Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Music’s Impact on the Sexualization of Black Bodies: Examining Links Between Hip-Hop and Sexualization of Black Women

The pervasiveness of sexualization in Western societies is harmful to women, regardless of racial or ethnic identity. However, predictors of sexualization among Black women are understudied. To address this gap, we examined whether listening to and liking hip-hop music would each independently relate to the sexualization of Black women in everyday life, and if this relation unfolded through greater exposure to objectification of Black women in music. A sample of 215 college students completed self-report questionnaires that assessed preferences for liking and listening to hip-hop music, exposure to objectification of Black women in music, and biases toward sexualizing Black women in everyday life. Results revealed that more exposure to objectification of Black women in music mediated the relation between increased listening to hip-hop music and greater sexualization of Black women in everyday life, B = 0.08, SE = 0.03, 95% CI [0.03, 0.13]. Similarly, the link between liking hip-hop music and sexualization of Black women in everyday life was mediated by exposure to objectification of Black women in music, B = 0.09, SE = 0.03, 95% CI [0.04, 0.15]. Results provide an initial step in understanding how preferences toward hip-hop music and exposure to objectification of Black women in musiccontributes to sexualization of Black women. Future research should continue contributing to conversations that challenge the hypersexualization of Black women.
How Accurately Can Warm Rain Realistically Be Retrieved with Satellite Sensors? Part 1: DSD Uncertainties

A significant part of the uncertainty in satellite-based precipitation products stems from differing assumptions about drop size distributions (DSDs). Satellite radar-based retrieval algorithms rely on DSD assumptions that may be overly simplistic, while radiometers further struggle to distinguish cloud water from rain. We utilize the OceanRAIN-1.0 dataset to examine the impact of DSD variability on the ability of satellite measurements to accurately estimate warm rainfall rates. We use the binned disdrometer counts and a simple model of the atmosphere to simulate observations for three satellite architectures. Two are similar to existing instrument combinations on the GPM Core Observatory and CloudSat, while the third is a theoretical triple frequency radar/radiometer architecture. Using an optimal estimation framework, we find that the assumed DSD shape can have a large impact on retrieved rain rate. A 3-parameter normalized gamma DSD model is sufficient for describing and retrieving the DSDs observed in the OceanRAIN dataset. Assuming simpler single moment DSD models can lead to significant biases in retrieved rain rate, on the order of 100%. Differing DSD assumptions could thus plausibly explain a large portion of the disagreement in satellite-based precipitation estimates.
Framåt Marsch! Ridlärarrollen från dåtid till samtid med perspektiv på framtid

Syftet med denna avhandling är att identifiera och synliggöra uppfattningar om ridlärarrollen och dess historiska och samtida villkor som styr och påverkar denna roll. Konstruktioner av upplevelser och erfarenheter har varit centrala för samtliga studier. Ridlärarrollen har studerats från flera perspektiv med fokus på dåtid och samtid för att bringa mer kunskap och förståelse om dess funktion och konstruktion inför framtid. Från ett historiskt perspektiv har stallbackskulturens institutionella arrangemang analyserats. Resultatet förklarar varför ridskolor fortfarande präglas av stallbackskultur med militära normer. Från ett samtida perspektiv har ridlärarrollen belysts och visat på hur rollen upplevts förändras utifrån ekonomiska utmaningar samt hur dessa utmaningar har påverkat ridlärares sätt att undervisa och skapa verksamhet. Därtill har unga ryttares upplevelser av ridskola studerats. Resultatet synliggör att det har skett en viss förändring av stallbackskulturen, där nu kommunikativa processer utgör en central del i det sociala samspelet som ligger till grund för lärande och utveckling. Med perspektiv på framtid kan ridlärare stärka sin profession och utveckla ridskolan till ett vidare kunskapsoch resurscentrum genom att medvetandegöra tre faktorer; den rådande stallbackskulturen, hur lärande sker i verksamheten och vilket behov som finns av kompetensutveckling. G ariella Th orell
Gender, Embodiment, and Self-Regulation: Surveillance in Canadian Intercollegiate Women’s Distance Running

This article draws on data collected through semi-structured interviews with intercollegiate cross country and track athletes to investigate how female distance runners experience their sport concerning gender and embodiment. The runners identified gender as affecting their sport by way of short­er distances for women’s races, heightened involvement of coaches in corporeal matters such as diet and weight, as well as sex verification policies. Distance running was also specifically identified as a sport that intensifies societal pressures for women to be thin. Drawing on Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power, this paper explores how dominant discourses on gender and the body are reproduced within distance running through a combination of structural and cultural practices. However, the paper also highlights resistance to cultural ideals among female runners, calling for a more dynamic understand­ing of disciplinary power that accounts for individual agency.
Second Wave of the Study of Taiwanese Caregivers of Children with ADHD in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Intentions to Vaccinate Their Children for COVID-19, and Related Factors

The second wave of the Study of Taiwanese Caregivers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the COVID-19 Pandemic was conducted at the time of a severe COVID-19 outbreak. The aims of this study were to compare the level of the intentions of caregivers of children with ADHD to vaccinate their children between the first and second waves of study, as well as to examine the COVID-19 pandemic and non-COVID-19 pandemic factors related to caregivers’ intentions. In total, 252 caregivers of children with ADHD completed the structured questionnaires, including the Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale; the Risk Perception of the COVID-19 Scale; caregivers’ Difficulties in Asking Their Children to Adopt Self-Protective Behavior Scale; the Brief Symptom Rating Scale; the Parental Bonding Instrument; the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham version IV Scale; and the questionnaires for the intentions to vaccinate their children and child’s medication use for treating ADHD. The results demonstrated that 82.5% of caregivers reported their willingness to vaccinate their children definitely or under doctors’ recommendation; the level of intentions to vaccinate significantly increased compared with that of caregivers in the first wave of the study. Caregivers’ drivers of COVID-19 vaccination uptake, namely, values, impact, and autonomy but not knowledge; being male caregivers; being caregivers of girls; and the older age of the children were positively associated with caregiverscaregivers’ intentions. The specific intervention programs for enhancing caregivers’ intentions should be specified according to the sex and age of caregivers and of the children with ADHD. The Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake should be also the target of intervention for enhancing caregivers’ intentions through strengthening caregivers’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines’ values, positive impact and autonomy to vaccinate their children.
Assessing models of viscous flow relative to fibres for obtention of the porosity of micro- and nano- fibrous mats

Theoretical and semi-empirical models of viscous flow relative to fibres were used to obtain the porosity of micro-fibrous and nano-fibrous mats applied in air filtration. Overall efficiencies of collection of sodium chloride particles (5.94–224.7 nm) were calculated for the mats considering the porosities obtained using different models. The lowest deviations for the collection efficiency were achieved using the model based on the fractal theory and the Davies’ model (-5.4% and 4.2% for the micro-fibrous mat; 2.0% and 2.9% for nano-fibrous mat, respectively). Analysis of the effect of the porosity on the structural properties of the mats was performed using the fractal-based model and Davies’ model, showing their suitability.
Development of A Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) Based on Active Recruiting of Cells and Formation of Mechanically Confined Neural Networks

1 Chapter 1: Introduction . 3 1.1 Significance . 3 1.2 Objectives. 7 1.3 System Overview . 9 1.3. 1 Active Cell Recruiting Techniques . 9 1.3. 2 DEP MEA Design Overview . 12 Chapter 2: DEP MEA System Design and Fabrication . 15 2.1 Dielectrophoresis . 15 2.1.1 Theoretical Background . 15 2.1.2 Dielectrophoretical Cell Model . 17 2.1.3 Frequency Dependence of DEP . 19 2.2 Device Structure Simulation (FEA & DEP) . 22 2.3 Layout and Fabrication . 25 2.3. 1 Design Revision 1 . 25 2.3. 2 Design Revision 2 . 30
The Ten-Year Risk Prediction for Cardiovascular Disease for Malaysian Adults Using the Laboratory-Based and Office-Based (Globorisk) Prediction Model

Background and Objectives: Globorisk is a well-validated risk prediction model that predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the national population of all countries. We aim to apply the Globorisk calculator and provide the overall, sex-specific, ethnic-specific, region-specific, and state-specific 10-year risk for CVD among Malaysian adults. Materials and Methods: Using Malaysia’s risk factor levels and CVD event rates, we calculated the laboratory-based and office-based risk scores to predict the 10-year risk for fatal CVD and fatal plus non-fatal CVD for the Malaysian adult population. We analysed data from 8253 participants from the 2015 nationwide Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS 2015). The average risk for the 10-year fatal and fatal plus non-fatal CVD was calculated, and participants were further grouped into four categories: low risk (<10% risk for CVD), high risk A (≥10%), high risk B (≥20%), and high risk C (≥30%). Results: Results were reported for all participants and were then stratified by sex, ethnicity, region, and state. The average risks for laboratory-based fatal CVD, laboratory-based fatal plus non-fatal CVD, and office-based fatal plus non-fatal CVD were 0.07 (SD = 0.10), 0.14 (SD = 0.12), and 0.11 (SD = 0.09), respectively. Conclusions: There were substantial differences in terms of the sex-, ethnicity- and state-specific Globorisk risk scores obtained.
GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTORS TO ACCESS BRAZILIAN OKRA GENOTYPES DIVERSITY

ABSTRACT Information of the variation for important morphological and physiological traits of okra is still limited. Molecular analysis is an important additional tool in germplasm characterization studies. The study aimed to evaluate the performance of the growth and yield of 20 pre-commercial okra accessions to identify molecular markers’ association with morphological traits. Nineteen morphological traits were measured with five qualitative and 14 quantitative descriptors. For analysis of genetic patterns Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used with nine primers and 24 usable bands. The genetic dissimilarity was evaluated based in morphological and genetic matrices. Also, graphical representation of genetic distances was obtained by UPGMA and Tocher’s optimization method. The morphological characterization of the accessions detected polymorphism for all evaluated traits. RAPD markers were efficient in detecting genetic variability among okra accessions. For the primers used in the experiment, only OPE10 did not amplify the DNA strand. The other eight primers produced a total of 35 bands, in which 25 were polymorphic and ten were monomorphic. The morphological traits and molecular markers identified wide genetic variability among the 20 okra accessions, indicating successful crosses in breeding programs and isolating some interesting materials. Morphological and molecular cluster analyses were complementary and helped in the genotype selection. Molecular analysis indicated some divergent accessions that were not found in morphological analysis, which could highlight some materials that have a desirable trait, that is difficult and highly costly to access in field experiments.
Major approaches and clinical outcomes of bone regeneration for dental implants: a systematic review

Introduction: In the last decades, the number of dental implant procedures has increased in the world, with about 1.0 million dental implants per year. When a tooth is lost in the posterior region of the maxilla, there is a natural resorption of the alveolar process. There are several surgical techniques that can be used to reconstruct the atrophic alveolar ridge. Objective: A systematic review was carried out to present the key considerations of bone regeneration and bone, cellular and molecular grafts for adequate bone formation for successful dental implants. Methods: The present study followed a systematic review model, following the rules of systematic review – PRISMA. The search strategy was performed in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. The quality of the studies was based on the GRADE instrument and the risk of bias was analyzed according to the Cochrane instrument. Results and Conclusion: The total of 132 articles were found. A total of 74 articles were fully evaluated and 31 were included in this study. Normal bone formation and tissue repair involve coordinated interaction between bone-forming cells and biological signals. TNF-α stimulates bone and cartilage resorption and inhibits collagen and proteoglycan synthesis. IL-1 induces the expression of a wide variety of cytokines. LIF and IL-6 are two such molecules that are known to stimulate the differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells into the osteoblastic lineage. The bioactivation of the dental implant surface with FRP has been described and discussed by the scientific community as a surface treatment for the stimulation and acceleration of the osseointegration process, as well as to achieve greater primary stability to the implant. The combination of FRP and Bio-Oss® has been studied with good clinical results, reducing healing time from 180 days to approximately 106 days. The use of bone grafts significantly improves the residual alveolar ridge regardless of the membrane used. Furthermore, implants placed in fresh extraction sockets with and without elevation of the mucoperiosteal flap can be successfully performed with augmentation procedures.
Phytochemical Analysis of Some Medicinal Plants Used for the Management of Reproductive Health Care Problems in the West Region in Cameroon

Reproductive diseases are conditions that negatively affects human reproductive systems in many countries. Indeed this study was carried out to analyse chemical constituents of some medicinal plants used to treat reproductive organs, diseases in Bamboutos division, West of Cameroon. 45 plants samples were collected from their natural habitats in some villages of the above cited division. Study was conducted according to standard procedures in the laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Natural Substances of the University of Dschang. Polyphenols were revealed in all screening medicinal plant extracts, while, flavonoids were found in most of the studied plant extracts except for those obtained from Dioscorea dumetorum. Triterpens were present in 40 plants, saponins and sterols were respectively found in 33 and 32 plants ; whereas, alkaloids were only present in 15 plants.This work showed that the plants used to alleviate human reproductive ailments in some locality of the West Region in Cameroon are rich in bioactive compounds. These compounds are known to manage human reproductive diseases. Therefore, this finding supported the uses of these plant species for the treatment of human reproductive diseases. Furthermore, appropriate conservation of such valuable medicinal plant species is required.
Multi-Step Hourly Power Consumption Forecasting in a Healthcare Building with Recurrent Neural Networks and Empirical Mode Decomposition

Short-term forecasting of electric energy consumption has become a critical issue for companies selling and buying electricity because of the fluctuating and rising trend of its price. Forecasting tools based on Artificial Intelligence have proved to provide accurate and reliable prediction, especially Neural Networks, which have been widely used and have become one of the preferred ones. In this work, two of them, Long Short-Term Memories and Gated Recurrent Units, have been used along with a preprocessing algorithm, the Empirical Mode Decomposition, to make up a hybrid model to predict the following 24 hourly consumptions (a whole day ahead) of a hospital. Two different datasets have been used to forecast them: a univariate one in which only consumptions are used and a multivariate one in which other three variables (reactive consumption, temperature, and humidity) have been also used. The results achieved show that the best performances were obtained with the multivariate dataset. In this scenario, the hybrid models (neural network with preprocessing) clearly outperformed the simple ones (only the neural network). Both neural models provided similar performances in all cases. The best results (Mean Absolute Percentage Error: 3.51% and Root Mean Square Error: 55.06) were obtained with the Long Short-Term Memory with preprocessing with the multivariate dataset.
Board of directors in SMEs: A review and research agenda. A re-examination of the topic 15 years after Morten Huse (ERD 2000) review

Morten Huse was invited editor for an Entrepreneurship & Regional Development special issue on ‘Boards of directors in SMEs’, gathering four papers on the topic (Fiegener et al., 2000; Gabrielsson and Winlund, 2000; Johannisson and Huse, 2000; Sapienza et al., 2000). In the first sentence of his introducting review article, Huse noted: “While boards of directors in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) received little attention in research, teaching and practice a few years ago, this has now changed” (Huse, 2000: 271). How far has it changed between 2000 and mid-2016? This is the question we raised in order to examine the literature published from the beginning of the century to now (June 2016). Has research on boards in SMEs expanded, could we identify a growing trend, as suggested by Huse in 2000? If the answer is positive, what are the main traits of this literature? Are publications and their authors tightly linked (what could be considered as a field) or, as Huse noted in 2000, are papers only loosely connected? Drawing on Huse objectives in his review, the objectives of our paper are (1) to identify what has been published in the main SME (but also general management and corporate governance) journals, (2) to analyse the methods, theories, and contributions of publications about boards in SMEs, (3) to draw a cartography of references used by these publications and, (4) present the intellectual changes on the topic in the period. Of course, as Huse did, we also want “to stimulate and direct further research about boards of directors in SMEs. For that purpose, we gathered 107 “boards in SMEs or family firms” articles published from 2000 to 2016 in peer-reviewed journals, and present here the first results of our analysis.
Biomonitoring of Soil Contaminated with Herbicides

The state of environmental pollution is of random character, and it depends on climatic conditions, landforms, development and industrialization. It is estimated that in the last decade as many pollutants have been released into the environment as in the previous 70 years, and the pollution rate still increases. Many scientific reports indicate that, in addition to metals, pesticides are the most commonly detected compounds in the environment. This situation is mainly due to the irrational use of these chemicals by humans. Mostly, soil environment changes caused by the influence of pesticides can be determined by various chemical analyses, which require the use of sophisticated and expensive equipment. However, biological methods, such as those using microbiological activity and an abundance of microorganisms, e.g., organisms responsible for the cycle of organic matter and nutrients, tend to be neglected. For this reason, the aim of the present study is not only to assess the validity of other research studies that were performed based on the available literature but to compile methods and compare them, which allows for an in depth understanding of the complexity of soil processes following herbicide application by conducting comprehensive soil biomonitoring.
Effects of Repeated Short-Term Heat Exposure on Life History Traits of Colorado Potato Beetle

Simple Summary Colorado potato beetle (CPB), is a serious pest of Solanaceae in China. High temperature under climate change is one of the main factors that affect the growth and fecundity of insects. In this study, CPB eggs and adults were repeatedly heat-treated at 35 °C and 39 °C for 1, 3 and 5 d (4 h a day), and at optimal 27 °C, and its egg hatching and adult reproduction were observed to explore the impact of short-term heat exposure on the population growth of CPBs. Our research has found that short-term heat exposure is not conducive to the development and reproduction of CPBs. These studies can contribute to deeper understanding how short-term heat exposure change CPBs fitness. Abstract The Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is an internationally recognized destructive pest which has caused serious losses to the potato industry. To clarify the impact of repeated short-term heat exposure on CPB egg hatching and adult fecundity under climate change, CPB eggs and adults were treated with repeated short-term heat exposure in this study. We found that the hatching rate of CPB eggs, the total number of eggs laid per female, the oviposition period, the intrinsic rate of population increase (rm), finite rate of increase (λ), and the net reproductive rate (R0) of CPBs decreased with increasing temperature. The hatching rate and fecundity of CPBs were significantly lower than those of control (CK) after repeated short-term heat exposure. Our research has found that repeated short-term heat exposure is not conducive to the development and reproduction of CPBs.
Continuous-Wave Second-Harmonic Generation in Orientation-Patterned Gallium Phosphide Waveguides at Telecom Wavelengths

A new process to produce Orientation-Patterned Gallium Phosphide (OP-GaP) on GaAs with almost perfectly parallel domain boundaries is presented. Taking advantage of the chemical selectivity between phosphides and arsenides, OPGaP is processed into suspended shallow-ridge waveguides. Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation from Telecom wavelengths is achieved in both Type-I and Type-II polarisation configurations. The highest observed conversion efficiency is 200%W−1 cm−2, with a bandwidth of 2.67 nm in a 1 mm-long waveguide. The variation of the conversion efficiency with wavelength closely follows a squared cardinal sine function, in excellent agreement with theory, confirming the good uniformity of the poling period over the entire length of the waveguide.