Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Online exploitation of children and the role of intermediaries: an Indian legislative and policy perspective

ABSTRACT The Intermediary landscape in India is extensive and regulating; it is often laborious considering the expanding market and ensuing policy changes. The advent of globalization heralds the inrush of entities that operate transnationally, which often beget legal uncertainties in outlining the intermediary liabilities conundrum. Many jurisdictions oscillated from the notions of liability to safe harbor in fixing the intermediary liabilities. Children are often an easy target of online abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) is the most circulated object in the cyberspace. This paper has adopted both empirical and doctrinal research methods. The paper primarily addresses the accountability and response on the part of intermediaries for abusive content against children transmitted in their platform and is an attempt to provide an insight into the reasons behind the online exploitation of children in India. The study analyses the public opinion on the online exploitation of children based on a survey conducted among 270 respondents aged from 14 to 50 years. The findings gave support to the suggestions that the exploitation and abuse of children frequently transpire online, and the public perception regarding the gender of child victims varies between girls and boys.
SGLT2i and GLP-1RA in Cardiometabolic and Renal Diseases: From Glycemic Control to Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Senescence

Background. Over the last few years, the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) has increased substantially in medical practice due to their documented benefits in cardiorenal and metabolic health. In this sense, and in addition to being used for glycemic control in diabetic patients, these drugs also have other favorable effects such as weight loss and lowering blood pressure, and more recently, they have been shown to have cardio and renoprotective effects with anti-inflammatory properties. Concerning the latter, the individual or associated use of these antihyperglycemic agents has been linked with a decrease in proinflammatory cytokines and with an improvement in the inflammatory profile in chronic endocrine-metabolic diseases. Hence, these drugs have been positioned as first-line therapy in the management of diabetes and its multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, which has been associated with persistent inflammatory states that induce dysfunction of the adipose tissue. Moreover, other frequent comorbidities in long-standing diabetic patients are chronic complications such as diabetic kidney disease, whose progression can be slowed by SGLT2i and/or GLP-1RA. The neuroendocrine and immunometabolism mechanisms underlying adipose tissue inflammation in individuals with diabetes and cardiometabolic and renal diseases are complex and not fully understood. Summary. This review intends to expose the probable molecular mechanisms and compile evidence of the synergistic or additive anti-inflammatory effects of SGLT2i and GLP-1RA and their potential impact on the management of patients with obesity and cardiorenal compromise.
THE FAST-TRAC NATURAL USE LEASED-CAR STUDY: AN EVALUATION OF USER PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF ALI-SCOUT BY AGE AND GENDER

The FAST-TRAC project is a multi-year implementation and evaluation of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Oakland County located in Southeastern Michigan. The purpose of the present study was to understand better how people use and what they think about the Ali-Scout ATIS system when they use it in their normal, everyday driving; that is, in a natural use setting. The Ali-Scout use was examined by three age groups (19-to-29, 30-to-64, and 65-to-80) and gender by analyzing the self-reported uses and perceptions of subjects who drove a project-owned vehicle equipped with the system for their everyday driving for one month. Overall, this study showed that the Ali-Scout system was received positively by the majority of drivers.
Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)

The phylogeny of spider flies is presented based on an analysis of DNA sequence data combined with morphological characters for both living and fossil species. We sampled 40 extant and extinct genera across all major lineages of Acroceridae, which were compared with outgroup taxa from various lower brachyceran families. In all, 81 morphological characters of 60 extant and 10 extinct ingroup species were combined with 7.1 kb of DNA sequences of two nuclear (CAD and 28S rDNA) and two mitochondrial genes (COI and 16S rDNA). Results strongly support the monophyly of Acroceridae, with major clades contained within classified here in five extant subfamilies (Acrocerinae, Cyrtinae stat. rev., Ogcodinae stat. rev., Panopinae and Philopotinae) and one extinct subfamily, Archocyrtinae. The evolution of important spider fly traits is discussed, including genitalia and wing venation. The status of the enigmatic Psilodera Gray and Pterodontia Gray as members of the Panopinae is confirmed based on both molecular and morphological data.
Synthesis, Characterisation and Antibacterial Properties of Silicone–Silver Thin Film for the Potential of Medical Device Applications

Silver (Ag) particles have sparked considerable interest in industry and academia, particularly for health and medical applications. Here, we present the “green” and simple synthesis of an Ag particle-based silicone (Si) thin film for medical device applications. Drop-casting and peel-off techniques were used to create an Si thin film containing 10–50% (v/v) of Ag particles. Electro impedance spectroscopy (EIS), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and tensile tests were used to demonstrate the electrical conductivity, crystallinity, morphology-elemental, and mechanical properties, respectively. The oriented crystalline structure and excellent electronic migration explained the highest conductivity value (1.40 × 10−5 S cm−1) of the 50% Ag–Si thin film. The findings regarding the evolution of the conductive network were supported by the diameter and distribution of Ag particles in the Si film. However, the larger size of the Ag particles in the Si film resulted in a lower tensile stress of 68.23% and an elongation rate of 68.25% compared to the pristine Si film. The antibacterial activity of the Ag–Si film against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Bacillus cereus (B. cereus), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) was investigated. These findings support Si–Ag thin films’ ability to avoid infection in any medical device application.
Tissue-Sparing Posterior Cervical Fusion With Interfacet Cages: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Study Design: Literature review. Objectives: Posterior cervical interfacet cages are an alternative to lateral mass fixation in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery. Recently, a percutaneous, tissue-sparing system for interfacet cage placement has been developed, however, there is limited clinical evidence supporting its widespread use. The aim was to review studies published on this system for patient reported outcomes, radiographic outcomes, intraoperative outcomes, and complications. Methods: Four electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and MEDLINE) were queried for original published studies that evaluated the percutaneous, tissue-sparing technique for posterior cervical fusion with interfacet cage placement. All studies reporting on open techniques and purely biomechanical studies were excluded. Results: The extensive literature search returned 7852 studies. After systematic review, a total of 7 studies met inclusion criteria. Studies were independently classified as retrospective or prospective cohort studies and each assessed by the GRADE criteria. Patient reported outcomes, radiographic outcomes, intraoperative outcomes, and complications were extracted from each study and presented. Conclusions: Tissue-sparing, posterior cervical fusion with interfacet cages may be considered a safe and effective surgical intervention in patients failing conservative management for cervical spondylotic disease. However, the quality of evidence in the literature is lacking, and controlled, comparative studies are needed for definitive assessment.
Unraveling future research: an analysis of emergent literature in open innovation

Breakthrough discoveries and productive collaborations are crucially important for successful open innovation, fuelling rapid generation of scientific knowledge, and making synthesis and analysis of this information difficult. Improved methods for identifying research gaps and emergent conceptual themes across open innovation research are necessary. The purposes of the study are (i) to present a novel methodological approach that utilizes centering resonance analysis (CRA) as its core text clustering engine to establish relationships and thematic patterns among diverse scientific literature pertaining to open innovation, (ii) to demonstrate this methodology in an open innovation context, (iii) to validate this approach, and (iv) to discuss the extensibility of the provided methodology to other contexts. Results show that thematic threads are consistent with recognized innovation research work, as well as highlight new threads that may be crucial in shaping future research perspectives. The authors believe that much can be gained from the proposed approach and from the use of computer-based tools to aid in the rapid development of the field of open innovation and its integration to wider-focused research on innovation. Keywords: open innovation; clustering analysis; literature review; future research (Published: 15 December 2010) Citation: Annals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2010, 1 : 5845 - DOI: 10.3402/aie.v1i1. 5845
Improvement of Awareness and Knowledge in Breast Cancer Using Online Learning

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women in Malaysia, accounting to 32.1% of all cancer among women. Preventive activities of breast health especially mammogram screening was found to be effective in reducing the mortality and morbidities related to breast cancer. However, the number of people who come for screening is still unsatisfactory. Many patients come in advanced stage of breast cancer attributed by lack of awareness and knowledge of the disease. The aim of this study was to introduce a multimodality online course on breast cancer and its screening; and to measure its effectiveness in providing the awareness and knowledge in breast cancer. Methodology: An online course was designed incorporating essential knowledge regarding breast cancer and its screening. Group sampling was done to sample 30 undergraduate students. Knowledge and awareness on breast cancer and its screening was measured using a validated questionnaire pre and post exposure to the online course. Results: There was significant difference in Pre- P CI 3.4, 9.2, t=4.74). Conclusion: Multimodality online learning is a useful tool to increase awareness and knowledge regarding breast cancer. Keywords: Breast cancer, online learning, online course, multimodality, Malaysia
Computer-Based Segmentation of Cancerous Tissues in Biomedical Images Using Enhanced Deep Learning Model

In this manuscript, we proposed an automatic segmentation method which was developed using the depth-wise separable convolution with bottleneck connections. The data were normalized using group normalization for reducing the computational complexities and clipped RELU was used with ceiling capped at 6. The network was trained on the datasets of brain tumor and skin cancer while it was tested on the same as well as different datasets acquired under different environments. Additionally, for the case of the brain tumor, the network was tested on real-time MRI dataset. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of results inferred the superior performance of the proposed network. The mIoU and BF Score were increased by 3% and 4.5% for brain tumor segmentation when the network was tested on the different dataset without retaining. For skin cancer dataset an increment of 3% and 5% was observed in both the evaluation metrics. The results obtained on real-time MRI data of brain tumor showed the improvement of (4.2 ± 0.024)% and (4.6 ± 0.0286)%, respectively, in mIoU and BF score. The proposed model produced accurate boundary and pixel details for medical diagnostic purposes. Experienced radiologists did external validation of the proposed method by comparing the obtained results with the manually segmented images. This computer-assisted approach can save the time and burden of doctors for the diagnosis of cancer.
Water Resource Management through Understanding of the Water Balance Components: A Case Study of a Sub-Alpine Shallow Lake

Water availability is a crucial factor for the hydrological balance of sub-alpine shallow lakes and for their ecosystems. This is the first study on water balance and water management of Lake Candia, a small sub-alpine, shallow morainic lake. The aims of this paper are to better understand the link between surface water and groundwater. The analyses carried out included: (i) evaluation of water balance, (ii) identification of trends for each component of water balance, (iii) detection of the presence of a break point or change in the behavior of each component, and (iv) regression analyses of the terms of hydrological balance and their relative importance. The analyses revealed a high variability mainly regarding the groundwater component, and very good correlation between rainfall and volume variation, between rainfall and the water inflow, and between groundwater source and outflow. Volume variation is linked with rainfall, outflow, groundwater source, and surface water inflow. Despite the fact that the groundwater component does not seem to have a great importance relative to direct rainfall on the lake, it is necessary to study the component with careful resource management policies that point toward the protection of the water resource, sustainable uses, and protection of the Lake Candia ecosystem.
Facilitating Integration Through Team-Based Primary Healthcare: A Cross-Case Policy Analysis of Four Canadian Provinces

Introduction: Team-based care can improve integrated health services by increasing comprehensiveness and continuity of care in primary healthcare (PHC) settings. Collaborative models involving providers from different professions can help to achieve coordinated, high-quality person-centred care. In Canada, there has been variation in both the timing/pace of adoption and approach to interprofessional PHC (IPHC) policy. Provinces are at different stages in the development, implementation, and evaluation of team-based PHC models. This paper describes how different policies, contexts, and innovations across four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec) facilitate or limit integrated health services through IPHC teams. Methods: Systematic searches identified 100 policy documents across the four provinces. Analysis was informed by Walt and Gilson’s Policy Triangle (2008) and Suter et al.’s (2009) health system integration principles. Provincial policy case studies were constructed and used to complete a cross-case comparison. Results: Each province implemented variations of an IPHC based model. Five key components were found that influenced IPHC and integrated health services: patient-centred care; team structures; information systems; financial management; and performance measurement. Conclusion: Heterogeneity of the implementation of PHC teams across Canadian provinces provides an opportunity to learn and improve interprofessional care and integrated health services across jurisdictions.
Perfomance evaluation of a direct injection engine using different blends of soybean (Glycine max) methyl biodiesel

Diesel fuel is used widely in Brazil and worldwide. On the other hand, the growing environmental awareness leads to a greater demand for renewable energy resources. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the use of different blends of soybean (Glycine max) methyl biodiesel and diesel in an ignition compression engine with direct injection fuel. The tests were performed on an electric eddy current dynamometer, using the blends B10, B50 and B100, with 10; 50 e 100% of biodiesel, respectively, in comparison to the commercial diesel B5, with 5% of biodiesel added to the fossil diesel. The engine performance was analyzed trough the tractor power take off (PTO) for each fuel, and the best results obtained for the power and the specific fuel consumption, respectively, were: B5 (44.62 kW; 234.87 g kW-1 h-1); B10 (44.73 kW; 233.78 g kW-1 h-1); B50 (44.11 kW; 250.40 g kW-1 h-1) e B100 (43.40 kW; 263.63 g kW-1 h-1). The best performance occurred with the use of B5 and B10 fuel, without significant differences between these blends. The B100 fuel showed significant differences compared to the other fuels.
Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Microwave Sensor for Water-in-Diesel Fuel Applications

A water-in-diesel microwave sensor based on a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) microwave applicator is designed and characterized in this study. The interaction between the microwave electromagnetic field and the diesel fuel contaminated with small concentrations of water is obtained via suitable radiating slots placed on the top of an SIW waveguiding structure. The SIW applicator working frequency is chosen by observing the behavior of the complex dielectric permittivity of the fuel–water blend based on a preliminary wide band investigation. The performances of the SIW microwave sensor are evaluated in terms of scattering parameter modulus |S21| as a function of the water concentration in ppm. The best sensitivity Δ|S21|Δρ=1.42 mdB/ppm is obtained at a frequency of f=9.76 GHz, with a coefficient of determination R2=0.94. The sensor is low-cost, low profile and ensures a good sensitivity for constant and real-time monitoring.
Air Coupled Acoustic Thermography (ACAT) Inspection Technique

The scope of this effort is to determine the viability of a new heating technique using a noncontact acoustic excitation source. Because of low coupling between air and the structure, a synchronous detection method is employed. Any reduction in the out of plane stiffness improves the acoustic coupling efficiency and as a result, defective areas have an increase in temperature relative to the surrounding area. Hence a new measurement system, based on air‐coupled acoustic energy and synchronous detection is presented. An analytical model of a clamped circular plate is given, experimentally tested, and verified. Repeatability confirms the technique with a measurement uncertainty of +/−6.2 percent. The range of frequencies used was 800–2,000 Hertz. Acoustic excitation and consequent thermal detection of flaws in a helicopter blade is examined and results indicate that air coupled acoustic excitation enables the detection of core damage in sandwich honeycomb structures.
Evaluation of Design and Construction Issues of Thin HMA Overlays

Thin hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlays, placed between 1.25 to 0.5 inches, have quickly become a go-to maintenance treatment in Texas. While implementation around the state is proving successful, a few issues needed to be addressed: (1) The unavailability of surface aggregate class (SAC) A aggregate is pressuring districts to blend in lower-quality SAC B materials. The question: How much and which types of SAC B aggregate should be allowed in blending to still have acceptable skid resistance? (2) Because these mixes are so thin, they are subject to higher stresses than traditional overlays, especially if the bond is poor. The question: How do we test bond strength, and what are the best materials and methods to achieve a good bond? and (3) Achieving adequate compaction is a critical step to ensure long-term overlay performance. Measuring density on thin overlays, however, is not possible with traditional methods. The question: What test methods will best monitor thin lift density?
Study on Wind-Induced Vibration Control of a Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge Using TMD-Type Counterweight

AbstractIt has been widely acknowledged that a tuned mass damper (TMD) can effectively control the wind-induced vibration of the main deck of long-span bridges. However, the unfavorable effect on static characteristics of the increased dead load cannot be avoided if the TMD is installed straight on the main deck. A TMD-type counterweight is designed in this paper, where the counterweight originally designed for reducing the live load–induced displacements at the central span are taken as the mass block in the TMD. The Sutong Cable-Stayed Bridge (SCB), with a main span of 1,088 m, is taken as an example. The buffeting responses of the bridge with the stationary counterweight and the proposed TMD-type counterweight are compared, and the control performance of the bridge with and without auxiliary piers is also investigated. Results indicate that the TMD has notable effects on reducing the vibration of the main deck without auxiliary piers, whereas the impact is not significant for the presence of the auxili.
Stunting Prevention with Education and Nutrition in Pregnant Women: A Review of Literature

Background : Stunting is a major nutritional problem in children under five years old which has an impact on slowing growth by reducing the number and development of body cells, including brain cells and other organs. Pregnant women are one of the groups who are vulnerable to nutritional problems, related to the process of growth and development of the fetus in the womb. The role of education and nutrition is important during pregnancy because it has implications for the health of mothers and children in later life. The aimed of this review was to identify research about effect stunting prevention and education and nutrition to pregnant women. Methods : A database review undertaken using Pubmed, CHINAHL and Google Scholar from 2011-2021 to collect focused study on education and nutrition research on pregnant women to prevent stunting. A total of 1788 articles were identified. These were scaned and 18 articles were retrieved with 13 articles shortlisted for to in depth review. Results : Education with using audiovisual media, moringa leaf ice cream and early nutrition has proved effective in increasing pregnant women knowledge regarding stunting prevention. Providing nutritional supplements/nutrients for moringa oliefera, folic acid and iron, specific nutrition, LNS, PM2A PROCOMIDA, nutrition before pregnancy, supplements antenatal iron and folic acid, prenatal micronutrients have an effect on reducing children stunting. Conclusion: Audio visual education can convery health knowledge because easily to facilitate the reception of health message for pregnant women. Continuous education and monitoring of the of pregnant women diet every month during pregnancy classes at the posyandu are needed to prevent stunting in children.