Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Deep learning for 3D scene reconstruction and segmentation from stereo images

imultaneous 3D scene reconstruction and semantic segmentation are required in many applications such as autonomous driving, robotics, and optical metrology. Classic 3D reconstruction methods usually perform such operations twofold. Firstly, a 3D scanner or laser scanner acquires a point cloud. Secondly, semantic segmentation of the point cloud is performed. Recently a new kind of 3D model representation was proposed that utilizes the trapezium-shaped voxels that are aligned with the camera’s frustum and pixels [1]. Frustum voxel models proved to be effective for monocular 3D scene reconstruction and segmentation from monocular images [2]. Still, many existing 3D scanning systems readily provide stereo cameras. The performance of frustum voxel model-based methods for stereo input remains an open question. This paper is focused on the evaluation of the 3D reconstruction quality of a volumetric neural network with a monocular and stereo input. We leverage an SSZ [2] volumetric neural network as a starting point for our research. We develop its modified version that we term Stereo-SSZ that receives a stereo pair as an input. We compare the performance of the original SSZ model and our Stereo-SSZ model on different real and synthetic 3D shape datasets. Specifically, we generate a stereo version of the SemanticVoxels [2] dataset and capture stereo pairs of multiple real objects using a structured light scanner. The results of our experiments are encouraging and demonstrate that the model with a stereo input outperforms the original monocular SSZ network. Specifically, the frustum voxel models generated by our Stereo-SSZ model have lower surface distance errors and demonstrate fine details in the reconstructed 3D models.
Association of Liver X Receptor Alpha (LXRα) gene related to characteristic of carcass, meat quality and fatty acid composition in ducks

Liver X Receptor Alpha (LXRα) is a nuclear receptor that play a crucial role in regulating of gene involvedin lipid metabolism. The aim of this research was to identify polymorphisms and association of LXRα gene with charateristic of carcass, meat quality and fatty acid composition in ducks using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). A total sample of 98 Cihateup ducks consisted of 57 females and 41 males with age 12 weeks were used in this study. Product size is 661 bp amplicons. The genotype genes frequencies in CC, GC and GG were 0.21, 0.55 and 0.23 respectively. The chi-square test revealed that LXRα gene (g.3575 C>G) in exon 2 was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. A SNP of LXRα gene in region g.3575 C>G was significantly associated (P<0.05) with duck meat quality and fatty acid content. Several parameters have significant affect (P <0. 05) on meat quality in the breast meat weight, carcass percentage and head percentage, while associated fatty acids were saturated fatty acids (SFA) such as palimitic acid (C16:0); γ-and unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) such as linolenic acid (C18:3n3); cis 11 eicosenoic acid (C20:1) and 11.14 cis-eicosedenoic acid (C20:2). In could be concluded that LXRα gene might be useful as genetic markers to select and produce meat with desirable unsaturated fatty acids.
Associations of Multiple Measures of Openness to Experience with a Brief Questionnaire of Positive, Negative, and Disorganized Schizotypy

Abstract. The vulnerability for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders is expressed across a continuum of clinical and subclinical symptoms and impairment known as schizotypy. Schizotypy is a multidimensional construct with positive, negative, and disorganized dimensions. Openness to experience offers a useful personality domain for exploring multidimensional schizotypy. This study examined the factor structure of openness and its relation to schizotypy using the Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale-Brief (MSS-B) in a sample of 2,236 adults. Positive schizotypy was broadly associated with elevated openness and negative schizotypy was generally associated with diminished openness. Principal components analysis of 15 openness facets replicated the four-factor structure of openness including Fantasy/Feelings, Eccentricity, Nontraditionalism, and Ideas factors. All three schizotypy dimensions were associated with Eccentricity. Positive schizotypy was associated with Fantasy/Feelings, whereas negative schizotypy was inversely associated with Fantasy/Feelings. Results support the construct validity of the MSS-B, use of alternative openness measures in examining schizotypy, and the multidimensional structures of schizotypy and openness.
Underrecognized Sleep Disorders Across Rare Diseases: Real-world Insights From a Patient and Caregiver Summit

Background: Disorders of sleep-wake stability have a negative impact on patient and caregiver quality of life. There is evidence that sleep disorders and their sequelae may be an underrecognized burden for people living with rare diseases. Given that the sleep-wake cycle is regulated via the hypothalamus, people with neurological disorders may be particularly affected. To collect real-world insights into the impact of sleep disturbances and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) on people with rare disorders, Harmony Biosciences organized a Summit on Sleep Disruption. The attendees were from seven patient advocacy groups, each representing a rare neurological disorder reporting sleep disturbances, specifically EDS: Angelman syndrome, idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin syndrome, myotonic dystrophy, narcolepsy, Prader-Willi syndrome, and Smith-Magenis syndrome. One person represented COMBINEDBrain, a patient advocacy consortium representing 25 rare, genetic neurological disorders. Results: The overwhelming response was that disordered sleep, particularly EDS, is a major health problem within their populations that they feel is not adequately diagnosed or treated. Participants felt that burdens associated with sleep disturbances were underrecognized as a treatable medical issue and were not effectively addressed by health care providers. Participants noted the following unmet needs: patient and physician education on sleep disturbance, effective medications approved for these disease populations, and medically acceptable patient-centered devices to measure sleep parameters. Participants described impacts of disordered sleep and EDS on behavior and school performance, describing impaired wakefulness as an interference with normal daytime functioning. Participants also revealed tremendous burdens on the caregivers and family members who live with people experiencing sleep-wake instability. Conclusions: These results provide real-world insights that disordered sleep including EDS and subsequent impaired daytime functioning are major burdens in these rare disease communities. Furthermore, these burdens are underrecognized for caregivers and, for some rare diseases, among the patients themselves. Participants identified gaps in knowledge and treatment of sleep disorders and resolved to continue the dialog to find ways to raise awareness of disordered sleep and reduce burdens in these patient populations.
Large Scale Blended Learning Design in an Interprofessional Undergraduate Course in Norway: Context Description and Supervisors’ Perspective

Background: Society’s demands for better coordination of services for children, young people and their families, are increasing. Many professionals learn about collaboration in their speciﬁc professions without having the opportunity to collaborate across study programmes while undergoing pre-service training. Although interprofessional learning (IPL) has been suggested to achieve better services, better outcomes and reduced costs, IPL studies have mainly been restricted to health care. Aim: to describe the transformation of an IPL course with plenary activities into an IPL blended learning course approach (no plenary activities) in conjunction with a quadrupling of the number of students, and to reﬂect on the possibilities and limitations related to structural and outcome aspects. Methods: Design: exploratory cross-sectional study. Students (n=1,401) from teacher educations, health and social care study programmes worked in 196 IPL groups using a combination of digital learning resources and face-to-face discussions, during two days of seminars and through a group submission assignment. Supervisors (n = 39, response rate 61%) evaluated the course delivery through an online questionnaire. Results: Three quarters of the supervisors were highly satisﬁed with the use of ‘student-active learning methods rather than lectures’, and the IPL blended learning approach. They ranked the students’ learning outcomes from the face-to-face activities on campus twice as high as that of the assignment, and three times higher than that of the syllabus. Nearly curriculums in professional studies are strictly regulated, this study may be useful for educators in higher education extending IPL beyond health care. qualitative study found that a wide range of about in terms its collaborative and and its in helping to achieve outcomes linked to IPL The role of the learning and the role of the from role. Future investigate and best possible outcomes
Phase transitions and phase coexistence: equilibrium systems versus externally driven or active systems - Some perspectives

ABSTRACT A tutorial introduction to the statistical mechanics of phase transitions and phase coexistence is presented, starting out from equilibrium systems and nonequilibrium steady-state situations in externally driven systems, such as unmixing of sheared binary fluid mixtures, the driven lattice gas model, and the onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Then, some models for phase separation in models for active systems, where particles possess internal motility, are discussed, emphasizing what one can learn by extending analysis methods to study phase transitions in equilibrium systems by computer simulations to active systems. Specific examples will include colloid-polymer mixtures where the colloids are assumed to be active particles, and active Brownian particles. The extent to which concepts familiar from the study of equilibrium systems are still useful will be critically discussed.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) Based Imagined Speech Decoding and Recognition

1State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130, China 2Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Ilorin, P.M. B. 1515, Ilorin-Nigeria 3Electrical and Electronics Department, Taraba State University, Jalingo-Nigeria 4Electrical Engineering Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria Electroencephalogram (EEG) Based Imagined Speech Decoding and Recognition
Variation in resource allocation strategies and environmental driving factors for different life‐forms of aquatic plants in cold temperate zones

Resource allocation, including biomass allocation and nutrient allocation between different organs in a plant, reflects the trade‐off in partitioning between above‐ground and below‐ground organs and the growth and adaptation strategies of plants in a changing environment. Although varied resource allocation patterns among different organs in different functional groups of terrestrial plants have been found, few studies have focused on freshwater ecosystems. In this study, to clarify biomass and nutrient allocation strategies and their responses to environmental factors, we collected and analysed 2,162 samples from 262 aquatic plant communities (including emergent plants, floating‐leaved plants and submerged plants) in various aquatic habitats in north‐eastern China. The results showed that the root/shoot (R/S) ratios of the three aquatic plant life‐forms were significantly different, and the trend showed that the ratio values for the three plant life‐forms occurred in the following order: emergent plants > floating‐leaved plants > submerged plants. There were obvious scaling relationships between above‐ground biomass, N (or P or N:P ratios) and below‐ground biomass, N (or P or N:P ratios), but their scaling exponents changed among different aquatic plant life‐forms. The allocation of biomass and nutrients between different organ responses to environmental factors was not consistent for the different life‐forms of aquatic plants. The partial least squares path model revealed that plant stoichiometric characteristics are important direct drivers of biomass production. Climate conditions, water properties and soil nutrients indirectly affect biomass through effects on plant stoichiometric characteristics. Synthesis. Our study demonstrates that global climate change may affect water properties and soil nutrients, influence plant stoichiometric characteristics and affect aquatic plant growth, further altering aquatic plant community structure and biogeochemical cycles.
Assessment of the fungal isolates interactions by laboratory culture technique with brown lentil seeds germination using vermicompost suspension

This study focuses on the interactions among vermicompost fungi and vermicompost's ability to enhance seed germination by cultivatingbrown lentil seeds through using filter paper and pertri-dishes technique. Vermicompost prepared by using waste materials and earthworms was used for fungal isolation and lentil seed germination in the suspended form. The interaction among vermicompost fungi was observed during direct isolations using the serial dilution method and then using pure culture dual plate's plans. At the same time, brown lentil seed germination was occurred using vermicompost suspension and measuring seed germination percentage method. The results revealed that most isolated microorganisms were fungi. Interaction among vermicompost fungi varied from neutral to negative interaction. The brown lentil seedsachieved a high germination percentage (80%) using vermicompost suspension compared to a positive and negative control. The overall results confirmed that the vermicomposting fungi play an essential role as biological control and growth-promoting factor.
EDUCATION THROUGH INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF METALLIC MATERIALS SCIENCE

The importance of the innovation process lies in its main functions, those of generating and leading to the conception and development of new processes and products, based on creativity. Hence the need of education for innovation. In this article we present, for a start, the main stages of an innovation process. Then, elements of innovation management, innovation strategies, innovation activities. We also present aspects regarding the financing of the innovation process and of the technology transfer. As results of the efficient application of these theoretical elements specific to an innovation process, we present the main elements of a patent (Invention Patent no. 107025/1993) of one of the authors. This patent, entitled "Burner" has gone through all stages, from conception to implementation in industry. This implementation took place in the former Special Steels Plant ok Targoviste (COST), in Electric Steel Mill no. 1 (OE1), with a good technological and economic efficiency.
Recent Developments in Processing, Functionality, and Food Applications of Microparticulated Proteins

ABSTRACT Microparticulated proteins (MPs) are formed using mainly heat-shearing processes, in combination or concomitantly, giving particle sizes mainly between 0.1 and 10.0 μm. The process can result in desired protein functionality such as solubility, water holding capacity, gelation, and emulsifying and foaming properties. Many factors affect MP formation: protein composition and concentration; thermal conditions; pH; shear rate; and other matrix compounds. Microparticulated whey protein has been successfully utilized as a fat replacer in mainly dairy products. Besides decreasing fat and calorie content the nutritional implications of MPs are limited. The potential of microparticulated plant protein has not been fully realized.
INCREASING TREND OF BRAND CONSUMPTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON YOUTH’S SOCIAL IDENTITY

Purpose of the Study: The present research examined the effects of brand consumption on the social identity of youth. Methodology: In this study, the researcher used a quantitative research approach; and survey research method was used, the questionnaire was used as a tool of data collection. A sample of 385 students was chosen by using a convenient sampling technique. In this study, researchers used SPSS for data analysis. Principal Findings: The findings show that brand consumption has a positive relationship with social identity. Major findings show that brand consumption has negative relation with the overall well-being of respondents. Findings also show that the main purchased item was apparel brands. Applications of the study: This study can be helpful in better understanding of youth’s attitude towards brands consumption and its effects on their social identity. Novelty/Originality of this study: People make their choices every day and consumer studies seek to know these choices. Differentiating brand consumption as a real phenomenon, this research aims to examine the increasing trend of brand consumption and its effects on youth’s social identity. Despite of the increasing demand for luxury brand products in the modern era, a few types of research have been concluded to find out the link between luxury brands consumption and youth social identity. To better understand the brand consumption’s effect on youth’s social identity; this research inspected the social identity of youth in details.
Examining the effect of sports participation motive on aggression

This study aims to investigate the relationship between aggression and sports participation motives of Sports High School students in Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş, and Malatya provinces in Turkey. 575 Sports High School students, including 385 males and 190 females, participated in our research. Surveys used to measure variables included a 30-item sports participation motivation scale a 30-item “aggression inventory”. Reliability and validity studies of the sport participation motive scale were done by Gill et al, and it was determined that Cronbach's alpha coefficients were between 0.30 and 0.78 for the sub-dimensions. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient of the aggression scale was calculated as . 83. According to our findings, there was a moderately positive relationship between assertiveness, which is the sub-dimension of aggression, and competition, and friends, which is the sub-dimension of the motivation to participate in sports. A moderately significant negative correlation was found with the sub-dimensions of aggression and entertainment, which is the sub-dimension of the motivation to participate in sports. A moderately significant positive relationship was found with destructive aggression, which is the subdimensions of aggression, and success and status, and competition, which are the sub-dimensions of participation in sports.
Electric infrastructure poses a significant threat at congregation sites of the globally threatened Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis in Saudi Arabia

Summary Saudi Arabia is the fastest growing electricity consumer in the Middle East, with a rapidly expanding network of powerlines. Bird mortality through electrocution and collision has been recorded in the country, but so far there is little information as to how much the electricity infrastructure affects globally threatened raptor populations that migrate to Saudi Arabia. In 2019, the world’s largest wintering congregation of Steppe Eagles Aquila nipalensis was discovered near a rubbish dump in central Saudi Arabia. We evaluated whether powerlines in the vicinity of this, and another congregation site, caused mortality of large birds. In November 2019, we surveyed powerlines within 6 km of two focal rubbish dumps at Al Qunfudhah (12.4 km) and Ushaiqer (2 km). We found 52 carcasses of five species, of which 85% were Steppe Eagles. Based on the age of these carcasses, we coarsely extrapolate that 14.4 km of powerlines near these two congregation sites may kill 94–240 Steppe Eagles per winter, representing up to 0.3% of their global population. We call for the urgent safeguarding of powerlines that cause mortality near known Steppe Eagle congregation sites, and the adoption and implementation of regulations that ensure that future infrastructure is constructed with designs that are safe for birds.
Lightning Enhancement in Moist Convection With Smoke‐Laden Air Advected From Australian Wildfires

The 2019–2020 Australian wildfire crisis broke the historical bushfire record and heavily contaminated the continental and offshore atmosphere. This study found that lightning strokes increase considerably, by 73% over land and 270% over ocean, during the wildfire season. Thermodynamic parameters support a weaker forcing, unfavorable for frequent lightning activity over ocean. Clear augmentation of smaller cloud ice particles is identified with aerosol, while cloud liquid water path changes are feeble over ocean. Added aerosol invigorates positive intra‐cloud (IC) strokes and negative cloud‐to‐ground (CG) strokes in moist oceanic convection and facilitates a noticeable positive correlation between precipitation and lightning strokes. Rainfall events accompanied by lightning increase by 240% with added aerosol. Aerosol advected from land to ocean can lead to a larger hydrometeor concentration and smaller‐size ice crystals above the freezing level and thereby, invigorate convective strength systematically to stimulate more frequent and more robust mixed‐phase development, energizing the lightning discharge process.
Direct and insect‐mediated effects of pathogens on plant growth and fitness

Plants are attacked by a large diversity of pathogens. These pathogens can affect plant growth and fitness directly but also indirectly by inducing changes in the host plant that affect interactions with beneficial and antagonistic insects. Yet, we lack insights into the relative importance of direct and indirect effects of pathogens on their host plants, and how these effects differ among pathogen species. In this study, we examined four fungal pathogens on the wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. We used field observations to record the impacts of each pathogen species on plant growth and fitness throughout the season, and experimental hand pollination and insect feeding trials to assess whether fitness impacts were mediated by pathogen‐induced changes in plant–pollinator and plant–herbivore interactions. Three out of four pathogens negatively affected plant size, and pathogens differed strongly in their effect on plant architecture. Infected plants had lower fitness, but this effect was not mediated by pollinators or herbivores. Even so, two out of four pathogens reduced herbivory on anemones in the field, and we found negative effects of pathogen infection on herbivore preference and performance in feeding trials. Synthesis. Our results are of broader significance in two main respects. First, we demonstrated that pathogens negatively affected plant growth and fitness, and that the magnitude of these effects varied among pathogen species, suggesting that pathogens constitute important selective agents that differ in strength. Second, direct effects on plant fitness were more important than effects mediated by beneficial and antagonistic insects. In addition, although we did not detect insect‐mediated effects on plant fitness, the negative effects of some pathogens on herbivore preference and performance indicate that pathogen communities influence the distribution and abundance of herbivores.