Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care service in health institutions in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is a major public health problem worldwide and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among pregnant mothers in the Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted in governmental and private health facilities in the Gedeo zone from January to April 2019. The study participants were selected using systematic random sampling techniques. The Eugene strip test was used to determine hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant mothers. The status of HIV was collected from the records. Other variables were collected from the mothers using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Binary logistic regression was used for the analysis. Adjusted odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to determine the association between HBsAg seropositivity and various factors. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.Results: The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant mothers was 9.2% in the Gedeo Zone. Previous history of blood transfusion [AOR=5.2, 95% CI: 2.1, 12.5], previous history of hospital admission [AOR=3, 95% CI: 1.4, 6.6], history of having an abortion [AOR=4.1, 95% CI: 1.5, 11.7], age of the pregnant women [AOR=5.1, 95% CI: 1.5, 18.0], and HIV status of the mother [AOR=8.1, 95% CI: 1.9, 36.0] had a statistically significant association with HBsAg seropositivity.Conclusions: Hepatitis B virus infection was found to have higher endemicity (9.2%) in the Gedeo Zone which is higher than the national pooled prevalence which was 4.75%. Early initiation of antenatal care services which incorporate the prevention and control of HBV must be implemented by the health facilities in the Gedeo Zone.
The economical benefits of conducting an ASHRAE LEVEL II energy audit

Conducting an ASHRAE Level II Energy and Water audit provides building owners opportunities to save energy and water in their buildings. The ASHRAE Level II Energy Audit will fulfill the requirements for BOMA BESt Energy Assessment and IESO’s saveONenergy Electricity Survey and Analysis. The IESO saveONenergy allows building owners to receive monetary incentives to improve their energy efficiency. Energy audits are an effective method to increase energy efficiency for commercial buildings. However, there are multiple levels of energy audits set by ASHRAE (Level I, II, and III) which varies the level of detail and economic benefit. The role of this research is to explore the benefits of a Level II energy audit and the economic benefit of a office tower located in Toronto. This building had an ASHRAE Level I audit two years ago and a case study will be performed to evaluate the level of detail and economic benefit of a Level II Energy and Water audit. The tower was evaluated according to ASHRAE Level II guidelines and the results obtained were an Energy Star score for the building, benchmarking against BOMA BESt buildings, energy conservation measures (ECMs), financial savings, payback periods and CO2 savings. They were separated into low/no cost measures, capital measure, other measures and impractical measures. If the building managers were to target all of the recommended ECMs, a total of $300,000 in utility costs per year would be saved. This is equivalent to 1,700,000 ekWh saved per year and a 6% reduction of their current energy use. Further more, the total energy use intensity (EUI) would improve from 26.2 ekWh/ft2 to 24.7 ekWh/ft2. This case study has allowed a comparison for the two different types of energy audit. Compared to a Level I energy audit, there is a lot more detail which can provide a better potential savings as there are more engineering calculations involved for mechanical equipment, reviewing of drawings, observation of mechanical equipment, and interviews with the building operators.
The Mediating Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Inclusive Leadership and Innovative Work Behaviour: A Research in Hotels

Managers and academics frequently emphasize the importance of innovation and the innovative business behaviours of employees in organizations for achieving long-term success and a sustainable competitive advantage. In this research, a conceptual model including inclusive leadership, innovative work behaviour and psychological empowerment is proposed to further the understanding of the premises of innovative work behaviour and to expand the literature. The questionnaire that was prepared for the purposes of the research was administered to 5-star hotel staff in the northern part of Cyprus (N = 457). The results were analysed using SPSS and AMOS software. The findings show that inclusive leadership in innovative work affects behaviour in a significant and positive way, where psychological empowerment plays a mediating role in this relationship. The research offers practical implications for practitioners while expanding the literature on innovative work behaviour.
GCG, PROFITABILITAS, DAN NILAI PERUSAHAAN ASURANSI: EFEK MODERASI UKURAN PERUSAHAAN

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh Good Corporate Governance (GCG) dan profitabilitas terhadap nilai perusahaan dengan ukuran perusahaan sebagai variabel moderasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan laporan keuangan perusahaan asuransi periode 2017-2019. Sample pada penelitian ini sebanyak 12 perusahaan asuransi yang diperoleh menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Teknik analisis penelitian menggunakan regresi data panel. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa GCG dan profitabilitas tidak berpengaruh terhadap nilai perusahaan dengan ukuran perusahaan sebagai variabel moderasinya. Kata kunci: GCG; profitabilitas; nilai perusahaan; ukuran perusahaan.
Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Insulin Resistance, Lipid Profile, BMI in Type II Diabetic Patients

Background: Zinc is one of the most important essential trace metals in human nutrition and lifestyle withspecial role in diabetic patients mainly due to its involvement in insulin production, storage and secretion. -Objectives: to assess the effect of zinc supplementation on changing insulin resistance ,modifying lipidprofile and body mass index(BMI) in type II diabetics. -Design and Setting: A randomized controlled clinicaltrial. -Study participants: the study was carried on 50 type II diabetic patients, both gender and followed for6 weeks. the participants were randomly divided into intervention group who receives 50 mg/d elementalzinc and control group without zinc supplement. -Materials: S. zinc, fasting plasma glucose(FPG), fastingS. insulin, HbA1c, lipid profile, BMI were measured at the beginning(before supplementation and at the endof the 6 weeks duration.Results: After 6 weeks of zinc supplementation, serum zinc levels improved significantly (P=0.0001). Therewas no significant difference in BMI (P=0.092). Insulin resistance (IR), HbA1c were significantly decreased(change mean -0.75 P=0.004 and -0.72, P=0.001) respectively. HDL-C was significantly increased (changemean 3.56 mg/dl P=0.022). TG and TC were significantly decreased (change mean-10.92mg/dl P=0.001 and– 3.52mg/dl P=0.009) respectively. There was significant positive correlation between zinc intake and serumzinc level (R2=0.432). -Conclusion: Our study results revealed that supplementation of 50 mg zinc sulphateimproves insulin resistance and induces more healthy lipid profile, while it has no significant effect on BMIof type II diabetic patients after 6 weeks of supplementation.
Sexual and Place-Based Identity: A Life Course Analysis of LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Understandings of Climate Change in Appalachia

Sexual and Place-Based Identity: A Life Course Analysis of LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Understandings of Climate Change in Appalachia Brandon Anthony Rothrock LGBTQ+ persons face heightened vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Yet, there are limited studies that examine how LGBTQ+ students, particularly in a higher-education setting, understand climate change in relation to their sexuality. With a majority of studies on LGBTQ+ persons and climate change focusing on LGBTQ+ experience during and after disaster, there is a gap in understanding LGBTQ+ perceptions of climate change in the day-to-day. Particularly in Appalachia, a region characterized by a strong place-attachment to and a collective identity with the natural environment, studies of marginalized groups’ perceptions of climate change are lacking. This thesis utilizes a case study of LGBTQ+ undergraduate college students at large, public institutions in Appalachia. Based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups, this thesis investigates the ways in which sexual and place-based identity influence LGBTQ+ undergraduate understandings of the environment and climate change. LGBTQ+ undergraduate students spoke to the unique intersection of Appalachian identity and queer identity, and how this intersection influences their understandings of the environment. As students transition from home to the college space, their understandings of their own sexual and gender identities, as well as of climate change, are further cultivated. Participants also spoke to the privilege that whiteness and class have during present and future climate change impacts, and how such privileges intersect with their queer identity. As they are constantly bombarded by information on a myriad of social and environmental topics in their coursework, the participants understand that climate change is occurring. Yet, they do not understand localized climate change impacts in Appalachia, prompting them to be uncertain about the future, their identities, and climate change. This thesis has broad implications for studies of climate change across the sub-disciplines of feminist, queer, and emotional geography. As there are limited studies on climate change perceptions at the higher education level, and almost no studies in Appalachia specifically, this thesis explores the intersections of identity, emotions, and perceptions.
Knowledge and Attitude Towards HIV Patients among Dental Students

Introduction: The chances of dental professionals acquiring infection from HIV infected patient is very low yet significant. Hence most of the dental practitioners often hesitate to treat such cases reflecting their attitude and behavior on understanding about the pathogenesis and various aspects of the disease. Aim: The present study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards HIV patients among dental students. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaire, through Google forms using various social media platforms among 206 dental students from second year to interns across dental colleges in Tamil Nadu, India during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period. Statistics was done and results were tabulated. Results: In the present study it was observed that 77.7% students were aware of standard protocols to be taken for treating HIV patients and 71.8% were aware of various detection and management techniques. The overall knowledge and attitude towards HIV patients among dental students was 86% (highest) for interns group, 79% for final years, 75% for third years and 67% for second years (low score) respectively. Conclusion: The present study shows that there was adequate knowledge among the dental students regarding the oral manifestations and dental treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS however lack of attitude towards disease transmission was observed. Efforts have to be taken to improve the modes of educating the students about the HIV infection and its dental effects.
Effectiveness of Sildenafil in Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Valvular Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sildenafil is commonly used as off-label medication in Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) secondary to Valvular Heart Disease (VHD). Previously, published systematic review reported the efficacy of sildenafil for PH with VHD specifically in preoperative condition. We conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the potential benefits of sildenafil at different treatment phases, namely acute or chronic. Articles available up to June 2020 were identified using Web of Science, Ovid & Medline, EBSCOHOST, the Cochrane Library, PubMed and Google scholar. Quality assessment and data analysis were conducted using Review Manager (RevMan) version 5.4 and Black and Downs’ Checklist. A total of nine studies (n = 614 patients) were eligible for analysis. Sildenafil improved systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP) (MD -5.89 mmHg ± 17.07), mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (mPAP) (MD -4.62 mmHg ± 12.24) and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Index (PVRI) (MD -60.11 dynes.sec.cmm ± 500.85) during acute and chronic phase in three studies. Data showed no changes in systemic hemodynamic during acute phase but improved in CO and Cl readings during chronic phase. Sildenafil reduced mechanical ventilation time and post-operative recovery room stay during acute and chronic phases. Patients required inotrope support were similar between placebo and sildenafil groups during acute phase (RR, 0.51%; 95% Cl, 0.21-1.27); P = 0.15: no heterogeneity). Sildenafil has little or no effect on pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic, perioperative monitoring, 6MWT and composite clinical score whether it is given as preoperative or postoperative during acute or chronic treatment phase.
Utilization of Compressed Sampling for PAPR Reduction in OFDM IEEE-802.11a System

—Being spectrally efficient, easily implemented, and highly immune to selective channel imperfections and multipath fading, the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) can provide a sufficiently robust and high data rate modulation technique for emerging wired and wireless telecommunication applications. However, a major drawback of OFDM that is represented by its high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of the transmitted signal, which leads to degrade the system’s transmission accuracy. In this paper, a Compressed Sampling (CS) based approach is considered for reducing the PAPR without lowering its transmission capacity or affecting its Bit Error Rate (BER) performance. The proposed scheme adds a sampling stage after the IFFT block in the transmitter side, that is compressively represents the transmitted signal by fewer symbols that is transmitted instead of the original signal. At the receiver side, the received compressively sampled signal is then recovered before the FFT block by following the Basis Pursuit ( 𝓵 1–norm) algorithm. The proposed scheme shows an enhanced PAPR and BER performances while preserving the rest of the system performance aspects.
Nurses Perception, Attitude and Practices Regarding Disasters Management and Emergency Preparedness at Sabia General Hospital Saudia Arabia 2017

Disaster is an event that occurs every day which affects a vulnerable population or area; it has dramatic impact on individuals, families and communities. Whether the disaster is a single family house fire or a tsunami that devastates a community, the quality of life is threatened. The aim of this study was to assess the nurses' perception, attitude and practices regarding disaster management and emergency preparedness, and to find if there is relation between demographic data and their perception, attitude and practice. Cross sectional study design was used in this study. Self administer questionnaire was instructed to collect the data. 150 nurses enrolled in the study which were selected randomly. Data were statistically analyzed by descriptive criteria such as number, percentage, for demographic data, and mean, median and standard deviation for perception ,attitude and preventive practices on SPSS version 25 and inferential statistics. Chi square test was used to check the relationship between the variable. The results of this study showed that most of participant nurses have a good knowledge on disaster and its management. And also attitude and practices were good. The conclusion of this study include that nurses perception, attitude and practice were good but, there is no relation between demographic data and their perception, attitude, and practice except experience and level of education with attitude.
Family Ownership's Predisposition to the Related Party Transaction and Its Influence on a Stock Price Crash: Evidence from Indonesia

This study investigates the relationship between family ownership and the stock price crash risk. It believes that this relationship would never be in direct connection. The authors design and then find that family ownership is predisposed, in the first place, to the related party transaction, then the related party transaction causes the future stock price crash. This study infers that employing the power of family ownership creates the Type I agency problem, although this is not relevant for the Type II problem. From the perspective of the hoarding theory, family ownerships produce opaque accounts by blurring financial information. The blurred information is probably hidden in the related party transactions. This study, therefore, splits these transactions into accounts receivable, other accounts receivable and other receivables. Finally, this research concludes that the family ownership affects related party transactions. These then are used as an instrument to influence the leaded related party transaction. The latest, leaded related party transactions influence the future stock price crash. This study infers that related party transactions are abusive practices, especially on the types of receivables. It implies corporate governance’s revitalisation.
Assessment of Factors Determining Efficacy of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy for Patients with Heart Failure in the Population of Latvia. Summary of the Doctoral Thesis

The Doctoral Thesis has been elaborated at the Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Pauls Stradiņs University Hospital, Rīga. Defence: at the public session of the Doctoral Council of Medicine on 27 January 2020 at 15.00 in Hippocrates Lecture Theatre, 16 Dzirciema Street, Rīga Stradiņs University.
Leadership as a Driver of Employees' Innovation Performance: The Mediating Effect of Cultural Diversity in UAE Universities

The aim of this research was to look into the relationship between leadership; transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and employee innovation, as well as the mediating impact of cultural diversity between leadership and employee innovation. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from 633 public and private universities’ employees in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the help of the stratified sampling technique, and hypothesis verified through structural equations modelling (AMOS-21). Findings of the study shows that leadership has positive impact on employee innovation and cultural diversity partially mediates the relationship between leadership and innovative performance of UAE universities’ employees. Practical implication of the study is to understand how universities can enhance their employees’ innovation which is crucial for their competitiveness and survival. Moreover, the increasing prevalence of cultural diversity, as work arrangements in universities, raises the question of how to successfully manage employees. Although few studies have looked into how transformational and transactional leadership styles affect employees’ innovation performance, this study expands on the topic by concentrating on sub-dimensions of leadership that foster innovation through idea generation and execution at the United Arab Emirates universities. This study offers valuable insights for educational leaders and throws light on the main characteristics of leadership which helps the employees to perform better in terms of innovation.
On the LoRa Modulation for IoT: Optimal Preamble Detection and Its Performance Analysis

This article investigates the problem of preamble detection for the long-range (LoRa) modulation and analyzes its performance. For analysis, the inevitable multiuser interference is reasonably modeled as correlated noise. First, the optimal preamble detector is derived and the best preamble is designed to maximize the detection probability while achieving a target value of the false alarm rate. To reduce the required computational complexity and to gain more insights, the preamble detection problem is further investigated for two important special scenarios with: 1) a large spreading factor (SF) and 2) uncorrelated noise, respectively. The analysis is then extended to the case in the presence of phase offset. Our work reveals that the existing preamble detection methods are strictly suboptimal. In addition, various useful and interesting engineering insights into preamble detection with LoRa modulation are provided from the derived results, and the theoretical performance limit of the preamble detection with LoRa modulation is quantified. Extensive numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed scheme. Particularly, the proposed scheme outperforms the existing schemes by more than 10 dB in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the detection probability of 80% and the target false alarm rate of 10%.
Geologic age of the lower Josoji Formation, Shimane Peninsula, Southwest Honshu, Japan: Implications for an abrupt change to deep‐water during the earlier opening stage of the Japan Sea

The lower part of the Josoji Formation, Shimane Peninsula, contains clues for figuring out changes in deep‐water characteristics during the opening of the Japan Sea. The foraminiferal assemblage includes early to middle Miocene biostratigraphic index taxa such as planktonic foraminiferal Globorotalia zealandica and Globorotaloides suteri. The occurrence of these two species, together with the absence of praeorbulinids, suggests that the lower part of the Josoji Formation is assigned to the top of planktonic foraminiferal Zone N7/M4 (16.39 Ma). The benthic foraminiferal assemblage, which is characterized by Cyclammina cancellata and Martinottiella communis, clearly suggests that the lower Josoji Formation was deposited at bathyal depths, and that it developed in association with the abrupt appearance of deep‐sea calcareous forms. Such bathyal taxa are the main constituents of the Spirosigmoilinella compressa–Globobulimina auriculata Zone of the Josoji Formation and also of the Gyrodina–Gyroidinoides Zone at Ocean Drilling Program Site 797 in the Japan Sea. The base of these benthic foraminiferal zones can be correlated with the base of the nannofossil Sphenolithus heteromorphus Base Zone (= CNM6/CN3); thus, its estimated age is 17.65 Ma. This biostratigraphic information suggests that the lower Josoji Formation was deposited from shortly before 17.65–16.39 Ma in upper limit age. Evidence that fresh to brackish and shallow‐water basins formed in the rifting interval of 20–18 Ma in the Japan Sea borderland suggests that the abrupt appearance of deep‐sea calcareous foraminifera occurred about 1 my earlier in this area than in other sedimentary basins and suggests that a significant paleoceanographic change occurred in the proto‐Japan Sea at 17.65 Ma.
The effect of health anxiety levels experienced by nurses in the COVID-19 period on conscience perceptions: A cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT This study sought to determine the effect of health anxiety levels experienced by Turkish nurses upon their perceptions of conscience during COVID-19. The study was a cross-sectional study involving nurses working in X Hospital (n:207). The study data were collected using Personal Information Form, Health Anxiety Inventory, and Perception of Conscience Scale. The average total Health Anxiety Inventory score was 15.34 ± 5.93 (low). The mean total Perception of Conscience Scale score was 65.67 ± 10.27 (high). The independent variables were effective on perception of conscience at an effect size of 0.11.