Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Research on the Influence of Degassing Temperatures of Water Samples on Radon Observations

Radon is a naturally emitted gas that is observed in soils, subsoils, air, and all types of water. Because there is a statistically significant association observed between seismic activity and active concentration levels of radon readings, a dissolved form of radon in water near-fault locations such as wells or springs, has significant observational value. Furthermore, as the temperature of the water rises, the dissolved radon in the water might transfer to the air, a process known as degassing. Thus, radon measurements in all types of water such as groundwater, tap waters, and bottled drinking waters have been investigated by covering several aspects of the degassing process, namely, health issues, monitoring volcanic activities, and predicting seismic activities by employing various methods. In this paper, radon measurements of sampled waters removed from the well located at Yishui Seismic Station in China are utilized to monitor the degassing temperature and predict earthquakes. For this purpose, an experiment is devised to collect water samples manually. Then, the amount of radon dissolved in the water samples is examined to find a stable degassing temperature range at Yishui Seismic Station. An experimental setup is constructed to collect data for 20 days. The most important findings found regarding this research can be expressed as follows. (1) When the degassing temperature is observed to be higher than 5°C, the influence on radon value changes greatly. (2) The observations of the radon degassing temperatures in the Yishui well are found to be stable between 18°C and 23°C.
IDEOLOGIA E TRABALHO INFANTIL

Este artigo busca refletir sobre o trabalho infantil e ideologia a partir das reflexões de Marx e Engels em A ideologia Alemã. Por meio da análise proposta apresentamos uma série de manifestações ideológicas acerca do trabalho infantil e a colocamos sob a perspectiva marxiana buscando revelar suas contradições e contribuir com a consolidação crítica da doutrina da proteção integral de crianças e adolescentes diante do grave contexto de avanço e reprodução exacerbada do conservadorismo reacionário do governo de plantão. Neste sentido identificamos a partir da Ontologia do ser social em Marx, que as manifestações de trabalho infantil se constituem, na contemporaneidade, prioritariamente como manifestações ideológicas que coadunam com o pensamento conservador e reacionário da sociedade capitalista.
Contenido de materia orgánica y textura del suelo en el desempeño biológico de larvas de P. herrmanni Germ.

Se llevaron a cabo estudios en invernadero para determinar la influencia de la textura del suelo y el contenido de materia orgánica (MO), sobre el peso y la supervivencia de larvas de Phytholoema herrmanni Germ. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Se examinó la supervivencia y el peso de las larvas del tercer estadio en tres texturas de suelo (franco limoso, franco arenoso y arena). La textura del suelo tuvo una influencia significativa en la supervivencia de las larvas, siendo mayor en suelos ricos en arcilla y limo, que en aquellos con alta presencia de partículas de arena, sin embargo la textura del suelo no afectó el peso de las larvas. Por otro lado, en un suelo derivado de cenizas volcánicas de diferentes horizontes, incrementos en el porcentaje de MO y tipo de MO (labilidad), aumentan el peso y la supervivencia larvaria. No obstante, este efecto de la MO sólo ocurre sobre la supervivencia de las larvas, cuando se probaron suelos del horizonte A de diferentes orígenes y texturas. Las diferencias observadas en la respuesta al MO podrían ser atribuibles al tipo de materia orgánica, por lo que los suelos del horizonte A presentan una mayor proporción de materia orgánica lábil, que los suelos del horizonte B y esto podría estar relacionado con el comportamiento de alimentación preferentemente de raices que presentan los Melolonthinae, sin embargo, se necesitan más estudios para confirmar este hallazgo.
Methodology to Identify and Prioritise the Social Aspects to Be Considered in the Design of More Sustainable Residential Buildings—Application to a Developing Country

The priorities in the design of more sustainable buildings are quite dependent on the specific social context. In developing countries, the sustainability concept and priorities in the residential buildings sector are quite different from the ones of the developed countries, since there are still basic needs to answer. Therefore, this research is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the concept of social sustainability in the residential building sector of the developing countries. A methodology to define and prioritise the social sustainability indicators is proposed and applied in the context of Palestine. The presented methodology is based on the sustainability indicators of international standards, on the most well know building sustainability assessment methods and in the analysis of their application to a specific context. It includes a methodology to prioritise the list of social indicators, by considering the expectations of two groups of building stakeholders: designers and building users. At the end, this research proposes a framework of social aspects to consider in the design of more sustainable residential buildings in West Bank, Palestine that is composed of twenty-one indicators, distributed among six sustainability categories and ranked according to their weight in the overall of sustainability level.
Psychedelics, Atheism, and Naturalism Myth and Reality

An emerging body of research suggests that psychedelic experiences can change users' religious or metaphysical beliefs. Here I explore issues concerning psychedelic-induced belief change via a critique of some recent arguments by Wayne Glausser. Two scientific studies seem to show that psychedelic experiences can convert atheists to belief in God, but Glausser holds that academic and popular discussions of these studies are misleading. I offer a different analysis of the relevant findings, attempting to preserve the insights of Glausser's critique while setting the record straight on some important points. For one thing, the studies provide stronger evidence for atheist 'deconversion' than Glausser allows. For another, Glausser's arguments against the 'Metaphysical Belief Theory' of psychedelic therapy involve scientifically dubious claims and inferences. Finally, in evaluating this theory, we ought to focus on its strongest version, which posits belief shifts from metaphysical naturalism to nonnaturalism, rather than from atheism to classical monotheism.
Effects of Brake Pedal Horizontal Location of Hospital Beds on Force Exertions and Work Efficiency

The brake pedal on hospital beds is critical during bed maneuvering, however, substantial force and awkward postures are usually required during pedal engagement tasks. Nine professional caregivers were recruited to investigate how brake pedal horizontal location affected maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force, acceptable force to engage the pedal (AFE), force efficiency and task completion time. The results demonstrated reduced MVC, AFE and force efficiency whereas increased task completion time with greater pedal depths. Pedal depth was significantly correlated with MVC, force efficiency and task completion time and these correlations are moderate (0.25≤r<0.50) or good (0.50≤r<075). These findings provide important information for hospital bed design.
Comparison of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Hyphenated to an Ultraviolet Detector and Gas Chromatography Hyphenated to a Flame Ionization Detector for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Citrus Essential Oils

A comparison between the classical gas chromatography (GC) technique with supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) technology was performed using an essential oil of Citrus limon (lemon) as a model, considering its wide use in the cosmetic world. For the qualitative part, the signal annotation was achieved by mass spectrometry using either an electron ionization (EI) or an atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) source. For the quantitative part, GC was hyphenated to a flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and SFC to an ultraviolet detector (SFC-UV). The assay of the major component of citrus oil, i.e., limonene, was carried out by SFC-UV. The similar results obtained between GC-FID and SFC-UV allows SFC-UV to be considered as an alternative to GC-FID for Citrus oil characterization. Then, analyses of an essential oil collection from Citrus fruits were achieved to confirm the potential use of SFC-UV for oil classification in the context of quality control of raw materials in cosmetics.
Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Patch Testing in Skin of Color Patients.

Objective: Skin of color patients face important health issues relevant to dermatologists, such as allergic contact dermatitis; however, there is a lack of information surrounding common allergens causing contact dermatitis that disproportionately affect skin of color patients, as well as interpreting patch testing in this population. Methods: Covidence, Embase, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched to identify relevant articles studying allergic and irritant contact dermatitis in skin of color patients. Results: The most common positive reactions in African American patients included PPD, balsam of Peru, bacitracin, fragrance mix, and nickel. The most common positive reactions in Hispanic patients included Carba mix, nickel sulfate, and thiuram mix. The most common positive reactions in Asian patients included nickel sulfate, fragrance mix, and potassium dichromate. When interpreting patch test results in patients with higher Fitzpatrick skin types, positive patch tests presented with lichenification and hyperpigmentation, rather than erythema and vesicles. Furthermore, characteristic bright red or pink hues for positive results may appear violaceous or faint pink. Conclusions: Awareness of the common allergens associated with allergic contact dermatitis in patients of skin of color can help guide patch testing as an important diagnostic tool. Further research must be conducted regarding contact dermatitis in this patient population, especially given the relative lack of data surrounding Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Native American patients.
A Novel Mathematical Logic for Improvement Using Lean Manufacturing Practices

The implementation of lean manufacturing practices (LMP) means a systematic approach of several management procedures and practices, which may impact content, nature and quality of people’s work. This implementation process is often performed after an accurate assessment to ensure the effectiveness and efficient execution of these practices. However, the necessity and logic of different assessments according to the situation required by assessment objective, the logic requires general rules for designing assessment with effective and reliable results. The aim of this research paper is to develop a logical perception to explain the impact of LMP on the actual and overall performance of the company and explains the computational basics and mathematical equations contributing to the assessment design of these practices to ensure efficiency and accuracy in the results. Moreover, this study also concludes a novel mathematical equations that can be used in the effective assessment to increase the effectiveness of evaluation for improvement processes in different sectors.
A 0.0046-mm2 Two-Step Incremental Delta–Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter Neuronal Recording Front End With 120-mVpp Offset Compensation

This article presents a recording front end for high-density CMOS neuronal probes with in situ digitization and electrode offset voltage compensation. The analog front end (AFE) is based on a continuous-time (CT) two-step (TS) incremental delta–sigma (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{I}\Delta \Sigma $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with an extended counting technique and features an input offset voltage compensation of 120 mVpp. Hardware sharing in the TS quantization process allows the integration of the front end in an area of only 0.0046 mm 2 and, thus, directly under the recording electrodes on the shank of a probe in 180-nm CMOS. The average integrated noise is as low as 4.88 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{V}_{\text {rms}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, 4.46 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{V}_{\text {rms}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and 2.51 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{V}_{\text {rms}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> in the full bandwidth of 0 Hz–10 kHz, in the frequency band of action potentials (AP, 0.3–10 kHz) and local field potentials (LFP, 0.5 Hz–1 kHz), respectively. Each recording front end consumes 8.57 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and transmitting the digitized data to an external host needs additionally 6.05 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> per channel.
Fewer peripheral intravenous catheter complications in hospitalized dogs when force-activated separation devices are used versus not used in a randomized controlled clinical trial.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the use of a force-activated separation device (FASD) lowers the incidence risk of peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) complications in hospitalized dogs. ANIMALS 367 dogs that were hospitalized and received IV fluids between January 11 and March 25, 2021. PROCEDURES A prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial was performed. Dogs hospitalized and receiving IV fluids for at least 24 hours were randomized to the FASD group or control group. PIVCs were placed following a standardized protocol. Dogs in the FASD group had the FASD device attached to their PIVC according to manufacturer instructions. For both groups, all PIVC complications were documented, and each complication was classified as extravasation, phlebitis, dislodgement, occlusion, or line breakage. RESULTS Results from 367 dogs (FASD group = 180, control group = 187) underwent analysis. The proportion of PIVC complications was significantly (P = .004) lower for the FASD group (8.9% [16/180]) versus the control group (24.6% [46/187]). Following adjustment for differences in hospitalization time, the odds of a dog in the FASD group having a PIVC complication was approximately one-third the odds of those in the control group (OR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.17 to 0.63; P = .001). CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results indicated that the use of a FASD in hospitalized dogs receiving IV fluids is warranted to lower the incidence of PIVC complications and may also limit patient discomfort, owner expense, and staff time devoted to managing PIVC complications. Further research investigating its use in cats and other species should be considered.
Clinical Uses of Ketamine in Children: A Narrative Review

Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative that acts as a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate as well as a glutamate receptor antagonist. It also has other minor mechanisms that contribute to its extensive drug profile. Ketamine is a bronchodilator and maintains normal airway reflexes and, thus, permits spontaneous respiration. This, coupled with the fact that it produces potent analgesia, makes it highly suitable for children. Despite its many merits, the drug’s side effects, along with its cultural image of being a drug of abuse, a drug used in veterinary medicine, or a “date-rape drug” have sullied its reputation within the armamentarium of medicine. Even though it is widely used in developing countries, its use in Western nations has diminished. We have strived to explore the various clinical uses of ketamine in children through this article. In addition, the article also highlights how some of the fears associated with using the drug are unfounded and provides ways by which the drug’s side effects can be prevented and managed.
Cluster consensus in multi-partitioned matrix weighted graphs

A set of agents interacting with each other using matrix-weighted graphs to achieve multiple clusters has been discussed in detail in this paper. The conditions for achieving the multi-cluster formation have been derived. It is shown that a certain type of clustering of agent states will be achieved exponentially fast for almost all initial conditions if the matrix weighted graph is multi-partitioned and structurally balanced. The results are supported with numerical simulation.
Dictionary Learning-Based Multichannel ECG Reconstruction Using Compressive Sensing

Multi-channel electrocardiogram (MECG) compression on lightweight wireless body area network (WBAN) is highly challenging for long-term eHealthcare monitoring. Energy consumption involved in wireless transmission poses an obstacle in the implementation of WBAN. MECG is widely used to diagnose cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which require a considerable time to extract sufficient clinically relevant data from subjects. Since wireless MECG data transmission dominates energy cost and memory consumption of wireless sensor nodes, it is favorable to reduce the data size without any loss of diagnostic information. Compressed sensing (CS) provides efficient encoding schemes for data reduction and energy consumption in wireless transmission. We propose an adaptive multiple dictionary learning-based joint CS model for MECG compression, which exploits spatial correlation and adaptive features existing in MECG signals. We demonstrate performance of the proposed algorithm with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt database (PTB) for MECG compression. Results from the proposed scheme can achieve excellent reconstruction quality with fewer measurements than other existing CS-based approaches. It is the most suitable technique for long-term MECG compression using lightweight WBAN devices.
Effect of TLR6-5 Gene on Different Economic Traits Along With Its Polymorphism, Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis in Swine

Aeons ago when man started domesticating livestock species, he knowingly or unknowingly started selecting and breeding them for one or the other required characters. Centuries later, with the advancement of science and technology, genetic improvement was carried out with more developed techniques of selection and breeding with an emphasis on improvement of economic traits. But unfourtunately, little importance has been given to the selection based on disease resistance capability of animals specially in Swine. Among the different genes involved in immune response of different livestock particularly pig, TLR (TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR) gene is of prime importance in innate immunity response.
Systems and breakdown of self-incompatibility

Abstract Self-incompatibility (SI) is a prezygotic mechanism that prevents self-pollination in flowering plants by distinguishing between nonself- and self-pollen. It controls sexual reproduction by promoting outcrossing and avoiding inbreeding. For thousands of years, this trait has been effectively exploited by breeders and growers as a tool to manipulate domesticated crops. However, efforts to spell out the molecular features of SI have begun only during the past thirty years. For breeders that need to produce homozygous lines, SI is undesirable. Moreover, in fruit crops, SI hinders the production of true to type plants and high-quality fruits with uniform traits because SI favors outcrossing. Numerous techniques have been developed to break down SI. Here, we review the current understanding of different molecular SI systems and pinpoint different physiological and molecular techniques used to break down SI. We also discuss evolutionary events that led to the transition from SI to self-compatibility (SC).
Scenario analyses for the techno-economical evaluation of the market diffusion of future commercial vehicle concepts

The article presents a bottom-up approach to model the German road haulage market of new light and heavy commercial vehicle registrations with different gross vehicle weights and competing powertrain technologies considering different transport tasks. It allows for the analysis under which market conditions alternative powertrain technologies can enter the market and gain market shares. It was developed to especially support strategic decisions of policy makers, e.g. regarding the implementation of a CO2 regulation framework for heavy commercial vehicles, and manufacturers, e.g. regarding the identification of future market potentials for alternative vehicle concepts, in order to face the challenge to reduce the emissions caused by road freight vehicles. Via a reference scenario, the new registrations of alternative powertrain technologies in the 2015 to 2040 timeframe is shown for the German road haulage market in total and separately for the light and heavy commercial vehicle market. The results display a retaining dominant market share of vehicle concepts using an internal combustion engine. However, due to the implementation and tightening of CO2 regulations advanced powertrain technologies are required in order to meet the targets set and thus faster entering the market.
A Universal Efficient Circular-Shift Network for Reconfigurable Quasi-Cyclic LDPC Decoders

Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes for modern communication standards usually have multiple code rates and block lengths. Therefore, reconfigurable LDPC decoders have received widespread attention, which require circular-shift networks to support various expansion factors. Besides, for inputs smaller than the network size, the circular-shift network is desired to process multiple frames in parallel to maximize hardware utilization efficiency. The increasing demands put severe challenges to low-complexity implementations of shift networks, especially for codes with numerous expansion factors, such as 5G LDPC codes. In this brief, we present a universal design of efficient reconfigurable circular-shift networks. Through an ingenious modification on the order of permutations, the generation of control signals is considerably simplified, leading to a significant reduction of area and critical path. Moreover, a hybrid architecture organically integrating different networks is proposed for further complexity reduction. Implementation results under TSMC 90 nm technology demonstrate that the proposed network can achieve 25% area reduction and 46% area-efficiency (AE) improvement over the state-of-the-art ones.
Better-than-expected Outcomes through Sharing Experiences by Students Raised by alcohol-misusing Caregivers in Lesotho

ABSTRACT Growing up with an alcohol-misusing caregiver can be chaotic and damaging for children. Nevertheless, achieving better-than-expected outcomes in the face of adversity is by no means an unusual outcome for those young people. This study presents an understanding of the interactional resilience process between 15 National University of Lesotho undergraduate students and people in their social environment as a result of sharing adverse experiences. An interactional resilience perspective that builds on from the social-ecology and person-in-environment viewpoints on resilience, informed the study. Various in-depth interviews were conducted together with a draw-and-write technique. Findings show that the sharing of similar and diverse adverse experiences between young people raised by alcohol-misusing caregivers and significant people in their social ecology improved their resilience. Given the significance of sharing adverse experiences by the participants, established in this study, support groups (e.g., at schools, churches, community centers) could be very helpful in promoting the resilience of vulnerable young people. Social service practitioners, working with young people growing up in vulnerable environments, should help these young people develop interactive skills including the ability to be more communicative and be more receptive to sharing hard to share experiences with trustworthy people.