Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
University of Birmingham Family experiences of in-hospital end-of-life care for adults

Aim: To systematically identify, appraise, aggregate and synthesise qualitative evi - dence on family members’ experiences of end- of-life care (EoLC) in acute hospitals. Methods: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis based on the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Primary research, published 2014 onwards was identified using a sequential strategy of electronic and hand searches. Six databases (CINAHL, Medline, Embase, EMCare, PsycINFO, BNI) were systematically searched. Studies that met pre-determined inclusion/exclusion criteria were uniformly appraised using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist for qualitative research, and synthesised using a meta-aggregative approach. The ENTREQ statement was used as a checklist for reporting the review. Results: Sixteen studies of European, Australasian and North American origin formed the review. The quality of each study was considered very good in view of a ‘yes’ response to most screening questions. Extracted findings were assembled into 12 categories, and five
Migration of tree species in New England based on elevational and regional analyses. Forest Service research paper (Final)

With field measurements of migration patterns, we used two complementary approaches to examine tree-species movement after a documented increase in temperature. The advancing-front theory was used to examine age trends over distance and elevation for both a mountain site in New Hampshire and a regional comparison across the State of Maine. Well-defined stationary fronts were identified for red spruce (Picea rubens) and beech (Fagus grandifolia), while a catastrophic front was depicted for sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and a constant slow-moving advancing front was exhibited by hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). The regional analysis, in Maine, indicated that white pine (Pinus strobus) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea) decreased significantly in average latitude and elevation over a 24-year period. The potential ranges of the major species in terms of elevation and regional position appear stable.
NOVA University of Newcastle Research Online

Objective. To investigate the relationship between asthma control and psychosocial outcomes in pregnant women with asthma. Methods. Secondary analysis (N=221) of a randomized controlled trial of treatment adjustments, based on fractional exhaled nitric oxide versus clinical guideline-based algorithms. Psychosocial variables included generic and asthma-specific quality of life (SF12, AQLQ-M), illness perceptions (BIPQ), perceived control (PCAQ), perceived risk of side effects (PRSE) and anxiety (STAI-6). Asthma control was defined as controlled (Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ7) ≤ 1.5 at randomization and end of study), improved (ACQ7 > 1.5 at randomization and ≤ 1.5 at end of stud y) and unimproved (ACQ7 > 1.5 at end of study). Regression models were fitted for each psychosocial measure at the end of the study, with adjustment for baseline values and smoking status, with predictor variable asthma control. Results. Women with unimproved asthma had poorer physical (SF12, p=0.012) and asthma-specific quality of life across all domains (AQLQ-M, p≤0.012) compared to women with controlled asthma. They believed that they had less control over their asthma (PCAQ total p=0.014), had more symptoms and that their illness had a greater effect on their emotions and their lives in general (BIPQ identity, consequences, concern, emotional response p≤0.015 ). Women with improved asthma control had significantly lower AQLQ-M breathlessness (p=0.048) and lower total scores (p=0.04) than women with controlled asthma. Conclusions . Pregnant women who are not able to get control of their asthma symptoms may experience worse quality of life and are likely to have more negative perceptions about their condition.
Evolving digital divides in information literacy and learning outcomes: A BYOD journey in a secondary school

Purpose: This study seeks answers to questions on how equity of information literacy and learning outcomes have evolved with the ongoing technologies advances in teaching and learning across schools. We report on a five year long BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) journey of one school, which was one of the earliest adopters of one-to-one learning devices in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach: Using a socio-cultural ecological lens for analysis, a longitudinal study has investigated aspects of how digital/information literacy, computer self-efficacy, and nature of technology usage are transforming school and classroom curriculum practices. Findings: Study findings reveal a significant shift in social and academic boundaries between formal and informal learning spaces. One-to-one learning devices provide the link between school and home, as students take more ownership of their learning, and teachers become facilitators. Curricula changes and proper technological support systems introduced in the school structures have given agency to students resulting in greater acceptance of the BYOD policy and extensions to learning beyond formal classroom spaces. Digital divide amongst learners has evolved beyond equity in access and equity in capabilities to become more inclusive, thereby paving the way for equity in learning outcomes. Research limitations/implications: This study has been conducted in a school which is located in a relatively high socio-economic region. To achieve a more holistic view, there is a need for further studies to be conducted in schools from low socio-economic communities. Originality/value : This paper adds to existing literature by sharing teacher reflections on their use of innovative pedagogies to bring changes to classroom curricular practice.
Clinical outcomes and survival of individuals with methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, classic homocystinuria, and remethylation disorders identified through newborn screening

The current German newborn screening (NBS) panel includes 13 inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs). In addition, the NBS pilot study in Southwest Germany identifies individuals with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), propionic acidemia (PA), cystathionine {beta}-synthase (CBS) deficiency, remethylation disorders [e.g. cobalamin (cbl) C and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency], and neonatal cbl deficiency through a combined second-tier algorithm. The long-term health benefits of screened individuals are evaluated in a prospective multicenter observational study. Twenty-seven individuals with IMDs [MMA (N=6), PA (N=13), cblC deficiency (N=5), MTHFR deficiency (N=2) and CBS deficiency (N=1)] and 42 with neonatal cbl deficiency were identified by the NBS pilot study and followed for a median of 3.6 years. Seventeen IMD patients (63%) experienced at least one metabolic decompensation, 14 of them neonatally and six even before the NBS report (cbl-nonresponsive MMA, PA). Three PA patients died despite NBS and immediate treatment. Fifteen individuals (79%) with MMA or PA and all with cblC deficiency presented with permanent, mostly neurological symptoms, while individuals with CBS, MTHFR and neonatal cbl deficiency had a favorable outcome. Utilizing a combined second-tier algorithm we demonstrate that NBS and specialized metabolic care result in substantial benefits for individuals with CBS deficiency, MTHFR deficiency, neonatal cbl deficiency, and to some extent, cblC deficiency and cbl-responsive MMA. However, its advantage is less evident for individuals with cbl-nonresponsive MMA and PA.
Effects of dietary soybean lecithin on growth performance, blood chemistry and immunity in 1 juvenile stellate sturgeon (

22 An eleven weeks feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of different levels of dietary 23 soybean lecithin (SBL) on growth performance, blood chemistry and immunity in juvenile stellate 24 sturgeon ( Acipenser stellatus ). Fish were fed seven isoproteic (44% crude protein) and isolipidic (17% 25 crude fat) diets containing graded levels of SBL: 0 (control), 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10%. Results showed that 26 dietary SBL supplementation significantly improved the final body weight (BW) and weight gain (WG). 27 Fish fed 6% SBL showed the highest BW and WG values in comparison to fish fed the control diet ( P < 28 0.05), whereas increasing SBL levels above 6% had little practical benefit in terms of somatic growth 29 performance. The inclusion of SBL in diets significantly improved the immune response as data from 30 lysozyme, total Ig levels, alternative complement, phagocytic and bactericidal activities indicated ( P < 31 0.05). The broken-line regression analysis of immunological variable revealed that depending on the 32 parameter considered, the optimal SBL levels in diets for stellate sturgeon juveniles varied. In particular, 33 dietary SBL levels requirements in stellate sturgeon when considering the phagocytic activity rate were 34 determined at 3.3%, whereas 4.1-4.2% were recommended when considering data from lysozyme, 35 alternative complement and bactericidal activities. In contrast, the highest minimum dietary SBL content 36 was estimated at 6.9% when data from total Ig levels were considered. These results indicated that dietary 37 PLs are required for boosting innate immunity in stellate sturgeon, although their minimal level changed 38 depending on the immunological parameter considered. Therefore, we assume that SBL levels comprised 39 between 3.3 to 6.9% may be used as a prophylactic measure to improve the health status in stellate 40 sturgeon. Red blood cell count, hemoglobin and hematocrit levels increased with increasing dietary SBL 41 levels, especially in those sturgeons fed the diet with 6% SBL ( P < 0.05). In addition, white blood cell 42 counts significantly increased as dietary SBL levels increased from 4 to 8% in comparison to the control 43 group. Blood biochemistry was also affected by different dietary SBL levels. In particular, significantly 44 higher levels of glucose, cholesterol, HDL and triglycerides were detected in fish fed >6%, >4%, >2% 45 and 2% SBL, respectively ( P < 0.05). Based on somatic growth parameters, blood chemistry and systemic 46 immunity parameters, diets containing ca. 6% SBL are recommended for juvenile stellate sturgeon.
LaCViT: A Label-Aware Contrastive Fine-Tuning Framework for Vision Transformers

Vision Transformers (ViTs) have emerged as popular models in computer vision, demonstrating state-of-the-art performance across various tasks. This success typically follows a two-stage strategy involving pre-training on large-scale datasets using self-supervised signals, such as masked random patches, followed by fine-tuning on task-specific labeled datasets with cross-entropy loss. However, this reliance on cross-entropy loss has been identified as a limiting factor in ViTs, affecting their generalization and transferability to downstream tasks. Addressing this critical challenge, we introduce a novel Label-aware Contrastive Training framework, LaCViT, which significantly enhances the quality of embeddings in ViTs. LaCViT not only addresses the limitations of cross-entropy loss but also facilitates more effective transfer learning across diverse image classification tasks. Our comprehensive experiments on eight standard image classification datasets reveal that LaCViT statistically significantly enhances the performance of three evaluated ViTs by up-to 10.78% under Top-1 Accuracy.
Tres nuevas especies de "Centruroides" (Scorpiones: Buthidae) de Cuba

Se describen tres nuevas especies (una de ellas politipica con dos subespecies alopatricas) del genero Centruroides Marx para Cuba. De ellas, dos parecen conformar junto con Centruroides arctimanus Armas, 197 un grupo natural de especies exclusivamente restringidas a formaciones vegetales xerofitas; la otra es cercana a Centruroides guanensis Franganillo, 1931 y habita en areas boscosas. El numero total de miembros cubanos del genero se eleva ahora a 11, siete de ellos endemicos y que en el presente trabajo se ordenan en tres grupos naturales de especies, cada uno correspondiente a una linea filogenetica bien definida
Does Distance from the Equator Predict Self-Control? Lessons from the Human Penguin Project

We comment on the proposition “that lower temperatures and especially greater seasonal variation in temperature calls for individuals and societies to adopt…a greater degree of self-control”, for which we cannot find empirical support in a large dataset with data-driven analyses. After providing more nuance in our theoretical review, we suggest revisiting their model with an eye to the social determinants of self-control.
Short-Term Load Forecasting Based on Bayesian Ridge Regression Coupled with an Optimal Feature Selection Technique

– Load forecasting has been an important aspect in power system operations. The increase in the integration of different renewable energy resources during past decades has made it even more crucial as an accurate load forecast can be highly beneficial for the energy market as well as the ongoing economic dispatch and unit commitment problem. The increased influence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in electrical engineering has also caused an improvement in load forecasts immensely. This study presents a short-term load forecasting methodology using Bayesian Ridge Regression paired up with an optimal feature selection technique which is a combination of Coyote Optimization Algorithm and Quadratic Discriminant Analysis. The test systems used in the study are based on the historical load data obtained from publicly available API offered by PJM data miner 2 and the weather data obtained using Visual Crossing. Before the application of the feature selection technique, the features were engineered by lagging the weather and the load data. The results of this method are compared with multiple state-of-the-art load forecasting methods including Gradient Boosting Regressor, Random Forest Regressor, Ensemble from ElasticNet
Seabed Fluid Flow: The Impact on Geology, Biology and the Marine Environment

Acknowledgements 1. Seabed fluid flow introduction 2. Pockmarks, shallow gas and seeps: an initial appraisal 3. Seabed fluid flow around the world 4. The contexts of seabed fluid flow 5. The nature and origins of flowing fluids 6. Shallow gas and gas hydrates 7. Migration and seabed features 8. Seabed fluid flow and biology 9. Seabed fluid flow and mineral precipitation 10. Impacts on the hydrosphere and atmosphere 11. Implications for man References Index.
Adaptation of Quality Protein Maize (Zea Mays L.) to Northern U.S. Corn Belt

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iv DEDICATION . v LIST OF TABLES . viii LIST OF FIGURES . ix INTRODUCTION . 1 LITERATURE REVIEW . 4 Need of Quality Protein Maize(QPM) . 4 Development of QPM . 5 Genetics of QPM . 10 Methods to develop QPM . 11 Utility of QPM . 16 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 17 Materials . 17 Methods . 19 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . 25 S0 to S2 selection . 25 Correlation among traits . 26
A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America

Unregulated US corporations dramatically increased their debt usage over the past century. Aggregate leverage—low and stable before 1945—more than tripled between 1945 and 1970 from 11% to 35%, eventually reaching 47% by the early 1990s. The median firm in 1946 had no debt, but by 1970 had a leverage ratio of 31%. This increase occurred in all unregulated industries and affected firms of all sizes. Changing firm characteristics are unable to account for this increase. Rather, changes in government borrowing, macroeconomic uncertainty, and financial sector development play a more prominent role. Despite this increase among unregulated firms, a combination of stable debt usage among regulated firms and a decrease in the fraction of aggregate assets held by regulated firms over this period resulted in a relatively stable economy-wide leverage ratio during the 20th century.
TRUST DEVELOPMENT DURING SOCIALIZATION 1 Getting to know you: A longitudinal examination of trust cues and trust development during socialization

Despite recent theoretical advances, the pattern of trust development between coworkers has yet to receive focused longitudinal attention. Furthermore, current theory suggests that employees attend to an array of independent trust cues in any given situation but fails to identify which cues are important when. In a four wave longitudinal field study we demonstrate how new coworker intentions to engage in trust behaviors (reliance and disclosure) evolve during employee socialization, and examine the trust cues that prime decisions to trust. We present a latent growth model of trust development which reveals, for the first time, that reliance and disclosure intentions in early work relationships develop in a positive, nonlinear pattern over time. Furthermore, the study indicates that propensity to trust has a statistically significant effect on the initial status of intention to rely on and disclose information with coworkers but not on changes in trust behavior over time. The multi wave design permits comprehensive assessment of the change in impact of different trust cues over time and demonstrates that the importance of certain cues varies depending primarily on the type of trust in question, and potentially changes as a relationship matures. We discuss the theoretical implications and directions for future
Exploring Public Speaking Self-Efficacy in the 4-H Presentation Program

Strong communication skills are important in an individual’s personal and professional life; however, research regarding what influences youth’s public speaking self-efficacy is limited. To address this gap, we surveyed youth who participated in a statewide presentation event about their self-efficacy and sources of that self-efficacy. Results show mastery experiences have the greatest relationship to youth’s public speaking confidence. Extension can strengthen youth’s public speaking self-efficacy by increasing the number of presentation opportunities and by removing barriers from participating in existing presentation opportunities.
Excellence is a habit: Enhancing predictions of language impairment by identifying stable features in clinical perfusion scans

Perfusion images guide acute stroke management, yet few studies have been able to systematically investigate CT perfusion collected during routine care because the measures are stored in proprietary formats incompatible with conventional research analysis pipelines. We illustrate the potential of harnessing granular data from these routine scans by using them to identify the association between specific areas of hypoperfusion and severity of object naming impairment in 43 acute stroke patients. Traditionally, similar analyses in such sample sizes face a dilemma:simple models risk being too constrained to make accurate predictions, while complex models risk overfitting and producing poor out-of-sample predictions. We demonstrate that evaluating the stability rather than out-of-sample predictive capacity of features in a nested cross-validation scheme can be an effective way of controlling model complexity and stabilizing model estimates across a variety of different regression techniques. Specifically, we show that introducing this step can determine model significance, even when the regression model already contains an embedded feature selection or dimensionality reduction step, or if a subset of features is manually selected prior to training based on expert knowledge. After improving model performance using more complex regression techniques, we discover that object naming performance relies on an extended language network encompassing regions thought to play a larger role in different naming tasks, right hemisphere regions distal to the site of injury, and regions and tracts that are less typically associated with language function. Our findings especially emphasize the role of the left superior temporal gyrus, uncinate fasciculus, and posterior insula in successful prediction of object naming impairment. Collectively, these results highlight the untapped potential of clinical CT perfusion images and demonstrate a flexible framework for enabling prediction in the limited sample sizes that currently dominate clinical neuroimaging.
Atlas of climatology and variability in the GFDL R30S14 GCM

An atlas of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Rhomboidal 30 with 14 Sigma Levels (R30S14) general circulation model (GCM) is made available in order to facilitate the intercomparison of the climate and variability of the model with observations and other modeling studies. Our goal is to reveal some of the model`s strengths and weaknesses, providing a benchmark for the future experiments with the GFDL model.
New Hampshire Scholars

[ 1 ] Quantification of sediment fluxes from rivers is fundamental to understanding land-ocean linkages in the Arctic. Numerous publications have focused on this subject over the past century, yet assessments of temporal trends are scarce and consensus on contemporary fluxes is lacking. Published estimates vary widely, but often provide little accessory information needed to interpret the differences. We present a pan-arctic synthesis of sediment flux from 19 arctic rivers, primarily focusing on contributions from the eight largest ones. For this synthesis, historical records and recent unpublished data were compiled from Russian, Canadian, and United States sources. Evaluation of these data revealed no long-term trends in sediment flux, but did show stepwise changes in the historical records of two of the rivers. In some cases, old values that do not reflect contemporary fluxes are still being reported, while in other cases, typographical errors have been propagated into the recent literature. Most of the discrepancy among published estimates, however, can be explained by differences in years of records examined and gauging stations used. Variations in sediment flux from year to year in arctic rivers are large, so estimates based on relatively few years can differ substantially. To determine best contemporary estimates of sediment flux for the eight largest arctic rivers, we used a combination of newly available data, historical records, and literature values. These estimates contribute to our understanding of carbon, nutrient, and contaminant transport to the Arctic Ocean and provide a baseline for detecting future anthropogenic or natural change in the Arctic.
Workplace Attachment Style as Moderator of the Relationship Between Political Skills and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

A number of studies have demonstrated the role played by political skills on organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Other research has also shown how the work environment can affect OCBs. However, no research has yet addressed the role that workplace attachment style plays in influencing employee OCBs. The present study aims to investigate the moderating role of workplace attachment style on the relationship between political skills and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) using a cross-sectional design. The research was carried out with the participation of 185 French office workers. Research hypotheses were tested by means of three moderation models. The results show that political skills are positively related to OCB, and that secure and preoccupied workplace attachment styles moderate the relationship between political skills and OCB. These results therefore underline the importance of appropriate organizational environmental management in promoting OCBs.