Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mathematical Model for Determining the Medical Body Mass Index of Humans and the Achievement of Individual Personal Medical Transformation in Nigeria

The research is concerned with the development of a mathematical model for estimating the Medical Body Mass Index of human beings in relation to some of their anthropometric parameters (weight and height). The model was optimized to know whether it is possible for humans to have a maximum or minimum medical Body Mass Index. However, the optimization result showed that there is no specific human medical Body Mass Index that could be called a maximum or minimum. It also means that when human beings don’t watch their intake, they could assume any medical BMI whether high or low. Hence, the study places high emphasis on regular watching of weight and reduction in calorie intake in order to maintain a healthy medical BMI and thereby encouraging a personal medical transformation. The population sample for the research was the Taraba State of Nigeria’s Community.
Variation in the Alcohol Components of Coffea arabica L. Wastewater Distillate Fermented Under Different Conditions

Coffee is the second-most consumed beverage in the world, and its high demand is covered by countries such as Peru, where the waste generated in production causes environmental pollution. We sought to determine the concentration of alcohol components and other volatiles compounds present in the distillate, after fermenting wastewater from the first wash in the wet processing of Coffea arabica var. catimor under five conditions: C1 (pasteurized + 0.325 g sucrose + 8.000 g S. cerevisiae), C2 = (pasteurized + 8.000 g S. cerevisiae), C3 (0.325 g sucrose + 8.000 g S. cerevisiae), C4 = (8.000 g S. cerevisiae), and C5 = (natural state). The solid-phase microextraction technique was used to determine the composition of the distillates by gas chromatography (GC). 35 components were detected, 11 of them under all conditions. Ethanol was the most abundant element in all five fermentation conditions. Condition 1 shows the highest value at 97.29 μg. mL-1, though all five concentrations can be considered high. This study shows that wastewater from the wet processing of coffee can have agro-industrial use as a value-added product. Postharvest Peruvian coffee is amenable to strategies aligned with the sustainable development goal of reducing food losses along production and supply chains.
IOT BASED SMART ENERGY METER MONITORING AND CONTROLLING SYSTEM

Since today`s energy meters have many drawbacks like two way communication, real time monitoring, energy tampered, etc. To cope up with these disadvantages. This paper projects the means to monitor energy consumption at domestic level. This helps in reducing energy consumptions and monitors the units consumed. The objective is to make the electrical appliances intelligent and provide comfort to consumer and to reduce power consumption in web applications. Design and implementation of the project is mainly based on Arduino UNO controller and IOT technology. If any tampering occurs the controller will send the data to the server as well as it is cut down the energy supply automatically. Ethernet performs the IOT operation through which the data is send to the web page.
EFFECT OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL ON FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN KENYA

The business environment within which the SACCOs operate has been very volatile. The increasing importance of intellectual capital as the main assets for organizations in the changing knowledge-based economy, where IC played an important role in the existence and continuity of those organizations, in addition to locating it between competitors. The study determined the effect of intellectual capital disclosure on financial sustainability of savings and credit cooperative societies in Kenya. The study specifically established the effect of human capital, structural capital, relational capital and customer capital on financial sustainability of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Kenya. This study was hinged on stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory, resource-based theory, human capital theory and constraint induced financial innovation theory. The study adopted descriptive research design. The study
A Basic Study for Tailor-made Body-powered Prosthetic Hand

The objective of this research is to investigate a feasibility of tailor-made production for body-powered prosthetic hand. A body-powered prosthetic hand has been expected to be a common device because of its functionality and economical efficiency. In spite of the advantages, only 20% of Japanese amputees use the body-powered prosthetic hand. In order to improve ampu tees’ satisfaction, there are two important topics to be solved. They are a user customization of prosthesis and an application of non-metal material. As a solution of the first topic, a framework of digital prototyping environment is introduced to customize prosthesis. The digital prototyping environment consist of four modules: 3D-CAD system, standard parts library, modeling rule base and rapid prototyping machine. A tentative implementation of the digital prototyping environment is employed to evaluate a tailor-made design process of an alternative-style prosthetic hand. Concerning to the second topic, a segment composition method is proposed to fabricate complex and hollow shape FRP parts. Prototype development of a hook shows proposed approach can fabricate complicated and hollow shape FRP parts. In this article, outline of proposed use-customization framework is explained. Then, a case study of design and evaluation of novel device is shown. Furthermore, FRP parts fabrication examples are also illustrated.
STABILITY FOR IMPOSING ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN THE FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION

人工的边界条件为无界的领域上的 wavefields 的有效、精确的计算是关键的，是著名的。 在这份报纸，我们调查稳定性分析因为波浪方程结合了吸收边界条件的第一和第二份订单。 计算计划也被开发。 途径允许吸收边界条件自然地被强加，它使让我们为吸收边界条件构造高顺序计划更容易。 一第三 -- 有集体 lumping 的顺序 Lagrange 有限元素方法被使用获得波浪方程的空间 discretization。 产生计划是稳定的并且自从没有矩阵倒置被需要在，是很有效的每次走。 而且，我们为充分分离的计划显示出抽象、明确的有条件的稳定性结果。 结果对在计算设计计算参数有用。 数字计算被说明显示出我们的方法的效率和精确性。 特别地，实质上，没有边界思考在人工的边界被看见。 [从作者抽象]
Machine Learning-Based Optimization of Dose Uniformity for Ion Implantation Systems

1 Machine Learning-Based Optimization of Dose Uniformity for Ion Implantation Systems Christopher Lang (MIT), Duane Boning (MIT), Rick Sprenkle (AMAT), Eric Wilson (AMAT), Ana Samolov (AMAT) langc@mit.edu,. boning@mit.edu, Rick_Sprenkle@amat.com, Eric_Wilson@amat.com, Ana_Samolov@amat.com Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, 60 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: +1 -9782-201-1962
To Dampen the Low Frequency Oscillations in the Power System Using the Supplementory Controller Design For the IPFC

: This paper discusses the implementation of the interline power flow controller (IPFC) to damping low-frequency oscillations (LFOs) and proposes a new particle swarm optimization based multistage fuzzy (PSOMSF) DC-voltage regulator for the IPFC to dampen LFOs in power systems. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is evaluated under different operating conditions compared with genetic algorithm based multistage fuzzy (GAMSF) DC-voltage regulator. The robust performance of the proposed regulator has been demonstrated through time-simulation studies.
A Novel Application of the Copula Function to Correlation Analysis of Hushen300 Stock Index Futures and HS300 Stock Index

— Stock index futures is grounded in hedging, with correlation between stock index futures and stock index spot is important due to its significance in asset pricing and venture management. In this paper, we apply the static and time varying Copula functions, by which correlation of HS300 stock index future and HS300 index is analyzed in detail. Our research shows that, just before and after the official launching of HS300 stock index futures, difference between the average rate of return of HS300 index is smooth, but fluctuation of the former is much obvious as compared with the latter. Furthermore, to model the correlation of HS300 stock index future and HS300 stock index, the t-Copula function is the best static function, while the low-tail correlated Rotated Gumbel Copula function is the most suitable time varying function.
Moringa (M. oleifera) Leaf Meal in Diets for Broilers and Laying Hens: A Review

The cost of feed ingredients in poultry production is constantly increasing and it is one of the main constraints globally and especially in low income countries. As a consequence, scientists search for cheap and available sources of feed protein. The M. oleifera leaves have not only high protein but also excellent nutritive and biological properties. This review summarises results and findings of research related to the application of M. oleifera leaf as source of feed protein in broiler and egg production. Studies showed that leaf meals used as protein source led to improvement in growth and egg production parameters with up to 10% M. oleifera leaves in chicken diets. On the other side, there are restrictions on utilization of leaf meal in chicken diets by its high dietary fibre content and the presence of anti-nutritive compounds. This review also highlights previous results indicating a positive effect of M. oleifera leaves on carcass traits and egg quality, specially pigmentation of broiler meat and egg yolk and a tendency in cholesterol reduction in blood and eggs. A couple of studies have shown a beneficial influence on the antioxidant status and intestinal microbiota which were considered as health promoting in birds. In conclusion the use of M. oleifera leaves meal can improve growth performance and egg production. Of high interest is its potential to promote animal health. However, more research is needed to find out effects of M. oleifera leaves meal on functional traits, including ileal nutrient digestibility, especially considering amino acids, and on the gut microbiota for a better understanding of the mode of action of this plant.
Development of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TiAl6V4 Processed by Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing

Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has the potential to significantly reduce material waste due to the milling of components made of TiAl6V4 (Ti‐64). To keep up with the market development, this resource‐efficient technology is becoming increasingly important to achieve climate policy goals. Therefore, this study not only focuses on the influence of different process parameters, such as torch and wire feed speed, but also different gas mixtures on the microstructure and related mechanical properties, as well as on the scalability by investigating single‐ to multilayer welded structures. The wire feed speed is found to have a major influence on the geometry and mechanical properties. The use of different process gases, i.e., argon (Ar), helium (He), and a mixture of 70% He and 30% Ar neither significantly affect the microstructure nor the mechanical properties. It is also found that a solution heat treatment followed by an annealing step degrades mechanical properties, while an ordinary stress‐relief heat treatment leads to improved mechanical properties. It is shown that by adapting WAAM process and heat treatment parameters, mechanical properties of additively produced specimens can be achieved, which are fully comparable to milled components.
Melting Experiments on Fe‐O‐H and Fe‐H: Evidence for Eutectic Melting in Fe‐FeH and Implications for Hydrogen in the Core

We examined liquidus phase relations in Fe‐O ± H at ∼40 and ∼150 GPa, and in Fe‐H at 45 GPa. While it has been speculated that Fe and FeH form continuous solid solution to core pressures, our experiment on Fe‐H showed that FeH0.20 forms with the hcp structure, different from fcc for stoichiometric FeH, and melts at temperature lower than that for FeH, suggesting eutectic melting between Fe and FeH. It is consistent with the liquidus phase diagram in Fe‐O‐H, which implies the Fe‐FeH binary eutectic liquid composition of FeH0.42 at ∼40 GPa. These experiments also demonstrated the partition coefficient of H between solid Fe and liquid, DH (solid/liquid) = 0.77–0.89. We estimated the outer core liquid composition based on the liquidus phase relations, solid‐liquid partitioning, and outer/inner core densities and velocities, indicating that O and either H or Si are important core light elements.
ASSESSING ESCAPE ROOMS AS A TEACHING STRATEGY FOR LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT

This study examined escape rooms as a teaching strategy for developing four leadership competencies associated with communication. The results indicate that escape rooms are an effective teaching strategy for communication competency development in leadership education. One hundred and five participants engaged in an escape room experience followed by a discussion focused on the competencies. The findings indicated a significant positive change from pre-test to post-test in all four student leadership competencies measured, including verbal communication, listening, advocating for a point of view, and conflict negotiation. Leadership educators should consider escape rooms as a pedagogical tool for competency development and may wish to explore alternative serious games to align with their learning objectives.
Kepercayaan Publik (Public Trust) Terhadap Polisi: Studi Mengenai Wacana Public Dalam #Percumalaporpolisi Dengan Pendekatan Big Data Analysis

AbstrakPenelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat social network analysis antara akun satu dengan yang lain mengenai diskursus publik berdasarkan tagar #Percumalaporpolisi dan #PolriSesuaiProsedur. Penelitian ini menjadi penting karena penelitian ini akan menunjukkan sejauh mana kepercayaan masyarakat kepada institusi kepolisian. Penelitian akan dilakukan dalam 3 tahapan. Pertama analisis big data untuk melihat jaring pembicaraan netizen terkait tagar #Percumalaporpolisi dan tagar yang menjadi kontranya. Kedua, survey kuantitatif di 5 kab/kota di Provinsi Banten. Ketiga, FGD untuk memperkuat gambaran komprehensif terkait pembicaraan publik mengenai kepercayaan pada kepolisian. Hasil data menggambarkan bahwa tag #Percumalaporpolisi menggambarkan isu yang organik dibandingkan #PolriSesuaiProsedur yang lebih berpusat pada satu posisi. Hasil penelitian juga memperlihatkan bagaimana masyarakat merespon tagar tersebut dan menghasilkan efek filter buble yang mendorong munculnya opini dan perilaku yang seragam di masyarakat.Keywords: Big Data Analysis, Kepercayaan public, Tagar, Polisi
Beyond the Rosenfeld Functional: Loop Contributions in Fundamental Measure Theory

The Rosenfeld functional provides excellent results for the prediction of the fluid phase of hard convex particle systems but fails beyond the freezing point. The reason for this limitation is the neglect of orientational and distance correlations beyond the particle diameter. In the current article we resolve this restriction and generalize the fundamental measure theory to an expansion in intersection centers. It is shown that the intersection probability of particle systems is described by an algebra, represented by Rosenfeld's weight functions. For subdiagrams of intersection networks we derive vertex functions that provide the building blocks for the free energy functional. Their application is illustrated by deriving the Rosenfeld functional and its leading correction which is exact in the third virial order. Furthermore, the methods are used to derive an approximate functional for the infinite sum over Mayer ring diagrams. Comparing this result to the White Bear mark II functional, we find general agreement between both results.
Sustainability of Suburban Industrial Development through Place Attachment

This research uses urban space reconstruction as the entry point, discussing the characteristics of residents’ sense of place in Lingang new town, Shanghai, based on the method of factor analysis to divide the sense of place into place attachment, place identity, and place dependence. On the whole, residents’ sense of place in Lingang new town is at a common level, and the comprehensive score of residents’ sense of place in Lingang new town is "more than half". Meanwhile, place attachment is the highest, place dependence is the lowest, and place identity is in the middle. Therefore, the sense of place mainly depends on place attachment. Using an independent T test and variance analysis to explore the characteristics of the sense of place, this paper has found that age, income level, education level, household registration, and migration patterns have significantly different influences on the three dimensions of the sense of place. There is no difference in gender and the type of occupation, whether they are working in Lingang New Town or not. The research on the sense of place in suburban industrial development zones presents a new perspective for solving the social space problems in the development zone. Finally, this research suggests improving the construction of public facilities, paying more attention to youth groups’ sense of place, and enhancing the sense of belonging to the highly educated groups and high-income groups, as well as strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation between the new town and the main city. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-07-014 Full Text: PDF
Role of Sirtuins in Diabetes and Age-Related Processes

The practice of intermittent fasting continues to grow as a widely practiced diet trend due to its feasibility and reported high success rate. By practicing intermittent fasting, levels of sirtuin proteins (SIRTs), also known as the longevity protein, rise in the body and bring numerous health benefits. Currently, seven SIRTs have been described in humans in different locations of the cell with a wide variety of corresponding functions including gene transcription, DNA repair, and protection against oxidative damage. SIRT activators, such as resveratrol found in red wine, are also commonly consumed to amplify the health benefits associated with protection against diabetes and age-related disease processes. The purpose of this review is to explore the interaction of intermittent fasting on SIRT levels and how the increase in these proteins impacts age-related disease processes. The understanding of SIRTs is continuously evolving as more interactions and SIRT-specific activators are being revealed. New discoveries are crucial for forming potential therapeutics that delay many common diseases and promote healthy living.
Electrical and thermal transport by nodal quasiparticles in the d -density-wave state

We compute the electrical and thermal conductivities and Hall conductivities of the d-density-wave (DDW) state in the low-temperature impurity-scattering-dominated regime for low dopings, at which they are dominated by nodal quasiparticles. We show that the longitudinal conductivity in this limit in the DDW state is not Drude like. However, the thermal conductivity is Drude like: this is a reflection of the discrepancy between electrical and thermal transport at finite frequency in the DDW state. An extreme example of this occurs in the μ=0, Τ→∞ limit, where there is a strong violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law: κ x x /σ x x ∞T 2 at ω=0 and κ x x /σ x x =0 at finite frequency. The DDW electrical and thermal Hall conductivities are linear in the magnetic field, B. for weak fields. The formation of Landau levels at the nodes leads to the quantization of these Hall conductivities at high fields. In all of these ways, the quasiparticles of the DDW state differ from those of the d x 2 - y 2 superconducting state.
Comparative effects of free doxorubicin, liposome encapsulated doxorubicin and liposome co-encapsulated alendronate and doxorubicin (PLAD) on the tumor immunologic milieu in a mouse fibrosarcoma model

Background: We have previously shown that alendronate, an amino-bisphosphonate, when reformulated in liposomes, can significantly enhance the efficacy of cytotoxic chemotherapies and help remodel the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment towards an immune-permissive milieu resulting in increased anticancer efficacy. In addition, we have previously shown that the strong metal-chelating properties of alendronate can be exploited for nuclear imaging of liposomal biodistribution. To further improve anticancer efficacy, a pegylated liposome formulation co-encapsulating alendronate and doxorubicin (PLAD) has been developed. In this study, we examined the effects of PLAD on the tumor immunologic milieu in a mouse fibrosarcoma model in which the tumor microenvironment is heavily infiltrated with tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) that are associated with poor prognosis and treatment resistance. Methods: Doxorubicin biodistribution, characterization of the tumor immunologic milieu, cellular doxorubicin uptake, and tumor growth studies were performed in Balb/c mice bearing subcutaneously implanted WEHI-164 fibrosarcoma cells treated intravenously with PLAD, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD), free doxorubicin, or vehicle. Results: PLAD delivery resulted in a high level of tumor doxorubicin that was 20 to 30-fold greater than in free doxorubicin treated mice, and non-significantly higher than in PLD treated mice. PLAD also resulted in increased uptake in spleen and slightly lower plasma levels as compared to PLD. Importantly, our results showed that PLAD, and to a lesser extent PLD, shifted cellular drug uptake to TAM and to monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), while there was no drug uptake in neutrophilic MDSC or lymphoid cells. Free doxorubicin cellular drug uptake was below detectable levels. PLAD, and to a lesser extent PLD, also induced significant changes in number and functionality of tumor-infiltrating TAM, MDSC, Treg, NKT, and NK cells that are consistent with enhanced antitumor immune responses in the tumor microenvironment. In contrast, free doxorubicin induced moderate changes in the tumor microenvironment that could promote (decreased Treg) or be detrimental to antitumor immune responses (decreased M1 TAM and NK cells). These immune modulatory effects are reflected in the therapeutic study which showed that PLAD and PLD inhibited tumor growth and significantly prolonged survival, while free doxorubicin showed little or no anticancer activity. Conclusion: We show that liposomal delivery of doxorubicin not only alters pharmacokinetics, but also dramatically changes the immune modulatory activity of the drug cargo. In addition, our data support that the PLAD nanotheranostic platform further enhances some immune changes that may act in synergy with its cytotoxic chemotherapy effects.
No sex differences in evoked contractile properties after fatiguing isometric and isotonic exercise for the plantar flexors

Abstract Objectives: Females tend to fatigue less than males after isometric exercise, but less is clear for isotonic exercise. Further, there have been relatively few sex comparisons for fatigability of the plantar flexors (PFs). We sought to investigate potential sex differences in contractile properties after a sustained maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and isotonic contractions. Methods: Twenty-seven physically active males (n=14; 22±2 yrs) and females (n=13; 21±2 yrs) randomly performed a 2 min MVIC and 120 concentric isotonic (30% MVIC) contractions for the PFs on separate visits. Before and after each fatiguing task, muscle activation was obtained from brief MVICs, which was followed (~2 sec) by tibial nerve stimulation at rest. Contractile properties including peak twitch, absolute and normalized time to peak twitch, and half relaxation time were calculated. Results: No sex differences existed for fatigue-induced changes in muscle activation (p=0.09-0.41; d=0.33-0.69) or contractile properties (p=0.19-0.96; d=0.06-0.94). Conclusions: Peripheral fatigue, as indicated by contractile parameters, did not differ between sexes after isometric or isotonic exercise. The PFs similar fiber type proportions between sexes or greater fiber type heterogeneity may explain why sex differences in fatigability, though common in other muscle groups (e.g., knee extensors), were not expressed in this muscle group.