Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Effect of Mindfulness-Based Training on the Quality of Work-Life and Motivations of Nurses Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of mindfulness stress training given to nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic period on the quality of work-life and motivation of nurses. Materials and Methods: The research was carried out as a pre-test and post-test control group quasi-experimental model from nurses working in a university hospital in eastern Turkey between September 2021 and December 2021. The study population consisted of 850 nurses working in the hospital. The sample consisted of 42 nurses (21 experimental, 21 control group) who agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria. In the study, selection bias was controlled by randomized assignment and concealing randomization. The nurses’ names were grouped alphabetically and randomized using the research randomizer program. Within the scope of the research, the mindfulness Stress Training Program was applied to the nurses in the experimental group. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Nurse Work-Life Quality Scale, and Nurse Work Motivation Scale. Chi-square test, Mann–Whitney U test, and Wilcoxon marking tests were used to analyze the data. Results: It was determined that the total score of the work motivation scale of the nurses in the experimental group was 48.42 ± 5.39 before the training, 59.52 ± 6.52 after the training, and the total score of the nurse work-life quality scale was 81.00 ± 12.46 before the intervention and 91.08 ± 11.06 after the intervention. The post-test scores of the control and experimental groups were statistically significant (P < .05). Conclusion: It was found that the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program was effective in nurses’ work motivation and quality of work-life during the pandemic period.
Weekly performance of maize plant under sandy soil managed with dissimilar organic materials

Organic materials bring many benefits to plant growth and yield performances in crop production. The objective of this study was to know the performance of maize plant from germination period to maturity period under sandy soil condition manage with different organic materials, on weekly basis. The experiment was initiated under poor sandy-soil site, just 5 km away from the Argungu town, Kebbi State Nigeria, located within latitude 12° 24"N and longitude 4° '12"E. The study confirms the assumption that crop plant is very likely to perform better under poor sandy-soil condition if sustainable management requirements are provided. Plant growth and yield performances were observed positively well in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seven and tenth week after germination. It is concluded that sandy soil managed with organic materials provides good soil atmosphere for maize plant growth in crop production. Likewise, the results suggested that crop grown under sandy soil managed with organic materials perform better in term of plant growth and yield performances.
Validation of the New MINI-CUBE for Clinic Determination of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Background Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) indirectly measures blood fibrinogen, and it is altered by all those pathological conditions that modify the aggregation of red blood cells. The international guidelines by the International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH) define the Westergren method as the gold standard for ESR, although it is completely operator-dependent, time-consuming, and requires a patient’s blood consumption. Therefore, the validation of new ESR analyzers is needed. The aim of this study is the validation of a new automated ESR analyzer, MINI-CUBE (DIESSE, Diagnostica Senese, Italy). Methods The samples (n = 270) were collected at the University Hospital of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. A comparison between the automated instrument and the gold standard was performed. Statistical analyses were processed by MedCalc software. Results The comparison analysis performed on the overall samples reported a good agreement, showing a Spearman rank correlation coefficient of 0.94 (P < 0.001), compared to the Westergren test. The Bland-Altman analysis showed a mean bias of 1.5 (maximum (max.):19.6; minimum (min.): -16.6). Inter-run (level 1 coefficient of variation (CV): 4.9%; level 2 CV: 0.8%), intra-run (level 1 CV: 21.1%; level 2 CV: 3.2%), and inter-instrument (level 1 CV: 27.1%; level 2 CV: 5.6%) precision were also assessed. The hematocrit value did not interfere with the analysis: Spearman rank correlation coefficient of 0.929 (P < 0.001); mean bias of 1.3 (max.:18.3; min.: -15.6). Conclusions Overall results from MINI-CUBE asserted a good correlation rate with the gold standard, and it could be considered an accurate, and objective alternative for the Westergren test.
Sulphur fertilization for safflower in different soil types of India.

Sulphur has become one of the major limiting nutrients in increasing the production of oilseed crops including safflower. To study the response of safflower to levels and sources of sulphur, an experiment was carried out from 1995-96 to 2006-07 at eight locations representing different agro-ecological regions of India. The soils were clay Chromusterts at Tandur, Phaltan, Parbhani and Indore, Typic Chromusterts at Annigeri, Vertic Ustochrepts at Solapur and Arnej and Typic Haplusterts at Akola. The treatments comprised of combinations of three levels of sulphur (15, 30 and 45 kg/ha) and four sources of sulphur [ammonium sulphate (AS), single super phosphate (SSP), elemental sulphur and gypsum] along with a control (no sulphur) replicated 3 times in randomized block design. The pooled analysis of seed yield data indicated that, at Akola, there was significant response upto 45 kg S/ha and SSP was the best source. At Annigeri, the crop responded significantly up to 30 kg S/ha and SSP was the best source. However, at Solapur, safflower responded upto 45 kg S/ha with SSP as the ideal source. At Indore, the response was significant upto 30 kg S/ha and SSP and elemental sulphur were equally effective. At Parbhani, safflower responded upto 30 kg S/ha and elemental sulphur was the best. At Arnej, safflower responded significantly upto 45 kg S/ha and AS was the best source. The response up to 45 kg S/ha was noticed at Tandur while at Phaltan, it was limited upto 15 kg/ha and SSP was the best source at both locations. The study clearly showed significant response of safflower to sulphur application and the magnitude of response and source of sulphur depended on the available soil sulphur status and soil type respectively.
Slip‐rate estimate and past earthquakes on the Doruneh fault, eastern Iran

SUMMARY The Doruneh fault, with a length of ∼600 km, is one of the longest, and most prominent, faults in Iran. It performs an important role in the regional tectonics, but has no record of large earthquakes. The geomorphology of the Doruneh fault contains numerous indications of cumulative left-lateral slip over various scales. We describe three sites where Late Quaternary landforms are displaced by the fault. (a) An incised alluvial fan near the village of Uch Palang is displaced by 800‐850 m. (b) The Kuh-e Teagh-Ahmad fold is composed of folded Quaternary gravels and is displaced by ∼200‐400 m. (c) A sequence of three terraces of the Shesh‐Taraz river are displaced left-laterally by a maximum of 25 m. Infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating of the uppermost Shesh‐Taraz river terrace gives a deposition age of ∼10 ka, which correlates with changes in global climate ∼10‐12 ka ago, and provides a provisional slip-rate estimate of 2.4 ± 0.3 mm yr −1 . No major recent or historical earthquakes are recorded on the Doruneh fault. Relatively fresh scarps and partially infilled fractures appear to be the preserved surface ruptures from an earthquake event of unknown age. A series of small streams showing left-lateral displacements of 3 to 5.5 m (with an average slip of ∼4.7 m) record the possible magnitude of slip during this earthquake, which from scaling relationships would have had an M w of ∼7.5, and ruptured the fault over a length of >100 km. At the estimated slip-rate of ∼2.5 mm yr −1 , the average recurrence time between large-magnitude earthquakes on the Doruneh fault is ∼2000 yr.
Antioxidants restore store‐operated Ca2+ entry in patient‐iPSC‐derived myotubes with tubular aggregate myopathy‐associated Ile484ArgfsX21 STIM1 mutation via upregulation of binding immunoglobulin protein

Store‐operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is indispensable for intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis in skeletal muscle, and constitutive activation of SOCE causes tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM). To understand the pathogenesis of TAM, we induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from a TAM patient with a rare mutation (c.1450_1451insGA; p. Ile484ArgfsX21) in the STIM1 gene. This frameshift mutation produces a truncated STIM1 with a disrupted C‐terminal inhibitory domain (CTID) and was reported to diminish SOCE. Myotubes induced from the patient's‐iPSCs (TAM myotubes) showed severely impaired SOCE, but antioxidants greatly restored SOCE partly via upregulation of an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, BiP (GRP78), in the TAM myotubes. Our observation suggests that antioxidants are promising tools for treatment of TAM caused by reduced SOCE.
The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in determining the risk of spinal fragility fractures: new insights in the management of spinal osteoporosis

Osteoporosis predisposes patients to spinal fragility fractures. Imaging plays a key role in the diagnosis and prognostication of these osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF). However, the current imaging knowledge base for OVF is lacking sufficient standardisation to enable effective risk prognostication. OVF have been shown to be more prevalent in Caucasian patient cohorts in comparison to the Eastern Asian population. These population-based differences in risk for developing OVF suggest that there could be genetic and epigenetic factors that drive the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, low bone mineral density (BMD) and OVF. Several genetic loci have been associated with a higher vertebral fracture risk, although at varying degrees of significance. The present challenge is clarifying whether these associations are specific to vertebral fractures or osteoporosis more generally. Furthermore, these factors could be exploited for diagnostic interpretation as biomarkers [including novel long non-coding (lnc)RNAs, micro (mi)RNAs and circular (circ)RNAs]. The extent of methylation of genes, alongside post-translational histone modifications, have shown to affect several interlinked pathways that converge on the regulation of bone deposition and resorption, partially through their influence on osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation. Lastly, in addition to biomarkers, several exciting new imaging modalities could add to the established dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) method used for BMD assessment. New technologies, and novel sequences within existing imaging modalities, may be able to quantify the quality of bone in addition to the BMD and bone structure; these are making progress through various stages of development from the pre-clinical sphere through to deployment in the clinical setting. In this mini review, we explore the literature to clarify the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with spinal fragility fractures and delineate the causal genes, pathways and interactions which could drive different risk profiles. We also outline the cutting-edge imaging modalities which could transform diagnostic protocols for OVF.
Layered Soil Remote Sensing With Multichannel Passive Microwave Observations Using a Physics-Embedded Artificial Intelligence Framework: A Theoretical Study

The vertical distribution of soil properties is crucial in accurately representing various hydrological and ecological processes such as freeze–thaw cycles and diurnal variations. In this article, considering the complexity of the multiparameter features of layered soil, we evaluate the potential to retrieve the vertical distribution of the moisture and temperature of soil using multichannel passive microwave observations. To enhance the inversion efficiency and accuracy, a novel physics-embedded artificial neural network (P-ANN) inversion algorithm combining multiangle (30°–50°), multifrequency (L-, C-, and X-bands), and multipolarization (horizontal and vertical polarization) passive observations is proposed. In this approach, the multichannel physical brightness temperature simulations corresponding to the predicted soil state parameters are integrated into the loss function of a standard fully connected feedforward neural network (NN), enabling efficient convergence with limited sampling data in the training process. Testing results exhibit that the inversion performance of P-ANN is superior to that of conventional NN approaches, which only adopts errors in soil states in the loss function to train the network. The test also shows that the proposed P-ANN approach outperforms traditional optimization algorithms in dealing with layered soil retrieval. In order to further improve the retrieval accuracy, an advanced local optimization scheme is also proposed, where the output from P-ANN is further treated as the initial value to a local optimization algorithm, achieving even closer results to the ground truths without excessive computational costs. In addition, to estimate the reliability of the model predictions, this article also establishes, in the testing process, a statistical relationship between the soil inversion error and the error of the corresponding brightness temperatures. When the trained NN is in operation, the error of brightness temperature is calculated through the physical model, and the reliability of retrieval soil results is then acquired by putting the calculated brightness temperature errors into the preestablished statistical relationship. The proposed concepts and approaches have demonstrated the feasibility of using P-ANN model with multidimensional observations to invert the multivariable layered soil structures. The proposed approach holds great potential for various remote sensing applications as well as solving a wide range of inverse problem challenges.
Interest in mammography across European countries: a retrospective “Google Trends” comparative study

Background Breast cancer is currently the most prevalent and impacting cancer among women and mammography has been recommended for screening by The European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer since 2003. The objective of this study is to estimate the interest in breast cancer screening breast cancer in European countries by analyzing data from online searches for the term “mammography” obtained via Google Trends. Methods The relative search volumes (RSVs) of the term “mammography” translated into various languages and relating to the January 2010–December 2022 period were downloaded from Google Trends. The between-countries differences growth of interest was estimated by a regression model in which the country-time interaction term was introduced. Results France [coefficient (coeff): 0.23; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.18–0.28], United Kingdom (coeff: 0.22; 95% CI: 0.18–0.27) and Germany (coeff: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.16–0.25) showed the higher growth in mammography interest when compared to the average growth. The lowest growths were observed in Eastern European countries: Croatia (coeff: −0.13; 95% CI: −0.18 to −0.09), Serbia (coeff: −0.14; 95% CI: −0.18 to −0.09), Greece (coeff: −0.14; 95% CI: −0.18 to −0.09), Slovenia (coeff: −0.15; 95% CI: −0.2 to −0.11) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (coeff: −0.15; 95% CI: −0.2 to −0.11). Conclusions These exploratory findings suggest that online interest in mammography is lower in countries with lower screening coverage and higher breast cancer mortality. These countries could adopt strategies to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention.
An Assessment of Diurnal and Seasonal Cloud Cover Changes over the Hawaiian Islands Using Terra and Aqua MODIS

AbstractA comprehensive understanding of the spatial, seasonal, and diurnal patterns in cloud cover frequency over the Hawaiian Islands was developed using high-resolution image data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors aboard the Terra and Aqua satellites. The Terra and Aqua MODIS cloud mask products, which provide the confidence that a given 1-km pixel is unobstructed by cloud, were obtained for the entire MODIS time series (10-plus years) over the main Hawaiian Islands. Monthly statistics were generated from the daily cloud mask data, including mean cloud cover frequency at the four daily overpass times. The derived mean cloud cover frequency showed patterns that were generally consistent with the known distribution of mean rainfall and with the results from previous studies. Cloud cover frequency was the highest over land areas with elevations between the lifting condensation level (~600 m) and the mean height of the tra.
Enhanced global continental erosion and exhumation driven by Oligo‐Miocene climate change

Surface erosion is the most significant process responsible for the recycling of continental crust into the upper mantle, and controls both exhumation in mountain belts and the long‐term global climate via chemical weathering. Earlier studies have highlighted the importance of climate instability since the onset of Northern Hemispheric Glaciation (∼3 Ma) as being the primary influence causing high erosion rates since that time. Here I show that synchronous pulses of erosion and exhumation occurred across Eurasia, in North America and in Africa starting after 33 Ma, with a prominent peak around 16 Ma. Correlation of these erosional events with changes in global climate suggests that they are controlled by surface processes. Because these climate events involve both cooling and warming periods the importance of increased seasonality is emphasized as being the key factor in controlling global erosion and exhumation throughout the Cenozoic.
40Ar/39Ar Dating of Detrital Grains Constrains the Provenance and Stratigraphy of the Gravina belt, Southeastern Alaska

Detrital amphibole and biotite grains were extracted from five volcaniclastic sandstones of the Seymour Canal Formation (Late Jurassic-mid-Cretaceous Gravina belt, southeastern Alaska); forty of these grains were dated by fusion with the $$^{40}Ar/^{39}Ar$$ laser microprobe. Ar release characteristics suggest that the smaller biotite grains may have lost $$^{40}Ar$$ during regional tectonism, and thus their mid-Cretaceous to Late Jurassic whole-grain fusion dates are not reliable. Six additional large biotite grains were dated using laser-step-heating techniques. Results from the step-heated biotite grains, as integrated over the high-temperature steps, yield Middle Jurassic through Early Cretaceous dates ranging from $$159.0 \pm 14.2$$ to $$128.7 \pm 4.2 Ma$$. Ages for amphibole grains are generally less precise, although two-thirds yielded $$2\sigma$$ errors of < 10 m.y. The most precise amphibole grain dates cluster between 90 and 110 Ma (mid-Cretaceous), indicating that the amphibole grains were derived from a younger suite of volcanic rocks than were the biotite grains. Collectively these data show that Gravina arc volcanism was contemporaneous with sedimentation in the Seymour Canal Formation. Maximum possible ages of the five sandstones, as calculated from their constituent grains, are consistent with regional stratigraphic constraints, suggesting that multiple grain dating of primary volcaniclastic detritus can be a useful technique for resolving the stratigraphy of poorly fossiliferous arc basins.
Implicit Grammatical Gender Representation in Italian Children with Autism without Intellectual/Language Disorder

Grammatical language development in individuals with autism (without intellectual/language impairment) is mostly qualitatively comparable to language development in typically developing children of the same age. The majority of tasks used to study grammatical development require explicit performance (use of verbal language). Here, we administered an implicit categorization task (by biological sex) to understand which markers children use to implicitly infer grammatical gender representation in Italian (a gendered language where grammatical gender can be inferred via a determiner and/or word ending). Participants were asked to categorize photos of animals, relying on the names that differed in regard to the grammatical markers involved (i.e., lexical semantic, phonological, syntactic or phonological + syntactic). Children with autism displayed the same patterns observed in typically developing children: the lexical–semantic marker was categorized more accurately, followed in decreasing order by the phonological–syntactic marker and the phonological marker. The syntactic marker was the most difficult to categorize for both groups. In addition, children with autism showed an advantage in grammatical gender representation when using formal/grammatical markers than when using lexical/semantic markers. Such an implicit assessment allows for the investigation of more nuanced linguistic representations other than those expressed by traditional assessments.
Closed Catheter Drainage for Klebsiella pneumoniae Empyema Necessitans

Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pneumonia, which can be seen more frequently with tuberculosis (TB). In this case report, we include a 47-year-old female with empyema necessitans; closed drainage has been sought as a sole treatment based on the clinical presentation and radiological findings of an empyema necessitans. Scarce evidence with regard to adult empyema necessitans with Klebsiella was found in the literature where adult cases were managed exclusively using combination of intravenous (IV) antibiotic and closed drainage, reporting such case can help guiding management for similar presentation.