Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Potensi tanah gambut, batu kapur, zeolit dan karbon teraktif sebagai penjerap komposit untuk merawat larut resapan

Matlamat utama kajian ini adalah untuk menghasilkan bahan komposit baharu yang terdiri daripada tanah gambut, batu kapur, zeolit dan karbon teraktif sebagai bahan mentahnya untuk menjerap ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N) dan permintaan oksigen kimia (COD) secara serentak dari larut resapan stabil. Tahap kehidrofobikan (penolakan air) ditentukan melalui kaedah masa penembusan titik air (WDPT) dan sudut sentuhan air (WCA) untuk tanah gambut, batu kapur, zeolit dan karbon teraktif. Nisbah optimum dijalankan melalui ujikaji penjerapan kelompok. Simen Portland biasa (OPC) digunakan sebagai bahan pengikat sebanyak 40 peratus (mengikut berat). Tanah gambut dan karbon teraktif dikategorikan sebagai penjerap hidrofobik di mana nisbah optimum adalah 1.5:2.5. Batu kapur dan zeolit dikategorikan sebagai penjerap hidrofilik di mana nisbah optimum adalah 15:25. Nisbah optimum untuk penjerap hidrofobik dan hidrofilik telah dipilih sebagai 4:4 sesuai dengan tingkah laku penjerapan NH3-N dan COD ke atas penjerap. Pencirian penjerap komposit telah dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendarkilau sinar-x (XRF), spektroskopi inframerah transformasi (FTIR), mikroskop imbasan elektron (SEM), luas permukaan Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET), titratan Boehm dan pH di caj titik sifar (pHzpc). Analisis XRF bagi penjerap komposit menunjukkan kehadiran kalsium oksida dan silika oksida yang tinggi sebagai sebatian utama. Kumpulan-kumpulan berfungsi utama dalam penjerap komposit adalah O-H, N-H, O-C, C-N, C-O dan Si-O-Si. Analisis SEM mendedahkan bahawa penjerap komposit mempunyai permukaan liang yang heterogen dan kasar. Luas permukaan BET penjerap komposit adalah 105.96 m2/g. Kumpulan berfungsi permukaan jelas menunjukkan bahawa jumlah kumpulan asas lebih tinggi daripada jumlah kumpulan berasid. pHzpc untuk penjerap komposit adalah pada pH 11.25 di mana caj permukaannya adalah seimbang. Kesan kelajuan goncangan, masa sentuhan, pH, saiz partikel dan dos penjerap pada penyingkiran NH3-N dan COD telah diukur.
White matter microstructural integrity across the adult lifespan: Combined perspective of diffusion tensor and kurtosis imaging

Studies of healthy brain aging have reported diffusivity patterns associated with white matter degeneration using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which assumes that diffusion measured at the typical b-value (approximately 1000 s/mm2) is Gaussian. Diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) is an extension of DTI that measures non-Gaussian diffusion (kurtosis) to better capture microenvironmental changes by incorporating additional data at a higher b-value. In this study, using UK Biobank data (b values of 1000 and 2000 s/mm2), we investigate (1) the extent of novel information gained from adding diffusional kurtosis to diffusivity observations in aging, and (2) how conventional DTI metrics in aging compare with diffusivity metrics derived from DKI, which are corrected for kurtosis. We find a general pattern of lower kurtosis alongside higher diffusivity among older adults. We also find differences between diffusivity metrics derived from DTI and DKI, emphasizing the importance of accounting for non-Gaussian diffusion. This work highlights the utility of measuring diffusional kurtosis as a simple addition to conventional diffusion imaging of aging.
Experienced bilingual dual language elementary teachers and the reproduction of monoglossic ideology

ABSTRACT Mainstream teachers’ views of emergent bilingual students have been well documented, but less is known about how bilingual dual language teachers understand bilingualism and their subsequent expectations of students based on those understandings. We used thematic analysis of focus group conversations to investigate and present the views of eight experienced bilingual dual language elementary teachers at two different schools. Drawing on social capital theory and the notion of the white listening subject, we found that despite teachers’ overwhelming belief in the importance of bilingualism and their desire for their students to develop bilingual abilities, they served as strict gatekeepers, reproducing monoglossic views of bilingualism leading to a deficit perspective that precluded seeing students’ multiple bilingual realities as strengths. The paper concludes with critical questions for various educational stakeholders as well as recommendations for teacher education and dual language education.
Financial Analysis of Startups Company PT. Limatra Innovation of Subang Honey Pineapple Beverage

Background – Pineapple is one of the most popular types of fruit. In addition to delicious fruit, pineapple fruit also has a very high vitamin C content. With a high level of community mobility and practical reasons, many people turn to packaged fruit juice drinks. PT Limatra is a startups company engaged in the trading business that sells various packaged fruit juices, with the product name "NasNas", with the main ingredient being pineapple from the Subang area, West Java. The product is not only original pineapple juice but also has a variety of flavors. As a start-up company, investment considerations are needed, which are useful for making decisions in the short and long term, financial planning is one important aspect for business continuity. Method – Using elements of financial planning, financial statement projections, investment feasibility analysis, and ratios for financial performance analysis. Result – Investment analysis can assist management in making strategic decisions, both short term and long term. Keywords: Investment, Fruit Juice Drink, Financial Analysis, Startups, Financial Modelling, Strategic Financial, Business Plan.
Functional biogeography of marine vertebrates in Atlantic Ocean reefs

Marine vertebrates play key functional roles on reef ecosystems. Despite their phylogenetic distance, different vertebrate lineages could play similar functions on reefs, which has been overlooked by current research on marine functional biogeography. We provide the first comprehensive assessment of the functional structure and inventory of ecosystem functions delivered by 224 vertebrates—marine mammals, sea turtles, sharks, rays and bony fish—in Atlantic Ocean reefs.
Visualizing and mapping two decades of literature on board of directors research: a bibliometric analysis from 2000 to 2021

Abstract The Board of Directors (BOD) plays an important role in determining the effectiveness and performance of a corporation that makes research in this field begin to grow significantly in recent years. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of the BOD research from 2000 to 2021 to see the trend of publications on this subject. We retrieved a total of 635 research articles with “Board of Directors” keywords in the article title for further analysis. We used VOSviewer software to construct maps based on network data from scientific publications showing relationships between keywords, authors, countries, and journals. BOD research was dominated by authors affiliated with the United States and European institutions. In terms of co-occurrence, the top author keywords after the primary keyword were “firm performance”, “board composition”, “gender diversity”, “corporate governance”, and “agency theory”. Our results also suggest that political connection and tax avoidance may receive more attention in recent and upcoming years. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this research is the first to study the bibliometry of BOD research without any other keyword combination.
New 3D graphical representation for RNA structure analysis and its application in the pre-miRNA identification of plants

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a family of short non-coding RNAs that play significant roles as post-transcriptional regulators. Consequently, various methods have been proposed to identify precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs), among which the comparative studies of miRNA structures are the most important. To measure and classify the structural similarity of miRNAs, we propose a new three-dimensional (3D) graphical representation of the secondary structure of miRNAs, in which an miRNA secondary structure is initially transformed into a characteristic sequence based on physicochemical properties and frequency of base. A numerical characterization of the 3D graph is used to represent the miRNA secondary structure. We then utilize a novel Euclidean distance method based on this expression to compute the distance of different miRNA sequences for the sequence similarity analysis. Finally, we use this sequence similarity analysis method to identify plant pre-miRNAs among three commonly used datasets. Results show that the method is reasonable and effective.
Genetic and molecular dissection of quantitative traits and its application in rice breeding

1980 年代の終わりにトマトやトウモロコシにおいて DNAマーカーとその連鎖地図が作成されて以来,作物の 遺伝解析は飛躍的に進展した. イネにおいても,ゲノム 解析研究の進展に伴い,数多くのDNAマーカーが開発さ れ,それらが遺伝解析に広く利用されている(Sasaki 2003, IRGSP 2005). このなかでも,量的形質遺伝子座(QTL) のマッピングは,表現形質の遺伝学の飛躍的発展に貢献 してきた(Yano and Sasaki 1997, Yano 2001, Yamamoto and Yano 2008). 本稿では,著者が,これまでに多くの方々 との共同で取り組んできた出穂期をはじめとする種々の 量的形質に関与する QTLの検出やそれらの遺伝子単離, QTL解析のための実験系統群の整備および得られた情報 や選抜マーカーの育種への活用について紹介し(山本・ 矢野 2007),これからの研究展開を考えてみたい.
EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION SOURCES IN SELECTED ZONE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN PAKISTAN

The present work reports the gaseous emissions of the following industries, Interloop Textile (IP Tex), Crescent Textile (CT Tex), Kalash Textile (KH Tex), Noor Fatima Textile (NF Tex), Bashir Textile (BP Tex) and Hina Sana Texile (HS Tex), which are located in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Industries were tested for the mixture of gases containing carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) emitting from these industries. The maximum amounts of CO, NOx and SO2 were found as 4903 mg/Nm3, 437 mg/Nm3 and 3383 mg/Nm3 in boilers and 1927 mg/Nm3, 2297 mg/Nm3 and 0 mg/Nm3 in generators. Similarly concentrations of CO2 and H2 were found in the range of 58732-221964 mg/Nm3 and 0-174 mg/Nm3 in boilers and 21714-131429 mg/Nm3 and 0-174 mg/Nm3 in generators. The other factors of pollution in industries are temperature and noise whose values were found to be 521oC and 97 dB respectively. Smoke opacity of oil generators was found to be exceeding NEQS at 40%. Overall, the combustion efficiency of gas boilers is better than oil boilers and which is found better than generators up to 30%. On the basis of results found it can be concluded that natural gas is better fuel as compared to diesel oil and furnace oil and low state of combustion is unfavorable for use due to low oxidation of fuel.
Los Influencers Virtuales como herramienta publicitaria en la promoción de marcas y productos. Estudio de la actividad comercial de Lil Miquela

Introducción: En los últimos años se ha producido una progresiva e intensa migración de audiencias entre los medios de comunicación tradicionales y las nuevas fórmulas digitales, especialmente las redes sociales. Especialmente entre los sectores más jóvenes de la población y que, por tanto, presentan un perfil más atractivo como consumidores para los anunciantes, esta tendencia se agudiza. Esta modificación del panorama mediático exige la implementación de nuevas estrategias comunicativas y publicitarias por parte de los anunciantes. El auge de los denominados influencers ha supuesto una verdadera novedad a la hora de dar a conocer y aumentar el deseo consumo de marcas y productos de diferentes sectores. Metodología: Para llevar a cabo nuestro estudio hemos empleado una metodología multimétodo que consta principalmente del uso de la investigación científica cualitativa y cuantitativa para conseguir analizar estas estrategias comunicativas y sus posibilidades comerciales en el actual contexto digital. Resultados: El objeto de la presente investigación consiste en analizar el papel de los denominados influencers virtuales, avatares creados mediante técnicas de inteligencia artificial y realidad aumentada que permiten aunar las posibilidades comunicativas y publicitarias del influencer tradicional con el control absoluto de su actividad y “vida” en las redes. Discusión: Los influencers se han convertido en los líderes de opinión del siglo XXI y las marcas comerciales apuestan por ellos para lanzar sus mensajes. Conclusiones: Los influencers virtuales son un elemento necesario para entender la evolución de la comunicación publicitaria en el actual contexto digital.
Effects of concentrate level and chromium-methionine supplementation on the performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, and meat quality of Tan lambs

Objective This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of concentrate level and chromium-methionine (Cr-Met) supplementation on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of Tan lambs. Methods Sixty male Tan lambs (21±1.23 kg body weight) fed a finishing diet (concentrate-to-forage ratio: 35:65 [LC group] or 55:45 [HC group]) with daily Cr-Met supplementation (0, 0.75, or 1.50 g) were used in a completely randomized design with a 2×3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Results Lambs from the HC group had higher average daily gain, dry matter (DM) digestibility, dressing percentages, leg proportions, intramuscular fat (IMF) contents, and saturated fatty acid levels, but lower feed conversion ratios, globulin (GLB) and total protein (TP) concentrations, shear force, and monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) levels (all p<0.05). Cr-Met supplementation increased the DM digestibility, GLB and TP concentrations, rack and loin percentages, and cooking loss, but decreased the IMF contents and leg proportions (all p<0.05). Cr-Met supplementation at 0.75 g/d increased the conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) content in both the HC and LC groups (p<0.01). Significant interactions between the concentrate level and Cr-Met dosage were observed for MUFA (p<0.01) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) (p<0.01) levels. Meat from the lambs fed an unsupplemented LC diet presented the highest PUFA and MUFA levels (p<0.01). However, the MUFA and PUFA levels decreased significantly with increasing Cr-Met supplementation levels in the LC group (p<0.01), whereas the opposite trend was seen in the HC group. Conclusion The HC diet improved the growth performance of Tan lambs, increased their profitability by increasing leg and rack joint proportions, and improved meat quality by promoting an IMF content that was more visibly acceptable to consumers. Cr-Met supplementation at 0.75 g/d in a HC diet was the best choice and may be economically beneficial.
Extra Analysis of Health Care Policy for Patients with Corona Virus during COVID 19 and with Chronic Heart Failures and Roles of Nurses at Hospitals in Vietnam

The study aims to provide knowledge of self-care for patients with COVID 19 and with heart failures. In the United States, between 2011 and 2014, an estimated 6.5 million Americans over the age of 20 had chronic heart failure The estimated prevalence of heart failure in Asia ranges from 1.26% to 6.7%, in Southeast Asian countries from 4.5% to 6.7%. This study used Health education intervention that was carried out for 90 patients with chronic heart failure inpatient treatment at Cardiology Department - Nam Dinh General Hospital. The rate of heart failure in Korea was estimated at 1.53% in 2013. The frequency of heart failure in Korea is expected to double, from 1.60% in 2015 to 3.35% in 2040. By 2040, more than 1.7 million Koreans are expected to have heart failure . In Japan, an estimated 1.0 million patients have heart failure and the number of outpatients with left ventricular dysfunction is expected to gradually increase to 1.3 million by 2030 In China, 4.2 million people suffer from heart failure and 500,000 new cases are diagnosed each year). We perform method of one-group intervention study with before-after comparison. Health education intervention was carried out in 90 patients with chronic heart failure inpatient treatment at Cardiology Department - Nam Dinh General Hospital. Our results show that patients with cardiovascular disease need to be aware that they are a very high risk group for infection as well as serious complications that may occur if they are unfortunately infected with COVID-19. This research finding and recommended healthy foods to support for better health of patients with chronic heart failure in many developing countries. Last but not least, vital roles of nurses in Nam Dinh and Vietnam hospitals have been increasing in recent years in helping patients and help them to gain knowledge for self-care with COVID 19 and with heart failures and practice “Maintenance of care” of patients with chronic heart failure.
Learning manifolds from non-stationary streams

Streaming adaptations of manifold learning based dimensionality reduction methods, such as Isomap , are based on the assumption that a small initial batch of observations is enough for exact learning of the manifold, while remaining streaming data instances can be cheaply mapped to this manifold. However, there are no theoretical results to show that this core assumption is valid. Moreover, such methods typically assume that the underlying data distribution is stationary and are not equipped to detect, or handle, sudden changes or gradual drifts in the distribution that may occur when the data is streaming. We present theoretical results to show that the quality of a manifold asymptotically converges as the size of data increases. We then show that a Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) model, that uses a manifold-specific kernel function and is trained on an initial batch of sufficient size, can closely approximate the state-of-art streaming Isomap algorithms, and the predictive variance obtained from the GPR prediction can be employed as an effective detector of changes in the underlying data distribution. Results on several synthetic and real data sets show that the resulting algorithm can effectively learn lower dimensional representation of high dimensional data in a streaming setting, while identifying shifts in the generative distribution. For instance, key findings on a Gas sensor array data set show that our method can detect changes in the underlying data stream, triggered due to real-world factors, such as introduction of a new gas in the system, while efficiently mapping data on a low-dimensional manifold.
A Study of Thermal Degradation and Fire Behaviour of Polymer Composites and Their Gaseous Emission Assessment

The use of polymer composite materials in the aeronautics and automotive sectors has increased dramatically, and their fire behaviour has become a critical parameter in terms of fire safety. On this premise, it is critical to demonstrate that these composite materials constitute elements whose safety justifies a high level of confidence. This is based on their combustibility and the rate at which flammable and toxic gaseous species are emitted. Thus, strict fire safety regulations are enforced by the relevant authorities concerned because of their potential fire risk. This study analysed papers published between 1970 and 2021 that described the devices used to characterise the thermal behaviour of composite materials at various scales. The objective was to highlight the thermophysical phenomena, making it possible to accurately assess the flammability and thermal stability of polymer composite materials. The results of this research reveal that the small-scale facilities provide detailed understanding and mastery of the thermal reaction properties of the composites. While with the medium scale, the extended fire reaction parameters, which are the key indicators of the fire safety performance, can be determined. On a large scale, the tests were carried out using devices such as the NexGen burner recommended by the FAA. Therefore, with such assays, it is possible to assess the rates of thermal degradation as well as quantified pyrolysis gases. However, compared to other scales, there were very few works on a large scale. In addition, by focusing on the polluting nature of synthetic composite materials, there is also few research studies aimed at designing new polymer composite materials from biological sources.
Multidimensional Demographic Profiles for Fair Paper Recommendation

Despite double-blind peer review, bias affects which papers are selected for inclusion in conferences and journals. To address this, we present fair algorithms that explicitly incorporate author diversity in paper recommendation using multidimensional author profiles that include five demographic features, i.e., gender, ethnicity, career stage, university rank and geolocation. The Overall Diversity method ranks papers based on an overall diversity score whereas the Multifaceted Diversity method selects papers that fill the highestpriority demographic feature first. We evaluate these algorithms with Boolean and continuous-valued features by recommending papers for SIGCHI 2017 from a pool of SIGCHI 2017, DIS 2017 and IUI 2017 papers and compare the resulting set of papers with the papers accepted by the conference. Both methods increase diversity with small decreases in utility using profiles with either Boolean or continuous feature values. Our best method, Multifaceted Diversity, recommends a set of papers that match demographic parity, selecting authors who are 42.50% more diverse with a 2.45% gain in utility. This approach could be applied during conference papers, journal papers, or grant proposal selection or other tasks within academia.
Preparation and Chemical and Physical Characteristics of an Edible Film Based on Native Potato Starch and Nopal Mucilage

Edible films prepared from biological materials are being massively used. This study aimed to prepare edible films from native potato starch of the Allcca sipas variety (Solanum tuberosum subsp. Andigena), nopal mucilage (Opuntia ficus indica), and glycerol. Twelve edible films were prepared with starch, mucilage, and glycerin in different proportions by thermosynthesis. It was observed that mucilage and glycerol have a significant direct effect on film solubility and an inverse effect on aw, while the effect of starch is the opposite. The aw ranged from 0.562 to 0.639. The FTIR analysis showed the interaction of the components in the films being considerably influenced by the addition of mucilage. The TGA/DTA analysis reported low thermal stability in the films, retaining water around 100 °C, and showing a tendency to lose weight when the content of starch is high, while the opposite occurred with the addition of mucilage; it was also observed that around 310 °C, the maximum weight loss was observed between 53.6 and 86.1%. SEM images showed uniform films without cracks. The results are promising and show the possibility of preparing edible films from native potato starch and mucilage.