Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The rationality behind performance of routine lumber puncture in simple febrile seizure in 6-18 months old children

Background: Pediatrics seizures can be either due to febrile seizure or underlying serious infection such as meningitis. It is important to rule out meningitis in children presenting with fever and seizure. The aim of the study was conducted to assess the necessity of routine lumber puncture and to determine the incidence of meningitis among children aged 6 to 18 months presenting with first episode of febrile seizure.Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted among 47 children with first episode of simple febrile seizure presenting to emergency in Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal from April 2018 to September 2019.Results: Total 47 children were studied among 32 (68%) children were between 6-12 months and 15 (32%) were between 12-18 months of age. Only 1 child (2.1%) diagnosed as meningitis. Clinically 7 children (14.9%) showed signs of sepsis and meningitis like picture and 6 children (12.8%) were in 6-12 months of age and only 1 child (2.1%) was in 12-18month of age. Only 1 child in 6-12 months of age showed CSF positive and all other CSF studies were within normal limit. A significant association was seen between age group and hyponatremia and family history of febrile seizure (p<0.05). There was no statically significant between clinical diagnosis and CSF results (p=0.15). Conclusions: The risk of meningitis in children presenting with simple febrile seizure between 6-18 months of age is very low, specially in 12-18 months of age. Therefore, current guidelines regarding lumber puncture in simple febrile seizure should be reconsidered.
Student perceptions of the classroom environment, student characteristics, and motivation for music lessons at secondary school

The literature suggests that there is often no alignment between student preferences and what and how it is taught in the music classroom. A total of 749 Cypriot secondary school students, aged 12 to 14 years, responded to a survey addressing enjoyment of music, motivation for school music lessons, and perceptions of the music classroom environment. The survey included a questionnaire with six subscales: Involvement, Affiliation, Teacher Support, Task Orientation, Order and Organization, and Rule Clarity. High ratings for Affiliation, Teacher Support, and Rule Clarity suggest that, overall, students’ perceptions of the classroom environment were positive. They were not uniform, but varied on the basis of student characteristics. Girls rated Rule Clarity higher than boys. Younger students tended to rate Task Orientation, Order and Organization, and Rule Clarity higher than older students. Higher-achieving students tended to rate Affiliation and Teacher Support higher. Older boys rated Involvement lower than younger boys, whereas older girls rated Involvement higher than younger girls. It can be inferred that boys experienced a gradual increase in perceived Affiliation as their achievement improved, although the pattern was less consistent for girls. Girls tended to report higher motivation for school music lessons than boys. Motivation was enhanced by classroom environments in which students experienced higher levels of enjoyment of music, engagement, and support from teachers. The findings show that the music classroom environment should be characterized by student engagement, clarity of rules, good organization, clear goals, teacher support, and affiliation between classmates.
Cracking behaviour of concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced plastic rebars

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the cracking behaviour of concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced plastic rebars. The effects of reinforcement ratio on the cracking pattern, crack spacing, cracking moment, and crack width are investigated. The test results indicate that the reinforcement ratio has no meaningful effect on the cracking moment, which can be calculated as recommended by the ACI code. Also, the use of the equations adopted by ACI and the European codes for the prediction of crack width of conventionally reinforced concrete members is investigated and due modifications are made. Both relationships show good correlation with the test results; and the prediction of crack width of concrete beams reinforced with these two types of fiber reinforced plastic rebars is now possible. Key words: beam, cracking behaviour, cracking moment, crack width, fiber reinforced plastic, flexure, rebars, reinforced concrete, reinforcement ratio.
Book review. Reproductive and genetic responsibility: whose burden? : Ivett Szalma: Attitudes, norms, and beliefs related to assisted reproduction technologies among childless women in a pronatalist society

Ivett Szalma (Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence and Corvinus University of Budapest) has in the last decade established herself as one of the key researchers in the Hungarian and international sociological community who is taking on the task of understanding public attitudes towards childlessness, infertility, and assisted reproduction technologies (ART). The present book fits seamlessly into her area of expertise on the statistical analysis of public attitudes towards ART, but also expands on her former quantitative focus and takes on an investigation of the topic through in-depth qualitative inquiry. Thus, the research built upon in the publication draws on the findings of other relevant work of Szalma’s, yet introduces the topic from a new methodological standpoint. To achieve a new level of understanding of social attitudes to medically assisted reproduction, Szalma adapts not merely one qualitative approach, but ventures into the topic with a multi-method qualitative research design. The combination of in-depth interviews and focus groups has been gaining ground in the qualitative research community recently. The choice to sample childless women allows for a unique, more focused investigation of ART that generates an understanding of the attitudes of its potential users.
A very British state capitalism: Variegation, political connections and bailouts during the COVID-19 crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in governments playing increasingly prominent roles as active economic agents. However, state capitalism does not necessarily serve broad developmental purposes, and rather can be directed to supporting sectional and private interests. As the literature on variegated capitalism alerts us, governments and other actors regularly devise fixes in response to a systemic crisis, but the focus, scale, and scope of the interventions vary considerably, according to the constellation of interests. Rapid progress with vaccines notwithstanding, the UK government's response to COVID-19 has been associated with much controversy, not only because of an extraordinarily high death rate, but also because of allegations of cronyism around the granting of government contracts and bailouts. We focus on the latter, investigating more closely who got bailed out. We find that badly affected sectors (e.g. hospitality, transportation) and larger employers were more likely to get bailouts. However, the latter also favored the politically influential and those who had run up debt profligately. Although, as with state capitalism, crony capitalism is most often associated with emerging markets, we conclude that the two have coalesced into a peculiarly British variety, but one that has some common features with other major liberal markets. This might suggest that the eco-systemic dominance of the latter is coming to an end, or, at the least, that this model is drifting towards one that assumes many of the features commonly associated with developing nations.
h- and b-conform finite element perturbation techniques for nondestructive eddy current testing

Purpose – The aim of the present paper is to compare the performances of a finite‐element perturbation technique applied either to the h‐ conform magnetodynamic formulation or to its b‐ conform counterpart in the frame of nondestructive eddy‐current testing problems.Design/methodology/approach – In both complementary perturbation techniques, the computation is split into a computation without defect (unperturbed problem) and a computation of the field distorsion due to its presence (perturbation problem). The unperturbed problem is conventionally solved in the complete domain. The source of the perturbation problem is then determined by the projection of the unperturbed solution in a relatively small region surrounding the defect. The discretisation of this reduced domain is chosen independently of the dimensions of the excitation probe and the specimen under study and is thus well adapted to the size of the defect.Findings – The accuracy of the perturbation model is evidenced by comparing the results of .
YAP maintains the production of intermediate progenitor cells and upper‐layer projection neurons in the mouse cerebral cortex

The Hippo pathway is conserved through evolution and plays critical roles in development, tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Yes‐associated protein (YAP) is a transcriptional coactivator downstream of the Hippo pathway. Previous studies have demonstrated that activation of YAP promotes proliferation in the developing brain. Whether YAP is required for the production of neural progenitor cells or neurons in vivo remains unclear.
On the Relation between School Alienation and Social School Climate

In recent years, scholars have referred to school alienation as a severe problem that affects the socio-emotional and cognitive development of students. In this study, the authors examined how the relationships with teachers and classmates are associated with students’ state of alienation from learning, from teachers, and from classmates, applying a cross-sectional research design. Participants included 543 Grade 7 students from the Swiss canton of Bern who took part in the binational research project “School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg (SASAL, 2015-2019)”. Results of correlation and multiple regression analyses revealed that the student-teacher and student-student relationships were associated with alienation from school.
Structural Adaptation and Antioxidant Response of Guarianthe bowringiana (O’Brien) Dressler & W. E. Higgins (Orchidaceae Juss.) Seedlings During Ex Vitro Acclimatization

Guarianthe bowringiana is one of the oldest samples cultivated at NBG’s orchid unit glasshouses since 1970s. An efficient protocol for asymbiotic in vitro seed germination of G. bowringiana has previously been established. Given that acclimatization is a crucial step in micropropagation, this study assesses the structural adaptation and antioxidant response of G. bowringiana seedlings during ex vitro acclimatization to ex vitro conditions. The leaf surface micromorphology of the G. bowringiana juvenile plants propagated in vitro from seeds as well as the leaves of adult plants cultivated in glasshouse were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. The levels of lipid peroxidation (TBARS level), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and the photosynthetic activity were monitored for seven days from the transfer of seedlings from the in vitro cultivation vessels as they are markers indicating the response of the leaves of in vitro propagated G. bowringiana plants to oxidative stress during the early stages of acclimatization to ex vitro conditions. During the initial 2 days of the monitored acclimatization period (0–7 days), the level of photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a , b , and carotenoid content) increased, followed by an insignificant increase during the successive period (by the seventh day) of acclimatization. At the same time, the level of the tested antioxidant enzyme (SOD) exhibited an increasing trend throughout the acclimatization period. The SOD activities in the leaves of G. bowringiana seedlings were significantly affected when they were transferred from in vitro to ex vitro conditions due to drought stress. Thus, it was revealed that in the early stages of acclimatizing to the altered environments, G. bowringiana seedlings exhibited a rapid increase in photosynthetic pigments, superoxide dismutase activity, and lipid peroxidation levels after being transferred to ex vitro conditions. Comparison of the leaf micromorphologies of G. bowringiana plants grown under in vitro and those grown under ex vitro conditions revealed that leaf development had undergone significant changes during acclimatization to the altered conditions. In vitro to ex vitro transfer leads to a transient decrease in photosynthetic parameters.
Association between transcranial Doppler vasospasm and functional outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage

AIM OF THE STUDY: This study aimed to investigate the association between transcranial Doppler (TCD) vasospasm and patient outcome and to assess the predictive factors for developing TCD vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective observational study included adult patients with nontraumatic SAH. Patient characteristics and TCD values were recorded retrospectively from patient records. Data on maxTCD (maximal TCD value recorded on any side between day 1 and day 14) as well as Δ TCD (maximal difference between mean velocity measured on days 1–3 and days 4–14 on any side) were calculated. The modified Rankin Score was recorded from electronic patient notes at discharge and 3, 6, and 12 months after ictus. The effect of TCD vasospasm, maxTCD, and Δ TCD on the clinical outcome was investigated. Potential predictive factors for developing TCD vasospasm were assessed. The association between the same factors and maxTCD and Δ TCD were explored. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-eight patients were included in the study. Higher age was associated with a lower risk of developing TCD vasospasm (odds ratio: 0.952, 95% confidence interval: 0.924–0.982, P = 0.002). Fisher grade was a predictor of developing TCD vasospasm (P = 0.05). Age was negatively correlated with maxTCD (R = −0.47, P = 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in patient outcome at hospital discharge and at 3, 6, and 12 months between patients with and without TCD vasospasm. Higher maxTCD and Δ TCD were associated with a worse clinical outcome at 3 months after SAH ictus. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical benefit of routine TCD assessments in SAH patients remains uncertain.
Genetic Programming to Predict Bridge Pier Scour

Bridge-pier scour is a significant problem for the safety of bridges. Extensive laboratory and field studies have been conducted examining the effect of relevant variables. This note presents an alternative to the conventional regression-based equations (HEC-18 and regression equation developed by the writers), in the form of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and genetic programming (GP). There had been 398 data sets of field measurements that were collected from published literature and were used to train the network or evolve the program. The developed network and evolved programs were validated by using the observations that were not involved in the training. The performance of GP was found more effective when compared to regression equations and ANNs in predicting the scour depth at bridge piers.
Mixed modeling for fiber yield genetic selection in sugarcane

The current demand for clean and renewable energy has provoked considerable changes in the production system of agroindustrial companies. The generation of bioelectricity through the burning of sugarcane bagasse has considerably risen in the recent years. This work aimed to focus on the sugarcane genotypes selection for fiber productivity. The experiment was outlined in randomized blocks with four repetitions, and sixteen genotypes were evaluated. The evaluated traits were: cane tons per hectare, sucrose tons per hectare, fiber tons per hectare, fiber content and apparent sucrose content. To the selection, the mixed linear models methodology was used. The heritability coefficients suggest a significant genetic gain and the harmonic means of relative performances of predicted genotypic values allowed the identification of stable genotypes related to the traits evaluated in four harvest cycles. Considering the current average demand of sugarcane agroindustry for varieties with fiber content between 12% and 17% and sucrose content near 13%, for energy generation and sugar production, the genotypes EECAC 06, EECAC 03, EECAC 04 and EECAC 07 are presented as commercial cultivation options. Highlights - Mixed models constitute an efficient tool for sugarcane selection focused onto fiber and sucrose production. - This methodology provides significant genetic gains based on predicted genetic values free from interaction with harvest cycles. - The evaluated genotypes present high fiber and sucrose productivity, genotypic adaptability and stability throughout harvest cycles, indicating longevity in the sugarcane crop.
Peer Instruction in Computing Higher Education: A Case Study of a Logic in Computer Science Course in Brazilian Context

One of the challenges of Computing Education Research is the proposition of new learning methods. Researches indicate active learning methods are more effective than traditional ones. Peer Instruction is one of these learning methods that promotes a student-centered class, enabling (s)he constructs his/her comprehension through a structured approach with questions and peer discussions, used in Computing in the last years. Nevertheless, researches about the use of this method are very scarce in South America. Accordingly, this research aims to discuss the impact of Peer Instruction use on higher education from a Logic in Brazilian Computer Science course. The research context is an undergraduate course in Computer Science in the first term of 2018 at the Federal University of Jataí. Sufficient evidence was found for the veracity of two propositions related to this study: (i) Peer Instruction use guarantees a learning gain of students, and (ii) Peer Instruction is well accepted by students. Therefore, it concluded that Peer Instruction use is suitable for Logic courses in Computing Higher Education in Brazil, with good acceptance from students.
A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain: A Pragmatic, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Background: This two-arm, parallel, pragmatic, multicenter, clinical randomized, controlled trial with a 12-week follow-up period aimed to compare the effectiveness of pharmacopuncture therapy and physical therapy strategies for chronic neck pain. Methods: Eight sessions of pharmacopuncture therapy or physical therapy were administered within 2 weeks. The primary outcome was the visual analogue scale (VAS) score for neck pain. The secondary outcomes were the scores of the Northwick Park questionnaire (NPQ), VAS score for radiating arm pain, numeric rating scale (NRS) for neck and arm bothersomeness, neck disability index (NDI), patient global impression of change (PGIC), 12-item short form health survey (SF-12), and EuroQoL 5-dimension 5-level (EQ-5D-5L) instrument. The protocol was registered with Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04035018) and CRIS (KCT0004243). Results: We randomly allocated 101 participants with chronic neck pain to the pharmacopuncture therapy (n = 50) or physical therapy group (n = 51). At the primary endpoint (week 5) the pharmacopuncture therapy group showed significantly superior effects regarding VAS score for neck pain and arm bothersomeness, NRS for neck pain, NDI, NPQ, and PGIC compared with the physical therapy group. These effects were sustained up to 12 weeks after follow-up. Conclusion: Compared with physical therapy, pharmacopuncture therapy had superior effects on the pain and functional recovery of patients with chronic neck pain.
Predicting Students’ Achievement in a Hybrid Environment Through Self-Regulated Learning, Log Data, and Course Engagement: A Data Mining Approach

With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, many universities adopted a hybrid learning model as a substitute for a traditional one. Predicting students’ performance in hybrid environments is a complex task because it depends on extracting and analyzing different types of data: log data, self-reports, and face-to-face interactions. Students must develop Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) strategies to monitor their learning in hybrid contexts. This study aimed to predict the achievement of 82 undergraduates enrolled in a hybrid English for Business Communication course using data mining techniques. While clustering techniques were used to understand SRL patterns through classifying students with similar SRL data into clusters, classification algorithms were utilized to predict students' achievement by integrating the log files and course engagement factors. Clustering results showed that the group with high SRL achieved higher grades than the groups with medium SRL and low SRL. Classification results revealed that log data and engagement activities successfully predicted students’ academic performance with more than 88% accuracy. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature of SRL and hybrid classrooms by interpreting the predictive power of log data, self-reports, and face-to-face engagement to predict students’ achievement, a relatively unexplored area. This study recommended practical implications to promote students’ SRL and achievement in hybrid environments.
Computational and Experimental Analysis of Ballast Water Exchange

The objective of the present study is to use experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods to examine the flow behavior inside ballast tanks during flow-through ballast water exchange (BWE), and to investigate the exchange effectiveness. Validation efforts are conducted based on comparisons with data collected in a 1/3-scale model of a portion of a typical ballast tank for a bulk carrier. Comparisons between the measured data and computational predictions are in good agreement. Numerical simulations are also performed for a typical full-scale ballast tank in a 35,000 dwt handysize bulk carrier, a ship type that represents a large proportion of the oceangoing vessels that ply the Great Lakes trade routes. The results of this study may help explain the variable results of ballast water exchange experiments documented to date, lead to ballast tank structural modification recommendations to improve overall ballast water exchange effectiveness, minimize deadspots, reduce sediment deposition and accumulation, and provide the insight and knowledge to select and enhance treatment technologies, thus reducing the threat of coastal invasive species being discharged in coastal ecosystems.
Visual Sentiment Classification via Low-Rank Regularization and Label Relaxation

In the human cognitive system, the emotional feeling is a complicated process. Visual sentiment classification aims to predict the human emotions evoked by different images. In this article, we proposed a novel visual sentiment classification algorithm by modeling this task as a low-rank subspace learning problem. To reduce the discrepancy between global and local features, image features of relevant regions are selected from the whole image by sparse encoding. The label relaxation item is employed for alleviating the label ambiguity caused by subjective evaluation. We develop an alternative iterative method to optimize the proposed objective function. This model can be naturally extended for online learning, which improves efficiency. We conduct extensive experiments on three publicly available data sets. Compared with several state-of-the-art methods, we achieve better performance.