Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Friction Loss Analytical Model in an Oil-Cooled PMSM Considering Oil Leaks

A friction loss analytical model of the air gap considering oil leaks is proposed for an oil-cooled permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). The friction loss of the air gap is analyzed by the proposed model under different speeds and oil volume fractions. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified by CFD, and the error at the rated speed of the proposed model is less than 3%.
A clustering-based method for identifying and tracking squall line

The squall line is a type of convective system characterized by storm cells arranged in a line or band pattern, which is usually associated with disastrous weather. The identification and tracking of squall lines plays an important role in early warning of meteorological disasters. Based on weather radar data, a clustering-based identifying and tracking algorithm for 10 squall lines is presented. Clustering analysis is designed to distinguish the strong echo area and estimate the feature value including reflectivity value, length, width, area, endpoints, central axes, and centroid. The clusters in the linearly arranged form are merged to improve the identification ability in the development stage of squall lines. The three-dimensional structure and movement tracking of the squall line are obtained using the centroid and velocity of the squall lines identified in a single layer. It is demonstrated that the method can effectively identify and track one or more squall lines over a weather radar 15 scanning area. The result shows that the recognition accuracy rate in the single scan elevation of this method is 95.06%, as well as a false positive rate of 3.17%. This method improves the accuracy of squall line identification in the development stage of squall lines and works relatively efficiently even when high interference contaminates.
Complex Analysis The Plemelj–Privalov theorem in Clifford analysis

This Note gives geometric conditions on a surface of R n so that the Hilbert transform on that surface in the framework of Clifford analysis deﬁnes a bounded operator in the Hölder continuous functions classes. This result provides a generalization of the well-known theorem of Plemelj and Privalov for curves in R 2 . To cite this article: R. Abreu Blaya et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009). © 2009
Lattice animals on a staircase and generalized Fibonacci numbers

We study the statistics of column-convex lattice animals generated by the stacking of squares on a staircase with step height p. We calculate the number of animals with area k living on l stairs. The total number of animals with area k is given by the generalized Fibonacci number F_p(k). Exact results for the mean length and mean height of animals with area k are also obtained and we examine their asymptotic behaviour.
Vietnam - little tiger with big possibilities

In the first issue of journal (1/2016) we said we are convinced that Russia is not alone in the world. Thus, the theme of our inquiry will be searching for friendly-oriented countries-economically and politically as well. In the second part of our inquiry, we present the success story of Vietnam.Country’s transition from lowincome to middle-income countries per capita was amazing. Vietnam is placed among those countries with the best indicators of economically sustainable and politically friendly-oriented countries. Russia and Vietnam are connected with strategic partnership but it is insufficient for further development of economic relationships. It is urgent need to intensify the penetration Vietnamese market, searching for mutually beneficial partnership and long-lasting cooperation.
Effects of Enclosure on Biomass, Carbon, Nutrient Storage and Allocation for Seriphidium transiliense in a Sagebrush Desert Grassland

We hypothesized that Seriphidium transiliense in a sagebrush desert grassland could improve the storage of biomass carbon and nutrient after 3 years o f enclosure. Also, we expect distinctive allocation strategies of nutrient, carbon and biomass partitioning into root (R), root crown (RC), reproductive shoot (RS) and vegetative shoot (VS) plant characteristics or modules. Therefore, the storage and allocation pattern of biomass, carbon and nutrients (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) in different modules were monitored during September and October, from 2009 to 2011. The results showed that the P content of root, the N content of reproductive shoot, the Ca content of root crown and vegetative shoot in enclosure of moderate degraded plot were significantly higher than outside plots (P<0.05). The storage of N, P, K significantly increased after enclosure (P<0.05). The storage of C, the biomass of reproductive shoot and vegetative shoot increased with the decreasing degradation intensity and the values increased in enclosure of moderate degraded plot. The proportion of N, K of reproductive shoot, the proportion of Ca, Mg and C of vegetative shoot, the ratios of N and C of root crown all showed an increasing trend after enclosure. The ratios of N and C of reproductive shoot in enclosure of moderate degraded plot were significantly higher than outside plots (P<0.05). The present results suggested the nutrient elements supply capacity of the soil, the resource allocation to vegetative shoot and reproductive shoot all increased in the sagebrush desert grassland after enclosure. The improvement of soil and these performances of Seriphidium transiliense population were beneficial to its ecological restoration.
A STUDY ON MEAN PLATELET VOLUME AND SEVERITY OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE

Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a disorder that causes aortic occlusion with atherosclerosis being the most common cause. The disease is classified according to various scores and is influenced by platelet activity. This study used the Fontaine classification to analyse the association between the mean platelet volume and peripheral arterial occlusive disease severity. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 consecutive patients admitted to Government Rajaji Hospital & Madurai Medical College for six months from March 2018 to August 2018. Data collection included patient history and a general examination. Laboratory investigations included complete blood count with ESR, mean platelet volume, renal function test, fasting and postprandial blood glucose, ABPI Measurement, and Doppler scan. Result: Among the 60 patients, 43 were male and 17 were female. The mean age of the patients was 56 years, and 65% belonged to the 30-59 age group. There were no significant differences in age, Hb, MCV, or platelet count between the Fontaine classifications. A significant difference was observed in ABPI between the Fontaine classification systems. A significant association was observed between the mean platelet volume and the severity of PAOD according to the Fontaine classification, with a p-value of <0.001. There were no significant differences in sex, CAD, CVD, antiplatelet drugs, Tobacco, Alcohol, and Hypertension between the mean platelet volumes. Conclusion: MPV predicts vascular event severity with larger platelets containing more active molecules. Patients with larger MPV should be aggressively treated to prevent disease progression.
Submodular Dispatching with Multiple Vehicles

Motivated by applications in e-commerce logistics and production planning where orders (or items, or jobs) arrive at different times and must be dispatched or processed in batches, we consider a multi-vehicle dispatching problem that captures the tension between waiting for orders to arrive and the economies of scale due to batching. Our model extends the single-vehicle work in Erazo and Toriello (2023), and we focus primarily on the case of identical vehicles with submodular dispatch times. We propose four different mixed-integer programming formulations to solve this problem; we analyze the complexity of solving each formulation’s linear relaxation, study the quality of the corresponding bounds, and leverage column generation to create heuristics. Moreover, we analyze solutions where all batches are intervals of consecutive orders, and identify two classes of functions for which such a solution is optimal. Finally, we computationally test our methods on applications in same-day delivery and machine scheduling with family setups.
Outward force exertion is crucial for mitosis 1

Cell division is tightly regulated by the kinetochore, a hierarchical assembly of nearly 100 proteins that connects DNA in chromosomes to the mitotic spindle to complete the mitotic cycle. Biochemical regulation of mitosis has been extensively studied, while its physical implications are not well understood. Here we show that throughout mitosis cells are mechanically coupled to their environment, heavily deform the extracellular matrix and an outward pushing force is needed for succesful division. We used ﬂuorescently labeled HeLa cells to correlate chromosome-and microtubule dynamics directly to extracellular force exertion. Distinct successive hallmarks of force exertion correlated to well-known mitotic stages with an adaptation in force exertion consistently preceding cellular phenotype. These results illustrate the importance of cell mechanics next to biochemical interactions throughout a cellular lifecycle. Our novel experimental observations lead us to propose a force balance that proves crucial for succesful division and the mechanosensory function of checkpoints regulating progression through mitosis.
P130Cas is a mechanosensor that modulates force exertion at focal adhesions 1

The Src substrate p130Cas plays a key role in regulating focal adhesion (FA) turnover and has previously been proposed as a direct mechanosen-sor. Proof of this principle and how p130Cas may inﬂuence force exertion remains unclear. Here we compared knockout cells (Cas -/-) to Cas -/- cells re-expressing either full-length p130Cas (Cas WT) or a mutant lacking the FA targeting domains (Cas ∆ SH3/ ∆ CCH) on substrates of tunable stiﬀness. On poly-acrylamide gels of varying stiﬀness, we observed a diﬀerential response in FA formation dependent on the presence of p130Cas. On micropillar arrays of varying stiﬀness p130Cas only localized well to sites of force exertion on pillars with a stiﬀness larger than 47.2 kPa. Diﬀerential localization coincided with increased force exertion magnitude and decreased rate, as conﬁrmed by comparison to the Cas ∆ SH3/ ∆ CCH mutant that is known not to localize to FAs. Our results show that p130Cas is a mechanosensor that enables cells to sense stiﬀ-ness in a physiologically relevant range and its diﬀerential localization directly inﬂuences a change in cellular force exertion.
TRACKING Em Crianças dos 6 aos 10 anos da rEgião autÔnoma dos açorEs, portugal MOTOR COORDINATION: STUDYING TRACKING IN 6 TO 10-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN THE AZORES AUTONOMOUS REGION, PORTUGAL

The aims of the present study were to describe the development of motor coordination of children from the Azores aged 6 to 10 years of age of both genders; and to estimate the stability of intra-individual changes in inter-individual differences over 4 years. The sample comprised 285 children (143 boys and 142 girls) from the mixed-longitudinal study of the Azores Autonomous Region. Motor coordination was assessed with the KTK test battery which comprises 4 tests: Backward balance, Jumping sideways, Hopping on one leg and Shifting platforms. Basic descriptive statistics, ANOVA II, and auto-correlations were calculated in SPSS 15. We used the γ of Foulkes and Davies to verify the proportion of children who maintained the same relative position. This calculation was performed using the software LDA. We found increases in mean values, in both genders, across the ages. ANOVA II showed signifi cant differences in all tests over the 4 years, and a signifi cant interaction between time and sex was only observed for the Backward balance. Auto-correlations presented moderate stability. Neither gender exhibited tracking in their performance in the Backward balance and the boys failed to do so in Hopping either, which demonstrates a strong heterogeneity in Motor Coordination development over the 4 years. These results show that children differ substantially along their motor development and calls for a clear understanding of its meaning in educational and didactic terms.
Evaluation Possibilities of Different Parts of Pomegranate, a Historical Fruit and Its Effects on Health

Today, with the faster development of science and technology, people have started to pay more attention to healthy living and consuming foods that are beneficial for human health. In this context, the value given to fruit species has become increasingly important and the importance of plants whose seeds are consumed has increased, as well as colourful fruits and vegetables. Pomegranate is a fruit grown in many countries in the world, especially in the Mediterranean climate, and its economic value has been increasing in recent years. This fruit has gained great nutritional importance not only because of its flavour but also because it contains many antioxidant substances and phenolic compounds that are beneficial to human health. There are nearly fifty pomegranate varieties registered in our country. These pomegranate varieties range from sweet to sour, from small-in size to large in size, and from hard-seeded to soft-seeded in terms of skin colour and fruit colour. In recent years, the use of pomegranate parts such as peel, seeds, and flowers in cosmetics and food industry has become widespread and studies on the antioxidant properties of different parts of pomegranate have attracted interest. The aim of this review is to investigate the health effects of pomegranate fruit, different parts of pomegranate, and products made from pomegranate.
Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Hybrid Fixed-film Anammox Process Treating Sludge Dewatering Centrate in Wastewater Treatment

The aim of this study is to estimate and optimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a process in wastewater treatment, which utilizes anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox). The single-stage nitritation-Anammox process applies fixed biofilm carriers and treats the centrate of sludge dewatering. GPS-X biokinetic modelling tool was used for quantifying the specific nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane emissions at various operational conditions. In general, the amount of biology related GHG production was estimated to be higher than that of indirect emissions, by three orders of magnitude. Of direct emissions, nitrous oxide gas production should be taken into account primarily. Based on the simulations, feasible options of minimising N2O emissions include applying an operational temperature of 30-35°C, and increasing airflow to reduce the effect of oxygen limitation. To release less N2O, the process should also preferably be operated as an IFAS application with a low concentration of suspended solids (1.5-2 g/L), or even without sludge recycle.
Quantitative phase-ﬁeld modeling of faceted crystal dissolution processes

Present article showcases a systematic and generalized phase-ﬁeld modeling approach for addressing the phenomenon of faceted crystal dissolution in diﬀerent crystalline solids, in two and three dimensions. A thermodynamically consistent phase-ﬁeld model was adapted to account for anisotropies in the surface energy and kinetic mobility associated with the crystal surface that evolves during dissolution. Two signiﬁcant and novel aspects of this work are: (I) the proposed general prescription of anisotropy parameters and (II) quantitative process simulation, within the phase-ﬁeld modeling framework. The prescription allows to simulate dissolution in diﬀerent crystal-liquid systems, where the crystal may exhibit arbitrary growth and dissolution facets. More-over, the order of precedence and relative velocities of facets can be precisely controlled. To demonstrate the procedure of quantitative modeling, we considered the system of α -
Knowledge-Defined Networking: Modelització de la xarxa a través de l’aprenentatge automàtic i la inferència

En el projecte es defineix el Knowledge-Defined Networking, un paradigma de comunicacio revolucionari creat entre la UPC, UC Berkeley i empreses com HP i CISCO que modela i optimitza la xarxa a traves de l'aprenentatge automatic. Se'n proposa una primera implementacio i se'n discuteix la viabilitat.
Non-Contact Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Analysis Under Paced Respiration Based on a Robust Fiber Optic Sensor System

In this article, a low-cost fiber optic sensor (FOS)-based system is proposed for the long-term stable measurement of ballistocardiography (BCG), which can be used to analyze short-term heart rate variability (HRV). The core part of the system is a single-mode fiber-based Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI), which consists of a $1\times2$ coupler and a $3\times3$ coupler. Due to the asymmetric structure of the two MZI arms, the interference spectrum will be observed, which will move linearly with the change of the transverse stress. The incident light is emitted from a low-cost distributed feedback (DFB) laser and coupled into the MZI sensor. The vibrations induced by human respiration and heartbeat will result in the variation of light phase in MZI, and further give rise to the change of interfering light intensity, which is detected by three photodetectors (PDs). The FOS-based BCG interbeat interval (IBI) shows high correlations with electrocardiography (ECG)-derived IBI, with correlation coefficients of 0.9971 and 0.9581 for healthy and premature beats subjects, respectively. During the one-month stability test, the FOS-based BCG monitoring system realized high accuracy. An inverse relationship between BCG-derived HRV amplitude and respiratory rate is revealed in this study. In this work, we also discover the phenomenon that breathing at 0.1 Hz causes larger respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) amplitude, and resonant frequency breathing is observed in BCG-derived IBI signals. In addition, the time-domain, frequency-domain, and nonlinear analysis results of BCG HRV and ECG HRV at 0.1 and 0.25 Hz respiratory rates are highly correlated. In addition to high accuracy, the FOS-based BCG monitoring system has the unique advantage of flexible configuration to obtain continuous and accurate HR information without contact. This system has the potential to become a preferred alternative for ECG in daily monitoring.
Comparisons of Global Terrestrial Surface Water Datasets over 15 Years

AbstractContinental surface water extents and dynamics are key information to model Earth’s hydrological and biochemical cycles. This study presents global and regional comparisons between two multisatellite surface water extent datasets, the Global Inundation Extent from Multi-Satellites (GIEMS) and the Surface Water Microwave Product Series (SWAMPS), for the 1993–2007 period, along with two widely used static inundation datasets, the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD) and the Matthews and Fung wetland estimates. Maximum surface water extents derived from these datasets are largely different: ~13 × 106 km2 from GLWD, ~5.3 × 106 km2 from Matthews and Fung, ~6.2 × 106 km2 from GIEMS, and ~10.3 × 106 km2 from SWAMPS. SWAMPS global maximum surface extent reduces by nearly 51% (to ~5 × 106 km2) when applying a coastal filter, showing a strong contamination in this retrieval over the coastal regions. Anomalous surface waters are also detected with SWAMPS over desert areas. The seasonal amplitude of the .
A Person and Proclamation identification by using Local Directional Number Pattern

This paper proposes a unique native feature descriptor,local directional range pattern (LDN), for face analysis, i.e.,face and expression recognition. LDN encodes the directionalinformation of the face's textures (i.e., the texture's structure) in a verycompact manner, manufacturing a lot of discriminative code than current methods. We tend to cypher the structure of every micro-pattern withthe aid of a compass mask that extracts directional info,and we write such info mistreatment the distinguished directionindices (directional numbers) and sign—which permits U.S.A. todistinguish among similar structural patterns that have totally different intensity transitions. We tend to divide the face into many regions, andextract the distribution of the LDN options from them. Then,we concatenate these options into a feature vector, and we use it as a face descriptor. We tend to perform many experiments during whichour descriptor performs systematically underneath illumination, noise,expression, and time lapse variations. Moreover, we tend to take a look at ourdescriptor with totally different masks to research its performance indifferent face analysis tasks.
Eco-innovations et compétitivité internationale : enjeux et limites

Le marche des eco-technologies offre un potentiel de croissance que certains qualifient desormais « de plus forte opportunite economique du XXI e siecle » (California Clean Tech Open). Si l'on considere les seules eco-industries, le marche mondial de biens et services environnementaux a ete estime en 2003 a environ 550 milliards d'euros, ce qui le place au meme niveau que les industries aerospatiales et pharmaceutiques, et il continue de s'accroitre d'environ 5% par an (Commission des Communautes Europeennes, 2005). Quelques autres donnees corroborent ces ordres de grandeur: les technologies du developpement durable concentreraient 7,7 % de tous les investissements au Canada et 6,4% des investissements des Etats-Unis 1 . Les Nations Unies ont de plus estime dans un rapport de 2006 2 que le financement des eco-technologies devrait atteindre 1,48 trillion d'euros d'ici 2020.
The Current and Promising Oral Delivery Methods for Protein- and Peptide-Based Drugs

Drugs based on peptides and proteins (PPs) have been widely used in medicine, beginning with insulin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus over a century ago. Although the oral route of drug administration is the preferred one by the vast majority of patients and improves compliance, medications of this kind due to their specific chemical structure are typically delivered parenterally, which ensures optimal bioavailability. In order to overcome issues connected with oral absorption of PPs such as their instability depending on digestive enzymes and pH changes in the gastrointestinal (GI) system on the one hand, but also their limited permeability across physiological barriers (mucus and epithelium) on the other hand, scientists have been strenuously searching for novel delivery methods enabling peptide and protein drugs (PPDs) to be administered enterally. These include utilization of different nanoparticles, transport channels, substances enhancing permeation, chemical modifications, hydrogels, microneedles, microemulsion, proteolytic enzyme inhibitors, and cell-penetrating peptides, all of which are extensively discussed in this review. Furthermore, this article highlights oral PP therapeutics both previously used in therapy and currently available on the medical market.