Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Electrocarbolipólisis para disminuir la adiposidad localizada en la región de la papada

Los tratamientos fisioterapéuticos invasivos como la electrocarbolipólisis (técnica que tiene como finalidad disminuir el espesor de la adiposidad localizada debido a un acumulo de adipocitos subcutáneos) no suelen recurrir a procedimientos quirúrgicos para la extracción de la grasa. La aplicación de la electrocarbolipólisis debe adaptarse a cada paciente para obtener resultados significativos. El presente caso reporta la aplicación de la técnica de electrocarbolipólisis para la disminución de tejido adiposo de la región de papada en paciente mujer de 20 años, de la ciudad de Cochabamba, Bolivia. Se realizó el procedimiento de la aplicación de electrocarbolipólisis con un total de 6 sesiones, 2 veces por semana. Tras la aplicación de la técnica de la técnica electrocarbolipólisis, presentó una disminución de las medidas perimétricas de 1 cm y en las medidas de la adipometría una disminución de 10 mm de espesor de tejido adiposo en la región de la papada. Con los resultados obtenidos, se concluye que los tratamientos no invasivos son eficaces caracterizando la aplicación de la técnica de electrocarbolipólisis para la disminución del tejido adiposo de la región de la papada, en paciente mujer de 20 años de la ciudad de Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Optimization of microchannel heat sinks using entropy generation minimization method

In this study, an entropy generation minimization (EGM) procedure is employed to optimize the overall performance of microchannel heat sinks. This allows the combined effects of thermal resistance and pressure drop to be assessed simultaneously as the heat sink interacts with the surrounding flow field. New general expressions for the entropy generation rate are developed by considering an appropriate control volume and applying mass, energy, and entropy balances. The effect of channel aspect ratio, fin spacing ratio, heat sink material, Knudsen numbers and accommodation coefficients on the entropy generation rate is investigated in the slip flow region. Analytical/empirical correlations are used for heat transfer and friction coefficients, where the characteristic length is used as the hydraulic diameter of the channel. A parametric study is also performed to show the effects of different design variables on the overall performance of microchannel heat sinks
Multi-robot Scheduling for Environmental Monitoring as a Team Orienteering Problem

In this paper, we propose an evolutionary algorithm for solving the multi-robot orienteering problem where a team of cooperative robots aims to maximize the total information collected by visiting a subset of given nodes within a fixed budget on travel costs. Multi-robot orienteering problems are relevant to applications such as logistic delivery services, precision agriculture, and environmental sampling and monitoring. We consider the case where the information gain at each node is related to the service time each robot spends at the node. As such, we address a variant of the Orienteering Problem where the collected rewards are a function of the time a robot spends at a given location. We present a genetic algorithm solver to this cooperative Team Orienteering Problem with service-time dependent rewards. We evaluate the approach over a diverse set of node configurations and for different team sizes. Lastly, we evaluate the effects of team heterogeneity on overall task performance through numerical simulations.
Energy Harvesting Using Arrays of Granular Chains and Solid Rods

In the last two decades it has been demonstrated that highly nonlinear solitary waves (HNSWs) propagating in chains of granular particles can be used in many physics and engineering applications, including acoustic lenses, impurity detectors, and nondestructive testing. HNSWs are compact nondispersive waves that propagate in nonlinear medium such as 1D chains of spherical particles. In this paper we propose to couple an array supporting the propagation of HNSWs to a wafer-type lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducer to harvest energy from the vibration of an object tapping the array. The array of granular chains is in contact with a polycarbonate block, where the nonlinear waves become linear and coalesce at a designed focal point. Here, the PZT converts the acoustic energy into electricity to power a load resistor. The performance of this harvester is compared to a similar system where the chains of particles are replaced by solid rods, and the results demonstrate that the granular system generates more electricity. doi: 10.12783/SHM2015/121
Formación de capital humano con vistas al desarrollo de ciudades impactadas por el Corredor Vial Bioceánico

El Corredor Vial Bioceánico unirá los océanos Pacífico y Atlántico, pasando por Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina hasta llegar a los puertos de Chile. Esta iniciativa traerá importantes cambios económicos, sociales y ambientales al Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Si este corredor es una ruta para la integración de América Latina y una política estratégica, los países involucrados son enfáticos en reconocer que, en el suelo, será un corredor para el paso de mercancías, sino una que traerá desarrollo a todas las regiones que se encuentran rastro de esta ruta. Las ciudades del Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul donde habrá acceso al corredor, a excepción de la Capital Campo Grande, son pequeñas ciudades que pueden impactarse directamente en diversos sectores, como infraestructura, turismo, ocio. y hostelería y gestión empresarial. Habrá necesidades para atender los requerimientos laborales que se vayan planteando, requiriendo formación y cualificación profesional para atender las nuevas demandas laborales. Así, este estudio tiene como objetivo aportar una visión del desarrollo en sus diversas concepciones, así como señalar posibilidades de cualificación profesional en numerosas áreas que deberán ser priorizadas en el corto, medio y largo plazo, para que el Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul logre desarrollar su mano de obra local. A partir de una investigación bibliográfica y documental, se concluyó que la oferta de cursos técnicos y de educación inicial y continuada para jóvenes y personas en general, puede servir positivamente a los municipios de Mato Grosso do Sul por donde pasa la Ruta de la Carretera Bioceánica, formando y capacitando su capital humano, con vistas al desarrollo de las localidades.
Spectra of tides and planetary waves from the data of ionosonde measurements near Saint Petersburg

Spectra of the critical frequency of the F2 ionospheric layer in the range of periods 0.5 – 40 days are analyzed using the data of measurements with the ionosonde DPS-4 at the Peterhof scientific station of Saint Petersburg State University (60°N, 30°E). Spectral analysis is executed using the Lomb –Skargle method for 60-day running intervals. Spectra show maxima at periods of 1 day and 0.5 day corresponding to diurnal and semidiurnal changes, and maxima in the range of periods 2 – 40 days. These waves have frequently maximum amplitudes in spring and summer, which is opposite to the PW amplitudes observed in the lower and middle atmosphere. This may be caused by different mechanisms including possible PW propagation from the middle atmosphere of the winter hemisphere to the summer thermosphere along the waveguides crossing the equator at altitudes above 60 km.
DISEÑO DE UN MODELO DE PERCEPCIÓN PARA AGENTES VIRTUALES INTELIGENTES BASADO EN EL SISTEMA DE PERCEPCIÓN DE LOS SERES HUMANOS

A priority in Intelligent Virtual Agents Systems (IVAS) and multi- Intelligent Virtual Agents Systems (mIVAS) is to introduce human-like sensitive perception which allows an IVA to perceive its environment and surrounding objects in real-time with a human -like clarity of perception, gaining knowledge about its surroundings and experiencing any virtual simulated environment. Within the cognitive research area, there are some studies underwriting that human perception can be understood as a first level of an “awareness model”. Following on from this research, we have developed a human -like perceptual model based on one of the most successful awareness models in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), called the Spatial Model of Interaction (SMI), which manages awareness in Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) through a set of key concepts.The perceptual model developed, extends the key concepts of the SMI by introducing some human-like factors typical of visual and hearing human perception - like Sense Acuity or Sense Transition Region - which are reinterpreted with the aim of introducing them as the key concepts of an IVA human-like perceptual model. Having formalised the perceptual model, an appropriate agent architecture on which to use and test this perceptual model has been selected: a vertical layered architecture known as the Nilsson’s Triple Tower Model. The introduction of this perceptual model into the agent perceptual block, has required the creation of a perceptual engine and the design of a semi-centralized approach to manage not just the sensitive agent perception, but also some other external and additional factors, such as attenuation.
Mechanical considerations in the design of a micromechanical tuneable InP-based WDM filter

A WDM photodetector for fiberoptic communication systems using a wavelengths around 1.55 /spl mu/m has earlier been proposed as a tuneable Fabry-Perot interferometer micromachined on InP and integrated with a photodiode. The interferometer consists of a mirror suspended on beams and is tuned by electrostatic attraction. The size of the mirror is 30 /spl mu/m/spl times/30 /spl mu/m. In order to maintain the filter performance, the mirror must be kept so flat that the maximum bending deflection of the mirror surface is below 1 nm. Four alternative filter geometries are considered. A mathematical model describing the influence of system parameters, including tuning voltage and the sizes of the filter components, is developed. The upper and lower bounds of the natural frequency of mechanical vibrations are also calculated analytically. With finite-element analysis (FEA) the response to electrostatic actuation is calculated and the flatness of the mirror surface during tuning and at changed ambient temperature conditions is investigated. The dynamic behavior is also studied using modal analysis. The results of the analytic and FEA modeling are compared and found to agree.
How Can Virtual Reality Reshape Furniture Retailing?

The authors explore the potential that Virtual Reality (VR) offers for the future of furniture retailing. For that purpose, they develop an Internet-based Virtual Reality Integrated Solution (VRIS) system that allows viewers to select furniture (sofa, chair, and table) to set up a living room. They also develop a two-dimensional static, image-based system as a control to test the effectiveness of VR over conventional formats of two-dimensional interfaces. The results demonstrate that enhancing consumers' ability to visualize furniture coordination produces significant, positive differences in their product experiences and decision-making. The authors propose that VR-integrated Web sites should function as a virtual front door to brick-and-mortar stores. They outline a click-and-brick strategy for furniture retailing and describe how the VRIS system can contribute to shaping furniture retailing in fast-moving and unpredictable markets.
Managing nurse lines – practical challenges and the developing theory

As a fast growing specialty, medical telephone triage lines (nurse lines) play an important role in providing advice and recommendations to help ensure that medical care is delivered at the appropriate level. In this paper, we discuss the operations of these nurse lines, based on studies in the literature and interviews with nurse line researchers and practitioners. This leads us to identify issues relevant for the design and management of such lines, challenges that operations research (OR)/operations management (OM) can help address. We demonstrate that a classical call center modelling approach, focusing exclusively on congestion, will be insufficient in addressing these challenges. Thus, we motivate research on an integrated framework in which both congestion and decision-making accuracy are coupled. We summarise the limited extant research in OR/OM that is applicable to the unique challenges posed by nurse lines, highlighting these models’ contributions, as well as the questions they leave unanswered. These questions provide significant opportunities for future research.
DELORES – an open-source tool for stochastic prediction of occupant services demand

This paper provides a detailed technical description of DEmand LOad REconStructor (DELORES), a new, open-source modelling tool for stochastic simulation of occupant services demand in buildings. By services, one means usually: illumination, sustenance (by way of food preparation), communication (by way of information technology services), and thermal comfort. In the building simulation environment, however, these services are commonly represented through annual transient profiles of internal heat gains, electricity loads, and set point temperatures. The intended capability of DELORES is to stochastically generate such profiles for use in common building energy models, such as TRNSYS and EnergyPlus, and do so whilst presenting users with a straight-forward, easy-to-use interface. By furthering the dissemination of this tool in the public domain, and encouraging it is future development, it is hoped that multidisciplinary research related to stochastic occupant behaviour and energy demand will become an easier task.
APPLICATIONS AND OPEN ISSUES OF INTERNET OF THINGS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

In this paper, the Internet of Things (IoT) is discussed from many perspectives. Primarily, several challenging issues are to be addressed urgently to exploit the full functioning of the internet system. Internet of Things (IoT) possesses several problems concerning network and resource. In terms of both energy capacity and computational power, the resources are utilized ineffectively. From academic to industry field, few researchers and experiments are conducted to resolve these negative and future issues so as to develop the standardization. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to present IoT- related knowledge. In addition, the in-depth future developments of IoT concerning various protocols, algorithms and proposed solution for the open issues in IoT are also provided. Furthermore, risk factors and the drawbacks involved in IoT are reviewed in this paper, and the possible issues remain to be addressed are suggested.
DOA estimation by exploiting the amplitude modulation induced by antenna scanning

We propose a beamsplitting-like approach to estimate the directions of arrival (DOA) of multiple radar targets present in the mainlobe of a rotating antenna. The proposed method is based on the maximum likelihood (ML) technique and it avoids the need for a difference channel by exploiting knowledge of the antenna main beam pattern. Two scenarios are considered: multiple targets with unknown deterministic complex amplitudes and multiple targets with Gaussian distributed random complex amplitudes. The performance of the proposed estimator is investigated through Monte Carlo simulation and it is compared with the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB).
Group level issues in the design and training of cockpit crews

Cockpit crews always operate in an organizational context, and the transactions between the crew and representatives of that context (e.g., organizational managers, air traffic controllers) are consequential for any crew's performance. For a complete understanding of crew performance a look beyond the traditional focus on individual pilots is provided to see how team- and organization-level factors can enhance (or impede) the ability of even well-trained individuals to work together effectively. This way of thinking about cockpit crews (that is, viewing them as teams that operate in organizations) offers some potentially useful avenues for thinking about next steps in the development of CRM training programs. Those possibilities are explored, emphasizing how they can enrich (not replace) individually-focussed CRM training.
Load Carrying and Corrective Responses to Slip Events

Slips/falls are the cause of numerous injuries in the workplace. Successful recovery from a slip requires biomechanical responses. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of load carrying on corrective responses to slipping perturbations. Ten healthy young adults walked self-paced while body motion and ground reaction forces were collected at 350 Hz. The two conditions were no external load and carrying a 6.8 kg crate. Oil was applied to the floor at some point during multiple trials without the subject's knowledge. During slip events, load carrying affected corrective moments generated at the knee and hip of the leading lower extremity. More specifically, reductions in the flexion moment at the knee and extension moment at the hip were found for loaded conditions. Furthermore, joint kinematics showed that carrying a load reduced knee flexion reactions generated in response to a slipping perturbation under unloaded conditions. Thus, this study suggests that the biomechanical responses were different for load carrying compared to unloaded conditions.
Drafting, revising, and updating local emergency operations plans: The National Response Framework and the Emergency Support Function Annex model

Lessons learned and public scrutiny resulting from the Gulf Coast hurricane disasters in 2005 led the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to restructure its national incident response guidance. The National Response Framework (NRF) replaced the National Response Plan (NRP) in early 2008. The updated Framework has focused the attention of emergency management planning to, among other things, updating Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) on a State and local jurisdictional level, utilizing an Emergency Support Function (ESF) model. Since 2005, compliance mandates under the National Incident Management System (NIMS) have required local government entities to revise and update emergency operations plans to incorporate NIMS components. With the introduction of the NRF in 2008, the ESF model is now the recommended standard for local government EOPs under the NIMS compliance objectives. The ESF model provides for a coordinated response effort and mutual aid options local agencies may receive from State and Federal resources in the wake of an emergency. It also works to ensure that local entities themselves have a careful accounting of all of their own resources and capabilities to avoid another slow and inadequate response that was at the heart of the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita tragedies in 2005.
Influences of high-performance work practices on trust in organisation in Jordanian construction firms

Abstract It has been shown in the literature on human resources that unsatisfactory levels of trust can lead to deteriorating levels of work performance while increasing transaction costs. The lack of trust between employees and their supervisors reduces productivity, which negatively influences work performance. In an organisation that implements high-performance work practices (HPWPs), employees may presume that employers are highly proficient, dependable, and unbiased. This study aims to assess the effects of HPWPs on trust in organisation (TIO), which is measured by trust in management (TIM) and trust in supervision (TIS) in Jordanian construction firms. To this end, a quantitative methodology has been applied, and PLS-SEM analysis has been employed to analyse data from 274 respondents, including administrative and managerial employees of the grade-one construction firms in Aqaba, Jordan. The results showed that two variables, involving extensive training and reward based on performance have positively influenced TIM and TIS, whereas job security was found to establish a direct relationship with TIM. The results showed that employee involvement in decision-making has an insignificant relationship with TIM and TIS. This paper has forwarded useful theoretical and practical implications regarding human resource management knowledge in the construction industry context in Jordan.
A template approach to pragmatic constituent order variation in modern Northern Mansi

Mansi belongs to the Ob-Ugrian branch of the Uralic language family. Northern Mansi constituent order and its pragmatic variation have not been examined comprehensively until now. This lack is filled in this article, by syntactic-pragmatic template analysis, using a new model of 9+1 templatic slots, which are filled with syntactic or pragmatic functions. Thus, this study is also an attempt to combine both pragmatic and syntactic levels in the same template analysis. Moreover, Rombandeeva’s (1979; 1984) earlier observations on Northern Mansi word order, and those of other scholars, are compared to those drawn here from contemporary data.
Applying Frequency Bands to Explore the Identification of Two Dimensional Figures

The aim of this study was to apply frequency bands to explore how mental rotation strategies affect the identification of 2D figures. Eighteen adults were recruited for this study. In the ERP experiments, the participants were required to identify 2D figures with mental rotation. The results showed the differences between the high-achieving (HA) and low-achieving (LA) spatial ability participants in their use of mental rotation for identifying 2D figures. At 300-380 ms, the HA participants showed higher brain activity in the right hemisphere than in other brain areas, whereas the LA participants showed activity in the whole brain. At 520 to 620 ms, the areas of brain activity were in the opposite hemisphere for the HA and LA participants. The highest brain activity was shown in the left hemisphere of the HA participants and in the right hemisphere for the LA participants at 520 to 620 ms. The implication of this study is that right hemisphere specialization for mental rotation might appear in early cognitive processing, but in late cognitive processing, the left hemisphere specialization form of mental rotation might show an advantage.
Deletion of ApoE Leads to Intervertebral Disc Degeneration via Aberrant Activation of Adipokines

The deletion of apoE accelerated progressive disc degeneration with cartilage endplate degradation, reduced intervertebral disc space, and vertebral bone sclerosis. The abnormal activation of adipokines signals would contribute to the progress of disc degeneration disease. Study Design. Animal experiment: a mouse model of intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration induced by deletion of apolipoprotein E (apoE). Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the role and mechanism of apoE on the process of IVD degeneration. Summary of Background Data. Abnormal lipid metabolism has been demonstrated to be closely related to IVD degeneration, a common chronic degenerative joint disease. ApoE, a component of apolipoproteins, plays a crucial role in lipid transportation and metabolic balance. But the relationship between apoE and IVD degeneration remains largely unknown. Methods. ApoE knockout (KO) mouse was employed to investigate the progressive disc degeneration. The changes of vertebral bone and intervertebral disc space were measured by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). The histo-morphological changes of cartilage endplate (CEP) and underlying signals were tested using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence staining. Results. The deletion of apoE gene accelerated the lumbar spine degeneration. Compared with WT mice, apoE KO mice showed reduced IVD space and increased vertebral bone mass. The progressive CEP degeneration was further found with cartilage degradation and endplate sclerosis in apoE KO mice. The deletion of apoE stimulated abnormal CEP bone remodeling and activation of adipokines signals. Conclusion. The deletion of apoE gene induced abnormal activation of adipokines signals, thus contribute to the CEP degeneration. Level of Evidence. N/A