Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
New Evidence on Retaining Air Force Members with Young Children: Exploring Work and Personal Factors by Gender

Abstract The United States faces ongoing challenges retaining military men and women. Previous research highlights that family factors influence members’ decisions to leave the service. The Conceptual Model of Military Career and Life Course Events and Well-Being suggests that having a baby is a key family life event and may affect military men’s and women’s career intentions differently. Despite this, research on factors influencing new military mothers’ and fathers’ career intentions is scant. Addressing that gap, this study used 2011 Air Force survey data to examine demographic, work, and personal factors associated with career intentions of married and unmarried Air Force men and women who had a baby in the last year (analytic sample =3,679). Results revealed new insights, including: new military mothers experience twice as many unmet childcare needs as new military fathers, marriage to an active duty spouse is associated with lesser retention intentions among female officers, and workgroup cohesion is uniquely, strongly associated with career intentions of enlisted unmarried fathers. Overall, findings suggest that policies aimed at supporting dual military couples, and increasing service-members’ and their spouses’ military life satisfaction could improve military readiness and retention.
An epidemiological profile of otorhinolaryngological disorders in the patients attending ENT OPD of H.N.B Base teaching hospital of VCSGGRMS & R I, Srinagar, Pauri, Garhwal

Background: ENT diseases are amongst most common causes for patient to report to hospital in both rural and urban setups. Since India is developing country with growing economy, its health system is still evolving. This study was done to assimilate the data on patients reporting to ENT OPD in past year so that the future treatment and trend of diseases could be studied and managed. It will help in further reconstruction of health care system of Pauri, Garhwal region. Objective: study conducted to determine the disease pattern and presentations of patients attending OPD of ENT department over a period of 1 year & to study the variation in the disease patterns between the genders & the age group in this region of the country. Material & Method: This was a retrospective record based study was carried in the department of ENT. It included patients who had attended the OPD of ENT department of H.N. B Base teaching hospital of VCSGGRMS&RI, Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal between 15th July 2014 to 14th July 2015. Results: In this Study, we observed that males of younger age group constituted the maximum percentage. Among all the cases presenting to the OPD complaints were of ear being impacted wax, (H61.2) second was CSOM (H66.1-2). It was noticed that throat complaint was third complaint leading to OPD visits, in which acute pharyngitis was commonest. Conclusion: Impacted wax or cerumen is most common disease for seeking medical advice in our centre.
A Content Analysis on the Media Portrayal of Characters with Limb Loss

Background Mass media, such as movies, may be a factor in how society views people with limb loss. If the portrayal is inaccurate or negative, then this could create additional challenges for people with limb loss to cope with their amputation and reintegrate with society. The purpose of this study was to define the portrayal of characters with amputation in movies. The hypothesis was that positive portrayal of characters with amputation, defined as heroism and realistic prostheses, would increase over time. Methods Quantitative content analysis was performed to systematically and objectively analyze the media's portrayal of characters with amputations. Movies released in US theaters from 1966 to 2015 were selected from the International Movie Database. Characters were identified as being portrayed as a hero or a villain and by the type of prosthetic technology they used. Results A total of 162 characters in 118 movies were identified, but only 92 characters could be identified as hero or villain for subsequent analysis. Time was found to have no effect on positive portrayal (p = 0.324). Heroism alone was found to increase significantly over time (p = 0.007), whereas realistic prostheses demonstrated a trend to decline over time (p = 0.238). Conclusion Positive portrayal did not increase over time. However, heroism did increase over time, whereas inaccurate depictions of prosthetic limbs were more frequent overall, regardless of time. This means that when a character with amputation was a hero, he/she was more likely using prosthetic technology that does not exist in reality. These data demonstrate a need to better educate the public and encourage more accurate depictions in the media.
The effects of flexible vortex generator on the wake structures for improving turbulence

Turbulence is a very useful flow characteristic that is used in many engineering devices to facilitate mixing, heat transfer in heat exchanger and improving aerodynamics in propeller. This paper has numerically studied the spatial characteristics of the wake behind a free-oscillating flexible vortex generator (FVG) in order to evaluate its turbulence generation ability. As the wake is playing as the effective turbulence region, the spatial characteristics can reflect the ability of the FVG in turbulence generation when a larger wake size indicates a greater turbulence region. Two VGs are considered in this study; circular and flat plate cantilever. Each VG was submerged individually in a subcritical flow (102 <ReD < 105) and the generated wake was studied. The wake behind the FVG was visualized via the lambda2 vortex identification criterion and it was compared with its respective rigid counterpart. From the comparison, it is found that the FVG has a larger wake compared to its rigid counterpart. The result demonstrates that the FVG can generate a larger turbulence region. The cause of the increasing wake size was found to be the weakening of downwash behind the FVG when it bends. The downwash becomes weaker as the deflection of the FVG increases.
Great Expectations, Financialization, and Bank Bailouts in Democracies

Accelerating financialization and rising societal wealth have meant that democratic governments increasingly provide bailouts following banking crises. Using a new long-run data set, we show that despite frequent and virulent crises before World War II, bank bailouts to protect wealth were then exceptionally rare. In recent decades, by contrast, governments have increasingly opted for extensive bailouts—well before the major interventions of 2007–2009. We argue that this policy shift is the consequence of the “great expectations” of middle-class voters overlooked in existing accounts. Associated with the growing financialization of wealth, rising leverage, and accumulating ex ante financial stabilization commitments by governments, these expectations are suggestive of substantially altered policy preferences and political cleavages. Since the 1970s, when severe banking crises returned as an important threat to middle-class wealth, this “pressure from below” has led elected governments to provide increasingly costly bailouts with no historical precedent.
Choroidal Angioarchitecture According to Ultra-Widefield Indocyanine Green Angiography in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Purpose: To examine choroidal blood flow using ultra-widefield indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to compare these characteristics with those in normal controls. Methods: We reviewed the findings of ultra-widefield ICGA in patients with AMD and age-matched normal controls for comparison between April 2016 and November 2016. The primary outcome measure was the comparison of the vascular patterns of the choroid in the venous phase. The secondary outcome was abnormalities of the arterioles or venules in the macula in each group. Results: The study included 113 eyes of 84 patients with AMD (26 eyes with nonneovascular AMD, 58 eyes with typical AMD, and 29 eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy), 50 fellow eyes without the clinical characteristics of AMD, and 27 eyes of 24 age-matched normal controls. Patients with AMD were more likely than normal controls to have the region of greater hyperfluorescence of the ICGA with asymmetry of choroidal vasculature or abnormality of the vessels in the macula. Abnormalities of the vessels in the macula could be classified into 3 types: a small vortex vein, anastomosis between the choroidal veins, and the large choroidal vessels. Conclusions: Using ultra-widefield ICGA, we found that having an asymmetry of choroidal venules or abnormality of the vessels in the macula may be a predictive risk factor for the development or progression of AMD. These findings also support the association of alterations in choroidal hemodynamics with the pathogenesis of AMD.
Prevalence of Hydatidosis among slaughtered ruminants in Al-Najaf slaughter house, Al-Najaf , Iraq.

A study was carried out in Al-Najaf slaughterhouse during the period from 1/1/2009 to 30/12/2009, to show the prevalence of hydatid cysts among the slaughtered animals . The study sample include(60430 sheep, 31375 goats,19430 cattle ,2526 buffaloes and 4147 camel). The morbidity of hydatidosis was 13.53 % (3789 animal from 117908) among the whole slaughtered animals ,with a value of 4.4 % in cattle , 3.6 % in buffalo , 4.18 % in sheep , 1.12 % in goat , 0.23 % in camel . the highest infection rate in cattle, buffalo ,and camel was in spring , while in sheep & goat was in summer . The study also show that highest infection rate of cattle with liver hydatidosis was in March (5.21 %) ,of buffalo was in April( 8.07 %), of sheep was in September( 4.01 %) ,of goat in October (1.22 %), of camel in March(1.38 %) . The highest infection rate in cattle with lung hydatidosis was in February( 2.35 %) , in buffalo in May(3.58 %) , in sheep in July(2.72 %) , in goat in October (0.59 %) , and there is no infection in camel through the year .
THE EITC AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS

Many low-income households experience high-frequency labor market transitions. It is unclear how the earned income tax credit (EITC) work incentives affect these frequent entry and exit decisions. Exploiting the panel nature of the Current Population Survey (CPS), I show that EITC expansions induce less-educated single women with previous work experience to work more months, leading to more annual weeks worked and less annual exit, suggesting the EITC operates, in part, by keeping previously employed single women in the labor force. Employment responds to changes in the previous year’s EITC, consistent with people learning about how the returns to work have changed and then responding.
External laryngeal nerve to identify or not during thyroidectomy: a single-institute experience

Background Iatrogenic injury to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (ESLN) may occur during thyroidectomy because of its close proximity to the upper pole of the thyroid gland. Injury to the ESLN results in postoperative voice changes, which may be severe, especially in professional voice users. Although the main principle in neck surgery is proper dissection and identification rather than avoidance of important structures for their preservation, many surgeons do not routinely identify the ESLN during thyroidectomy because the nerve has variable anatomical courses. This encouraged us to conduct this study to evaluate the incidence of ESLN injury during thyroidectomy when superior thyroid vessels were ligated individually close to thyroid capsule without prior identification of the nerve. Patients and methods The present study included 200 patients with goiters who underwent either total or hemithyroidectomy at the Department of Surgery, Medical Research Institute Hospital, Alexandria University. In all patients, superior thyroid vessels were ligated in branches very close to thyroid capsule without prior positive search for the ESLN. Results In the present study, 185 (92.5%) patients underwent total thyroidectomy, whereas the remaining 15 (7.5%) patients underwent hemithyroidectomy. Transient ESLN injury occurred in 3% of patients, whereas 2% suffered from permanent nerve injury. Conclusion Preservation of the ESLN is necessary during thyroidectomy, especially in professional voice users. Ligation of superior thyroid vessels in branches close to thyroid capsule without prior identification of the ESLN is a safe procedure and does not increase the incidence of nerve injury.
Evaluation of the impact of various definitions of rurality on the prediction of prostate cancer progression

This study evaluates whether three definitions of rural and urban residence predict prostate cancer progression. People were classified as urban or rural using three definitions: rural and small town (RST), Beale's rural-urban continuum codes, and the Rurality Index of Ontario (RIO) 2008 score. This was a chart-based cohort study of males with prostate cancer who underwent external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in the Regional Cancer Program at Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario from 1996 to 2003. Data indicative of each of the three definitions were used as predictors in Cox regression analysis for the period of 1,000 to 3,000 days after initial diagnosis and as the basis for dichotomous strata in a log rank test. Complete data were acquired from 629 charts. There was no significant association between any of the three definitions of rurality and prostate cancer progression. However, a Beale-based dichotomization led to survival differences using the log rank test. Beale stratification was potentially sensitive to relevant differences in populations that were not represented by the other two definitions. Given the moderate correlations between the different rurality scores, there may be merit to considering multiple rurality scores as they may lead to different cancer progression outcomes in some situations.
Structural evolution of the Breagh area: implications for carboniferous prospectivity of the Mid North Sea High, Southern North Sea

Exploration success at Breagh demonstrates that western parts of the Mid North Sea High area are prospective despite the absence of an Upper Permian (Rotliegend Group) Leman Sandstone Formation reservoir and source rocks belonging to the Upper Carboniferous Westphalian Coal Measures Group. Detailed seismic and well interpretation shows that the Breagh trap was a long-lived footwall high, the prospectivity of which was enhanced by Variscan folding and uplift, leading to the truncation (subcrop) of Lower Carboniferous reservoirs beneath the Base Permian Unconformity. Its drape (supra-crop) by Upper Permian (Zechstein Super Group) evaporites creates the seal. The complexity of its overburden means that an accurate picture of the Breagh structure only emerges after accurate depth-conversion that takes the effects of the Mesozoic graben into account. Pronounced easterly tilting during the Cenozoic affected the area and controlled gas migration into the structure from palaeostructures lying to the east. However, evidence that Breagh is not filled to spill point (underfill) suggests that charge limitation remained an issue. The study demonstrates that a poorly-documented and under-explored Lower Carboniferous play exists in Southern North Sea, which relies upon careful structural mapping and basin modelling to be undertaken for the play to be understood and its further potential to be realized. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Under-explored plays and frontier basins of the UK continental shelf collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection. org/cc/under-explored-plays-and-frontier-basins-of-the-uk-continental-shelf
Does stock market capitalization cause GDP? A causality study for Central and Eastern European countries

Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between stock market capitalization to GDP and real GDP in 10 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) that joined the European Union in 2004 and 2007, with the objective of determining whether the financial markets played a role as drivers of economic development in these countries or vice versa. The methodology, using a cointegrated Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, is based on the application of three different measures of causality: Granger causality test, Toda-Yamamoto approach and Frequency Domain approach. The results obtained suggest evidence of a causal relationship in both directions between the variables in a significant number of countries, and especially in those where the variables show to be clearly cointegrated (Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).
Parents’ role in adolescents’ leisure time use: From goals to parenting practices

Inspired by Ann Swidler’s toolkit theory, this qualitative study aims to achieve a better understanding of social class differences in parenting practices and, in turn, in young people’s leisure time use. To that end, 32 semi-structured face-to-face interviews with parents from middle- and working-class families were conducted in a small city in Belgium. An inductive thematic analysis revealed substantial social class differences with respect to three parenting practices: (1) setting an example, (2) resolving conflicts and (3) facilitating leisure activities. The interviews showed that these differences were mainly linked to social class differences in parents’ resources: working-class parents more often lacked flexible time, financial resources, an extensive social network on which they could rely and the institutionally required attitudes, skills and experience to engage in the above-mentioned parenting practices. We conclude that young people’s (continued) institutional leisure participation puts high requirements on parents and not all (working-class) parents are able to live up to such requirements. In that way, contemporary leisure settings reproduce rather than mitigate inequality in the use of leisure time.
Phytochemical Analysis and In Vitro Activity of Essential Oils of Selected Plants against Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella gallinarum of Poultry Origin

Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: July 17, 2019 August 25, 2019 September 09, 2019 October 24, 2019 Antibiotic resistant Salmonella is a major threat to poultry industry and public health. Medicinal plants are an effective alternative of antibiotics for the control and treatment of multiple drug resistant Salmonella. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in-vitro activity of essential oils of some medicinal plants against multiple drug resistant Salmonella of poultry origin and to determine their active ingredients. Essential oils of Cuminum cyminum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Eucalyptus globulus, Allium sativum and Nigella sativa were prepared by steam distillation and their active ingredients were determined by Gas ChromatographyMass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Activity of oils against Salmonella enteritidis (n=05) and Salmonella gallinarum (n=05) was determined by well diffusion assay. Broth microdilution assay was employed to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations of oils. Well diffusion assay revealed that C. zeylanicum and E. globulus had better activity against salmonellae (26±7.6 mm and 16±6.8 mm, respectively) as compared to C. cyminum, A. sativum and N. sativa (8±5.9, 10±6.1, 8±4.7 mm, respectively). Minimum inhibitory concentrations of C. zeylanicum and E. globulus against Salmonella were 64.1±32.1 and 68.9±32.9 μg/mL, respectively. The GC-MS analysis revealed presence of diverse phytochemicals in all essential oils. Major antimicrobial phyto-constituents of essential oils of E. globulus and C. zeylanicum were eucalyptol (82.85%) and 1R-α-Pinene (13.781%), and cinnamaldehyde (64.14%) and eugenol (8.9%), respectively. It is concluded that essential oils of C. zeylanicum and E. globulus have excellent in vitro antiSalmonella activity. It is insinuated that these extracts may be commercialized as an alternative of antibiotics for the control of Salmonellae in poultry after detailed in vivo evaluations. ©2019 PVJ. All rights reserved
Pelaksanaan Standar Pelayanan Antenatal oleh Bidan di Puskesmas Kota Jambi

Pelaksanaan pelayanan antenatal sesuai standar di Kota Jambi mengacu pada standar Compliance Rate (CR) berkisar 74,54% dari target minimal 80%. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain cross sectional study untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan pelaksanaan standar pelayanan antenatal oleh bidan di puskesmas se-Kota Jambi. Penelitian dilaksanakan bulan Februari-Maret 2015, jumlah sampel 40 orang bidan yang memberikan pelayanan antenatal di puskesmas. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan daftar tilik dan kuesioner dengan cara pengamatan, wawancara dan pengisian kuesioner oleh responden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bidan yang melaksanakan pelayanan antenatal sesuai standar di puskesmas se-Kota Jambi sebesar 72,5%. Hasil analisis bivariat diperoleh ada hubungan signifikan antara pengetahuan (p=0,014), pelatihan (p=0,034), supervisi/pengawasan (p=0,008), beban kerja (p=0,020) dengan pelaksanaan standar pelayanan antenatal oleh bidan di puskesmas se-Kota Jambi, sedangkan motivasi (p=0,297) tidak memiliki hubungan signifikan dengan pelaksanaan pelayanan antenatal tersebut. Perlunya upaya pengawasan dan pembinaan terintegrasi tentang standar pelayanan antenatal.
Sensor‐based activity recognition independent of device placement and orientation

Human activity recognition (HAR) is a prominent subfield of pervasive computing and also provides context of many applications such as healthcare, education, and entertainment. Most wearable HAR studies assume that sensing device placement and orientation are fixed and never change. However, this condition is actually not always guaranteed in the real scenario and recognition result is influenced by the distortion as consequence. To handle this, our work proposes a new model based on convolutional neural network to extract robust features which are invariant of device placement and orientation, to train machine learning classifiers. We first carry out experiments to show negative effects of this problem. Then, we apply the convolutional neural network–based hybrid structure on the HAR. Results show that our method provides 15% to 40% accuracy promotion on public data set and 10% to 20% promotion on our own data set, both with distortion.
Burden of diabetes and hypertension among people attending health camps in an urban area of Kancheepuram district

The middle and low income countries are worst affected by diabetes owing to its rapid rise in prevalence in the recent past. 1 Diabetes is an important cause of blindness(diabetic retinopathy), chronic kidney disease, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident and amputation of lower limbs. 1 Diabetes has caused an estimated death of 1.5 million people directly, while higher-than-optimal blood glucose caused an additional 2.2 million deaths in the year 2012 by increasing the risks of cardiovascular and other diseases. 1 An estimated 7.5 million deaths were caused by hypertension throughout the world, which contributes to about 12.8% of the total ABSTRACT