Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Transverse Inclination on Aeroelastic Cantilever Prisms: Phenomenology, Unsteady Force, and the Base Intensification Phenomenon

The Effects of Transverse Inclination on Aeroelastic Cantilever Prisms--Phenomenology, Unsteady Force, and the Base Intensification Phenomenon Zengshun Chen , Jie Bai , Cruz Y Li , Yemeng Xu , Jianmin Hua , Xuanyi Xue a,* a School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
On Xing Tian and the Perseverance of Anti-China Sentiment Online

Sinophobia, anti-Chinese sentiment, has existed on the Web for a long time. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the extended quarantine has further amplified it. However, we lack a quantitative understanding of the cause of Sinophobia as well as how it evolves over time. In this paper, we conduct a largescale longitudinal measurement of Sinophobia, between 2016 and 2021, on two mainstream and fringe Web communities. By analyzing 8B posts from Reddit and 206M posts from 4chan’s /pol/, we investigate the origins, evolution, and content of Sinophobia. We find that, anti-Chinese content may be evoked by political events not directly related to China, e.g., the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. And during the COVID-19 pandemic, daily usage of Sinophobic slurs has significantly increased even with the hate-speech ban policy. We also show that the semantic meaning of the words “China” and “Chinese” are shifting towards Sinophobic slurs with the rise of COVID-19 and remain the same in the pandemic period. We further use topic modeling to show the topics of Sinophobic discussion are pretty diverse and broad. We find that both Web communities share some common Sinophobic topics like ethnics, economics and commerce, weapons and military, foreign relations, etc. However, compared to 4chan’s /pol/, more daily life-related topics including food, game, and stock are found in Reddit. Our finding also reveals that the topics related to COVID-19 and blaming the Chinese government are more prevalent in the pandemic period. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the longest quantitative measurement of Sinophobia.
Investigation of the Distribution of Thalassemia in Children in Jiangxi Province, the People’s Republic of China

Abstract Thalassemia is one of southern China’s most common inherited disorders. Little is known about the genotypes of thalassemia in children in Jiangxi Province, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Two thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two children with suspected thalassemia were recruited from August 2016 to December 2020 at the Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, PRC. Reverse dot-blot hybridization was used to detect α- and β-thalassemia (α- and β-thal) genotypes. A rare mutation was detected using gap-polymerase chain reaction (gap-PCR) and gene sequencing. The overall distribution of thalassemia (1534 cases) was 51.96%, and the detection rate of α-thal (616 cases), β-thal (888 cases) and concurrent α- and β-thalassemias (30 cases) was 20.86, 30.08, and 1.02%, respectively. A rare α-thal genotype, –α27. 6/– –SEA (Southeast Asian), was identified. Seventy-eight cases of severe β-thal were detected, accounting for 8.78% of the cases, including 56 double heterozygous cases and 22 cases that were homozygous. Both α- and β-thalassemias are widely distributed in the children of Jiangxi Province. Thalassemia genetic testing is essential to establish a comprehensive thalassemia prevention program and improve public education.
Why There Has Been No Anti-Regime Movement on College Campus in China for Three Decades? A Survey Study at Thirty-Five Universities (2015–2018) and Its Implications

Since the suppression of the student movement in 1989, there has not been any anti-regime or pro-democracy student movement for over three decades in China. What does this suggest? Apart from the known strengthened campus control by the authority which might have forestalled it to some extent, are there alternative reasons? Has the government drawn lessons from the past and since improved its governance, thus effectively enervated student motives to challenge the government? In order to demystify what is behind, the researchers conducted an extensive survey at over thirty-five universities across China from 2015 through 2018. Through analysing the 1,859 valid responses received, the study found that current college students give a high approval rating to the status quo of the country, and they also hold strong optimism for the future. This result may indicate that there is no strong incentive for them, like the generation of the students in the 1980s, to push forward any dramatic political, economic and social changes. The West may need to take this prospect into consideration in their interactions with China, which may enjoy a long period of relative stability without political challenges from college students in the foreseeable future.
Efficiency and Long-Term Correlation in Central and Eastern European Stock Indexes: An Approach in the Context of Extreme Events in 2020 and 2022

The analysis of the behaviour of capital markets remains a very in­teresting issue as it can give investors information about where to invest their money. Given the importance of measuring autocorrelation in financial mar­kets, this paper aims to analyse the predictability of capital markets, name­ly Austria (Austrian Traded), Budapest (BUX), Bulgaria (SE SOFIX), Croatia (CROBEX), Russia (MOEX), Czech Republic (PragueSE PX), Romania (BET), Slo­vakia (SAX 16), and Slovenia (SBI TOP), for the period from January 1st, 2020, to May 6th, 2022. To conduct this analysis and obtain more robust results we par­titioned the sample into three sub-periods: 1st wave of Covid (January 2020 to December 2020), 2nd wave of Covid (January 2021 to December 2021), and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (January 2022 to May 2022). The results of the Lagrange Multiplier test (ARCH-LM test), show that the residuals of the autoregressive processes of the capital markets under analysis exhibit condi­tional heteroscedasticity. Furthermore, the BDS test findings indicate the pres­ence of non-linear components, implying that the hypothesis that the returns are independent and identically distributed is rejected, with a statistical sig­nificance of 1%, from dimension 2 onwards. Overall, the DFA exponents show that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had a different impact on the pre­dictability of these regional markets indicating that markets were predicta­ble and showed pronounced long memories during the first wave of Covid-19, while markets mostly tended towards equilibrium during the last sub-period of 2022. The authors believe that this research is crucial for policymakers and investors in Central and Eastern Europe capital markets in terms of regional development initiatives and portfolio diversification strategies.
WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Anesthesia Equipment Checklist efficacy in war-affected low-resource settings: a prospective two-arm multicenter study

Background The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused huge damage to all medical infrastructure and impairs patient safety. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Anesthesia Equipment Checklist on patient outcomes and adherence to safety standards in low-resource settings, affected by an ongoing war. Methods A prospective multicenter study was conducted in 6 large Ukrainian hospitals. The study was conducted in two phases: a control period, lasting five months, followed by a study period, when the two checklists (the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Anesthetic Equipment Checklist) were introduced in the designated operating rooms. The primary outcomes were any major complications, including death, during 30 days after surgery. Results A total of 2237 surgical procedures were recorded – 1178 in the control group and 1059 in the intervention group. Major postoperative complications occurred in 82 (6.9%) patients in the control group and in 25 (2.4%) in the study group (OR = 0.32 [0.19–0.52], P < 0.001). The effect on the incidence of specific postoperative complications was statistically significant for the “surgical infection” (1.5% vs. 0.1%; OR = 0.31 [0.1–0.8], P = 0.01) and “reoperation” (1.7% vs. 0.5%; OR = 0.32 [0.1–0.8], P = 0.01) cate-gories as well as for the 30-day mortality (1.3% vs. 0.3%; OR = 0.35 [0.1–0.9], P = 0.03). Better adherence to basic WHO surgical safety recommendations was observed for every check mentioned in the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (P < 0.05). Conclusion The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the Anesthesia Equipment Checklist improve patient outcomes in war-affected low-resource settings.
The Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Aetiology of Autoimmune Diseases

Introduction The most prevalent chronic human autoimmune disorder worldwide is rheumatoid arthritis. Synovial samples from acute-phase patients are polymerase chain reaction-positive for Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) DNA and express chlamydial hsp60. Furthermore, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies promote apoptosis of mature human Saos-2 osteoblasts via cell surface binding to citrullinated heat shock protein 60 (HSP60). Hence, we hypothesised that C. pneumoniae infection is associated with anti-CCP antibodies. Methods C. pneumoniae IgA and anti-CCP antibody levels were determined in 26 healthy subjects in this cross-sectional study. Serum C. pneumoniae IgA antibody levels were assessed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Serum anti-CCP antibody levels were assessed using fluoroenzymeimmunoassay. Results There was a highly significant positive correlation between the two sets of antibodies (rs = 0.621; P = 0.0007). Linear regression analysis showed that this correlation was not the result of age or sex. Discussion A biologically plausible mechanism is put forward for these results, involving HSP60 acting as an endogenous ligand for toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and the interaction of TLR4 with lipopolysaccharides, which occur in the outer membrane of the C. pneumoniae elementary body. Pronounced pro-inflammatory mediator secretion then takes place. The release of Ca2+ ions may then activate local peptidylarginine deiminases, leading to the formation of CCPs and thus the reported finding. Confirmation of these results may have potential clinical implications in terms of diagnosis, including pre-symptomatic diagnosis, and treatment.
The Clinical Application of Anti-CCP in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common rheumatic disease in Caucasians and in other ethnic groups. Diagnosis is mainly based on clinical features. Before 1998, the only serological laboratory test that could contribute to the diagnosis was that for rheumatoid factor (RF). The disease activity markers for the evaluation of clinical symptoms or treatment outcome were the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP). As a matter of fact, the diagnosis of early RA is quite impossible, as the clinical criteria are insufficient at the beginning stage of the disease. In 1998, Schelleken reported that a high percentage of RA patients had a specific antibody that could interact with a synthetic peptide which contained the amino acid citrulline. The high specificity (98%) for RA of this new serological marker, anti-cyclic citrullinated antibody (anti-CCP antibody), can be detected early in RA, before the typical clinical features appear. The presence or absence of this antibody can easily distinguish other rheumatic diseases from RA. Additionally, the titer of anti-CCP can be used to predict the prognosis and treatment outcome after DMARDs or biological therapy. Therefore, with improvement of sensitivity, the anti-CCP antibody will be widely used as a routine laboratory test in the clinical practice for RA.
A systematic review of studies on forecasting the dynamics of influenza outbreaks

Forecasting the dynamics of influenza outbreaks could be useful for decision‐making regarding the allocation of public health resources. Reliable forecasts could also aid in the selection and implementation of interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality due to influenza illness. This paper reviews methods for influenza forecasting proposed during previous influenza outbreaks and those evaluated in hindsight. We discuss the various approaches, in addition to the variability in measures of accuracy and precision of predicted measures. PubMed and Google Scholar searches for articles on influenza forecasting retrieved sixteen studies that matched the study criteria. We focused on studies that aimed at forecasting influenza outbreaks at the local, regional, national, or global level. The selected studies spanned a wide range of regions including USA, Sweden, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Cuba. The methods were also applied to forecast a single measure or multiple measures. Typical measures predicted included peak timing, peak height, daily/weekly case counts, and outbreak magnitude. Due to differences in measures used to assess accuracy, a single estimate of predictive error for each of the measures was difficult to obtain. However, collectively, the results suggest that these diverse approaches to influenza forecasting are capable of capturing specific outbreak measures with some degree of accuracy given reliable data and correct disease assumptions. Nonetheless, several of these approaches need to be evaluated and their performance quantified in real‐time predictions.
Learning What Feelings to Desire: Socialization of Ideal Affect Through Children's Storybooks

Previous findings suggest that cultural factors influence ideal affect (i.e., the affective states that people ideally want to feel). Three studies tested the hypothesis that cultural differences in ideal affect emerge early in life and are acquired through exposure to storybooks. In Study 1, the authors established that consistent with previous findings, European American preschoolers preferred excited (vs. calm) states more (indexed by activity and smile preferences) and perceived excited (vs. calm) states as happier than Taiwanese Chinese preschoolers. In Study 2, it was observed that similar differences were reflected in the pictures (activities, expressions, and smiles) of best-selling storybooks in the United States and Taiwan. Study 3 found that across cultures, exposure to exciting (vs. calm) storybooks altered children's preferences for excited (vs. calm) activities and their perceptions of happiness. These findings suggest that cultural differences in ideal affect may be due partly to differential exposure to calm and exciting storybooks.
1 Vertical distribution of aerosols over the Maritime 1 Continent during

Vertical distribution of aerosols over the Maritime 1 Continent during El Nino 2 3 Jason Blake Cohen, Daniel Hui Loong Ng, Alan Wei Lun Lim, Xin Rong Chua 4 5 School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China 6 Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 7 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 8 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA 9 10 Correspondence to: Jason Blake Cohen (jasonbc@alum.mit.edu) 11
Transliterated Named Entity Recognition Based on Chinese Word Sketch

One unique challenge in Chinese Language Processing is cross-strait named entity recognition. Due to the adoption of different transliteration strategies, foreign name transliterations can vary greatly between the PRC and Taiwan, creating difficulties in NLP tasks including data mining, translation and information retrieval. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to automatic extraction of divergent transliterations of foreign named entities that bootstraps co-occurrence statistics from tagged Chinese corpora, thereby producing higher precision.
Is the Video Game a Cultural Vehicle?

Following the exportation of Japanese media products such as TV dramas, Japanese culture and products have swept across many Asian countries, especially Taiwan. Based on the historical background and unique characteristics of games, this study investigates the cultural effect of Japanese video games on players in Taiwan. This study also presents an analysis of the differences between TV and the video game as cultural vehicles. We used both quantitative and qualitative methods. Results indicate a relationship between game-playing behavior and the identification of Japanese culture. However, the relationship between video game playing and consumption was nonsignificant. This shows the power of video games in nation-building but not in nation-branding, in contrast with TV. This study presents a discussion of the findings to shed light on the cultural effects of video games.
Design and implementation of a stair-climbing robot

Taiwan and other developed countries have being experienced an emergence of a growing aging population. Home-caring robot is an excellent candidate capable of supporting such an aging society. In the paper, a robot is designed to move up-and-down stairs to provide service for the elders. The robot consists of a main body for moving, a front arm and a rear arm for moving up and down stairs. The main body is equipped with two brushless dc motors (BLDCMs) and their drives for locomotion, worm gears for torque amplification, two dc motors to control two arms, and DSP-based board as control center. The robot is equipped with roller chains attached with rubber blocks used to generate friction with ground and stairs for moving. The distance between any two rubber blocks is properly arranged to fix the stair brink. The moving direction of the robot is steered based on the speed difference of two BLDCMs and the information from ultrasonic sensors. A walking experiment of moving up and down stairs with the rise of 120 mm and depth of 400 mm is shown in the video.
GA-based dissimilarity visualization engine for design patent map systems

Patent deployment has become a competition strength for companies. The intelligence property can keep the competition advantage of a company from opponents through the patent deployment which can be visualized by the patent map technique. The patent map is an important strategic tool for establishing design strategies. Our past efforts studied the display techniques in design patent map, and the comparisons of design patents in United States and Taiwan. Of types of patents, design patents occupy a unique patent field, since design patents are not as definitive as other patent fields. Therefore, the construction of design patent map is extremely difficult. Current commercial patent map systems visualize the patents according to non-populace attributes. However, such patent map systems are insufficient for providing more objective results from populace to support more powerful evidences in law courts. A key component to support the patent map system adopting the populace opinions is a fast dissimilarity visualization engine which can traslate the dissimilarity of patents from the populace opinions to a patent map. This paper presents a GA-based dissimilarity visualization engine for the above mentioned purpose. We design a set of crossover and multion operations based on the observations could generate patent maps with better quality. Our primary results reveal that the GA-based dissimilarity visualization engine indeed speeds up around 50% than the traditional method. Hence, such the engine is quite suitable for impatient users on the internet platform.
The State of Journalism and Press Freedom in Postgenocide Rwanda

News media played a prominent role in perpetuating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Since then, Rwanda has undergone impressive social and economic growth, but the media landscape during this redevelopment remains understudied. Qualitative interviews with Rwandan journalists reveal that reporters censor themselves to promote peace and reunification. Short-term, prioritizing social good over media rights might help unify the country, but ultimately it could limit development and reinforce existing authoritarian power structures. Findings suggest that McQuail’s development media theory and Hachten’s developmental concept maintain relevance but point to the need for a new or revised media development paradigm.
The Impact of Fed Funds Rate Target Changes on the Asian Stock Market-Empirical Evidence

This study examines the effect of Fed funds rate target changes on Asian stock markets Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore. The response of these markets to the Fed target rate changes vary in degree. Four out of six of the markets exhibit higher returns following target rate decreases. However, target rate increases do not cause all markets to react negatively. Only one market reacts significantly to rate increases. The Fed actions also convey clear signals to the Asian markets. In particular, only two countries experience higher returns volatility around the three-day window when rates increases. When US stock market returns are used as an additional explanatory variable for the returns of the six Asian stock markets, Fed target rate changes remain dominant. The evidence indicates that Fed signals convey information beyond that contained in US stock market changes. _____________________________
Social and psychobiological regulation of the human child's hypothalamus-pituitary-axis : an ontogenetic perspective

On the basis of life history theory, the delayed reproductive maturity represented by an extended period of childhood and juvenility in humans is predicted to be important for learning cultural, social, and ecological skills that help prepare the child for the adult socio-competitive environment. During this developmental period, boys and girls show behavioral sex differences in play and social interactions. The hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenocortical (HPA) axis, with its products cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), seems to play a pivotal role mediating the relationships between the social environment and an individual’s life history strategies. Yet the processes that underlie the biological embedding of social information remain unclear in humans. Using a multidisciplinary approach spanning from cultural and cognitive anthropology to human ethology, this work illustrates that children with low maternal bond show higher cortisol reactivity to a mild social stressor and that cortisol reactivity is inversely correlated to non verbal behaviors representing levels of relaxation. It was also demonstrated that in the population under study children social network is sex segregated and that boys tend to have higher clustered friendship ties than girls. Finally, it was investigated the relationship between hormones reactivity in response to a competitive challenge and its relation with coaltionary and kinship relationships.
Session Hijack in the Great Firewall of China

“Great Firewall of China” can close the specific connection by sending reset packets. However, it can be easily ignored through several simple methods, such as both endpoints ignore resets, encryption, and soon[1]. Session hijack is an old network attack, which is not often used because the attacker can’t obtain the resource of the key router. However, the Great Firewall of China can use these routers. And session hijack can be used to restrict cyber crimes by the Greate Firewall of China, but it also carry out some bad infection. We described the behavior of session hijack based on above proposal, simulats the hijack process and analyses the RTTs (round trip time) of the process according to the results of simulation, and come up with Compare RTT Detecting to detect session hijack.