Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Understanding stakeholders’ opinion and willingness on the adoption of sustainable residential property features in a developing property market

Abstract Sustainable building connects with the safeguarding principles on built environment and climate change reality. Research have shown a compelling stakeholders’ willingness to invest in sustainable buildings in the developed economies and some emerging economies. However, information on key market actors’ opinion on the sustainability attributes, their willingness to adopt sustainable features and the acceptance of sustainable policy in residential property development in sub-Saharan Africa is under investigated. Our paper adopts a trio of the market-led actors’ perspective evaluation; Investors, Contractors and Users, to investigate perceptions on the sustainability attributes of eight contextual property-related sustainable features, unfolded from sustainability literature and identified during the pilot study in Lagos; the largest property market and economic nerve-centre of West Africa and Nigeria. We also examine the stakeholders’ willingness on the use of the sustainable features. The study employed analysis of variance, correlation analysis and willingness to adopt index (WTAI) and found that variations exist among different stakeholders. Therefore, the need to sensitize all stakeholders on the attributes of sustainable buildings, especially the extra-environmental benefits which is more relevant to the stakeholders in taking decisions on sustainable building adoption in developing economies.
Social exclusion, mental health, and social well-being among African immigrants in the United States

This study examined the effects of social exclusion (socio-cultural and structural-economic exclusion) on the mental health and social well-being of African immigrants in the United States (N = 409). We found that social exclusion increased depression and anxiety symptoms, decreased societal trust, increased subjective isolation, and increased worries about one’s safety among African immigrants. The results further indicated strong negative effects of discrimination on mental health and social well-being. The findings highlight the need for social work interventions that target discrimination and structural exclusionary mechanisms in efforts to improve the mental health and social well-being of African immigrants in the United States.
How Do We Measure Success? A Review of Performance Evaluations for Lower-Limb Neuroprosthetics

ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroprostheses that can relay signals to and from the nervous system and work with lower-limb prostheses are currently being developed to provide users with sensory feedback and/or intent control over their prostheses. Such systems incorporate functions not available to persons with lower-limb amputation before, and many of their potential benefits have not yet been addressed in performance-based outcome measures. As such, the evaluation of neuroprosthetic systems is considerably more difficult than that of current devices, which are already difficult due to limitations of testing strategies. This review includes an overview of performance-based measures for lower-limb prostheses as well as an appraisal of their utility for neuroprosthetic assessment. Methods Electronic searches were conducted (2013–2019) in the PubMed (PM) database, the Web of Science (WOS), and Cochrane (CC), resulting in 72 included articles. Conclusions There is an urgent need for further development of performance tests and metrics, as well as new strategies specifically intended for the evaluation of lower-limb neuroprosthetic systems.
The Unholy Trinity: Regulatory Forbearance, Stressed Banks and Zombie Firms

During the global financial crisis, the Reserve Bank of India enacted forbearance measures that lowered capital provisioning rates for loans under temporary liquidity stress. Matched bank-firm data reveal that troubled banks took advantage of the policy to also shield firms facing serious solvency issues. Perversely, in industries and bank portfolios with high proportions of failing firms, credit to healthy firms declined and was reallocated to the weakest firms. By incentivizing banks to hide true asset quality, the forbearance policy provided a license for regulatory arbitrage. The buildup of stressed assets in India’s predominantly state-owned banking system is consistent with accounting subterfuge.
Winds from fast rotating stars

Numerical modelling of an isothermal wind from a fast rotating star is performed. Excitation of hydrodynamical turbulence and deviation of the shape of the stellar surface from a sphere are taken into account. Rotation and turbulence result in a dramatic increase of the mass flow rate from the star in comparison with a non-rotating one. The outflow occurs predominantly from a region on the stellar surface located at the equator. This flow expands rapidly due to thermal pressure. However, a disc-like flow at the equator is formed. The flow is more complicated near the pole. At large distances from the star a radially expanding wind is formed while close to the star some fraction of the outflow from the equatorial region falls down on to the stellar surface, producing a huge vortex. The dependence of the mass loss rate on the parameters of the star is presented.
Supplementary Material Toxicity and biodegradability of dicationic ionic liquids

H NMR and C NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian Gemini 2000 FT-NMR spectrometer (400 MHz) and a Varian unity Inova 500 (500 MHz). MestRec-C software (version 4.9.9.6) was used for data interpretation. Deuterated chloroform (CDCl3) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO-d6) were used as solvents. All chemical shifts (δ) are relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) and referenced to the significant solvent signals. Mass spectrometry measurements were performed on ESI-TOF BrukerDaltonics spectrometer. Melting points were observed with a Buchi B-540 apparatus (BUCHI Labortechnik GmbH, Essen, Germany) at a 2 °C min heating rate.
Negative-ion surface production in hydrogen plasmas: Determination of the negative-ion energy and angle distribution function using mass spectrometry

This work focuses on the understanding of the production mechanism of negative-ions on surface in low pressure plasmas of H2/D2. The negative ions are produced on a Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite sample negatively biased with respect to plasma potential. The negative ions created under the positive ion bombardment are accelerated towards the plasma, self-extracted, and detected according to their energy and mass by a mass spectrometer placed in front of the sample. The shape of the measured Negative-Ion Energy Distribution Function (NIEDF) strongly differs from the NIEDF of the ions emitted by the sample because of the limited acceptance angle of the mass spectrometer. To get information on the production mechanisms, we propose a method to obtain the distribution functions in energy and angle (NIEADFs) of the negative-ions emitted by the sample. It is based on an a priori determination of the NIEADF and on an a posteriori validation of the choice by comparison of the modelled and experimental NIEDFs.
Alterations in Microrhizome Induction, Shoot Multiplication and Rooting of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) var. Bentong with Regards to Sucrose and Plant Growth Regulators Application

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) var. Bentong is a monocotyledon plant that belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. Bentong ginger is the most popular cultivar of ginger in Malaysia, which is conventionally propagated by its rhizome. As its rhizomes are the economic part of the plant, the allocation of a large amount of rhizomes as planting materials increases agricultural input cost. Simultaneously, the rhizomes’ availability as planting materials is restricted due to the high demand for fresh rhizomes in the market. Moreover, ginger propagation using its rhizome is accompanied by several types of soil-borne diseases. Plant tissue culture techniques have been applied to produce disease-free planting materials of ginger to overcome these problems. Hence, the in vitro-induced microrhizomes are considered as alternative disease-free planting materials for ginger cultivation. On the other hand, Bentong ginger has not been studied for its microrhizome induction. Therefore, this study was conducted to optimize sucrose and plant growth regulators (PGRs) for its microrhizome induction. Microrhizomes were successfully induced in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with a high sucrose concentration (>45 g L−1). In addition, zeatin at 5–10 µM was found more effective for microrhizome induction than 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) at a similar concentration. The addition of 7.5 µM 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) further enhanced microrhizome formation and reduced sucrose’s required dose that needs to be supplied for efficient microrhizome formation. MS medium supplemented with 60 g L−1 sucrose, 10 µM zeatin and 7.5 µM NAA was the optimum combination for the microrhizome induction of Bentong ginger. The in vitro-induced microrhizomes sprouted indoors in moist sand and all the sprouted microrhizomes were successfully established in field conditions. In conclusion, in vitro microrhizomes can be used as disease-free planting materials for the commercial cultivation of Bentong ginger.
A Comodulation Analysis of Atmospheric Energy Injection Into the Ground Motion at InSight, Mars

Seismic observations involve signals that can be easily masked by noise injection. For the NASA Mars lander InSight, the atmosphere is a significant noise contributor, impeding the identification of seismic events for two‐thirds of a Martian day. While the noise is below that seen at even the quietest sites on Earth, the amplitude of seismic signals on Mars is also considerably lower, requiring an understanding and quantification of environmental injection at unprecedented levels. Mars’ ground and atmosphere are a continuously coupled seismic system, and although atmospheric functions are of distinct origins, the superposition of these noise contributions is poorly understood, making separation a challenging task. We present a novel method for partitioning the observed signal into seismic and environmental contributions. Atmospheric pressure and wind fluctuations are shown to exhibit temporal cross‐frequency coupling across multiple bands, injecting noise that is neither random nor coherent. We investigate this through comodulation, quantifying the synchrony of the seismic motion, wind and pressure signals. By working in the time‐frequency domain, we discriminate between the different origins of underlying processes and determine the site's environmental sensitivity. Our method aims to create a virtual vault at InSight's landing site on Mars, shielding the seismometers with effective postprocessing in lieu of a physical vault. This allows us to describe the environmental and seismic signals over a sequence of sols, to quantify the wind and pressure injection and estimate the seismic content of possible marsquakes with a signal‐to‐noise ratio that can be quantified in terms of environmental independence. Finally, we exploit the relationship between the comodulated signals to identify their sources.
Study of referrals to department of psychiatry in tertiary care general hospital setting

Background: Study of referral pattern to psychiatry helps us to understand the type of patients and the rate of referral from individual departments. It also helps us to understand the need for consultation liaison services (CLP) thereby strengthening the General Hospital Psychiatric Units (GHPU). Aim: To study the referral pattern to psychiatry in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: All referrals to the department of psychiatry for a period of two months were included in the study. Sociodemographic details, reasons for referral and the department from which referred were noted. The Psychiatric diagnosis was made according to the ICD -10 criteria. The overall referral rate to psychiatry and referral from individual departments was noted and descriptive statistics was applied to represent the same. Results: The overall referral rate to psychiatry was found to be 1.17% with majority being from medical specialities (62%). The most common reasons for referral have been suicidal attempts and most common psychiatric disorder diagnosed among referred has been delirium. Conclusion: The low levels of referrals to psychiatry emphasize the need for better consultation liaison services. Keywords: Referrals, Consulatation-liasion, General hospital psychiatric units.
High‐Speed Spectra of a Bolt From the Blue Lightning Stepped Leader

We present spectra from 400 to 900 nm of a bolt from the blue stepped leader on July 19, 2015 including novel observations from 400 to 600 nm. The spectra of the luminous steps near the tip of the leader look qualitatively similar and contain singly ionized nitrogen lines. The presence of these ionized lines indicate currents and temperatures comparable to peak return stroke. The entire channel illuminates over the final 1.3 ms before attachment, but does not contain evidence of ionization. This neutral spectrum is qualitatively similar to the return stroke spectrum after peak current. This may indicate increasing potential and current along the channel prior to attachment.
Early release of selected estimates based on data from the January-March 2011 National Health Interview Survey

 The percentage of people under age 65 with exchange-based coverage increased from 3.7% in 2019 to 4.3% in 2022. This report presents estimates of health insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population based on data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The National Center for Health Statistics is releasing these estimates before final editing and final weighting to provide access to the most recent information from NHIS. Estimates are disaggregated by age group, sex, family income (as a percentage of the federal poverty level [FPL]), race and ethnicity, and state Medicaid expansion status. Detailed appendix tables contain all estimates presented in the figures and additional estimates from NHIS for selected population characteristics. With 4 years of comparable data available starting with the redesigned NHIS in 2019, this report provides data on trends, similar to reports using 2018 data and earlier. Quarterly estimates by age group and family income, and more information about NHIS and the Early Release Program, are available from the NHIS website.
Implementation of a 1‐D Thermodynamic Model for Simulating the Winter‐Time Evolvement of Physical Properties of Snow and Ice Over the Arctic Ocean

This paper presents a sea ice prognostic model involving a one‐dimensional thermodynamic diffusion model, nudging satellite‐derived snow/ice temperatures, and two‐dimensional Lagrangian ice tracking. The aim of the model is to produce the evolvement of the physical properties of the snow and ice over the Arctic Ocean during the winter season. While the one‐dimensional column process solves the solution at a specific time and location, the evolvement of physical properties of the same ice target can be continuously simulated along the trajectory of ice movement determined by the Lagrangian tracking method. The main inputs were reanalysis‐based atmospheric forcings, thermal conditions constrained through nudging of snow skin temperature and snow‐ice interface temperature, and satellite‐derived ice motion vectors. The simulation results showed that the model can successfully reproduce well‐known regional features and geographical distributions of snow depth and ice thickness. The model‐simulated variables (i.e., snow depth, total freeboard, ice freeboard, ice thickness, and temperature) showed high correlations with the in situ or satellite measurements. In particular, the simulated temperatures were in excellent agreement with drifting buoy measurements. Since the nudging of the satellite‐derived temperature data into the model improved the thermal structure considerably, these data appear to be a key element for the successful simulation of other variables as well.
Advanced Medication Alert System Decreased Hospital-Based Outpatient Duplicated Medications: A Longitudinal Hospital Cohort Study

Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Objectives This study aimed to examine the associations between adoption of an advanced medication alert system and decreases in hospital-based outpatient duplicated medication rates in Taiwan. Methods The unit of analysis was the hospital. We merged the hospital medication alert system adoption survey data and Taiwan National Health Insurance outpatient claims data. The observation time was 1998 to 2011, divided into 5 periods (T1–T5). The analysis included 216 hospitals, and outcome variable was hospital-based outpatient duplicated medication rates. The system adoption time frame, hospital accreditation level, and number of drugs per prescription were defined as predicted variables. A generalized estimating equation regression model was used. Results Adoption of the advanced medication alert system gradually increased, such that 100% of medical centers and 84% of regional hospitals, but less than 50% of district hospitals, had systems by T5. The hospital-based outpatient duplicated medication rate continually decreased, from 29.8% to 11.2%. The generalized estimating equation model showed rates of duplicated medications of b = −8.44 at T2 and b = −17.88 at T5 (P < 0.001) compared with T1. Medical centers and regional hospitals demonstrated much lower duplication rates (b = −13.71, b = −6.82; P < 0.001) compared with district hospitals. Hospitals with more medications per prescription had higher duplication rates than did hospitals with fewer items. Conclusions Hospitals accredited at higher levels tended to have advanced medication alert systems. Hospitals that implemented advanced systems decreased hospital-based outpatient duplicated medications, avoiding a potential risk due to inappropriate medication use.
Strategic and cultural contexts of real options reasoning in innovation portfolios

Decision makers find creating an innovation portfolio challenging, because more innovative projects are associated with a higher degree of uncertainty. In this study, we investigate the potential benefits of applying real options reasoning (ROR) in innovation portfolio management from an attention- based view. Using a sample of 137 innovation portfolios with multiple informants, we investigate ROR's influence on portfolio innovativeness and, ultimately, on portfolio success in a mediated model. Further, we analyze the moderating influence of an innovation portfolio's organizational context— entrepreneurial orientation and innovation climate— on ROR's application. The results support ROR's positive relationship to portfolio innovativeness and portfolio success. The analysis also supports the positive interaction
Home and host distal context and performance appraisal in multinational enterprises: A 22 country study

Correspondence Kevin R. Murphy, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Email: kevin.r. murphy@ul.ie Abstract Context is a central construct in the study of performance appraisal (PA) systems, but to date studies linking the distal context within which organizations operate to PA have been limited in two ways. First, these studies have focused predominantly on national culture, and have paid less attention to the legal/political and economic environment within which organizations. Second, few studies reflect the growing international nature of business organizations, which create multiple layers of context (e.g., home and host country context). Drawing on both situational strength and institutional theories, we hypothesize the links between the “big three” facets of distal context (i.e., culture, legal/political, and economic) and the processes and purposes of PA systems. Using data from 472 multinational enterprises (MNEs) in 22 countries, we show that all three facets of the distal context of the host country influence decisions about the conduct of PA systems. In addition, we show that the culture and legal/political systems of the home country fromwhich theMNE originated are also linked to the PA processes and purposes. Finally, we find evidence that MNEs are more likely to develop hybridized PA systems that depart from host country norms.
Design and development of a digital platform for seasonal jobs: Improving the hiring process

ABSTRACT The seasonality of employment in tourism consists of challenges of hiring. The primary goal of this study was to develop a digital recruitment platform for the tourism industry. A two-step multidimensional approach was applied to the challenge. The first step was based on benchmarking and interviews with key stakeholders. The second step was based on visual identity factors, prototyping, and usability tests. Authors found that it was possible to develop a simple and intuitive digital platform that positively adjusted the dynamic hiring process for seasonal jobs. Improvements to the platform should include new metrics, such as evaluation of candidates who used this platform previously, based on different elements, such as emotional intelligence. In this way, profile matching could be optimized, and the platform tool would become more robust and useful. This study’s medium- and high-fidelity models of a digital platform to be utilized in human resources tasks are the new additions to toolkits that may streamline HR functions.