Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perceptions of psychiatry residents and non-residents on training needs and care related to patients with intellectual disability and mental health problems: A study from Singapore

ABSTRACT Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) have higher risk of mental morbidity and specialised training may be required in their management. We explored the training needs and knowledge as well as perceptions of care of such patients among residents and non-residents working in psychiatry. Method: The study was conducted as an anonymous survey. Questionnaires were sent to all residents and non-residents at a large psychiatric hospital in Singapore. Results: Forty-eight out of the 76 questionnaires sent out were returned. All participants responded that postgraduate training was required in the area of ID and mental health and according to the majority, available training was inadequate. Over 90% believed that people with ID were vulnerable to exploitation and they should be under a specialist team. Conclusion: Efforts should be made to include specialist training in psychiatry of ID in the Singapore psychiatry curriculum to enhance the knowledge and expertise of psychiatrists in this field.
Efficiency of dietary fish oil for regulation of hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia in diabetic rats

The efficacy of fish oil (FO) on serum biochemical parameters and performance was investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. Four weeks before the start of FO treatment, diabetes was induced in rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ = 60 mg/kg bodyweight). Then, male Wistar rats (n = 32) were randomly divided into 4 groups of non-diabetic (T1, control), treated non-diabetic (T2), diabetic (T3), and treated diabetic (T4). Standard rat non-purified diet was fed either alone or supplemented with an additional 2.5% fish oil. Diabetic rats had significantly increased serum levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and decreased serum high DL-C concentration. The fish oil treatment of diabetic rats resulted in significant recovery in bodyweight, heart weight: bodyweight ratio and blood glucose levels. The administration of FO reduced cholesterol, triglyceride and LDL-C levels, and increased HDL-C levels, in the serum of diabetic rats. In conclusion, fish oil can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetes with a significant improvement and regulation in lipid metabolism and also can moderate glucose level of diabetic rats and regulate its secretion that may be reduce of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
VERTICAL ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESSED SRTM DATA FOR THE BRAZILIAN TERRITORY

This research aims to determine the vertical accuracy of the Interferometric Digital Elevation Model (DEM) obtained from the processed Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data. The research compared the SRTM-GL1 (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission-Global 1) with 30-meter resolution and the following 90-meter resolution models: (a) EMBRAPA; (b) Hydrological data and maps based on Shuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales (HydroSHEDS) (HydroSHEDS), provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS); (c) Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research-Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI); and (d) Jonathan de Ferranti. The accuracy analysis considered the diverse Brazilian regions, adopting 1,087 field points from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) trackers or topography methods. The Jonathan de Ferranti model achieved the best accuracy with RMSE of 9.61m among the 90-meter resolution models. Most SRTM models at 1:100,000 scale reached Grade A of the Cartographic Accuracy Standard. However, the accuracy at the 1: 50,000 scale did not achieve the same performance. SRTM errors are linearly related to slope and the most significant errors always occur in forest areas. The 30-meter resolution SRTM showed an accuracy of around 10% better (RMSE of 8.52m) than the model of Jonathan de Ferranti with 90-meter resolution (RMSE of 9.61m).
Right Peripheral Fragments

In recent years, a number of authors (De Vries 2009, Truckenbrodt 2015, Ott and de Vries 2016, inter alia) have defended that right dislocations (RD) should be treated as bisentential structures, where the “dislocated” constituent is actually a remnant of a clausal ellipsis operation licensed under identity with an antecedent clause. Although Romance RD is a fertile area of research, the consequences of the biclausal analysis remain unexplored in these languages. This monograph intends to fill this gap. Adopting this approach not only solves some issues that have always been at the core of dislocation structures in general; it also allows us to uncover novel sets of data and to provide straightforward explanations for well-known generalizations. Further, it brings RD along with a set of phenomena which are structurally very similar, like afterthoughts or split questions, which have been independently argued to display a bisentential structure. Under alternative, monoclausal approaches to RD, the striking similarities between these phenomena must be rendered anecdotal.
Advancing Cultural Assessments in Palliative Care Using Web-Based Education

Research supports the premise that cultural competence in health care improves care delivery and patient outcomes. Despite efforts to promote patient-centered care and respect for choices across the illness trajectories, cultural considerations of palliative care remain poorly understood. The purpose of the study was to determine if, after completing cultural competence education, registered nurses working in a combined palliative care and hospice unit increased their cultural awareness, sensitivity, and cultural assessment documentation. The study used a quasi-experimental design and took place in a 1070-bed Midwestern hospital. Fifteen registered nurses participated. The intervention consisted of 3 Web-based cultural competence education modules. A preintervention and postintervention electronic chart audit identified 80 charts meeting inclusion criteria. The charts’ cultural assessment data, which had been completed by nurses upon patient admission, were extracted and analyzed. The nurses also completed the Cultural Competence Assessment tool preintervention and postintervention. Analysis of the postintervention data showed the nurses had increased their cultural awareness, sensitivity, and cultural assessment documentation. These findings support the use of Web-based education and show how this format can translate cultural competency knowledge into nursing practice. Providing this education is an important component in creating an environment that provides culturally congruent palliative care.
Recurrent phenotypic selection and recurrent selection based on combining ability in tetraploid bahiagrass

Fil: Marcon, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste; Argentina
Effect of cocopeat and brass powder composition as a filler on wear resistance properties

This hybrid composite is a combination of materials from cocopeat and brass powder as reinforcement with polyester resin as a binder. This hybrid composite is applied to disc pad product material. In the percentage of the composition will be affected of wear resistance of the product. The functions of disc pad as a brake where the principle works rubbing against the disc brake, it is necessary to have composite wear testing. This research method uses the ogoshi method on wear testing by varying the composition of the percentage of cocopeat and brass powder and in testing there are 2 treatments, namely dry and wet conditions. The results showed that sample 6 with a composition of 40% cocopeat and 60% brass powder had wear resistance of 3.3 x 10-6 mm2 / kg with a temperature of 41 °C in dry conditions and 2.02 x 10-6 mm2 / kg with a temperature of 40 °C wet. Wear resistance in sample 6 is higher than disc pad market and close to below the original market so that this composition can be recommended as a disc pad material.
Multisource Model-Driven Digital Twin System of Robotic Assembly

The digital twin technology effectively fuels improvements in the quality and efficiency of robotic assembly, especially for sophisticated processes. High-quality digitalization requires a comprehensive description and real-time rendering of system, which are challenging. This article aims to demonstrate a novel multisource model-driven digital twin system, which is based on the geometric, physics, and sequential rule descriptions for producing a precise and real-time simulation of a robotic assembly system. In our system, the digital counterpart rendered with virtual reality technology is created and updated by the real environment information. A 3-D graphic model is reconstructed first using the geometric information of surroundings captured by the depth sensor. During interaction, a fast and efficient approach is proposed to generate the contact force and render the object deformation in the virtual environment. The virtual space also provides the sequential rule that is based on the danger field, which helps to constrain the operation of digital twin. At last, the experimental platform is established in which the virtual space is at an update rate of 100 Hz, while the automatic sorting task is performed and verified; the results show the effectiveness and applicability of the method to digital twin system.
Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Kirkuk City Children and its Relationship with Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Serum Magnesium

Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common chronic bacterial infection worldwide distribution which infects at least 50% of world's human population. There is evidence that acquisition of H. pylori occur mainly in early childhood. The aims of this study were: A) to evaluate the early diagnosis and the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among children in Kirkuk city by using an immunochromatography method which is rapid, visually read qualitative serologic test for the detection of human IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori in the patient’s serum. B) investigation of the probable association of serum magnesium (Mg +2 ) level with Helicobacter pylori infection in the patients. Blood samples were collected from one-hundred fifty two child patients asses the (60 boy and 92 girls) their age ranged between 1 month-16 years. Helicobacter pylori infection was diagnosed in 33 children (21.71%). The seroprevalence of H. pylori infection was an increase with children’s age and there was a significant relationship between seropositivity and vomiting 8 (24.24%), magnesium 7 (21.21%). There was no significant relationship between RAP 24 (72.72%), chronic diarrhea 6 (18.18%) and sex as showed statistically by chi _square (x 2 ). We conclude that high serum magnesium level associated with high risk of infection with H. pylori. Helicobacter pylori infection increases with the children’s age. There was no association between H. pylori infection and the gastrointestinal symptoms (RAP and chronic diarrhea, vomiting was excluded).
The Use of Portfolios to Introduce Constructivist Teaching Practices in Primary English as a Foreign Language Classrooms

The purpose of this action research was to describe the effect of a five month professional development innovation using portfolios to learn about teaching with constructivist principles. Participants were ten primary English teachers from a Catholic girls‘ school in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The portfolios represented cycles of action, reflection and goal setting. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected and analyzed to report change in the use of constructivist practices in the classroom and to determine how the portfolio process contributed to that learning. Greer‘s Constructivist Teaching Inventory (CTI) was used to analyze field notes, videos and photographs of classroom observations. Portfolio documents, ongoing field notes and transcripts of audio recordings of portfolio presentations were analyzed to determine what was learned and the quality of the program. A structured interview at the end of the program was used to know the participants‘ perspective on learning with portfolios. Results indicate a moderate effect size of 0.55 or a 22 percentile gain in the overall CTI with the greatest change taking place in the sub-scale of Curriculum and Assessment. Qualitative results confirm that self assessment using rubrics transferred into the classroom as did connecting activities to ―big ideas. ‖ Implications are discussed in terms of what was learned and how learning took place as well as recommendations for future professional development and
Missing, or Just Missed? Mediating Loss in the Missing Richard Simmons Podcast

This study critically examines the Missing Richard Simmons podcast to explore how producers and participants use media to define and process complex relationships with celebrity figures. Employing qualitative textual analysis, this research demonstrates how audiences mediate celebrity interactions and the potential role these relationships play within a marginalized and fragile community. This project qualitatively explores parasocial interactions to demonstrate the ways expressions of grief and loss are mediated by audiences when a celebrity “relationship” disappears. In using a podcast to rekindle a celebrity connection, this study shows the impact that podcast hosts may have on messages presented to the audience.
Serving Our Homeless Veterans: Patient Perpetrated Violence as a Barrier to Health Care Access

In 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) set a goal to end veteran homelessness by 2015. Since then there has been a 36% reduction in homelessness due, in part, to the VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. These services include the receipt of home-based services to the veterans’ home. However, safety concerns and the threat of violence toward health care workers remain problematic in non-institutional care settings. This article discusses the concept of access to care and how safety concerns act as a barrier to services and optimal patient outcomes. Our study provides information on the prevalence of patient violence toward health care workers in the HUD-VASH program in a large veterans’ health system. Results suggest 70% of home-based service providers were exposed to violence and aggression. Providing services to veterans outside of institutional care settings, and the goal of eradicating homelessness among veterans, warrants further examination of access barriers.
Deficiência de ferro e anemia em crianças de Vitória, ES* Iron deficiency and anemia in children from Vitória, ES, Brazil Deficiencia de hierro y anemia en niños de Vitória, ES, Brasil

Objective: to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia in preschool children from Vitoria, ES. Casuistic and Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 children, aged between 6 months and 7 years, selected at random from Municipal Child Education Centers. The parameters for diagnosing anemia among children under five years of age was hemoglobin level under 11.0 g/dl and for children between 5 and seven was 11.5 g/dl measured by HemoCue, with
Public Health and Economic Importance of Bovine Brucellosis: An Overview

Brucellosis is an important infectious re-emerging bacterial zoonosis of public health and economic significance. It affects the health and productivity of livestock as well as that of their owners and can have a deep economic impact. Brucellosis in cattle is usually caused by bio-vars of Brucella abortus. In some countries, particularly in southern Europe and western Asia, where cattle are kept in close association with sheep or goats, infection can also be caused by B. melitensis. Occasionally, B suis may cause a chronic infection in the mammary gland of cattle, but it has not been reported to cause abortion or spread to other animals. Humans are almost exclusively exposed to brucellosis through contact with animals and food of animal origin, transmitted via human contact with secretions, predominantly through calving and abortions. The disease can also be spread through the consumption of contaminated, unpasteurized dairy products. Globally, 500000 cases of human brucellosis are reported annually. The prevalence of human brucellosis differs between areas and has been reported to vary with standards of personal and environmental hygiene, animal husbandry practices, and species of the causative agent and local methods of food processing. The most common signs and symptoms of human brucellosis are fever, asthenia, myalgia, arthralgia, sweats, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. Endemic brucellosis in low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia has multiple economic implications across agriculture and public health and broader socio-economic development sectors. It is an economically important disease of livestock causing reproductive wastage through infertility, delayed heat, loss of calves, reduced meat and milk production, culling and economic losses. Microscopic examination of stained smears can be useful for a presumptive diagnosis, particularly if the direct examination supported by other tests. Mass vaccination is the mainstay of brucellosis control in livestock, but should be combined with other measures that limit the spread of the pathogen, allow identification of animals and herds, and increase community participation. Human brucellosis is usually prevented by controlling the infection in animals; Pasteurization of dairy products is an important safety measure where this disease is endemic.
Makers against takers: the socio-economic ideology and policy of the Austrian Freedom Party

Abstract Recent studies hold that populist radical right parties have shifted towards a leftist socio-economic position in response to growing working-class support. Based on an analysis of policy choices in government, the present article examines this ‘pro-welfare view’ through a case study analysis of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Yet, despite the ‘proletarisation’ of its electoral support base, the FPÖ’s pro-welfare impact is restricted to the mitigation of welfare retrenchment for the core workforce, whereas the party has been a protagonist of tax cuts, trade union disempowerment and, more recently, welfare chauvinism. This policy impact can be attributed to a producerist ideology arguing that tax-paying ‘makers’ (employees, employers) need to be liberated from the economic burden imposed by self-serving ‘takers’ (immigrants, ‘corrupt elite’). The article concludes with conceptual and theoretical implications for the political economy of the populist radical right.
Individual differences in young children’s visual-spatial abilities

ABSTRACT An enduring challenge in visual-spatial research has been to identify the factors contributing to individual differences in ability. This research investigated the overall, verbal, and nonverbal visual-spatial ability of 61 (34 boys) three- to five-year-olds (M age = 57.3 months; SD = 7.9) and the following factors known to be related to visual-spatial ability: grade, sex, socio-economic status, math and spatial activity engagement at home, parental mental rotation, quantitative reasoning, intelligence, and working memory. Results revealed quantitative reasoning and general intelligence were an important predictor of overall and nonverbal visual-spatial ability. Mathematics activities in the home predicted children’s verbal visual-spatial ability but not after accounting for various cognitive factors. Given the highly malleable nature of visual-spatial ability, we anticipated a grade effect; however, this was not found. Older children did not outperform the younger children suggesting a possible ‘kindergarten in-effect’ whereby schooling did not result in visual-spatial learning over time.
Latent class analysis of drinking behaviors and predictors of latent class membership among college students in the Republic of Korea

ABSTRACT Objectives: We aimed to investigate the drinking patterns of college students and successful predictors of latent class membership (LCM). Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data obtained from 1,338 Korean college students who had consumed at least one standard drink in their lifetime. Primary data were collected during December 2016. We conducted latent class analysis to investigate drinking patterns and successful predictors of latent class membership. Results: A three-latent class model best fit our data: low-risk drinking (34%), intermittent binge drinking (37%), and habitual binge drinking with negative experiences (29%) classes. In addition, successful predictors of LCM were gender, college year, monthly allowance, sensation seeking, age of drinking onset, current smoking, peer pressure, and friends’ drinking/smoking. Conclusions: Given that heavy drinkers were at greater risk of experiencing negative drinking consequences, health professionals should provide heavy-drinking college students with interventions that aim to equip students with protective behavioral strategies when drinking. In addition, in developing and providing interventions aiming to reduce at-risk drinking, health professionals should take into account the successful predictors of LCM.
HIV knowledge and risk among Zambian adolescent and younger adolescent girls: challenges and solutions

Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, young women are at the highest risk of HIV infection. Comprehensive sexuality education and open parent–child communication about sex have been shown to mitigate risky sexual practices associated with HIV. This study aimed to identify sources of HIV prevention knowledge among young women aged 10–14 years and community-based strategies to enhance HIV prevention in Zambia. Focus group discussions were conducted with 114 young women in Zambian provinces with the highest rates (~20%) of HIV. Discussions were recorded, transcribed and coded, and addressed perceived HIV risk, knowledge and access to information. Participants reported that limited school-based sexuality education reduced opportunities to gain HIV prevention knowledge, and that cultural and traditional practices promoted negative attitudes regarding condom use. Parent–child communication about sex was perceived to be limited; parents were described as feeling it improper to discuss sex with their children. Initiatives to increase comprehensive sexuality education and stimulate parental communication about sexual behaviour were suggested by participants. Culturally tailored programmes to increase parent–child communication appear warranted. Community-based strategies aimed at enhancing protective sexual behaviour among those most at risk are essential.