Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 on neuromuscular efficiency after a half-marathon

Introduction: Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 (PS128) could be considered an antioxidant supplement to reduce muscle fatigue and improve exercise capacity recovery after vigorous exercise. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of PS128 on muscle fatigue and electromyography (EMG) activity after a half-marathon (HM). Methods: The experimental design used a repeated-measures design with a double-blind approach. The participants either took two capsules of PS128 for 4 weeks as the PS128 group (PSG, n = 8) or took two capsules of a placebo for 4 weeks as the placebo group (PLG, n = 8) to ensure counterbalancing. The time points of the maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and EMG activity test were set before probiotics were taken (baseline), 48 h before HM (Pre), and immediately at 0 h, 3 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, and 96 h after HM. Results: EMG activity included median power frequency (MDF), integrated EMG (iEMG), and neuromuscular efficiency (peak torque/iEMG). The MVICs of knee extensors, analyzed by using an isokinetic dynamometer, showed a decrease from the Pre to 0 h (p = 0.0001), 3 h (p < 0.0001), 24 h (p < 0.0001), 48 h (p < 0.0001), 72 h (p = 0.0002), and 96 h (p = 0.0408) time points in the PLG. Sidak’s multiple comparisons tests showed that the PLG was significantly lower than the PSG at 0 h (p = 0.0173), 3 h (p < 0.0001), 24 h (p < 0.0001), 48 h (p < 0.0001), 72 h (p < 0.0001), and 96 h (p = 0.0004) time points. The MDF of vastus medialis oblique (VMO) in the PLG was significantly decreased 24 h after HM and significantly lower than that in the PSG at all times points after HM. The iEMG of VMO in the PLG was significantly decreased 48 h after HM and significantly lower than that in the PSG at 0 h, 3 h, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h after HM. Conclusion: The PS128 supplementation may prevent the decrease in MDF, iEMG, and peak torque after vigorous exercise. Recreational runners may consider implementing a probiotic supplementation regimen as a potential strategy to mitigate muscle fatigue following HM.
Learning to Disentangle the Colors, Textures, and Shapes of Fashion Items: A Unified Framework

Today,fashion design can be readily performed by most people due to the rapid development of design tools. However, not everyone possesses the professional skills to produce an aesthetically pleasing design. In order to assist an inexperienced user during the design process, this research explored a new fashion-related disentanglement task, with the goal of creating novel fashion items with controllable attributes. The key idea is to develop a unified framework, called CTS-GAN, by disentangling the colors, textures, and shapes of fashion items simultaneously using a generative adversarial network (GAN). Specifically, we first introduced a fashion attribute encoder to decompose input fashion items into three latent spaces, i.e., color, texture, and shape. A fashion item pattern-making module (FIPM)-based generator was then proposed to control the corresponding parameters of color and texture in FIPMs independently and combine them with the shape features in order to accomplish the final generation of new fashion items. Furthermore, three independent pathways were introduced to extract the representations of color, texture, and shape in fashion items to optimize our CTS-GAN in an unsupervised manner. Extensive experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our CTS-GAN and suggest that it can generate diverse, novel fashion images by taking full advantage of the controllability of the colors, textures, and shapes of different fashion items.
Knowledge Mapping of Global Status and Trends for Thromboangiitis Obliterans: A Bibliometrics and Visual Analysis

Objective Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) is a segmental nonatherosclerotic inflammatory vascular disease characterized by recurrent progressive inflammatory reactions and thrombosis in the small and medium-sized arteries and veins of the extremities. However, there are few bibliometric studies on TAO. Therefore, this study was employed to generalize the research status, hotspots and development trends of TAO-related research. Methods The data from 1999 to 2022 were collected from the Web of Science core collection database, and analyzed through bibliometrics software. VOSviewer was utilized to carry out academic collaboration between different countries/regions, institutions, and authors, visualization map of co-cited authors, journals, reference, and co-occurring keywords. CiteSpace was used to analyze the dual-map of journals, keyword bursts, and timeline of keywords. Bar and pie charts in this study were statistically analyzed and graphed through Microsoft Excel 2021. Scimago Graphica was applied to map the academic collaboration between different countries/regions. Results A total of 553 literatures were involved in this study. Japan at the leading global position not only in the number of publications, but also total citations, average citations and H-index. Institution with the major contribution to TAO research is Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, and Nagoya University. Annals of Vascular Surgery, Angiology, Journal of Vascular Surgery are the main publication channel for articles related to TAO. Fazeli, B. , Iwai, T. , and Kihara, Y. are major contributors in this field. The studies on TAO keywords could be grouped into four clusters: Etiology, Mechanism, Cell therapy and Clinical therapy. Conclusion Although the number of TAO publications has fluctuated over the past 20 years, it has generally shown a steady upward trend. Etiology and treatment research on TAO and some keywords such as trail, therapy, outcome, management, stem cells, angioplasty, and activation will become a hot spot in the future.
Resolving Time-dependent Evolution of Pore-Scale Structure, Permeability and Reactivity using X-ray Microtomography

Dissolution and precipitation reactions are the primary mechanisms that occur when a rock (i.e., a mineral assemblage) is in contact with a fluid out of equilibrium. They play a critical role in natural processes (e.g., weathering, compaction, meteoric and marine diagenesis) and anthropogenic processes (e.g., reservoir acidizing, CO2 sequestration, acid mine drainage, contaminant mobility, bioremediation). Such fluid–rock interactions result in complex changes in pore structure and mineral composition, leading in turn to changes in flow, mechanical, and transport properties, such as permeability, dispersivity, strength, and pore accessibility. Consequently, geochemical disequilibrium can lead to complex modifications of hydrodynamic and transport properties in porous and fractured rocks. Porous rocks are often characterized by complex textures and mineral compositions that are derived from their depositional and diagenetic environments. They typically have heterogeneous structures, the macroscopic physical properties of which depend on microscopic characteristics. Permeability, for example, is closely related to the microstructure, in particular the size and the spatial distribution of pore throats, pore roughness, and presence of fine clogging particles. The coupled hydrological, mechanical, and chemical (HMC) processes are highly non-linear and minor changes at the pore scale in one property can result in large modifications of the others properties. Prediction of system response to chemical conditions requires understanding how individual processes that occur at the microscopic scale contribute to the observed large-scale flow and transport distribution patterns. Predictive modeling remains challenging for the time and spatial scales involved in geological processes and because of the lack of information about how the physical properties of the porous medium evolve as a result of chemical reactions. In particular, the role of microstructures and their possible effects on flow and transport have long been neglected. Consequently, upscaling the flow and transport properties remains poorly constrained by pore-scale observations despite a multitude of experiments, …
Summer Biomass Variability and Spatial Interactions between European Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the Western Part of the Black Sea

Simple Summary Between 2019 and 2022, scientific pelagic trawl surveys in the Western Black Sea monitored the biomass of sprat and moon jellyfish and their spatial variability in the summer. Investigations into the correlation patterns between the two plankton-feeding species revealed that gelatinous plankton can have a weak-to-moderate effect on the spatial distribution of sprat assemblages in coastal areas. Abstract Over the past few decades, various causal connections between commercial small pelagic fish species and gelatinous zooplankton have been reported in the Black Sea, which affect the pelagic ecosystem. Recently, moon jellyfish regained dominance among gelatinous plankton; however, biomass fluctuations and interactions with small pelagic fish remain poorly understood. During the summers of 2019–2022, scientific pelagic trawl surveys in the Western Black Sea enabled simultaneous monitoring of small pelagic fish biomass, with sprat as the key species and moon jellyfish as an incidental catch. In total, 153 trawl hauls were conducted across four depth strata from 15 to 100 m, and a “swept area” method was used for biomass estimation. The sprat stock biomass ranged from 10,698 to 29,177 t, with an average value of 19,432 ± 4834 t. The total biomass of moon jellyfish was 2002 ± 868.73 t, and dense aggregations were observed in the coastal waters during certain years. Two scenarios of spatial interactions between planktivorous species were identified and linked to the formation of A. aurita aggregations. We found that changes in jellyfish density were associated with weak-to-moderate effects on the spatial distribution of sprat assemblages in coastal areas.
Tectonism and volcanism on Mercury

Mercury appears to have a tectonic framework and diastrophic history not found on other terrestrial planets explored to date (earth, Mars, and the moon). On the part of the planet viewed by Mariner 10, only two localized areas show evidence of tensional stresses, both of which are apparently associated with the Caloris basin. Lobate scarps occur in the remainder of the explored region and appear to be primarily reverse or thrust faults which have resulted from compressive stresses acting on a global scale. The period of compression represented by these scarps occurred during the final phase of heavy bombardment on Mercury and was probably caused by crustal shortening due to a small decrease in the planet's radius. Stratigraphic, volumetric, and albedo considerations together with distribution indicate that the majority of smooth plains on Mercury were produced by volcanism which occurred at the close of the period of late heavy bombardment similar to that on the moon and Mars. Several generations of plains are evident; the oldest may have resulted in part from an early differentiation of the planet.
Application of GOES-16 Atmospheric Temperature-Profile Data Assimilation in a Hurricane Forecast

This paper selects the case of the Atlantic hurricane “Michael” in 2018 to evaluate the accuracy of the GOES-16 atmospheric temperature profile during the hurricane and its effect on forecasting. Based on the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model, the assimilation of GOES-16 atmospheric temperature-profile products was achieved by using three-dimensional variational (3DVar) and the ensemble transform Kalman filter/three-dimensional variational (ETKF/3DVAR) hybrid system (Hybrid) systems. And the impact of geostationary satellite GOES-16 atmospheric temperature-profile data assimilation on a hurricane forecast is evaluated. The results show that, during the hurricane, the root mean square errors of the GOES-16 atmospheric temperature profile are all within 2 k at the height of 200–1000 hPa, and the quality of the data is generally good. Assimilating the GOES-16 atmospheric temperature-profile data can indeed effectively improve the analysis increment and improve the prediction results. The assimilation increment obtained by the hybrid system has obvious “flow-dependent” characteristics, which can reasonably improve the initial field of the model. Its temperature increment has an obvious spiral structure, which is in line with the characteristics of the hurricane, and the adjustment of the wind field and geopotential height field is also more beneficial to the development of the hurricane. It has a positive impact on the forecast of track, intensity, and precipitation, and the hybrid system is improved more obviously. In addition, from the RMSE of the analysis field and the forecast field relative to the observation data of different elements, the hybrid system is superior to the 3DVar system.
Effect of Puncture Vine on Growth Performance, Carcass and Meat Traits, Metabolic and Immunological Blood Indicators, and Selected Cecal Microbiota in Broiler Chickens

Simple Summary Puncture vine has recently been used as a natural alternative to antibiotics in the broiler industry, but studies are very limited. However, the goal of this research was to determine the practical and safe use of puncture vine in broiler chickens by assessing its efficacy on the performance, carcass and meat characteristics, selected metabolic and immunological blood indicators, some microbiota, and short-chain fatty acids. The current study will help workers and researchers determine the most effective or least harmful amount of puncture vine for broiler chicken performance and health. In conclusion, the dosage of 0.08% has a safe effect on the performance, carcass and meat characteristics, and health of broiler chickens. Further studies on toxicity on the different organs of broiler chickens are needed. Abstract This study investigated the effects of puncture vine (Tribulus Terrestris) addition on the performance, carcass and meat characteristics, selected metabolic and immunological blood indicators, some microbiota, and short-chain fatty acids. A total of 252 1-day-old broilers were distributed to three treatments with 12 cages as replicates per treatment (T1 = 0.0%, T2 = 0.08%, and T3 = 0.16% puncture vine). Performance parameters and metabolic and immunological serum indicators were measured in each feeding phase, while carcass characteristics, meat quality, cecal microflora, and short-chain fatty acids were measured at 35 days. Results showed that live weight, weight gain, production efficiency, and meat component color were lower in initial and ultimate at T3, while the percentages of the legs and gizzard were higher at T2 than T1. The relative weight of cooking loss was higher in T2 and T3, but the myofibril fragmentation index was lower than T1. Total protein and globulin were higher in T2 and T3 (14 days old), and the glucose level was lower in T2 (35 days old) than at T1. Interleukins (IL-4, IL-6, and IL-10) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were higher in T2 than T1 and T3 (35 days old). Puncture vine has antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. , while Lactobacillus spp. was higher in T2. The total short-chain fatty acid content was higher in chickens fed puncture vine. These results indicate that the use of puncture vine powder as a natural alternative at a dosage of 0.08% has a safe effect on the performance, carcass and meat characteristics, and health of broilers.
Ecological evaluation of vegetation structure in Turkish red pine forests (Pinus brutia Ten.) in different sites of western Mediterranean region of Turkey

Kizilcam (Pinus brutia Ten.) 5,8 milyon ha ile Turkiye'de en genis yayilis alanina sahip asli agac turudur ve bu alan Turkiye ormanlarinin % 27'sine tekabul etmektedir. Vejetasyonlarin tur cesitliligi ve turlerin bulunus oranlari, yayilis gosterdigi sahalarin ekolojik ozellikleri bakimindan onemli gostergelerdir. Bu calisma ile Bati Akdeniz'de farkli yetisme ortami bolgelerindeki kizilcam ormanlarinin vejetasyon yapisindaki farkliliklar ekolojik olarak degerlendirilmistir. Calisma uc farkli yetisme ortami bolgeler grubundaki toplam 27 ornek alanda gerceklestirilmistir. Ornek alanlarin vejetasyon yapilari Braun-Blanquet yontemi ile degerlendirilmistir. Kizilcam ormanlarinda, farkli yetisme ortami bolgeleri gruplarinda, vejetasyonu olusturan turler arasinda onemli farklar tespit edilmistir. Deniz etkisine acik ornek alanlarda, sicaklik ve nem istegi fazla olan Daphne gnidioides Jaub. et Spach, Olea europaea L. var. sylvestris (Miller). Lehr. , Arbutus andrachne L. , Nerium oleander L. ve Myrtus communis L. subsp. communis L. gibi turler karsimiza cikmaktadir. Akdeniz ici yetisme ortami sahalari nispeten deniz iklimi etkisini almakla birlikte, yagisin ve bagil nemin gerek deniz gerekse gol etkisi altindaki sahalara nazaran daha az oldugu alanlari olusturmaktadir. Bu duruma en onemli isaret olarak, Styrax officinalis L. 'nin bu sahalarda tespit edilememis olmasi gosterilebilir. Goller yetisme ortami sahalarinda yagis degerleri, Akdeniz ici yetisme ortami sahalarina gore daha yuksek olmakla birlikte, sicaklik degerleri olarak nisbeten karasal iklim karakteristiklerini tasimaktadir. Bu iklim karakteristikleri, Cistus laurifolius L. Berberis crataegina DC. ve Juniperus foetidissima Willd. gibi turlerin, sadece bu yetisme ortami sahalarinda yayilislarinin sebebi olarak gosterilebilir. Ayrica ayni yetisme ortami bolgeleri gruplari icerisinde de bonitet, yukselti, topografik yapi ve denize uzaklik gibi faktorlere bagli olarak vejetasyon bilesenlerinde degisimler soz konusudur. Bu calisma sonucunda ortaya konulan bulgular, Bati Akdeniz'de ozellikle yeni orman tesisi ve rehabilitasyon calismalarinda, kizilcamin kullanilabilecegi sahalarin belirlenmesi anlaminda yol gosterici olabilecektir. Anahtar kelimeler: Pinus brutia, Bati Akdeniz, Yetisme ortami, Vejetasyon
Improving insulator fault detection with effective-YOLOv7 network

Abstract. Ensuring reliable and steady operation of power equipment is paramount to safeguard the livelihoods and labor of the populace. However, traditional detection techniques face obstacles when adapting to the intricate background of transmission lines, leading to innumerable incorrect and missed detections. To resolve these issues, an improved YOLOv7 transmission line insulator defect recognition algorithm has been introduced. An anchor frame, matching the size of the transmission line fault, has been constructed using K-means++, followed by a convolutional block attention module to enhance the ability to extract features. Next, the wise-IoU loss function has been incorporated, providing a gradient gain allocation strategy, thereby enhancing the positioning performance and speed of the model. Finally, the SiLU activation function has been replaced with meta-ACON to enhance the adaptive feature capability of the YOLOv7 network. Experimental results have shown that the proposed method has an average accuracy (mAP) of 91.8%, and the detection accuracy for transmission lines can be improved to 98.8%. This model resolves the persisting issues of erroneous and missing detections by addressing the traditional technical difficulties of detecting complex backgrounds and defects with insufficient accuracy.
Adapted Fick's Law Applied to Soil Respiration

In soil respiration studies the diffusive gas fluxes are often calculated using Fick's law. However, results obtained with Fick's law deviate from those obtained with the theoretically sound Stefan-Maxwell equations. In the present study a numerical model based on an adapted form of Fick's law is applied to soil respiration. A pressure adjustment flux to maintain isobaric equilibrium in the system is employed to correct errors related to the usage of Fick's law. The results of the above-mentioned model are compared with those of analytical solutions of Fick's law and the Stefan-Maxwell equations to check the model's accuracy. The analytical solutions are derived for steady state transport at constant respiration rates in a hypothetical ternary system with N2, O2, and CO2. Calculations are performed at various constant rates of CO2 production and O2 consumption throughout the soil. Differences between the mole fraction gradients calculated with Fick's law and the Stefan-Maxwell equations are substantial. If Fick's law is combined with the isobaric equilibrium correction procedure, the similarity with the Stefan-Maxwell equations is much better. The numerical model employing the adapted Fick's law is subsequently tested against field measurements. Field measurements were carried out in large outdoor lysimeters filled with oil-contaminated soil containing nonvolatile hydrocarbons. Nonsteady gas transport due to dynamic soil respiration during biodegradation of the hydrocarbons in the lysimeters is modeled at known boundary conditions. The result of the model agree with measurements of CO2 fluxes and O2 and CO2 concentration profiles in the lysimeters.
Effect of Amla Powder and Turmeric Powder Consumption on Geriatric Subjects Suffering from Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the most challenging public health problem of 21st century. International Diabetes Federation, (2015) reported 69.1 million cases of diabetes in India. Worldwide 2011 estimation of prevalence of diabetes in the elderly population (60 years & above) is between 15% to 20% (IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2012). The present study titled “Effect of amla powder and turmeric powder consumption on geriatric subjects (60 years & above) suffering from non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus” involved multistage random sampling technique. The study was conducted on 18 geriatric subjects residing in Kala Mahal & Pipal Mandi area of Agra city, randomly divided into 2 groups- experimental group (N1=8) and control group (N2=9). 2.5g each of amla powder and turmeric powder was consumed by experimental geriatric non-insulin dependent subjects for 45 continuous days and its effect on fasting and post prandial blood glucose level was recorded and compared with the control group. Demographic, anthropometric and dietary patterns of both groups was also recorded. Statistical tests were applied and it was found that consumption of amla powder and turmeric powder was significantly effective on geriatric subjects (60 years & above) and there was a significant drop in the fasting & post prandial blood glucose level of experimental group on 45th day of feeding trial. In the 24-hour diet recall average consumption of thiamine (mg) was significant at 95% confidence interval (p<0.05)nwhen t-test was applied while energy (kcal), protein (g), carbohydrates(g), fat(g), phosphorus (mg), iron (mg), vitamin A (mcg), riboflavin (mg), niacin (mg) and vitamin C (mg) intake were not significant (p>0.05).