Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Expectations and Experiences of Spanish Primiparous Women Who Decide to Breastfeed Their Infants and Strategies for Change in 2020—A Qualitative Study

To describe the experiences and expectations of Spanish women regarding breastfeeding and the support they receive from healthcare professionals, family, and friends during the breastfeeding journey, A qualitative study using an empirical-phenomenological approach was conducted. Primiparous women that had already given birth were interviewed using a purposive and snowball sampling. In-depth interviews were conducted between 1 January and 30 April 2020. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Haase’s adaptation of Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. We recruited 14 women who had recently become mothers. Three major themes describing experiences of infant feeding by maternal lactation were identified—institutional influences, establishing breastfeeding, and cessation of breastfeeding—as well as the following 10 categories: hospital routines, lactation concerns (amount and infant nutrition), antenatal breastfeeding decision, embarrassment to breastfeed, and normalisation of breastfeeding. Prior education and support were identified as key elements in possible breastfeeding support strategies.
Brillouin measurements of double clad, metal coated optical fibres

For the first time, we present the measurement of the stimulated Brillouin gain spectra of all-glass, metal coated, doubleclad, large-mode area fibres. We describe the methodology used to measure the small SBS gains produced by the short lengths of large-mode area fibres. The Brillouin spectra of the fibres were also measured while a segment was heated on a hot plate. Sections of the metal coated fibres were raised to 250 °C, resulting in a ~0.2 GHz shift in the Brillouin gain peak. This is a significantly larger shift in temperature than possible with conventional polymer coated double clad fibres, demonstrating how metal coated fibres can begin to overcome some of the limiting nonlinearities associated with single frequency and narrow linewidth operation.
Effect of Drought Stress on Physio-biochemical Traits and Secondary Metabolites Production in the Woody Species Pinus Halepensis Mill. At a Juvenile Development Stage

ABSTRACT The characterization of the drought stress responses of plants is essential to understand the interactions of these effects with key life processes, such as growth and reproduction. The capability of plants to respond to abiotic stress is associated with their plasticity as well as the adaptableness of plant traits to fluctuating bioclimatic conditions. In this study, the response of Pinus halepensis seedlings to the different water irrigation regimes was assessed based on various ecophysiological, biochemical, and metabolic traits. This approach aims to identify different traits capable of predicting the ability of formerly uncharacterized seedlings to cope with drought stress. The obtained results revealed that drought stress affects the vital metabolic processes in Aleppo pine plants, such as transpiration, photosynthesis, and respiration at their early development stage. These variations were accompanied by changes in chlorophyll pigment contents and an accumulation of organic solutes (sugar and proline). Both drought stress levels induced an increase over the control of the amounts of total secondary metabolites and essential oil contents. These findings are of particular interest in the comprehension of seedlings response to drought stress which provides valuable background knowledge for the success of reforestation programs based on this woody species.
EFFECTS OF DRYING METHODS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF Pleurotus sajor-caju MUSHROOM

Mushrooms of the Pleurotus spp. are very sensitive and the shelf-life of mushrooms is limited, that is a few days under normal or low temperatures, which is a limitation in the distribution and marketing of fresh products. To extend their shelf life, drying methods need to be applied. Total drying time decreased with increased drying temperatures (960 and 330 min of drying at 40 and 70°C, respectively). The drying curve equations is establised as y=a.exp(-kt) (R2>0.95). These equations can be applied to predict moisture reduction during drying of Pleurotus spp. at the temperature ranges studied. Besides, effect of drying methods (convection, sun and solar drying) was investigated. Results showed that the quality of sample treated with solar drying was higher than others. In the solar drying samples, the highest protein, carbohydrate, flavonoid, b-glucan content (in dry basis) were 16.22%, 24.84% and 5.82 mg QE/gm, 0.41%, respectively. The antioxidant capacity (FRAP and DPPH) was 362.58 mM Fe2+/gm and 62.35%, respectively. The lighter color was obtained for the mushroom dried using a solar dryer.
C-Reactive Protein in Bipolar Disorder and Unipolar Depression

Abstract This study aimed to explore the role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the pathological mechanism and differential diagnoses of bipolar disorder (BD) and unipolar depression (UD). We tested serum CRP levels of 176 BD and 86 UD patients, and 82 healthy controls (HCs), at acute and remission phases. In the acute phase, CRP levels were higher in BD than in UD patients and HC, and lower in UD patients than in HC. The CRP levels of BD patients in a manic episode were higher than those of HC; in a depressive or mixed episode, they were comparable to those of HC. The CRP levels of BD and UD patients during an acute depressive episode yielded an area under the curve of 0.676. CRP may be a state marker of acute manic episodes in BD and acute depressive episodes in UD, and a biomarker for distinguishing BD and UD.
A Comparison of the Accuracy of Handheld Hemoglobinometer and Hematocrit Measurements for Detecting Plasma Leakage in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Purpose Practical methods for detecting plasma leakage should be readily available in all areas where dengue is endemic. We compared the accuracy of measurements obtained with a handheld HemoCue® Hb 201 instrument used for hemoglobin point-of-care testing (Hb-POCT) with that of measurements of hematocrit (Ht) levels for detecting plasma leakage in dengue patients. Patients and Methods We performed both measurements using the HemoCue® Hb201 system and microhematocrit method on EDTA blood taken from dengue patients at three time points during their hospitalization. Ascites, pleural effusion, or gallbladder thickening determined through ultrasound examinations were considered the gold standard for determining dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) versus dengue fever (DF). Results Close agreement between Hb-POCT and Ht measurements was indicated by an r square value of 0.845 in a linear regression. The sensitivity results for distinguishing between DHF and DF at admission were similar for Hb-POCT (63.6%) and Ht (66.7%) (Kappa = 0.75) using the optimal cutoff point determined via ROC analysis. Delta differences (in percentage) for Hb-POCT and Ht between the highest and lowest values showed lower sensitivity (45.5% and 48.5%, respectively; Kappa 0.60) when the optimal cutoff point was applied. Recommended cutoffs of ≥20% to confirm plasma leakage provided a slightly higher sensitivity using Hb-POCT (18.2%) compared with the sensitivity obtained using Ht (15.2%) with Kappa value of 97.9%. Conclusion Our results showed that the accuracy of Hb POCT measurements was similar and not inferior to Ht measurements for detecting plasma leakage in patients with DHF. We recommend that further evaluations are conducted to determine the optimal cutoff point given the low sensitivity associated with using ≥20% Hb-POCT or Ht increases to determine hemoconcentration.
Developing and evaluating a game-based software engineering educational system

Research in software engineering education has, in recent years, attempted to achieve the equilibrium between academia and practice.The software engineering education research community has obtained a number of valuable outcomes in the areas of contentcurriculum, pedagogy, and technology, respectively. However, very few studies have successfully integrated these three dimensions into asingle learning environment. This study developed and evaluated a Game-Based Software Engineering Educational System (GBSEES)for software engineering education. GBSEES adopted a role-playing strategy using a digital game-based learning model. This game-based system was based on the educational theory of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, which integrates pedagogicalknowledge, content knowledge, and technological knowledge. In the game-based learning system, students learned about the process ofsoftware development in a team-based environment by using a role-playing gaming strategy. The study also investigated the effect ofthe GBSEES on the students' attitude to learning.
Accurate Strain Extraction via Kernel Extreme Learning Machine for Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor

A novel machine learning based FBG sensing interrogation method is proposed in this paper. The method uses a Kernel Regularized Extreme Learning Machine optimized by Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization (QPSO-KRELM). The proposed method is divided into two steps. First, the prediction model is established through the KRELM. Second, the hyperparameters of the model are optimized by the usage of the QPSO algorithm. Due to the good stability and convergence of the QPSO-KRELM, the well-trained detection model can automatically and accurately extract the sensing information from the FBG spectrum. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method is reliable and efficient in interrogating the wavelength shift. Moreover, even if the FBG spectrum has few sample points, the method can still provide high demodulation accuracy.
Continental Break‐Up Under a Convergent Setting: Insights From P Wave Radial Anisotropy Tomography of the Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea

To explore the dynamic mechanism of continental rifting within a convergent setting, we determine the first P wave radial anisotropic tomography beneath the Woodlark rift in southeastern Papua New Guinea, which develops within the obliquely colliding zone between the Australian and southwest Pacific plates. The rift zone is depicted as localized low‐velocity anomalies with positive radial anisotropy, which rules out a dominant role of active mantle upwelling in promoting the rift development and favors passive rifting with decompression melting as main processes. Downwelling slab relics in the upper mantle bounding the rift zone are revealed based on observed high‐velocity anomalies and negative radial anisotropy, which may contribute to the ultra‐high pressure rock exhumations and rift initiation. Our observations thus indicate that the Woodlark rift follows a passive model and is mainly driven by slab pull from the northward subduction of the Solomon plate.
Technology inclusion for students living with disabilities through collaborative online learning during and beyond COVID-19

Technology-based platforms in higher education institutions (HEIs), including online learning, require innovative approaches to ensure inclusive and transformative educational spaces for students living with disabilities. Achieving social equality, technology access and inclusion may contribute to ensuring a seamless instructional design for students living with disabilities in HEIs amid and beyond COVID-19. COVID-19 has obliged HEIs to adopt alternatives to learning and teaching, making the use of open distance learning (ODL) amid the pandemic more relevant. This theoretical paper considers the significance of ODL by demonstrating how to achieve technology inclusion for students living with disabilities through collaborative online international learning (COIL). Situated within the collaborative learning theory, this paper offers a disability perspective to learning in HEIs, through an analysis of stipulations in the Strategic Policy Framework on Disability for the Post-School Education and Training System (2018). The findings indicate that the application of COIL for students living with disabilities may transform their learning experiences and unlock new pathways for their development. The paper recommends that COIL may be used as a response to ensuring access and inclusive education provision for students living with disabilities in HEIs.
The economic local turn in peace and conflict studies: economic peacebuilding interventions and the everyday

ABSTRACT This article calls for a better integration of economic and socio-economic aspects of peacemaking efforts into critical peace and conflict scholarship and can be read as a corrective to the predominance of top-down and state-centric lenses in the examination of post-war economic recovery. As of yet, academic debates surrounding peace interventions have not adequately integrated the economic with the political, in particular at the level of the everyday. Most theories in International Relations that engage with the connection between economics and politics during and after conflict – as well as the original notions of liberal peace – are based on the idea that international trade and market liberalisation reduce the chances of war between states. This neglects the sub-state level, and does not pay attention to the quality of peace that results. Considering the shift to intra-state conflicts, this article discusses the epistemological consequences of neglecting the economic everyday in conflict-affected societies and its implications for peacemaking, for both international and domestic actors. Shifting the level of analysis to the sub-state level and using an intersectional and inter-disciplinary approach broadens our understanding of peace and peacemaking, and how different segments of the populations experience them.
Statistical Skin Damage Detection and Restoration Assessment for Aircraft Panels via Vibration Testing

The problems of Skin Damage Detection (SDD) and Restoration Quality Assessment (RQA) for aircraft panels via vibration testing is considered. Two statistical schemes capable of acounting for experimental uncertainty are introduced: A Modal Parameter Based Scheme (MPBS) and a Coherence Measure Based Scheme (CMBS). The schemes’ effectiveness is assessed via laboratory experiments with an aircraft panel. The results of the study indicate the potential of the vibration testing based approach for tackling the SDD and RQA problems. The first scheme is shown to be effective for the SDD problem and the second for both the SDD and RQA problems.
Wavelet spectral finite element for modeling guided wave propagation and damage detection in stiffened composite panels

Ultrasonic-guided wave propagation in stiffened composite panels is modeled using the wavelet spectral finite element method. The model is capable of analyzing transient response resulting from loads with short time duration, such as impacts. The model can also be used to predict the response for known excitations commonly used in ultrasonic wave–based structural health monitoring/nondestructive inspection systems. Wavelet spectral finite element is an efficient and accurate technique for wave propagation modeling in structures. Governing equations of laminated plate elements used in the model are based on the first-order shear deformation theory, which yields accurate solutions up to wavelengths close to plate thickness. Daubechies compactly supported scaling functions are used to approximate the partial differential equations in time and one spatial dimension. Resulting ordinary differential equations are rearranged and solved for wavenumbers by assuming a harmonic solution in the transformed frequency-wavenumber domain. The global dynamic stiffness matrix of the spectral plate element is formed relating transformed nodal forces and displacements. Stiffened panel is then assembled following a procedure similar to conventional finite element method, and the resulting matrix equation is solved in the frequency-wavenumber domain. Wavelet spectral finite element results are validated with conventional finite element simulations performed in Abaqus®. In addition to transient response prediction, the usefulness of wavelet spectral finite element–based skin–stiffener model is shown in structural health monitoring for detecting skin–stiffener debond and transverse surface crack.
Cognitive and Socioemotional Development at 5 and 9 Years of Age of Children Born with Very Low Birth Weight and Extremely Low Birth Weight in the Czech Republic

Background There is a high prevalence of cognitive and socioemotional dysfunction in very low birth weight (VLBW <1500 g) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW <1000 g) children. This study from the Czech Republic aimed to compare the cognitive and socioemotional development at 5 and 9 years of age of children born with VLBW/ELBW with children born with normal birth weight (NBW ≥2500 g). Material/Methods The clinical group consisted of 118 VLBW/ELBW children and the control group consisted of 101 children with NBW at ages 5 to 9 years. The research battery included selected subscales from the Intelligence and Development Scales (IDS), A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment – second edition (NEPSY-II), and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Data were analyzed using STATA IC v. 15 software and G*Power (descriptive statistic, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlations, multivariate analysis of variance – MANOVA, post hoc power analysis). Results We found a statistically significant difference in cognitive and socioemotional development between children with VLBW/ELBW and those with NBW. The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of VLBW/ELBW children was 96.38, while that of NBW children was 12.98 points higher (P<0.001). NBW children achieved better results on all subtests of the IDS (P<0.001) as well as in affect recognition (P<0.001). All results for both groups were within normal range. Parents of VLBW/ELBW children did not recognize impaired executive functioning (P=0.494). Conclusions This study has shown significant cognitive and socioemotional deficit in children born with VLBW and ELBW when evaluated at 5 and 9 years of age.
Bearing capacity of under-reamed piles in clay using lower bound finite element limit analysis

ABSTRACT In this study, bearing capacity of under-reamed piles in non-homogeneous clay is estimated numerically. A detailed parametric study is carried out for different length to shaft diameter ratio (Lu /D), bulb position (hb /Du ), under-ream angle (β) and constant m indicating the increase of undrained cohesion, number of bulbs (nb ), bulb spacing (s) and pile–soil adhesion factor (αs ). The bearing capacity of the under-reamed pile is presented through design charts and expressed by a dimensionless factor Ncu. Ncu increases significantly with increases in nb, Lu /D and m and moderately with increases in β and αs . For m > 0, Ncu decreases moderately with the increase in hb /Du . For two bulbs, m > 0, the optimum bulb spacing is found at 1.25–1.75Du . For one bulb, Ncu increases in the range of 67.52–162.84% than the pile without bulb. For two bulbs, Ncu increases in the range of 129.41–250.40% than the pile without bulb.
Uncovering the affective affordances of videoconference technologies

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the role of videoconferencing technologies for mediating and transforming emotional experiences in virtual context.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on empirical data of video conferencing experiences, this study identifies different constitutive relations with technology through which actors cope with actual or potential anxieties in virtual meetings. It draws on the phenomenological-existential tradition (Sartre and Merleau-Ponty) and on an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) to conceptualize and illustrate the role of affective affordances in virtual settings.FindingsThe study identifies four different body–technology–other relations that provide different action possibilities, both disclosing and concealing, for navigating emotional experiences in virtual encounters of mutual gazing. These findings offer insights into the anatomy of virtual emotions and provide explanations on the nature of Zoom fatigue (interactive exhaustion) and heightened feelings of self-consciousness resulting from video conferencing interactions.Originality/valueThis paper builds on and extends current scholarship on technological affordances, as well as emotions, to suggest that technologies also afford different tactics for navigating emotional experiences. Thus, this paper proposes the notion of affective affordance that can expand current information system (IS) and organization studies (OS) scholarship in important ways. The focus is on videoconference technologies and meetings that have received little research attention and even less so from a perspective on emotions. Importantly, the paper offers nuanced insights that can advance current research discourse on the relationships between technology, human body and emotions.
The Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Dots on Polycrystalline Nickel Films by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

In this report, quantum dots of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) were fabricated on the surface of polycrystalline Ni film at low growth temperatures (700, 750, and 800 °C) by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction could trace the surface condition during the growth and perform the formation of BN. The observation of surface morphology by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy showed the nanodots of BN on Ni films. The existence of crystal h-BN quantum dots was determined by the analysis of Raman spectra and Kevin probe force microscopy. The cathodoluminescence of h-BN quantum dots performed at the wavelength of 546 and 610 nm, attributed to the trapping centers involving impurities and vacancies. Moreover, the influence of temperatures for the substrate and boron source cell was also investigated in the report. When the k-cell temperature of boron and growth temperature of substrate increased, the emission intensity of cathodoluminescence spectra increased, indicating the better growth parameters for h-BN quantum dots.
Exploration of Flow-Induced Vibration at Low Mass and Damping

Elastically supported cylinders in cross flow are investigated experimentally and by numerical simulation. For very low values of cylinder mass ratio, it is found that the oscillation frequency is controlled by vortex shedding, with no lock-in to the mechanical frequency. In the numerical simulations the systems studied have zero mass and damping. A range of values of spring constant, including zero, is investigated at Reynolds number 100. It is found that the oscillation frequency stays in a narrow range 0.15 < fd/U∞ < 0.2 and the amplitude is in the range 0.4 < A/D < 0.6, eventually decreasing at large values of spring force.
STATE-WIDE STUDY ON PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS ATTENDING PREMARITAL COURSES

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global health issue. Limited knowledge exists about IPV among young adults as they are in a critical period of transition to adulthood and encounter serious dating and partnerships. This study sought to determine the perceptions and factors associated with perceptions towards forms of IPV. A total of 305 young adults with the mean age of 24 years old, were recruited from premarital courses in Kelantan, using a random sampling method. After obtaining their consent to participate, the participants responded to a self-administered validated questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis revealed that misperceptions towards physical violence are significantly associated with female and high income; misperceptions towards psychological violence associated with female, self-employed and high income, and while misperceptions towards controlling actions related to female and middle income. The results highlight that this issue may due to a lack of education and cultural gender role. There is a need for efforts to accurately target these factors through comprehensive prevention programs to address IPV in this population more effectively.