainment. A librarian is a profession whose job is to provide and present information to its users. how is the level of readiness of higher education librarians in the era of disruption including what factors affect the readiness of librarians and how librarians adjust to the era of disruption 4.0. In this study using the method of Quantitative Research. This method was chosen by the author because the author wanted to know the level of readiness to implement the development of information technology with the basis or tools on the model developed by Mutula and Brakel. E Readiness, shows a value of 3.393. The value can mean “Ready”. This average calculation is obtained from the average results for each sub-indicator which then becomes the value for each segment or indicator and then is averaged again to find the value of readiness information for the era of disruption 4.0. Pada era disrupsi revolusi industri 4.0 seperti saat ini, hampir tidak ada kesulitan dalam hal pemenuhan kebutuhan informasi. Baik informasi yang bersifat pendidikan ataupun informasi yang bersifat hiburan. Pustakawan salah satu profesi yang bertugas menyediakan dan menyajikan informasi bagi penggunanya. bagaimana tingkat kesiapan pustakawan peguruan tinggi dalam era disrupsi termasuk faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi kesiapan dari pustakawan dan bagaimana pustakawan dalam menyesuaikan diri dalam era disrupsi 4.0. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode Quantitative Research. Metode ini dipilih penulis karena penulis ingin mengetahui tingkat kesiapan implementasi perkembangan teknologi informasi dengan dasar atau tool pada model yang dikembangkan mutula dan brakel. E Readiness, menunjukan nilai 3,393. Nilai tersebut dapat berarti “Siap”. Perhitungan rata – rata ini didapatkan dari hasil rata – rata pada setiap sub indikator yang kemudian menjadi nilai pada setiap segmen atau indikator dan kemudian di rata – rata kembali untuk menemukan nilai keterangan kesiapan terhadap era disrupsi 4.0.
Advanced Placement and Initial College Enrollment: Evidence from an Experiment

Abstract To evaluate how Advanced Placement (AP) courses affect college-going, we randomly assigned the offer of enrollment into an AP science course to over 1,800 students in twenty-three schools that had not previously offered the course. We find no AP course effects on students’ college entrance exam scores (SAT/ACT). As expected, AP course-takers are substantially more likely to take the AP exam than their control group counterparts. At the same time, treatment group students opt out of the exam at very high rates and most do not earn a passing score on the AP exam. Though less precisely estimated, the results also suggest that taking the AP course increases students’ aspirations to attend higher-quality colleges but does not lead to enrollment in such institutions.
Long-Term Outcomes of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in the Treatment of Angiitis-Induced No-Option Critical Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Background: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) showed encouraging short outcomes in the treatment of angiitis-induced no-option critical limb-threatening ischemia (AICLTI) in the pilot study. This study aimed to demonstrate the long-term outcomes of this treatment. Methods: From May 2014 to December 2018, patients diagnosed with AICLTI and treated by autotransplantation of PBMNCs in our center were enrolled and analyzed. The primary endpoint was major amputation-free survival (MAFS), the secondary endpoints included peak pain-free walking time (PPFWT), Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale score (WFPRSS), labor recovery, ankle-brachial index (ABI), transcutaneous partial oxygen pressure (TcpO2), and SF-36v2 scores. Results: A total of 58 patients were enrolled. During a minimal follow-up of 36 months, the MAFS was 93.1% and the labor competence restored rate was 62.1%. The WFPRSS was decreased from 8.7 ± 1.6 to 1.6 ± 3.2, and PPFWT was significantly improved from 2.9 ± 4.2 min to 16.6 ± 6.9 min. The quality of life was also significantly improved at each follow-up point. Perfusion evaluating parameters, such as ABI and TcPO2, were also significantly improved. No critical adverse event was observed during the treatment and follow-up period. Conclusions: The treatment of AICLTI by autotransplantation of PBMNCs demonstrated encouraging long-term results. It could not only restore labor competence, improve the quality of life, but also significantly reduce the major amputation rate.
Low-Cost WASN for Real-Time Soundmap Generation

Recent advances in technology have enabled the development of affordable low-cost acoustic monitoring systems, as a response of several fields of application that require a close acoustic analysis in real-time: road traffic noise in crowded cities, biodiversity conservation in natural parks, behavioural tracking in the elderly living alone and even surveillance in public places for safety reasons. This paper presents a low-cost wireless acoustic sensor network developed to gather acoustic data to build a 24/7 real-time soundmap. Each node of the network comprises an omnidirectional microphone and a computation unit, which processes acoustic information locally to obtain nonsensitive data (i.e., equivalent continuous loudness levels or acoustic event labels) that are sent to a cloud server. Moreover, it has also been studied the placement of the acoustic sensors in a real scenario, following acoustics criteria. The ultimate goal of the deployed system is to enable the following functions: (i) to measure the Leq in real-time in a predefined window, (ii) to identify changing patterns in the previous measurements so that anomalous situations can be detected and (iii) to prevent and attend potential irregular situations. The proposed network aims to encourage the use of real-time non-invasive devices to obtain behavioural and environmental information, in order to take decisions in real-time.
Statistical analysis of non-Maxwellian electron distribution functions measured with angularly resolved Thomson scattering

Angularly resolved Thomson scattering is a novel extension of Thomson scattering, enabling the measurement of the electron velocity distribution function over many orders of magnitude. Here, details of the theoretical basis of the technique and the instrument designed for this measurement are described. Angularly resolved Thomson-scattering data from several experiments are shown with descriptions of the corresponding distribution functions. A reduced model describing the distribution function is given and used to perform a Monte Carlo analysis of the uncertainty in the measurements. The electron density and temperature were determined to a precision of 12% and 21%, respectively, on average, while all other parameters defining the distribution function were generally determined to better than 20%. It was found that these uncertainties were primarily due to limited signal to noise and instrumental effects. Measurements with this level of precision were sufficient to distinguish between Maxwellian and non-Maxwellian distribution functions.
Non-Monotonic Sensor Behavior of Carbon Particle-Filled Textile Strain Sensors

Carbon particle-filled elastomers are a widely researched option to be used as piezoresistive strain sensors for soft robotics or human motion monitoring. Therefore, various polymers can be compounded with carbon black (CB), carbon nanotubes (CNT) or graphene. However, in many studies, the electrical resistance strain response of the carbon particle-filled elastomers is non-monotonic in dynamic evaluation scenarios. The non-monotonic material behavior is also called shoulder phenomenon or secondary peak. Until today, the underlying cause is not sufficiently well understood. In this study, several influencing test parameters on the shoulder phenomena are explored, such as strain level, strain rate and strain history. Moreover, material parameters such as CNT content and anisotropy are varied in melt-spun CNT filled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament yarns, and their non-monotonic sensor response is evaluated. Additionally, a theoretical concept for the underlying mechanism and thereupon-based model is presented. An equivalent circuit model is used, which incorporates the visco-elastic properties and the characteristic of the percolation network formed by the conductive filler material. The simulation results are in good agreement when compared to the experimental results.