Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improving wave forecasting on the Catalan coast (WAM)

The purpose of this study is to mainly investigate the effect of spectral energy dissipation on the temporal evolution of the wave spectrum, bring about more insight in this least understood part of the physics relevant to wave modeling and consequently propose a modification on the physics that rule such a dissipation model, supported on comprehensive spectral and integral analyses. Such modifications attempt to correct, or at least improve, the frequent disagreement between predicted and observed wave data at the Catalan coast, especially during storm conditions. Particular attention is drawn to the Ebro delta area, not only because of the growing need to properly track its evolution but due to the common presence of characteristic bimodal spectra caused by the coexistence of wind-seas and swell trains. The WAM Cycle 4.5. 3 is implemented here in two nested grids covering all the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea with a grid resolution from 9 to 3 km, forced with corresponding low and high-resolution wind fields (WRF) for two typical storm events during January 2010. The current dissipation model dependence on an overall wave steepness unavoidably yields systematic errors when more than one sea state are propagating. The results obtained, however, show a clear enhancement of the mean and peak wave periods for the study area, decreasing considerably the negative bias observed, whereas it is not possible to distinguish a representative improvement of wave heights by only tuning the whitecapping dissipation function.
Chemical evaluation of unripen jackfruit silage and jackfruit residue silage as unconventional feed resource for livestock production

A study was conducted to assess the nutritional values of unripen jackfruit silage (UJFS) as well as jackfruit residue silage (JFRS). Silages were prepared from unripen jackfruit as well as jackfruit residue, procured locally and were subjected for their characteristics and chemical analysis. Study revealed that DM content of UJFS was 35.05% and pH was 3.92. On DM basis, UJFS contained 94.55, 9.52, 2.07, 5.45, 36.11, 25.58, 3.37, 1.91, 1.46 and 1.25 per cent of OM, CP, EE, TA, NDF, ADF, total silica, biogenic silica, sand silica and ADL, respectively. Similarly, JFRS on DM basis, showed 93.54, 8.77, 1.91, 6.46, 34.08, 27.88 and 1.06 per cent of OM, CP, EE, TA, NDF, ADF and ADL contents, respectively. From the present study, it was concluded that unripen jackfruit/Jackfruit residue can be ensiled successfully and they have a potential nutritive value for feeding livestock.
Miniaturized 3-D Cross-Type Receiver for Wirelessly Powered Capsule Endoscopy

This paper presents the modeling, implementation, and testing of a cross-type receiver (RX) used for wireless power transfer (WPT) into an endoscopic capsule. A 3-D configuration for the receiver is proposed to increase the wireless link power transfer efficiency (WL-PTE) and enhance its robustness to angular variations of the capsule. The diameter and thickness of the flexible transmitter coils are 200 mm and $185~\mu \text{m}$ , respectively. The diameter of the miniaturized RX is 8 mm, which is appropriate for integration within current commercially available capsules. Experimental results demonstrate a WL-PTE of 1.3% and complete system efficiency of 0.9% inside a suitable tissue phantom of the relative permittivity of 300 at 5 MHz. A maximum variation of only 8.4% of the WL-PTE across 90° orientation of the RX was also measured. The minimum WL-PTE of 1% is the recorder for 7-cm translational displacement inside the phantom. A simulated specific absorption rate of 0.86 W/Kg was calculated, which is well below the limit allowed for medical applications. A maximum temperature variation of 2.2 °C was also measured for an operating duration of 10 h, which is typical of a capsule journey inside the gastrointestinal tract. The proposed system represents a viable proposition for WPT in capsule endoscopy.
Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: health insurance database in South Korea-based retrospective cohort study

Introduction Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is used to alleviate the symptoms associated with menopause, despite the lack of recommendations for MHT in preventing dementia. Recent nationwide studies have explored the association between MHT and dementia risk, but the findings remain limited. This study aims to investigate the association between MHT and the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and non-AD dementia using national population data from Korea. Methods We conducted a retrospective study using data from the National Health Insurance Service in Korea between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2019. Women over 40 years were eligible for this study and classified into the MHT or non-MHT groups. The MHT group consisted of women who used Tibolone (TIB), combined estrogen plus progestin by the manufacturer (CEPM), estrogen, combined estrogen plus progestin by a physician (CEPP), and transdermal estrogen during menopause. We compared the risk of dementia between the MHT and non-MHT groups. Results The study included 1,399,256 patients, of whom 387,477 were in the MHT group, and 1,011,779 were in the non-MHT group. The median duration of MHT was 23 months (range: 10–55 months). After adjusting for available confounders, we found that different types of MHT had varying effects on the occurrence of dementia. TIB (HR 1.041, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.072) and oral estrogen alone (HR 1.081, 95% CI 1.03–1.134) were associated with a higher risk of AD dementia. In contrast, there was no difference in the risk of AD dementia by CEPM (HR 0.975, 95% CI 0.93–1.019), CEPP (HR 1.131, 95% CI 0.997–1.283), and transdermal estrogen (HR 0.989, 95% CI 0.757–1.292) use. The use of TIB, CEPM, and oral estrogen alone increased the risk of non-AD dementia (HR 1.335, 95% CI 1.303–1.368; HR 1.25, 95% CI 1.21–1.292; and HR 1.128, 95% CI 1.079–1.179; respectively), but there was no risk of non-AD dementia in the other MHT groups (CEPP and topical estrogen). Conclusion Our findings indicate that MHT has varying effects on the incidence of AD and non-AD dementia. Specifically, TIB, CEPM, and oral estrogen alone increase the risk of non-AD dementia, while transdermal estrogen is not associated with dementia risk. It is essential to consider the type of MHT used when assessing the risk of dementia in women.
Pendampingan Pembelajaran Reading Di Pondok Pesantren Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang

Reading is very important to master because reading can open a window to the world, especially reading English texts where many important sources of information are written in English. This assistance aims to help students at the al Urwatul Wutsqo Bulurejo Jombang Islamic boarding school to improve their English reading skills. The results of the mentoring were very positive where there was an increase in reading skills with an average reading score of 47.81 before the implementation of QARs and 68.75 afterward. Likewise, from the paired sample test, the t count is greater than the t table (17.073 > 2.1199).
Online learning about other agents in a dynamic multiagent system

WC analyze the problem of learning about other agents in a class of dynamic multiagent systems, where performance of the primary agent depends on behavior of the others, We consider an online version of the problem, where agents must learn models of the others in the course of continual interactions. We implement various lovels of recursive model in a simulated double auction market, Our experiments show that performance of an agent can be quite sensitive to its assumptions about the policies of other agents, and (not surprisingly), when there is substantial uncertainty about the love1 of sophistication of other agents, minimizing assumptions might be the best policy.
Mixed pyogenic and tuberculous spinal epidural abscesses perforating the dura and extending into the subdural space: A case report and review of the literature

Background: Spinal infections are associated with a wide variety of clinical conditions, including osteomyelitis, spondylitis, diskitis, septic facet joints, and abscesses. Based on its anatomical relationship with the dura mater, the abscess can be epidural (extradural) or subdural (intrathecal). Subdural intramedullary abscesses of the lumbar spinal canal are more common than subdural extramedullary abscesses. Here, we present a rare case of a patient with a mixed pyogenic and tuberculous epidural abscess in the lumbar spine, which perforated the dura and extended to the subdural space. Case Description: A 29-year-old male presented with progressively worsening back pain and lower-limb weakness over a period of 3 months, with an associated inability to walk, intermittent radicular pain primarily on the left side, intermittent incontinence, and a history of low-grade fever and night sweats. The patient had a history of intravenous (IV) drug abuse and reported practicing unprotected sexual intercourse. Furthermore, the patient had recently came into contact with a person diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The patient was administered empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics and underwent emergent L4–L5 laminectomy and spinal abscess decompression. IV antibiotics were selected based on culture results, and anti-TB medications were started. Postoperatively, the patient demonstrated a remarkable lower-limb power improvement and radicular pain alleviation. Conclusion: Spinal epidural abscess perforation of the dura and extension into the subdural space is extremely rare. Distinguishing between epidural and subdural abscesses radiologically is challenging. Multiple risk factors, such as unprotected sexual contact and IV drug misuse, may be associated with the development of polymicrobial abscesses in the lumbar spine. Careful anticipation, identification, and isolation of the causative micro-organisms can ensure effective antibacterial treatment. Early diagnosis, expeditious surgical decompression, and antibiotic treatment are associated with promising outcomes.
Archaeological Fieldwork around Lake Tana Area of Northwest Ethiopia and the Implication for an Understanding of Aquatic Adaptation

I have in this thesis attempted to investigate prehistoric adaptations around Lake TanaBlue Nile basin of Northwest Ethiopia. The archaeological excavation conducted at a small rock shelter on the shore of Lake Tana provided evidence of occupation going back to the sixth millennium BP. The faunal remains and the location of the site clearly indicate that the nature of subsistence can be described as an aquatic adaptation. The archaeological assemblage dominated by wild fauna, mainly fish, and the abundant lithic tools and pottery material suggest prehistoric adaptation that was practiced in many aquatic sites of sub-Saharan Africa since at least the early Holocene. However, unlike many of those sites, Kurtiye rock shelter lacked elaborate fishing equipment such as bone harpoons and spears, stone rings and grooves, and pottery with distinctive decoration motifs (incised and dotted impressed wavy line). In addition, there was no evidence indicating adoption of new agricultural subsistence strategies until about the end of the first millennium BC. This appeared to contrast with the situation in many aquatic sites of sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of evidence suggesting early sedentary settlement and transition to food production, in an apparently such rich aquatic area, may therefore reflect local variations and differentiations of aquatic adaptation. The absence of the distinctive markers of the aquatic culture of subSaharan Africa, bone harpoon and wavy line pottery, indicates that the site represents a local variation of the aqualithic type of adaptation. Certain pottery decoration motifs, however, show some similarities with material recovered from sites in the Sahara, Nile Valley and eastern Africa regions which may indicate regional and interregional contact, which could also involve diffusion or spread of material culture including domestic species. Nevertheless, remains of domestic animals appeared very late at Kurtiye. This is surprising if it is viewed from the severe climatic and environmental changes of mid Holocene and possibly extensive interregional contacts the site had. Understanding the reasons why and how hunting, gathering and fishing persisted so long as the main economic activities in the region until the historic period is thus challenging. Based on examination of the archaeological evidence using palaeoclimatic and environmental data, pertinent theoretical perspectives and ethnographic insights, the thesis concluded that this situation might have been related to local environmental, socio-cultural and symbolic factors.
Study on the Path of the Economic Resilience Measure and the Improvement of the Urban Agglomeration in Central Yunnan

The wave of globalization introduces the urban economy into a nonlinear network structure system, which makes the urban economic system change unpredictably. How to maintain the healthy and stable development of urban economic system and reduce the risk caused by unpredictable changes has aroused the attention of academia and industry. Accordingly, toughness, as a new research paradigm with overall dynamics and nonlinearity as its core, has been widely explored and analyzed by scholars. Based on the data of various indicators of prefecture-level cities in urban agglomerations in Central Yunnan from 2005 to 2020, this paper evaluates the scores of economic resilience of urban agglomerations in Central Yunnan over the years through entropy weight method. It is found that the economic resilience of urban agglomerations in Central Yunnan has shown an overall fluctuating trend in the past 16 years. Specifically, the economic resilience value declined in 2006, 2010 and 2017, and the economic resilience improved most significantly in 2009 and 2019. Finally, the paper gives some suggestions on how to improve the economic resilience of central Yunnan city cluster in the future.
Factors affecting the perception of human dignity of nursing students

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the factors that influence the perception of human dignity among nursing students. The study was conducted between 14 April and 17 April 2023 with 191 students studying in the nursing department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university who had agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire designed by the researchers on the literature and Scale of Human Dignity Perception and Understanding in Nursing. The arithmetic mean, standard deviation, median and frequency (in percent), Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Walli’s test, and Spearman correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. In this study, it was found that student nurses had a high level of understanding and perception of human dignity. In line with the findings, it is recommended that student nurses' behaviors and attitudes be supported to provide care by ethical principles and values by respecting individuals' values and differences. Keywords: Human dignity; nursing; nursing students; values.
Sexual Satisfaction During Stressful Times: The Role of Sexual Motivation

This study examined whether stress negatively relates to sexual satisfaction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by way of influencing which type of sexual motivation individuals might have for engaging in sexual relations. Participants (N = 162) completed measures of perceived stress, motivations for engaging in sex, and sexual satisfaction in romantic relationships. Results revealed that participants experiencing higher levels of stress experienced lower sexual satisfaction and were more strongly motivated by avoidanceoriented reasons for engaging in sexual relations. Being more motivated to engage in sexual activity for coping reasons coincided with lesser sexual satisfaction. Conversely, those who were more strongly motivated by approach-oriented reasons for engaging in sexual activity reported greater sexual satisfaction. No support was found for sexual motivation as a mediator of the relation between stress and sexual satisfaction.
Tenure of independent directors and analysts following: Moderating role of institutional ownership

Abstract This study examines the impact of tenure of independent directors on analyst following, and the moderating role of institutional ownership between tenure of independent directors and analyst following. The data utilized in this study was collected from 3,656 firm-years of Malaysian public listed firms from 2013 to 2020. By employing Huber-White adjusted t-statistics to analyse the data using the STATA software, this study finds that short-tenured independent directors are preferred by analysts and the relationship is significantly moderated by institutional ownership. This study has significant ramifications on theory, policy, and practice. Theoretically, this study provides further evidence to support the executive cognition theory, social capital theory and stakeholder theory. In the perspective of policy, policy makers gather feedback on the implementation of a beneficial corporate governance practice by restricting the tenure of independent directors. Practically, market players with conservative risk appetite are encouraged to invest in firms, which are closely scrutinized by institutional shareholders, thus, ensuring enhanced corporate governance and accountability.
E-Cigarette Toxicology and Public Health — Exploring the Safety of E-Cigarette Compared to Traditional Cigarette

With the popularity of e-cigarettes, there are concerns about the potential health risks associated with inhaling e-cigarette aerosols, which contain a complex mixture of chemicals including nicotine, flavourings and poisons. This paper presents a systematic toxicological analysis of several chemicals commonly found in e-cigarettes. The chemical properties and toxicity of nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, benzaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde are discussed in relation to their use in e-cigarettes, with an emphasis on the hidden health risks involved. Nicotine is a highly addictive alkaloid that causes oxidative stress, neuronal apoptosis, DNA damage, and is highly toxic. E-cigarette solvents, such as vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol, can activate melanin production in the skin and raise the likelihood respiratory infections. Flavouring agents like benzaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde can induce cellular damage and heighten the susceptibility to disease like cancer and cardiovascular disease, particularly in individuals with specific genetic variants of the ALDH2 enzyme. The discussion revealed a lack of research to fully understand and assess prolonged health effects of e-cigarette use. However, both clinical and marketing should highlight the known possible risks. Clinicians should advise patients accordingly, and regulators must closely monitor the sale and promotion of e-cigarettes and be transparent about any potential harms to safeguard the welfare of consumers.
A climatology of the shelfbreak front in the Middle Atlantic Bight (Paper 98JC01438)

Description of the shelfbreak front in the Middle Atlantic Bight is hampered by the extreme variability of the front. In order to gain insight into both the seasonal variability and regional variations in the mean frontal structure and associated baroclinic jet, historical data are used to produce two-dimensional climatological fields of temperature and salinity for the region south of Nantucket shoals, along the south flank of Georges Bank, and off the coast of New Jersey. Associated cross-shelf fields of density and geostrophic velocity are also computed. The climatological temperature and salinity are consistent with previous descriptions of the frontal hydrography. The temperature contrast across the front varies seasonally between 2° and 6°C. The salinity contrast is 1.5–2, with little seasonal variation. The near-surface density gradients are strongest during the winter and weakest during the summer, when the seasonal thermocline is established. The cross-frontal density gradients are strongest near the foot of the front. Despite the inherent smearing of frontal gradients incurred by averaging over large temporal and spatial scales, the geostrophic velocity field south of Nantucket shows a strong (0.2–0.3 m s−1) baroclinic jet associated with the frontal density gradients. The core of the jet, having a width of 15–20 km, is located near the 150-m isobath. Transport calculations for the flow over the outer shelf and slope are in the range of 0.2–0.3 Sverdrups (Sv) to the west. This is comparable to the estimated transport (0.4 Sv) shoreward of the 100-m isobath.
Data Mining Assisted Purchase Prediction

With the revolution from physical businesses to shopping online, predicting client behavior in e-commerce is becoming increasingly important. It can increase customer satisfaction and sales, resulting in higher conversion, by enabling a more individualized shopping process. Today, most users want to save their time using and they prefer to shop using the platform provided for e-commerce. Millions of transaction records are available in the databases of such websites using which, a customer shops something. Using the transaction to find something can be helpful for the organization or merchants. Using the available databases or datasets, to find some useful pattern can increase the business, to check out the customer satisfaction level, to check the customer behavior about the product, etc. Some of the useful information can be to find out which item will be purchased by the customer in the next visit, or which new items can be purchased by the customer in the next visit. Using this information, an organization or Shops can control the quantity and increase the maximum purchased items, improving the quality of products for the customers. For this purpose, we use supervised learning techniques for prediction. Because most of the data which we will use will be labeled. Many researchers used supervised methods but some of the researchers also used unsupervised methods too. We created a supervised model for predicting the basket items. Due to the large dataset, it was very difficult to extract the features and it takes a lot of time. We have performed feature engineering, to choose the best ones. After the training model, our model shows better performance than the previous results.
Development of a Novel Seismic Acquisition System Based on Fully Autonomous Gliding Ocean Bottom Nodes

This paper discusses the development of a novel seismic acquisition system that utilizes a fleet of fully autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) as ocean bottom nodes (OBNs). The primary objective is to eliminate a reliance on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) or ropes for deployment, making ocean bottom seismic acquisition significantly more efficient and cost-effective. This is achieved here by employing AUVs with long endurance that are capable of self-locating to pre-determined positions without the need for any direct surface control. Additionally, the system is designed for scalability, allowing for large inventories of AUVs to be deployed in parallel.