Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Way Forward for Seasonal Planning of Vector Control of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a Highly Dengue Endemic Area in India

Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have acquired an international importance in view of recent spurt in zika cases in Brazil as these mosquitoes are the vectors of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever as well as for Zika fever. Although yellow fever and Zika fever are not reported from India, but both mosquitoes are well prevalent in the country. Ae. aegypti is most prevalent Aedes mosquitoes recorded that preferred to breed in artificial containers in and around the houses and adaptation of Ae. albopictus in man-made containers was also reported from India. Therefore, the objective of present study is to find out season wise key containers for larvae and pupae production of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus in a highly endemic area for dengue in the capital city of India. Delhi has so far witnessed several outbreaks of dengue fever since 1967. Besides larvae survey, pupae survey was also conducted during 2013 and 2014 as pupal production is a better proxy for adult mosquito reproduction than traditional breeding indices and are more appropriate for directing dengue control programs. All pupae were counted and reared for species identification. Total 16168 houses and 48713 containers were checked. Four key containers such as plastic containers, cement tanks, coolers and syntax tanks harboured 89% of Ae. aegypti pupae. Among them Plastic Water Storage Containers (PWSC) are recorded as perennial source of Aedes infestation that contributed 41% of the immature breeding and about half of pupal production. It was observed that Aedes breeding preference has been shifted toward PWSC as compare to previous studies, therefore, public health attention is required to control breeding in such containers. Present study indicates there is aseasonal variation of breeding preference of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus in different containers in Delhi, so it is important for a target and effective planning of season-wise control measures. The containers that produced the larger proportion of pupae, vector control intervention should be targeted to maximize their intact.
morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study. Quality of Life Research, 26

Purpose To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. Methods Multicentre cohort study of 16–70-year-olds admitted to 4 UK hospitals following injury. Psychological morbidity and HRQoL (EQ-5D-3L) were measured at recruitment and 1, 2, 4 and 12 months post-injury. A reduction in EQ-5D compared to retrospectively assessed pre-injury levels of at least 0.074 was taken as the minimal important difference (MID). Multilevel logistic regression explored relationships between psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury and MID in HRQoL over the 12 months after injury. Results A total of 668 adults participated. Follow-up rates were 77% (1 month) and 63% (12 months). Substantial reductions in HRQoL were seen; 93% reported a MID at 1 month and 58% at 12 months. Problems with pain, mobility and usual activities were commonly reported at each time point. Depression and anxiety scores 1 month post-injury were independently associated with subsequent MID in HRQoL. The relationship between depression and HRQoL was partly explained by anxiety and to a lesser extent by pain and social functioning. The relationship between anxiety and HRQoL was not explained by factors measured in our study. Conclusions HRQoL post-injury.
Radiography of microinfluencers in the digital platform economy: dissatisfaction, free labor and unequal remuneration Radiografía

Introduction: Influencers have emerged as new prescribers and digital workers who build strong communities for advertisers. Microinfluencers, who have between 5,000 and 40,000 followers, are used by brands to impact small but highly engaged digital communities. This research explores the relationship between time investment, digital impact and economic remuneration of microinfluencers' digital activity to understand new forms of labor precarity. Methodology: To this end, 34 microinfluencers have been studied through the monitoring of their digital profiles, measuring engagement and EMV, and through a questionnaire to find out their satisfaction, time invested, and economic remuneration. In addition, a second study was conducted on the digital activity of 21 popular influencers. Results and discussion: The results identify the precariousness conditions that microinfluencers face in a quantitative perspective. Besides, the analysis indicates that microinfluencers are dissatisfied due to three factors: the relationship between time invested and economic remuneration, the need to create publications without generating income, and the disproportionate relationship between the size of their community, the link they produce with their followers, and the benefits compared to celebrity influencers. Conclusions: The findings contribute to build on the preceding literature on false meritocracy and retribution through visibility and social capital at the expense of precarious working conditions within a neoliberal digital economy.
Association of Coagulation and Inflammation Related Genes and Factor VIIc Levels with Stroke: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Background— Thrombosis and inflammation are critical in stroke etiology, but associations of coagulation and inflammation gene variants with stroke, and particularly factor VII levels are inconclusive. Objectives— To test the associations between 736 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) between tagging haplotype patterns of 130 coagulation and inflammation genes, and stroke events in the 5,888 participants ≥ 65 of the observational Cardiovascular Health Study cohort. Patients— / Methods: With 16 years of follow-up, age and sex-adjusted Cox models were used to estimate associations of SNPs and factor VIIc levels with future stroke. Results— 815 strokes occurred in 5,255 genotyped participants without baseline stroke (748 ischemic strokes, 586 among whites). Among whites, 6 SNPs were associated with stroke with a nominal p <0.01: rs6046 and rs3093261 (F7 gene); rs4918851 and rs3781387 (HABP2 gene); rs3138055 (NFKB1A) and rs4648004 (NFKB1). Two of these SNPs were associated with factor VIIc levels (units = percent activity): rs6046 ( β = − 18.5, p = 2.38 × 10 CHARGE members include the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; National Institute on Aging’s Iceland Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Study; the Framingham Heart Study; and the Netherland’s Rotterdam Study.
Representation of Black Students in Rural Gifted Education: Taking Steps Toward Equity

methods which were designed to increase equitable access to gifted education by administering a universal screening assessment, collecting teacher ratings for every student, and using local norms to interpret scores. Data analysis confirmed that Black students were identified for gifted services in greater numbers with the study-led methods and that district-led identification strategies often overlooked Black students for gifted identification. Results also indicated that teachers rated Black students lower on traits associated with giftedness even when the students had comparable scores on the universal screener. These findings point to promise in using more inclusive identification strategies and centering place in the interpretation of data as a step toward equity, but they also point to a significant need to disrupt Whiteness in rural gifted spaces. We discuss these implications and offer suggestions for further research to improve the rate of inclusion of Black students in gifted education programs as an issue of equity in rural schooling. Black
Periodontal Tissue Engineering Using a Multiphasic Construct with Cell Sheets

1. Materials and methods: 1.1 Bone compartment The bone compartment was electrospun using an in-house melt electrospinning device. The polymer pellets were loaded into a 2 mL syringe and electrospun at a temperature of 80°C at a feed rate of 20 μL/h, at 7 kV and at a 4 cm tip to collector distance for 8 hours. This resulted in the formation of a 5 mm thick melt electrospun scaffold and prior to use the melt electropsun scaffolds were sectioned with a sharp scalpel blade into 5x5x5 mm3 specimens.
Effects of Privacy Permissions on User Choices in Voice Assistant App Stores

Intelligent voice assistants, and the thirdparty apps (aka “skills” or “actions”) that power them, are increasing in popularity and beginning to experiment with the ability to continuously listen to users. This paper studies how privacy concerns related to such always-listening voice assistants might affect consumer behavior and whether certain privacy mitigations would render them more acceptable. To explore these questions with more realistic user choices, we built an interactive app store that allowed users to install apps for a hypothetical always-listening voice assistant. In a study with 214 participants, we asked users to browse the app store and install apps for different voice assistants that offered varying levels of privacy protections. We found that users were generally more willing to install continuously-listening apps when there were greater privacy protections, but this effect was not universally present. The majority did not review any permissions in detail, but still expressed a preference for stronger privacy protections. Our results suggest that privacy factors into user choice, but many people choose to skip this information.
QUALITY PROFILE OF THE SEMI-DRY EGYPTIAN SALTED MEAT (BASTERMA) AVAILABLE IN MARKETS OF ASSIUT CITY

A total of 50 samples of semi-dry Egyptian salted meat (basterma) were randomly collected from different retail outlets in Assiut city, Egypt. The samples were examined sensorially for color, odor, taste, tenderness, juiciness, palatability and overall acceptability; chemically for pH and sodium chloride (NaCl) content; and microbiologically for the count of total aerobes, halophiles, Staphylococcus aureus , lactobacilli, and mould and yeast. As well, most probable number (MPN) count was performed for coliforms, fecal coliforms, E. coli and Clostridium perfringens . The obtained results revealed that examined samples were of medium quality from the sensory point of view. The mean values of pH and Nacl content for the examined samples were 4.78 and 7.30, respectively. For total aerobes, halophiles, Staph. aureus , lactobacilli, and mould and yeast counts the mean values were 7.81, 7.18, 6.62, 7.61 and 2.32 log cfu/g sample, respectively. The MPN count of coliforms varied greatly in positive samples from 3 to > 1100 MPN/g sample. The MPN count for fecal coliforms, E. coli and C. perfringenes in positive samples ranged from 3 to 120; 3 to 21; and from 3.6 to 93 MPN/g, respectively. According to the Egyptian standards, most of the examined samples (98%) had pH values complied with the standards limits. However, all the examined samples (100%) had total aerobic and Staph. aureus counts above the standards limits. As for total mould and yeast, and C. perfringens counts, 38 and 24% of the examined samples were not complied with the standards. The results declared that the hygienic quality of basterma available in Assiut retail markets is not satisfactory and not comply with the srandards. __________________________________________________________________________________________
Incidences, treatments, outcomes, and gender effect on survival in end-stage renal disease patients by diabetic status in Australia and New Zealand (1991-2005)

Objective: We aim to update the epidemiology of type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients among the incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and to determine if outcome is worse for diabetic women, as described in the general population. Research Designs and Methods: All resident adults of ANZ who began renal replacement therapy (RRT) from 01/04/1991 to 31/12/2005 were included using data from the ANZDATA Registry. Incidence rates, RRT, and survival were analysed. Risk factors for death were assessed using Cox regression. Results: The study included 1284 T1DM (4.5%), 8560 T2DM (30.0%), and 18704 non-diabetic (noDM) (65.5%) patients. Incidence rate of ESRD with T2DM increased markedly over time (+10.2% annually, p<0.0001). In patients <70 years, rates of renal transplantation in T1DM, T2DM, and noDM patients were 41.8%, 6.5% (p<0.0001 vs. other patients), and 40.9% (p=0.56 vs. T1DM patients) respectively. Compared with noDM, adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for death was 1.64 (p<0.0001) in T1DM, and 1.13 (p<0.0001) in T2DM. Survival rates per five-year periods improved by 6% in T1DM (p=0.36), by 9% in T2DM (p<0.0001), and by 5% in noDM (p=0.001). In ≥ 60 year-old T2DM patients, adjusted HR for death in women versus men was 1.19 (p=0.0003). Conclusions: Incidence of ESRD with T2DM increased markedly. Despite high access to renal transplant, T1DM patients had a poor prognosis after starting RRT. Survival improved significantly in T2DM patients during study period. Elderly T2DM women had a worse prognosis compared to
THE PROMOTION OF ETHICAL COEXISTENCE AND THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TEACHER EDUCATION

: This investigation objective was to describe and analyze the perceptions of São Paulo state management teams and teachers about a proposal for continuing education that integrates a school coexistence program framing. 92 regional education managers, 1440 vice principals and mentoring teachers of coexistence and 5551 regular teachers answered an assessment inspired by rubrics scales. The data indicates that most professionals understand the development of the moral autonomy concepts of the subject's, agree with the feeling recognition work, the need for a cooperative environment, non-violent communication and reciprocal relationships. However, transforming all this into classroom routine practices at school remains a challenge for the majority. The research reinforces the need for spaces for dialogue and reflection in teacher training issues related to coexistence at school.
A Model-Agnostic Derivative of Cutout for Image Data Augmentation

Data augmentation is a strong tool for enhancing the performance of deep learning models using different techniques to increase both the quantity and diversity of training data. Cutout was previously proposed, in the context of image classification, as a simple regularization technique that increases Convolutional Neural Networks’ robustness and performance by masking part of the input image. Cutout can also be applied along with other data augmentation or regularization techniques, further improving their effectiveness. We extend the main idea of Cutout, where instead of randomly masking images as Cutout does, we use a model to identify which part of the image affects the model’s decision the most. Similar to Cutout, our new approach can be used with other regularization techniques for better performance. Our experiments using the CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 datasets with the same ResNet18 and WideResNet models and parameters used in the original Cutout paper show that we can get slightly higher accuracy but at a higher cost than Cutout. These results suggest that randomness is an effective driving factor in Cutout, making it accurate enough and time-efficient. Nonetheless, our approach can be helpful when accuracy is the main concern and the extra time cost is acceptable for the aimed application.
Building Appropriate Trust in Human-AI Interactions

AI (artificial intelligence) systems are increasingly being used in all aspects of our lives, from mundane routines to sensitive decision-making and even creative tasks. Therefore, an appropriate level of trust is required so that users know when to rely on the system and when to override it. While research has looked extensively at fostering trust in human-AI interactions, the lack of standardized procedures for human-AI trust makes it difficult to interpret results and compare across studies. As a result, the fundamental understanding of trust between humans and AI remains fragmented. This workshop invites researchers to revisit existing approaches and work toward a standardized framework for studying AI trust to answer the open questions: (1) What does trust mean between humans and AI in different contexts? (2) How can we create and convey the calibrated level of trust in interactions with AI? And (3) How can we develop a standardized framework to address new challenges?
"You offer privacy like you offer tea": Investigating Mechanisms for Improving Guest Privacy in IoT-Equipped Households

IoT devices are becoming more common and prevalent in private households. Since guests can be present in IoT-equipped households, IoT devices can pose considerable privacy risks to them. In this paper, we present an in-depth evaluation of privacy protection for guests considering the perspectives of hosts and guests. First, we interviewed 21 IoT device owners about four classes of mechanisms obtained from the literature and social aspects. Second, we conducted an online survey (N=264) that investigates the perspective of guests in IoT-equipped households. From our results, we learn that protection mechanisms should not introduce privacy threats and require low resources. Further, hosts should keep control over their devices and the aesthetics of their living spaces. Guests, however, value feedback about the status of privacy protection which can interfere with aesthetics. Privacy protection should rather foster collaboration and not impact the visit of the guest too severely. We use our results to identify a design space for guest privacy protection in IoT-equipped households.
Wide or Narrow? Competition and Scope in Financial Intermediation *

We study the role of scope in financial intermediation. Using new credit registry data on US firms, we show that in the market for small business lending, multi-product banks benefit from economies of scope across products but exploit their market power to steer firms into more profitable, less regulated products. To quantify these forces and the welfare implications of scope, we develop and estimate an equilibrium model of firm credit provision where banks compete with more specialized non-bank financial intermediaries. In counterfactual simulations, we show that market power and bank steering increase prices and reduce welfare for small firms. These losses, however, are less than the gains from cost synergies. We also simulate equilibrium effects of alternative banking regulations. Our results highlight the need for regulation to recognize the multi-product nature of financial intermediaries. Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Chase), other banks, non-bank lenders, and credit unions. The data has a panel structure, with information on firms’ credit products over time. Our sample period starts in March 2009 and ends in September 2019, with snapshots every six-months. We observe a total of 12.4 million borrowing firms in our sample. The average firm in our sample borrows for 4.6 years. Each year, the average coverage is around 6 million borrower firms and 16 million non-borrower firms. For each firm, we observe industry classification, age, number of employees, sales, credit score (analogous to a consumer FICO score) and establishment location at the zipcode level.
The Role of Brand Love and Co-Creation on Word-of-Mouth Communication in the Telecommunication Sector of Pakistan: Mediation of Brand Association and Brand Loyalty

Branding is an important factor in developing WOM communication, especially in the telecommunication sector in Pakistan. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the association between brand co-creation, brand love, and Word-of-Mouth communication, where the role of brand loyalty and brand association was studied in mediation. The researcher has implemented a quantitative design and used the five-Likert scale questionnaires as a research instrument. A total of 296 questionnaires have been included in the study, and the variable associations were evaluated based on mediation and path analysis. The results indicate a significant association between brand love, co-creation branding, and Word-of-Mouth communication by customers, showing that brand love is a stronger antecedent in the generation of word-of-mouth communication by the customers. The mediation results were also positive, showing that brand association and brand loyalty influence the relationship of brand love, co-creation branding, and Word-of-Mouth communications. The study is novel from the standpoint that the study has introduced the mediation of brand loyalty and brand association in the brand experience and Word-of-Mouth association, thus deepening the understanding of factors affecting the word-of-mouth communication of the customers.
Minibonds and intangibles

We study the 2012 Italian reform that introduced minibonds, a financial instrument specifically designed for SMEs, to check whether increased access to market - based finance promotes investment in intangibles. We run diff - in - diff estimates over 1,454 matched samples obtained through a propensity score matching procedure to reduce the selection bias and face model dependence. Minibond - issuing firms increase investments in intangible assets, a component difficult to finance via bank credit, more than other firms and more than investments in tangibles. Two mechanisms are at work: minibonds relax financial constraints (financial effect) and, above all, signal an improvement in business practices (reputational effect). These effects are more intense for smaller, more opaque, and bank - dependent firms.
ASSESSING SOFT-EMBALMED CADAVERS AS A BIOLOGICAL HAZARD

At Queen's University Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, as is the case at many Canadian institutions, three primary methods are used to generate three distinct cadaver types for human anatomical education: fresh/frozen, traditional formalin hard-embalmed, and phenol-based soft-embalmed. Each of these techniques has its own merits and restrictions, with phenol-based soft-embalming combining the longevity seen in traditional embalming with the life-like quality characteristic of fresh/frozen tissue. Current environmental health and safety (EHS) restrictions place traditional formalin embalmed cadavers in Containment Level 1 (CL1) laboratories, with both fresh/frozen and phenol-based soft-embalmed cadavers in Containment Level 2 (CL2) laboratories. However, there is a gap in the current literature dictating whether or not phenol-based soft-embalmed cadavers do in fact belong in CL2 laboratories. In this hypothesis-driven report, it was hypothesised that soft-embalmed cadavers are a higher risk biosafety hazard than formalin-embalmed cadavers, thus warranted for designation to CL2 laboratories. After an in-depth analysis of the present literature surrounding the use and properties of phenol-based soft-embalmed cadavers in comparison to traditional formalin hard-embalmed cadavers, it was found that soft-embalmed cadavers do become colonized more readily by micro-organisms, aligning with our hypothesis. To definitively test the hypothesis, a proposed experiment has been suggested and outlined. In the proposed experiment, a variety of indicator species as well as CL2 designated pathogens would be tested for at regular intervals throughout the cadavers’ lifespans.