Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Engaging With a Web-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Psychosis: Qualitative Study of User Experiences

Background Web-based interventions are increasingly being used for individuals with serious mental illness, including psychosis, and preliminary evidence suggests clinical benefits. To achieve such benefits, individuals must have some level of engagement with the intervention. Currently, little is known about what influences engagement with web-based interventions for individuals with psychotic disorders. Objective This study aimed to explore users' perspectives on what influenced engagement with a web-based intervention for psychosis. Methods A qualitative design was employed using semistructured telephone interviews. Participants were 17 adults with psychosis who had participated in a trial examining engagement with a self-guided, web-based intervention promoting personal recovery and self-management of mental health. Results We identified 2 overarching themes: challenges to using the website and factors supporting persistence. Both of the main themes included several subthemes related to both user-related factors (eg, mental health, personal circumstances, approach to using the website) and users’ experience of the intervention (eg, having experienced similar content previously or finding the material confronting). Conclusions Individuals with psychosis experienced several challenges to ongoing engagement with a web-based intervention. Adjunctive emails present an important design feature to maintain interest and motivation to engage with the intervention. However, fluctuations in mental health and psychosocial difficulties are a significant challenge. Design and implementation considerations include flexible interventions with tailoring opportunities to accommodate changeable circumstances and individual preferences.
Consumption of boutique hotel experiences as revealed by electronic word-of-mouth

Postmodern society is characterised by consumers’ hedonistic behaviours and values, in which experience consumption is a form of differentiation and social elevation. This study sought to understand consumers’ online manifestations of boutique hotel experiences and individuals’ motivations for engaging in electronic word-of-mouth. The research considered prior studies on experiential consumption, as well as publications focused on understanding postmodern individuals. Netnography was used to collect data on – and analyse – post-consumption behaviours boutique hotels. Participant observation was conducted of the online manifestations of boutique hotel consumers’ experiences. The research also included computer-mediated speech analysis, image analysis of virtually extracted data and discourse analysis of interviews with users identified from previous interactions and online postings. This study’s approach was based on a different perspective than that of Pine and Gilmore’s work, utilising instead the experience economy, postmodern consumer analysis and boutique hotel concepts. Observations revealed that exclusivity and privacy are central elements determining consumers’ choice and definition of boutique hotels. However, online manifestations of experiences reveal exhibitionist and paradoxical behaviours.
Effect of shading on physiological attributes and comparative transcriptome analysis of Camellia sinensis cultivar reveals tolerance mechanisms to low temperatures

Tea is a vital beverage crop all over the world, including in China. Low temperatures restrict its growth, development, and terrestrial distribution, and cold event variability worsens cold damage. However, the physiological and molecular mechanisms of Camellia sinensis under shade in winter remain unclear. In our study, tea leaves were utilized for physiological attributes and transcriptome analysis in November and December in three shading groups and no-shade control plants. When compared to the no-shade control plants, the shading group protected tea leaves from cold damage, increased photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) and soil plant analysis development (SPAD), and sustained chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll, and carotenoid contents by physiological mean. Then, transcriptome analysis revealed 20,807 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and transcription factors (TFs) in November and December. A comparative study of transcriptome resulted in 3,523 DEGs and many TFs under SD0% vs. SD30%, SD0% vs. SD60%, and SD0% vs. SD75% of shading in November and December. Statistically, 114 DEGs were downregulated and 72 were upregulated under SD0% vs. SD30%. SD0% vs. SD60% resulted in 154 DEGs, with 60 downregulated and 94 upregulated. Similarly, there were 505 DEGs of which 244 were downregulated and 263 were upregulated under SD0% vs. SD75% of shading throughout November. However, 279 DEGs were downregulated and 105 were upregulated under SD0% vs. SD30%. SD0% vs. SD60% resulted in 296 DEGs, with 172 downregulated and 124 upregulated. Finally, 2,173 DEGs were regulated in December, with 1,428 downregulated and 745 upregulated under SD0% vs. SD75%. These indicate that the number of downregulated DEGs in December was higher than the number of upregulated DEGs in November during low temperatures. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses of differentially expressed genes were highly regulated in the photosynthesis, plant hormone signal transduction, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways. However, qRT-PCR and RNA-seq relative expression of photosynthetic (DEGs) Lhcb2 in both November and December, plant hormone (DEGs) BRI1 and JAZ in November and IAA and ERF1 in December, and key DEGs of MAPK signal transduction FLS2, CHIB, and MPK4 in November and RBOH, MKK4_5, and MEKK1 in December in three shading groups and no-shade control plants responded to tea cold tolerance. The enhanced expression of light-harvesting photosystem I gene Lhca5, light-harvesting photosystem II gene Lhcb2, and mitogen-activated protein kinases MEKK1 and MPK4/6 enhance the cold-tolerance mechanism of C. sinensis. These comprehensive transcriptomic findings are significant for furthering our understanding of the genes and underlying regulatory mechanisms of shade-mediated low-temperature stress tolerance in horticultural crops.
Association between red blood cell distribution width and left ventricular hypertrophy in pediatric essential hypertension

Aim Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is one of the most common types of target organ damage in hypertension. The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is closely related to many cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between the RDW level and LVH in pediatric essential hypertension. Materials and methods A total of 429 untreated children and adolescents with essential hypertension were recruited and divided into an LVH group (n = 114) and non-LVH group (n = 315) according to left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and relative wall thickness (RWT) by color Doppler ultrasound. Spearman correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between RDW and LVMI, RWT. The effect of RDW on LVH was determined using a multivariate logistic regression analysis. To assess the predictive value of RDW on LVH, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used. Results The level of RDW in children with hypertension in the LVH group was significantly higher than that in the non-LVH group (13.0 [12.0, 13.0] vs. 12.4 [12.0, 13.0] %, P = 0.001). The incidence of low and high quantiles of LVH was 21.0% and 32.0%, respectively. Spearman correlation analysis showed that RDW was positively correlated with C-reactive protein (CRP), LVMI, RWT, and red blood cell (RBC) count (P all < 0.05), and negatively correlated with hemoglobin (HGB) level, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (P all < 0.05). After adjusting for various confounding factors, a multivariate logistic regression model revealed that RDW was an independent risk factor for LVH (OR = 1.946, 95% CI: 1.324–2.861, P = 0.001). The area under the ROC curve of RDW predicting centripetal hypertrophy was 0.700 (95% CI: 0.541–0.859, P < 0.05) in pediatric essential hypertension. Conclusions Increased RDW levels are an independent risk factor for LVH in pediatric essential hypertension, and RDW may be a predictor of LVH in untreated pediatric essential hypertension.
Importance of Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis seed and garden bird-feeders for Siskins Carduelis spinus and Coal Tits Periparus ater

Capsule Siskins and Coal Tits were present in gardens more often in years of poor Sitka Spruce cone crops, with synchrony across the UK. Aims To examine how the relative abundances of Siskins and Coal Tits in a garden in western Scotland varied annually with the size of the spruce cone crop, and to determine whether this pattern was similar nationally. Methods A ten-year mist-netting data set from Tarbet, Argyll and Bute was used to test the hypothesis that some species utilize supplementary food in gardens more often in years with poor cone crops than in years when crops are large. Annual peaks in the relative abundances of four species (two that ate conifer seed and two that did not) in Tarbet were correlated with a Sitka Spruce masting index. BTO Garden BirdWatch data from six regions of the UK were correlated with the Tarbet data, the cone index and each other to determine the extent of synchrony. Results Both Siskins and Coal Tits were present more often in the Tarbet garden in years with poor cone crops, with relative abundances significantly negatively correlated with cone crop for both species (r = −0.739 and −0.832, respectively). Correlations between regions using BTO data showed abundances of species in gardens to be broadly similar across the UK. Independent scores of cone abundance in Kielder and Galloway were correlated. Correlations between BTO data, cone index and Tarbet garden data were mostly high and almost all in the same direction, also indicating a degree of synchrony in cone production across the UK. Conclusion Both Siskins and Coal Tits appear to be influenced by changes in cone abundance, switching to feed on supplementary food in gardens more often in years with few cones than in mast years. While such a relationship has been shown previously for Siskins, for Coal Tits this is a novel result.
Surface charging phenomenon on HVDC spacers in compressed SF6 insulation and charge tailoring strategies

Surface flashover of spacers is a key factor limiting the application of HVDC GIS/GIL, while the charge accumulation on the surface of the spacer could have a potential adverse effect on the surface flashover voltage. This paper discusses the laws regarding distribution patterns of surface charges and the related mechanisms. The field-dependent property is discussed in detail to comprehensively illustrate the charge transport mechanism and explain the research differences regarding different surface charge patterns obtained by previous researchers. In addition, the main surface charge control methods for epoxy resin are summarized and discussed. The potential research directions of charge control methods and key points in manufacturing of spacers used in HVDC GIS/GIL are also explored.
Introductions of wildlife as a cause of species extinctions

Introduced animals, particularly mammals, continue to extinguish indigenous species in many parts of the world. This effect is greatest on oceanic islands but continental biotas are also affected. Case histories are used to illustrate difficulties of separating alien animal effects from other extinction agents, and of predicting outcomes. Further research is needed on synergistic and flow-on effects that may follow establishment of a new alien species. Combatting the introduction problem is seen as primarily one of attitude rather than of scientific understanding. It is recommended that in each country: risk analyses are made to identify problem species likely to be introduced; preventive measures are maintained against invasions by these aliens; contingency plans are established for rapid responses to invasions; intensively managed refuge areas are created to protect vulnerable indigenous species from alien species already present; further research is coupled with these actions; information on the introduction problem is disseminated more widely within countries; and international sharing of information on preventive and control measures is promoted more vigorously.
Influence of Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment on the Properties of Polylactic-co- Glycolic Acid (PLGA)

Polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) is the most popular biodegradable copolymers have several applications in the pharmaceuticals and biomedical industries, but degradation and stability of PLGA are major apprehensions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Trivedi Effect ® on the physicochemical and thermal properties of PLGA using a number of analytical techniques. The PLGA powder sample was divided into two parts, one part of the test samples was considered as a control sample, whereas the other part of PLGA samples received the Trivedi Effect ® -Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment remotely by a well-known Biofield Energy Healer, Dahryn Trivedi and termed as a Biofield Energy Treated sample. The particle size values of the treated PLGA powder were significantly decreased by 48.08% (d 10 ), 40.08% (d 50 ), 33.78% (d 90 ), and 37.17% {D (4,3)} compared to the control sample. Hence, the specific surface area of the treated PLGA powder sample was significantly increased by 72.57% compared to the control sample. The PXRD diffractograms of the control and treated PLGA powder sample did not show sharp and intense peaks, indicated that both the samples were amorphous. The evaporation and melting temperature of the treated sample were slightly altered by 1.31% and -0.94%, respectively compared with the control sample. But, the latent heat of evaporation and latent heat of fusion of the treated PLGA sample were significantly increased by 6.91% and 116.91%, respectively compared with the control sample. The total weight loss was significantly decreased by 4.1%; however, the residue amount was 21.99% more in the treated PLGA sample compared to the control sample. The maximum thermal degradation temperature of the treated PLGA was altered by 2.37% compared with the control sample. From the results, it was established that the Trivedi Effect ® -Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment might introduce a new form of PLGA, which would show better solubility, dissolution rate, absorption, bioavailability, and thermal stability compared with the control PLGA. This the Trivedi Effect ® -Consciousness Energy Healing Treated PLGA would be a better choice for the pharmaceutical formulations, i.e., the drug like amoxicillin, simvastatin, minocycline, and vancomycin loaded PLGA nanoparticles and manufacturing of biomedical devices, i.e., grafts, surgical sealant films, sutures, prosthetic devices, implants, micro, and nanoparticles.
Role of Magnesium Sulphate in Attenuating Succinylcholine Induced Fasiculations and Post-Operative Myalgia

Objectives: To measure the degree of attenuation of fasciculations and the degree of reduction in post-operative myalgia caused by Succinylcholine in patients pretreated with Magnesium Sulphate during the induction of general anaesthesia. Methods: This observational study was conducted from June 2016 to June 2019 in the Department of Anesthesiology in Government Medical College Srinagar, on patients who were candidates for surgery under general anaesthesia. Patients were selected and divided into two equal groups of cases and controls using block randomization. The cases received magnesium sulphate, while the controls received normal saline. SPSS 18 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Of the 100 subjects in the study, 57(57%) were men and 43(43%) were women (p=1.0). The mean age of the two groups were 35.55±13.56 years and 32.80±13.37 years (p=0.85). The incidence of fasciculations was 06(12%) patients in group M and 43(86%) patients in group S. The incidence of fasciculations between two groups was highly significant (p = 0.001). Postoperative myalgia was present in 9 (18%) patients of Group M and 38 (76%) patients in Group S experienced myalgia in postoperative period. The results were highly significant between two groups (p = 0.001). Conclusions: Magnesium sulphate can prevent and reduce the degree of fasciculation and postoperative myalgia after anaesthesia. Therefore it can be used to prevent fasciculation and postoperative myalgia
Helmintos parásitos de Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894 (Anura : Leptodactylidae) de Corrientes, Argentina

La helmintofauna de Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894 fue estudiada en base a 36 ejemplares adultos recolectados en Corrientes (Argentina) entre la primavera de 1998 y el verano de 2004. Treinta y cuatro de los anfibios (94.4%) resultaron estar parasitados por dos especies de trematodos (Catadiscus inopinatus y Glypthelmins repandum), ocho especies de nematodos [Rhabdias elegans, Oswaldocruzia sp. , Aplectana hylambatis, Aplectana sp. , Cosmocerca podicipinus, Cosmocerca parva, Ortleppascaris sp. (larvae) y Physaloptera sp. (larvae)] y una especie de acantocefalo [Centrorhynchus sp. (larvae)]. Los mayores valores de prevalencia (69.0%) e intensidad media (31.8 ± 32.5) de infeccion los presento Aplectana hylambatis. Con los datos obtenidos se amplia la distribucion geografica de seis de los helmintos halladas, mientras que ocho de ellos son citados por primera vez en el hospedador Leptodactylus bufonius.
Idealistic, realistic, and unrealistic expectations of pharmacological treatment in persons with type 2 diabetes in primary care

Introduction Information on treatment expectations in diabetes is scarce for Mexican and Latino populations. We determined idealistic, realistic, and unrealistic expectations for metformin, insulin, and glyburide in primary care. We also explored the association between sociodemographic attributes, time since diagnosis, and expectations. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted during 2020–2022 in governmental primary care centers. We consecutively included persons with type 2 diabetes aged 30–70 years under pharmacological medication (n = 907). Questions were developed using information relevant to expectation constructs. Data were collected by interview. We used descriptive statistics, a test of the difference between two proportions, and multivariate ordinal logistic regression. Results A high percentage of participants would like to have fewer daily pills/injections or the option of temporarily stopping their medication. Realistic expectations ranged from 47% to 70%, and unrealistic expectations from 31 to 65%. More insulin users wished they could take a temporary break (p < 0.05) or would like to be able to change the route of administration (p < 0.001) than metformin users. More persons with diabetes on insulin expected realistic expectations compared to those on metformin or glyburide (p ≤ 0.01). Being able to interrupt medication upon reaching the glucose goal was higher in combined therapy users (p < 0.001). Conclusion Time since diagnosis, place of residence, sex, and diabetes education were factors associated to expectations. Management of expectations must be reinforced in primary care persons with type 2 diabetes undergoing pharmacological medication.
The Influence of Word of Mouth as A Mediation to Institution Reputation

This research aims to : 1 . analyse emotion experience that directly affects reputation, 2 . Emotion experience influence on reputation mediated by word of mouth . Subjects in this research are consumers of two intitution . The sample uses as many as 85 respondents, data analysis technique uses Structural Equational Model (SEM) with PLS 3.0 Program. The results of this research prove; emotion experience that directly affects reputation; Emotion experience influence on reputation mediated by word of mouth. The novelty of this research is that the word of mouth can increase institution reputation. The findings of this study may contribute to consumer behavior models, at the institution.
Reproduction and development of marine invertebrates

In "Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates", a group of internationally recognized researchers assesses the state of current knowledge in the field and identifies future avenues of research. Comprehensive in scope, the book treats all levels of biological organization, from the molecular level to communities of organisms. After a brief historical overview, which identifies the conceptual underpinnings of 20th-century invertebrate zoology and embryology, the book is organized by developmental stages. The authors first present chapters on oogenesis, spermatogenesis, fertilization and embryonic development. A subsequent section - arranged phylogenetically to encompass annelids, priapulans, molluscs, bryozoans and echinoderms - covers larval morphology and evolution. The final section treats larval or adult populations and includes new information on the role of hydrodynamics to aid in the understanding of larval dispersal and settlement. Illustrated with more than a hundred line drawings and photos - including 60 high-resolution electron micrographs - it should be of interest to professionals and students in evolutionary biology, invertebrate zoology, developmental biology and functional morphology.
Factors affecting cork oak (Quercus suber) regeneration: acorn sowing success and seedling survival under field conditions

Background: The lack of regeneration of cork oak (Quercus suber) is putting at risk the conservation of the montado. Biotic and abiotic factors as well as management are thought to constrain regeneration. Aims: Identify limitations to regeneration during the early stages and relate them to management practices. Methods: Experimental burying of acorns was carried out at three distinctly managed montados. Cache predation, seedling emergence, survival and resprouting were monitored during the first year. Regeneration was evaluated by testing the effect of biotic and abiotic factors in each stage. Results: Regeneration was determined by temperature and relative humidity. Early emerged seedlings showed higher drought tolerance and resprouting ability. Bigger acorns and higher plant cover significantly assisted emergence, survival and resprouting. Mortality causes were drought (38%) and mechanical ploughing (33%), while cache predation and browsing on seedlings were low (1.7%, when excluding tag effect on cache predation, and 0.6%, respectively). Seedling emergence and survival of drought were significantly lower in the most disturbed site than in the other two sites. Conclusions: Abiotic factors restrain regeneration while acorn size and plant cover are key factors determining seedling emergence and survival. The lack of regeneration may be overcome in the short term by preserving the shrub layer. Moreover, reforestation by direct sowing should be also considered.