Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bedtime and the Budget: Longitudinal, Actor–Partner Connections between Sleep Quality and Financial Management Behaviors in Newlywed Couples

Research from the American Psychological Association suggests that approximately 67% of U.S. adults are getting more or less sleep than desired, and over 80% of U.S. adults ages 18–43 are stressed about finances. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that there may be a connection between the two. That is, some cross-sectional research suggests a contemporaneous association between sleep quality and finances. Using two waves of newlywed dyadic data (N = 1497 couples), we estimated a longitudinal structural equation model to test actor–partner associations between husbands’ and wives’ sleep quality and financial management behaviors. In these associations, we examined husbands’ and wives’ marital satisfaction as potential mediating variables. We found that both husbands’ and wives’ sleep quality longitudinally predicted their own and their partner’s financial management behaviors. Additionally, husbands’ and wives’ sleep quality—through wives’ marital satisfaction—indirectly and longitudinally predicted wives’ financial management behaviors. As financial practitioners encourage newlywed couples to consistently experience quality sleep, their financial management behaviors may benefit. We suggest that for newlywed couples, both partners’ bedtime may be longitudinally connected to both partners’ management of their budget.
Prevalence, Morphology, and Predictors of Intra-Stent Plaque Rupture in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Previous studies have shown that plaque rupture (PR) is the most important cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the potential impact of intra-stent PR on stent failure manifesting as ACS and the optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of these lesions was still less clear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the characteristics of OCT-defined in-stent PR and identify the potential risk factors for PR in ACS patients. All 213 ACS patients were stratified into two groups according to the occurrence of in-stent PR. The baseline characteristics of all patients were investigated. A multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with the formation of PR. OCT findings showed that 80 patients had in-stent PR, and 133 patients were without PR. Patients who suffered in-stent PR had higher blood lipid levels (P < .050) and longer duration of stent failure (P = .001). Moreover, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 0/1 flow was more prone to the formation of PR (P = .010), and lesions in the PR group harbored more macrophages and cholesterol crystals (P < .001 and P = .024). On multivariate analysis, presentation of myocardial infarction (MI) and OCT findings of lipidic neointima length showed a 3.6-fold (P = .004) and 1.3-fold (P < .001) higher risk for occurrence of in-stent PR. ACS patients who suffered in-stent PR had a longer duration of stent failure and more ISR occurring in non-culprit vessels. Given the distinguishing features between ACS patients with in-stent PR and non-PR, potential targeted therapy was warranted to improve the prognosis of patients with in-stent PR.
Growth and characterization of hypothetical zinc-blende ZnO films on GaAs(001) substrates with ZnS buffer layers

A stable wurtzite phase of ZnO is commonly observed. In this letter, we report the growth and characterization of zinc-blende ZnO on GaAs(001) substrates. The ZnO films grown on GaAs(001) substrates using microwave-plasma-assisted metalorganic molecular-beam epitaxy were characterized by reflection high-energy electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope, and atomic force microscope measurements. The use of a ZnS buffer layer was found to lead to the growth of the zinc-blende ZnO films. Although the zinc-blende ZnO films were polycrystalline with columnar structures, they showed bright band-edge luminescence at room temperature.
Analysis of survey data of breeding herd for reproductive management practices in swine farms of Punjab

The present survey was performed to analyze standard operating procedures for swine development and fertility based on prevailing reproductive management practices among different swine farms of Punjab. The average farrowing rate, farrowing interval, weaning to estrus interval, weaning to conception interval and age at first breeding were 71. 5Â±11.4%, 165. 4Â±13.8 days, 8. 3Â±2.1 days, 42. 7Â±11.0 days and 8. 1Â±1.3 months, respectively. Mean live litter size at birth and weaning were 9. 9Â±3.6 and 8. 1Â±3.3 piglets per farrowing, respectively. Most farmers (94.1%) kept pigs in loose housing system with a mixture of both stalls and pens, and used cement and brick as construction material for sties. Majority of farms (84.3%) functioned as farrow to wean with intensive production systems (75.5%). The labor to animal ratio of 1:50 was most common. Accurate and well maintained records were noticed at 66.7% farms. Start of boar exposure after weaning began within 1 day, occurring most often in morning, with exposure times varying from < 2â€“5 min/sow in 87.3% farms. Natural mating was allowed within minutes to hours after detection of estrus on 100% of farms. At all farms (100%), sows were allowed ô€´1 chance for breeding after conception failure before culling. Summer infertility was observed on 56.9% of farms. Feeding method for lactating sows was divided between ad lib. and gradual daily increase of concentrate feed and kitchen waste. None of the farmer practiced docking in newborn piglets. These results suggest that reproductive management of farms in key areas related to weaning, breeding, gestation, feeding and health care could be a source of varying reproductive performance among swine.
Nonlinear H ∞  output feedback control with integrator for polynomial discrete‐time systems

This paper investigates the problem of designing a nonlinear H ∞ output feedback controller for a class of polynomial discrete‐time systems. In general, this problem is hard to be formulated in a convex form because the relation between the control input and the Lyapunov function is always not jointly convex. Therefore, the problem cannot be solved via semidefinite programming (SDP). On the basis of the sum of squares (SOS) approach and incorporation of an integrator into the controller, sufficient conditions for the existence of a nonlinear H ∞ output feedback controller are given in terms of SOS conditions, which can be solved by an SDP solver. In contrast to the existing methods, a less conservative result is obtained. Finally, numerical examples are used to demonstrate the validity of this integrator approach. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Efficacy of in-situ simulation training using evaluation checklists for sudden oxygen supply failure during general anesthesia: A preliminary report

Introduction: Sudden oxygen supply failure (OSF) is a life-threatening consequence that may be triggered by natural disasters. Anesthesiologists are required to manage OSF promptly in such catastrophic situations. However, the current evidence regarding the efficacy of anesthesia training for sudden OSF is insufficient. This preliminary study aimed to introduce our in-situ simulation training utilizing evaluation checklists for a sudden OSF situation during general anesthesia and to evaluate the efficacy of the training program for anesthesia providers. Methods: This is a preliminary single-center, prospective study. We developed an OSF simulation scenario utilizing evaluation checklists with key actions to manage OSF. The training session comprised four components: orientation, benchmark evaluation (pre-test) according to the checklists, a short didactic lecture, and post-lecture evaluation (post-test). The scenario comprised two steps wherein the participants were supposed to utilize different oxygen supply sources immediately after OSF (Step 1) and minimize the amount of oxygen consumption (Step 2). Results: Fifteen anesthesia providers were enrolled. The score for all anesthesia providers in the post-test was significantly higher than that in the pre-test (median 8 [IQR: 8, 8], 3 [IQR: 3, 4], P < 0.001, respectively). The successful performance rates of all anesthesia providers in one key action of all the four in Step 1 and four of all the six in Step 2 were significantly higher in the post-test than in the pre-test. Conclusions: Our in-situ training method utilizing evaluation checklists for a sudden OSF situation improved overall performance of anesthesia providers.
A Skewed Loss Function for Correcting Predictive Bias in Brain Age Prediction

In neuroimaging, the difference between predicted brain age and chronological age, known as brain age delta, has shown its potential as a biomarker related to various pathological phenotypes. There is a frequently observed bias when estimating brain age delta using regression models. This bias manifests as an overestimation of brain age for young participants and an underestimation of brain age for older participants. Therefore, the brain age delta is negatively correlated with chronological age, which can be problematic when evaluating relationships between brain age delta and other age-associated variables. This paper proposes a novel bias correction method for regression models by introducing a skewed loss function to replace the normal symmetric loss function. The regression model then behaves differently depending on whether it makes overestimations or underestimations. Our approach works with any type of MR image and no specific preprocessing is required, as long as the image is sensitive to age-related changes. The proposed approach has been validated using three classic deep learning models, namely ResNet, VGG, and GoogleNet on publicly available neuroimaging aging datasets. It shows flexibility across different model architectures and different choices of hyperparameters. The corrected brain age delta from our approach then has no linear relationship with chronological age and achieves higher predictive accuracy than a commonly-used two-stage approach.
Feasibility and sustainability of a nurse-led intervention to integrate HPV vaccination into medical processing for active-duty Soldiers

ABSTRACT To increase Soldiers’ access to HPV vaccination, we evaluated the feasibility and sustainability of a nurse-led intervention to integrate HPV vaccination into medical processing procedures for Soldiers. We partnered with nursing staff to introduce HPV vaccine into existing vaccination services at a nurse-led clinic that serves Soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In addition to stocking the vaccine, the intervention included training nursing staff (n = 11) strategies for recommending HPV vaccination for Soldiers ages 18–26. We conducted surveys of nursing staff to assess their perspectives on feasibility. Nursing staff tracked HPV vaccine uptake among Soldiers for 4 weeks post-training to assess adoption and again for 2 weeks at 4-month follow-up to assess sustainability. We assessed delivery cost as the cost of personnel time, vaccine doses, and other materials during the initial 4-week intervention period. Nursing staff agreed that recommending HPV vaccination fit in with medical processing procedures (mean = 4.6 of 5.0). Of the 516 Soldiers offered HPV vaccine in the 4 weeks following the training, 198 (38%) accepted and received the vaccine. Soldier ages 18–20 more often accepted HPV vaccination than older Soldier ages 21–26 (46% versus 32%, p < .01). Vaccine uptake was similar at follow-up, with 98 of 230 eligible Soldiers (43%) receiving HPV vaccine. The total delivery cost was $12,737, with an average cost per vaccine dose delivered of $64. Our findings suggest that training nursing staff to recommend and administer HPV vaccinations to Soldiers is feasible and warrants wider-scale testing as a strategy to protect soldiers from HPV-attributable cancers. Plain Language Summary HPV vaccination is not required for US military service, and Soldiers’ uptake is low. We trained nursing staff at a large military clinic to recommend HPV vaccine to Soldiers using a nursing education intervention to integrate HPV vaccination into routine care for active duty Soldiers. Our findings suggest that training nursing staff to recommend and administer HPV vaccines to Soldiers is feasible and low cost, and may warrant wider-scale testing as a strategy for increasing military readiness and protecting Soldiers from HPV-attributable cancers. Until guideline and policy changes are implemented and HPV vaccine is required for military service, use of education strategies is one path to increasing HPV vaccine coverage among Soldiers to ensure protection from HPV-related diseases.
Economic Determinants of Applicant Screening Practices: Analysis of the Korean Human Capital Corporate Panel

This study reviews employers’ existing recruiting practices and the environment in which these aredeployed, and estimates their effect on the employers’ and workers’ outcomes. The Korean Human Capital Corporate Panel spanning years 2005–2013 is used totake stock ofemployers’ screening of applicants’ personal characteristics, and regressions with fixed effects link the screening practicesto firms’ skill needs, skill supply and labor-market constraints. Institutional and market constraints on employers’ conduct are found to affect screening practices morethan firms’skill needs. The existence of HR departments, worker unionization, and applicant pool size have systematiceffects.Employers’ skill needsand screening practices, in turn, affectthe female share amongnewhires. HR departments, personnel committees on boards,andforeign management put a constraint onfirms’hiring discrimination, effectively supportingwomen’s cause.
Thermodynamic Simulation of Producer Gas Combustion from Biomass Gasification

The use of new and renewable energy for the application on gas burners is beneficial for the environment. This study aims to determine the effect of excess air during the combustion of producer gas from biomass gasification to release heat used as a fuel gas burner. Simulations are carried out by applying mass and energy balance, showing that an increase in excess air will decrease the non-adiabatic and adiabatic flame temperature. The result showed that an increase in excess of air reduces the amount of heat released to the environment for the same flame temperature. The maximum adiabatic flame temperature is at 1725.430C, while the non-adiabatic ranges from 600 to 8000C. Furthermore, heat is released in the range of 20.1 kW to 28.8 kW, and excess air from 0 to 40%.
An Interaction Study Between Pifas Handset Antenna and a Human Hand-Head in Personal Communications

Abstract—In this paper, the interaction of a planar inverted-F antennas array, mounted on a mobile handset, with a human hand-head phantom is investigated in the 1.9GHz band. The hybrid approach involving the particle swarm optimization (PSO) and Nelder-Mead (NM) algorithm is considered to optimize the complex excitations of the adaptive array elements in a mutual coupling environment for different beamforming synthesis. Firstly, the effect of the human handhead on the handset radiation characteristics is studied. Then, the spatial-peak specific absorption rate (SAR) values of 2and 4-element PIFA arrays for mobile handset in the vicinity of a human handhead are evaluated numerically for different scenarios. The antenna is analyzed completely using finite difference time domain (FDTD) method while the interaction is performed using the CST Microwave Studio software.
Degenerated shell element with composite implicit time integration scheme for geometric nonlinear analysis

A degenerated shell element with composite implicit time integration scheme is developed in the present paper to solve the geometric nonlinear large deformation and dynamics problems of shell structures. The degenerated shell element is established based on the eight‐node solid element, where the nodal forces, mass matrices, and stiffness matrices are firstly obtained upon virtual velocity principle and then translated to the shell element. The strain field is modified based on the mixed interpolation of tensorial components method to eliminate the shear locking, and the constitutive relation is modified to satisfy the shell assumptions. A simple and practical computational method for nonlinear dynamic response is developed by embedding the composite implicit time integration scheme into the degenerated shell element, where the composite scheme combines the trapezoidal rule with the three‐point backward Euler method. The developed approach can not only keep the momentum and energy conservation and decay the high frequency modes but also lead to a symmetrical stiffness matrix. Numerical results show that the developed degenerated shell element with the composite implicit time integration scheme is capable of solving the geometric nonlinear large deformation and dynamics problems of the shell structures with momentum and energy conservation and/or decay. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer Coefficient Distributions Around Diffusion Shaped Holes

We present an experimental study focusing on the effects of diffusion hole-geometry on overall film cooling performance. The study consists of three different but closely related hole shapes: (1) Shape A: straight circular hole with a 30 deg inclined injection, (2) Shape B: same as Shape A but with a 10 deg forward diffusion, and (3) Shape C: same as Shape B with an additional 10 deg lateral diffusion. The blowing ratios tested are 0.5 and 1.0. The density ratio is nominally equal to one. Measurements of the experiment use a transient liquid crystal technique that reveals local distributions of both film effectiveness (η) and heat transfer coefficient (h). The data obtained indicate that Shape C with a combined forward and lateral diffusion produces a significant increase in η and decrease in h as compared to Shape A, the baseline case. These improvements combined yield an about 20 percent to 30 percent reduction in heat transfer or thermal load on the film protected surface. Shape B, with forward diffusion only, shows a much less significant change in both film effectiveness and overall heat transfer reduction than Shape C
(Re)thinking Ethics and Moral Behaviors as Complex Contagions: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Networks in The Good Place

While viral transmission is studied using simple contagions in network science, behaviors—which are more challenging to transmit or instill, fall in the category of complex contagions. Using network scientific concepts such as complex contagions that are typically applied in the domain of health and innovation diffusion, this paper is a unique contribution at the intersection of media and society, as it attempts to evaluate the sociocentric exchange of ethical and moral behaviors between the characters of Michael Schur’s The Good Place. To this end, the paper uses qualitative content analysis to extract the context and conducive conditions in the social setting that are essential to bring about such behavior change. For this, the author emphasizes on the tenets of Geertz ’ thick description. Finally, the paper discusses implications that may be worth exploring in orchestrating social rehabilitation interventions aimed at transforming individuals into civically responsibly citizens in a controlled setting
A computer model for streamer propagation

The propagation of a positive streamer and its basic mechanisms are analysed in order to find the conditions that an equivalent simplified model must satisfy. Considering the energy balance in the development of secondary avalanches around the streamer tip, an equivalence criterion is derived and used in the formulation of a single-avalanche model. This model reproduces the streamer propagation through a series of successive equivalent avalanches which develop in front of the streamer tip. A number of computer programs have been prepared in order to calculate macroscopic measurable quantities. A first comparison between experimental and computed results shows a satisfactory agreement.
L ∞ Estimate for some nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations and application to an existence result

Consider the nonlinear elliptic equation $(E):\, \mathcal{A}(u) + H(x,u,Du) = f(x) - {\operatorname{div}}\,g(x)$ where $\mathcal{A}(u) = - {\operatorname{div}}\,(a(x,u,Du)) + a_0 (x,u,Du)$ is a Leray–Lions operator defined on $W_0^{1,p} (\Omega )$ with $a_0 (x,s,\xi )s \geqq \alpha _0 |s|^p $, $\alpha _0 > 0$, and where H is a first-order term satisfying $|H(x,s,\xi )| \leqq C_0 + C_1 |\xi |^p $. The main goal of this paper is to prove an $L^\infty $ estimate for the bounded solutions of $(E)$ when f belongs to $L^q (\Omega )$ and g belongs to $(L^r (\Omega ))^N $ with $r = p'q$ and $\max (1,{N / p}) < q \leqq + \infty $. In view of the method and results developed in the author’s previous work, this implies the existence of a solution for equation $(E)$.
Managerial Characteristics and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from Indonesian Listed Companies

This study examines the effect of managerial characteristics on investment efficiency. More specifically managerial capabilities, reputation and its interaction effect are expected to increase investment efficiency. For the test of hypothesis, firms were selected from Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015-2019. The results show that reputation is not significantly associated with investment efficiency. Meanwhile, managerial ability (proxied by MBA/MM degree) is negatively related to investment efficiency at a significance level of 1%. The findings show that companies run by managers with good skills and knowledge tend to be less efficient. In addition, the interaction variable is positively related to investment efficiency at a significance level of 1%. Prior to the inclusion of interaction variable, the result shows that firms with high managerial reputation are more likely to manage assets efficiently which leads to higher investment efficiency. Managerial skills are either insignificantly associated or negatively associated with investment efficiency. When the interaction variable is included into regression model, the relationship between managerial reputation and investment efficiency becomes insignificant but managerial ability turns out to be highly significant. The practical implication of this study is that public companies in Indonesia should consider more on managerial reputation rather than their educational degree.