Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Contributing To Absenteeism In Undergraduates Nursing Students.

Absenteeism is an act of being excessively away from educational institute which is a major indiscipline problem among students globally. Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Data was collected by using by self-administered questionnaire from nursing students of 13 nursing colleges offering 4-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Punjab province of Pakistan after taking care of all the ethical considerations. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 130 participants from nursing institutes offering 4 year BSN program. Most influential factors for absenteeism identified were ‘not joined nursing studies as per choice’ (mean=3.77), ‘awaking up late for college’ (mean=3.62), ‘impending assignments’ (mean=3.),‘feel bored with certain subjects’ (mean=3.46),‘when teachers teaching skills are not up to mark’ (mean=3.67), ‘Lack of proper guidance in clinical area’ (mean=3.94), ‘shortage of staff in clinical area’ (mean=3.88), ‘Not want to be treated as workforce in clinical area’ (mean=3.82) very exhaustive and rigid or irregular timetable’ (mean=3.81). Nursing student’s absenteeism is interplay of multiple modifiable factors. Hence, necessary steps may be taken to overcome these modifiable factors to improve the quality of nursing education.
Lessons from the Performance of Masonry Structure with Ground RC Frame during Wenchuan Earthquake

An 8.0 magnitude earthquake attacked the northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin on May 12,2008.A large number of buildings suffered damage to different degree in the epicenter regions.Sichuan University reconnaissance team investigated the performance of residential masonry structure buildings with ground R.C. frame for commercial purpose following the Earthquake.This kind of structure style is widely taken in the epicenter area.Many of them suffered severe damage or even collapsed totally,however,some of them had perfect performance during the Earthquake.Many structural deficiencies and mistakes were highlighted,which including excessive horizontal displacement in the ground,more severe damaged transition layer(the first masonry structure layer),ground with farraginous structure,and poor construction quality.Finally,lateral stiffness ratio of the second to ground story in masonry buildings with RC frame structure at the bottom will be optimized following difference of materials between the ground floor and the upper floors.The strength and the ductility of transition layer,as well as shear walls in the ground floor,are crucial to keep the building standing during large earthquake.
The job insecurity of others: On the role of perceived national job insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Political scientists and sociologists have highlighted insecure work as a societal ill underlying individuals’ lack of social solidarity (i.e., concern about the welfare of disadvantaged others) and political disruption. In order to provide the psychological underpinnings connecting perceptions of job insecurity with societally-relevant attitudes and behaviors, in this article the authors introduce the idea of perceived national job insecurity. Perceived national job insecurity reflects a person’s perception that job insecurity is more or less prevalent in their society (i.e., country). Across three countries (US, UK, Belgium), the study finds that higher perceptions of the prevalence of job insecurity in one’s country is associated with greater perceptions of government psychological contract breach and poorer perceptions of the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, but at the same time is associated with greater social solidarity and compliance with COVID-19 social regulations. These findings are independent of individuals’ perceptions of threats to their own jobs.
The First High-Quality Genome Assembly and Data Analysis of the Malaysian mahseer (Tor tambroides)

The Malaysian mahseer (Tor tambroides), one of the most valuable freshwater fish in the world, is mainly targeted for human consumption. The mitogenomic data of this species is available to date, but the genomic information is still lacking. For the first time, we sequenced the whole genome of an adult fish on both Illumina and Nanopore platforms. The hybrid genome assembly had resulted in a sum of 1.5 Gb genomic sequence from the 44,726 contigs found with 44 kb N50 length and BUSCO genome completeness of 84.3%. Four types of SSRs had been detected and identified within the genome with a greater AT abundance than that of GC. Predicted protein sequences had been functionally annotated to public databases, namely GO, KEGG and COG. A maximum likelihood phylogenomic tree containing 53 Actinopterygii species and two outgroups was constructed, providing first insights into the genome-based evolutionary relationship of T. tambroides with other ray-finned fish. These data are crucial in facilitating the study of population genomics, species identification, morphological variations, and evolutionary biology, which are helpful in the conservation of this species.
Progression of diabetic nephropathy and associated factors in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients: a retrospective study

Background: Previous studies have noted a marked racial/ethnic difference in epidemiology and progression of diabetic nephropathy. The present study aims to examine the rate of decline in estimated GFR (eGFR) and factors associated with progression in a cohort of patients with DN in Sri Lanka. Methods: A retrospective-cohort-study was conducted among patients with diabetic nephropathy. Data were collected retrospectively for 2-years by perusal of clinic records, including socio-demo-graphic details, co-morbidities, investigational results, and details of medications. eGFR was calculated and staging was based on National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative criterion. Results: One hundred and fifty-five adults were included (men-20.3%). Mean age was 66.5±8.7 years. Mean duration of diabetes was 18.2±8.9 years, while diabetic retinopathy was the commonest microvascular complication (>90.0%). Majority were in either stage 3 (36.8%) or stage 4 (40.6%) CKD at recruitment. During the two-year period eGFR declined in 93 patients (60.0%), with a mean decline in eGFR of 5.2 ml/min/1.73m 2 per year. There were 31 patients (20.0%) with rapid decline in eGFR (>5 ml/min/1.73m 2 per year). Those with declining eGFR were significantly older (p<0.001). Decline in renal function was significantly associated with presence of albuminuria (OR:4.9; p<0.001). Conclusion: A rapid decline in kidney function was observed in the present study population, with implications for negative long-term consequences for both the individual patients and the health care system. Therefore, it is an important factor that should be considered when taking policy decisions in relation to future preventive and curative health care planning.
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae feed supplements improve growth performance and gut mucosal architecture with modulations on cecal microbiota in red-feathered native chickens

Objective The aim of study was to investigate the effects of in-feed supplementation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) on growth performance, gut integrity, and microbiota modulations in red-feathered native chickens (RFCs). Methods A total of 18,000 RFCs in a commercial farm were evenly assigned into two dietary treatments (control diet; 0.05% BA and 0.05% SC) by randomization and raised for 11 weeks in two separate houses. Fifty RFCs in each group were randomly selected and raised in the original house with the partition for performance evaluations at the age of 9 and 11 weeks. Six non-partitioned RFCs per group were randomly selected for analyses of intestinal architecture and 16S rRNA metagenomics. Results Feeding BA and SC increased the body weight and body weight gain, significantly at the age of 11 weeks (p<0.05). The villus height/crypt ratio in the small intestines and Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio were also notably increased (p<0.05). The supplementation did not disturb the microbial community structure but promote the featured microbial shifts characterized by the significant increments of Bernesiella, Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group, and Butyrucimonas, following remarkable decrements of Bacteroides, Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group, and Succinatimonas in RFCs with growth benefits. Besides, functional pathways of peptidoglycan biosynthesis, nucleotide excision repair, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, and aminoacyl transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) biosynthesis were significantly promoted (p< 0.05). Conclusion In-feed supplementation of BA and SC enhanced the growth performance, improved mucosal architectures in small intestines, and modulated the cecal microbiota and metabolic pathways in RFCs.
Predictors of a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Omalizumab Treatment in Adult Patients With Severe Allergic Asthma

Several factors have been found to be predictors of a good response following omalizumab treatment in patients with severe allergic asthma (SAA). However, it remains unclear whether clinical characteristics can predict a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) following omalizumab treatment in this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the features associated with an MCID following omalizumab treatment in adult patients with SAA. Of the 124 participants enrolled in this retrospective, cross-sectional study, 94, 103, 20 and 53 achieved the MCID following treatment with omalizumab and were considered to be responders of exacerbation reduction (no exacerbation during the 1-year follow-up period or ≧50% reduction in exacerbations from baseline), oral corticosteroid (OCS) sparing (no use of OCS to control asthma during the study period or a reduction of the monthly OCS maintenance dose to <50% of baseline), lung function (an increase of ≧230 ml in the forced expiratory volume in 1 s from baseline) and asthma control (an increase of ≧3 points in the asthma control test score from baseline), respectively. Normal weight [<25 vs. ≧30 kg/m2, odds ratio (OR) = 3.86, p = 0.024] was predictive of a responder of reduction in exacerbations following omalizumab treatment while subjects with a blood eosinophil level of <300 cells/μL (<300 vs. ≧300 cells/μL, OR = 5.81, p = 0.001) were more likely to exhibit an MCID in OCS sparing. No factor was found to be a predictor of lung function or asthma control. When choosing treatment for adult patients with SAA, our findings may help to select those who may benefit the most from omalizumab treatment.
Fabrication of minimal capital‐intensive scratch‐resistant and hydrophobic tungsten oxide film on stainless steel through spray pyrolysis

In this contribution, a pure and robust tungsten oxide (WO3) film was accomplished on stainless steel (SS) substrate at 400°C through a minimal capital intensive, simplistic spray pyrolysis method by utilizing a precursor comprising tungsten hexachloride and 2‐methoxyethanol. Thermal analysis revealed the precursor's thermal decomposition and crystallization at ~230°C and 255°C, respectively. The fabricated polycrystalline (monoclinic crystal structured) film was uniform and dense in nature, exhibiting surface porosity and average surface roughness of 4.7 % and 15.9 nm, respectively. The average grain size and thickness of film were 360 ± 70 nm and ~3.6 μm, respectively. W, O elemental presence with a close atomic ratio of 1:3 on the film's surface was acquired along with 91 % lattice oxygen. Regardless of applied normal load in the range of 5 to 15 N, an increment of ~22 % in scratch hardness was gained in WO3‐coated SS compared to uncoated one. Hydrophilic natured WO3 film (water contact angle, WCA, of ~31°) was efficaciously transformed into hydrophobic (WCA, 136°) by chemical modification with octadecyltrichlorosilane to create a self‐assembled monolayer on the surface of the film. The hydrophobicity of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)‐treated film was found to be preserved even after 100 days.
A DeepLSTM Model for Personality Traits Classification Using EEG Signals

A Deep Long Short-Term Memory (DeepLSTM) Deep Learning model for the classification of personality traits using Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is developed in this study. The objective is to assess the efficiency of the DeepLSTM model in classification. The publicly available ASCERTAIN EEG dataset is used, which uses the Big Five Factor model for predicting personality. We also evaluated DeepLSTM model performance to that of existing state-of-the-art based machine learning classifiers such as Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and LibSVM. The proposed model outperforms the existing classifiers for the 70-30 partitioning approach, with a maximum classification accuracy of 90.32%.
Glycine alleviated diquat-induced hepatic injury via inhibiting ferroptosis in weaned piglets

Objective The beneficial effects of glycine were tested in piglets with diquat-induced hepatic injury. Methods Thirty-two piglets were assigned by a 2×2 factorial experimental design including glycine supplementation and diquat challenge. After 3 weeks of feeding with a basic diet or a 1% glycine supplemented diet, piglets were challenged with diquat or saline. After 1 week later, the piglets were slaughtered and samples were collected. Results Our results indicated that glycine alleviated diquat induced morphological hepatic injury, decreased the activities of plasma alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and glutamyl transpeptidase in the piglets under diquat challenge, and increased total antioxidant capacity and antioxidative enzyme activity significantly. Adding glycine enhanced the concentrations of hepatic adenosine triphosphate and adenosine diphosphate. Transmission electron microscope observation showed that diquat induced clear hepatocytes ferroptosis and its effect could be alleviated by glycine to a certain degree. Moreover, glycine significantly affected mRNA and protein expression of ferroptosis-related signals in the liver. Conclusion These results demonstrated that glycine attenuated liver damage via inhibiting ferroptosis.
Examination of the relationship between the creativity and social skills of primary school children

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between the social skills and creativity of children aged between 7 and 11 years. 312 children, aged 7–11 years and their mothers were the participants of the present study. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TToCT) Verbal and Nonverbal tasks fluency Form A was administered to the children in decades. The participating mothers completed the Social Skill Assessment Scale (SSAS) to evaluate the social skills of the children. The administration of the test took 80 min and was evaluated by two experts who converted the results into standard scores. Whereas at the end of the study a positive relationship was determined between the sub-dimensions of TToCT and the subdimensions of the SSAS, the multiple regression analysis results have determined that the subdimensions of verbal flexibility and figural enrichment have interpreted the subdimension of problem solving of the SSAS with statistical significance.
Towards Automatic Robotic Calibration System for Flexible Needles with FBG Sensors

There has been much research exploring the use of fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-sensorized needles in the prostate biopsy procedure, but all FBG needles used in the research need to be calibrated, which is time consuming and prone to human errors. In this work, a semi-automatic robotic system was developed to perform FBG needle calibration. Compared to manual calibration results, the robotic system is able to calibrate FBG needles with the similar level of accuracy as achieved by an experienced manual operator, thus reducing the time cost during the needle calibration process.
Similitude Based Segment Graph Construction and Segment Ranking for Automatic Summarization of Text Document

With the increase in the amount of data and documents on the web, text summarization has become one of the significant fields which cannot be avoided in today’s digital era. Automatic text summarization provides a quick summary to the user based on the information presented in the text documents. This paper presents the automated single document summarization by constructing similitude graphs from the extracted text segments. On extracting the text segments, the feature values are computed for all the segments by comparing them with the title and the entire document and by computing segment significance using the information gain ratio. Based on the computed features, the similarity between the segments is evaluated to construct the graph in which the vertices are the segments and the edges specify the similarity between them. The segments are ranked for including them in the extractive summary by computing the graph score and the sentence segment score. The experimental analysis has been performed using ROUGE metrics and the results are analyzed for the proposed model. The proposed model has been compared with the various existing models using 4 different datasets in which the proposed model acquired top 2 positions with the average rank computed on various metrics such as precision, recall, F-score. HIGHLIGHTS Paper presents the automated single document summarization by constructing similitude graphs from the extracted text segments It utilizes information gain ratio, graph construction, graph score and the sentence segment score computation Results analysis has been performed using ROUGE metrics with 4 popular datasets in the document summarization domain The model acquired top 2 positions with the average rank computed on various metrics such as precision, recall, F-score GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Simulation of indoor air flow in ventilated room by zeroequation turbulence model

Mixed convection flow in a ventilated room was simulated using the ke model and a new zeroequation turbulence model. Comparison of the numerical results and the measured data showed that the new zeroequation turbulence model gives more satisfactory results in shorter time. The isothermal and nonisothermal airflow in an airconditioned room were then simulated with the zeroequation turbulence model. The simulated results agreed well with the experiments. Therefore, the new zeroequation turbulence model is recommended for heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry because it is quick and so efficiently accurate for engineering studies.
Resistance to change during uncertainty-perspective of covid-19: An empirical investigation into resistance management in the healthcare organizations

Resistance to change is widely recognized as the main reason forfailure whenit comes to any kind of change initiative. Despite its importance, there is still rather limited knowledge concerning the factors that trigger this behaviorinthe workplace. The primary purpose of this research study is to uncover the reason behind the resistance to change during uncertainty (perspective of covid-19). A mixed methodologyapproach was used in this research study to identify the factors that facilitate resistance management in healthcare organizations in Bangladesh. Data collection was semi-structured interviews with purposive sampling to select respondents which included top executives, human resource managers, CEOs,and line managers. To create themes and sub-themes computer software NVIVO has been used and 10 total interviews were recorded by the software. Clustered probability sampling method has been carried out for the questionnaire survey and analyzedthe data with computer software SPSS. The results show that effective communication reduces the intensity of resistance in healthcare organizations.The study also revealed that resistance to change often helps to explore alternative perspectives
Subterahertz and terahertz spin and lattice dynamics of the insulating ferromagnet 
PbMnBO4

Orthorhombic PbMnBO 4 is a rare example of an insulating ferromagnet in which the magnetic properties, in particular the strong magnetic anisotropy, are determined by the Mn 3 + Jahn-Teller ion. Here, we report on the detailed investigation of magnetic excitations in the subterahertz and terahertz frequency ranges, as well as lattice excitations in the terahertz range. Using polarized azimuthally resolved Raman spectroscopy, four branches of magnetic excitations were observed and assigned to one acoustic and three optical one-magnon modes. The coupling between ferromagnetic ordering at T C = 31K and the Jahn-Teller distortions of [MnO 6 ] octahedra due to the spin-phonon interaction was directly observed for some speciﬁc phonon modes involved in these distortions. A spin-wave Hamiltonian was developed that allowed us to determine a unique set of exchange and effective anisotropy parameters. The intensity ratio of the anti-Stokes to Stokes acoustic magnon peaks is found to be anomalous and directly indicates the involvement of the magneto-optical parameters in the magnetic Raman scattering process.
The Nexus between Gender Diversity and Research Performance: The Case of Public Procurement

ABSTRACT Although the nexus between performance and gender diversity has been widely researched in different contexts, we know little about the role gender diversity in co-authoring procurement research plays on research productivity. Using diversity performance literature as a theoretical backdrop and drawing on data from articles published in three procurement journals, the study runs negative binomial regressions. This study has implications for academic institutions and research team’s performance with the results demonstrating that gender diversity has trivial impact on research performance and that the publication outlet is a significant predictor of research performance.
Kuwaiti Teachers' Satisfaction with the Social Studies Curriculum and Their Performance in the Classroom

This study investigated Kuwaiti teachers' satisfaction with the structure of the social studies curriculum and their performance in the classroom. It aimed to answer two main questions through a twenty-two-item questionnaire applied to a sample of 132 social studies teachers. The results have shown moderate satisfaction in this regard among those teachers. There were no effects of teacher gender, experience, or various school districts on the satisfaction of social studies teachers and their performance in the classroom. The researcher called for reevaluating the curriculum by its developers to pinpoint and rid it of the causes that obstruct higher teachers' satisfaction and performance, mainly its inadequacy to students' interests, needs, skills, creativity, individual differences, and practical learning activities, and up-to-date teaching methods. Received: 9 September 2021 / Accepted: 5 December 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022
Comparison of Event-Triggered Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Vehicle Path Tracking

This paper proposes two different event-triggered nonlinear model predictive controls (NMPC) for autonomous vehicle path tracking. The difference between the two event-triggered NMPCs is the determination of control action when an event is not triggered. In the first formulation, the optimal control sequence computed from last triggering event is shifted to determine control action when NMPC is not triggered, while in the second formulation, a time-triggered linear parametric varying MPC (LPV-MPC) with shorter prediction horizon is formulated and solved in between NMPC triggering events to compensate prediction error and disturbance. These two event-triggered NMPCs, together with a time-triggered LPVMPC and a time-triggered NMPC serving as benchmark, are implemented to track the vehicle path in both longitudinal and lateral directions, with axle driving torque and front steering input as the control variables. Control performance and throughput requirements of different MPCs are then measured and compared, where the advantage of event-triggered formulation is clearly demonstrated.