Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of probable cases of congenital Zika syndrome and dengue antibody levels, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.

A case series of suspected cases of congenital Zika syndrome in a maternity hospital in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico was assembled to assess why they were not reported and explore the hypothesis of dengue antibody dependent Zika disease. Clinical and imaging records, and interviews of a total of 13 of the cases revealed that only one of them was laboratory confirmed because appropriate specimens were not collected from the newborns as required by the case definition. 1) Microcephaly, 2) hypoplasia/hypogeneses, thinning or absence of brain structures, 3) multiple birth defects, 4) calcifications, and cysts, 5) meningocele/encephalocele and 6) hydrocephalus were found in 100%, 76.9%, 38.5%, 38.5%, 30.8%, and 23.1%, respectively. They clustered geographically, and 77% occurred within May 2016 to March 2017, and recalled or were told by a doctor they Zika fever. Using as referent a group of mothers who delivered normal newborns in the same hospital, and an 80% plaque reduction neutralization test for dengue virus 1 and 2, there was a four-fold increased risk of congenital Zika syndrome among those with dengue 1 antibody as compared to those with dengue 2 antibody (odds ratio = 3.6; 95% confidence interval: 0.7, 20.5), reaching only borderline statistical significance. The case definitions of congenital Zika syndrome used during the pandemic probably needed to be simpler to gain sensitivity.
Gender-based violence and depressive symptoms among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: A cross-sectional study

Female entertainment workers (FEWs) are at higher risk of gender-based violence (GBV) than the general population. The prolonged stress and fear caused by GBV increase the likelihood of depression, a major mental health problem among FEWs. However, their mental health issue has received limited attention and remains poorly researched in the context of GBV. We examined the association between GBV and depressive symptoms among FEWs in Cambodia. We conducted this cross-sectional study in 2017. We used a two-stage cluster random sampling method to select FEWs from the municipality and six provinces for face-to-face interviews. We used the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) to measure depressive symptoms. We conducted a multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms. We included a total of 645 FEWs in data analyses. The proportions of FEWs experiencing emotional, physical, and sexual violence were 36.1%, 11.6%, and 17.2%, respectively. Of the total participants, 65.9% had high levels of depressive symptoms. The adjusted odds of having high levels of depressive symptoms were higher among FEWs who engaged in transactional sex (AOR 1.79, 95% CI 1.09–2.94), experienced emotional abuse (AOR 3.15, 95% CI 1.90–5.23), and experienced two (AOR 7.89, 95% CI 3.28–18.99) and three overlapping types of GBV (AOR 12.12, 95% CI 2.47–59.25) than those who did not. FEWs in this study experienced high levels and overlapping types of GBV associated with high levels of depressive symptoms. Policy interventions and services should be designed to prevent GBV and support the victims of GBV to mitigate depressive symptoms among FEWs in Cambodia.
IRS Parameter Optimization for Channel Estimation MSE Minimization in Double-IRS Aided Systems

We consider the channel estimation problem in double intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided single-user single-input-multiple-output systems. We focus on scenarios with less observations (training slots) <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> than number of IRS antennas <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, exploiting channel spatial correlations. Unlike existing works, we reformulate the problem and obtain an equivalent signal model that is tractable for numerical optimization of the IRS parameters in the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${T} < {L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> regime. We first derive the linear minimum-mean-square-error (MMSE) channel estimates of all links, then optimize the parameters of both IRSs to minimize the channel estimation sum MSE via an alternating optimization and projected gradient descent framework, exploiting channel spatial correlations as side information. Simulation results show superior channel estimation and data rate performance to literature approaches based on configuring the IRS parameters with discrete Fourier transform coefficients.
Contribution of Islamic Debt Financing in Entrepreneurship Promoting Financial Sector Transformation

Empirically conventional financial development theories provided mixed results in motivating entrepreneurship. The risk transferring and fixed returns based lending may harm the new venture if the borrower is not financial literate. In comparison, Islamic finance provides a juristic, participative, and equitable alternative for new ventures, which empirically shows growth promoting effects. This study explores the holistic curvilinear effect of financial development on entrepreneurship while allowing the moderating role of rising Islamic debt financing in the economy. This study selected the unbalanced panel data of all Islamic banks of 16 countries and used panel quantile regression to estimate the quadratic financial development effects and moderation of the Islamic debt financing. The results showed that Islamic debt financing provides entrepreneurship support coverage in countries where the financial sector is not fully developed. Central Banks and Islamic advisory councils can follow the outcomes to integrate increasing Islamic financing in the national financial development policy in developing a facilitative environment for new businesses.
Sarcomatoid carcinoma: A rare biphasic variant of OSCC: A case report

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a type of spindle cell neoplasm. These varieties of neoplasms comprise of a diverse collection of benign and malignant neoplasms. Sarcomatoid carcinoma, also known by various other names such as Spindle cell carcinoma, Lane’s tumor, to name a few, is an exceedingly rare and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma [3, 7, 8] The variation in its nomenclature reflects the divergent interpretation of the sarcomatoid component as reactive or neoplastic, mesenchymal or epithelial [8] . It accounts for <1% of total tumors occurring in the jaw. Role of imaging in diagnosis of such lesions is irreplaceable considering the location and nature of the lesion. In the present case of a 44 year old female patient with inability to open the mouth since over 6 months; the diagnosis was especially challenging due to location of the lesion and clinical symptoms. We aim to highlight significance of thorough clinical examination and appropriate imaging modalities for an unusual presentation of a rare neoplasm which can leave clinicians baffled.
STUDI KOMPARATIF LITERASI LINGKUNGAN DAN SIKAP PEDULI LINGKUNGAN SISWA SEKOLAH ADIWIYATA DENGAN NON ADIWIYATA

Abstrak: Penelitian ini membahas tentang literasi lingkungan dan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa di dua sekolah yang berbeda yakni MAN 2 sebagai sekolah Adiwiyata dan MAN 1 sebagai sekolah Non Adiwiwiyata, yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan literasi lingkungan dan sikap peduli lingkungan antara sekolah adiwiyata dan non adiwiyata. Penelitian ini dilakukan di MAN 2 dan MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya tahun ajaran 2020-2021. Populasinya adalah seluruh kelas XI MIA yang terdiri atas 3 kelas dengan jumlah 87 siswa di MAN 2 dan di MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya terdiri dari 5 kelas XI MIA yang berjumlah 173 siswa. Sampel diambil dari kelas XI MIA 1 di MAN 2 dan kelas XI MIA 4 di MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya yang diambil berdasarkan teknik purposive sampling. Metodologi: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan komparatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan mengggunaan instrumen tes soal literasi lingkungan dan instrumen angket sikap peduli lingkungan yang diberikan kepada kelas sampel. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan literasi lingkungan dan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa sekolah adiwiyata dengan non adiwiyata. Hal ini terbukti berdasarkan uji hipotesis (two way anova) diketahui nilai signifikasi 0,04 0,05 artinya adanya perbedaan literasi lingkungan dan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa di sekolah adiwiyata dengan non adiwiyata.Keywords: Literasi lingkungan; sikap peduli lingkungan; Adiwiyata; Non Adiwiyata. Absract: This study discusses environmental literacy and environmental care attitudes of students in two different schools, namely MAN 2 as an Adiwiyata school and MAN 1 as a non-Adiwiyata school, which aims to determine the differences in environmental literacy and environmental care attitudes between Adiwiyata and non Adiwiyata schools. This research was conducted in MAN 2 and MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya in the academic year 2020-2021. The population is all class XI MIA which consists of 3 classes with a total of 87 students in MAN 2 and in MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya consisting of 5 classes XI MIA totaling 173 students. Samples were taken from class XI MIA 1 in MAN 2 and class XI MIA 4 in MAN 1 Kota Tasikmalaya which were taken based on purposive sampling technique. Methodology: This research is a quantitative study with a comparative approach. The data collection technique used the environmental literacy test instrument and the environmental care attitude questionnaire instrument given to the sample class. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that there are differences in environmental literacy and environmental care attitudes of Adiwiyata and non Adiwiyata school students. This is proven based on the hypothesis test (two way ANOVA), it is known that the significance value is 0.04 0.05, which means that there are differences in environmental literacy and environmental care attitudes of students in Adiwiyata and non Adiwiyata schools.Keywords: environmental literacy; environmental care attitude; Adiwiyata; Non Adiwiyata.
Thermal Aging Evaluation of XLPE Power Cable by Using Multidimensional Characteristic Analysis of Leakage Current

Thermal aging is a common form of cable deterioration. In this paper, the effect of thermal aging on cables is evaluated by analyzing the harmonic characteristics in cable leakage currents. Cable samples were first fabricated and subjected to accelerated thermal aging tests at 120 °C. The experimental circuits were built to test the dielectric loss factor and the AC leakage current of the cable at different aging times. Then, the improved variational modal decomposition (VMD) algorithm was used for the time–frequency analysis of the leakage current, and the relationship between thermal aging and leakage current harmonics was investigated. Thermal aging was discovered to increase the capacitance and dielectric loss factor of the cable as well as generate harmonics in the leakage current, with harmonics at 150, 450, and 650 Hz being particularly sensitive to thermal aging. The multidimensional characteristic parameters such as the time-domain, frequency-domain, and relative energy and the sample entropy of the leakage current harmonics were calculated. The results demonstrated thermal aging increased the relative energy and power spectrum energy of the harmonics and increased the disorder of the harmonic sequence.
Some considerations on the secondary electron emission, δ, from e− irradiated insulators

The so-called “total yield” approach often fails to explain the measured sign of the surface potential, VS, and the shift of the nominal critical energy EC2∘ (where δ°+η°=1) of electron irradiated insulators. Here, a simple modification of this approach consists in including some extra interactions of the secondary and backscattered electrons with the electron traps generated previously by the irradiation itself. The trends in the evolution of the total yield, δ+η, and of VS as a function of the irradiation time (from their initial values up to their steady values) are then deduced for a wide primary beam energy range (1–50 keV) and for different external collector (or specimen holder) bias. New mechanisms are suggested for the contrasts observed in insulators investigated in scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The present analysis applies for a wide variety of electron beam techniques (SEM, Auger electron spectroscopy, and electron probe microanalysis) operated on a wide variety of insulating specimens a.
On Polynomial Reproduction of Dual FE Bases

We construct local piecewise polynomial dual bases for standard Lagrange nite element spaces which themselves provide maximal polynomial reproduction This answers a question which came up in connection with the second author s research on mortar nite elements By means of such dual bases for the Lagrange multiplier extremely e cient realization of mortar methods on non matching triangulations can be obtained without losing the optimality of the discretization errors In contrast to the standard mortar approach the locality of the basis functions is preserved Introduction Consider the LagrangeC nite element space V S q T of arbitrary degree q on a one dimensional partition T and denote by dimV a suitable nodal basis in V consisting of locally sup ported functions details will be given below We aim at constructing a dual system dimV of locally supported functions belonging to the space W S q T of piecewise polynomial functions of degree q such that the quasi interpolant projections
An implementation of a parallel rational Krylov algorithm

An implementation of a parallel rational Krylov method for the generalised matrix eigenvalue problem is discussed. The implementation has been done on a MIMD computer and a cluster of workstations. The Rational Krylov algorithm is an extension of the shifted and inverted Arnoldi method where several shifts are used to compute basis vectors for one subspace. In this parallel implementation, the di erent shifted matrices are factorised each on one processor and then the iteration vectors are generated in parallel.
The Impact of STEM Integration on Student Achievement Using HLM: A Case Study

The study’s purpose was to determine the effectiveness of a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program in an urban, Ohio middle school. The definition of integrated STEM education along with curriculum, standards, and implementation models are described. Participants in this longitudinal, quantitative study were all students enrolled in grades 7-8 beginning in 2012-2013 and continuing for seven years. Per grade level for any given year, there were 25-28 participants receiving the treatment by voluntary enrollment in an integrated STEM education program (containing STEM curriculum and applying pedagogies of project-based learning) and 350-425 control participants receiving general education (defined as traditional and lacking both project-based learning and STEM curriculum). We sought to determine if participation in an integrated STEM education program had an impact on student achievement (measured by Ohio State Test scores) and, if any, interaction effects due to gender, socioeconomic status, student race, and attendance rate were present. The use of hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) determined integrated STEM education had a significant, positive effect on achievement combining math and science (participants scoring 31.8 points higher on average) and in science only (participants scoring 38.2 points higher on average) compared to control participants, respectively. No interaction effects were found. These findings pose strong implications for educational leaders in making teacher training and curriculum decisions with the aim of increasing student achievement.
Flow Dynamics in Human Aorta with Coexisting Models of Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis and Coarctation of the Aorta

Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is an obstruction of the aorta and is usually associated with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve stenosis (AS). The main objective of this work is to understand the hemodynamic of COA from different perspectives. This was performed using a global approach including: numerical simulations, mathematical lumped parameter modeling and experimental measurements. Numerous investigations pointed to a relationship between the genesis and the progression of cardiovascular disease and the locally irregular flow occurring at the diseased zone. Therefore, to examine the relationship between arterial disease and hemodynamics conditions, a joint experimental and numerical investigation was performed to understand physics of fluid flow of COA. When COA coexists with AS, the left ventricle faces a double hemodynamic load: a valvular load plus a vascular load. First, a formulation describing the instantaneous net pressure gradient through COA was introduced and the predictions compared to in vitro results. The model was then used to determine left ventricular work induced by coexisting aortic stenosis and coarctation with different severities. The suggested model can be used to guide the choice of optimal operative procedure (aortic valve replacement and/or coarctation repaired surgery) and to predict the potential outcome for such patients. Early detection and accurate estimation of COA severity is the most important predictor of successful long-term outcome. However, current clinical parameters used for the evaluation of the severity of COA have several limitations. In this study, first, we evaluated the limitations of current existing parameters (Catheter trans-COA pressure gradients and Doppler echocardiographic trans-COA pressure gradients) for the evaluation of the severity of COA. Then, we suggested a new approach based on COA Doppler velocity index and COA effective orifice area capable of predicting more accurately the severity of COA. An original in-vitro study was performed using a mock flow circulation model with different COA severities and various aortic valve conditions under different flow rates. In conclusion, this study investigated the flow dynamics of COA and development of a lumped parameter model, based on non-invasive measurements, capable of accurately investigating the impact of coexisting AS and COA on left ventricular workload. In addition, this study proposed two innovative approaches to evaluate the severity of COA correctly.
The material and symbolic in young women’s negotiation of precarious employment: the case of the Israeli service and care sectors

ABSTRACT The literature focusing on young people’s negotiations of precarious employment has tended to split between material and symbolic resources and has mainly stressed coping mechanisms, which support young people’s ability to persist in precariousness at work as opposed to resisting precariousness and demanding change. Analysing interviews with 20 socially marginalised young women working in the Israeli service and care sector we could validate earlier scholarly emphasis on those resources which build young people’s capacity to bear precarious employment. These were topped; however, by young women’s knowledge of workers’ rights and labour law which we interpreted as a symbolic resource building self-advocacy and the capacity to demand change.
Spectral invariants towards a Non-convex Aubry-Mather theory

Aubry-Mather is traditionally concerned with Tonelli Hamiltonian (convex and super-linear). In \cite{Vi,MVZ}, Mather's $\alpha$ function is recovered from the homogenization of symplectic capacities. This allows the authors to extend the Mather functional to non convex cases. This article shows that the relation between invariant measures and the subdifferential of Mather's functional (which is the foundational statement of Mather) is preserved in the non convex case. We give applications in the context of the classical KAM theory to the existence of invariant measures with large rotation vector after the possible disappearance of some KAM tori.
CAG Repeat Instability in the Peripheral and Central Nervous System of Transgenic Huntington’s Disease Monkeys

Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant disease that results in severe neurodegeneration with no cure. HD is caused by the expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat (TNR) on the Huntingtin gene (HTT). Although the somatic and germline expansion of the CAG repeats has been well-documented, the underlying mechanisms had not been fully delineated. Increased CAG repeat length is associated with a more severe phenotype, greater TNR instability, and earlier age of onset. The direct relationship between CAG repeat length and molecular pathogenesis makes TNR instability a useful measure of symptom severity and tissue susceptibility. Thus, we examined the tissue-specific TNR instability of transgenic nonhuman primate models of Huntington’s disease. Our data show a similar profile of CAG repeat expansion in both rHD1 and rHD7, where high instability was observed in testis, liver, caudate, and putamen. CAG repeat expansion was observed in all tissue samples, and tissue- and CAG repeat size-dependent expansion was observed. Correlation analysis of CAG repeat expansion and the gene expression profile of four genes in different tissues, clusterin (CLU), transferrin (TF), ribosomal protein lateral stalk subunit P1 (RPLP1), and ribosomal protein L13a (RPL13A), showed a strong correlation with CAG repeat instability. Overall, our data, along with previously published studies, can be used for studying the biology of CAG repeat instability and identifying new therapeutic targets.
Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a US Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Clinic

Background: In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a nationwide quarantine that forced individuals to adjust their daily activities, potentially impacting the burden of foot and ankle disease. The purpose of this study was to compare diagnoses made in an orthopaedic foot and ankle clinic during the shelter-in-place period of the COVID-19 pandemic to diagnoses made during the same months of the previous year. Methods: A retrospective review of new patients presenting to the clinics of 4 fellowship-trained orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeons in a major United States city was performed. Patients in the COVID-19 group presented between March 22 and July 1, 2020, during the peak of the quarantine for this city. Patients in the control group presented during the same period of 2019. Final diagnosis, chronicity of symptoms (acute: ≤1 month), and mechanism of disease were compared between groups. Results: A total of 1409 new patient visits were reviewed with 449 visits in the COVID-19 group and 960 visits in the control group. The COVID-19 group had a significantly higher proportion of ankle fractures (8.7% vs 5.4%, P = .020) and stress fractures (4.2% vs 2.2%, P = .031), but a smaller proportion of Achilles tendon ruptures (0.7% vs 2.5%, P = .019). The COVID-19 group had a higher proportion of acute injuries (35.4% vs 23.5%, P < .001). Conclusion: There was a shift in prevalence of pathology seen in the foot and ankle clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may reflect the adoption of different activities during the quarantine period and reluctance to present for evaluation of non-urgent injuries. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.