Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cyberbullying Through the New Media : Findings from an International Network

On September 22, 2010, Tyler Clementi, a first-year student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, jumped from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River after his roommate used a webcam to record Clementi’s encounter with another man in a dorm room. The student’s tragic death quickly shifted the issue of cyberbullying to the forefront of what seems like a growing list of concerns facing both children and young adults. In response to the Clementi case, legislators in New Jersey—the state in which he resided—passed a new AntiBullying Bill of Rights Act, which is often referred to in the media as “the toughest such measure in the country” (Rundquist, 2012, para. 3). The legislation mandates strict new rules and time frames for schools to address allegations of bullying, resulting in the term HIB (harassment, intimidation, and bullying), which has now become part of the anti-bullying vocabulary in schools across New Jersey. Cyberbullying Through the New Media: Findings from an International Network sheds light on a problem that is both old and new. The first systematic study of bullying is attributed to Dan Olweus, who conducted research involving schoolchildren in Scandinavia in the early 1970s (Olweus, 1993). Since the original Olweus study several decades ago, there has been a rapid infiltration of computers, mobile telephones, and the internet into the routine activities and domiciles of both adults and children, dramatically expanding the reach of the offender, who had previously been limited by time and space. Smith and Steffgen discuss what four decades of research has discovered about bullying, how that research aligns when bullying occurs in cyberspace, and the shortcomings of prior research when applied to the new medium. From early studies of bullying, there appears to be some need to clarify terms used to describe the problem. The traditional description from Scandinavia and Europe was mobbing, which implied that the issue of bullying was perpetrated by a large group. Current definitions of bullying focus more on repetitive, intentional harm to another individual and in situations where there is an imbalance of power. Current definitions of bullying must now incorporate the offender’s use of technology to carry out the intentional harm. The book’s first two parts grapple with these challenges of defining and measuring the problem in light of rapidly evolving technology. Setting the stage with a thorough review of the existing literature, Smith and Steffgen compare and contrast the problem of cyberbullying with its more traditional counterpart. They describe the different types of cyberbullying, involvement by age and gender, motives of offenders and impacts of offences on victims, youth coping
Plants Extracts Loaded in Nanocarriers: An Emergent Formulating Approach

Over the millennia, plants have represented for Humankind the main source of food, but also a vast resource to maintain health, for prophylactic properties or to cure human and animal diseases. Presently, between 65 and 80% of populations in developing countries use medicinal plants as therapeutic remedies for their primary healthcare and in Europe and USA there is an increasing demand of botanical products both on the form of food supplements and herbal medicinal products. Botanicals on the market are mainly based on traditional (infusions or decoctions), conventional (using organic solvents) and innovative (supercritical CO2 or subcritical water) extracts but there is an increasing demand of essential oils for aromatherapy. Conversely, the clinical use of many extracts is limited due to the need of repeated administrations or high doses because of low hydrophilicity and intrinsic dissolution rate(s), or physical/ chemical instability. Other limits are low absorption, poor pharmacokinetics and bioavailability, scarce biodistribution, first pass metabolism, trivial penetration and accumulation in the organs of the body. In the case of essential oils, the high volatility and instability are further limitations. Nowadays, the design and production of appropriate drug delivery systems, in particular nanosized ones (between 50 and 300 nm), have already entered into clinical use and can offer an advanced approach to optimized the therapeutic efficacy of extracts and essential oils. A successful drug carrier system should have optimal drug loading and release properties, a long shelf life, and exert a much higher therapeutic efficacy as well as lower side effects. Polymeric nanoparticles and lipid based-nanocarriers including micelles, vesicles, nanocochleates, micro- and nanoemulsions represent successful examples of extract nanoformulations overcoming these limitations. This review reports on some paradigmatic success stories of extract and EO nanoformulations with remarkable advantages over conventional formulations, which include increase of solubility, stability, permeation and bioavailability, sustained delivery. Paradigmatic examples include formulations of extracts from Vitex agnus-castus, Sylibum marianum, Phyllanthus amarus, Ginkgo biloba, Panax notoginseng, Hypericum perforatum and thyme essential oil.
Energy-Efficient Annealing Process of Ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Capacitor Using Ultraviolet-LED for Green Manufacturing

Thermal annealing process plays an important role in the formation of ferroelectric phase in Hf0.5Zr0. 5O2 (HZO) thin films. In this study, the annealing process of the HZO capacitors is demonstrated using ultraviolet (UV)-LED, for the first time. Since the absorptance of the HZO films with TiN electrodes is highest in UV region, the UV-LED annealing process is promising to achieve a much more energy-efficient annealing process than a conventional halogen lamp RTA method. It was experimentally confirmed that UV-LED annealing reduces the energy consumption by nearly half compared to the conventional method. The ferroelectric characteristics obtained by this method are comparable to those achieved by the halogen lamp RTA process at 400-450°C. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) pattern shows that no monoclinic phase is formed and only the tetragonal and orthorhombic phases are confirmed. It is also confirmed that there is the in-plane tensile stress remaining after the UV-LED annealing process, which is necessary for the formation of the ferroelectric orthorhombic phase.
Dinamiche della povertà, persistenze e corsi di vita

The aim of this article is to offer a contribution to a theoretically-oriented poverty investigation, starting from the idea that it is necessary to give a greater impulse to the definition of a theoretical reference-frame. Therefore, we first propose a brief discussion of the main approaches, based respectively on poverty persistence hypothesis, life course hypothesis, individualization thesis, and social stratification theory. After defining poverty as the lack of balance between resources and needs (both translated into monetary terms), we have then explored the impact of education and geographical area on conditions of poverty, in the light of the contributions of the above four approaches. The methodological strategy is founded on the Event History Analysis, while the data set comes from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) and covers the 1994-2001 period. The results show, among other things, that: 1) high/medium education exerts a strong impact (on poverty reduction) only in the first year, while in the successive years the negative effects of low education prevail; 2) in the same way as for education, living in the North/Center of Italy strongly contributes to getting out of poverty soon (in the first year), while in the Mezzogiorno the reaction is weak even in the first year and diminishes more and more. On the whole, the analysis indicates that in the next future investigations based on specific social groups will be more fruitful.
Enabling Multi-Layer Threat Analysis in Dynamic Cloud Environments

Most Threat Analysis (TA) techniques analyze threats to targeted assets (e.g., components, services) by considering static interconnections among them. However, in dynamic environments, e.g., the Cloud, resources can instantiate, migrate across physical hosts, or decommission to provide rapid resource elasticity to its users. Existing TA techniques are not capable of addressing such requirements. Moreover, complex multi-layer/multi-asset attacks on Cloud systems are increasing, e.g., the Equifax data breach; thus, TA approaches must be able to analyze them. This article proposes ThreatPro, which supports dynamic interconnections and analysis of multi-layer attacks in the Cloud. ThreatPro facilitates threat analysis by developing a technology-agnostic information flow model, representing the Cloud's functionality through conditional transitions. The model establishes the basis to capture the multi-layer and dynamic interconnections during the life cycle of a Virtual Machine. ThreatPro contributes to (1) enabling the exploration of a threat's behavior and its propagation across the Cloud, and (2) assessing the security of the Cloud by analyzing the impact of multiple threats across various operational layers/assets. Using public information on threats from the National Vulnerability Database, we validate ThreatPro's capabilities, i.e., identify and trace actual Cloud attacks and speculatively postulate alternate potential attack paths.
Cattle feeding and resting patterns in a foothills riparian zone.

Cattle impact on riparhn areas is dependent upon both their behavior and utilization of streamside vegetation. Development of grazing strategies for riparian environments would be enhanced by an understanding of cattle behavior in rip&an and adjacent uplands. Results of a 2-year behavior study indicate that a seasonal trend in cattle use of riparian and upland areas exists. Unless low precipitation limited upland forage quality/production, cattle spent a significant (X0.05) amount of their feeding time in upland areas during late June and early July. Significant levels of feeding activity (IYO.05) occurred in the riparian zone from late August through September. Resting patterns differed only during the early part of the grazing season when cattle spent significantly more (X0.05) of their time resting in upland areas. During late July, August, and September, there was no signifkant difference (PX.50) in the amount of time spent resting in either zone. Significant differences (PCO.05) occurred only when adverse weather conditions caused cattle to seek shelter in the riparian zone. Because cattle spend a disproportionate amount of their feeding time in the riparian zone during late summer and early fall, impacts could be limited by basing stocking rates for this period only on forage available in the riparian zone.
BETTII: A pathfinder for high angular resolution observations of star-forming regions in the far-infrared

Title of dissertation: BETTII: A PATHFINDER FOR HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN THE FAR-INFRARED Maxime J. Rizzo, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Professor Lee Mundy, Department of Astronomy and Dr. Stephen Rinehart, NASA GSFC In this thesis, we study clustered star formation in nearby star clusters and discuss how high angular resolution observations in the far-infrared regime could help us understand these important regions of stellar birth. We use the increased angular resolution from the FORCAST instrument on the SOFIA airborne observatory to study 10 nearby star-forming regions, and discuss the physical properties of sources in these regions that we can infer from radiative transfer modeling using these new observations. We discuss the design of BETTII, a pathfinder balloon-borne interferometer which will provide significantly better angular resolution in the far-infrared regime, and pave the way for future space-borne observatories. We elaborate on the details of BETTII’s core technique, called Double-Fourier interferometry, and how to accurately compute the sensitivity of instruments which use this technique. Finally, we show our design and implementation results of the control and attitude estimation system for the BETTII payload, which poses unique challenges as an interferometer on a balloon platform. BETTII: A PATHFINDER FOR HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN THE FAR-INFRARED
Lecturers’ Performance: Leadership, Organizational Culture, Work Motivation, and Work Behavior

The objectives of this study were to analyze the influence of leadership, organizational culture, and motivation toward the work behavior and the lecturer performance, and the work behavior toward the lecturer performance. This research method use quantitative method. The respondents of this research were 157 lecturers in Batam, using census method. The data was gathered by questionnaire and analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling using Partial Least Square. The results of the research found that the leadership has significantly influenced the work behavior, the organizational culture has significantly influenced the work behavior, the leadership has significantly influenced the work behavior, the motivation has significantly influenced the work behavior, the leadership has insignificantly influenced the lecturers’ performance, the organizational culture has insignificantly influenced the lecturers’ performance, and the work behavior has significantly influenced the lecturers’ performance.
The Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (IMCAP-ND) for use in Portugal: Translation and psychometric evidence

There is a comprehensive need for music-centred assessment tools as specific outcome measures of music therapy efficacy for people with neuro-developmental disorders (NDD), namely, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as music facilitates communicative and social skills of these individuals and allows unique ways to assess their particular deficits. This research explored the initial psychometric properties of the Individual Music-Centered Assessment Profile for Neurodevelopmental Disorders’ European Portuguese version (IMCAP-NDPT), by examining 1) translation and adaptation, 2) inter-rater reliability, 3) test-retest reliability and 4) criterion and convergent validity. Study I had a sample of 87 children aged between 21 and 91 months, 30 of them with neurotypical development and 57 with several neurodevelopmental disorders, while studies II, III and IV had autistic children aged between 26 and 65 months (n = 10, n = 12 and n = 11, respectively). The translated and transculturally adapted version of IMCAP-NDPT seemed adequate for its purposes. This outcome measure obtained statistical significance when differentiating between groups with and without pathology. Findings also revealed a moderate / satisfactory test-retest repeatability (95% CI – CCI = .424 p= .022 ranging to CCI= .791 p= .000) and solid interobserver agreement (95% CI – ICC from .924 to .996 single measures p = .000, (κ) between two raters ranging from . 81 to 1.00 in 63 of 109 items of the three scales as well as Pearson’s r ranged between . 7 and . 9; α = . 997). Regarding criterion and convergent validity, positive significant correlations were found between several Musical Emotional Assessment Rating Scale (MEARS) and Musical Cognitive/Perception Scale (MCPS) items and totals and the Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS) domains, varying from . 60 to . 90; no negative or null correlations were found. The results showed a noticeable level of inter-rater reliability as well as a good internal consistency. Thus, the IMCAP-ND Portuguese version can be used more confidently in clinical practice; nevertheless, future studies are recommended with a larger sample.
Controlling arbovirus infection: high-throughput transcriptome and proteome insights

Arboviruses pose a significant threat to public health globally, demanding innovative approaches for their control. For this, a better understanding of the complex web of interactions established in arbovirus-infected mosquitoes is fundamental. High-throughput analyses allow a genome-wide view of arbovirus-induced alterations at different gene expression levels. This review provides a comprehensive perspective into the current literature in transcriptome and proteome landscapes in mosquitoes infected with arboviruses. It also proposes a coordinated research effort to define the critical nodes that determine arbovirus infection and transmission.
Design and Analysis of a New Parallel-Hybrid-Excited Machine With Harmonic-Shift Structure

This paper proposes a new hybrid-excited machine, termed parallel-hybrid-excited machine (PHEM) with harmonic-shift (HS) structure, or HS-PHEM. The key is to alternately place the dc-field pole pair and permanent magnet (PM) pole pair in the stator, thereby achieving the dc-field HS from the PM-field harmonics. Consequently, the dc-field harmonics interact with the PM harmonics to regulate the resultant effective harmonics in the airgap while the parallel flux paths of PM flux and dc-field flux can also be obtained, leading to more effective flux regulation ability. The operation principle and harmonics analysis are discussed, with emphasis on the validity of HS concept. Moreover, the electromagnetic performances of the proposed machine are evaluated by finite-element analysis and compared with other existing topologies in terms of torque, core loss, and efficiency. Finally, the experimental prototype is manufactured and tested for verifications.
Analysis of spectral ratios for estimating ground motion in deep basins

Use of Nakamura's spectral ratio (horizontal versus vertical components) is investigated theoretically for deep sedimentary basins by considering semi-circular and semi-spherical valleys. The ratio is evaluated from the steady-state surface response for different incident waves. Based on this ratio, both the resonant frequencies and ground motion amplification are determined. The results based on Nakamura's ratio are compared with those based on the sediment-to-bedrock spectral ratios (Kagami's ratio). The results show that for both two- and three-dimensional models, Nakamura's technique predicts well the fundamental resonant frequency, but it could not determine higher resonant frequencies of the basins. The error in Nakamura's estimate of the fundamental resonant frequency increases for stations near the valley center. For alluvial valleys considered in this article, Nakamura's ratio failed to predict accurately surface ground-motion amplification.
Updates on the distribution and population status of the Platte River caddisfly, Ironoquia plattensis, and an assessment of threats to its survival

The Platte River caddisfly (PRCF), Ironoquia plattensis, was first described in 1999 and was noted to be abundant at the type locality, with an average larval density of 802 ± 194 larvae per m. Surveys for additional PRCF populations occurred from 19992004, and these efforts identified five additional populations out of 49 sites surveyed. Surveys in 2004, showed that the PRCF was extirpated at the type locality, potentially because of drought conditions. A search for new populations was conducted in 20092010 by identifying potential habitat in aerial photographs, gaining landowner permission, and searching for terrestrial larvae. A total of 104 sites were visited, and 21 new populations along the Platte River were identified. An additional six sites on other drainages in Nebraska were found to support the PRCF or a closely-related species. Fourteen sites had only larval cases with no live individuals observed. Sites with cases only are not considered to be active, because lab trials exposing cases to different environmental simulations reveal larval cases may persist in the environment for a year or more. Survey efforts were also made to quantify larval densities and adult activity across known sites and to compare obtained numbers to historical data from the type locality. At most sites, densities were 30 percent or less of historic numbers. One site supported densities of about 50 percent of historic levels. In 2010, the PRCF was found at historic densities in an area about five km (3.2 mi) upstream of the type locality. Based on surveys, either the PRCF frequently occurs in isolated pockets and low abundances and is locally common in its preferred habitat, or the PRCF has declined in abundance as a result of habitat loss and degradation.
Structural and geochronological investigation of the southern Alexander terrane in the vicinity of Porcher Island, northwestern British Columbia

The Alexander terrane is an allochthonous terrane within the North American Cordillera. New structural mapping and geochronology within the southern Alexander terrane in the vicinity of Porcher Island provides evidence for two major tectonic events. The oldest is Late Silurian to Early Devonian magmatism and deformation assigned to the Klakas orogeny. The area has subsequently been affected by mid-Cretaceous conjugate shear zones potentially associated with tectonic escape. Northwest-striking sinistral shear zones characterize mid-Cretaceous deformation in the western Coast Belt south of Prince Rupert in north coastal British Columbia. Structurally focused mapping and geochronology has revealed a component of lateral extension to this deformation. General flow characteristics of the shear zones are identified by comparison of fabric patterns to published models for fabric development in shear zones. U-Pb ages from synkinematic dykes constrain motion on northwest-striking sinistral transpressional shear zones, including the Useless, Barrett and Salt Lagoon shear zones, to ca. 104 – 96 Ma, and dextral transpression on the northstriking Telegraph Passage shear zone to ca. 97.6 ± 0.2 Ma. The geometry, kinematics, and coeval nature of these shear zones suggests that they formed in part as a ductile conjugate set. The presence of similarly-oriented conjugate shear bands in the apex zone between sinistral and dextral shear zones further reinforces this interpretation. The orientation of these conjugate sets indicates a component of north-northwest east-southeast extension. The conjugate shear zones merge together into the Grenville Channel shear zone, a sinistral transpressional shear zone with high strike-parallel stretch. A U-Pb age of 103 ± 32 Ma from a synkinematic dyke in the Grenville Channel shear zone coincides with a previously published Lu-Hf age of 102.6 ± 3.7 Ma on synkinematic garnet. Overall, structural and geochronological data from Porcher Island and surrounding area in north coastal British Columbia indicate that mid-Cretaceous deformation was characterized by ENEWSW (orogen normal) shortening and NNW-SSE (orogen parallel) extension. This local strain regime is consistent with large-scale mid-Cretaceous tectonic escape as proposed for the northern Cordillera at that time, expressed in coeval sinistral faulting in the Coast Belt and dextral faulting in the northern Omineca belt. The Late Silurian to Early Devonian Ogden Channel complex is a mafic to intermediate metaplutonic-metamorphic complex within the southern Alexander terrane on southern Porcher Island and adjacent Pitt Island in north coastal British Columbia. Lithological characteristics of the
Study of seasonal variations of Phytoplankton and their correlation with physicochemical parameters of Budaki Medium Irrigation Tank, Shirpur. Dist.Dhule(M.S.) India.

Seasonal variation of Phytoplankton density and species richness was studied of Budaki Medium Irrigation Tank. This revealed that the density of phytoplankton was maximum in summer, while it was minimum in winter. Maximum species richness of phytoplankton was recorded in summer, while minimum species richness was recorded in winter. The phytoplankton structure depends on a variety of environmental factors that include various physico-chemical factors. The Pearson correlation was calculated by keeping phytoplankton as dependent variable and other abiotic factors as independent variables.