Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Magnonic spin Joule heating and rectification effects

Nonlinear devices, such as transistors, enable contemporary computing technologies. We theoretically investigate nonlinear effects, bearing a high fundamental scientific and technical relevance, in magnonics with emphasis on superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids. Accounting for finite magnon chemical potential, we theoretically demonstrate magnonic spin-Joule heating, the spin analogue of conventional electronic Joule heating. Besides suggesting a key contribution to magnonic heat transport in a broad range of devices, it provides insights into the thermal physics of non-conserved bosonic excitations. Considering a spin-split superconductor self-consistently, we demonstrate its interface with a ferromagnetic insulator to harbor large tunability of spin and thermal conductances. We further demonstrate hysteretic rectification I-V characteristics in this hybrid, where the hysteresis results from the superconducting state bistability.
Geometry of Krylov complexity

We develop a geometric approach to operator growth and Krylov complexity in many-body quantum systems governed by symmetries. We start by showing a direct link between a unitary evolution with the Liouvillian and the displacement operator of appropriate generalized coherent states. This connection maps operator growth to a purely classical motion in phase space. The phase spaces are endowed with a natural information metric. We show that, in this geometry, operator growth is represented by geodesics and Krylov complexity is proportional to a volume. This geometric perspective also provides two novel avenues towards computation of Lanczos coefficients and sheds new light on the origin of their maximal growth. We describe the general idea and analyze it in explicit examples among which we reproduce known results from the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, derive operator growth based on SU(2) and Heisenberg-Weyl symmetries, and generalize the discussion to conformal field theories. Finally, we use techniques from quantum optics to study operator evolution with quantum information tools such as entanglement and Renyi entropies, negativity, fidelity, relative entropy and capacity of entanglement.
Frobenius Finds Non-monogenic Division Fields of Abelian Varieties

Let A be an abelian variety over a finite field k with |k| = q = p. Let π ∈ Endk(A) denote the Frobenius and let v = q π denote Verschiebung. Suppose the Weil q-polynomial of A is irreducible. When Endk(A) = Z[π, v], we construct a matrix which describes the action of π on the prime-to-p-torsion points of A. We employ this matrix in an algorithm that detects when p is an obstruction to the monogeneity of division fields of certain abelian varieties.
Well-posedness of an interaction model on Riemannian manifolds

We investigate a model for collective behaviour with intrinsic interactions on smooth Riemannian manifolds. For regular interaction potentials, we establish the local well-posedness of measure-valued solutions defined via optimal mass transport. We also extend our result to the global well-posedness of solutions for manifolds with nonpositive bounded sectional curvature. The core concept underlying the proofs is that of Lipschitz continuous vector fields in the sense of parallel transport.
Function recovery on manifolds using scattered data

We consider the task of recovering a Sobolev function on a connected compact Riemannian manifold $M$ when given a sample on a finite point set. We prove that the quality of the sample is given by the $L_\gamma(M)$-average of the geodesic distance to the point set and determine the value of $\gamma\in (0,\infty]$. This extends our findings on bounded convex domains [arXiv:2009.11275, 2020]. Further, a limit theorem for moments of the average distance to a set consisting of i.i. d. uniform points is proven. This yields that a random sample is asymptotically as good as an optimal sample in precisely those cases with $\gamma<\infty$. In particular, we obtain that cubature formulas with random nodes are asymptotically as good as optimal cubature formulas if the weights are chosen correctly. This closes a logarithmic gap left open by Ehler, Gr\"af and Oates [Stat. Comput. , 29:1203-1214, 2019].
An education intervention based study on adolescent anaemic girls residing in rural area of Bellary district, Karnataka, India

Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional problems prevailing worldwide and the commonest cause for it is iron deficiency. The prevalence of anaemia is disproportionately high in the developing countries particularly among pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls when compared to developed countries. The present study was planned with an objective of assessing the haemoglobin status of adolescent girls and to impart nutrition education as a preventive therapy to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia. A total of 50 adolescent girls (13-16 years) from government school residing in rural area of Bellary district were recruited. After baseline screening they were grouped as anaemic (n=25) and non-anaemic (n=25) subjects based on their Hb status. Nutrition education intervention was carried out for 3 months for all the anaemic subjects. The results projected that the majority of subjects in the age group of 15 years were shown to be anaemic (38%). Distribution of subjects according to demographic characteristics revealed that higher percentage of subjects belonging to nuclear families were anaemic (60%). The mean height and weight of subjects in anaemic group was reported to be lower than the non-anaemic group. Considerably higher percentage of subjects (39.3%) from anaemic group had BMI below 18.5 kg/m. The clinical symptoms of nutrient deficiency were found to be highly prevalent among the anaemic group subjects. The iron deficiency related co-morbidities such as breathlessness, tiredness and weakness were also higher among them. The mean nutrient intake of iron www.ijcrt. org © 2021 IJCRT | Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2021 | ISSN: 2320-2882 IJCRT2101319 International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) www.ijcrt. org 2591 for subjects in anaemic group and non-anaemic group was found to be in the range of 5.10 – 5.38 and 6.55-8.72 mg/day respectively. The post Hb assessment after nutrition education intervention of anemic subjects indicated significant improvement in haemoglobin from an initial 9.8g% to 12.2g%. Hence, it could be concluded that nutrition education could be used as a strategy for bringing changes in their dietary habits in particular to encourage them to have iron rich natural foods for maintaining normal Hb levels.
Assessing diagnosis disclosure and concealment in multiple sclerosis: Development and initial validation of the DISCO-MS survey

Background: Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) regularly report making strategic decisions about whether to share their diagnosis or keep it a secret; for many, this represents a key stressor. Surprisingly, the impact of disclosure and concealment are understudied in MS and a formal measurement instrument is lacking. We developed the Diagnosis Disclosure and Concealment in MS (DISCO-MS) survey, a self-assessment tool evaluating (1) frequency of concealment behaviors and (2) expected consequences of diagnosis disclosure in persons with MS. Methods: A systematic mixed-methods process was used for the design and initial validation of the DISCO-MS. Associations of DISCO-MS responses to demographics, clinical variables, and mood were examined in 204 participants with MS. Results: The 39-item DISCO-MS shows good psychometric characteristics. Approximately 25% of respondents conceal their diagnosis, particularly in professional settings. Higher concealment behaviors were associated with younger age, shorter disease duration, and lower physical disability. Nearly 50% of respondents believed that talking openly about their diagnosis might have undesirable professional and interpersonal consequences. Younger age, higher depression, and higher anxiety were associated with greater expectations of negative consequences. Conclusion: Development and validation of the DISCO-MS presents the first step toward systematic study of the impact of DISCO on people with MS.
Impulsive-Based Almost Surely Synchronization for Neural Network Systems Subject to Deception Attacks

This article is dedicated to investigating the impulsive-based almost surely synchronization issue of neural network systems (NSSs) with quality-of-service constraints. First, the communication network considered suffers from random double deception attacks, which are modeled as a nonlinear function and a desynchronizing impulse sequence, respectively. Meanwhile, the impulsive instants and impulsive gains are randomly and only their expectations are available. Second, by taking two different types of random deception attacks into consideration, a novel mathematical model for vulnerable NSSs is constructed. Then, almost surely synchronization criteria are established by using Borel–Cantelli lemma. Furthermore, based on the derived strong and weak sufficient conditions, the almost surely synchronization of NSSs is achieved. Finally, the section of numerical example is shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Impaired selection of a previously ignored singleton: Evidence for salience map plastic changes

Spatial suppression of a salient colour distractor is achievable via statistical learning. Distractor suppression attenuates unwanted capture, but at the same time target selection at the most likely distractor location is impaired. This result corroborates the idea that the distractor salience is attenuated via inhibitory signals applied to the corresponding location in the priority map. What is less clear, however, is whether lingering impairment in target selection when the distractor is removed are due to the proactive strategic maintenance of the suppressive signal at the previous most likely distractor location or result from the fact that suppression has induced plastic changes in the priority map, probably changing input weights. Here, we provide evidence that supports the latter possibility, as we found that impairment in target selection persisted even when the singleton distractor in the training phase became the target of search in a subsequent test phase. This manipulation rules out the possibility that the observed impairments at the previous most likely distractor location were caused by a signal suppression maintained at this location. Rather, the results reveal that the inhibitory signals cause long-lasting changes in the priority map, which affect future computation of the target salience at the same location, and therefore the efficiency of attentional selection.
A meta-analysis of the executive function components inhibition, shifting, and attention in intellectual disabilities.

BACKGROUND Executive function is a concept for higher-order cognitive functions, which have the role of controller and modulator of cognitive abilities. The consensus in the literature is that people with an intellectual disability perform significantly lower on executive function tasks than groups matched on chronological age. The comparison with groups matched on mental age is less clear. Therefore, the objective of this meta-analysis was to investigate to what extent executive function is impaired in people with intellectual disability compared with a typically developing control group matched on mental age. It was also investigated if the executive function component and intellectual disability aetiology moderated the effect. METHODS Eligibility criteria were participants with intellectual disability (IQ ≤ 75) without a dual diagnosis; a comparison group matched on mental age; executive function outcome reported in a group comparison study design with n ≥ 10. Working memory tasks and ratings of executive function were not included. The literature search yielded 6637 potentially interesting articles. Twenty-six studies (with 99 effect sizes) including 1395 participants were included in the quantitative synthesis. RESULTS A multilevel random-effects meta-analysis found that people with intellectual disability performed statistically significantly lower than the mental age-matched group on the executive function tasks, g = -0.34, 95% confidence interval = [-0.53, -0.16]. However, the heterogeneity between effect sizes was large. The intellectual disability aetiology moderator was significant, but it only reduced the heterogeneity marginally. CONCLUSION The overall conclusion is that individuals with an intellectual disability have more problems with executive function tasks than mental age-matched controls. Limitations are the large unexplained variance and the remarkably high number (69) of different tests that were used, which make more detailed conclusions problematic. This meta-analysis implies that future studies need to be of better quality, to have higher power, and to a higher degree use the same executive function tests.
Reading Ability and Success in Accounting Program

This study examines the association between subject-specific reading to learn ability and performance in introductory accounting course. Using a sample of U.S. undergraduate business students, we conduct an online reading test regarding new standards on lease accounting. We observe a significant positive association between the online reading test score and GPA in the accounting course. This positive association continues to hold after controlling for the participant’s general reading ability and math skills. When we investigate which specific reading skills contribute to this positive association, we observe that it is the global subconstruct of the reading ability, in particular, the ability to make inferences, that contributes to the participant’s performance in the accounting course.
“I Can Feel It Coming in the Hairs Tonight”: Characterising Mid-Air Haptics on the Hairy Parts of the Skin

Ultrasound mid-air haptics has received much attention from both academic and industrial groups, however, such investigations have almost exclusively focused on the tactile stimulation of glabrous (hairless) skin of our hands. Meanwhile, the non-glabrous (hairy) part of the skin covers the largest area of our body, yet remains largely untouched and unexplored by this haptic technology. 1) We study acoustic streaming and the 2) acoustic radiation force associated with a mid-air haptic stimulus. 3) We characterise the perceived strength, temperature, and definition of the stimulus through a user study. 4) Finally, in a second user study we explore the possibility of conveying affective (pleasant) touch. These objective and subjective experiments provide the first deep understanding of how mid-air haptics can affect tactile perception through stimulating the hairy skin. To that end, we discuss how researchers and haptic designers can leverage mid-air haptic technology to vary the perceived touch intensity, temperature, and deliver affective touch.
CIA_A_272078 2383..2395

1Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands; 2Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; 3Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; 4Department of Medical Psychology, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; 5Department of Cardiovascular Science, UZ Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium Purpose: In elderly patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), there is little scientific understanding of the long-term changes of quality of life (QoL) and health status (HS) after treatment. The primary goal of this study was to provide long-term QoL and HS results for elderly CLTI patients after therapy. Treatments consisted of endovascular revascularization, surgical revascularization, or conservative treatment. Furthermore, the aim of this study was to identify the distinctive trajectories of QoL and HS. Patients and Methods: CLTI patients aged ≥70 years were included in a prospective observational cohort study with a two-year follow-up. The WHOQOL-BREF was used to asses QoL. The 12-Item Short Form Health Survey was used to measure HS. The QoL and HS scores were compared to the scores in the general elderly Dutch population. Latent class trajectory analysis was used. Results: A total of 195 patients were included in this study. After two years, in all treatment groups patients showed significantly higher physical QoL score compared to baseline and there was no significant difference with the corresponding values in the elderly Dutch population. In the latent class trajectory analysis, there were no overlapping risk factors for poorer QoL or HS. Conclusion: This study shows that QoL levels in surviving elderly CLTI patients in the long-term do not differ from the corresponding values for elderly in the general population. There were no disparities in sociodemographic, clinical and treatment characteristics associated with poorer QoL and HS. This study was carried out to encourage further analysis of the influence of biopsychosocial characteristics on QoL and HS in elderly CLTI patients.
False Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases due to Contamination by Inactivated Virus Vaccine

Abstract A false-positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction result can lead to unnecessary public health measures. We report 2 individuals whose respiratory specimens were contaminated by an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine strain (CoronaVac), likely at vaccination premises. Incidentally, whole genome sequencing of CoronaVac showed adaptive deletions on the spike protein, which do not result in observable changes of antigenicity.
Lip‐closing strength in children is enhanced by lip and facial muscle training

Weakening of lip‐closing strength (LCS) associated with an incompetent lip seal (ILS) may affect the oral balance between the lip and tongue pressures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of lip‐closing training in children with lower LCS and/or abnormal habits across different age groups and to compare its effects on increasing LCS in children with malocclusion and/or oral habits.
Racial Awareness and Bias Begin Early: Developmental Entry Points, Challenges, and a Call to Action

Overt expressions of racial intolerance have surged precipitously. The dramatic uptick in hate crimes and hate speech is not lost on young children. But how, and how early, do children become aware of racial bias? And when do their own views of themselves and others become infused with racial bias? This article opens with a brief overview of the existing experimental evidence documenting developmental entry points of racial bias in infants and young children and how it unfolds. The article then goes on to identify gaps in the extant research and outlines three steps to narrow them. By bringing together what we know and what remains unknown, the goal is to provide a springboard, motivating a more comprehensive psychological-science framework that illuminates early steps in the acquisition of racial bias. If we are to interrupt race bias at its inception and diminish its effects, then we must build strong cross-disciplinary bridges that span the psychological and related social sciences to shed light on the pressing issues facing our nation’s young children and their families.
Chromogranin A Deficiency Confers Protection From Autoimmune Diabetes via Multiple Mechanisms

Recognition of β-cell antigens by autoreactive T cells is a critical step in the initiation of autoimmune type1 diabetes. A complete protection from diabetes development in NOD mice harboring a point mutation in the insulin B-chain 9–23 epitope points to a dominant role of insulin in diabetogenesis. Generation of NOD mice lacking the chromogranin A protein (NOD.ChgA−/−) completely nullified the autoreactivity of the BDC2.5 T cell and conferred protection from diabetes onset. These results raised the issue concerning the dominant antigen that drives the autoimmune process. Here we revisited the NOD.ChgA−/− mice and found that their lack of diabetes development may not be solely explained by the absence of chromogranin A reactivity. NOD.ChgA−/− mice displayed reduced presentation of insulin peptides in the islets and periphery, which corresponded to impaired T-cell priming. Diabetes development in these mice was restored by antibody treatment targeting regulatory T cells or inhibiting transforming growth factor-β and programmed death-1 pathways. Therefore, the global deficiency of chromogranin A impairs recognition of the major diabetogenic antigen insulin, leading to broadly impaired autoimmune responses controlled by multiple regulatory mechanisms.
Laserstrahlschweißen elektrischer Kontakte von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien in Elektro- und Hybridfahrzeugen

Elektrische Kontakte von Lithium-Ionen-Zellen in Hochvoltspeichern fur Elektro- und Hybridfahrzeuge mussen hohen Anforderungen bezuglich der Gesichtspunkte Leichtbau, Produktion, Funktion und Fertigungskosten genugen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde mit dem Einsatz des Laserstrahlschweisens ein innovativer Fertigungsprozess entwickelt, um die Batteriezellen miteinander zu verbinden. Dazu wurde eine Methode erarbeitet, die es erlaubt, die elektrischen Kontakte hinsichtlich elektrischer, mechanischer oder einer Kombination beider Eigenschaften auszulegen.
Differential impact of abnormal vaginal colonization on perinatal outcome and association with early-onset neonatal sepsis: preterm labor vs. preterm premature rupture of membrane

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to check whether the impact of abnormal vaginal colonization on perinatal outcomes would be different in patients with preterm labor (PTL) and premature membrane rupture (PPROM). We also sought to determine the concordance rate of microorganisms isolated from the maternal vagina and neonatal blood in cases of early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) in PTL and PPROM. Methods This retrospective study included 996 singleton pregnancies who were admitted to the high risk care unit of our institution due to PTL (n = 519) or PPROM (n = 477) and underwent vaginal culture examination at admission between January 2005 and April 2019. Abnormal vaginal colonization was defined upon isolation of aerobic microorganisms. The maternal baseline characteristics, delivery, and neonatal outcomes were compared according to the presence or absence of abnormal vaginal flora, both in PTL and PPROM. Results The rate of abnormal vaginal colonization in PTL and PPROM was 17.0 and 21.4%, respectively. Both in PTL and PPROM, the gestational age at admission was lower in the abnormal vaginal colonization group (PTL, 27.2 ± 3.5 vs. 28.2 ± 3.5 weeks, p = .024; PPROM, 26.1 ± 5.3 vs. 27.5 ± 4.5 weeks, p = .007). Multivariable analysis demonstrated that the group with abnormal bacteria in PPROM but not in PTL had a significantly higher rate of EONS than the group without abnormal bacteria after adjustment for confounders including gestational age at admission (PPROM, odds ratio, OR [95% confidence interval, CI]: 4.172 [1.426–12.206]; PTL, OR [95% CI]: 0.661 [0.079–5.505]). Concordance analysis showed that the maternal vaginal bacteria colonization by Escherichia coli (5.9 vs. 0.5%, p = .033) and Staphylococcus aureus (14.3 vs. 0.2%, p = .032) in PPROM was significantly correlated with the microorganisms from the neonatal blood culture EONS cases. In PTL, no specific microorganisms showed concordance between maternal vaginal bacteria and microorganisms causing EONS. Conclusion Our data showed that maternal vaginal colonization in PPROM, but not in PTL, is an independent risk factor for EONS.