Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pre-service primary teachers’ views and use of technology in mathematics lessons

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Mental Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Polyamorous and Consensually Non-monogamous Individuals

This chapter covers four areas. First, the author introduces, defines, and briefly describes how sexual and gender minority (SGM) polyamorous and consensually non-monogamous (poly/CNM) individuals, families, and communities have been researched in mental health studies. Second, the author reviews the available evidence-based research on poly/CNM SGMs and mental health, and mental health service provision. Third, the author reviews absences and erasures in research pertaining to the mental health of poly/CNM SGMs, particularly in relation to whether an intersectional lens has been applied in service provision such as in relation to age and to racial and ethnic minorities. In the final section, the author identifies and proposes future directions in the content and methodologies of research on poly/CNM SGM mental health, and recommendations for more effective mental health service provision.
From social drama to political performance: China’s multi-front combat with the Covid-19 epidemic

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the social crisis of the Covid-19 epidemic and the government responses in China from a performance perspective. It argues that the epidemic outbreak in late December 2019 initiated a highly contested social drama, in which loyalty was tested, political order questioned, and ideological crisis made visible. The numerous netizens and residents drew on a wide-ranging repertoire of discourses, symbols, and narratives to heighten public spectacles of suffering and sympathy, which placed extensive blame on the lies, negligence, and censorship of the government. Nonetheless, within the short span of three months, the conflictive, cacophonous social drama was overshadowed and subsumed by a hegemonic political performance of national victory, unity, and patriotism, framed and channeled by state propaganda, censorship, ritual, and practical policies. Social protests in cyberspace continued in even more dramatic forms. But these it only constituted sporadic performances of resistance, rather than a monumental social drama that challenged the fundamental political order.
Strengthening the weak link of Macao's responsible gambling practices: a consumer education perspective

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the current state of consumer education in the context of responsible gambling in Macao and to suggest ways in which Macao could enhance its consumer education efforts to meet its challenges with regard to responsible gambling.Design/methodology/approachExploratory and interpretative approaches have been adopted to suggest why and how Macao should strengthen responsible gambling education. The methodology involved extensive review of relevant academic research, government documents and reports related to Macao's responsible gambling initiatives.FindingsEffective long-term responsible gambling education is needed in Macao to further people's understanding of gambling and gambler's fallacy. The government should take leadership in influencing all stakeholders toward effective initiatives and behaviors related to responsible gambling education.Originality/valueAlthough research on responsible gambling education is still in its infancy, its importance in reducing common misconceptions about gambling has already been established. This study contributes to strengthen Macao's responsible gambling practices by proposing several changes needed to provide desired outcomes through consumer education.
Nutriceutical effects of fermented Parkia biglobosa seeds on recovery of malnourished rats

Parkia biglobosa seeds or African locust beans (ALB) were evaluated in the recovery of malnourished rats. Thirty apparently healthy rats of weight range (120-150g) were experimented after dividing them into five groups, A to E. The animals in Group A which served as control were placed on a balanced diet; group B placed on protein deficient diet by the reducing the daily average diet with no supplements while the animals in groups C, D and E were placed on protein deficient diet by the decrease reducing the average daily required diet supplemented with 10, 20 and 30% ALB respectively. The ALB proximate analysis showed high percentage of total protein and crude lipid. It also consisted of vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, C, D, E and lycopene. Other biochemical parameters analyzed were glucose, total protein, globulin, albumin, triglyceride, total cholesterol, bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine, urea and Na2+, Cl-, K+ and HCO3- respectively. The results showed that rats in group D and E had significantly higher (P<0.05) total protein and globulin values when compared to the non-supplemented (control) B. The animals in group D and E also showed higher percentage weight gains (P<0.05) when compared to the group B (control). The phytochemical analysis of fermented ALB showed the presence of alkaloids, cardenolides and saponins. The proximate and nutritional compositions of ALB could be the reason for its nutriceutical effects. Conclusively, the fermented Parkia biglobosa seeds when properly processed could serve as a supplement for treating malnutrition.
Discrepancies in Assessing Symptoms of Depression in Adolescents With Diabetes Using the Patient Health Questionnaire and Semi-Structured Interviews

Adolescents with diabetes have a higher prevalence of depression compared with their peers. The American Diabetes Association recommends routine mental health screening for youth with diabetes. This screening is often conducted through accessible and free depression screeners, such as the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Although the PHQ-9 has been validated for use in adolescents and with other medical conditions, it has yet to be validated for use in pediatric diabetes. This study evaluated adolescents’ depression symptom endorsement through retrospective review of PHQ-9 screening and semi-structured interviews with a mental health provider in a multidisciplinary diabetes clinic (patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes). Adolescent participants (n = 96) screened during one to three separate visits (n = 148) endorsed some depressive symptoms in 56% of visits (n = 84) and moderate to severe symptoms in 6% of visits on the PHQ-9. Approximately 95% of study participants did not meet the clinic cutoff for further evaluation, but greater rates of depression were endorsed in youth with type 1 diabetes. Low mood was endorsed at a higher rate during a semi-structured interview with embedded mental health providers than on the PHQ-9. Symptoms specific to low mood, including anhedonia, sleep disturbance, concentration disturbance, motor disturbance, and thoughts of death/self-harm, were more frequently endorsed on the PHQ-9 than during the interview. Although the PHQ-9 is a good screening tool, the availability of mental health providers in diabetes clinics is important to address specific endorsed symptoms and place them in perspective based on specialized training. Until more definitive research is available on the sensitivity and specificity of this measure in this population and setting, a two-part screening approach that includes both the screening questionnaire and a brief semi-structured interview is warranted.
Risk Management: Rethinking Fashion Supply Chain Management for Multinational Corporations in Light of the COVID-19 Outbreak

Through an international business risk management lens, the widespread and catalytic implications of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic on the supply chains (SCs) of fashion multinational corporations (MNC) are analyzed to contribute to existing research on supply chain management (SCM). While a movement towards agile, networked supply chain models had been in consideration for many firms prior to the outbreak, the pandemic highlights issues inherent in supply chains that employ concentrated production. We examined the current state of fashion supply chains, risks that have arisen historically and recently, and existing risk mitigation methods. We found that while lean supply chain management is primarily favored for its cost and waste reduction advantages, the structure is limited by the lack of supply chain transparency that results as well as the increasing demand volatility observed even before the COVID-19 outbreak. Although this problem might exist in the agile supply chain, agile supply chains combat this by focusing on enhancing communication and buyer-supplier relationships to improve information exchange. However, this structure also entails an associated increase in inventory and inventory costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused supply and demand disruptions which have resonating effects on supply chain activities and management, indicating a need to build flexibility to mitigate epidemic and demand risks. To address this, several strategies that firms can adopt to control for such risks are outlined and key areas for further research are identified which consider parties both upstream and downstream of the fashion supply chain.
Morpho-environmental characterization of the genus Dianthus L. in the Iberian Peninsula: environmental trends for D. pungens group under climate change scenarios

Abstract Potential habitat characterizations for past (Late Glacial Maximum), present and future scenarios were calculated for Iberian species of D. pungens gr. (D. pungens subsp. pungens, D. pungens subsp. langeanus, D. pungens subsp. gredensis, D. pungens subsp. brachyanthus and D. pungens subsp. hispanicus). Results were discussed according to Allison’s interpretation of insurance theory, where diversity is contrasted with resilient behaviours. Resilience is here defined as the diversification of responses to assure that functionality. The discussion of results was also compared with the morphological characterization. Environmental results confirmed the morphological similarity between these taxa. An apparent geographic divergence was observed: D. pungens subsp. hispanicus and D. pungens subsp. pungens supported an eastern response, while D. pungens subsp. langeanus and D. pungens subsp. gredensis supported a western response. The intermediate response for those extremes was supported by D. pungens subsp. brachyanthus. Based on these results, resilience in this genetic pool is concentrated on D. pungens subsp. gredensis and D. pungens subsp. hispanicus, while D. pungens subsp. langeanus, D. pungens subsp. brachyanthus and D. pungens subsp. pungens showed their resilience strategies to guarantee responses along the eastern, northern and western mountain systems for current environmental conditions only.
#Consent: University students' perceptions of their sexual consent education

Abstract:Little is known about young people's perceptions of and attitudes toward the coverage of sexual consent or their perceptions of the extent to which they have learned about sexual consent from various sources. Participants were undergraduate men (n = 73) and women (n = 128) between the ages of 18 and 29 (M = 19.62, SD = 1.75) who completed a survey assessing perceived coverage of sexual consent in school and by parents, attitudes toward university and media coverage of sexual consent, and the amount they perceived they had learned about sexual consent from five sources (mothers, fathers, friends, school-based sexual health education, the Internet). On average, participants reported poor coverage of sexual consent. Participants more strongly agreed that there was extensive coverage and that they had learned a lot from coverage in the media than at university but did not strongly endorse either source. Participants thought they learned significantly more from the media and Internet and peers than from school and parents. Participants who received limited sexual consent education at school/home responded to an open-ended question regarding the perceived impact of limited education from this source. Although some participants reported no impact, others attributed negative experiences to their limited sexual consent education including experiencing non-consensual sexual activities and detrimental effects on their romantic relationships. The results point to the need for parents and schools to do more to educate youth about sexual consent and indicate that young adults are receptive to sexual consent education at university and in the media.
Home range use and survival of southern flying squirrels in fragmented forest landscapes

We studied home range use, spatial activity patterns, and annual survival of southern flying squirrels (SFS; Glaucomys volans) across fragmented landscapes of west-central Illinois. We calculated seasonal home range sizes and annual survival from 67 animals (36 males, 31 females) captured during 2014–2016. Home range and core area sizes were similar (P ≥ 0.46) among males and females across summer (April–September) and winter (October–March) seasons. Average distance between consecutive animal locations did not vary by sex, season, or year. Similarly, cumulative distance between consecutive locations did not vary by sex, season, or year and ranged from 1,189 to 1,661 m between summer and winter seasons. Mean annual composite home range and core area sizes were 10.39 and 1.25 ha, respectively; estimated home ranges (10.3 ha) of females are the largest documented for this species. We documented 8 deaths, all attributed to predation, the majority (63%) of which occurred during winter; annual survival was 71%. Our results underscore effects of habitat productivity on seasonal home range dynamics and space use patterns of SFS in fragmented landscapes. SFS may compensate for reduced availability of overstory mast-producing trees that characterize unproductive habitats and low-density populations by exhibiting similar movement patterns and use of available habitat by both sexes throughout the year. Winter communal nesting appears to be influenced by availability of cavity trees, thereby confirming the importance of standing snags in contributing essential habitat to flying squirrel populations in fragmented forests.
Oleic acid Stimulates the Formation of Adipocyte-Like Cells from Bovine Satellite Cells via G-Protein Coupled Receptor 43 and CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Beta

Numerous physiological and pathological processes are controlled by free fatty acids, which act as signaling molecules in mammals. We hypothesized that oleic acid (Ole) might stimulate the formation of satellite-cell-derived intramuscular adipose tissue. The role of Ole as a ligand of G-protein-coupled receptor 43 (GPR43) was previously identified. Thus, the objective of the current study was to determine the effect of Ole on GPR43 and factors related to the adipogenic differentiation of bovine satellite cells (BSC). Treatments of 100 μM and 500 μM Ole tended to induce greater (P CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) compared to all other doses. The mRNA abundance of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) was not altered (P > 0.10) by treatment. The addition of 100 μM and 500 μM of Ole upregulated (P GPR43 mRNA expression. Protein level of GPR43 was increased (P C/EBPβ in response to Ole might suppress myogenic differentiation. After the treatment of cells with Ole, increased expression of GPR43 could lead to phosphorylation of 5’ AMP-activated protein kinase α (AMPKα). Altogether, the results indicated that increased Ole might stimulate adipose tissue accumulation within the skeletal muscle of cattle by promoting adipogenic differentiation and activation of GPR43 in satellite cells.
Population-based Assessment of Vision Impairment in the Elderly Population in Telangana State in India – Policy Implications for Eye Health Programmes

ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate the prevalence, causes and risk factors for vision impairment (VI) among the elderly population in Telangana State, India. Methods A population-based cross-sectional study were conducted in four districts. All participants had eye examinations including visual acuity assessment for distance and near, anterior segment examination and non-mydriatic fundus imaging by trained personnel. VI was defined as presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18 in the better eye. Individuals aged ≥60 years were considered as elderly. Results In total, 11,238/12,150 (92.5%) individuals aged ≥40 years were examined. Of this, the dataset of 3,640 individuals (32.4%) elderly participants was used for analysis. Among the 3,640 participants, 53.1% were women and 78.1% had no education. The mean age of the participants was 67.8 years (standard deviation: 7 years; range: 60 to 102 years). The age and gender-adjusted prevalence of VI was 32.1% (95% CI: 29.5–34.8). On multivariable analysis, the odds of VI was significantly higher in older age groups, and among those with no education. Gender and district of residence were not associated with the prevalence of VI. Cataract (54.8%) was the leading cause of VI followed by uncorrected refractive errors (37.6%). Conclusions and Relevance VI was common and largely avoidable in the elderly population in Telangana state in India. Elderly centric eye care including screening for vision loss, provision of cataract surgery and spectacles can be used as strategies to address VI in the elderly.
Combined Influences on North American Winter Air Temperature Variability from North Pacific Blocking and the North Atlantic Oscillation: Subseasonal and Interannual Time Scales

Winter surface air temperature (SAT) over North America exhibits pronounced variability on subseasonal, interannual, decadal, and interdecadal time scales. Here, reanalysis data from 1950–2017 are analyzed to investigate the atmospheric and surface ocean conditions associated with its subseasonal to interannual variability. Detrended daily SAT data reveal a known warm west/cold east (WWCE) dipole over midlatitude North America and a cold north/warm south (CNWS) dipole over eastern North America. It is found that while the North Pacific blocking (PB) is important for the WWCE and CNWS dipoles, they also depend on the phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). When a negative-phase NAO (NAO−) coincides with PB, the WWCE dipole is enhanced (compared with the PB alone case) and it also leads to a warm north/cold south dipole anomaly in eastern North America; but when PB occurs with a positive-phase NAO (NAO+), the WWCE dipole weakens and the CNWS dipole is enhanced. The PB events concurrent with the NAO− (NAO+) and SAT WWCE (CNWS) dipole are favored by the Pacific El Niño–like (La Niña–like) sea surface temperature mode and the positive (negative) North Pacific mode. The PB-NAO+ has a larger component projecting onto the SAT WWCE dipole during the La Niña winter than during the El Niño winter because a more zonal wave train is formed. Strong North American SAT WWCE dipoles and enhanced projections of PB-NAO+ events onto the SAT WWCE dipole component are also readily seen for the positive North Pacific mode. The North Pacific mode seems to play a bigger role in the North American SAT variability than ENSO.
The effect of selection on casein genetic polymorphisms and haplotypes in Italian Holstein cattle

Abstract Milk protein genes are known to be highly polymorphic. Several studies have shown the influence of milk proteins genetic variants and casein haplotypes on milk nutritional and technological properties. From 1990, the analysis of caseins polymorphism gained new attention due to the concern about possible negative effects of CSN2*A1 on human health. As a consequence, the CSN2*A2 variant gained interest and milk produced by with A2A2 β-casein cows is now available in different countries. Aim of the present paper was to analyse how casein variants’ and haplotypes’ frequencies changed in the Italian Holstein breed, due to the health ‘claims’ about CSN2*A2, and the possible effects on milk technological properties. Data were compared also with Italian Jersey cattle. A total of 223,655 Holstein and of 622 Jersey were genotyped using Illumina beadchips and data of 62 SNP in the casein cluster were analysed to reconstruct casein genotypes and haplotypes. The results demonstrate that although the selection towards β-casein A2 is not so effective in Italy, an increase of the frequency of this allele to the disadvantage of A1 and B alleles, included in the most favourable genotypes and haplotypes for cheese making, is occurring and should not be forced. Indeed, although a selection for the favourable κ-casein B allele, and against the unfavourable E allele, is occurring and is limiting the general loss of haplotypes associated with good technological properties, the sharp decrease of the favourable B-B and I-B β- κ-haplotypes, is an alert of the risk of losing useful biodiversity. Highlights After the concern about the β-caseinA1 variant on human health, a selection favoring the A2 allele was carried out in different countries. In Italy milk is mostly destined to cheese-making and even without a direct selection for theβ-casein A2 caseins allelic frequencies are changing. Genotyping data should be used to monitor and maybe contrast the reduction of variants associated with milk favorable technological properties.
Levamisole improves histomorphometric parameters of small intestinal wall of broiler chickens

Sixty one-day old chickens were divided into 6 equal groups and treated with 0, 2, 5, 10, 15 and 25 mg/kg levamisole from day 1 to 45. Then, all birds sacrificed and samples were taken from duodenum, jejunum and ileum. Cross-sections were made and H&E stained. Histomorphometric parameters including villus height, crypt depth, villus width, sub mucosal width, muscular layer width and the villus height/crypt depth ratio were determined. Duodenal villi became wider in all levamisole treated groups but only the highest dose resulted in taller villi. Jejunal villi became taller without significant change in their width. This was accompanied by a decrease in crypt depth and increased villus height/crypt depth ratio in all treated groups. In ileum, only birds treated with the highest dose had higher villus height, although levamisole at all doses resulted in wider villi. Sub mucosal width increased in birds treated with 15 and 25 mg/kg levamisole. In conclusion, levamisole can improve histomorphometric parameters of small intestinal wall of broiler chickens. This can partly explain the mechanism for previously described positive effects of levamisole on performance of broilers.