Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Live Wire: Women and Brotherhood in the Electrical Industry

Acknowledgments Introduction: Getting Wired 1. Brotherhood: The History 2. A Closer Look at Local 3 3. The Struggle to Become Electricians 4. On the Electrical Construction Work Site: The Sexual Charge 5. Race for the Brotherhood: The Ironies of Integration 6. A Club of Her Own Conclusion: Getting Women Down to the Job Site Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Notes Selected References Glossary Index
Using autologous intrauterine platelet-rich plasma to improve the reproductive outcomes of women with recurrent implantation failure

Objective: Reproductive clinics are often faced with cases of repeated implantation failure (RIF). This study evaluated whether platelet-rich plasma (PRP) might improve the implantation outcomes of patients suffering from RIF. Methods: Thirty women with RIF submitted to frozen-thawed embryo transfers were included in the study. Intrauterine infusions of autologous purified platelet preparations were administered 48 hours prior to embryo transfer. Differences in implantation, clinical pregnancy, and miscarriage rates of cycles with and without PRP infusions were analyzed. Results: The implantation rate seen in the PRP group was 6.7%. No significant difference was found the between the implantation, clinical pregnancy, ongoing pregnancy, and miscarriage rates of frozen-thawed embryo transfers with and without PRP infusion. However, the effect size of PRP infusion (Cohen's d=0.39) on implantation rates revealed a relationship in medium strength. Conclusion: Platelet-rich plasma might potentially yield beneficial effects as a safe therapeutic option offered alongside other treatments designed to improve the reproductive outcomes of women with repeated implantation failure.
Risk factors of depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus with lower extremity arterial disease in China

BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus with lower extremity arterial disease. Methods: Four hundred and forty-one patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruited from Peking University of International Hospital. All patients completed the Self-rating Depression Scale, which includes 20 items, using a 4-point scale. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression was conducted to investigate risk factors of depression in patients with lower extremity arterial disease. Results: The prevalence of depression in lower extremity arterial disease group was significantly higher than that in non- lower extremity arterial disease group(25% vs 16%, P = 0.018). In lower extremity arterial disease group(n = 215), depression score(46.18 ± 7.38 vs 44.03 ± 6.53, P = 0.003) significantly increased compared with non lower extremity arterial disease group(n = 226). Compared with male depressive patients, the proportion of female depressive patients(38% vs 15%, P = 0.003) was significantly higher in lower extremity arterial disease group. The depression score of female depressive patients(57.83 ± 3.29 vs 55.26 ± 1.59, P = 0.003) was significantly higher than that of male depressive patients. An increased risk of depression in female patients(crude OR: 2.50, 95% CI: 1.38–4.54, P = 0.003; adjusted OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.26–4.36, P = 0.008) and in patients with low body mass index(crude OR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.80–0.96, P = 0.005; adjusted OR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81–0.97, P = 0.011) was detected. Conclusion: Both low body mass index and female are risk factors for depression.
Factors affecting male partners’ involvement in maternity waiting home utilization in North Achefer district, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Background: Maternity waiting home is a direct strategy to improving newborn and maternal survival. The utilization of maternity waiting home, however, remains very low in Ethiopia. The involvement of men in maternal health programs is a key strategy to increase utilization of various maternal health services including maternity waiting home. Thus, this study is aimed to determine the proportion of and factors affecting male partners’ involvement in maternity home utilization.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from November 01 – December 30, 2018. A total of 403 male partners were involved in the study. Data were analyzed by statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23. Independent predictors were identified by multivariable logistic regression model. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was reported.Results: The proportion of male partner’s involvement in maternity waiting home utilization was 55.6% (50.71, 60.45). Age (AOR=0.88, 95% CI=0.82-0.94), knowledge (AOR=4.75, 95% CI=2.65-8.49), decision making power (AOR=4.00, 95% CI=1.38-11.57), and male partners’ who got counseling about maternity waiting home during spousal antenatal care visit (AOR=9.15, 95% CI=3.34-25.03) had statistically significant association with male partner’s involvement in maternity waiting home utilization.Conclusions: Nearly, a half of male partners were involved in maternity waiting home utilization. Men’s age, knowledge, decision making power, and receiving counseling were factors for male partner involvement in maternity waiting home utilization. Targeted interventions on increasing men’s knowledge about maternity waiting home and changing patriarchal thinking in the society can improve men’s involvement in maternity waiting home utilization.
Using Marey Graphs to Visualize Transit Loading and Schedule Adherence

Etienne-Jules Marey was a Victorian scientist and polymath who created several useful visualizations, one of which – a train schedule graphic – is now referred to as a Marey Graph. The Marey Graph shows transit schedules over time and space, usually for a single route. It is a transit analogue to the time-space diagrams used by freeway and arterial traffic engineers. Typically, freeway engineers use time-space diagrams to understand the dynamics of traffic jams. Arterial engineers use time-space diagrams to understand the impacts of coordinated signal timings on vehicle platoons. Existing transit performance measure research has used trajectories as transit performance visualizations. This paper creates a more complete framework around Marey graphs as a performance visualization tool for transit, using automated vehicle location (AVL) and automated passenger count (APC) data. It accomplishes this largely by leveraging ideas from freeway and arterial traffic operations systems. The goal of this effort is to incorporate AVL and APC visualizations into practical, automated performance measurement systems for transit planners. To accomplish this goal, this paper briefly reviews the use of time-space diagrams as a visualization tool in other modes. It then deconstructs some practical issues with assembling and incorporating real-world AVL/APC transit data into an automated system for visualization. It proposes a set of Marey Graph visualizations for transit data. Finally, the paper proposes a complimentary quantification of this data into a performance measure that can be used for less detailed, more aggregate comparisons of transit loading and schedule adherence: efficiency.
What do people do before going to bed? A study of Bedtime Procrastination using Time Use Surveys.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Bedtime procrastination (BP) is defined as going to bed later than intended despite absence of external reasons. This study investigated sleep and psychological factors associated with BP in young adults, and further compared how high and low BP groups spend their time over 24 hours and also 3 hours prior to bedtime using time use surveys. METHODS Young adults (N=106) from the community were classified as either high (n=54) or low (n=52) BP group based on the Bedtime Procrastination Scale. All participants were asked to complete questionnaires on insomnia, depression, anxiety, stress, and chronotype, in addition to keeping a 7-day sleep diary and completing time use surveys over 48 hours. RESULTS Participants were 61.3% female, mean age 22.7 (±2.89) years old. Individuals in the high BP group reported significantly more depression, anxiety, and insomnia, went to bed later, woke up later, and had more eveningness tendencies compared to the low BP group. Results from the time use surveys revealed that the high BP group spent significantly more time engaging in leisure and social activity with the majority of time spent using media over 24 hours compared to the low BP group. Finally, the high BP group spent on average approximately 451% more time (or 61 minutes) per day on their smartphone 3 hours prior to bedtime compared to the low BP group. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that bedtime procrastination is negatively associated with sleep and mood, and should be considered a serious health-interfering behavior.
Evaluating the Efficacy of Automated Smoking Treatment for People With HIV: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Background Smoking prevalence rates among people with HIV are nearly 3 times higher than those in the general population. Nevertheless, few smoking cessation trials targeting smokers with HIV have been reported in the literature. Efforts to develop and evaluate sustainable, low-cost, and evidence-based cessation interventions for people with HIV are needed. Given the widespread proliferation of mobile phones, the potential of using mobile health apps to improve the reach and efficacy of cessation interventions is promising, but evidence of efficacy is lacking, particularly among people with HIV. Objective This study will consist of a 2-group randomized controlled trial to evaluate a fully automated smartphone intervention for people with HIV seeking cessation treatment. Methods Participants (N=500) will be randomized to receive either standard treatment (ST; 250/500, 50%) or automated treatment (AT; 250/500, 50%). ST participants will be connected to the Florida Quitline and will receive nicotine replacement therapy in the form of transdermal patches and lozenges. This approach, referred to as Ask Advise Connect, was developed by our team and has been implemented in numerous health systems. ST will be compared with AT, a fully automated behavioral treatment approach. AT participants will receive nicotine replacement therapy and an interactive smartphone-based intervention that comprises individually tailored audiovisual and text content. The major goal is to determine whether AT performs better in terms of facilitating long-term smoking abstinence than the more resource-intensive ST approach. Our primary aim is to evaluate the efficacy of AT in facilitating smoking cessation among people with HIV. As a secondary aim, we will explore potential mediators and moderators and conduct economic evaluations to assess the cost and cost-effectiveness of AT compared with ST. Results The intervention content has been developed and finalized. Recruitment and enrollment will begin in the fall of 2021. Conclusions There is a critical need for efficacious, cost-effective, and sustainable cessation treatments for people with HIV who smoke. The AT intervention was designed to help fill this need. If efficacy is established, the AT approach will be readily adoptable by HIV clinics and community-based organizations, and it will offer an efficient way to allocate limited public health resources to tobacco control interventions. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05014282; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05014282 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/33183
Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing and Delivering E-Learning

1. Introduction: Design for Learning Helen Beetham and Rhona Sharpe Part one: models of learning 2. Understanding how people learn 3. Theories of curriculum and learning design 4. Learning scenarios and designs 5. The role of technologies in learning activity design 6. Researching the practices of design 7. Learning design systems: current and future developments Part two: the practice of design 8. Approaches to design 9-12. Design for learning Design for learning in the arts and humanities Design for learning in the natural sciences and engineering Design for learning in the social sciences Design for learning in professional and vocational contexts 13. Design for mobile and wireless technologies 14. New horizons in learning design 15. Developing practitioners, developing practice 16. Building communities of designers Appendices: tools and resources A. Tools and resources for researchers B. Tools and resources for practitioners C. Tools and resources for developers
Surveillance, Closed Circuit Television and Social Control

Contents: Introduction: Introduction: power and vision. CCTV and Social Theory: Closed circuit television and the city Beyond Foucault: towards a contemporary theory of surveillance. CCTV in Context: The panopticization of shopping: CCTV and leisure consumption Towards the fifth utility? On the extension and normalization of public CCTV From another angle: police surveillance and football supporters. Evaluating CCTV: Evaluating the effectiveness of CCTV schemes Evaluating Scotland's first town centre CCTV scheme Crime reduction, displacement and diffusion: evaluating the effectiveness of CCTV CCTV and shop theft: towards a realistic evaluation. Questioning CCTV: What's the problems, girls? CCTV and the gendering of public safety Public support for town centre CCTV schemes: myth or reality? Restraining big brother? The regulation of surveillance in England and Wales. CCTV a " The Future and the Past: CCTV: a new battleground for privacy Algorithmic surveillance: the future of automated visual surveillance A brief chronology of photographic and video surveillance.
Estimated Association Between Cytokines and the Progression to Diabetes: 10-year Follow-Up From a Community-Based Cohort

Abstract Context The long-term association between multiple cytokines and progression to diabetes is still uncertain. Objective To identify which cytokines could predict progression to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes over 10 years. Methods The study included 912 participants aged 40 to 69 years at baseline from the Ansung cohort, part of the Korea Genome Epidemiology Study. At baseline, a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and 8 cytokines were measured: plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), resistin, interleukin 6, leptin, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, tumor necrosis factor alpha, retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), and adiponectin. People with normal glucose tolerance (NGT, n = 241) and prediabetes (n = 330) were followed-up biennially for 10 years. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the predictability of cytokines on the new-onset prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Results At 10 years, 38 (15.8%) and 82 (34.0%) of those with NGT had converted to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, respectively. Of those with prediabetes, 228 (69.1%) had converted to type 2 diabetes. In people with NGT or prediabetes at baseline, the highest tertile of RBP4 was associated with a 5.48-fold and 2.43-fold higher risk of progression to type 2 diabetes, respectively. The odds for converting from NGT to prediabetes in the highest tertile of PAI-1 and the lowest tertile of adiponectin were 3.23 and 3.37, respectively. In people with prediabetes at baseline, those in the highest tertile of resistin were 2.94 time more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (all P < 0.05). Conclusions In this 10-year prospective study, NGT with higher serum RBP4 and PAI-1, and with lower adiponectin were associated with new-onset prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Applying Importance–Satisfaction Model to Evaluate Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Study of Foodpanda

Because of improving mobile platforms and faster 4G speed, the annual growth of mobile devices has exceeded 50%, and many catering enterprises have integrated services to make ordering and delivery more convenient for smartphone users. Thus, user satisfaction with new online food-delivery platforms and services needs to be explored and evaluated. Using an Importance–Satisfaction Model (I–S Model), this study applied 12 service elements obtained from previous studies and an in-depth discussion of experts and scholars to evaluate user satisfaction towards Foodpanda, the first online food delivery service provider in Taiwan. Questionnaires were distributed from June to July 2020 and 256 samples were collected. This study found that eight items fell within the “Excellent Area”, one within the “Improvement Area” and three within the “Careless Area”.
OPTIMAL POLICIES FOR THE CONTROL OF AN UNDERSATURATED INTERSECTION. IN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC SCIENCE

In this research, the methods of dynamic programming are used to determine optimal policies for control of an intersection with 2 traffic streams. An optimal policy is defined as one minimizing the total delay from time zero to infinity, discounted with an exponential weight factor. Traffic is treated as a continuous fluid with constant arrival rates and constant departure rates during the green phase of the traffic light. Optimal policies are found as functions of arbitrary queue lengths and light phase at time zero. A control algorithm proposed by Dunne and Potts, switch the light as soon as a queue vanishes, is shown to be optimal in the above sense for some initial states. However, if initial queues are very large, and departure rates are unequal for the 2 traffic streams, the optimal policy will involve 1 or more policy modifications in which the light is switched to the lane of higher flow before the queue in the other lane vanishes. If, conversely, the initial queues are very small, the optimal policy may include 1 or more modifications in which the light is kept green for a certain length of time after a queue vanishes.
EEG Source Localization and Attention Differences Between Children Exposed to Drugs in Utero and Those with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study

Introduction : Intrauterine drug exposure (IUDE) including neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn exposed to drugs in the womb. Currently, there is no consensus on diagnostic criteria for addressing the cluster of problems present in children suffering from IUDE. The current data sought to examine differences between IUDE and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) clients to elucidate specific differences between these groups in the Conners Continuous Performance Test (CPT-3/K-CPT) and EEG source localization data using standardized low-resolution electromagnetic brain tomography (sLORETA). Methods : This study utilizes archived data from two groups 14 IUDE and 9 clients with standing diagnosis of ADHD between the ages of 4 and 13 without the presence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). All clients completed a standard protocol to assess functional domains, including diagnostic interview, review of records, and tests of attention, executive functions, and psychological status. IUDE clients at time of initial assessment were taking one or more medications. ADHD clients consisted of medicated and unmedicated individuals. Results : Significant differences were found between resting-state baseline sLORETA parameters in temporal, limbic, and precuneus regions. Conclusions : IUDE presents a growing problem in the United States due to current opioid problems, and it is imperative to accurately classify these children according to this specific set of problems. sLORETA assessment may be useful as one marker of IUDE. Directions for future treatment paradigms are discussed as well as potential applications of neurofeedback and learning.
Brucella terminal ileitis: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction about a case

Brucellosis is a bacterial zoonosis transmitted by contact with fluids from infected domestic animals, by consumption of unpasteurized milk products, or by inhalation of infected aerosols. Systemic infection has clinical manifestations from asymptomatic cases to those that are fatal. Focal infections occur in 30% of cases and affect any organ. Gastrointestinal manifestations are rare and unspecific. We reported the case of a patient with antithrombin III deficiency who presented with a clinical picture of abdominal pain at the emergency department, with failure of conservative treatment and with progression to acute abdomen, for which surgical treatment was offered, resolving the condition of intestinal obstruction and taking a biopsy that confirmed terminal brucella ileitis, antibiotic treatment and intestinal rest were indicated with successful results. Brucella terminal ileitis is an unusual manifestation of brucellosis. History of consumption of unpasteurized milk and derivatives and contact with livestock should be carefully examined in patients with acute abdomen in Brucella endemic countries. This will lead to a full and uncomplicated recovery from this disease.
Facilities managers' attitudes towards adaptation and mitigation

Climate change poses a significant challenge to existing built assets and facilities managers will play an important role in addressing the mitigation and adaptation agenda for these assets. Facilities managers’ actions will in turn be informed by their attitudes to climate change uncertainties and risks and on how these are integrated in built asset management plans. This paper presents research findings from an extensive questionnaire survey of UK facilities managers’ attitudes towards climate change risk and the mitigation and adaptation solutions available to them. The paper also examines the usefulness of existing built asset management tool kits to support strategic mitigation and adaptation plans as part of a coherent built asset management strategy. The paper concludes that there is a statistically significant relationship between an individual facilities manager’s environmental inclination and their belief in anthropogenic climate change, and with their perception of climate risks, which are enhanced if they have previous experience of a climate related extreme weather event. The paper also concludes that mitigation is strategically driven through Corporate Social Responsibility strategies whilst adaptation remains reactive and occurs in response to already experienced extreme events. Finally the paper examines the ability of backcasting (as compared to forecasting) to support built asset management planning. Although a number of operational and managerial barriers were identified, including: facilities managers’ attitudes to risk and uncertainty; limited confidence in the future needs analysis; the ability to project a built asset adaptation and mitigation journey; corporate perception and attitude to environmental issues; and personal characteristics and beliefs, the results suggest that facilities managers’ demonstrate the fundamental characteristics and beliefs that would support such an approach.