Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Health behaviours among older and younger workers with chronic illness

Objectives: To examine health behaviours carried out by older (aged 50-69 years) and younger workers (aged 20-49 years) with a chronic illness. Methods: Questionnaire data was collected from 759 employees with a diagnosed chronic illness. Four categories of self-managing health behaviours were examined: using prescribed medication, monitoring and responding to symptoms, managing an appropriate diet and exercising. Results: Except for medication use, different self-managing behaviours were adopted by the age groups: younger workers with asthma, musculoskeletal pain or diabetes, preferred self-managing their illness through an appropriate diet; older workers with heart disease, arthritis and rheumatism or diabetes, preferred exercise. Except for older workers with asthma, neither age groups monitored or responded to their symptoms at work. Conclusions: The findings from this study indicate that there are differences in diet and exercise activities among younger and older workers managing the same chronic illness. Practice implications: To increase health behaviours at work, improved communication and understanding between the different health professions and the patient/employee is required so that different tailored approaches can be more effectively targeted both by age and within the context of the working environment, to those managing asthma, heart disease, diabetes and arthritis and rheumatism.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title Genomic comparisons of a bacterial lineage that inhabits both marine and terrestrial deep subsurface systems Permalink

It is generally accepted that diverse, poorly characterized microorganisms reside deep within Earth’s crust. One such lineage of deep subsurface-dwelling bacteria is an uncultivated member of the Firmicutes phylum that can dominate molecular surveys from both marine and continental rock fracture fluids, sometimes forming the sole member of a single-species microbiome. Here, we reconstructed a genome from basalthosted fluids of the deep subseafloor along the eastern Juan de Fuca Ridge flank and used a phylogenomic analysis to show that, despite vast differences in geographic origin and habitat, it forms a monophyletic clade with the terrestrial deep subsurface genomeof ‘‘CandidatusDesulforudis audaxviator’’MP104C.While a limited number of differences were observed between the marine genome of ‘‘CandidatusDesulfopertinax cowenii’’ modA32 and its terrestrial relative that may be of potential adaptive importance, here it is revealed that the two are remarkably similar thermophiles possessing the genetic capacity for motility, sporulation, hydrogenotrophy, chemoorganotrophy, dissimilatory sulfate reduction, and the ability to fix inorganic carbon via the WoodLjungdahl pathway for chemoautotrophic growth. Our results provide insights into the genetic repertoire within marine and terrestrial members of a bacterial lineage that is widespread in the global deep subsurface biosphere, and provides a natural means to investigate adaptations specific to these two environments. Subjects Ecology, Genomics, Microbiology
Utilization of Coconut Oil Cake for the Production of Lipase Using Bacillus coagulans VKL 1 PALANISAMY GOWTHAMI

The overproduction of enzymes was performed by manipulating the medium components. In our study, solvent-tolerant thermophilic lipase-producing Bacillus coagulans was isolated from soil samples and a stepwise optimization strategy was employed to increase the lipase production using coconut oil cake basal medium. In the first step, the influence of pH, temperature, carbon source, nitrogen source and inducers on lipase activity was investigated by the One-Factor-At-A-Time (OFAT) method. In the second step, the three significant factors resulted from OFAT were optimized by the statistical approach (CCD). The optimum values of olive oil (0.5%), Tween 80 (0.6%) and FeSO4 (0.05%) was found to be responsible for a 3.2-fold increase in the lipase production identified by Central Composite Design.
Modulation of Radiation Injury in Pregnant Rats by Bone Marrow Transplantation

HIS WORK aims to point out the influence of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in protection of irradiated pregnant rats and suppression of oxidative stress. BMT was administered to rats, 1 h post gamma irradiation at the dose level of 2 Gy given at the 7th or 14th day of gestation. Rats were examined after 20 days from gestation to detect the physiological parameters of the mother and number of implantation sites and resorptions as well as length of foetuses and tails. Pregnant rats irradiated at the 7 th and 14 th day of gestation showed reduction in live foetuses and length of foetuses and their tails and significant decrease in erythrocytes (RBCs), leucocytes (WBCs), haemoglobin content (Hb), and hematocrite percentage (Ht). Irradiation-induced an elevation in aldosteron and a drop in calcium (Ca). Glutathione levels showed significant decreases in blood while the content of serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) showed significant increases. Lipid profile exhibited an increase in the concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and low lipoproteins cholesterol (LDL-C) with a significant decrease in high lipoproteins cholesterol (HDL-C) in both groups. BMT to irradiated pregnant rats induced significant amelioration in radiationinduced changes. BMT was shown to be effective in reducing physiological disorders and oxidative stress in pregnant rats reflected on minimizing embryonic injuries.
Conditions for Effective Use of Interactive On-line Learning Objects : The case of a fractions computer-based learning sequence

Students are challenged when learning fractions and problems often persist into adulthood. Teachers may find it difficult to remediate student misconceptions in the busy classroom, particularly when the concept is as challenging as fractions has proven to be. We theorized that a technology-based learning resource could provide the sequencing and scaffolding teachers might have difficulty providing. A development team of teachers, researchers and educational software programmers designed five sets of fractions activities in the form of learning objects, called CLIPS. As part of a larger mixed-methods study, 36 observations as well as interviews were conducted in four classrooms, grades 7-10. Four students were selected by their teachers for CLIPS use from each of these four classrooms because the students were experiencing difficulty with fractions concepts. CLIPS use contributed to student achievement, provided the conditions enabled an effective learning environment and students experienced the full sequence of tasks in the CLIPS. In this article we describe the conditions that enabled student success. Three interacting contexts affected successful use of CLIPS: technological contexts (such as access to computers with audio), teaching contexts (such as introductory activities that prepared students for the CLIPS activities) and student contexts (such as the level of student confidence and opportunities to communicate to a peer). The study illustrates how a research-based set of learning objects can be effective and provides guidelines to consider when using learning objects to enhance mathematics programs.
Analysis of the distribution of epiphytic lichens within homogeneous Fagus sylvatica stands along an altitudinal gradient ( Mount Olympos , Greece )

Epiphytic lichen vegetation on Fagus sylvatica was studied in 4 sites along an altitudinal gradient from 930 to 1500 m on SE facing slopes of Mount Olympos (Greece). The crucial factor determining the spatial heterogeneity of epiphytic lichens on E sylvatica is the altitude and not the height on the trunk at which lichen community is established. 17 out of 26 taxa are confined to a particular elevation range, while another three are clearly ubiquitous in their distribution. The number of lichen species at breast height is higher than at the base of the trunks. The results were compared with those gathered earlier in an analogous study on the vertical distribution of epiphytic lichens on Pinus nigra along an altitudinal gradient from 750 to 1510 m of the same mountain. Comparison suggests that spatial heterogeneity of epiphytic lichens on E sylvatica is different from the one on P. nigra.
Comparison of protein detection and traditional microbiological methods for monitoring food contact surface hygiene in tourist facilities: a 3-years survey

10.21276/sajb.2018. 6.1. 16 Abstract: Food safety is a major concern for the tourist industry, and food contact surfaces play an important role in transmission of pathogens to food by cross contamination. Different methodologies are used for sanitary monitoring. The aim of this study was to compare two different techniques for hygiene monitoring in hotels. In this survey, 4,628 samples from 279 different hotels were investigated by protein detection and microbiological techniques. Correlation between the two methods was statistically significant (χ2 = 195.057; p<0.001). Overall, sanitary conditions of the food contact surfaces in our hotels are satisfactory. Differences were detected among the different types of surfaces. The appropriateness of protein monitoring for cleanliness assessment in these facilities is discussed.
A neurophysiological basis for the treatment of cerebral palsy

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Knowledge Encoding in Game Mechanics : Transfer-Oriented Knowledge Learning in Desktop-3 D and VR International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Affine Transformations (ATs) are a complex and abstract learning content. Encoding the AT knowledge in Game Mechanics (GMs) achieves a repetitive knowledge application and audiovisual demonstration. Playing a serious game providing these GMs leads to a motivating and effective knowledge learning. Using immersive Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to even further increase the serious game’s learning outcome and learning quality. This paper compares the effectiveness and efficiency of desktop-3D and VR in respect to the achieved learning outcome. Also, the present study analyzes the effectiveness of an enhanced audiovisual knowledge encoding and the provision of a debriefing system. The results validate the effectiveness of the knowledge encoding in GMs to achieve a knowledge learning. The study also indicates that VR is beneficial for the overall learning quality and that the audiovisual encoding has only a limited effect on the learning outcome.
The BRAN luminosity detectors for the LHC

This paper describes the several phases which led, from the conceptual design, prototyping, construction and tests with beam, to the installation and operation of the BRAN (Beam RAte of Neutrals) relative luminosity monitors for the LHC. The detectors have been operating since 2009 to contribute, optimize and maintain the accelerator performance in the two high luminosity interaction regions (IR), the IR1 (ATLAS) and the IR5 (CMS). The devices are gas ionization chambers installed inside a neutral particle absorber 140 m away from the Interaction Points in IR1 and IR5 and monitor the energy deposited by electromagnetic showers produced by high-energy neutral particles from the collisions. The detectors have the capability to resolve the bunch-bybunch luminosity at the 40 MHz bunch rate, as well as to survive the extreme level of radiation during the nominal LHC operation. The devices have operated since the early commissioning phase of the accelerator over a broad range of luminosities reaching 1.4×10 cm s with a peak pileup of 45 events per bunch crossing. Even though the nominal design luminosity of the LHC has been exceeded, the BRAN is operating well. After describing how the BRAN can be used to monitor the luminosity of the collider, we discuss the technical choices that led to its construction and the different tests performed prior to the installation in two IRs of the LHC. Performance simulations are presented together with operational results obtained during p-p operations, including runs at 40 MHz bunch rate, Pb-Pb operations and p-Pb operations.
Title Cross-listing and pricing efficiency : The informational andanchoring role played by the reference

When a firm cross-lists its shares in segmented markets, the p rice of the first issued share, as a reference, plays both an informational and anchoring role in pricing the second issued share. We develop a model illustrating the dual-role. Empirically, w e examine a group of Chinese firms that first issue foreign shares and then domestic A-shares, for wh ich t e anchoring effect adds to the Ashare underpricing. Consistent with the model predictions , we find that the A-share underpricing is positively related to the difference in costs of capital i n the two segmented markets, and that this positive association is weaker when participants are less l ikely to resort to the anchoring heuristic and when the A-share valuation involves less uncertainty.
Physical Activity Behaviors of Prehypertensive and Stage I Hypertensive African American Women

Physical Activity Behaviors of Prehypertensive and Stage I Hypertensive African American Women Hope Jackson University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2015 Advisor: Bernice C. Yates, PhD The purpose of this study was to describe the physical activity (PA) behaviors and PA biomarkers of prehypertensive and stage I hypertensive African American women (AAW) and to examine the relationships between PA and personal factors and selected behavior-specific influences (perceived barriers to and interpersonal support for PA). Pender’s Health Promotion Model was the conceptual framework for the study. A cross sectional design and convenience sample were used. Personal factors examined were: systolic and diastolic blood pressure [BP], body mass index [BMI], and waist circumference. Other variables measured were: International Physical Activity Questionnaire, 400 meter walk test, Borg perceived exertion rating, Exercise Barriers scales, and Family and Friend Positive and Negative Support for PA. Women (n=47) were, on average, 49 (+14; 23-71) years of age, single, not working or retired, had some college education, annual incomes < $20,000, obese, and had a waist circumference of 39 inches. Spearman correlations were used to examine relationships among the variables; and effect sizes were used to interpret the correlations obtained (small = 0.10, medium = 0.30, and large = 0.50). The activity domain where the greatest amount of effort (MET min/week) was spent was in work-related activity (M=1791+3042.6), household activity (M=588.4+180), leisure-time activity (M=583.3+198), and transportation activity (487.6+882). BP was not consistently related to PA behaviors or biomarkers. Greater BMI was related to greater work and leisure time activity, less transportation and household activity, more time to complete the 400-meter walk test, and a greater perceived exertion. Greater waist circumference was related to less
Cooper, Mick and Fugard, Andrew J.B. and Pybis, Jo and McArthur, Katherine and Pearce, Peter (2015) Estimating effectiveness of school- based counselling : using data from controlled trials to predict improvement over non-intervention change. Counselling and Psychotherapy

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OECD Environment Working Papers No . 9 Literature Review of Recent Trends and Future Prospects for Innovation in Climate Change Mitigation

3 RÉSUMÉ . 4 FOREWORD . 5 INTRODUCTION . 7 KEY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE . 9 Negative Externalities of Climate Change . 9 Knowledge Spillovers . 10 The Scale of Adoption . 10 Path Dependence . 10 Principal-Agent Problems . 10 Behavioral Change . 11 LITERATURE ON INNOVATION . 12 Induced Innovation . 12 The Impacts of Technological Change . 18 LITERATURE ON DIFFUSION . 23 Diffusion of Environmental Technologies within Countries . 23 Diffusion Across Countries . 25 LITERATURE ON TECHNOLOGY IN AGGREGATE ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT MODELS . 28 Direct Price-Induced Technological Change . 28 R&D-Induced Technological Change . 29 Learning-Induced Technological Change . 32 LITERATURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY . 34 CONCLUSIONS . 37 REFERENCES . 42
YOĞUN BAKIM VE ONKOLOJİ HEMŞİRELERİNİN “YARARSIZ TIBBİ BAKIM” VE “İYİ ÖLÜM PRENSİPLERİ” İLE İLGİLİ ALGILARI VE DENEYİMLERİ

Giriş: Bu çalışmanın amacı hemşirelerin “yararsız tıbbi bakım” ve “iyi ölüm ilkeleri” konusundaki algı ve deneyimlerini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki çalışma, Ankara’da 11 devlet ve 3 üniversite hastanesinde gerçekleştirildi. Çalışma, yoğun bakım ve onkoloji birimlerinde çalışan 856 hemşireyle yapıldı. Demografik özellikleri ve yararsız tıbbi bakım uygulamalarını içeren bir anket ile “Saygın Ölüm İlkelerine İlişkin Tutumlar Ölçeği” kullanıldı. Bulgular: Katılımcılar ortalama 30.49±6.12 yaşında, %92,3’ü kadın, %61,7’si evli, %62,7’sinin eğitimi lisans düzeyinde idi. Hemşireler, “yaşam kalitesini etkilemediği” (%35,4), “hastalığı tedavi etmediği” (%46,8) ve “hastanın acısını uzattığı” (%42,9) için bakımı yararsız bulduklarını, ancak hastane politikası (%32,9), doktor kararı (%54,9) veya hasta yakınlarının kararı (%29,3) nedeniyle yararsız tıbbi bakıma devam ettiklerini belirttiler. Dört hemşireden üçü hastanelerinde iyi ölüm ilkelerinin uygulanmadığını bildirdi. Hemşirelerin eğitim düzeyi arttıkça ölüme ilişkin tutumların iyileştiği (p = .001) ve kadınların erkeklerden daha yüksek ölçek puanına sahip oldukları saptandı (p <.001). Sonuç: Hemşireler genellikle yaşamın sonundaki bakımdan memnun değildi. Ömrü uzatırken yaşam kalitesini göz ardı etmek sağlık profesyonelleri için etik bir ikilem olmaya devam etmektedir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Tıbbi Yararsızlık; Ölüme İlişkin Tutum; Terminal Bakım; Hemşireler ÖZ ARAŞTIRMA INTENSIVE CARE AND ONCOLOGY NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH ‘FUTILE MEDICAL CARE’ AND ‘PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DEATH’
Title Two microtubule-plus-end binding proteins LIS 1-1 and LIS 1-2 , homologues of human LIS 1 in Neurospora crassa

LIS1 is a microtubule (Mt) plus-end binding protein that interacts with the dynein/dynactin complex. In humans, LIS1 is required for proper nuclear and organelle migration during cell growth. Although gene duplication is absent from Neurospora crassa, we found two paralogues of human LIS1. We named them LIS1-1 and LIS1-2 and studied their dynamics and function by fluorescent tagging. At the protein level, LIS1-1 and LIS1-2 were very similar. Although, the characteristic coiled-coil motif was not present in LIS1-2. LIS1-1-GFP and LIS1-2-GFP showed the same cellular distribution and dynamics, but LIS1-2-GFP was less abundant. Both LIS1 proteins were found in the subapical region as single fluorescent particles traveling toward the cell apex, they accumulated in the apical dome forming prominent short filament-like structures, some of which traversed the Spitzenkörper (Spk). The fluorescent structures moved exclusively in anterograde fashion along straight paths suggesting they traveled on Mts. There was no effect in the filament behavior of LIS1-1-GFP in the Dlis1-2 mutant but the dynamics of LIS1-2-GFP was affected in the Dlis1-1 mutant. Microtubular integrity and the dynein–dynactin complex were necessary for the formation of filament-like structures of LIS1-1-GFP in the subapical and apical regions; however, conventional kinesin (KIN-1) was not. Deletion mutants showed that the lack of lis1-1 decreased cell growth by 75%; however, the lack of lis1-2 had no effect on growth. A Dlis1-1;Dlis1-2 double mutant showed slower growth than either single mutant. Conidia production was reduced but branching rate increased in Dlis1-1 and the Dlis1-1;Dlis1-2 double mutants. The absence of LIS1-1 had a strong effect on Mt organization and dynamics and indirectly affected nuclear and mitochondrial distribution. The absence of LIS1-1 filaments in dynein mutants (ropy mutants) or in benomyl treated hyphae indicates the strong association between this protein and the regulation of the dynein– dynactin complex and Mt organization. LIS1-1 and LIS1-2 had a high amino acid homology, nevertheless, the absence of the coiled-coil motif in LIS1-2 suggests that its function or regulation may be distinct from
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST HUMAN INDUCIBLE PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC , HUMAN BETA-DEFENSIN-2 ( HBD-2 ) : A HISTORICAL SUMMARY

All higher organisms are living in an environment, which is laden with incredibly large numbers of microorganisms that potentially can harm them. Further, each organism has at its surface a more or less specific commensal microflora, which is characteristic for each species and its anatomical sites. Despite the enormous numbers of microorganisms at body surfaces, infections are a rather rare event. In humans we had explained this unexpected phenomenon until ecently by the presence of humoral and cellular components of the adaptive immune system. This, however, cannot explain, why organisms lacking an adaptive immune system naturally resist infections and therefore this indicates the presence of another, more ancient innate defence system. By addressing the question, why invertebrates resist infections and why cattle epithelia, which are permanently in contact with microbes, are not infected upon wounding, a number of antimicrobial peptides have been discovered using biochemical approaches. These discoveries led to the hypothesis that also human epithelia (skin, gut, lung, genitourinary tract) should produce such antimicrobial compounds for innate defence against infection. This was one of the key questions in the author’s team, for which we found some answers by the use of classical biochemical analyses with modern analytical equipment and reasonable antimicrobial read-out systems. It is not the aim of this review to give an overview and discussion of the role of the human peptide antibiotics, which were isolated in our laboratory. Instead, I will give some information how we came to these discoveries, giving more an overview about the stories behind the discovery stories.
Design and Optimization of T-shaped Circulator Based on Magneto-Optical Resonator in 2 D-Photonic Crystals

In this paper, we propose a development of a Tshaped circulator based on a 2D-photonic crystal, which has a simple and compact structure. This structure makes the nonreciprocal transmission of electromagnetic waves. Through a series of adjustments in the crystalline geometry and using the Nelder-Mead optimization method, we achieve a high level of isolation and low insertion losses. Keywords–Photonic crystals; Circulators; Optimization.