Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sleep problem screening of young children by speech-language pathologists: A mixed-methods feasibility study

Background & Aims Poor sleep in young children imperils language learning and use. Both sleep and language problems are prevalent in early childhood. Speech-language pathologists are in a unique position to expand surveillance of sleep problems, which in turn may contribute to communication difficulties. We conducted a feasibility study of speech-language pathologist screening for behavioral sleep problems and sleep-disordered breathing symptoms at a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment center. Methods Speech-language pathologists administered screeners to parents of 2–6-year-olds: the Short Form-Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (for behavioral sleep problems) which includes an item asking if the child has a sleep problem (yes/no), and the pediatric sleep questionnaire (for sleep-disordered breathing). Speech-language pathologists participated in pre- and post-screening focus groups. Pre-screening topics included professional preparation and clinical experience regarding pediatric sleep issues. Post-screening, speech-language pathologists provided feedback about the screening experience and feasibility of incorporating such screening into practice. Results Among 51 children, 31% (16/51) screened positive for sleep-disordered breathing, 78% for behavioral sleep problems (40/51), and 43% (12/28) per parent report. Parent-reported problems were associated with sleep-disordered breathing (p = 0.00) but not behavioral sleep problems (p = 0.24). During focus groups, speech-language pathologists reported no formal pediatric sleep training, high parent concern about sleep, and agreed that screening fit their professional mandate. Speech-language pathologists affirmed that the ≤15 min screenings integrated seamlessly into practice but that additional training, particularly for sleep-disordered breathing, was needed. Conclusions The prevalence of sleep problems in 2–6-year-olds presenting to speech-language pathologists was higher than in community samples, but consistent with data from young children with developmental disabilities. Speech-language pathologists endorsed the utility and feasibility of sleep problem screening and education in their clinical practice. Implications Integrating sleep problem screening and education into speech-language pathologist practice is feasible and could widen surveillance of both sleep problems and risk factors for developmental language disorders. Further research should include larger samples and other settings, e.g. home or school.
Preserving Javanese identity and cultural heritage in Malaysia

Abstract This research traces the diaspora of the Javanese and their cultural heritage and examines their adaptation to Malaysian society. The disputes that occurred in the last ten years between Indonesia and Malaysia draw massive attention. The claims of culture between the two countries have often led to tensions between them. Disputes have generally been triggered by the Malaysian government’s claims against several Indonesian cultural heritage such as kuda kepang, barongan, reog, and batik. The study employs a historical approach using qualitative data obtained through scholarly studies and sources such as archives, documents, newspapers, books, and interviews with individuals in Indonesia and Malaysia combined with scholarly research. The paper outlines the migration of Javanese people to Malaysia and discusses various elements of their culture—including music, dance forms, puppet theatre, foods and medicinal herbs, and the batik method of dyeing textiles—that they introduced into Malaysian culture. This paper re-examines the case of contemporary Malaysian society and how they negotiate their identity, paying particular attention to the Javanese Malay. This paper argues that the Javanese-Malay are the main actors who actively preserve Javanese cultural heritage in Malaysia.
The use of taxonomic studies to the identification of wetlands weeds

Abstract Background Palyno-anatomy of wetland species belonging to 10 families was studied in the present research work through light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), to find valuable taxonomic characters. Objective This study aims to provide baseline information of the micro-morphological characters of 24 wetland species which will be helpful for further identification of wetlands weeds flora. Methods 24 weeds were collected from different wetlands of Azad Kashmir. Taxonomic tools like light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic techniques are [. ]
Rheological flow models of banana peel pectin jellies as affected by sugar concentration

ABSTRACT In the present study, peel pectin jellies (PPJ) were isolated from banana peel Musa acuminata Colla (AAA, cv ‘Berangan’) varieties using water bath extraction; five jellies were produced, namely, PPJ_68%, PPJ_70%, PPJ_71%, PPJ_72%, and PPJ_76%. The effect of sugar content on the rheology of the PPJ and commercial fruit jelly was conducted at 25°C within 0.05–100 s−1 shear rate. Flow behaviour was evaluated on the test dispersions while frequency sweeps (Ea) to obtain the viscoelastic (G’ and G”) were performed on the jellies. PPJ dispersion showed shear thinning flow behaviour, a good fit to the Casson model. Sugar concentration does not affect Casson parameters (Kc, Koc, ɳca, and σoc). Frequency sweep decreased as viscosity increased which revealed high dependence for both G’ and G”. Tan δ for PPJ was more than unity which showed that jelly has less elastic properties. PPJ with the lowest sugar concentration, PPJ_68%, conducted at a high shear rate showed it was compatible with validation of the Cox–Merz rule.
Patient Blood Management in Craniosynostosis Surgery

Background: Craniosynostosis surgery is one of the most hemorrhagic interventions, where transfusion rates vary from 20 to 100% depending on the study.Objective: To describe intraoperative and postoperative outcomes in a secondary analysis of children who underwent craniosynostosis surgery included in the initial retrospective study with the aim of proposing intraoperative implementation optimization protocols for postoperative outcome improvement.Methods: Secondary analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee.Results: There were 69 children with a median age of 10 [0-207] months.Eight (11.6%) patients had intraoperative and/or postoperative complications. One patient (1.5%) had intraoperative hemorrhagic shock, and two patients (2.9%) had intraoperative broncholaryngospasm. One patient (1.5%) had postoperative anaphylaxis. One patient (1.5%) had postoperative hemorrhagic shock. One patient (1.5%) had postoperative respiratory failure. Two patients (2.9%) had postoperative neurologic failure. One patient (1.5%) had neuro-meningeal sepsis. One patient (1.5%) had a re-operation. There was no in-hospital mortality.Fourty-eight patients (69.6%) had intraoperative transfusions.Conclusion: Transfusion protocols guided with point-of-care tests should be included in patient blood management programs in craniosynostosis surgery.
Tired of email? Examining the role of extraversion in building energy resources after dealing with work-email

ABSTRACT Office-based work today involves dealing with email, despite being denigrated and lauded in almost equal measures. Using the Conservation of Resources theory we examine whether Extraversion (expressed through two facets) acts as a resource to explain the differential impact that work-email has on people’s energy resources (relating to fatigue and boredom). An experience-sampling study was undertaken, whereby 54 knowledge-workers completed records of their response (n = 589) to new work-email over the course of a typical working day. Results were analysed using hierarchical linear modelling (HLM). Participants who felt tired prior to dealing with email, reported that they felt more energized afterwards (but only if they were higher on Agentic extraversion). Work-email did not re-energize extraverts when they had been bored beforehand. By examining changes in energy resources, and by measuring different facets of Extraversion, we offer theoretical and methodological contributions to advancing understanding about the role of resources in dealing with work-email. Specifically, our results suggest that Extraversion may not constitutionally be a key resource within COR, because its value and contribution to resource building is contingent on context. Implications for practitioners concerned with how best to manage digital communications at work, are discussed.
The effect of PVA coated film containing silver nanoparticles synthesized from aqueous Satureja rechingeri extract on shelf life of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillet

In this study, The effect of rainbow trout fillet's packing (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with polyvinyl alcohol films which activated by silver nano particles that synthesized from aqueous extract of Satureja rechingeri with ultrasound and photo-chemical methods and increase the microbial's shelf life (Antimicrobial properties) and qualitative properties of 160 salmon's pieces with 4 kind of packing in 14 days at two refrigerator temperatures (4 and 8 ℃), was investigated. The main compounds at Satureja rechingeri extract was Carvacrol (83.2%), paracimene (3.11%), thymol (2.13%) and γ-terpene (1.63%). The evaluation of UV- VIS and TEM shows that diameter of S-AgNP is lower than 55nm. The results of this issue showed the decreasing microbial load's procedure of samples in silver's nano covers of extract with ultrasound method (p > 0.05) and samples of nano silver coating with photo-chemical method had reducing effect on spoilage, also it measured this process till fourteenth days of investigation. According to the results of this investigatives, we can use nano- silver's packaging of Satureja rechingeri aqueou's extract for preserving the raw and perishable foods such as fish to increasing the shelflife and decreasing the amount of spoil.
Synthesis, Microstructure and Properties of Magnetron Sputtered Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Thin Film Coatings

Compared to aluminum nitride (AlN) with simple stoichiometry, lead zirconate titanate thin films (PZT) are the other promising candidate in advanced micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) devices due to their excellent piezoelectric and dielectric properties. The fabrication of PZT thin films with a large area is challenging but in urgent demand. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the relationships between synthesis parameters and specific properties. Compared to sol-gel and pulsed laser deposition techniques, this review highlights a magnetron sputtering technique owing to its high feasibility and controllability. In this review, we survey the microstructural characteristics of PZT thin films, as well as synthesis parameters (such as substrate, deposition temperature, gas atmosphere, and annealing temperature, etc.) and functional proper-ties (such as dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric, etc). The dependence of these influential factors is particularly emphasized in this review, which could provide experimental guidance for researchers to acquire PZT thin films with expected properties by a magnetron sputtering technique.
Polytomous Testlet Response Models for Technology-Enhanced Innovative Items: Implications on Model Fit and Trait Inference

The development of technology-enhanced innovative items calls for practical models that can describe polytomous testlet items. In this study, we evaluate four measurement models that can characterize polytomous items administered in testlets: (a) generalized partial credit model (GPCM), (b) testlet-as-a-polytomous-item model (TPIM), (c) random-effect testlet model (RTM), and (d) fixed-effect testlet model (FTM). Using data from GPCM, FTM, and RTM, we examine performance of the scoring models in multiple aspects: relative model fit, absolute item fit, significance of testlet effects, parameter recovery, and classification accuracy. The empirical analysis suggests that relative performance of the models varies substantially depending on the testlet-effect type, effect size, and trait estimator. When testlets had no or fixed effects, GPCM and FTM led to most desirable measurement outcomes. When testlets had random interaction effects, RTM demonstrated best model fit and yet showed substantially different performance in the trait recovery depending on the estimator. In particular, the advantage of RTM as a scoring model was discernable only when there existed strong random effects and the trait levels were estimated with Bayes priors. In other settings, the simpler models (i.e., GPCM, FTM) performed better or comparably. The study also revealed that polytomous scoring of testlet items has limited prospect as a functional scoring method. Based on the outcomes of the empirical evaluation, we provide practical guidelines for choosing a measurement model for polytomous innovative items that are administered in testlets.
Role of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Animal Products in Human Health – One Health Perspective

Animal products, in particular dairy and fermented products, are natural, major sources of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Due to their antimicrobial properties, LAB are used in humans and in animals, with beneficial effects, as probiotics or in the treatment of a variety of diseases. In livestock production, LAB contribute to animal performance, health, and productivity. In the food industry, LAB are applied as bioprotective and biopreservation agents, contributing to improve food safety and quality. However, some studies have described resistance to relevant antibiotics in LAB, with the concomitant risks associated to the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes to foodborne pathogens, their potential dissemination throughout the food chain, and the environment. Here, we summarize the application of LAB in livestock and animal products, as well as the health impact of LAB in animal food products. In general, the beneficial effects of LAB on the human food chain seem to outweigh the potential risks associated with their consumption as part of animal and human diets. However, further studies and continuous monitorization efforts are needed to ensure their safe application in animal products and in the control of pathogenic microorganisms, preventing the possible risks associated with antibiotic resistance and, thus, protecting public health.
Personalization and the Smart Home: questioning techno-hedonist imaginaries

Smart home futures predicted and promoted in the discourses and practices of industry increasingly figure forms of automated decision making (ADM) into existing narratives of technological solutionism. This article interrogates how these narratives are constituted, the futures they imagine, predict and promote, and how people and households are presented within these futures. Our discussion is based on a content analysis of technology industry reports. The reports emphasize that the key to business success in the future is to use ADM to instantly satisfy individual preferences and to tailor products and services to the “market of one. ” While the role of AI and algorithms in the creation of personalized media—particularly social media feeds—has garnered attention for its role in increasing political divisiveness around the world, less attention has been paid to the consequences of this individualized logic when applied and recreated in the design and installation of automated smart home technology. The technology sector’s emphasis on personalization treats the household as an individual self-motivated decision-making entity, despite the home being a complex socio-material assemblage shaped by constantly negotiated power differentials, such as by age, gender, and species. Thus, the discourse of “personalization” underpinning the imagination of emerging technology for the home and the individualized conception of human behavior which underpins it, lead to significant oversights when situated in the complexity of domestic life. Further we argue that this risks embedding an alienated understanding of human behavior—techno-hedonism—into ADM systems. We discuss how a persona of the techno-hedonist underlies visions of the personalized smart home, and its potential consequences through three interrelated concepts: convenience, control, and choice.
Forest and Plantation Soil Microbiomes Differ in Their Capacity to Suppress Feedback Between Geosmithia morbida and Rhizosphere Pathogens of J. nigra Seedlings

Thousand cankers disease (TCD) is hypothesized to have a greater impact on eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) in urban forests and plantations compared to natural forest stands. Along with other factors, such as resource availability, the phytobiome could partly account for observed differences in disease severity across management regimes. We investigated the extent to which J. nigra-associated soil microbiomes from plantations and natural forests modulate a) the amount of necrosis caused by Geosmithia morbida Kolařík, Freeland, Utley and Tisserat in one-year-old seedlings, and b) relative abundance of rhizosphere endophytes and opportunistic pathogens Fusarium and Rhizoctonia in response to aboveground inoculation with G. morbida. Our results suggest that the microbiome from natural forest soil in central Indiana suppresses Fusarium and is indirectly suppressive of G. morbida. Natural forest soil had a greater ability to reduce the size of necrotic area caused by G. morbida compared to steam-treated soil. Inoculating stems of seedlings with G. morbida induced a shift in fungal community composition in the rhizosphere, including Fusarium and Rhizoctonia, but the direction and magnitude of the shift depended on whether seedlings were amended with forest, plantation, or steam-treated soil. In a companion experiment, necrotic area in G. morbida-inoculated seedlings was twice as high in seedlings grown from seeds that were treated with Fusarium solani relative to those grown from seeds treated with water. Our findings support the hypothesis that TCD severity can be modulated by host-mediated feedback between above- and belowground pathogens, as well as by microbial interactions in the rhizosphere.
Changes in soil phosphorus balance and phosphorus-use efficiency under long-term fertilization conducted on agriculturally used Chernozem in Germany

Abstract: This study investigates changes in soil phosphorus (P) in different fertilization treatments applied since 1902 on Chernozem soil at a “Static Fertilization Experiment” in Germany. Total and plant-available soil P, and soil P balances were assessed at 0–30, 30–60, and 60–90 cm depth layers in unfertilized “Zero”, mineral “NK” and “NPK”, and combined mineral and organic “FYM + NK” (farmyard manure + NK) and “FYM + NPK” fertilization treatments. P-use efficiencies were determined for each crop in rotation (sugar beet, spring barley, potato, and winter wheat). The 110 yr of P fertilization at rates between 22 and 55 t ha-1 yr-1 resulted in a significant increase of available P contents. P stocks increased up to 60 cm depth. Total P accumulation comprised 1.4 t ha-1 for NPK, 1.3 t ha-1 for FYM + NK, and 3.1 t ha-1 for FYM + NPK. Crops cultivation without P fertilization in Zero and NK treatments resulted in negative P balances and reduction of available P below recommended levels. Reduction of mineral P application rates after 1981, along with crop variety-dependent yield increases, resulted in an improved P-use efficiency. An organic fertilization combined with mineral N and K fertilizers (FYM + NK) was found to be the most P-efficient treatment for Chernozem soils.
Doses de potássio na produção da alface

A utilização de fertilizantes minerais em alface é uma prática agrícola que traz resultados satisfatórios, porém, é necessário saber qual dose ótima de acordo com cada tipo de solo. Desta forma, objetivou com este trabalho avaliar a influência de doses de potássio (K) sobre o crescimento e produção de alface 'Vera', em um solo contendo baixos teores de K (0,3 mmolc dm-3). O experimento foi realizado de 3 de setembro de 2011 a 4 de janeiro, de 2012, em blocos casualizados com seis tratamentos (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 e 250 kg ha-1 de K2O) e quatro repetições. A alface foi colhida 45 dias após o transplante das mudas. Foram verificados efeitos significativos na massa fresca e seca da parte aérea, teor de K no solo e acúmulo de K na planta, os quais foram maximizados com as doses de 180, 153, 250 e 250 kg ha-1 de K2O, respectivamente. Não houve diferença significativa para o teor foliar de K nas doses de K2O avaliadas. Em Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo distrocoeso, com baixa disponibilidade de potássio, a alface responde positivamente a adubação potássica, sendo necessários 180 kg ha-1 de K2O.
Female Tilapia Strategising Energy Mobilisation Differently For Growth Or Reproduction Depend On Living Environments

This study was conducted to investigate the energy mobilization and ionoregulation pattern of tilapia living recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) and cage culture environments. Three different groups of tilapia were compared as tilapia cultured in RAS (Group I - RAS), tilapia cultured in open water cage (Group II - Cage) and tilapia transferred from cage to RAS (Group III - Compensation) as physiology compromising model. Results revealed that Group II tilapia mobilized glycogen as primarily energy for daily exercise activity and promoted growth, whilst tilapia from Group I and III mobilised lipid to support gonadogenesis and protein reserved for somatogensis. The gills and kidney NKA activities remained relative stable to maintain balance homeostasis with a electrolytes level. As a remark, this study revealed that tilapia re-strategized their energy mobilization pattern in accessing glycogen as easy energy to support exercise metabolism and mobilized lipid and protein for growth and gonadal development.
Amount and reactivity of dissolved organic matter export are affected by land cover change from old‐growth to second‐growth forests in headwater ecosystems

Headwater forest ecosystems of the western USA generate a large portion of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) transported in streams across North America. Land cover changes that alter forest structure and species composition affect the quantity and composition of DOM transferred to aquatic ecosystems. Clear‐cut harvesting affects ~1% of the forest area of North America annually, leaving most western forests in varying stages of regrowth and the total area of old‐growth forest is decreasing. The consequences of this widespread management practice on watershed carbon cycling remain unknown. We investigated the role of land cover change, because of clear‐cut harvesting, from mixed‐species old‐growth to lodgepole pine‐dominated second‐growth forest on the character and reactivity of hillslope DOM exports. We evaluated inputs of DOM from litter leachates and export of DOM collected at the base of trenched hillslopes during a 3‐year period (2016–2018) at the Fraser Experimental Forest in north‐central Colorado, USA. Dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved nitrogen were higher in lateral subsurface flow draining old‐ versus second‐growth forest. Fluorescence spectroscopy showed that the DOM exported from the old‐growth forest was more heterogeneous and aromatic and that proteinaceous, microbially processed DOM components were more prevalent in the second‐growth forest. Biological oxygen demand assays revealed much lower microbial metabolism of DOM in litter leachate and subsurface exports from the old‐growth forest relative to second growth. Old‐growth and second‐growth forests are co‐mingled in managed ecosystems, and our findings demonstrate that land cover change from a mixture of conifer species to lodgepole pine dominance influences DOM inputs that can increase the reactivity of DOM transferred from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems.