Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Obstetric and Gynaecologic Patients Requiring Intensive Care: A One Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Bangladesh

Background: Care of obstetric patients has always been a challenge for obstetricians and critical carephysicians, because of the consideration of multidimensional pregnancy related diseases as well asfoetal wellbeing. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence, indications for admission,interventions and consequences of the obstetrics and gynaecologic patients admitted to the ICU. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted in the multidisciplinary ICU of EnamMedical College and Hospital from January, 2020-December, 2020.All the obstetric and gynae patientsadmitted to the ICU were the study population. Data regarding demographic characteristics of thepatients, indications for admission, associated medical disorders, interventions, length of ICU stay,and outcome were collected and analyzed. Results: During the study period, total 870 patients were admitted to the ICU, among which the dataof 90(10.3%) patients were analyzed. The mean age of the patients was 26.84±6.95years. Total 63% ofthe patients came from rural area. Obstetric cases were 72% and gynaecological cases were 28%. Among the obstetric cases 22% had post-partum Eclampsia, 12% cases had preeclampsia, another 12%had PPH, and 9%cases had APH. Among the gynaecological reasons, 52% cases were ruptured ectopicpregnancy, and 36% cases had post abortion complications. Majority (64.61%) admitted in theirpostpartum period. Inotropes were needed for 36.7%. Transfusion of blood and blood products wererequired for 51.1%. Mechanical ventilation was needed for 31.8%. The majority of the patients 63.3%stayed in the ICU for a period of 1-3 days. Maternal mortality was 12.2% (11). Most common cause formaternal death was MODS 4(36.36%). Conclusion: Hypertensive disorders account for the most number of admission to ICU followed byobstetric haemorrhage.Early detection and speedy referral to the tertiary center with ICU facilitiesshould be promoted among medical society to reduce the incidence of ICU admissions and maternalmortality. JBSA 2021; 34 (2) : 49-54
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical activity and screen time habits of children aged 11–13 years in Sweden

Introduction Physical activity (PA), exercise, sedentary behavior and screen time are lifestyle factors that have been shown to significantly impact child health in different ways. These lifestyle factors were affected to different degrees by global restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated PA and screen time in a cohort of Swedish children in both 2019 and 2021, before and during the pandemic. Method Adolescents born in 2008 in Halland, Sweden, and included in a previous longitudinal birth cohort study were invited to take part in follow-up questionnaires about PA, screen time and COVID-19. A total of 1041 children aged 11 (in 2019) and 13 years (in 2021) replied and 777 of them answered on both occasions. Results Most children (42.1%) reported that their leisure time PA was unchanged from 2019 to 2021. Compared to unchanged PA 33.9% exercised more often (p = 0.011) and 23.9% exercised less (p < 0.001), both differences statistically significant. Roughly, 43.2% of boys and 34.9% of girls in 2021 exercised so that they became breathless or broke a sweat at least 4 times a week not counting physical education in school, corresponding figures for 2019 were 38.2% for boys and 35.2% for girls. The majority of children were able to continue attending leisure time sports clubs during the pandemic, but participation decreased from 88.3% to 76.3% from 11 to 13 years of age. Most reported that sports club routines changed during the pandemic, but only 40.9% reported fewer practice opportunities. Attending a sports club gave greater protection against loss of PA during the pandemic than not belonging to one (41.0% vs. 23.2%, p < 0.001). The majority (71.1%) of children spent more time on screens in 2021 than 2019, with a mean increase of 9.4 h (95% CI 8.6 to 10.2 h) from 20.7 to 30.1 hours per week (p < 0.001) during the study. Conclusions Swedish children largely maintained their levels of PA during the pandemic at 13 years of age and these were possibly safeguarded by the comparably mild pandemic restrictions in Sweden in 2021. However, they did increase their screen time between 11 and 13 years of age.
HYCOM High-resolution Eddying Simulations

Abstract : Over the past 15 years, a broad partnership of institutions has collaborated on developing and demonstrating the performance and application of eddy-resolving, real-time global and basin-scale ocean prediction systems using the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). This paper is intended to briefly summarise the current status of global high resolution eddy-rich or eddying HYCOM simulations and their relevance to high resolution coupled oceanatmosphere- ice climate simulations. In this context, eddyrich or eddying HYCOM simulations and their relevance to high resolution coupled oceanatmosphere-ice climate simulations. In this context, eddyrich or eddying means that the numerical simulations are eddy-resolving over most of the domain and include an energetic mesoscale eddy field.
The Impact of Attitude Towards Online Shopping in Strengthening the Relationship Between Online Shopping Experience and E-Customer Engagement

In the last few years, it is clear that changes in technologies have altered the ways people shop across the globe, particularly through the Internet. Online shopping experience represents one of these ways, presenting opportunities for people to shop online. However, online store owners are quite concerned about how online shopping experiences seem to influence customer attitudes. In this regard, this research investigates the relationships between the online shopping experience, the attitude towards online shopping, and e-customer engagement. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 342 online customers shopping in Saudi Arabia, through Google form survey procedure. The application of SPSS, and structural equation methods shows two results. On the one hand, providing a positive online shopping experience leads to cultivating a favorable attitude toward online purchasing, and consequently improving e-customer engagement. Gender, on the other hand, has no effect on the impact of online buying experience, and attitude towards online shopping on e-customer engagement.
New occurrence of Poraniidae (Valvatacea, Asteroidea) in Australia with a new genus and species from deep-sea settings

The Poraniidae (Asteroidea, Valvatacea) is recorded for the first time from Australian waters at deep-sea (>200m) depths, including, at present, Australia’s deepest known asteroid occurrence from 3850 m. Three genera are reviewed, each represented by a single species, Poraniomorpha tartarus n. sp. , Marginaster paucispinus Fisher 1913, and Marginaster patriciae McKnight 2006, which is reassigned to the new genus, Bathymarginaster. Comparisons with other asteroid groups similar to the Poraniidae in Australian waters is made and a key to genera of the Poraniidae is provided.
Using Smartphones to Identify Momentary Characteristics of Persecutory Ideation Associated With Functional Disability

Abstract Objectives Though often a feature of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, persecutory ideation (PI) is also common in other psychiatric disorders as well as among individuals who are otherwise healthy. Emerging technologies allow for a more thorough understanding of the momentary phenomenological characteristics that determine whether PI leads to significant distress and dysfunction. This study aims to identify the momentary phenomenological features of PI associated with distress, dysfunction, and need for clinical care. Methods A total of 231 individuals with at least moderate PI from 43 US states participated in a study involving 30 days of data collection using a smartphone data collection system combining ecological momentary assessment and passive sensors, wherein they reported on occurrence of PI as well as related appraisals, responses, and cooccurring states. Most (N = 120, 51.9%) participants reported never having received treatment for their PI, while 50 participants had received inpatient treatment (21.6%), and 60 (26.4%) had received outpatient care only. Results Individuals with greater functional disability did not differ in PI frequency but were more likely at the moment to describe threats as important to them, to ruminate about those threats, to experience distress related to them, and to change their behavior in response. Groups based on treatment-seeking patterns largely did not differ in baseline measures or momentary phenomenology of PI as assessed by self-report or passive sensors. Conclusions Smartphone data collection allows for granular assessment of PI-related phenomena. Functional disability is associated with differences in appraisals of and responses to PI at the moment.
Measure Pseudo Almost Periodic Solutions of Shunting Inhibitory Cellular Neural Networks with Mixed Delays

Abstract In this work, we consider a class of neutral shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with mixed delays. We study the existence, uniqueness, and the exponential stability of the measure pseudo almost periodic (or μ-pseudo almost periodic) solutions from some models for shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with mixed delays. An example is provided to illustrate the theory developed in this work.
An improved fractional Halanay inequality with distributed delays

In this paper, we establish global fractional Halanay‐type inequalities with distributed delays in differential and integral forms and consequently give a simple sufficient condition for Mittag–Leffler stability of solutions to fractional differential equations with this type of delays. Our essential tool is the submultiplicative property of the Mittag–Leffler functions which imitates the multiplicative property of the exponential functions in the classical theory of differential equations. The estimation with explicit decaying rate and amplitude constant is a faithful extension of the classical Halanay inequality.
Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness

This paper illustrates how the purchasing department (PD) stimulates business performances throughout a flow in which innovation, technology orientation and R&D effectiveness are involved. Data were collected via a survey to Italian companies of the chemical industry. Given the role of the respondents, we had a clear portrait of the companies and of their path towards innovation and performance’s boosts. Results show that the PD plays a special role by acting as a bridge towards external players, but also internally among other functions. Moreover, internally the PD has a bonding and bridging role, since it stimulates the company through innovation and R&D activities having, as a result, boosted performances.
From spline wavelet to sampling theory on circulant graphs and beyond : conceiving sparsity in graph signal processing

Graph Signal Processing (GSP), as the field concerned with the extension of classical signal processing concepts to the graph domain, is still at the beginning on the path toward providing a generalized theory of signal processing. As such, this thesis aspires to conceive the theory of sparse representations on graphs by traversing the cornerstones of wavelet and sampling theory on graphs. Beginning with the novel topic of graph spline wavelet theory, we introduce families of spline and e-spline wavelets, and associated filterbanks on circulant graphs, which leverage an inherent vanishing moment property of circulant graph Laplacian matrices (and their parameterized generalizations), for the reproduction and annihilation of (exponential) polynomial signals. Further, these families are shown to provide a stepping stone to generalized graph wavelet designs with adaptive (annihilation) properties. Circulant graphs, which serve as building blocks, facilitate intuitively equivalent signal processing concepts and operations, such that insights can be leveraged for and extended to more complex scenarios, including arbitrary undirected graphs, time-varying graphs, as well as associated signals with spaceand time-variant properties, all the while retaining the focus on inducing sparse representations. Further, we shift from sparsity-inducing to sparsity-leveraging theory and present a novel sampling and graph coarsening framework for (wavelet-)sparse graph signals, inspired by Finite Rate of Innovation (FRI) theory and directly building upon (graph) spline wavelet theory. At its core, the introduced Graph-FRI-framework states that any K-sparse signal residing on the vertices of a circulant graph can be sampled and perfectly reconstructed from its dimensionality-reduced graph spectral representation of minimum size 2K, while the structure of an associated coarsened graph is simultaneously inferred. Extensions to arbitrary graphs can be enforced via suitable approximation schemes. Eventually, gained insights are unified in a graph-based image approximation framework which further leverages graph partitioning and re-labelling techniques for a maximally sparse graph wavelet representation.
Environmental risk and growth in foreign direct investment: Is the composition of FDI in sub-Saharan Africa a speculative type?

Abstract The study explores the influence of environmental risk (macroeconomic uncertainty and environmental sustainability risk) on the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI), utilizing data from 37 economies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 1996 to 2019. The empirical analyses were carried out using Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) estimation technique. The outcomes show that higher level of uncertainty in GDP growth, inflation uncertainty and financial development volatility induce more FDI inflows whilst uncertainty in exchange rate adversely impacts FDI inflows in SSA. The paper highlights how effectiveness of governance, stable political atmosphere and quality of regulatory structures moderate the relationship between environmental risk and FDI with striking varying outcomes. Consistent with the pollution haven hypothesis, the interactions between governance effectiveness, political stability, regulatory structures and environmental risk suggest that the sub-region is attracted to risk loving speculative investors who prefer poorly regulated and weak governance environment. From policy implication, the findings imply that FDI composition in the sub-region may have moved more towards the speculative type, which may not necessarily be classified as pro-growth in nature.
Epidemiological study to support the establishment of a progressive zoning approach for the control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Myanmar

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease which has a significant impact on the economy and livestock productivity of affected countries. The research reported in this thesis involved investigation of the epidemiology of FMD in a potentially free (Tanintharyi) and an endemic (Sagaing) region of Myanmar. The animal level sero-prevalence in the Sagaing was high (42%, 95% CI 37.7 - 47.1) in contrast to that in Tanintharyi Division (11.7%, 5.9 - 17.4). Possible source of FMD in those locations may be due to communal grazing, using only underground water sources, purchasing cattle in March annually as a logestic regression model. In contrast, FMD was negative associated with trading of cattle within the same village where the farmers possessed less than only 10 cattle. During this study, the traditional Dutaik meeting approach which is conducted in rural area of Myanmar ,was developed as a participatory disease tool and was validated with data collected from serological surveys and questionnaire interviews. It was concluded that the MTD meeting approach is a suitable technique to use for detecting FMD with the significant advantages of time and cost effectiveness. It is proposed that the MTD meeting approach is suitable for use in progressive zoning for the control of FMD in Myanmar and can be used to actively involve farmers in the control program and to increase their awareness of the impact of FMD. In this study, a partial budgeting model with Monte Carlo simulation was developed to understand the influence of FMD on the economics of animal draught power, which is the major livestock input into the nation's agricultural enterprise. The model revealed losses to farmers were very high if outbreaks occurred every year. The findings of this study are useful for convincing farmers of the potential losses from FMD and the financial benefit in controlling the disease. The movements of livestock in the Sagaing Division and in the Tanintharyi Division were different, with movements in the Sagaing being more complex. These movement data support the decision to develop a potential free zone area for FMD without vaccination in the Tanintharyi Division (Myanmar MTM area). Positive results from a sero-surveillance study conducted in 2005 in the Tanintharyi Division were most likely false positive results. This was supported by findings from the MTD meetings where no evidence of clinical disease was reported by farmers in contrast to areas where the disease was endemic. It is concluded that the use of a zoning approach with vaccination in the endemic area of the Sagaing Division is an appropriate option for the control of FMD. At this stage it is not feasible to undertake control and eradication of FMD in the whole country. The complex animal movement patterns and the endemic nature of the disease pose real challenges for its control. However, in Myanmar the MTD meeting approach is a cost-effective option for surveillance to improve the FMD status early in an eradication campaign.
Creating Global High-performing Innovation Teams - Insights and Guidelines

This study proposes a model, process and guidelines supporting the creation of global high-performing innovation teams. As global innovation work by teams has become more common, global companies conducting or aiming to conduct global innovation work would benefit from using the suggested proposals. Through a two-pronged research approach, data were collected through a systematic literature review to identify key factors enabling global innovation work from the innovation team perspective and its context, which were validated through interviews and questionnaires with senior management, management, and team members involved in innovation teams spanning six countries. The analysis enabled the proposition of an original model describing a global high-performing innovation team and its context and perspectives alongside a process and guidelines to create such teams in practice, adding knowledge to previous literature, particularly the research field of Innovation Management. Limitations and further research are discussed.
EFFECT OF BUDGETING PRACTICES ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA

Prior studies have asserted that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have grown and represented most businesses in Kenya. However, these studies continue to establish that 70% of Small-to-Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya fail within their first three years of existence. One weakness postulated as a possible cause for this failure rate is poor financial performance. Existing literature has highlighted management accounting practices deployment, including budgeting, costing, and strategic management accounting practices. This is one possible remedy from an array of interventions. This paper, therefore, aims to investigate the effect of budgeting practices, including planning for cash flows (BP), controlling cash flows (BC), resources allocation (BRA), activity coordination (AC), and monitoring financial position (MFP) on Financial Performance (FPM) of Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya. This research adopted a descriptive research design that used data collected using a self-administered cross-sectional survey. A questionnaire from a randomly selected sample of 156 manufacturing SMEs in the City of Nairobi data was analyzed through structural equation modelling. The results revealed that budgeting practices positively and significantly influence manufacturing SME's financial performance. The findings of this study suggest that the financial performance of a manufacturing SME can be improved by deploying strategic action in budgeting practices in the form of planning for cash flows (BP), controlling cash flows (BC), resources allocation (BRA), activity coordination (AC) and monitoring financial position (MFP).
Critical Thinking, Generalized Anxiety in Satisfaction with Studies: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy in Medical Students

Background: The academic and emotional challenges faced by medical students can affect critical thinking and may also contribute to the development of increased generalized anxiety. Similarly, critical thinking and generalized anxiety can impact study satisfaction through the mediating mechanism of academic self-efficacy. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of academic self-efficacy between critical thinking and generalized anxiety in study satisfaction among medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional and explanatory study was conducted involving 259 Peruvian medical students aged between 18 and 35 (M = 20.29, SD = 2.84). The evaluation was based on self-reported questionnaires covering critical thinking, generalized anxiety, academic self-efficacy, and study satisfaction. Furthermore, a structural equation modeling (SEM) and mediation approach was employed to examine the relationships between variables. Results: The results showed an adequate fit of the model [χ2 (87) = 155, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.93, TLI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.05 (CI: 0.04–0.07), SRMR = 0.07], demonstrating the impact of critical thinking and generalized anxiety. It was confirmed that academic self-efficacy has a positive effect on study satisfaction. Moreover, the mediating role of academic self-efficacy was confirmed between critical thinking and study satisfaction, as well as between generalized anxiety and study satisfaction. Conclusions: Due to the high academic load on medical students, academic self-efficacy plays a mediating role in the relationship between critical thinking, generalized anxiety, and satisfaction with studies. The development of educational strategies will help to promote critical thinking and academic self-efficacy, as well as provide support to students with generalized anxiety, to enhance study satisfaction.