Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adoption of Health Management Information System (HMIS) among ESIC Healthcare Professionals in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu: An Integrated Model

It has been emphasised that a Health Management Information System (HMIS) will improve the ability tocollect, store and analyse accurate health data, service delivery efficiency and effectiveness of intervention.Theobjective of the system is to record information on health events and check the quality of servicesat different levels of healthcare. The successful implementation of Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) and health programmes requires complex balancing of the competing views and concernsof the different stakeholders. Some clinicians will view new technology with suspicion, fearing its challengeto their professional autonomy and status. Patients will often seize on the potential benefits but will alsohold legitimate concerns about the security and confidentiality of any electronically held patient data. ITspecialists may seek to use cutting edge technology in the respective environments where existing tried andtested technology would be more than adequate to deliver real improvements in patient care.The adoptionof the health management information system among Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)healthcare professionals and important issues related to system usage, including the implementation andcurrent use of the HMIS at ESIC main hospital and dispensaries in Tirunelveli sub-region were examinedby using a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Information and data were collected from 171 ESIChealthcare professionals in three southern districts (Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari) in Tamil Nadu.An analysis provided enough evidence for the proposition that integration of ICT with the health careprofessional – patient relationship adequately addressed the service efficiency.
Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway

Sea cage fish farming is typically open to the environment, with disease transmission possible between farmed and wild hosts. In salmonid aquaculture, salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations cause production losses, reduce welfare for farmed fish and increase infestation rates for wild fish populations. The high density of hosts in farms likely also shifts the coevolutionary arms race between host and parasite, with ecological and evolutionary consequences for the salmon louse. Using farm-reported salmon and louse abundances and publicly reported estimates of wild salmonid host abundances and the salmon lice they carry, we estimated (1) the relative abundance of farmed and wild salmonid hosts and (2) the relative importance of each for the abundance of salmon lice for the coastal zone of Norway from 1998 to 2017. Farmed hosts increased in importance over time with the expansion of the industry. From 2013 to 2017, farmed salmonids outnumbered wild salmonids by 267−281:1. By 2017, farmed salmonids accounted for 99.6% of available hosts and produced 99.1% of adult female salmon lice and 97.6% of mated (ovigerous) adult female salmon lice in Norwegian coastal waters. The persistent dominance of farmed hosts has clear implications: (1) management decisions that aim to limit lice abundance can be guided by lice data from farms alone, as lice on wild salmonids make a trivial contribution to the national lice population; and (2) strategies to prevent or treat lice infestations are vulnerable to the evolution of resistance, as the pool of wild hosts is inconsequential and will not act as a refuge large enough to stem the evolution of resistance. As the Norwegian salmon industry expands and salmon lice infestations continue, farmed salmon will drive the ecology and evolution of salmon lice.
Production and characterization of the fructosyltransferase (levansucrase) from geobacillus stearothermophilus and its application in the synthesis of novel fructooligosaccharides

The production of the fructosyltransferase (levansucrase) by the thermophilic strain Geobacillus stearothermophilus was investigated at 55oC over a 32 hr-fermentation time course in a mineral medium supplemented with varying sources of nitrogen, iron and carbon inducers. Both organic nitrogen sources, tryptone and peptone, provided the maximal microbial growth and levansucrase activity. All carbon sources induced the production of levansucrase activity, but sucrose at 1% (w/v) was the most efficient inducer. The supplementation with ferrous and ferric iron sources had no significant effect on the bacterial growth nor on the levansucrase activity. The selected culture medium for the large enzyme recovery was composed of peptone/tryptone mixture (5 g/L, each), FeSO4 (5 mg/L) and 1% sucrose. Bacterial cells were harvested after 9hr-fermentation period, which corresponded to a specific levansucrase activity of 1.23 U/mL/Abs600nm. The crude levansucrase extract was enriched using selected precipitating agents. The results show that (NH4)2SO4 (50% saturation) and MnCl2 (50 mM), provided the highest purification factor of 2.44- and 3.16-fold with a recovery yield of 29.3 and 43.9%, respectively. Although PEG-200 and PEG-400 resulted in exceptional purification factors ranging from 231 to 394, the recovery yields were very poor (5.7%). A two-step purification process combining Superdex 75 and MonoQ 5/50 columns resulted in a purification factor of 28.4 and a final yield of 71%. The gel filtration chromatography of the native levansucrase revealed it to be a monomer of 54.4 kDa. The purified levansucrase showed activity over a broad range of temperature (4-67oC) and pH (4-8). However, the transfructosylation and hydrolytic activities were optimal at 47-57oC and at 57oC, respectively, and the transfructosylation activity over the hydrolytic one (2.86 to 3.18 ratio) was favoured within a narrow pH range of 6.0 to 6.5. In addition, the transfructosylation and hydrolytic activities of levansucrase retained 91.7% and 100% of the initial activity after 6 hr-incubation time at 47oC, but were completely inhibited at higher temperatures. The saturation curve of levansucrase activity using sucrose showed typical Michaelis Menten behavior. However, the relatively high Kmapp values for transfructosylation (269 mM) and hydrolytic (272 mM) activities indicate the low affinity of the enzyme towards sucrose. Yet, the levansucrase revealed to have higher acceptor specificity towards pyranose- than furanose-containing glycosides.
Age, growth and demography of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the southwestern Atlantic

The silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis is considered one of the least productive pelagic shark species. The estimation of growth and demographic parameters presented here is fundamental to a sound knowledge of population status of the species in the Atlantic Ocean. Data was collected through an onboard observer program of the Brazilian chartered pelagic longline fishing fleet that operates in the Equatorial Southwestern Atlantic. Vertebral analysis produced the von Bertalanffy growth parameters for pooled sexes L∞ = 283.05 cm; k = 0.0987 yr−1 and t0 = −3.47 yr. Males reached sexual maturity at 8.6 yr and females at 9.9 yr. Longevity was estimated at 27.2 yr. Age structure analysis indicated that 80.5% of the catch was composed of juveniles, with recruitment to the fishery from the first year of life (age 1+). These biological parameters are responsible for the species’ low resistance to fishing pressure, and our demographic analysis (Leslie Matrix) shows an annual population decline of 12.7% yr–1 under the current fishing scenario for the period analyzed. Therefore, conservation measures must be enacted to reestablish the population of silky sharks to safe levels for the maintenance of this species in the South Atlantic.
Ultraviolet irradiation and chlorination/dechlorination for municipal wastewater disinfection: Assessment of performance limitations

A large-scale ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system was operated in parallel with an existing full-scale chlorination system for comparison of process performance at a 340 L/s (7.8 mgd) municipal wastewater treatment facility. The UV disinfection system was operated using two different lamp configurations: vertical and horizontal. Both UV system configurations were operated at the same hydraulic loading, corresponding to the loading at anticipated peak flow for the facility. Both UV systems were shown to be capable of achieving effective inactivation of coliform bacteria. The chlorination system yielded inconsistent performance, probably as a result of inefficient contact chamber design. The major limitation to performance in the UV system was fouling of lamp jackets. Chemical analysis of the fouling materials revealed the presence of a broad spectrum of metals in an amorphous precipitate. Fouling control by air sparging was shown to be effective in slowing the fouling process. An economic analysis of the two disinfection alternatives revealed that UV irradiation would be a less expensive alternative than chlorination and dechlorination at the West Lafayette Wastewater Treatment Plant, both in terms of capital and operating costs.
Stabilitas Emosi Dengan Pengendalian Diri Pada Pasien Hipertensi

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat hubungan antara stabilitas emosi dengan pengendalian diri di klinik islamic center samarinda. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Pasien penyakit hipertensi di klinik islamic center samarinda. Adapun jumlah sampel dijadikan subjek penelitian sebanyak 80 pasien. Teknik sampling yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu purposive sampling. Alat ukur dalam penelitian ini menggunakan skala pengendalian diri, dan skala stabilitas emosi. Skala tersebut disusun dengan skala model likert. Teknik analisa data menggunakan uji korelasi product moment dengan bantuan program Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS) versi 24.00. for windows. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan stabilitas emosi dan pengendalian diri pada pasien hipertensi di klinik islamic center samarinda dengan nilai signifikansi Stabilitas Emosi terhadap Pengendalian Diri memiliki hubungan yang sangat signifikan dengan nilai F = 4,766, R2 = 0,022, dan p = 0,008. Yang artinya semakin tinggi stabilitas emosi pasien maka tingkat pengendalian diri akan semakin tinggi.Sebaliknya semakin rendah stabilitas emosi maka semakin rendah pengendalian diri.
Negative Mood Impairs Updating of Affective Information

Updating is an important executive function that is vital for the attainment of goals such as cognitive tasks, daily activities and the regulation of emotion. The ability to update affective content in working memory is said to be influenced by mood. However, little is known regarding influences of mood on the valence of the affective content. We hypothesized that first, negative mood would impair updating of affective information. Second, this impeding impact would be weaker for the updating of negative information due to mood congruence effect. Sixty-three Russian speaking participants were recruited for the experiment. Half of the participants were induced into negative mood by negative pictures; the other half were presented with neutral pictures. All participants performed the affective 2-back task before and after mood induction. The results showed that negative mood impaired the accuracy rates of updating. However, the mood congruence effect was not observed in the updating of positive and negative materials. We recommend that more experiments be conducted with varied affective stimuli and across different populations.
Numerical Analysis of Free-Surface Flows over Rubber Dams

This study integrates a large eddy simulation (LES) model and volume of fluid (VOF) method to simulate the free-surface flows over inflexible circular-crested dams of different shapes. The simulated water depths and pressures on the dam surface are validated by the results of laboratory experiments. Then the numerical model examines the effects of the water depths and the Reynolds number on the hydrodynamic force and the discharge coefficient. The simulation results reveal that the time-averaged drag coefficient decreases as the downstream water depth H2 increases, while the influence of water depth H2 on the lift coefficients is less significant. Furthermore, the discharge coefficients of circular and elliptical dams, computed from the simulated velocity profiles over the crest of the dam, agree with the formulae suggested by previous studies when the downstream depth H2/H1 < 0.90. In contrast, the discharge coefficient of a tear-shape dam is slightly larger than those of circular dams.
DTPB as a Better Voluntary Tax Compliance Predictor - A Comparison Study

Tax administrators have been trying to maximise its voluntary tax compliance rate where e-filing system has been the preferable compliance tool by taxpayers in submitting their income tax return forms. Despite the effort to provide better services to taxpayers, the heterogeneous taxpayers in Malaysia face difficulties in extracting information and tax knowledge that would require assistance or advice from other sources, like their peers and mass media, while some may have financial difficulties. This comparative study proposes to utilise the multidimensional model of Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB) that incorporates general tax knowledge, mass media referent, and ability to pay as addition to the original DTPB model. The findings showed that general tax filing knowledge, mass media referent, and ability to pay have significant influence on intention to comply with tax laws. However, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, compatibility, and self-efficacy were found to be not significant when the DTPB model was adopted. Nevertheless, it is advantageous to use the DTPB model that provides predictiveness and explanation toward understanding voluntary tax compliance behaviour. This model is useful as a guide for improving voluntary tax compliance rates while promoting the advantages of using e-filing system as the preferable tool for compliance.
Effect of slow tempo music on markers of anxiety during cataract surgery: Randomized control trial

PURPOSE: This study aims to objectively measure the effect of slow tempo music on various markers for anxiety. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a repeated measure randomized control trial of patients with age-related cataracts undergoing cataract extraction through phacoemulsification under local anesthesia. Patients were randomized into two groups: music group where a standardized piano music was played and control group. Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) levels were measured at the beginning and at the end of surgery. Blood pressure and heart rate were also measured at 5 min before surgery and at four other standardized points during and after surgery. Visual Analog Scale for anxiety was also gauged: preoperatively, perioperatively, and 15 min postoperatively. RESULTS: Ninety-two patients were randomized equally to the music group and control group. Paired sample t-test showed a reduction in the level of sAA during surgery in the music group (P = 0.019). The odds ratio for a drop in sAA with music was 4.407 (P = 0.001). Lower systolic blood pressure was observed in the music group: at delivery of local anesthesia (P = 0.047), at first incision (P = 0.023), and during sculpting (P = 0.15). Similarly, diastolic blood pressure was lower at first incision (P = 0.019) in the music group. The visual analog scale for anxiety during surgery was found to be lower in the music group (P = 0.046). CONCLUSION: A slow tempo music during cataract surgery was shown to significantly reduce several indicators for anxiety at various points during cataract surgery.
Anatomical traits of Artemisia umbelliformis subsp. eriantha (asteraceae) alpine glacial relict from Mt. Durmitor (Montenegro)

In this study, the vegetative anatomy of Artemisia umbelliformis subsp. eriantha, a Central European alpine glacial relict, wild-growing on Mt. Durmitor (Montenegro) was examined for the first time. The aim was to investigate the general anatomy and particular anatomical traits which might have possible taxonomic value. Microscopic slides were prepared according to the standard histological procedures. The adventitious young root showed a primary structure, while the older root showed a secondary structure with a well-developed periderm on its surface. The rhizome showed a primary structure with elements of a secondary structure (periderm). The stem cross section is characterized by a round shape with a well-developed periderm at certain stages, and collateral vascular bundles arranged in a circle. The petiole is concave in shape with a single-layered epidermis and parenchyma tissue with one large and two small vascular bundles. Druses and rhombohedral crystals are observed inside some petiole parenchyma cells. The leaf lobe cross section has an oblong-linear shape and is isolateral and amphistomatous in structure. The anticlinal walls of the leaf epidermal cells are sinuate. Secretory canals are present in the root cortex parenchyma (endodermal secretory canals) and the rhizome cortical parenchyma. The stem, petiole and leaf lack secretory canals. The stem and leaf are covered with T-shaped non-glandular and glandular trichomes. The taxonomic value of the analyzed characteristics is briefly discussed.
Maximum chest CT score predicts progression to severe illness in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study from Wuhan, China

Background: We investigated the clinical course and imaging findings of hospitalized patients who were initially diagnosed with moderate COVID-19 symptoms to identify risk factors associated with progression to severe/critical symptoms.Methods: This study was a retrospective single-center study at The Central Hospital of Wuhan. 243 patients with confirmed COVID­19 pneumonia were enrolled in the analysis, of which 40 patients progressed from moderate to severe/critical symptoms during follow up. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and radiological data were extracted from electronic medical records and compared between moderate and severe/critical symptom types. Univariable and multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify the risk factors associated with symptom progression.Results: Patients with severe/critical symptoms were older (p＜0.001) and more often male (p=0.046). We found that the combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high maximum CT scores was associated with disease progression. Maximum CT scores (≥11) had the greatest predictive value for disease progression. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was 0.861 (95% CI: 0.811-0.902). Conclusions: Maximum CT scores and COPD are associated with patient deterioration. Maximum CT scores (≥11) are associated with severe illness.
Limited-Budget Consensus Design and Analysis for Multiagent Systems With Switching Topologies and Intermittent Communications

This paper investigates limited-budget consensus design and analysis problems of general high-order multiagent systems with intermittent communications and switching topologies. The main contribution of this paper is that the tradeoff design between the energy consumption and the consensus performance can be realized while achieving leaderless or leader-following consensus, under constraints of limited budgets and intermittent communications. Firstly, a new intermittent limited-budget consensus control protocol with a practical trade-off design index is proposed, where the total budget of the whole multiagent system is limited. Then, leaderless limited-budget consensus design and analysis criteria are derived, in which the matrix variables of linear matrix inequalities are determined according to the total budget and the practical trade-off design parameters. Meanwhile, an explicit formulation of the consensus function is derived to describe the consensus state trajectory of the whole system. Moreover, a new two-stage transformation strategy is utilized for leader-following cases, by which the dynamics decomposition of leaderless and leader-following cases can be converted into a unified framework, and sufficient conditions of the leader-following limited-budget consensus design and analysis are determined via those of the leaderless cases. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate theoretical results.
Quality of life and occupational hazards among cement factory workers in Mosul city

Occupational hazard poses a danger to individual in working environment in addition to the consequences such as fatal accidents, minor to serious injuries and immediate allergic and systemic effects. The purpose of this study was to identify the relation betweenthe quality of life (QOL) and occupational hazards among the Mosul City Cement factory workers.The test used the descriptive method. The study was carried out in factory of Hamam AL-alili. The sample size was (185) workers selected by convenient sampling. Data collection was conducted in February 2020.The instrument development by researcher depended on (Ware et al., 2002) included three parts: (A) Part 1: personal data questionnaire, which includes (age, years of experience, educational level, department, residence andnature of work) (B) Part II: questions to assess occupational hazards among cement factory workers. (C) Part III: measures the quality of Life. The study noted that more than double of staff didn't know about noise issues (61 percent), whereas more than half of them understood that accident exposure was one of the insufficient lighting problems. Most employees have found that the accidents or injuries and respiratory issues are respectively considered the issues that arise due to exposure to mechanical and chemical hazards. Of the staff, approximately (55.1 percent) had moderate rates of QOL.In conclusion,these researchers found a highly important discrepancy between the QOL of staff and noise and ventilation as physical risks, electrical risks and chemical hazards.
What Are the Priorities of Bureaucrats? Evidence From Conjoint Experiments With Procurement Officials

A well-functioning bureaucracy is a precondition for efficient public goods provision. However, bureaucratic decision-making is still largely seen as a black box. We provide novel insights into the preferences of bureaucrats regarding their work outcomes. We focus on a major public sector activity and survey more than 900 real-life procurement officials in Finland and Germany. The questionnaire includes hypothetical choice experiments to study the relative importance of multiple features in tender outcomes. First, bureaucrats state to have substantial discretion at work but no important incentives. Second, our experimental results show that procurers are particularly worried about avoiding negative risks concerning prices and supplier reputation. Third, an avoidance of bidders with prior bad performance appears to be an extremely important factor. Fourth, procurers value a certain degree of competition, while litigation concerns and regional favoritism play only a small role. The striking lack of heterogeneous effects points towards the role of intrinsic motivation among public buyers in countries with high public sector capacity.