Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Long‐Term View of Episodic Tremor and Slip in Cascadia

Episodic Tremor and Slip, or ETS, is a well‐recognized phenomenon in the Cascadia subduction zone. Constraining the precise location of geodetically measured slip during ETS is important for clarifying the relationship between slip and tremor during ETS, the location of ETS slip relative to the strongly locked zone, and the role of ETS in the overall slip budget. Here I present a new method for separating Global Navigation Satellite System time series in Cascadia into ETS and inter‐ETS components, deriving long‐term average ETS velocities for each site. These velocities are then inverted for a time‐averaged ETS slip rate on the plate interface. I find that ETS and its role in the slip budget are highly variable and segmented along strike. This inversion represents the highest‐resolution image of the ETS zone derived from geodetic data to date. Slip correlates well with tremor locations, and a possible second updip ETS zone is detected.
What Makes a Competent International Project Manager in Emerging and Developing Countries?

This study explores what makes a competent international project manager in emerging and developing countries by applying content analysis and multidimensional scaling method on the reports of project managers nominated by a Chinese nonprofit organization. The results indicate that international project manager competences can be understood from an efficiency-effectiveness−oriented perspective and an input-output−focused perspective. Four competence sets are identified, including fundamental knowledge and skills, goals-oriented competences, uncertainty and change management competences, and stakeholder management competences. The findings contribute to competence research in the international project context and provide insight for companies and individuals on career and competence development.
Should research misconduct be criminalized?

For more than 25 years, research misconduct (research fraud) is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism (FFP)—although other research misbehaviors have been also added in codes of conduct and legislations. A critical issue in deciding whether research misconduct should be subject to criminal law is its definition, because not all behaviors labeled as research misconduct qualifies as serious crime. But assuming that all FFP is fraud and all non-FFP not is far from obvious. In addition, new research misbehaviors have recently been described, such as prolific authorship, and fake peer review, or boosted such as duplication of images. The scientific community has been largely successful in keeping criminal law away from the cases of research misconduct. Alleged cases of research misconduct are usually looked into by committees of scientists usually from the same institution or university of the suspected offender in a process that often lacks transparency. Few countries have or plan to introduce independent bodies to address research misconduct; so for the coming years, most universities and research institutions will continue handling alleged research misconduct cases with their own procedures. A global operationalization of research misconduct with clear boundaries and clear criteria would be helpful. There is room for improvement in reaching global clarity on what research misconduct is, how allegations should be handled, and which sanctions are appropriate.
Is Weight a Pivotal Factor for the Performance of External Chest Compressions on Earth and in Space

Baers J, Velho, R, Ashcroft, A, Rehnberg L, Baptista R, Russomano T. Is Weight a Pivotal Factor for the Performance of External Chest Compressions on Earth and in Space? JEPonline 2016;19(2):1-16. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of body weight in the effectiveness of performing 4 sets of 30 external chest compressions (ECCs) over 1.5 min in accordance with the 2010 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Guidelines, considering gender differences on Earth and a simulation of the hypogravity of Mars. Thirty males and 30 females performed 4 sets of 30 ECCs with a 6-sec interval between sets to allow for ventilation on a CPR mannequin. The heart rate (HR), pneumotachograph readings (VE, VO2 peak), and the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured preand post-CPR. The same 30 male volunteers also performed in an additional condition of 0.38 Gz, using the 2010 CPR Guidelines. According to the 2005 CPR Guidelines, set ECC rate and depth were achieved for both genders, and female weight was a strong predictor of true depth, which was below the 2010 CPR Guidelines for the last two ECC sets. VO2 peak showed no interguideline difference, but was greater in the females (18.0 ± 6.5 mL·kg-1·min-1) than in the males (15.6 ± 4.8 mL·kg-1·min-1). Expired ventilation (VE) was greater for 2010 CPR Guidelines (27.4 ± 7.5 L·min-1) compared to 2005 CPR Guidelines (23.1 ± 6.2 L·min-1) with no gender differences.
Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change

Random species loss has been shown experimentally to reduce ecosystem function, sometimes more than other anthropogenic environmental changes. Yet, controversy surrounds the importance of this finding for natural systems where species loss is non‐random. We compiled data from 16 multi‐year experiments located at a single native tallgrass prairie site. These experiments included responses to 11 anthropogenic environmental changes, as well as non‐random biodiversity loss either the removal of uncommon/rare plant species or the most common (dominant) species. As predicted by the mass ratio hypothesis, loss of a dominant species had large impacts on productivity that were comparable to other anthropogenic drivers. In contrast, the loss of uncommon/rare species had small effects on productivity despite having the largest effects on species richness. The anthropogenic drivers that had the largest effects on productivity nitrogen, irrigation, and fire experienced not only loss of species but also significant changes in the abundance and identity of dominant species. Synthesis. These results suggest that mass ratio effects, rather than species loss per se, are an important determinant of ecosystem function with environmental change.
Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Parents who have Children with Diabetes

Purpose: This study attempts to examine the quality of life, sense of burden and the level of depression of the parents who have children with diabetes, clarify factors affecting the quality of life of those parents, and assist them in improving quality of life. Methods: 108 parents having diabetic children aged 18 years or below, who are visiting the Diabetic Clinic, D University Medical Center in B City, were sampled for the current study. The data collected were analyzed by means of frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, ttest, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and stepwise multiple regression with the aid of SAS 9.2 and IBM/SPSS 21.0. Results: The worst part of caring for the children was found to be dietary therapy. The quality of life of the parents registered 3.31 points on a 5-point scale, sense of burden pointed to 2.48 on a 5-point scale. Approximately 33.3%of the parents were in a mild depressive state and 12% were experiencing moderate depression. The factors that affected the quality of life of the parents with diabetic children included depression, sense of burden, income and the level of education. Conclusion: The nurses in charge of caring for children with diabetes need to develop a nursing intervention program required in the assessment and management of their emotional aspects at the early stage by paying attention to the parents who have children with diabetes.
Loading effects on the performance of needle free jet injections in different skin models

Intradermal delivery of vaccines with jet injection is one of the leading alternatives to conventional delivery with hypodermic needles via the Mantoux technique. However, for a given fluid, the effects of various parameters related to injector design, as well as skin properties are still not well understood. Whilst the key design parameters are orifice diameter, jet speed, ampoule volume, and standoff distances, we must also consider applied load of the device on the skin, and axial skin tension. These parameters are all studied herein using different ex-vivo models (guinea pig, pig and human skin) and different fluid viscosities. We find that the applied load can have a significant effect on the amount of drug delivered through the skin, as well as the fluid dispersion pattern in the intradermal tissues. Regardless of skin type or fluid viscosity, we show that minimal standoff and applied loads of approximately 1 kg should be used to maximize injection efficiency when targeting intradermal tissue.
GNSS NLOS Exclusion Based on Dynamic Object Detection Using LiDAR Point Cloud

Absolute positioning is an essential factor for the arrival of autonomous driving. At present, GNSS is the indispensable source that can supply initial positioning in the commonly used high definition map-based LiDAR point cloud positioning solution for autonomous driving. However, the non-light-of-sight (NLOS) reception dominates GNSS positioning performance in super-urbanized areas. The recent proposed 3D map aided (3DMA) GNSS can mitigate the majority of the NLOS caused by buildings. However, the same phenomenon caused by moving objects in urban areas is currently not modeled in the 3D geographic information system (GIS). Therefore, we present a novel method to exclude the NLOS receptions caused by a double-decker bus, one of the symbolic tall moving objects in road transportations. To estimate the dimension and orientation of the double-decker buses relative to the GNSS receiver, LiDAR-based perception is utilized. By projecting the relative positions into GNSS Skyplot, the direct transmission path of satellite signals blocked by the moving objects can be identified and excluded from positioning. Finally, GNSS positioning is estimated by the weighted least square (WLS) method based on the remaining satellites after the NLOS exclusion. Both static and dynamic experiments are conducted in Hong Kong. The results show that the proposed NLOS exclusion using LiDAR-based perception can greatly improve the GNSS single point positioning (SPP) performance.
Perinatal mortality in Libya

Objectives: This survey of perinatal statistics, undertaken in the district hospital in Ben Waleed, Libya, had the objective of evaluating the perinatal mortality as an index of quality of the maternal health and perinatal care in the community. Methods: During the study period (January 1991-January 1994), there were 4,635 live born infants and 74 stillbirths. There were 115 early neonatal deaths. All 189 cases of perinatal deaths which occurred during the study period were reviewed. The survey covered maternal characteristics, infant characteristics, association between maternal and infantile characteristics and perinatal mortality, including late fetal death rate, early neonatal death rate, perinatal mortality rate, birth weight specific mortality rate and gestational age specific mortality rate. Results: They showed an early neonatal mortality rate of 24.8 per 1000 births and a perinatal mortality rate of 40 per 1000 deliveries. Antepartum stillbirth and intrapartum asphyxia were most commonly associated with perinatal death, followed by immaturity. Mode of delivery was significantly related with perinatal mortality, with vaginal breech presentation carrying the highest risk of death, followed by forceps delivery. Caesarean section ranged third, preceding the ventouse delivery. Possible causes of these findings have been discussed. Conclusion: It is believed that the results of the review will provide better understanding of the needs for perinatal care in the Ben Waleed area of Libya.
Hacemos una correcta divulgación científica en arqueología

Este proyecto ha sido posible gracias a la financiacion ofrecida por la Fundacion Espanola para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia (FECYT): "Integra>Ciencia: Divulgacion cientifica sin barreras" (FCT-17-11972) y "Protagoniza: Ciencia y Divulgacion inclusivas" (FCT-18-13-183). Asimismo, ha recibido apoyo del pryecto "La difusion del neolitico en el Mediterraneo centro-occidental: agricultura, innovaciones tecnologicas y carbono 14 (HAR20 16-75201 P). Todos ellos pertenecientes al Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades del Gobierno de Espana.
Treatments of cholera, their restraints and the necessity for simple prevention strategies a comprehensive review

This review also emphasizes on the idea of directing research as intense as treatment researches, towards prevention strategies such as water treatment at storage as well as at point of use level or formulation of simple, universal biochemical interventions, which certainly will be more beneficial and helpful for the suffering people at any given set of parameters and settings.
Challenges in perishable food supply chains for sustainability management: A developing economy perspective

: Perishable food supply chains (PFSCs) are characterized with rising food quality and safety concerns, alarming food wastages and losses, and poor economic sustainability. Owing to the perishable nature of products and limited shelf life, management of sustainability in PFSCs is critical. Many studies on sustainability in PFSCs have considered developed countries; however, developing countries, have not gathered the required research attention in this domain. In this paper, a decision-theory based framework is adopted, where a prescriptive decision analysis methodology is used to generate preferences among the challenges to sustainability in PFSC. An integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling-Analytic Network Process (ISM-ANP) decision framework is formulated to identify and model key challenges to sustainability in PFSCs, keeping a developing economy like India under consideration. The contextual relationships amongst the extracted challenges are analysed using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) methodology. The relationships identified from ISM are used as inputs in the Analytic Network Process (ANP) methodology, to generate the priority weights of the challenges. The findings of the integrated methodology show “Lack of horizontal integration of farmers”, “poor pre-harvest management”, “lack of government regulation and support” to be the most critical challenges for sustainability in PFSCs. The results show that organizations must work on aggregation of farm produce and integration of farmers with the market. Development of infrastructures and cold chain facilities at the farm level are necessary to mitigate these challenges to reduce wastages in PFSC. The study facilitates managers and planners to understand and enable sustainable practices in PFSCs.
How individual consultations with a librarian can support systematic reviews in the social sciences

The use of systematic review as a research method has become increasingly prevalent in the social and human sciences. However, the role of the librarian in delivering library and information skills (LIS) support in this area remains relatively undocumented, in contrast with the health sciences where systematic review support is often highly visible and embedded. This exploratory study uses qualitative survey data collected from researchers who attended an individual consultation with a librarian and aims to identify the potential role and impact that LIS support can have. The results indicate that both the skills and confidence of researchers increased as a result of the interaction, and that the personalised nature of the consultation provided additional value. However, awareness of the service was relatively low, indicating the need for additional marketing and promotion, as well as increased liaison and engagement with academic and research staff. These findings provide a foundation for further research into the design and delivery of LIS support to those undertaking systematic reviews in the social sciences.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN KEJADIAN ASFIKSIA PADA BAYI BARU LAHIR DI RUANG MEDICAL RECORD RSUD PARIAMAN

ABSTRACT: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH GENESIS NEONATAL ASPHYXIA IN PARIAMAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL RECORD ROOM. There are many factors that can cause the asfiksia of the newborn, whether it were fakctor of mother like primi tua, poor obstetric history, grande multipara, gestasi period, anemia and maternal illness, premature rupture of membranes, long parturition, narrow pelvis, intrauterine infection, factor of fetus like fetal distress, multiple pregnancy, breech, tranverse position, birth weight, and factor placental. The occurance of asfiksia in newborn in RSUD Pariaman is relatively high, that were 438 babies. Research objective: to know about factors that related to asfiksia in newborn in medical record room RSUD Pariaman. Research type: analiytic descriptive with retrospective aproach. The research population is all babies in RSUD Pariaman. Sampling was done by using total sampling technique for 971 people. Data collection was done by using documentation sheet. Data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate. The result showed that there was significant relationship between poor obstetric history with asfiksia occurance, premature rupture of membranes with asfiksia occurance, and birth weight with asfiksia occurance. As the conclusion, that was significant relationship between obstetric history, premature rupture of membranes, and birth weight with asfiksia. Key words: Asphyxia, Newborn
Characterization of links between hydro‐climate indices and long‐term precipitation in Brazil using correlation analysis

Some teleconnection patterns characterized through various hydro‐climate indices (HCIs) have been shown to influence regional rainfall regimes over a range of time scales in Brazil. However, our current knowledge of how various HCI–rainfall relationships vary across regions in Brazil is still incomplete. In this study, simple correlation analysis is performed using sliding window sizes and lag times on the order of months to years to substantially reduce the effects of high‐frequency variability inherent in HCI and precipitation time series and reveal any lower‐frequency relationships that may exist. This analysis is applied to monthly rainfall and HCI data during the time‐span of 1961–2015. The strength and significance of each correlation were tested. HCIs considered in this analysis include those characterizing the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), those characterizing the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO), as well as the Tropical Southern Atlantic index (TSA), the Caribbean index (CAR), and several others. A cluster analysis based on the k‐medoids algorithm was also applied to explore the relationship between local factors and the distribution of HCIs exhibiting maximum correlation at each site. A 60‐month sliding window and a 12‐month lag time were found to optimize the results of the correlation. The MJO was found to have a strong and significant link to annual rainfall throughout much of eastern Brazil, while other HCIs showing strong influence in other regions include ENSO, the CAR, and the TSA. The cluster analysis revealed a more spatially homogeneous response over the Amazon River basin and the southern regions than other regions of Brazil with complex topography, where the orographic effect attenuates the influence of the main atmospheric mechanisms at a local scale. In general, the rainfall–HCI relationship could be exploited for some operational applications (e.g., a regional drought early warning system), where the strongest correlations were observed.
The Identity Prism: How Racial Identification Frames Perceptions of Police Contact, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness

This article examines the role of racial identity in the configuration of opinions about the police. We argue that racial identity links social context to individual valuations of law enforcement, moderating the association between specific encounters and general views on police legitimacy and effectiveness. These propositions are assessed using data from a sample of 451 Black and Latino/a youth in New York City. Findings lend partial support for the hypothesis that, for youth with a strong racial/ethnic identity, the detrimental consequences of more “coercive” stops and stops seen as disrespectful are amplified for valuations of legitimacy but not of effectiveness. We discuss these findings in the context of emerging work connecting race, law, and procedural justice at the micro- and macrolevels.
The marital version of three good things: A mixed-method study

ABSTRACT Many couples’ relationship lacks the prosperity that characterize a good marriage. To address this languishing, our study proposes an adaptation of the well-validated intervention Three Good Things, and examines its effectiveness on marital quality. This mixed-method study comprised 134 heterosexual couples, randomly allocated into one of three groups: intervention, placebo, and no-treatment. Participants completed questionnaires aimed at measuring marital satisfaction, intimacy, and burnout, on three time points: before the intervention, immediately following it, and a month afterwards. At the end of the study period, the intervention and placebo groups answered an open-coded question about the effect the intervention had on their relationship. Results showed increased intimacy and decreased burnout in the intervention group, among participants who complied with the study procedure. A qualitative analysis of responses to the open-coded question found that most couples in the intervention group felt that the intervention had positively affected their emotions, behavior, and thinking.
Dermatophyte Examination of Skin Scrapings Collected from a Camel: A Case Study

Dermatophytosis is a superficial infection of the keratinizd layers of the skin and its appendages (hair, feathers, horns) of farm, domesticated and wild animals and birds. The lesions are frequently ring shaped, hence the disease is called ring worm. Some dermatophytes have great zoonotic importance, where many of them occurring primarily in animals and can be transmitted from infected animals to man (Nakamura et al., 1999). Dermatophytes are filamentous fungi which invade keratinized tissues of humans and animals, causing mild to severe, localized and/or diffuse infections. Zoophilic and Geophilic dermatophytes infect both animals and humans, whereas anthropophilic ones are mainly found on humans (Cafarchia et al., 2013). It is caused by haematogenous group of keratinophylic fungi called the dermatophytes. Dermatophytes are noninvasive cannot survive in living tissues nor in areas of intense inflammation and they have keratolytic activity. Infection is generally restricted to the non-living cornified layers. Dermatophytosis is a clinical entity caused by the members of anamorph genera Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton (Weitzman and Summerbell, 1995; Ainswoth, 1973; Balows et al., 1990; Ganguly et al., 2015; Ganguly, 2016). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 2 (2017) pp. 1731-1734 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com