Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids Among Nurses in Public Hospitals of the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Cross-sectional Study

Background: Exposure to blood and body fluids causes major health hazards and serious concerns among health care professionals in their work settings. The prevalence of exposure to blood and body fluids is increasing, particularly for nurses who work in the emergency unit. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids, and its associated factors among nurses in public hospitals in the emergency department and intensive care unit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 18, 2021, to April 20, 2021. Simple random sampling was used to select the studies in public hospitals. Semi-structured self-administer questioners were used to collect the data and analysis using SPSS version 25. Logistic regression model was used to identify the factors associated with exposure to blood and body fluids.Results: About 198 (0.76 with 95% CI: 0.71, 0.81) had been exposed to blood and body fluids in their professional lifetime, and 167 (0.64 with 95% CI: 0.58, 0.70) were exposed to blood and body fluids in the last 12 months. Being male (AOR = 2.88, 95% CI: 1.35, 6.12), a lack of access to handwashing facilities (AOR = 5.02, 95% CI: 3.73, 14.51), not wearing a face shield and apron (AOR = 6.21, 95% CI: 2.39, 9.55), and a lack of personal protective equipment (AOR = 5.53, 95% CI: 1.87, 10.38) were all found to be significantly associated with exposure to blood and body fluids.Conclusion: As a result of the lack of personal protective equipment, the majority of nurses did not consistently wear an apron and face shield while providing patient care, putting them at a higher risk of acquiring blood-borne pathogens.
Neonatal amygdala resting-state functional connectivity and socio-emotional development in very preterm children

Abstract Very preterm children are more likely to exhibit difficulties in socio-emotional processing than their term-born peers. Emerging socio-emotional problems may be partly due to alterations in limbic system development associated with infants’ early transition to extrauterine life. The amygdala is a key structure in this system and plays a critical role in various aspects of socio-emotional development, including emotion regulation. The current study tested the hypothesis that amygdala resting-state functional connectivity at term-equivalent age would be associated with socio-emotional outcomes in childhood. Participants were 129 very preterm infants (<33 weeks' gestation) who underwent resting-state functional MRI at term and received a neurodevelopmental assessment at 4–7 years (median = 4.64). Using the left and right amygdalae as seed regions, we investigated associations between whole-brain seed-based functional connectivity and three socio-emotional outcome factors which were derived using exploratory factor analysis (Emotion Moderation, Social Function and Empathy), controlling for sex, neonatal sickness, post-menstrual age at scan and social risk. Childhood Emotion Moderation scores were significantly associated with neonatal resting-state functional connectivity of the right amygdala with right parahippocampal gyrus and right middle occipital gyrus, as well as with functional connectivity of the left amygdala with the right thalamus. No significant associations were found between amygdalar resting-state functional connectivity and either Social Function or Empathy scores. The current findings show that amygdalar functional connectivity assessed at term is associated with later socio-emotional outcomes in very preterm children.
plotsr: visualizing structural similarities and rearrangements between multiple genomes

Summary Third-generation genomic technologies have led to a sharp increase in the number of high-quality genome assemblies. This allows the comparison of multiple assembled genomes of individual species and demands for new tools for visualising their structural properties. Here we present plotsr, an efficient tool to visualize structural similarities and rearrangements between multiple genomes. It can be used to compare genomes on chromosome level or to zoom in on any selected region. In addition, plotsr can augment the visualisation with regional identifiers (e.g. genes or genomic markers) or histogram tracks for continuous features (e.g. GC content or polymorphism density). Availability and implementation plotsr is implemented as a python package and uses the standard matplotlib library for plotting. It is freely available under the MIT license at GitHub (https://github.com/schneebergerlab/plotsr) and bioconda (https://anaconda.org/bioconda/plotsr). Contact Manish Goel (manish.goel@lmu.de), Korbinian Schneeberger (k.schneeberger@lmu.de)
Aetiological Characteristics of Infectious Diarrhea in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China in 2017

This study aimed to analyse the pathogenic spectrum and epidemiological characteristics of infectious diarrhea in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China and provide a reference for its prevention and control. A total of 713 stool specimens collected within 3 days of diarrhea onset from January to December 2017 at secondary or higher hospitals in Yantai City were tested for 10 causative pathogens, using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The top two rotaviruses and norovirus were analysed for typing and geographical distribution. The total positive rate was 46.56% (332/713), and 268 of 713 specimens contained at least one pathogen; 64 had at least two pathogens, accounting for 19.28% of the positive specimens (64/332). The positivity rates of rotavirus (RV), norovirus (NoVs) GI, norovirus (NoVs) GII, enterovirus universal (EV), enteric adenoviruses (EAdV), sapovirus (SaV), astrovirus (Astv), Salmonella (SE), Listeria monocytogenes (LiMo), and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) were 20.06% (143/713), 1.82% (13/713), 12.84% (89/713), 10.66% (76/713), 4.07% (29/713), 0.42% (3/713), 2.38% (17/713), 1.54% (11/713), 1.82% (13/713), and 1.54% (11/713), respectively. Infectious diarrhea showed a high prevalence in young children aged 1-5 years, accounting for 48.6% of the total number of cases. Bacterial diarrhea was predominant in summer, and viral diarrhea was distributed throughout the year, without a significant seasonal pattern. Rotavirus is dominated by G9P, accounting for 81.82%, while norovirus is dominated by the GII type and has diverse characteristics. The aetiology of infectious diarrhea in Yantai is mainly viral, with RV, NoVs, EV, EAdV, and Astv being the most frequent pathogens. Continuous surveillance of infectious diarrhea diseases can help us understand its epidemiological and pathogenic characteristics, thereby taking targeted preventive and control measures in different seasons.
Urinary Exosomal Long Noncoding RNA TERC as a Noninvasive Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

Purpose Bladder cancer is one of the most common urological malignancies worldwide, and approximately 90% of bladder cancer cases are histologically typed as bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA). Exosomes are 30 to 200 nm extracellular vesicles that transport microRNAs, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), mRNAs, circular RNAs, and proteins across tissues and through circulation. Urinary exosomes may contain genetic information from tumor cells. Herein, we explored the clinical significance of urinary exosomal lncRNA telomerase RNA component (TERC) levels to provide an urgently needed diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for BLCA. Materials and Methods In this study, we used RNA-sequencing of samples from four BLCA patients and three healthy controls to identify that TERC was differentially expressed in urinary exosomes. We then used quantitative PCR in different types of clinical samples to validate the biomarker and analyzed results using receiver operating characteristic curves. Results We found that TERC was significantly upregulated in urinary exosomes from BLCA patients compared with those from healthy controls (P < 0.0001). Urinary exosomal TERC showed higher sensitivity (78.65%) and accuracy (77.78%) than existing indicators including nuclear matrix protein-22 and urine cytometry. Using the cut-off value 4.302, the area under the curve for urinary exosomal TERC was 0.836 (95% confidence interval: 0.768–0.891, P < 0.0001). Furthermore, this noninvasive assay could distinguish low-grade and high-grade tumors (P = 0.0153). Conclusions TERC is enriched in urinary exosomes from BLCA patients. Urinary exosomal TERC could become a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for BLCA that allows clinicians to realize noninvasive detection of BLCA.
The Social Acceptance of Smart Health Services in Japan

In recent years, smart health (s-Health) services have gained momentum worldwide. The s-Health services obtain personal information and aim to provide efficient health and medical services based on these data. In Japan, active efforts to implement these services have increased, but there is a lack of social acceptance. This study examined social acceptance concerning various factors such as trust in the city government, perceived benefits, perceived necessity, perceived risk, and concern about interventions for individuals. An online survey was conducted, and Japanese participants (N = 720) were presented with a vignette depicting a typical s-Health service overview. The results of structural equation modeling showed that trust was positively related to perceived benefit and necessity and negatively related to perceived risk and concern about interventions for individuals. Perceived benefit and trust were positively related to social acceptance, and perceived risk was negatively related to acceptance. The model obtained in this study can help implement s-Health services in public. Empirical studies that contribute to improving public health by investigating the social acceptance of s-Health services should be conducted in the future.
Non‐author entities accountable for retractions: A diachronic and cross‐disciplinary exploration of reasons for retraction

Retraction notices are expected to be transparent about entities accountable for retractions and their reasons for retraction. No previous research on retraction notices has investigated accountable entities other than authors of retracted publications and their reasons for retraction from a cross‐disciplinary and a diachronic perspective. Drawing on a dataset of 7650 unique retraction notices published before 2020 and indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, this study identified 457 retraction notices that held four types of non‐author entities accountable. Journal authorities (i.e., editors and publishers) were found responsible for retractions in 62.14% of the retraction notices, followed by unidentifiable entities (26.91%), third parties (6.13%), and dual entities (i.e., both authors and journal authorities, 4.81%). The three most frequent reasons for retraction were republication of valid publications (36.76%), unspecified reasons (26.91%), and publication of unpublishable work (17.07%). Accountable non‐author entities were more identifiable in the retraction notices published between 2010 and 2019 than in those published before 2010. Retraction notices in soft disciplines were more likely than those in hard disciplines to identify journal authorities as accountable entities. These findings offer implications for handling retractions more effectively and efficiently.
Zur Entwicklung von Top-Einkommen in Deutschland seit 2001

What share of total income in Germany is owned by the country’s top earners and how has this share developed over the past decade? Answers to these questions can be found both in representative survey data such as the longitudinal Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study and in administrative data on income taxation. After these statistics have been harmonized accordingly, it becomes clear there are systematic differences for the top one percent’s incomes—both in terms of the level of measured income concentration and in terms of changes over time. However, the two sets of data give very similar answers for the top ten percent excluding the top one percent as far as both level and trend of income shares are concerned. Wie hoch ist der Einkommensanteil der Spitzenverdiener am Gesamteinkommen in Deutschland, und wie hat sich dieser im vergangenen Jahrzehnt entwickelt? Antworten darauf findet man sowohl in reprasentativen Befragungsdaten wie der Langzeitstudie Soziooekonomisches Panel (SOEP) als auch in administrativen Daten der Einkommensbesteuerung. Nach entsprechender Harmonisierung der Statistiken zeigen sich fur die Top-Ein-Prozent der Einkommen systematische Unterschiede – sowohl hinsichtlich des Niveaus der gemessenen Einkommenskonzentration als auch hinsichtlich der Veranderungen uber die Zeit. Fur die Top-Zehn-Prozent ohne die Top-Ein-Prozent sind sowohl Niveau als auch Trend der Einkommensanteile aus beiden Datensatzen hingegen sehr ahnlich.
Warmer and wetter climate promotes net primary production in
 
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Grassland ecosystems provide essential services to society. To maintain ecosystem functions and services of grasslands under changing environments, it is critical to understand how grasslands respond and feedback to climate change. Here, we present results from a long-term (16 years) warming and clipping (to mimic hay harvesting or grazing) experiment conducted in a grassland ecosystem dominated by C 4 grasses in the Great Plains, USA. We analyzed responses of net primary production (NPP), reduced ANPP and shifted the optimum conditions for BNPP to warmer and wetter conditions. In summary, C 4 -grass dominant ecosystems have the potential to increase NPP in future warmer and wetter conditions, and clipping may amplify this positive effect in this grassland ecosystem.
Le Imprese Uscite Dal Mercato Nel Corso Della Crisi (Firms that Went Out of Business During the Crisis)

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro analizza le imprese italiane uscite dal mercato tra il 2008 e il 2012 a seguito di una procedura fallimentare o di una liquidazione volontaria e individua le principali caratteristiche aziendali correlate a tale fenomeno. L’analisi econometrica condotta sui bilanci delle societa di capitali indica che la probabilita di cessazione dell’attivita produttiva e stata maggiore per le aziende piu piccole e per quelle di piu recente costituzione. A parita di altre caratteristiche delle imprese, come la dimensione, il settore produttivo o l’area in cui esse sono localizzate, l’apertura di una procedura fallimentare e risultata maggiormente correlata a squilibri nella struttura finanziaria, come un elevato leverage, mentre la probabilita di liquidazione e stata influenzata in misura superiore dai bassi livelli di redditivita.English Abstract: This paper analyses the Italian companies that filed for bankruptcy or underwent voluntary liquidation between 2008 and 2012 and identifies the main characteristics of this phenomenon. The econometric analysis based on firms’ balance sheet data suggests that the probability of going out of business was greater for smaller and younger companies. Other characteristics being equal, such as size, sector and geographical location, the likelihood of a firm initiating bankruptcy proceedings was more strongly correlated with imbalances in its financial structure such as a high leverage ratio, while a firm’s likelihood of opting for voluntary liquidation was influenced to a greater extent by low profitability.
Menguji Kesiapan Pengelolaan Desa Wisata Berbasis Manajemen Modern Sebagai Penggerak Ekonomi Rakyat

The purpose of this research is to find out how to test the readiness of the management of Sanur Kaja Tourism Village, based on modern management, and to know the factors that influence a village which is said to be ready to implement modern management. This study used a qualitative field research method approach. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of modern management carried out by Sanur Kaja Village as a tourist village is by utilizing information technology in carrying out tourism activities. The use of information technology media such as the internet in an effort to support tourism villages is the use of the internet as a promotional medium. Apart from tourism managers, tourism actors in Sanur Kaja Village have also used the internet as a promotional medium. A marketing strategy using e-commerce helps provide input as material for consideration in developing a digital marketing strategy using both websites and social media as well as the online marketing mix. Suggestions for tourism actors, especially small business actors in Sanur Kaja Village, need to conduct training on e-commerce as a means of promotion.
Load Balancing Cloud Storage Data Distribution Strategy of Internet of Things Terminal Nodes considering Access Cost

With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, IoT terminal nodes are facing many challenges in data storage, distribution, and data management. In particular, in the IoT terminal nodes considering access cost, the corresponding data distribution and storage are professional, complex, and miscellaneous. Based on the abovementioned current situation, this article innovatively proposes a complex sensor data placement algorithm based on the cloud storage distribution of IoT terminal nodes. Under this algorithm, the accurate division of IoT data I/O methods is realized through reasonable configuration. Through the adaptive sensing algorithm, while fully considering the access cost of the algorithm, the performance of the IoT data storage system is further optimized. In the corresponding terminal node load balancing problem, this article innovatively proposes the terminal node data sorting and distribution algorithm through the node data. The sorting and distribution algorithm realizes the precise segmentation of the IoT data to be processed, thereby realizing the improvement of data reading and processing speed. Based on the proposed algorithm, this article designs a load balancing cloud storage data distribution optimization system of IoT terminal nodes considering access cost and carries out experimental verification in a real environment. The experimental results show that the data pattern division accuracy corresponding to the proposed distribution strategy is improved to 97.13% and the corresponding data access efficiency is improved to 98.3%, compared with the traditional distribution strategy. Therefore, the data distribution strategy proposed in this article has obvious performance advantages and further promotion value.
In Vitro Activity of Amphotericin B in Combination with Colistin against Fungi Responsible for Invasive Infections

The in vitro interaction of amphotericin B in combination with colistin was evaluated against a total of 86 strains comprising of 47 Candida species (10 Candida albicans, 15 Candida auris, five Candida glabrata, three Candida kefyr, five Candida krusei, four Candida parapsilosis and five Candida tropicalis), 29 Aspergillus species (five Aspergillus flavus, 10 Aspergillus fumigatus, four Aspergillus nidulans, five Aspergillus niger, and five Aspergillus terreus), and 10 Rhizopus species (seven Rhizopus arrhizus, one Rhizopus delemar and two Rhizopus microsporus) strains. For the determination of the interaction, a microdilution checkerboard technique based on the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) reference method for antifungal susceptibility testing was used. Results of the checkerboard technique were evaluated by the fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI) based on the Loewe additivity model for all isolates. Different inhibition endpoints were used to capture both the interaction at MIC and sub-MIC levels. Additionally, checkerboard technique results for Candida species were evaluated by response surface analysis based on the Bliss independence model. Against common Candida species, the combination was synergistic for 75% of the strains by FICI and for 66% of the strains by response surface analysis. For C. tropicalis, the interaction was antagonistic for three isolates by FICI, but antagonism was not confirmed by response surface analysis. Interestingly, synergistic and antagonistic FICIs were simultaneously present on checkboard microplates of all three strains. Against C. auris the combination was synergistic for 73% of the strains by response surface analysis and for 33% of the strains by FICI. This discrepancy could be related to the insensitivity of the FICI to detect weak interactions. Interaction for all other strains was indifferent. For Aspergillus and Rhizopus species combination exhibited only indifferent interactions against all tested strains.
Impact Of Team Empowerment On Team Performance Case Of The Telecommunications Industry In Islamabad

The word team usually refers to a small group in which the members have a common purpose, interdependent roles and complementary skills. One team may include members who have similar backgrounds and work experiences, while another one may contain a rich diversity of individuals from different business functions, and with different cultural backgrounds and work styles. Teams are playing an increasingly central role in business as companies seek to “flatten” their structures and drive needed changes in their business processes and organizational culture. Effective teams also facilitate companies to let loose more creativity throughout their workforce than they would if they relied on “distinct masterminds” to come up with brighter ideas and solutions than individuals can. Teamwork requires a profound understanding of group dynamics and the approaches in which a team’s unique “personality” comes out as the members accumulate a history of working together. The purpose of this paper is to contribute towards the important aspects of team empowerment and team performance. It shows the relationship between team empowerment and its effects on team performance in Pakistani firms; narrowing down the scope to Islamabad venues. The ultimate objective is to determine the impact of team empowerment on team performance. The focus is on team empowerment and its impact on team performance for a sample of Pakistani firms in the city of Islamabad.
Determinants of satisfaction and loyalty of e-banking users during the COVID-19 pandemic

This research aims to analyze factors affecting e-banking user satisfaction and e-banking user loyalty during Covid-19 pandemic with e-banking service quality that consists of reliability, privacy and security, design on application or website, and customer service and assistance as the independent variables, while the dependent variables in this study are e-banking user satisfaction and e-banking user loyalty. This research was viewed based on an e-banking user perspective. This research used nonprobability sampling and purposive sampling. This research is a quantitative study using primary data based on a questionnaire distributed online to 110 e-banking users like respondents. The hypothesis testing in this study used the SPSS analysis tool through the IBM SPSS Statistics Version 22 application. The result illustrates that e-banking service quality, reliability, and design on application and website influence both e-banking user satisfaction and e-banking user loyalty. Meanwhile, privacy and security only influence e-banking user loyalty, not on e-banking user satisfaction. Furthermore, customer service and assistance have no effect on both e-banking user satisfaction and e-banking user loyalty during the Covid-19 pandemic.