Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Longitudinal follow-up of physical activity from preschool to school age: the ELOS-Pré study

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify if the practice of physical activity in the preschool age (3-5 years) is predictive of this behavior after entering the school age (5-7 years). A longitudinal, school-based study with 700 children enrolled in public and private schools of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, who were evaluated in 2010 and followed in 2012. The study variables were the time spent in outdoor games and plays (a measure referred to by the parents / guardians of children through questionnaire applied as an interview) and the level of physical activity (objective measure obtained by the Actigraph accelerometer). The latter measure was extracted from a subsample (n = 98) of children. To analyze data, binary logistic regression was used. Children who spent 60+ minutes per day in this type of activity were 45% more likely of maintaining this behavior after entering the school age (OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.02-2.07, p = 0.04). In addition, children who presented global NAF measure of 300+ counts / minute in 2010 were 173% more likely of maintaining this level of physical activity after entering the school age (OR = 2.73, 95% CI, 98-7.59, p = 0.06). It was verified that the practice of physical activity in the preschool age is a predictor of this behavior after entering the school age. It is suggested the development of campaigns to inform parents and teachers about the importance of early adherence to physical activity recommendations.
Extent of Adoption of Recommended Technologies in Mango

Mango is one of the most important tropical fruits of the world and it has been rightly referred to as the “King of fruits in India”. Indo Burmasian region and Philippines are considered to be the probable places of the origin of mango. The mango is one of the most ancient fruits of India. The botanical name for the mango is Mangnifera indica L belongs to the dicotyledonous family, Anacardiaceae. It is the leading fruit crop of India cultivated in about 1.28 million hectares, with total production about 10.81 tones, with an average productivity of 8.44 tonnes per hectare. The fully ripened fruits are not only considered delicious table fruits but also used in the preparations like jam, jelly, squash, syrups and the like. In Tamil Nadu, it is one of the most important fruits and cultivated in almost all parts. Hence, a study was taken up to assess the adoption of recommended technologies by the farmers in mango crop.
Investigating Employees’ Views on Fraud Awareness and Anti-Fraud Strategy

The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of an anti-fraud strategy and to find out the level of fraud awareness of employees in PT XYZ, one of the selfregulatory organization in Indonesia. The focus of this study is the implementation of fraud prevention, detection, and response strategies in PT XYZ, and analyzing employees’ perceptions on the motivating factors of fraud and implementation of anti-fraud strategy in the company as part of fraud awareness. Findings show that PT XYZ has been implementing the anti-fraud strategy effectively because of the implementation of organizational value and culture in every aspect, as well as the implementation of internal control and good corporate governance practices. In addition, the implementation of anti-fraud strategy in PT XYZ is executed as an effort to implement good corporate governance. These findings suggested that the company has been operating as predicted by the stewardship theory for fraud awareness. However, the method of fraud training in PT XYZ is more focused on the implementation of good corporate governance instead of on explicitly delivering the definition of fraud and ways to control it. Moreover, a method of socialization of organizational value, code of conduct, corporate governance, and regulations have been shifted from conventional socialization methods to digital access through Human Capital Information System by the employees themselves. Keywords—fraud, prevention, detection, response, fraud awareness
A Comparison of the Goals of Users and IT Staff in One Professional School

This study compares the goals of users and IT staff in one organization. The organization used in the study, the Kenan-Flagler Business School, is a highly respected institution that uses technology in every day classroom settings. All 266 faculty and staff members were invited to take a web survey designed to analyze their thoughts on the school’s goals, policies, and group membership. The study showed that there is no statistical difference in the perception of organizational goals between users and IT staff, but there were other relationships discovered that may affect goal perceptions such as department membership, years of employment, and employment type.
PRE-MARRIAGE COUPLES` FERTILITY ATTITUDE FOLLOWING RECENT CHILDBEARING PERSUASIVE POLICIES IN IRAN

Following a phenomenal fertility decline during recent two decades in Iran, the childbearing persuasive policy has been implemented. The goals of this study were to determine: the pre-marriage couples` fertility attitude and demographic determinants of couples` fertility attitude. Materials & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 420 pre-marriage clients referred to Urmia Pre-marriage counseling center in 2013. Data were gathered using a structured questionnaire. Results: Both ideal and desired child number for most of the participants were lower than two, with no difference between males and females (p > 0.05). For those males and females which sex of the child were important, male preference was dominant (p= 0.00). Only 18.2% of males and 9.6% of females were agreeing with the government in increasing childbearing. Having university graduation, being student and living in small families leads to tendency to have female child (p< 0.05). Conclusion: The findings confirmed the noticeable change in fertility practices of Iranian couples which is largely dependent to change in their fertility preferences in child number and sex. It seems that change in governmental population policy have no effect on couples` fertility attitudes.
Coupled gas heat and mass transfer problem solution using fully implicit method on graphics processing units

We present benchmarking results from a solver for hypersonic flow problems. The aim of the work is to verify new numerical methods designed for solving coupled heat and mass transfer problem with explicit or implicit time marching schemes using multiple graphics processing units and central processing units hybrid computational architecture without any usage of ANSYS Fluent. The verification is performed on the problem of a flow over the sphere. We consider hypersonic flow regimes of Mach number M = 20–30. New results are compared with results of the previous version of the code, where ANSYS Fluent was used to solve body heat and ablation problems. We consider the body shape after surface ablation, heat loads on the surface and aerodynamic loads on the whole sphere. We also compare timings between ANSYS Fluent and new heat and mass solver; compare time difference between explicit and implicit methods for gas dynamics part and present total wall time for convergence using different methods.
An exploratory investigation of school counselors' experience in school reform: Interviews with ten counselors

levels of conceptualization and thinking. The general definition of Conceptual Level is seen in terms of increasing conceptual complexity as indicated by discrimination, differentiation, and integration. In addition, increasing interpersonal maturity is indicated by self-definition and self-other relations (Hunt, Butler, Noy, & Rosser, 1977). There are limitations inherent in the use of one written assessment and two interviews. In this study, there are also limitations of focus related to the post hoc analysis of counselor behavior to the PCM results. The behaviors of the counselors were matched to the stage groupings after the PCM scores were obtained. Nonetheless, a cross analysis of the results from the PCM suggested varying perceptions among the counselors. Qualitative differences in problem solving strategies to help students and interactions with parents, for example, were suggested by the remarks of the participants who scored at varying stages on the PCM. The cross analysis was exploratory in nature. Some of the counselors reported behaviors that suggested higher levels than the PCM results indicated. This may be due to emerging skills that approach higher levels than those measured. In addition, conceptual systems theory (CST) suggests that higher level characteristics may be found at certain times and not at other times, depending upon the level of structure in the environment (Hunt, 1978; Holloway & Wampold, 1986). Because relatively little attention has been paid to CL measurement issues in previous studies (McLennan, 1995), an exploration of the topic using both a post hoc analysis and written PCM test results emerged as necessary in this study. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Mindful Communication: A Novel Approach to Improving Delegation and Increasing Patient Safety

The realities of the healthcare environment pose numerous challenges for professional registered nurses in providing quality and safe care. In many models of care nurses increasingly rely on unlicensed assistive personnel as members of the healthcare team. In these models of care, nurses remain accountable for outcomes even though they need to delegate some direct care to the unlicensed personnel. Effective delegation that results in quality and safe outcomes depends on the right communication. Delegation, safety, and quality of care are inextricably linked. Communication between the registered nurse (RN) and the unlicensed personnel can be threatened by poor quality information that is untimely or unclear. Under these conditions the care delivered may be inappropriate or missed resulting in adverse outcomes. Information quality, mindful communication (mindfulness), and mutual trust within the relational context of the delegation are explored as mechanisms to improve the quality of the information and communication between RNs and unlicensed personnel, thus improving the effectiveness of the delegation. Nursing implications are provided.
Imaging brain networks in focal epilepsy : a prospective study of the clinical application of simultaneous EEG-fMRI in pre-surgical evaluation

Epilepsy is a common disorder with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Despite advances in treatment, there remain a minority of people with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy for whom surgery may be beneficial. It has been suggested that not enough people are offered surgical treatment, partly owing to the fact that current non-invasive techniques do not always adequately identify the seizure onset zone so that invasive EEG is required. EEG-fMRI is an imaging technique, developed in the 1990s (Ives, Warach et al. 1993) which identifies regions of interictal epileptiform discharge associated haemodynamic changes, that are concordant with the seizure onset zone in some patients (Salek-Haddadi, Diehl et al. 2006). To date there has been no large scale prospective comparison with icEEG and postoperative outcome. This thesis presents a series of experiments, carried out in a cohort of patients scanned using EEG-fMRI as part of a multi-centre programme, designed to investigate the relationship between EEG-fMRI and intracranial EEG and to assess its potential role in pre-surgical evaluation of patients with focal epilepsy. The results suggested that positive, localised IED-related BOLD signal changes were sensitive for the seizure onset zone, as determined on icEEG, both in patients neocortical epilepsies, but were not predictive of outcome. Widespread regions of positive IEDrelated BOLD signal change were associated with widespread or multifocal abnormalities on icEEG and poor outcome. Patterns of haemodynamic change, identified using both data driven and EEG derived modeling approaches, correspond to regions of seizure onset on icEEG, but improvements for modeling seizures are required. A study of a single seizure in a patient who underwent simultaneous icEEGfMRI, showed similar findings. An exploratory investigation of fMRI-DCM in EEG-fMRI, suggested it can provide information about seizure propagation and this opens new avenues for the non-invasive study of the epileptic network and interactions with function.
Fasting or Random: Which venous blood sample is better for Thyroid function testing? -

Thyr oid function testis one of the most common hormonal assays done in any hospital lab setup. There is a lot of discrepancy in the belief whether thyroid hormonal assay must be done in fasting state at morning or it may be done using a random venous blood sample. We sampled 200 patients between January 2010 and June 2011, who were subjected for Thyroid function tests from various out-patient departments. Only those patients, who had come in the morning to give their blood sample in fasting state, were enrolled for the study. After informed consent, the same patient was called for a post-cibal sample exactly one hour after taking breakfast. Hormonal assay was done using Mini-Vidas Immunofluorescence Hormonal assay machine, at the central Biochemistry lab, Subharti Medical College, Meerut. TSH was lower in the post-cibal (11:00am) compared to those of fasting (09:00am) samples. No difference was found in the T4, fT4, T3 and fT3levels, in the fasting and post-cibal states. There was no difference in the fasting and post-cibal TSH levels in the same individual, when samples are tak en at the same time of the day (09:00am), within a span of 7days. Therefore a fasting sample, taken in the early morning is the best method of testing thyroid hormone values. The practice of blood sample collection in the fasting usually happens early in the morning and eliminates known variations of thyroid hormone levels later in the day.
Molecular events governing hematopoietic stem cell recruitment in Vivo in murine liver following Ischemia-reperfusion injury

Evidence suggests haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can migrate to injured liver and influence tissue repair. However, the molecular adhesive mechanisms governing HSC recruitment to injured hepatic microcirculation are poorly understood. These mechanisms were investigated in vivo following murine hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. HSC adhesion was significantly enhanced in injured livers and could be reduced by blocking CD49d on HSCs or VCAM-1 in vivo. Blockade of HSC CD18, CD31 or CD44 did not alter adhesion. HSC adhesion in sham treated CD31-/- animals was raised compared to wild-type animals and IR injury did not further raise this adhesion. Studies in vitro demonstrated that HSC treatment with inflammatory cytokines or conditioned media/plasma did not upregulate adhesion molecule expression but CXCL12 and CXCL1 did significantly enhance HSC adhesion to endothelium. However, blockade of CXCR4 (CXCL12 receptor) failed to reduce HSC adhesion in vivo following IR injury. Furthermore, we demonstrated exogenous HSCs were identified primarily in the pulmonary circulation and intraportal injection raised recruitment within the liver irrespective of the presence of injury. This study provides novel evidence for the importance of the VLA-4/VCAM-1 pathway in HSC recruitment to IR injured liver, a pathway that may be manipulated in order to enhance hepatic engraftment of these cells clinically.
Investigating the Use of Instagram as a MALL Tool: The Case of Al-Imam University EFL Students

This study aimed to investigate the benefits and barriers of using Instagram in English language learning. The sample of this study consisted of 151 randomly-selected female students enrolled in the department of English at the College of Languages and Translation at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in the academic year 1436/1437– 2015/2016 in the first semester. The researcher used both a five-point Likert scale questionnaire as a quantitative instrument and semi-structured interviews withstudents as a qualitative instrument to collect the data of the study. Those instruments were validated by ten university professors. Similarly, the reliability of the questionnaire was achieved by calculating Cronbach Alpha formula. The findings of the study revealed that the most important benefits of using Instagram in learning English were as follows: improving the reading, writing, and listening skills, providing enjoyable learning experiences, enriching vocabulary, improving oral communication skills, and enjoying a sense of freedom of time and place. Furthermore, the results of the study unveiled the following challenges of using Instagram in English learning: distracting attention, lack of direction from the syllabuses, lack of encouragement from instructors, embarrassment, lack of immediate feedback, the cost of Internet access, and the difficulty of writing long passages. Finally, the findings of the study presented the following solutions to Instagram barriers in English language learning: creating learning accounts and posting important things in the lecture, following only specialized accounts for learning English.
Is Service Quality and Culture: An Empirical Investigation

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and IS service quality. To accomplish this, questionnaires were developed for use in field research. A questionnaire based upon the Competing Values Model of Culture was used to assess aspects of organizational culture in IS organizations. A second questionnaire, administered to these organizations' users, was used to assess their perceptions of IS service quality. Analysis of the results not only supports the existence of this relationship but further suggests that IS service providers emphasizing entrepreneurship, creativity, adaptability, and dynamism can improve user perceptions of IS service quality and facilitate success.
An Open Road Evaluation of a Self-Driving Vehicle Human–Machine Interface Designed for Visually Impaired Users

ABSTRACT Fully autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles are an emerging technology that may hold tremendous mobility potential for individuals who are visually impaired who have been previously disadvantaged by an inability to operate conventional motor vehicles. Prior studies however, have suggested that these consumers have significant concerns regarding the accessibility of this technology and their ability to effectively interact with it. We present the results of a quasi-naturalistic study, conducted on public roads with 20 visually impaired users, designed to test a self-driving vehicle human–machine interface. This prototype system, ATLAS, was designed in participatory workshops in collaboration with visually impaired persons with the intent of satisfying the experiential needs of blind and low vision users. Our results show that following interaction with the prototype, participants expressed an increased trust in self-driving vehicle technology, an increased belief in its likely usability, an increased desire to purchase it and a reduced fear of operational failures. These findings suggest that interaction with even a simulated self-driving vehicle may be sufficient to ameliorate feelings of distrust regarding the technology and that existing technologies, properly combined, are promising solutions in addressing the experiential needs of visually impaired persons in similar contexts.
The Impact of Maternal Health Literacy on Structures, Interpersonal Processes and Outcomes of Ambulatory Care for Low-Income Latino Children

Objective: Child health outcomes depend on a parent's ability to read, communicate, analyze, and use health information to participate in their child's care. Low maternal health literacy (HL) may disrupt access to pediatric health care, impede informed parent decision-making, and exacerbate pediatric health disparities. This dissertation explores relationships between maternal (HL), maternal self-efficacy (SE) in communication, interpersonal interactions with health care providers (HCPs), and maternal perception of quality of pediatric ambulatory care. Methods: This cross-sectional, correlational study of low-income Latina mothers (n = 124) of children 3 months to 4 years examined relationships between socio demographic characteristics, maternal HL (Newest Vital Sign), social support (Family Support Scale), self-efficacy in communications with providers (Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions), interpersonal interactions with HCPs (Interpersonal Processes of Care in Diverse Populations Survey) and maternal perception of quality of pediatric ambulatory care (Promoting Healthy Development Survey). Results: Data revealed maternal HL to be a complex construct associated with multiple socio-demographic characteristics including social support, cultural and linguistic factors. Although maternal HL and self-efficacy (SE) were not significantly related, important relationships between maternal SE and informal support, and maternal SE and the communication subscale, elicits concerns, were identified. Overall, maternal HL was related to the successful transmission of anticipatory guidance, the delivery of family centered care and the helpfulness of information provided, but it contributed far less to the quality variables than anticipated. Conversely, maternal-HCP interpersonal processes were substantially related to maternal perception of quality of pediatric ambulatory care. Moreover, effective interpersonal processes between these mothers and their child's HCP significantly predicted each mother's perception of the quality of pediatric ambulatory health care received. Conclusions: Maternal HL may be a more dynamic concept than previously understood. This study reveals the substantial role that interpersonal processes play in the mother-HCP exchange. Speaking with clarity, explaining results fully and working with a parent to determine a child's plan of care is most predictive of whether a mother feels that her child is receiving quality ambulatory care services. Clarifying the relationships between these variables is an important step towards understanding how these factors impact maternal interaction with the health care system and influence pediatric health disparities.
Anisometropia: what difference does it make?

This article discusses the identification and presence of anisometropia. The effects on patients with anisometropia, such as aniseikonia and diplopia, are considered, as are the issues that the correction of anisometropia presents to both optometrist and dispensing optician. Lenses that are still currently available and which help to eliminate or reduce symptoms of off-axis vision to anisometropes to levels that are within tolerance are discussed.