Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The students’ perceptions of their online learning

This study intends to determine the perceptions of the in-service Teacher profession education program (PPG) students towards Indonesian network learning system (SPADA) hybrid learning. This study employed a survey method with a qualitative approach. Subjects in this study were 82 of 87 PPG Daljab 1 Batch 1 students. The technique of collecting data was through the instruments of questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaire was used to obtain data about the quality of online content and the assessment of online learning that has been carried out. Interviews were conducted to confirm the results of the questionnaire data to see the compatibility between the two data. Data analysis techniques in this study were conducted qualitatively and quantitatively by considering to the research objectives. The results showed that online learning had sharp quality content, can be accepted and well understood, easy to operate and use, overcomes distance and time constraints, and has benefits that are in line with the objectives of PPG implementation.
Personalized Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention as the Best-Evidenced Treatment for Chronic Pain: State-of-the-Art Clinical Perspective

Chronic pain is the most prevalent disease worldwide, leading to substantial disability and socioeconomic burden. Therefore, it can be regarded as a public health disease and major challenge to scientists, clinicians and affected individuals. Behavioral lifestyle factors, such as, physical (in)activity, stress, poor sleep and an unhealthy diet are increasingly recognized as perpetuating factors for chronic pain. Yet, current management options for patients with chronic pain often do not address lifestyle factors in a personalized multimodal fashion. This state-of-the-art clinical perspective aims to address this gap by discussing how clinicians can simultaneously incorporate various lifestyle factors into a personalized multimodal lifestyle intervention for individuals with chronic pain. To do so the available evidence on (multimodal) lifestyle interventions targeting physical (in)activity, stress, sleep and nutritional factors, specifically, was reviewed and synthetized from a clinical point of view. First, advise is provided on how to design a personalized multimodal lifestyle approach for a specific patient. Subsequently, best-evidence recommendations on how to integrate physical (in)activity, stress, sleep and nutritional factors as treatment targets into a personalized multimodal lifestyle approach are outlined. Evidence supporting such a personalized multimodal lifestyle approach is growing, but further studies are needed.
An Earth observation based method to assess the influence of seasonal dynamics of canopy interception storage on the urban water balance

Vegetation is often represented in an oversimplified way in hydrological models for urbanised catchments, resulting in a generalised parameterisation of urban green. This is common practice, despite the fact that some studies clearly indicate that both the coverage and influence of urban green is often underestimated. In general vegetated surfaces play an important role as areas of recharge, for the redistribution of precipitation and in the regulation of surface runoff, especially for medium intensity storms. Hence, a more realistic and spatially distributed vegetation parameterisation would be of high value for hydrological modelling in urban catchments. In this paper an Earth observation based methodology is presented as an alternative to quantify the influence of canopy interception storage as well as the influence of seasonal dynamics on the urban water balance. Results indicate that Earth observation based interception storage capacities for the Upper Woluwe catchment (Brussels) are up to 25% higher than values obtained from literature, resulting in an increase of cumulative interception rates with 10% over a two year period. The results seem to vary with the rainfall intensity as well as with seasonal dynamics. In order to prove the general applicability of the proposed approach, these results need further confirmation using multi-year analyses and preferably a validation with ground truthing, which is a challenging future task.
PROFILES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND STROKE USING THE ASSESSMENT OF PARTICIPATION AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS: COMBINED CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL DESIGNS

Objectives The Assessment of Participation and Executive Functions (A-PEX) evaluates executive functioning through daily participation in complex daily activities. This study examines its ability to discriminate between executive functioning profiles post-traumatic brain injury and post-stroke and its sensitivity to changes. Design Cross-sectional with a longitudinal component. Patients Adults with post-traumatic brain injury (n = 28) and post-stroke (n = 26) in a rehabilitation facility. Methods Patients were administered the A-PEX, Multiple Errands Test-Hospital version and Color Trail Test at 2 time-points 1 month apart. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment was administered at the first time-point, and Executive Functions Performance Test’s Internet-based Bill Payment subtest at the second. The analysis used Mann–Whitney and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Results The stroke group’s A-PEX scores were higher than the traumatic brain injury group’s at the first time-point (p < 0.05). No differences were found in the other assessments. Within-group differences in both groups were significant in the A-PEX (–3.7 < r < – 2.3, p < 0.05) and Multiple Errands Test-Hospital version (–3.4 < r < –3.3, p < 0.01). Conclusion The A-PEX may provide valuable information about the uniqueness of executive functioning profiles and patients’ progress. LAY ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury and stroke are health conditions that impair executive functions. Executive functions are higher-level cognitive abilities, such as problem-solving and planning, which are needed for participating in daily activities. The 2 health conditions differ in how the resulting executive functioning deficits affect daily participation, so it is important to understand their commonalities and differences. The Assessment of Participation and Executive Functions (A-PEX) is a tool that evaluates executive functioning and how they influence daily participation in activities such as shopping. Using the A-PEX to better characterize the executive functioning profiles in both health conditions, this study found that post-stroke patients could function better than post-traumatic brain injury patients, despite being older. Traditional assessment tools had not found such differences. The results indicate that the A-PEX can provide important information about executive functioning profiles post-traumatic brain injury compared with post-stroke.
H3 Acetylation-Induced Basal Progenitor Generation and Neocortex Expansion Depends on the Transcription Factor Pax6

Simple Summary The mammalian cerebral cortex is believed to have gained complexity partly because of the abundance of specific cell types, collectively called basal progenitors. If these cells are deficient in the developing brain, it can lead to cortical structure anomalies, which have implications for defective brain function. Certain regulatory molecules have been found to control the production of basal progenitors during brain development. Key amongst them is the Paired Box 6 (Pax6) transcription factor and a chromatin modification mark called histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac). However, our knowledge of how these regulatory factors interact to drive the generation of basal progenitors is insufficient. In this current work, we found that the enzyme involved in the acetylation of histone 3 at the 9th lysine interacts with Pax6 at the loci of genes critical for the production and amplification of the basal progenitor cell pool. As such, when both factors are decoupled or downregulated, it leads to depletion of the basal progenitor cells, resulting in a reduction in cortical development. The new mechanism identified deepens our understanding of cerebral cortex development and provides potential therapeutic cues for remedying brain abnormalities stemming from basal progenitor cell deficiency. Abstract Enrichment of basal progenitors (BPs) in the developing neocortex is a central driver of cortical enlargement. The transcription factor Pax6 is known as an essential regulator in generation of BPs. H3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac) has emerged as a crucial epigenetic mechanism that activates the gene expression program required for BP pool amplification. In this current work, we applied immunohistochemistry, RNA sequencing, chromatin immunoprecipitation and sequencing, and the yeast two-hybrid assay to reveal that the BP-genic effect of H3 acetylation is dependent on Pax6 functionality in the developing mouse cortex. In the presence of Pax6, increased H3 acetylation caused BP pool expansion, leading to enhanced neurogenesis, which evoked expansion and quasi-convolution of the mouse neocortex. Interestingly, H3 acetylation activation exacerbates the BP depletion and corticogenesis reduction effect of Pax6 ablation in cortex-specific Pax6 mutants. Furthermore, we found that H3K9 acetyltransferase KAT2A/GCN5 interacts with Pax6 and potentiates Pax6-dependent transcriptional activity. This explains a genome-wide lack of H3K9ac, especially in the promoter regions of BP-genic genes, in the Pax6 mutant cortex. Together, these findings reveal a mechanistic coupling of H3 acetylation and Pax6 in orchestrating BP production and cortical expansion through the promotion of a BP gene expression program during cortical development.
SLAM 3: AN UPDATED STYLIZATION MODEL FOR SPEECH MELODY

This paper presents the newest version of the annotation software Stylization and Labelling of Speech Melody (SLAM), a language-independent prosodic model that automatically annotates pitch contours in linguistic units of arbitrary length. We review the core principles of SLAM before describing several shortcomings and the innovations introduced in SLAM 3 to address them. These notably include methods implemented to minimize the influence of F0 microvariations and alignment errors and to better model the perception of short-duration pitch changes. Secondly, we present additional functionality allowing speech segments to be annotated relative to the mean pitch of their nearest neighbors, reducing the influence of downdrift on annotations. Finally, we demonstrate the utility of these changes by comparing SLAM 3 against its predecessor in terms of measured distances between their stylized outputs and the natural pitch contours used as input.
A Cross-sectional Study to Estimate the Proportion and Ascertain Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis Knee among Women above 45 Years of Age Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: With aging, women face various health issues, the most common of which are musculoskeletal disorders. Osteoarthritis accounts for 15% of all musculoskeletal disorders in patients above the age of 45 years but receives little attention. This study aims to estimate the proportion of women above 45 years suffering from Osteoarthritis (OA) knee and to ascertain its risk determinants. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 380 women above 45 years of age attending the Orthopedic outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital over a period of 18 months. American College of Rheumatology clinicoradiological criteria were used for the diagnosis of OA knee. A predesigned case record form was used to collect information on sociodemographic profile and other risk factors. Results: Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. Our study found the overall proportion of OA knee to be 69.2%. The Chi-square test was used to find the association of various factors with OA knee. On logistic regression, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, menopause, and increased body mass index were found to be significant for OA Knee. Conclusion: The study concludes the possibility of prevention of disabilities by early screening for OA Knee in those with risk factors as a part of wellness clinics.
Efecto de diversas actividades físicas en el estado anímico depresivo en estudiantes universitarios costarricenses

Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of physical activities on the depressive mood of Costa Rican university students. Methods: Participants were 522 students (259 females and 263 males) attending the University of Costa Rica. Two categories were constructed based on the registered course goal: a) fitness class (n = 208) and b) sports class (n= 314). The data collection instruments Profile of Mood States (POMS) and Beck’s Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) were filled out at the beginning of the semester, two-weeks after, and at the end of the course. The course duration was 12 weeks long. Results: 16.25% of the students showed light and severe depressive symptoms. A significant correlation between body mass index and depression symptoms was found among participants scoring light, moderate and severe depression mood (r = 0.224; p = 0.041). Percentage change scores were found for the depression construct when participants performed sports or fitness activities; however, scores varied according to the measurement instrument used. When the BDI-II scale was used both groups showed a significant reduction in depression ( p < 0.05) and when POMS scale was used the scores increased. Discussion: Finally, significant stability coefficients were found in the POMS subscales (p < 0.001) and an acceptable reliability coefficient was found for the BBI-II scale ( r = 0.604; p < 0.001). In conclusion, in order to study the chronic effect of a physical activity intervention on depressive symptoms a measurement instrument such as the BDI-II is required.
Three‐dimensional seismic characterization of a complex sediment drift in the South China Sea: Evidence for unsteady flow regime

This study describes a previously unobserved reflection seismic configuration comprising a honeycomb planform and a repeated erosion/infill cross‐section, based on high‐resolution three‐dimensional/two‐dimensional seismic data and bathymetric data. The honeycomb structures cover an area of more than 5000 km2 and are developed within the Late Miocene to recent deep‐water sediments of the north‐western South China Sea. Linear erosional troughs up to 10 km long and 1 km wide are widely developed in this area, are intimately related to the particular seismic configuration and interpreted to represent a new type of sediment drift that is caused by unsteady bottom current regimes operating since the Late Miocene. The unsteady bottom current regimes are suggested to be triggered by irregular seabed morphologies. Considerable sea‐floor topography was generated as a direct result of tectonic movements in the area since the Late Miocene, and this topography then influenced the pathways of strong bottom currents. This study highlights that: (i) an unsteady bottom current regime can be laterally extensive and persist for millions of years; (ii) structurally controlled sea‐floor relief plays an important role in controlling the depositional pattern; and (iii) the bottom currents were active since the Late Miocene, flowing from the south‐east through the Xisha–Guangle Gateway and crossing the honeycomb structure zone. This study documents a new style of drift and will help to improve current knowledge of palaeoceanography and understanding of the South China Sea deep‐water circulation which is at present still poorly understood.
The study of intangible capital analysis in economics literature in Scopus sources 1908-2021: The corporate black box unaddressed

Purpose: This paper performs a comprehensive bibliometric investigation of the role of intangible capital in the economics literature and aims to identify unanswered questions and gaps to guide future research. Design/methodology: The systematic literature review concerned with intangible capital employed bibliometric methods, including the obtaining of datasets from reputable article databases (Scopus), dataset preprocessing and refinement of records, construction and visualisation of networks, and analysis and interpretation that among others involved standard descriptive and qualitative analyses. Findings: The study highlights that the economics literature on intangible capital focuses on productivity research on the micro, meso and macro levels by showing how intangibles positively impact productivity. Yet, at the same time the results reveal a gap in understanding the mechanism of transmission or the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the impact. Originality and Value: This study is the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of intangible capital in economics and complements the earlier limited approaches by conducting a systematic review of research in this area. Further, gaps are identified while the need for deeper understanding of the mechanisms of intangible capital’s transmission to productivity is highlighted. Limitations: The overview of the field given means the research is limited by the lack of detailed analysis for each topic determined to be relevant. Still, future research could identify variables of interest and existing causal mechanisms for each issue to explain how intangible capital affects productivity and spillover effects.
A Speech Therapy Animation and imaging Resource (STAR)

The Speech Therapy Animation and imaging Resource (STAR) is a Web-based anglophone Speech and Language Therapy resource, that hosts over 1,000 videos showing the visible and hidden movements of speech articulators, using (i) ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI) with lip camera video, (ii) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and MRI-based animation. The STAR resource focuses on children’s speech therapy and comprises of (1) a teaching and training website, which will host UTI videos of disordered and nondisordered child speech, nondisordered adult speech, and MRI videos of modelled speech (2) an in-clinic website hosting vocal-tract animations to aid speech therapy and speech practise at home. STAR will be the first resource of its kind, providing Speech and Language Therapy students and teachers with real examples of imaged and animated vocal tract movement in disordered and nondisordered speech.
Cash Money Withdrawals Using Wavelet Analysis and Wavelet Neural Networks

The increasing demand for easily accessible cash drives banks to expand their Automatic Teller Machine networks. As the network increase it becomes more difficult to supervise it while the operating costs rise significantly. Cash demand needs to be forecasted accurately so that banks can avoid storing extra cash money and can profit by mobilizing the idle cash. This paper is motivated by the Neural Network Association and the NN5 competition. The objective of the paper is to describe a unique, non-supervising method for forecasting cash money withdrawals in different ATMs. More precisely, the data consists of 2 years of daily cash money demand at various ATMs at different randomly selected locations across England. The only available information is the total cash withdrawals in each ATM at the end of each day. Having limited domain knowledge and no information on the causal forces we use wavelet analysis to extract the dynamics of the underlying process of each ATM. Next wavelet neural networks were used in order to find the true generating process of each ATM and to forecast the cash money demand up to 56 day ahead. The performance of the proposed technique is evaluated using various error and fitting criteria.
Design of multiband matched band-stop filter using T-shape resonator network system

Wireless communication system is a system that transfer information among two or more points that are not connected by an electrical conductor while microwave filter is the elementary element in each radio frequency (RF) front-end telecommunication structure, moreover as band reject or band select components for transceivers and receivers. In designing a complicated wireless communication system or any other system that is working at microwave frequencies, noise is one of the big challenges. One of the techniques that can be used to avoid noise, or any other interference signal is by applying filtering techniques. For microwave communication front-end system, a band-stop filter can separate frequency band positioned inside a wideranging pass-band. Firstly, a single-band matched band-stop filter using T-shape resonator. Two different design had been done at 1.0 GHz and 1.5 GHz with S21 center frequency at – 16.063 dB and – 14.059 dB, respectively. Then, the combination of the multiband matched band-stop filter using T-shape resonator will be design at center frequencies of 1.0 GHz and 1.5 GHz with two S21 center frequency at – 16.281 dB and – 16.962 dB, respectively. The simulation process for this design is using Advanced Design System (ADS) simulation software and fabricated using FR-4 board. In real situation, this project will be able to isolate the signal of interest from interference signals at desired frequencies.
SWITCHING BETWEEN PHONOLOGICAL BIASES IS NOT FREE: EVIDENCE FROM A MULTILINGUAL RECONSTRUCTION TASK

Language users develop phonological biases in response to the acoustic-phonetic and phono-lexical characteristics of the language being learned. English speakers, for example, develop a consonantal bias (C-bias) whereas Mandarin speakers develop a vocalic bias (V-bias). L1 Mandarin-L2 English multilinguals must switch between an L1 V-bias and an L2 C-bias during L1 and L2 lexical processing. This exploratory study uses the word reconstruction task to examine the potential switch-cost associated with two different phonological biases. Seventeen participants were asked to orally change non-words into words by replacing either the consonant or vowel. Half the participants first did the task in English (C-bias) followed by Mandarin (V-bias) while the other half did the task first in Mandarin (V-bias) followed by English (C-bias). A switch-cost was only found in the Mandarin results in which a V-bias was attenuated. Switching between phonological biases can therefore potentially affect lexical processes in multilinguals.
VOICE DISCRIMINATION ACROSS SPEAKING STYLES IN PERSIAN

Human listeners have a remarkable ability to recognize speakers by their voice, but within-speaker voice variability through different speaking styles, for example, can reduce recognition performance. In this study, we investigated voice discrimination across speaking styles in Persian. One hundred and forty-three naïve Persian listeners were asked to decide whether pairs of style-matched utterances in child-directed, spontaneous, read and clear speech originated from the same or different speakers. Listeners’ performance across speaking styles was examined using the bias-free sensitivity measure A’, and the bias measure b’’D. Results showed that listeners performed accurately across all speaking styles but more poorly in child-directed speech. They had a bias toward responding ‘different’ regardless of the speaking style, thus suggesting a more general difficulty telling people together than apart.
INTRA-AND INTERSEGMENTAL DURATIONAL COMPENSATION OF KOREAN PLOSIVES

This study investigates the durational characteristics of three types of word-initial Korean plosives (fortis, lenis, aspirated), with a focus on the correlations between Closure duration (CD), Voice onset time (VOT), and the following vowel. Read speech of 15 native Korean speakers was recorded. The results show that (1) the VOT of aspirated plosives is as short as that of lenis plosives (even shorter in the case of velars), (2) CD plays a more important role in distinguishing Korean plosives than VOT, and (3) the durations of CD and VOT are dependent on one another in a complementary relationship. (4) In general, plosive duration influences vowel length (the longer the plosive, the shorter the vowel); particularly, (5) VOT is closely correlated with vowel length across place and manner of articulation. In sum, CD and VOT of Korean plosives influence each other and partially also the duration of the following vowel.