Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
HEAVING OSCILLATIONS OF TWIN CYLINDERS IN A FREE SURFACE

This paper presents a solution of the two-dimensional potential problem associated with harmonic oscillations of a twin-hull body in a free surface. The body considered has two identical, rigidly connected, circular cylindrical hulls, semisubmerged, performing small vertical oscillations. Results of the added-mass and damping coefficients are presented as functions of the oscillation frequency. Data presented can be used as a guidance to estimate the hydrodynamic characteristics of catamarans.
Echium amoenum L. Ethanol Extract Protects Retinal Ganglion Cell after Glutamate and Optic Nerve Crush Injury

The development of low-cost and effective natural products for treating neuron degenerative diseases have proven to be safe and potentially effective. Echium amoenum L. (Boraginaceae) is an annual herb that grows wildly in Europe and western Asia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuroprotective properties of an ethanol extract of E. amoenum L. The effects of E. amoenum L. extract on oxidative stress were measured in the rat R28 retinal precursor cell line. Furthermore, the protective role of the extract on the glutamate-induced and optic nerve crush (ONC) injury-induced cell death were evaluated in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Our results showed that the ethanol extract of E. amoenum L. prevented the glutamate-induced decrease in cell viability and increase in cell death in R28 cells and suppressed the overproduction of ROS induced by glutamate. Moreover, the extract significantly inhibited microglial activation and optic nerve damage induced by ONC injury in mice. In addition, the mechanism was attributed to the ability of the extract to decrease NF-κB pathway activation and its downstream inflammatory cytokine production. In conclusion, E. amoenum L. ethanol extract had a potent neuroprotective effect against glutamate-induced and ONC-induced cell death. This is likely due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Plastination of Specimens Using the Silicone (S10) Technique Following Embalming with Dodge© Products Results in Improved Color Retention and Tissue Differentiation

: Embalming and plastination are both processes which tend to reduce the amount of natural color within a specimen. This can result in a lack of definition between tissue types making them less effective as teaching resources. The Mazwell Group © manufactures and distributes Dodge © embalming chemicals for the funeral industry which are intended to give a life-like appearance. The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has begun to use these chemicals as standard for their anatomical embalming. However, there is conflicting literature on whether these types of chemicals are suitable precursors to plastination, a process which the RVC also carries out. Bovine, canine, and equine hearts were plastinated following removal from cadavers embalmed using Dodge © embalming chemicals. The final specimens were compared both visually and with an RGB color sampler, with those plastinated following embalming with a standard formalin/water/glycerol solution. Comparisons of the heart specimens and others showed an increase in color retention and tissue differentiation. The use of Dodge © embalming chemicals has been shown not to be detrimental to the plastination process and results in specimens suitable for anatomical teaching.
Impact and implications for practice

analysis of these negotiations through a case study of the introduction of an open data platform in the Swedish public transport sector. They empirically demonstrate that entrepreneurial threats and opportunities can trigger platform launches and drive collaborative negotiation of digital ecosystem governance. They also demonstrate the role of interactive boundary resources in the negotiation of governance grounded in both social and systemic power relationships. Finally, they show how positive reinforcement can increase acceptance of design rules. In the seventh article, Qahri-Saremi and Turel (2023) challenge a common assumption that users possess a single orientation on a bipolar, univalent continuum (negative to positive) towards a system. Focusing on the context of social networking sites, the authors explain the limitations of this perspective in explaining the intricacy and variety of SNS use patterns. To alleviate this situation, they draw on ambivalence theory and explain that users can simultaneously experience both positive and negative orientations towards SNS use based on the positive and negative aspects of their SNS use experience. They theorise archetypes of users' attitudinal responses to ambivalence
Thinking Holistically About Procedural Justice in Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Case Study of the German Federal Ombudsman Scheme

This article examines data collected from users of the German Federal Ombudsman Scheme (GFOS). The data was collected as part of a research project to understand how the GFOS operates in practice and how its procedures and outcomes are accepted by its users. We begin from the premise that experience of procedural justice during this alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process will build institutional legitimacy, and the article makes three contributions to the literature on procedural justice. First, we extend evidence of the link between procedural justice and legitimacy to a novel institutional context that is different in many ways to the criminal justice focus of much of the extant literature. Second, we consider the motivations of service users to engage with ADR as potential moderators of that link. Third, we analyze the relationship between procedural justice, subjective outcomes, and the actual outcomes provided to service users. Overall, we conclude that the link between procedural justice and legitimacy can be identified among those with very different motivations for using the GFOS.
Women with Myocardial Infarction Present Subtle Cognitive Difficulties on a Neuropsychological Battery After Exposure to a Social Stressor

Objective Myocardial infarction (MI) is the primary cause of mortality and morbidity in women, but its sequelae remain largely understudied. Given the heart–brain relationship, our study aimed to further understand stress’s impact on regulating cognitive function post-MI. Specifically, our study evaluated the effect of stress induced using the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), on neuropsychological function in women who have or have not experienced MI. Methodology To do so, women (mean age = 59.41 yrs) with (WHxMI = 13) or without (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage[substack]{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage[mathscr]{eucal} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \DeclareFontFamily{T1}{linotext}{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{linotext}{m}{n} {linotext }{} \DeclareSymbolFont{linotext}{T1}{linotext}{m}{n} \DeclareSymbolFontAlphabet{\mathLINOTEXT}{linotext} \begin{document} $${\rm{WH}}{{\rm{x}}_{\overline {\rm{s}} {\rm{MI}}}}\, = \,16$$ \end{document}) a history of MI were exposed to the TSST prior to completion of a series of standardized neuropsychological tests: the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Control Oral Word Association (COWA), Rey Complex Figure and Recognition (RCFT), Trail Making Test (TMT), and Auditory Consonant Triagrams (ACT). Results Our findings support MI to be associated with impairments in working memory affecting immediate recall of ACT, as well as visuospatial impairments in the RCFT copy trial, marked by poorer drawing accuracy and incorrect placement of figure elements. Overall, WHxMI required more time to complete the neuropsychological assessment (WHxMI 166.57 ± 12, \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage[substack]{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage[mathscr]{eucal} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \DeclareFontFamily{T1}{linotext}{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{linotext}{m}{n} {linotext }{} \DeclareSymbolFont{linotext}{T1}{linotext}{m}{n} \DeclareSymbolFontAlphabet{\mathLINOTEXT}{linotext} \begin{document} $${\rm{WH}}{{\rm{x}}_{\overline {\rm{s}} {\rm{MI}}}}$$ \end{document} 155.00 ± 6.57; p < 0.01). Conclusion Together, these findings support cognitive impairments noted following a social stressor to remain subtle in WHxMI. Our study highlights the need for the development of more sensitive tools to screen for neuropsychological impairments in women with MI and the importance of assessing performance in a variety of testing conditions.
Effectiveness of Acupuncture, Mind and Body Practices, and Natural Products for Insomnia: an overview of systematic reviews

Objectives This overview summarizes the evidence for the effectiveness and safety of complementary therapies for insomnia through systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs). Methods A comprehensive literature search on SRs and MAs for complementary therapies for insomnia was conducted using six databases. Results This overview included 30 SRs/MAs. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) analysis of insomnia included 383 randomized controlled trials and 31,748 participants. Twenty-four SRs/MAs (80%) out of 30 SRs/MAs reported a positive result, and six SRs/MAs reported a partially positive result. The most frequently used form of acupuncture reported a positive effect in 89.5% (17/19) of SRs/MAs and a superior effect to western medicine, sham/placebo, and no treatment. The lack of protocol registration and the excluded studies list resulted in generally poor methodological and reporting quality in SRs/MAs with AMSTAR 2. Conclusion This overview confirmed that complementary therapies positively affected the PSQI scores in patients with insomnia. However, better-designed primary studies are needed to strengthen the relevant evidence in the future. A more stringent assessment of multiple systematic reviews 2 must be followed when performing SR and MA.
A Long Duration of Reflux Symptoms is the Predominant Risk Factor for Depression in Vietnamese Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Purpose Depression is more prevalent in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) than in controls. The disorder can worsen the quality of life of GERD patients and is also associated with poor treatment response. However, there are limited data on its prevalence and risk factors in GERD patients in Southeast Asia. We aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of depression and its associated factors in Vietnamese patients with GERD. Patients and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on GERD patients. GERD was defined as troublesome typical reflux symptoms at least twice a week or having endoscopic erosive reflux disease. The revised Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI-IA), which has been locally validated, was used to evaluate depression (BDI-IA < 10: none, 10–18: mild to moderate, 19–29: moderate to severe, and ≥ 30: severe depression). Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent factors associated with depression. Results A total of 194 patients were recruited. The mean age was 44.1 ± 12.0 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 1:1.2. The depression rate was 47.9% (mild to moderate: 30.9%, moderate to severe: 16.0%, and severe: 1.0%). In multivariate analysis, sex and duration of reflux symptoms were the only two risk factors for depression. Compared to males, females were more likely to suffer from depression: odds ratio (OR) = 3.941 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.386–11.205), p = 0.010. Compared to patients with a duration of reflux symptoms < 1 year, those with a duration of 1–10 years and > 10 years were more likely to suffer from depression with a dose‒response: OR = 3.520 (95% CI, 1.057–11.717), p = 0.040; and OR = 5.605 (1.046–30.019), p = 0.044, respectively. Conclusion Depression was prevalent, and a long duration of reflux symptoms was its predominant risk factor in Vietnamese patients with GERD.
Memristor-Based Lozi Map with Hidden Hyperchaos

Recently, the application of memristors to improve chaos complexity in discrete chaotic systems has been paid more and more attention to. To enrich the application examples of discrete memristor-based chaotic systems, this article proposes a new three-dimensional (3-D) memristor-based Lozi map by introducing a discrete memristor into the original two-dimensional (2-D) Lozi map. The proposed map has no fixed points but can generate hidden hyperchaos, so it is a hidden hyperchaotic map. The dynamical effects of the discrete memristor on the memristor-based Lozi map and two types of coexisting hidden attractors boosted by the initial conditions are demonstrated using some numerical methods. The numerical results clearly show that the introduced discrete memristor allows the proposed map to have complicated hidden dynamics evolutions and also exhibit heterogeneous and homogeneous hidden multistability. Finally, a digital platform is used to realize the memristor-based Lozi map, and its experimental phase portraits are obtained to confirm the numerical ones.
Offered Support and Knowledge about the Menstrual Cycle in the Athletic Community: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1086 Female Athletes

Many female athletes perceive that symptoms related to the menstrual cycle such as dysmenorrhea, premenstrual symptoms, amenorrhea or side-effects of hormonal contraceptives negatively impact their training, performance, and general well-being. Knowledge and communication about female athletes’ health is therefore important in the sport community. The aims of this study were to explore the level of knowledge and communication about menstrual cycle issues and use of hormonal contraceptives in the athletic community and to describe the kinds of medical support offered to female athletes. A total of 1086 Swedish and Norwegian athletes from 57 different sports responded to a web-based questionnaire. Of these, 58% (n = 627) practiced team sports and 42% (n = 459) individual sports. Twenty-six percent (n = 278) of the athletes perceived their knowledge about female athlete health to be poor/very poor and the knowledge was most often acquired from medical staff. Fifty-three percent (n = 572) of the athletes perceived the knowledge acquired of their coaches as poor/very poor, even though a significantly (p < 0.001) higher proportion of athletes with a female coach (30%, n = 31) rated their coach’s knowledge as very good/good, compared to athletes with a male coach (5%, n = 31). Only 11% (n = 116) of the athletes discussed female health issues with their coach. The majority (81%, n = 842) of the athletes partly to strongly agreed that female athlete health is considered a taboo topic in the athletic community. Forty-seven percent (n = 510) of the athletes had access to a physiotherapist, while only three percent (n = 29) had access to a gynecologist. Low perceived knowledge, lack of communication and support demonstrate the need for a multi-professional medical team and enhanced educational efforts focused on female athlete health in the athletic community.
The choice of deontological, virtue ethical, and consequentialist moral reasoning strategies by pre- and in-service police officers in the U.K.: an empirical study

ABSTRACT Drawing upon cross-sectional research with pre- and in-service police officers in the U.K. (N = 571), this paper reports on the moral reasoning strategies favored by the respondents in dealing with bespoke work-related moral quandaries specific to the professional practice of policing. The dominant form of moral reasoning in dealing with those dilemmas was deontological (rule-based). The second most frequently selected reasoning strategy was virtue ethical. Further analysis of the police research data indicated that those with an undergraduate degree were significantly more likely to adopt virtue ethical and consequentialist-utilitarian reasoning strategies than those who did not have an undergraduate degree.
Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Have Higher Plasma Aldosterone-Renin Ratio and Lower ACE Activity Than Controls

Abstract Context SARS-CoV-2 infects cells via the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, whose downstream effects “counterbalance” the classical renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS). Objective We aimed to determine to what extent circulating RAAS biomarker levels differ in persons with and without COVID-19 throughout the disease course. Methods We measured classical (renin, aldosterone, aldosterone/renin ratio [ARR], Ang2, ACE activity) and nonclassical (ACE2, Ang1,7) RAAS biomarkers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients vs SARS-CoV-2 negative controls. We compared biomarker levels in cases with contemporaneous samples from control patients with upper respiratory symptoms and a negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test. To assess RAAS biomarker changes during the course of COVID-19 hospitalization, we studied cases at 2 different times points ∼ 12 days apart. We employed age- and sex-adjusted generalized linear models and paired/unpaired t tests. Results Mean age was 51 years for both cases (31% women) and controls (50% women). ARR was higher in the first sample among hospitalized COVID-19 patients vs controls (P = 0.02). ACE activity was lower among cases at their first sample vs controls (P = <0.001). ACE2 activity, Ang 1,7, and Ang2 did not differ at the 2 COVID-19 case time points and they did not differ in COVID-19 cases vs controls. Additional adjustment for body mass index (BMI) did not change our findings. Conclusions High ARR, independent of BMI, may be a risk marker for COVID-19 hospitalization. Serum ACE activity was lower in patients with COVID-19 vs controls at the beginning of their hospitalization and then increased to similar levels as controls, possibly due to lung injury, which improved with inpatient disease management.
H-twisted Courant algebroids

Courant algebroids were introduced by Liu, Weinstein, and Xu in [1] in order to describe the double of a Lie bialgebroid. They were further investigated by Roytenberg beginning during his Ph.D. studies and a formulation in terms of a Dorfman bracket was discovered [2] as well as the fitting into a two-term L∞-algebra [3]. In [4] Hansen and Strobl discovered four-form twisted Courant algebroids arising naturally in the Courant sigma model with a Wess–Zumino boundary term. These H-twisted Courant algebroids were further investigated by Liu and Sheng in [5] where the observation was made that exact H-twisted Courant algebroids, they fit into a short exact sequence with the tangent and cotangent bundle, always have an exact four-form H . In this paper we want to generalize the notion of H-twist and exhibit examples that do not come from an exact or even closed four-form. The idea is analogous to H-twisted Lie algebroids (introduced in [6]) that guided from an exterior covariant derivative (Proposition 6) that occurs naturally for strongly anchored almost Courant algebroids with anchor ρ on the exterior algebra of sections of ker ρ, one permits the Jacobiator to be a ker ρ-four-form closed under the exterior covariant derivative. We will give examples of generalized exact four-forms, i.e. starting from a Courant algebroid with anchor ρ and a kerρ-three-form with a certain integrability condition we define a Dorfman bracket together with a (nontrivial) ker ρ-four-form H that fit under the above idea. Since already the definition of the closed generalized four-form requires sections of a possibly singular vector bundle, we also give a definition generalizing Roytenberg’s idea of Courant–Dorfman algebras in [8].
Comparison between Ceftriaxone and Sulbactam-Ampicillin as Initial Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Current guidelines recommend the use of ceftriaxone and sulbactam-ampicillin for the initial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, there are no clear data on these guidelines. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ceftriaxone and sulbactam-ampicillin in the initial treatment of CAP. The Embase, Scopus, PubMed, Ichushi, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases were systematically searched from inception to July 2022. The studies included patients who received ceftriaxone or sulbactam-ampicillin as the initial antibiotic therapy for CAP. The mortality and clinical cure rates were evaluated. Of the 2152 citations identified for screening, four studies were included. Results of the pooled analysis indicated no significant differences in the mortality and clinical cure rates between patients treated with ceftriaxone and those treated with sulbactam-ampicillin (mortality, odds ratio [OR]: 1.85, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.57–5.96; clinical cure rate, OR: 1.08, 95% CI: 0.18–6.44). This study supports the guidelines for CAP treatment, though further studies are needed to obtain a deeper understanding.
Keck Spectroscopy and HST Imaging of Field Galaxies at Moderate Redshift

We present 18 spectra, obtained with the Keck 10m telescope, of faint field galaxies (19 $<$ I $<$ 22, 0.2 $<$ z $<$ 0.84) previously imaged by {\it HST's} WFPC2. Though small, our sample appears to be representative of field spirals with a magnitude--limit of I $\le$ 22. Combining the results from the spectral and imaging data, we have derived various quantitative parameters for the galaxies, including colors, inclinations, emission line equivalent widths, redshifts, luminosities, internal velocity information and physical scale lengths. In particular, disk scale lengths (with sizes ranging from $\sim$1--5 kpc) have been measured from fits to the surface brightness profiles. We have also measured internal velocities with a rest frame resolution of $\sigma$ = 55 to 80 km s$^{-1}$ by fitting to the emission lines. The luminosity--disk size and luminosity--internal velocity (Tully--Fisher) relations for our moderate redshift galaxies are similar to the scaling relations seen for local galaxies, albeit with a modest brightening of $\sim$1 magnitude. The one bulge--dominated galaxy in our sample (at z = 0.324) has a relatively blue color, reveals weak emission lines and is $\sim$0.5 magnitude brighter in the rest frame than expected for a passive local elliptical. Our data suggest that galaxies at about half the age of the Universe have undergone mild luminosity evolution to the present epoch, but are otherwise quantitatively similar to galaxies seen locally.
Keratocyte Differentiation Is Regulated by NF-κB and TGFβ Signaling Crosstalk

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) are important cytokines involved in corneal wound healing. Here, we studied the effect of these cytokines on corneal stromal cell (keratocyte) differentiation. IL-1β treatment resulted in reduced keratocyte phenotype, as evident by morphological changes and decreased expression of keratocyte markers, including keratocan, lumican, ALDH3A1, and CD34. TGFβ1 treatment induced keratocyte differentiation towards the myofibroblast phenotype. This was inhibited by simultaneous treatment with IL-1β, as seen by inhibition of α-SMA expression, morphological changes, and reduced contractibility. We found that the mechanism of crosstalk between IL-1β and TGFβ1 occurred via regulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway, since the IL-1β induced inhibition of TGFβ1 stimulated keratocyte-myofibroblast differentiation was abolished by a specific NF-κB inhibitor, TPCA-1. We further found that Smad7 participated in the downstream signaling. Smad7 expression level was negatively regulated by IL-1β and positively regulated by TGFβ1. TPCA-1 treatment led to an overall upregulation of Smad7 at mRNA and protein level, suggesting that NF-κB signaling downregulates Smad7 expression levels in keratocytes. All in all, we propose that regulation of cell differentiation from keratocyte to fibroblast, and eventually myofibroblast, is closely related to the opposing effects of IL-1β and TGFβ1, and that the mechanism of this is governed by the crosstalk of NF-κB signaling.