bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Digital Image Analysis Technique for Improved Strain Measurement in Geosynthetic Tensile Testing
Authors: Poggiogalle Tyler M. , Meehan Christopher L. , Clarke-Sather Abigail R. , Talebi Majid 
Published: February 2022

Abstract
Tensile testing of geosynthetics for measurement of strength and stiffness plays a critical role in the selection and specification of these materials for civil engineering applications. Measurement of the tensile properties of geotextiles is commonly performed via the wide-width strip method, where wide-width specimens are gradually strained to failure while being held in tight-gripping jaws or wrapped roller grips. During testing, material strains are inferred from the relative displacement of the grips. This approach does not properly account for slippage of the material in the gripping jaws or around the roller grip windings. Moreover, it inherently assumes a uniform distribution of strain across the tested specimen, which is often not the case at failure, as can readily be observed from visual examination of tested specimens. To address these issues, this paper utilizes a simple digital image analysis technique, implemented using open source software tools, to improve strain measurements in geosynthetic tensile testing. The presented technique is simple to use, low-cost, and can be deployed easily using readily available technology, making this technique useful for geotechnical engineering practitioners and laboratory testing managers in a production environment. Results from wide-width geotextile tensile tests on a polypropylene woven fabric are presented and analyzed using this technique; tests conducted using both tight-gripping jaws and wrapped roller grips show significant slippage, stress concentrations, and nonuniform strains. The technique that was utilized allowed for improved strain characterization across the entirety of a given tested specimen, which in turn yielded enhanced interpretation of geotextile test results.
Irish Grassland Research — main achievements and advancements in the past 60 yrs and where to progress to next
Authors: O’Donovan M. , Dillon P. , Conaghan P. , Hennessy D. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIn the last 60 yr Irish grassland production has increased substantially in no small part due to high-quality fundamental grassland research. Increased production from grassland has arisen from improved understanding (research and practice) of soil and plant nutrition, plant physiology and variety improvement, while improved understanding of feed evaluation, ruminant nutrition, grazing management and silage technology has contributed to increased utilisation of grassland. Annual grass DM production varies from 12.7 to 15.0 t DM/ha based on Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine grass variety trials. More recent data from PastureBase Ireland indicate that average annual grass production (2020) on efficient dairy and dry stock farms is 13.5 and 10.0 t DM/ha, respectively. Ireland is now one of the world leaders in grassland research, particularly in the area of grazing utilisation, the development and use of grassland databases, decision support systems and grass selection indices for grass varieties. Future pasture-based systems must extend beyond food production to deliver additional benefits to farmers, to consumers and the wider society. Future systems will require more robust grazing animals with healthier functional traits, more diverse swards supporting improved animal performance and require fewer fertiliser and chemical inputs, and will support more biodiversity and enhanced carbon storage.
On Asymptotic Regge Trajectories of Heavy Meson Resonances
Authors: Bugaev K.A. , Nikonov E.G. , Sorin A.S. , Zinovjev G.M. 
Published: February 2022

We performed the analysis of the asymptotic behavior of Regge trajectories of nonstrange and strange mesons and found that thewidth of heavy hadrons for these trajectories cannot linearly depend on their mass. Such a finding clearly demonstrates that a widely spread belief on the linear mass dependence of the resonance width contradicts the linearity of Regge trajectories on theMandelstam variable s. Using the data on masses and widths for ρJ––, ωJ––, aJ++,, and fJ++ mesons with the spin values J ≤ 6 and for K*J mesons with J ≤ 5, we extracted the parameters of the asymptotically linear Regge trajectories predicted by the finite-width model of quark gluon bags. It is shown that the parameters obtained for the data sets B and D are consistent with the cross-over temperaturedetermined by the lattice QCD simulations at the vanishing baryonic density and with the kinetic freeze-out temperature of early hadronizing particles found in relativistic heavy ion collisions at and above the highest SPS energy. Comparing the resonance width of sets B and D evaluated at the masses of Z and W bosons, respectively, we discovered that the calculated width values match that of the gauge bosons. We argue that such matches provide us with indirect, but the first experimental evidence for the compositeness of Z and W bosons. Based on these findings, we assume that Z, W, and Higgs bosons have the Regge trajectories which are similar to the asymptotic trajectories of the studied mesons. The predictions for the masses and widths of the Regge partners of Z and W bosons and for the mass dependence of the widths of Higgs boson Regge partners along with the values for the mass and width of the scalar Higgs mesons are made as well.
Orientation dependence of the fracture mechanisms in (V,Al)N coatings determined by micropillar compression
Authors: Schoof Markus R. , Gibson James S. K.-L. , Karimi Aghda Soheil , Hans Marcus , Schneider Jochen M. , Korte-Kerzel Sandra 
Published: February 2022

AbstractTransition metal aluminium nitrides produced by physical vapour deposition are widely used as hard, protective coatings in the manufacturing industries. To optimise coatings wear resistance while maintaining fracture toughness, an understanding of the mechanisms linking the microstructure and the orientation-dependent fracture behaviour is required. (V,Al)N coatings were synthesised by direct current and high power pulsed magnetron sputtering. Uniaxial compression testing was performed using micropillars oriented between 0° and 90° with respect to the growth direction to assess the effect of microstructure on the fracture behaviour. We show here that different fracture mechanisms are active depending on the alignment of grains and loading direction. The fracture behaviour could be divided into three classes associated with column buckling, decohesion or shearing and no significant difference between the specimens induced by the deposition process could be observed.
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A interdisciplinaridade no estágio supervisionado: (in) congruências na prática escolar
Authors: Astigarraga Andrea Abreu , Vieira Sabóia Railane Bento 
Published: February 2022

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar as (in) congruências encontradas na práxis interdisciplinar no Estágio Supervisionado em Educação Infantil. O contexto da pesquisa foi o Curso de Pedagogia da UVA, Ceará, e nas escolas públicas de um município cuja proposta pedagógica enfatiza avaliação externa no Infantil V e os eixos de Linguagens e Códigos. Pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa. Devido à ausência de documentação escrita e/ou virtual sobre currículo recentemente formulada, recorremos à entrevista com a coordenadora da Educação Infantil no supracitado local de pesquisa. Além deste instrumento metodológico, incluímos aplicação de questionário com 43 acadêmicas do sétimo e do oitavo períodos. Os resultados apontam como incongruências: a dificuldade inicial na aceitação dos estagiários pelos gestores e professores; a aplicação das provas externas no mesmo período do estágio nas turmas do Infantil V; a exigência de mudança na estrutura e nos temas dos projetos para adequação aos eixos de Linguagens e Códigos, entre outros. Por outro lado, reconhecemos como congruências: a criação de um espaço de diálogo com as professoras e gestoras escolares; aceitação e fortalecimento das práticas lúdicas; a superação da fragmentação de conhecimentos, de forma a contribuir significativamente na formação das (os) pedagogas (os), aliando teoria e prática.
Automatic Waveform Quality Control for Surface Waves Using Machine Learning
Authors: Chai Chengping , Kintner Jonas , Cleveland Kenneth M. , Luo Jingyi , Maceira Monica , Ammon Charles J. 
Published: February 2022

Abstract
Surface-wave seismograms are widely used by researchers to study Earth’s interior and earthquakes. To extract information reliably and robustly from a suite of surface waveforms, the signals require quality control screening to reduce artifacts from signal complexity and noise. This process has usually been completed by human experts labeling each waveform visually, which is time consuming and tedious for large data sets. We explore automated approaches to improve the efficiency of waveform quality control processing by investigating logistic regression, support vector machines, K-nearest neighbors, random forests (RF), and artificial neural networks (ANN) algorithms. To speed up signal quality assessment, we trained these five machine learning (ML) methods using nearly 400,000 human-labeled waveforms. The ANN and RF models outperformed other algorithms and achieved a test accuracy of 92%. We evaluated these two best-performing models using seismic events from geographic regions not used for training. The results show that the two trained models agree with labels from human analysts but required only 0.4% of the time. Although the original (human) quality assignments assessed general waveform signal-to-noise, the ANN or RF labels can help facilitate detailed waveform analysis. Our investigations demonstrate the capability of the automated processing using these two ML models to reduce outliers in surface-wave-related measurements without human quality control screening.
Formulation, Evaluation and Comparison of the Polyherbal Shampoo with the Commercial Shampoos
Authors: Madhusudhan M. , Rao M. Krishnaji , Radha G.V. , Ganapathy S. 
Published: February 2022

<p>The present study investigated the effect of Liquid Polyherbal shampoo prepared using herbal extracts with a prominence on safety and efficacy. Polyherbal shampoos prepared using the natural extracts like Pomegranate peel, Reetha, Amla &amp; Hibiscus in different concentrations. Physico-chemical properties and its stability evaluated for manufactured Polyherbal shampoos. Statistical software used to optimize the formulations and to understand main &amp; interaction effects on the shampoo properties along with comparison with commercial products. Prepared Liquid Polyherbal shampoos pH values are nearer to the skin pH. The shampoos containing higher level of Pomegranate content revealed higher detergency and anti-dandruff effect, Amla as well as Reetha showed significant effect on the foaming capacity and cleaning action and similar to commercial formulations. Higher quantity of Hibiscus concentration shown better conditioning behaviour. The manufactured shampoos were stable, unvarying, thicker and comparable as that of commercially marketed shampoos. Based on the Design expert statistical evaluation of results, liquid shampoo formulations containing 1%-3% w/w of Amla, 6%-10% w/w of Pomegranate, 10%-15% w/w Reetha and 11.25%â€“15% w/w of Hibiscus Polyherbal shampoos exhibited superior performance compared with marketed formulations. LS6, LS16, LS17 &amp; LS20 preparations were identified as the greatest and optimum formulations based on physico-chemical related properties. The identified Polyherbal shampoos have an excellent cleansing, detergency, anti-dandruff effect, conditioning and foaming ability and is ideal for normal hair and has favourable pH with stable organoleptic features. Selected formulations stability results found satisfactory up to 6 months.Â </p>
Modifiable Factors Influencing Resilience among Medical Interns
Authors: Xuan Ong Yu , Hassan Nurulhuda Mat , Daud Norwati , Nik Mahdi Nik Nor Ronaidi , Ibrahim Mohd Salami , Yusop Yuzana Mohd 
Published: February 2022

Resilience among the medical interns is essential and is protective against the state of burnout. However, it is not thoroughly investigated among medical interns. Is there any behavioural and modifiable factors influencing resilience? The objective of this study is to determine the level of resilience among medical interns in Malaysia and its associated factors. This nationwide cross-sectional study recruited medical interns from 17 randomly selected Malaysian hospitals accredited for medical intern training. All medical interns who reported to the selected hospitals from January to April 2020 were invited to answer an online questionnaire. The questionnaire incorporated Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) for resilience, USMEQ-i to measure emotional quotient, Brief-Cope to assess coping styles, Preparedness for Hospital Practice Questionnaire (PHPQ test) to assess internship preparedness and questions related to sociodemographic, undergraduate training and interest to become a doctor.<strong> </strong>524 from 870 medical interns (60.2%) responded. Mean resilience score was 28.6 (SD = 6.33). Significant factors associated with resilience include active involvement in sports (p = 0.002), high EQ (p&lt;0.001), interest to become a doctor (p&lt;0.001), coping using humour (p&lt;0.001), less coping by venting (p&lt;0.001) and no failures in any clinical posting (p = 0.012). The regression model was substantiated by adjusted R2 of 62.8%.Â Factors affecting resilience among medical interns include modifiable factors such as coping styles and involvement in sports. The findings could guide targeted intervention to promote during medical schools or internship preparation programmes to increase resilience among medical interns.
Prospective Cross-Sectional Study of the Uses of Non-prescription Analgesics among Hail Residents
Authors: Alluqmani Hadeel M. , Alharbi Wafa O. , Al Marri Sarah B. , Alanzi Meead M. , Alanzi Laila Y. , Hussein Weiam A. , Khojali Weam M. A. , Alshammari Farhan A. 
Published: February 2022

<p>The aim of this paper was to describe the general status of the use of non-prescription analgesics (NPA) among the residents of Hail city to ensure the safe use of non-prescription analgesics. Â One hundred participants with different diseases were studied consecutively from January to March 2020. Data were collected with an online, semi-structured questionnaire; the obtained data were converted into statistical data using Microsoft Excel 2013. Most participants were taking a single, non-prescription analgesic (87.5%), while combination analgesic products were used by only 12.5% of participants. Using over-the-counter analgesics is common among residents of Hail, and most of those studied use these products in moderation and do not exceed the recommended dose. Acetaminophen is the most widely used product, but people also use NSAIDs and amphetamine-like products. The use of over-the-counter analgesics is common among residents of Hail, and most of the participants in this study use these products in moderation and do not exceed the recommended dose; therefore, exposure of patients to an increased risk of adverse effects of these products is out of the question, and this indicates that a large group of people in this region knows the risk of analgesics overuse. New studies are needed to help improve the approaches to the use of NPA drugs</p>
Optimum density of <i>Eocanthecona furcellata</i> (Wolff) (Hemiptera:Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) to be considered for mass production under laboratory conditions
Authors: Sravika A. , Shylesha A. N. , Jagadish K. S. , Shivalingaswamy T. M. , Nagaraju N. , Sheshshayee M. S. 
Published: February 2022

<p><em>Eocanthecona furcellata</em> (Wolff) is a potential native predator of lepidopteran larvae that can be easily reared under laboratory conditions and released in augmentative biocontrol for management of pests in various crops. For successful mass production of any predator cannibalism under crowded rearing conditions is the major limiting factor. In the present study, attempts were made to know the ideal population considered for group rearing with minimal or no cannibalism. It was recorded that the predator population of 5 to 25 on <em>Corcyra cephalonica</em> (S.) and <em>Galleria mellonella</em> L. and 5 to 30 on <em>Samia cynthia ricini</em> Boisd. and <em>Spodoptera litura</em> F. was feasible for group rearing with higher percent survival rate when reared in different group arenas. The survival percent was higher on hosts, <em>C. cephalonica</em>, <em>G. mellonella</em>, <em>S. litura</em> and recorded lower on <em>S. cynthia ricini</em> under group rearing condition.Â </p>
Prehypertension and Hypertension Risk Assessment Among Female Cotton Mill Workers
Authors: Jacob Divya Raichu , Vigasini Nora 
Published: February 2022

<p><strong>Aim of the Study:</strong> The present study aimed to determine the risk of prehypertension and hypertension and its association with certain occupational, sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants. <strong>Material and Methods:</strong> A descriptive study was conducted among 180 female cotton mill workers in the production sector of two cotton spinning mills in Central Travancore, Kerala. A questionnaire was framed to elicit information regarding occupational, sociodemographic and lifestyle variables. Blood pressure readings and anthropometric measurements like body height and weight were recorded. <strong>Results:</strong> The prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among the workers were found to be 30% and 7.22% respectively. It was observed that age and body mass index were statistically significant with prehypertension and hypertension (p&lt;0.05) compared to the number of years of employment in the mills, education, annual family income and physical activity which were not statistically significant. Pearsonâ€™s correlation test revealed that age and body mass index were positively correlated with mean blood pressure. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The present study observed a higher percentage of prehypertension among the workers. This stresses on the importance of early identification and control of more modifiable risk factors in the prevention and treatment of prehypertension and hypertension.Â </p>
EATING VEGETABLES BEFORE CARBOHYDRATES DECREASE ENERGY INTAKE OF TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS
Authors: Widyasari Dian Eka , - Sugiarto , Indarto Dono 
Published: February 2022

Diabetes mellitus is a non-communicable disease that has increased significantly in Indonesia and worldwide. Dietary arrangements through diet therapy are beneficial for improving the performance of the pancreas in producing and stimulating the work of insulin. This study aimed to determine the effect of the order of vegetable and carbohydrate consumptions on the decrease of energy intake. Method used randomized control trial with pre-post design. A total of 24 people with non-complicating type-2 diabetes mellitus aged 18-65 years were assigned into 3 groups ; control group (C), vegetable before carbohydrate group (P1), and vegetable with carbohydrate group (P2) . Energy intake before and after the intervention was measured using a 24-hour food recall. To compare pre-post intervention, paired T-test were used, meanwhile to compare difference among groups data were analysed using ANOVA. A significant decrease in energy intake was found in P1 where the mean values of C and P1 were 17.75 ± 12.40 calories and 155.27 ± 23.40 calories (p < 0.001), and mean values of P1 and P2 were 155.27 ± 23.40 calories and 4.54 ± 48.99 calories (p < 0.001). The order of vegetable before carbohydrate consumption decreases energy intake of type-2 diabetes mellitus patients.
KUALITAS PELAYANAN E-KTP (Studi Pada Pelayanan Kartu Tanda Penduduk Elektronik (KTP-el) Pada Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Tengah)
Authors: Hadiyanor Enly , Widyanti Febi 
Published: February 2022

Tujuanpenelitianiniadalahuntukmengetahui kualitas pelayanane-KTP pada DinasKependudukandan Pencatatan Sipil KabupatenHulu Sungai Tengah.Teori yang digunakan mengacu kepada standar pelayanan publik yang ditetapkan UU No. 25 Tahun 2009 Tentang Pelayanan Publik, yaitu prosedur, waktu penyelesaian, biaya pelayanan, sarana dan prasarana, kompetensi petugas. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan tipe deskriptif.Jenisdatayangdigunakanberupadataprimerdandatasekunder.Teknikpengumpulan datadengan observasi,wawancara, dandokumentasi, serta interaktif model analysis Miles and Huberman (2005). Hasil penelitianmenunjukkanbahwa kualitas pelayanan e-KTP) pada DinasKependudukandanPencatatanSipilKabupatenHuluSungaiTengah terkategori cukup baik, berdasarkan analisis indikator standar pelayanan publik.
RELATOS DE TRABALHO DE CAMPO NO PARQUE ESTADUAL DA SERRA DOURADA (GOIÁS):
Authors: Mateus Natalia Barbosa , Morais Márcio José Pires de , Oliveira Sebastião de Souza , Carneiro Vandervilson Alves 
Published: February 2022

A geograficidade de paisagens abióticas consiste numa gama de ambientes hidrológicos, espeleológicos, paleontológicos, geológicos e geomorfológicos. Tal sejam as naturezas de cada elemento, tomada em seu conjunto dão origem a variedades de paisagens. Entende-se por natureza de tais elementos, do ponto de vista macro, a localização, o clima, a dureza dos minerais, fósseis, tipos de relevo que se materializam em eventos do tipo falhas, dobras, quedas d’água, canais fluviais, cavernas, mirantes, afloramentos e outros. Este trabalho cumpre a responsabilidade de uma pesquisa acadêmica, na referida temática, sem perder de vista potencial uso destas experiências com outras instituições de ensino e sociedades como um todo. Essa iniciativa, todavia, responsabiliza os autores e o Curso de Mestrado em Geografia da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG), Campus Cora Coralina (Cidade de Goiás / GO) realizada no Parque Estadual da Serra Dourada (GO) em 16/06/2019. Dado que por meio de fotografias, narrativas e descrição dos componentes naturais, podem-se concluir os objetivos. Percebeu-se que os pontos visitados apresentam o potencial necessário de auxiliar e de fundamentar explicações ligadas ao ensino de Geociências, de Geografia com destaque para a Geodiversidade em ambiente de Cerrado.