Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Heat Transfer-Friction Factor and Correlations for Wavy Porous Screens as Inserts in Channel Thermal Performance

Structural inserts are employed to enhance the heat transfer in channel flow with the expense of thermal performance. The present investigation employs the wavy porous screens as inserts in an air channel and measures the pressure drop and heat transfer along the channel. The wave vectors are parallel to the flow and in point contact at the tips with the channel walls. The pores in the insert generate turbulence to enhance the heat transfer from the channel walls with a moderate pressure penalty because of the low blockage ratio. The objectives are to investigate the effects of wavelength (λ), porosity (ξ), and height (H) of the sinusoidal wave of the insert as well as the Reynolds number (Re) on the friction factors (f) and Nusselt numbers (Nu). Twelve inserts are formed from the flat metal mesh screens for testing between the Reynolds number (Re) of 400 and 35,000. The results of (f, Nu) and smooth channel-based enhancements (f/f0, Nu/Nu0) are affected the most by Re followed by λ and then ξ. The values of both (f/f0, Nu/Nu0) increase significantly as the Reynolds number increases in Re < 3000. However, both the (f/f0, Nu/Nu0) decrease little as both the (λ, ξ) increase at all Re. The performance factor index, (Nu/Nu0)/(f/f0)(1/3) > 1.0 irrespective of (λ, ξ, H) only when Re is about 3000. The correlations developed for the f, Nu, and performance factor provide reasonable predictions of the experimental results.
The application of clinical risk management in hospitals

Clinical risk management (CRM) is a specific method of risk management in hospitals that is directly focused on clinical procedures and indirectly on patient-related procedures. The goal of this study was to summarize the conclusions of the studies that deal with implemented instruments that have helped to decrease or eliminate clinical risk management in hospitals in the last ten years. The included full-text studies were searched for in electronic databases focused on management and healthcare: ECONLIB, ProQuest STM+ Hospital Collection – Medline, Science Direct, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. The full-text studies were searched for after studying their abstracts and relevancy or potential relevancy. The selected studies were searched for using the keywords: management, clinical, risk, monitoring, instrument, hospital, as well as other established criteria (full text, reviewed periodicals, English language) and the publishing period of research conclusions in the last ten years, i.e. 2010–19. We finally included 10 studies that contained the required criteria. The developed CRM instruments are based on the studies of literature and expert knowledge. Hospitals often use existing risk analysis instruments for CRM. For higher efficiency of CRM, it is necessary to identify and analyze individual clinical risks and find suitable solutions. Clinical risks can be decreased by using suitable instruments. The total level of CRM in hospitals is possible to be measured, monitored and regularly assessed, which contributes to its efficiency increase.
Cyclists’ hazard anticipation and performance

Two-wheeler vehicles (i.e., bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles) are becoming increasingly popular in congested cities because of their small dimensions, low cost of use compared to cars, and their contribution to a healthy lifestyle. Even though the use of two-wheelers offers benefits, their low conspicuity, instability, and vulnerability of the users create safety risks. Due to their small size, two-wheelers tend to be overseen by other road users, especially at intersections. Furthermore, the stability of two-wheelers is easily affected by disturbances such as an uneven road surface. Moreover, the unprotected state of two-wheeler users contributes to a high risk of serious injuries once an accident happens. A better understanding of how crashes occur in the rider-vehicle-road system is needed.
Future changes in precipitation over Central Asia based on CMIP6 projections

A stronger than global mean warming trend is projected over Central Asia in the coming century. Based on the historical simulations and projections under four combined scenarios of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and the Representative Concentration Pathways (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5) provided by 15 models from the Sixth Phase of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), we show a comprehensive picture of the future changes in precipitation over Central Asia under rapid warming and investigate possible mechanisms. At the end of the twenty-first century, robust increase of annual mean precipitation under all the scenarios is found (4.23 [2.60 to 7.36] %, 10.52 [5.05 to 13.36] %, 14.51 [8.11 to 16.91] %, 14.41 [9.58 to 21.26] % relative to the present-day for SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5, respectively). The response of precipitation to increasing global mean temperature shows similar spatial patterns for the four scenarios with stronger changes over Tianshan mountain and the northern part of Central Asia. Further analysis reveals a wetting trend in spring and a drying trend in summer in both the north of Central Asia (NCA) and south of Central Asia (SCA). The wetting trend in spring is balanced by the increase of evaporation, while the drying trend in summer is mainly contributed by the decrease of vertical moisture advection. The thermodynamic effects associated with humidity changes contribute to the drying trends in both the two domains, while the dynamic effects favor for the drying trend in NCA and offset the drying trend in SCA. The response of precipitation to increasing temperature results in enhanced seasonalities for SCA and NCA, and an advancing of the first peak from summer to spring in the NCA.
Effects of prolonged root-zone CO 2 treatment on morphological parameter and nutrient uptake of tomato grown in aeroponic system

Effects of elevated root-zone (RZ) CO 2 on plant morphological parameter and nutrient uptake grown in a greenhouse were investigated over aperiod of 60 days. The root systems of tomato plants were treated with four different CO 2 concentrations (370 µL L -1 air, 2500 µL L -l , 5000 µL L -l , 10000 µL L -1 ) at first flower anthesis period by areoponics culture by supplying air with CO 2 . The result showed that after 60 days of RZ CO 2 treatment, the root mineral uptake and transport and plant growth decreased significantly. During 40 to 60 days of RZ CO 2 treatment, the plant height of all the treatments were significantly lower than that of ambient RZ CO 2 . The stern diameter of ambient RZ CO 2 was up to 3.23 cm at the end of 60 days treatment, 1.09-, 1.10-, 1.l4-folds respectively of RZ CO 2 2500, 5000, 10000 µL L -l air. From 40 to 60 days, the root length of ambient RZ CO 2 was significantly longer than that of three RZ CO 2 treatments. The results indicated that ambient RZ CO 2 maximized the capability of nutrient uptake compared to RZ CO 2 treatments. At the end of experiment, root H + -ATPase was significantly reduced for elevated RZ CO 2 treatment. It was predicted that prolonged RZ CO 2 enrichment could reduce plant growth and root nutrient uptake and transport. It may be main reason for aeroponic plant growing stronger than soil cultivation.
Staff Engagement for Practice Change in Long-Term Care: Evaluating the
 Feasible and Sustainable Culture Change Initiative (FASCCI) Model

Context: Interventions aimed at increasing the provision of person-centred care in long-term care (LTC) homes, that do not address contextual and system issues, most often fail. Promoting positive change in LTC homes requires requires a multilevel, systems approach. Objectives: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Feasible and Sustainable Culture Change Initiative (FASCCI) model for improving the provision of person-centred mealtime practices in a LTC home. Methods: A single-group, time series design was used to assess the impact of the FASCCI model for change on outcome measures across four time periods (pre-intervention, 2-month, 4-month and 6-month follow-up). Differences in scores from baseline were assessed utilizing Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Interviews (n = 21) were also conducted to examine treatment fidelity and to ascertain the study participants’ perceptions of the process for making improvements using the FASCCI model. Findings: We observed increases in care staff’s capacity to consistently provide relational and person-centred care during mealtimes. Mealtime environment scores started increasing immediately following the intervention, with statistically significant improvements in all mealtime environment scales by six-months, including: the physical environment (W = 55.00, p = 0.008); social environment (W = 55.00, p = 0.008); relationship-centred care (W = 45.00, p = 0.014); and overall quality of dining environment (W = 55.00, p = 0.010). Analysis of data from qualitative interviews demonstrated that use of the FASCCI model resulted in improved team leadership, communication, and collaborative decision-making. Limitations: Generalizability is limited due to the small sample size and use of convenience sampling methods. Implications: Outcomes indicate that the FASCCI model seems promising in its ability to improve PCC mealtime practices in LTC homes and is worthy of a larger scale study. The results further demonstrate the value of supportive team environments in quality dementia care.
Antibiotic resistance in Gram negative bacteria isolated from Aksu River in (Kahramanmaras ¸) Turkey

A total 67 strains were isolated from five different stations of Aksu River. Total aerobic bacteria number in the river was determined as 2 x 10 7 CFU/mL and fecal coliforms were determined >1100 MPN/100 mL. Strains of Enterobacteriaceae (66 isolates), representative of the human and animal commensal flora, and Pseudomonas sp. (1 isolate) were selected for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Among the isolates, 67,2% were Escherichia coli, 29,8% Klebsiella spp. , 1,5% Citrobacter spp. , and 1,5% Pseudomonas spp. Eleven antibiotics (Meropenem, Cefoxitin, Ceftazidime, Ceftriaxone, Imipenem, Sulbactam/Cefoperazone, Cefazoline, Cefotaxime, Aztreonam, Ampicillin/Sulbactam, Penicillin G) were used for determination of antibiotic resistance of isolates. Multiple antibiotic resist - ances were determined in 27 isolates (40%) and they were resistant to five or over antibiotics and 49,3% of the isolates were f ound to be β-lactamase producing.
Transformative value and the role of involvement in gamification and serious games for well-being

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the use of gamification and serious games as transformative technologies that encourage health and well-being behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the transformative value that can be created by gamified apps and serious games and the role involvement plays between transformative value and desired outcomes.Design/methodology/approachFour gamified apps/serious games were examined in the study, with data collected from N = 497 participants. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results revealed that gamified apps and serious games can create three transformative value dimensions – knowledge, distraction, and simulation – which can have direct and indirect effects on desired outcomes. Examination of competing models revealed involvement plays a mediating rather than a moderating role for gamification and serious games for well-being.Originality/valueThis research contributes greater understanding of how technology can be leveraged to deliver transformative gamification services. It demonstrates the multiple transformative value dimensions that can be created by gamified apps and serious games, which assist the performance of well-being behaviors and which have yet to be theorized or empirically examined. The study also establishes the mediating rather than the moderating role of involvement in gamification and serious games, as called for in the literature.
The Psychology of Bias: From Data to Theory

Chapter Overview: What’s going on in the head of someone with an implicit bias? Attempts to answer this question have centered on two problems: first, how to explain why implicit biases diverge from explicit attitudes and second, how to explain why implicit biases change in response to experience and evidence in ways that are sometimes rational, sometimes irrational. Chapter 1 introduces data, methods, and theories to help us think about these questions. First, the chapter briefly outlines the features of good, explanatory psychological theories built on empirical data, and the pitfalls they must avoid. Next, it presents an overview of the empirical data relevant to two main questions: implicit-explicit divergence and rationality. Finally, it surveys the theories intended to provide psychological explanations for those empirical data, providing examples of each. The chapter ends with some summarizing reflections, and in particular it confronts the possibility that bias is in fact a mixed-bag of many different sorts of psychological phenomena, making one unified psychological explanation misplaced.
The influence of different levels of musical fit on the efficiency of audio-visual advertising

Music acts as a prominent element of advertising, but its simple presence does not automatically improve the effects of advertising. The concept of musical fit was developed more than 25 years ago to address the question of how music can be used effectively in advertising. However, existing empirical research on this concept has yielded inconsistent results. Recently, we developed an instrument to determine musical fit systematically in audio-visual advertising (Herget et al., 2018). To test this instrument empirically, we created six advertising stimuli (“commercials” or “ads”) representing six types of musical fit on four levels of musical fit, which varied only in terms of how many advertising reference points (spot narration, product, and/or target group) matched the background music. The findings of our between-subjects laboratory experiment (participants: 178 students, 74% female) reveal that the stimuli at different levels of musical fit differed sharply in terms of the intuitively perceived degree of musical fit (η2 = .33). In addition, increasing the level of musical fit improved advertising efficiency in terms of participants’ attitudes toward the ad (η2 = .12) and product (η2 = .12), as well as their purchase intentions (η2 = .06) and memory performance (η2 = .06). If other researchers were to use the instrument described, which defines and operationalizes musical fit systematically and transparently, results of future empirical studies would be more consistent. The results of the present study indicate that advertisers are well advised to select music to fit the commercial’s reference points as closely as possible, to intensify the music’s efficiency.
Bioelectrochemical cell (BeCC) integrated with granular activated carbon (GAC) in treating spent caustic wastewater: Effects of mixed liquor suspended solid (MLSS)

The study present the feasibility of a bioelectrochemical cell (BeCC) integrated with Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) as the bacterial attachment medium in treating spent caustic wastewater. BeCC is a bioelectrochemical reactor that uses activated sludge for substrate degradation while also capable in energy recovery. Unlike the general MFC configuration, the BeCC reactor is cost effective as it was operated without a proton exchange membrane (PEM). Instead, a baffle is used to reduce the oxygen transfer to the other side of the reactor and the employment of the baffle has divide the reactor into hybrid of anoxic and aerobic conditions. Also, instead of using packed GAC, the BeCC was integrated with 10 g of suspended GAC in order to increase the surface area available for bacteria to attach. The study investigated the best operating MLSS for the system to treat spent caustic wastewater whereby the BeCC was tested at various MLSS of range within 2500 mg/L to 4000 mg/L and its performance in terms of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and sulfide removal as well as it open circuit voltage (OCV) were evaluated throughout 30 days of operation. From the study, the highest COD removal of the system was 95.6% achieved at MLSS of 3500 mg/L whereas the highest sulfide removal was 87.1% achieved at MLSS of 3000 mg/L. The highest OCV was 413.7 mV achieved at MLSS of 3000 mg/L.
Development of End Stage Renal Disease after Long-Term Ingestion of Chaga Mushroom: Case Report and Review of Literature

Chaga mushrooms are widely used in folk remedies and in alternative medicine. Contrary to many beneficial effects, its adverse effect is rarely reported. We here report a case of end-stage renal disease after long-term taking Chaga mushroom. A 49-year-old Korean man with end stage renal disease (ESRD) was transferred to our hospital. Review of kidney biopsy finding was consistent with chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with oxalate crystal deposits and drug history revealed long-term exposure to Chaga mushroom powder due to intractable atopic dermatitis. We suspected the association between Chaga mushroom and oxalate nephropathy, and measured the oxalate content of remained Chaga mushroom. The Chaga mushroom had extremely high oxalate content (14.2/100 g). Estimated daily oxalate intake of our case was 2 times for four years and 5 times for one year higher than that of usual diet. Chaga mushroom is a potential risk factor of chronic kidney disease considering high oxalate content. Nephrologist should consider oxalate nephropathy in ESRD patients exposed to Chaga mushrooms.
Stigma for Mental Disorders among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of stigma for mental disorders among nursing staff in a tertiary care hospital, and the secondary objective of the study was to assess the correlation of stigma with the socio-demographic profile and previous experience with mentally ill patients. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed among the 210 nurses working in a tertiary care multispecialty teaching public sector hospital in north India. They were evaluated on community attitudes toward the mentally ill (CAMI) scale. Results About two-thirds of the participants (67.1%) were females and had done graduation (64.2%) in nursing. Nearly 50% of the study participants had an experience of working with mentally ill patients. Female had a more significant positive attitude on the domain of social restrictiveness. Authoritarianism had a significant positive correlation with benevolence and social restrictiveness domains. The benevolence domain had a significant correlation with all other domains. Social restrictiveness domain also had a significant correlation with other domains. Conclusion Nurses have a positive attitude toward mentally ill patients.
Global ENA Imaging and In Situ Observations of Substorm Dipolarization on 10 August 2016

This paper presents the first combined use of data from Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS), Two Wide‐angle Imaging Neutral‐atom Spectrometers (TWINS), and Van Allen Probes (RBSP) to study the 10 August 2016 magnetic dipolarization. We report the first correlation of MMS tail observations with TWINS energetic neutral atom (ENA) images of the ring current (RC). We analyze 15‐min, 1° TWINS 2 images in 1–50 keV energy bins. To characterize the high‐altitude RC we extract peak ENA flux from L= 2.5 to 5 in the postmidnight sector. We estimate peak low‐altitude ion flux from ENAs near the Earth's limb. For a local perspective, we use spin‐averaged proton fluxes from the RBSP A Helium Oxygen Proton Electron (HOPE) spectrometer. We find that the 1000 UT dipolarization triggered an abrupt and significant increase in low‐altitude ions and a gradual but modest increase in the high‐altitude RC. The relative strength and timing of the low versus high‐altitude flux indicate that the dipolarization isotropized the injected ions and initially filled the loss cone. The substorm injection brought cooler ions in from the magnetotail, reducing the peak energy at both low and high altitudes. The post‐dipolarization low‐altitude flux exhibited a decay rate dispersion favoring longer decay times at lower energies, possibly caused by growth of the low energy RC providing enhanced flux into the loss cone. A variety of finer scale local injection structures were observed in the high‐altitude RC both before and after the dipolarization, and the average system level RC intensity increased after 1000 UT.
Integrative radiomic analysis for pre-surgical prognostic stratification of glioblastoma patients: from advanced to basic MRI protocols

Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive adult brain tumor, is considered non-curative at diagnosis. Current literature shows promise on imaging-based overall survival prediction for patients with glioblastoma while integrating advanced (structural, perfusion, and diffusion) multipara metric magnetic resonance imaging (Adv-mpMRI). However, most patients prior to initiation of therapy typically undergo only basic structural mpMRI (Bas-mpMRI, i.e., T1,T1-Gd,T2,T2-FLAIR) pre-operatively, rather than Adv-mpMRI. Here we assess a retrospective cohort of 101 glioblastoma patients with available Adv-mpMRI from a previous study, which has shown that an initial feature panel (IFP) extracted from Adv-mpMRI can yield accurate overall survival stratification. We further focus on demonstrating that equally accurate prediction models can be constructed using augmented feature panels (AFP) extracted solely from Bas-mpMRI, obviating the need for using Adv-mpMRI. The classification accuracy of the model utilizing Adv-mpMRI protocols and the IFP was 72.77%, and improved to 74.26% when utilizing the AFP on Bas-mpMRI. Furthermore, Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated superior classification of subjects into short-, intermediate-, and long-survivor classes when using AFPon Basic-mpMRI. This quantitative evaluation indicates that accurate survival prediction in glioblastoma patients is feasible by using solely Bas-mpMRI and integrative radiomic analysis can compensate for the lack of Adv-mpMRI. Our finding holds promise for predicting overall survival based on commonly-acquired Bas-mpMRI, and hence for potential generalization across multiple institutions that may not have access to Adv-mpMRI, facilitating better patient selection.
Are microfilariae related to the production of eicosanoids in dogs naturally infected with Dirofilaria immitis

La dirofilariosis cardiopulmonar canina (Dirojlaria immitis) es una enfermedad inflamatoria que afecta a las arterias pulmonares, al pare´nquima pulmonar y al corazo´n. Los eicosanoides, mediadores lipi´dicos producidos por el metabolismo del a´cido araquido´nico, modulan las reacciones inmunes e inflarnamtorias en animales. Los niveles de prostaglandina E, (PGE,), tromboxano B, (TxB,) y leucotrieno B, (LTB,) son analizados en perros con dirofilariosis cardiopulmonar microfilare´micos y amicrofilare´micos. El TxB, es el eicosanoide predominante en todos los individuos infectados, seguido del LTB,, mientras que los niveles que aparecen de PGE, son muy bajos. Los valores de TxB, y LTB, en los perros microfilare´micos son significativamente ma´s altos que en los observados en los perros amicrofilare´micos. No existen diferencias significativas en los niveles de PGE, entre los perros microfilare´micos y los amicrofilare´micos. Nuestros datos sugieren que la presencia de microfilarias esta´ relacionada con el incremento en la produccio´n TxB, y LTB, durante la dirofilariosis cardiopulmonar canina. El posible papel de la bacteria endosimbionte Wolbachia en la estimulacio´n de la si´ntesis de eicosanoides es discutido.