Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
INVESTIGATING MICROSTRUCTURES AND HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERPLASTICITY BEHAVIOR OF MG-5(MASS%) SN ALLOY BY USING EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION

Performance analyses of consultancy firms usually include man-hour analyses, schedule analyses and budget analyses. During the project management process, the project scope change makes it difficult for the management to control the project and predict the future trends. This research has developed a project performance measurement model based on the concepts of CAPP (Continuous Assessment of Project Performance) and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge), created by the Construction Industry Institute and PMI (Project Management Institute). Through data collection, analysis, and summary, this study establishes a historical database, reviews existing records, and selects major and significant performance evaluation indicators from the project data, as well as building of relevant models. Through an established Web-based project performance measurement system to identify the project implementation performance trend, it allows participants in various stages of the construction engineering life cycle to exchange and share engineering performance information and experience.
An evaluation of urban regeneration: the effectiveness of a retail-led project in Lisbon

To overcome the decline of the vitality and viability of town centres across several Western European cities, urban regeneration projects have been implemented. Despite their dissemination, there are shortcomings regarding the evaluation of the impacts produced by such projects. We aim to contribute to the existing literature on the subject by undertaking an evaluation of a retail-led urban regeneration project that was implemented in Lisbon’s historic centre. We conclude that although there were significant outputs, the project was not effective and did not manage to improve the viability of the area as an important commercial area of Lisbon.
Scalp Stimulation Targets for Neurological Conditions-Evidence from Large-Scale Meta-Analyses.

BACKGROUND Neurological disorders are a major source of suffering for patients worldwide. Scalp stimulation methods have been widely applied in treating a number of neurological disorders. Recently, our understanding of pathological mechanisms associated with neurological disorders has been enhanced significantly. Nevertheless, these findings have yet to be well-integrated into scalp stimulation treatments for neurological disorders. METHODS In a previous study, we proposed new brain targets for scalp stimulation in the treatment of eight common mental disorders based on the results of a large-scale meta-analyses using Neurosynth. This study aims to extend our previous findings in identifying surface brain targets for seven common neurological disorders: Alzheimer's disease, aphasia, chronic pain, dementia, dyslexia, mild cognitive impairment, and Parkinson's disease, utilizing a similar method. RESULTS We hidentified seven to eight potential scalp stimulation targets for each disorder and used both 10-20 EEG system and acupuncture points to locate these targets to facilitate its clinical application. CONCLUSIONS The proposed target protocols may facilitate and extend clinical applications of scalp stimulation methods such as transcranial electrical stimulation and scalp acupuncture in the treatment of neurological disorders.
Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better

As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve , the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than oimplementing fast and learning slow,o they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to olearn fast to implement well.o Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, the authors show how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education. Organized around six core principles, the book shows how onetworked improvement communitieso can bring together researchers and practitioners to accelerate learning in key areas of education. Examples include efforts to address the high rate of failure among students in community college remedial math courses and strategies forimproving feedback to novice teachers. Learning to Improve offers a new paradigm for research and development in education that promises to be a powerful driver of improvement for the nationAEs schools and colleges.
Review of Laboratory Methods to Determine HDL and LDL Subclasses and Their Clinical Importance

Given the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease, accurate identification of methods for assessing lipoprotein subclasses, mainly low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions, can play an essential role in predicting the incidence of cardiovascular disease such as heart attack. LDL and HDL subclasses differ in size, surface charge, lipid and protein compositions, and biological role. There is no “gold standard” method for measuring the LDL and HDL subclasses or standardizing the different methods used to measure their subfractions. Over the past decades, various techniques have been introduced to evaluate and measure subclasses of these two lipoproteins, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Development of laboratory methods that accurately HDL and LDL function must be developed and validated to high-throughput for clinical usage. In this review study, we tried to examine different methods of evaluating various subclasses of LDL and HDL by mentioning the strengths and weaknesses of each.
The Changes in Daily School Commute in the Context of Pandemic

Life in a modern metropolis offers a massive number of opportunities, including a variety of educational trajectories for children. To select a school, a family needs to solve a complex equilibrium between the school characteristics, the family expectations, and the geographical factors. Daily commute to school and back home has a serious impact on the lives of schoolchildren. Taking the autonomous territory of the Moscow metropolis as an example, we reflect on the effect of pandemic restrictions and lockdowns on the daily mobility of schoolchildren. Based on data from more than 35 thousand students living and receiving education on the local territory, we analyzed the age and territorial distribution of students, as well as their mobility under the conditions of a natural experiment caused by COVID-19. The study shows the picture of daily mobility of schoolchildren before and during the COVID-19 lockdowns and explores the possible delayed effects on students’ mobility in the future, connected with the development of remote technologies which allow access to better educational products without the geographical limitations.
The Role of Prison Climate and Work Climate in Understanding Subjective Safety Among Correctional Staff

To perform their work effectively, correctional officers should feel safe. Yet, research explaining officers’ subjective safety is scarce and overlooked the context in which these feelings arise. This study explores the impact of shared perceptions of prison climate and work climate. Survey and administrative data of incarcerated individuals and staff from the Dutch Life in Custody Study were used. Multilevel analyses on 1,427 correctional officers (135 prison units) showed that (a) almost 20% of the variance in officers’ subjective safety was clustered at the prison unit level; (b) both prison climate (satisfaction with activities and visits, relations with peers, and meaningful activities) and work climate factors (organizational satisfaction and workload) contributed to officers’ safety; (c) the relative importance of work climate was high in comparison to prison climate. These findings indicate that officers’ subjective safety is to a substantial extent a matter of climate rather than an individual trait.
Effects of nostalgic messages on ad persuasiveness: a meta-analysis

Abstract This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of nostalgic messages on ad persuasiveness. Based on 23 articles (31 studies, 39 pairs of comparisons, N = 5814), this study found that nostalgic messages (compared to non-nostalgic messages) have a positive, small effect on persuasion (r = .19, SE = .02, 95% CI [.15, .24], p < .001). Additionally, the effect of nostalgic messages tended to be stronger if (1) the advertised product was high in hedonic values and (2) a link between the brand/product and personal memories was present. Implications, future directions and limitations are also discussed.
A Study on Socio-Economic Upliftment of Women JEEViKA Beneficiaries and to Analyse the Constraints Faced by Them in Begusarai District of Bihar

Majority of the population in Bihar are residing in rural areas and have low source of income which leads to poverty. Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP) or JEEViKA project, 2006 is a poverty alleviation project supported by World Bank, which aims to enhance the socio-economic status of rural women. JEEViKA project brought a whole new platform for women empowerment. The present study aims to analyse the significant increase in the level of women’s empowerment through JEEViKA project and also to find out the major constraints faced by women beneficiaries. The study was conducted in the Begusarai district of Bihar which was selected purposively as JEEViKA livelihood training programme is currently running in the district. Teghra block was selected by purposive sampling for the study as the block has the largest number of trained beneficiaries. Total six villages were selected for the study by purposively considering the fact that these villages have a greater number of JEEViKA beneficiaries A total number of 120 respondents were taken for the study out of which sixty benrficiaries and sixty non-beneficiaries were there. The data were collected by personnel interview method by using pre structured interview schedule and later appropriate statistical analysis was done to find out the meaningful results. The present study revealed that the there is considerable increase in the socio-economic empowerment of women JEEViKA beneficiaries after going through livelihood trainings. The study further found the major constraints faced by the beneficiaries in various income generating activities such as lack of proper marketing, lower price etc. It is recommended that to enhance the socio-economic condition of rural women government should organize more such income generating livelihood training under JEEViKA project.
Evaluation of a Digital COPD Education Program for Healthcare Professionals in Long-Term Care – A Mixed Methods Study

Background Lack of routines and competence among healthcare professionals have been reported as barriers to COPD management in long-term care. Online education could be used as a strategy to make COPD education more accessible. Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate a digital COPD education program for healthcare professionals in long-term care regarding feasibility, knowledge and working procedures. Methods A randomized controlled feasibility trial with a convergent mixed methods design was conducted. Two municipalities in Sweden were randomized to intervention (n=20) or control (n=17). The intervention was a digital COPD education program accessible for three months. Data was collected through questionnaires on COPD-specific knowledge, conceptual knowledge, feasibility and usage of the COPD Web platform. Repeated individual interviews using a semi-structured interview guide was also performed. Quantitative and qualitative findings were merged using a mixed methods design. Results The digital COPD education program appears feasible based on the expressed satisfaction of the healthcare workers and their reports that it supported them in their work. Across questionnaires, objective COPD-specific knowledge increased by 14 to 16 percentage points in the intervention group compared to 0 to 6 percentage points in the control group (p=0.001). The objective increase in COPD-specific knowledge was also captured in the interviews, where a perceived increase in knowledge led to increased security and focus on COPD management. Few changes in working procedures were expressed, but participants felt that attention was raised regarding COPD and the importance of preventive healthcare services. In addition, increased knowledge of healthcare services provided by other involved professions was emphasized, leading to discussions with other professions in relation to COPD management. Conclusion A digital COPD education program is feasible and can increase the COPD-specific knowledge of healthcare professionals in long-term care, leading to increased focus on COPD-related issues. More comprehensive measures, including organizational changes, might be needed to change working procedures.
Functional Independence Measure Subtypes among Inpatients with Subacute Stroke: Classification via Latent Class Analysis

ABSTRACT Objectives: Using Functional Independence Measure (FIM) records, this study used latent class analysis (LCA) to clarify the structure of activities of daily living (ADL) status in patients following stroke. Methods: In this retrospective, single-center study, we extracted the medical records of patients with stroke who were admitted to a rehabilitation hospital in Japan between April 2018 and March 2020. LCA was used to determine classes of ADL status based on response patterns in FIM items converted from the original seven levels to three levels: Complete Dependence, FIM1–2; Modified Dependence, FIM3–5; Independence, FIM6–7. We compared the length of stay and discharge destinations among subgroups of patients with different ADL status at admission. Results: From 373 patients, 1592 FIM records were analyzed. These were classified into six ADL status classes based on “Complete Dependence,” “Modified Dependence,” and “Independence” in the motor and cognitive domains. Significant differences were observed among the six admission ADL subgroups for the length of stay (median values in patient subgroups based on admission ADL status: 126, 146, 90, 65, 44, and 29 days in the Motor Complete/Cognitive Complete, Motor Complete/Cognitive Modified, Motor Modified/Cognitive Modified, Motor Modified/Cognitive Independent, Motor Independent/Cognitive Modified, and Motor Independent/Cognitive Independent groups, respectively) and discharge destinations (patients discharged home: 27%, 62%, 81%, 92%, 95%, and 98%, respectively, and to acute care hospitals: 18%, 14%, 8%, 8%, 2%, and 2%, respectively). Conclusions: LCA successfully stratified ADL status in patients with stroke undergoing rehabilitation and may aid in determining an appropriate treatment regimen.
Safety and Efficacy of Systemic Anti-Scg3 Therapy to Treat Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy.

BACKGROUND To circumvent possible systemic side effects, anti-angiogenic drugs targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) for ocular neovascular diseases in adults are approved only for intravitreal administration. However, intravitreal injection itself can elicit injection-related adverse effects, and premature eyes of infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) may be particularly susceptible to intravitreal injection. Therefore, an unmet clinical need is to develop safe systemic anti-angiogenic therapies for ROP. We recently reported that secretogranin III (Scg3) is a disease-restricted angiogenic factor and that systemic anti-Scg3 mAb alleviates ROP in animal models with minimal side effects on developing eyes and organs. The aim of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of a humanized anti-Scg3 antibody via systemic administration. METHODS We analyzed the safety and efficacy of a humanized anti-Scg3 antibody Fab fragment (hFab) delivered by intraperitoneal injection in oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mice, a surrogate model of ROP. RESULTS The results showed that systemic anti-Scg3 hFab effectively alleviated pathological retinal neovascularization in OIR mice with similar efficacy to the anti-VEGF drug aflibercept. Systemic aflibercept conferred significant adverse side effects in neonatal mice, including reduced body weight, abnormalities in retinal and renal development, and retarded physiological neovascularization, whereas systemic anti-Scg3 hFab elicited no such side effects. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that systemic anti-Scg3 hFab is a safe and effective therapy for OIR and support further development for ROP treatment.
Female Candidate Performance and Gender Quotas: The Case of Ecuador

ABSTRACT Ecuador has one of the strongest electoral designs in terms of gender quotas in Latin America. However, there remains a significant gap between the number of women candidates and the number elected. To explain why a quota does not lead to an elected representation proportional to the quota we examine voter bias and elite bias in the legislative elections of 2013 and 2017. Results show gender bias toward female candidates, and not against, which is a surprising result in a country maintaining a culture of traditional gender roles on average. A breakdown of the voting patterns by gender, however, reveals that the overall voter preference for female candidates is driven entirely by stronger female same-gender voting than male same-gender voting. The lack of representation of women as frontrunners in a political party is likely to explain the gap between female candidates and elected members to the National Assembly. Elite bias against women, not voter bias, explains women’s electoral fortunes in Ecuador.
Forest terrains influence walking kinematics among indigenous Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon

Abstract Abstract Laboratory-based studies indicate that a major evolutionary advantage of bipedalism is enabling humans to walk with relatively low energy expenditure. However, such studies typically record subjects walking on even surfaces or treadmills that do not represent the irregular terrains our species encounters in natural environments. To date, few studies have quantified walking kinematics on natural terrains. Here we used high-speed video to record marker-based kinematics of 21 individuals from a Tsimane forager–horticulturalist community in the Bolivian Amazon walking on three different terrains: a dirt field, a forest trail and an unbroken forest transect. Compared with the field, in the unbroken forest participants contacted the ground with more protracted legs and flatter foot postures, had more inclined trunks, more flexed hips and knees, and raised their feet higher during leg swing. In contrast, kinematics were generally similar between trail and field walking. These results provide preliminary support for the idea that irregular natural surfaces like those in forests cause humans to alter their walking kinematics, such that travel in these environments could be more energetically expensive than would be assumed from laboratory-based data. These findings have important implications for the evolutionary energetics of human foraging in environments with challenging terrains.
Volatilization of Dicamba Diglycolamine Salt in Combination with Glyphosate Formulations and Volatility Reducers in Brazil

Dicamba can be included in weed management programs for Brazilian agricultural crops, such as Conyza spp. and Amaranthus spp. , and it is essential to implement good management practices that include salts with low volatility levels and appropriate associations to maintain volatility at acceptable levels. The objective of this study was to evaluate the volatilization of dicamba diglycolamine (DGA) salt associated with different glyphosate salts and volatility reducers. Laboratory and field studies were conducted with the application of DGA alone and in mixtures with three glyphosate formulations (potassium salt, ammonium salt, and di-ammonium salt) with and without a volatility reducer. Under laboratory conditions, the sprayed targets (corn straw) were sent to a vapor collection system for subsequent determination of the amount of volatilized dicamba. In the field, the treatments were applied in a tray containing clay soil, and then, these trays were arranged in soybean rows for 48 h under plastic tunnels. The plant injury and the concentrations of the dicamba in the soybean plants at different distances from the tray were determined. The methodologies used in this study were adequate for understanding the volatility of DGA. The volatility of the dicamba DGA salt used was reduced and was managed through the use of volatility reducers and the correct formulation of glyphosate in the mixture. The VR was efficient in reducing the volatility for dicamba alone and DGA in combination with all glyphosate salts. The combination of dicamba DGA salt with glyphosate potassium salt and a volatility reducer was the mixture with the lowest volatility and is the most suitable combination to recommend to farmers.
Investigating eligible markets for Radicchio Rosso di Treviso PGI: the OMOI method

adequate investigative methodology for identifying the foreign countries that are most suitable targets for promotional strategies. The specific analysis considers many variables, chosen with a view to selecting eligible markets, and ultimately draws up a consistent ranking of the five best nations. To determine the most promising country, the Overall Market Opportunity Index (OMOI) method has been used. This focuses on the most relevant indicators for each of the seven categories used to assess their appeal. The findings show that Denmark can be the best market for focusing the segmentation strategies of the Treviso Radicchio. After this, policy and business implications are addressed and opportunities for future research into emerging related issues are suggested. Strengthening the ranking analysis methodologies used for selecting target markets for the companies that produce Made in Italy luxury foods can also help improve such companies’ competitive profile on international markets.
Recent Updates and Technological Developments in Evaluating Cardiac Syncope in the Emergency Department

Syncope is a commonly encountered problem in the emergency department (ED), accounting for approximately 3% of presenting complaints. Clinical assessment of syncope can be challenging due to the diverse range of conditions that can precipitate the symptom. Annual mortality for patients presenting with syncope ranges from 0-12%, and if the syncope is secondary to a cardiac cause, then this figure rises to 18-33%. In ED, it is paramount to accurately identify those presenting with syncope, especially patients with an underlying cardiac aetiology, initiate appropriate management, and refer them for further investigations. In 2018, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) updated its guidelines with regard to diagnosing and managing patients with syncope. We highlight recent developments and considerations in various components of the work-up, such as history, physical examination, investigations, risk stratification, and novel biomarkers, since the establishment of the 2018 ESC guidelines. We further discuss the emerging role of artificial intelligence in diagnosing cardiac syncope and postulate how wearable technology may transform evaluating cardiac syncope in ED.