Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of business behavior and HRM perspectives on post-COVID-19 SME business sustainability

Abstract There are not many studies that examine business continuity and business strategy combined with business people’s psychological and psychological approaches. This study relates the elaboration between the HRM, strategic management, and business management fields analyzed with a quantitative approach. This study involved 100 respondents of handicraft business actors at the border between Indonesia and Malaysia. The data collection method used a survey method. Data processing uses the Structural Equation Model (SEM-PLS) approach in the SMART-PLS. This research study states that through direct relationship, all demonstration variables have a positive and significant effect. Meanwhile, the demonstration of the relationship between variables states that there are two patterns of relationship that do not have a significant effect. Through a combination of human resource management variables, business strategy, creativity, entrepreneurship capability, and SME sustainability perceived, packaged with a planned behavior theory (TPB) approach, several main research findings conclude. First, our study indicate that business sustainability can be achieved if an optimal business strategy (BS) has been realized by forming good entrepreneurial capabilities. Second, the role of antecedent human resource locus of control (HR) is a variable that has complete control in creating the creativity of small-medium enterprise actors and creating entrepreneurial capabilities.
Clinical Characteristics, Complications, and Predictors of Poor Outcome Among Hospitalized Adult COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background Many international studies have reported the outcomes and predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, only a few national studies have reported predictors of poor outcomes among adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and complications of COVID-19 and identify predictors of poor outcomes. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. All adult patients confirmed with COVID-19 who were admitted at the King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC)-Jeddah between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, were included; pediatric and pregnant patients were excluded. The clinical features and complications of COVID-19 were tested for association with poor outcomes (intensive care unit [ICU] admission or death) using chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests. In addition, logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors of poor outcomes. Results A total of 527 patients were included in this study. Forty-two patients (8%) (6-10, 95% confidence interval [CI]) died: 13 in the general wards and 29 in the ICU. Of the 84 patients admitted to the ICU, 65 underwent invasive mechanical ventilation. Poor outcome affected 97 patients (18%) (15-22, 95% CI). Shortness of breath, oxygen saturation <92%, and abnormal chest x-ray findings were associated with poor outcomes (P-value < 0.001). In addition, lymphocyte counts were significantly lower, while c-reactive protein levels were significantly higher among patients with poor outcomes (P-value < 0.001). The most common complications were acute cardiac (83 patients, 16%), acute kidney (78 patients, 15%), and liver injuries (76 patients, 14%). Predictors of poor outcome were the updated Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) (odds ratio [OR] 1.2 [95% CI 1.1-1.4]), liver injury (OR 2.6 [95% CI 1.3-4.9]), acute kidney injury (OR 4.3 [95% CI 2.3-7.8]), and acute cardiac injury (OR 5.1 [95% CI 2.8-9.4]). Conclusions COVID-19 disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Predictors of poor outcomes among COVID-19 hospitalized patients were the updated CCI, liver injury, acute kidney, and acute myocardial injuries. Subsequently, the risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes is increased among patients with multiple comorbidities and/or multiple COVID-19 complications.
Agronomic Cover Crop Management Supports Weed Suppression and Competition in California Orchards

Abstract Cover crops enhance the biodiversity of cropping systems and can support a variety of useful ecosystem services, including weed suppression. In California orchards, cover crops are typically implemented as annual plants that can replace resident vegetation in orchard alleyways during the rainy winter season. Our research objective was to evaluate cover crop management factors that support a competitive, weed-suppressing cover crop in the unique orchard systems of central California. We conducted two experiments: an experiment evaluating cover crop management intensification in walnuts (Juglans regia L.) and an experiment evaluating multispecies cover crop mixes and planting date in almonds [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb]. These experiments demonstrate that timely cover crop planting is important for producing an abundant cover crop, and a variety of cover crop management programs can produce weed-suppressing cover crops. However, cover crops do not result in weed-free orchards and should be considered within the context of integrated management programs. The apparent flexibility of orchard cover crop management provides an opportunity to promote other agroecosystem services, with vegetation management and weed suppression as complementary management goals.
Development of a Monte-Carlo based method for calculating the effect of stationary fluctuations

This paper deals with the development of a novel method for performing Monte Carlo calculations of the effect, on the neutron flux, of stationary fluctuations in macroscopic crosssections. The basic principle relies on the formulation of two equivalent problems in the frequency domain: one that corresponds to the real part of the neutron balance, and one that corresponds to the imaginary part. The two equivalent problems are in nature similar to two subcritical systems driven by external neutron sources, and can thus be treated as such in a Monte Carlo framework. The definition of these two equivalent problems nevertheless requires the possibility to modify the macroscopic cross-sections, and we use the work of Kuijper, van der Marck and Hogenbirk to define group-wise macroscopic cross-sections in MCNP. The method is illustrated in this paper at a frequency of 1 Hz, for which only the real part of the neutron balance plays a significant role and for driving fluctuations leading to neutron sources having the same sign in the two equivalent sub-critical problems. A semi-analytical diffusion-based solution is used to verify the implementation of the method on a test case representative of light water reactor conditions in an infinite lattice of fuel pins surrounded by water. The test case highlights flux gradients that are steeper in the Monte Carlo-based transport solution than in the diffusion-based solution. Compared to other Monte Carlo-based methods earlier proposed for carrying out stationary dynamic calculations, the presented method does not require any modification of the Monte Carlo code.
Critical Role of Irrigation Efficiency for Cropland Expansion in Western China Arid Agroecosystems

The rapid expansion of desert croplands in the Tarim River Basin, which depend heavily on irrigation with meltwater, has coincided with increases in snow and glacier melt in the high mountains of Asia during the past decades. Meanwhile, there have been intensive investments in modern irrigation technology aimed at enhancing water use efficiency. The importance of meltwater in mountain front agroecosystems has been widely acknowledged, but it is not clear how important this meltwater versus increased irrigation efficiency (IRE) has been for the rapid cropland expansion in the Tarim River Basin. Here we investigate changes in water supply and demand of the meltwater‐irrigated cropland bordering the Taklamakan Desert based on multiple remotely sensed and ground‐based observation datasets, and we evaluate the contributions of improved IRE to cropland expansion. We find that cropland has increased by 58% between 1990 and 2015. Net streamflow to the region increased by +10% over the same period, but the rate of increase was slower after 2000. This deceleration contrasts with the growing irrigation demand (IRD) imposed by dramatic cropland expansion. At the same time, IRE increased by 73% from 1990 to 2015, providing 18.5 billion m3 irrigation water savings, which offset the increased IRD. With the adoption of more efficient irrigation, crop water stress due to continuous agricultural expansion in the Tarim River Basin declined significantly, making the dependence of agricultural production on runoff from glacier and snow meltwater less than would otherwise be expected.
Bond Strength Comparison Among 10-MDP-Containing and Non-10-MDP-Containing Adhesives in Different Degrees of Dental Fluorosis

Dental fluorosis can cause changes in the enamel surface, conditioning its functionality and esthetics. The application of dental adhesives is a treatment option; however, their use on fluorotic teeth can result in limitations. The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength of two different adhesives, one with 10-MDP and one without 10-MDP, in different degrees of dental fluorosis.This is an in vitro study on dental enamel samples, a total of 180 samples with the inclusion criteria were treated, randomly divided into two groups of 90, according to the type of dental adhesive, where each group was again divided into three groups of 30 samples, representing different degrees of dental fluorosis according to the Thylstrup-Fejerskov index (Group I: TF1 and TF2; Group II: TF3; Group III: TF4). Normality tests, two-factor ANOVA, and post-hoc tests were used to determine differences between the groups, with a significance level of 95%. As results, a statistically significant difference was shown between the use of dental adhesive with 10-MDP and the three groups of dental fluorosis (p=0.011), in addition, a Tukey post-hoc test on the groups treated with 10-MDP adhesive revealed a statistically significant difference between group I versus group II, and group I versus group III, (p=<0.05). It is concluded that the use of adhesive systems with 10-MDP presents a better shear bond strength on enamel with dental fluorosis grades I and II in the Thylstrup-Fejerskov index.
Written Briefing and Oral Counseling Increase the Willingness to Receive the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination among Women in Puerperium: A Qualitative Prospective Cohort Study

(1) Background: Vaccination rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) are low in Austria. International obstetric societies recommend the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination for women in puerperium. (2) Methods: A prospective two-stage cohort study was conducted at the Medical University of Vienna between October 2022 and December 2022. Firstly, women in puerperium were assigned to the evaluation group (step 1), and secondly, another cohort of unvaccinated women were randomly assigned to study group A (written briefing) or B (written and oral briefing) (step 2). We evaluated the vaccination status among women in the evaluation group and the willingness to receive the vaccination in all three cohorts. (3) Results: We included 217 women in puerperium (evaluation: n = 69, A: n = 68; B: n = 80). In the evaluation group, 66.7% (n = 46/69) of the women were unvaccinated. A total of 45.7% (21/46) of the unvaccinated women categorically declined the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. A total of 26.5% (n = 18/68) of women in study group A, and 43.8% (n = 35/80) of women in study group B expressed their willingness to receive the vaccination (p = 0.029). There were no differences in willingness to receive the vaccination between different age strata of women in study groups A and B. (D) Conclusion: Our qualitative data demonstrate a benefit from oral counseling in addition to written briefing in order to increase the willingness to receive the vaccination among women in puerperium.
The Lyman-Alpha Forest at 6KM/S-1 Resolution

Les observations spectroscopiques, realisees avec le spectrographe a echelle coude UCL ayant une resolution de vitesse de 6.5 km s -1 , de la region de la foret Ly α du spectre du quasar QSO 2206-199N sont presentees. Une liste des raies d'absorption est etablie. La dispersion de vitesse et la temperature du nuage Ly α sont analysees. L'agencement a petite echelle des nuages Ly α est etudie.
3D Ultrasound in Pelvic Floor: Is It Useful as a Prognostic Tool in Type of Labor Development and Subsequent Pelvic Floor Diseases?

The objective of our study is to determine the thickness of the pubovisceral fasciculus of the levator ani muscle and the area of the genital hiatus by means of three-dimensional perineal ultrasound, in pregnant women in the 2nd trimester, and to analyze the related maternal, perinatal and postpartum clinical variables. Furthermore, to compare the results of our study with two similar series previously published. An observational, prospective study of pelvic floor ultrasound was carried out, performed at week 20, whose delivery was attended in the obstetrics service of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón de Madrid (HGUGM), during the period of August from 2021 to June 2022. Maternal, ultrasound, perinatal and postpartum clinical variables were collected from each participant. During the study period, a total of 54 patients were included in it. The mean gestational age at which the ultrasound was performed was 19.81 ± 0.91 weeks. In relation to the ultrasound variables, the mean thickness of the pubovisceral muscle was 0.87 ± 0.13 cm (95% CI, 0.64–1.38 cm), while, in the plane of minimum dimension of the genital hiatus, the hiatal area at rest was 13.41 ± 3.22 (95% CI, 4.60–18.78) cm2. There is a significant correlation between the age of pregnant women (over 35 years of age) and the increase in the area of the genital hiatus (r = 0.295, p = 0.031). 3D ultrasound of the pelvic floor performed at week 20 of gestation can to be an effective, non-invasive, reproducible and cheap tool in the prognosis of the development of labor and of possible subsequent perineal dysfunctions.
Matters may matter: The disclosure of key audit matters in the Middle East

Abstract The main objective of this research is to investigate the extent of the disclosure of key audit matters (KAMs) and the factors that affect the level of KAMs’ disclosure in the audit reports of the Middle East (ME) region. A disclosure index approach is employed to consider eight KAMs generated from the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 701 and a fixed effect regression run on a sample of 281 firms from four countries (Oman, the UAE, Bahrain, and Jordan) for four years (2017–2020), comprising 1124 observations. The findings show that the overall KAMs’ disclosure is approximately 56% across all countries. The study takes into consideration the positive and significant correlation between the leverage, audit committee characteristics, financial industry, audit firm, client size, profitability, liquidity, and KAMs’ disclosure in most sampled countries. This research contributes to our understanding of the level of KAMs’ disclosure and the factors specific to the ME region, which enhances policymakers’ and decision-makers’ knowledge of KAMs’ disclosure in audit reports.
Investigating and comparing disabilities caused by substance abuse using Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)

ABSTRACT Introduction Substance use can be the source of various disabilities. The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the disabilities caused by substance use. Material and methods This is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The samples studied in this study were 400 people who referred to MMT centers in Hamadan, Iran. Centers were selected by cluster sampling method and samples within the cluster were selected by convenience sampling method. The instrument was the WHODAS2 standard questionnaire designed by the World Health Organization to assess disability. The extracted data were analyzed by SPSS20 software. Result 64.8% of the participants were opium users, 24.5% amphetamine users and 10.8% were marijuana users. The results showed that age, gender, place of residence and type of substance use were significantly associated with the degree of disability and the highest rate of disability occurred in opium users (p ≤ .01). Conclusion Different substances differ in the amount and type of disabilities they cause and this difference should be considered in the treatment of people with substance use disorder.
Single-Cell Transcriptomics Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Tendon Injury

Tendon injury repair has been a clinical challenge, and little is known about tendon healing scar generation, repair, and regeneration mechanisms. To explore the cellular composition of tendon tissue and analyze cell populations and signaling pathways associated with tendon repair, in this paper, single-cell sequencing data was used for data mining and seven cell subsets were annotated in the tendon tissue, including fibroblasts, tenocytes, smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, macrophages, T cells, and plasma cells. According to cell group interaction network analysis, pattern 4 composed of macrophages was an important communication pattern in tendon injury. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of M1 macrophages in tendons, the correlation of KEGG enriched pathway with inflammatory response, and the core regulatory role of the transcription factor NFKB and REL were observed; in addition, the heterogeneity of T cell isoforms in tendons was found and indicated that different isotypes of T cells involve in different roles of tendon injury and repair. This study demonstrated the heterogeneity of M1 macrophages and T cells in the tendon tissue, being involved in different physiological processes such as tendon injury and healing, providing new thinking insights and basis for subsequent clinical treatment of tendon injury.
Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium and Sequential Equilibrium

Two equilibrium concepts for an extensive-form game are reviewed: a (weak) perfect Bayesian equilibrium and a sequential equilibrium. These equilibrium concepts are defined in terms of a pair comprising a behavioral strategy profile and a system of beliefs so that they satisfy sequential rationality and consistency. A (weak) perfect Bayesian equilibrium requires a weak consistency that the Bayes rule should be applied whenever possible. A sequential equilibrium requires a stronger consistency that uses the trembling-hand approach for a perfect equilibrium. Keywords: belief; consistency; extensive-form game; sequential equilibrium; trembling-hand approach; (weak) perfect Bayesian equilibrium
Intersecting families of sets and permutations: a survey

A family A of sets is said to be t-intersecting if any two sets in A have at least t common elements. A central problem in extremal set theory is to determine the size or structure of a largest t-intersecting sub-family of a given family F. We give a survey of known results, conjectures and open problems for various important families F, namely, power sets, levels of power sets, hereditary families, families of signed sets, families of labeled sets, and families of permutations. We also provide some extensions and consequences of known results.
Spectral Methods for Uncertainty Quantification: With Applications to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Introduction: Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation. - Basic Formulations. - Spectral Expansions. - Non-intrusive Methods. - Galerkin Methods. - Detailed Elementary Applications. - Application to Navier-Stokes Equations. - Advanced topics. - Solvers for Stochastic Galerkin Problems. - Wavelet and Multiresolution Analysis Schemes. - Adaptive Methods. - Epilogue.
Gut–Kidney Axis Investigations in Animal Models of Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an incurable disease in which renal function gradually declines, resulting in no noticeable symptoms during the early stages and a life-threatening disorder in the latest stage. The changes that accompany renal failure are likely to influence the gut microbiota, or the ecosystem of micro-organisms resident in the intestine. Altered gut microbiota can display metabolic changes and become harmful to the host. To study the gut–kidney axis in vivo, animal models should ideally reproduce the disorders affecting both the host and the gut microbiota. Murine models of CKD, but not dog, manifest slowed gut transit, similarly to patient. Animal models of CKD also reproduce altered intestinal barrier function, as well as the resulting leaky gut syndrome and bacterial translocation. CKD animal models replicate metabolic but not compositional changes in the gut microbiota. Researchers investigating the gut–kidney axis should pay attention to the selection of the animal model (disease induction method, species) and the setting of the experimental design (control group, sterilization method, individually ventilated cages) that have been shown to influence gut microbiota.
Identification of Epigenetic Interactions between miRNA and Gene Expression as Potential Prognostic Markers in Bladder Cancer

Abstract Purpose: To identify the role of a set of microRNAs and their target genes and protein expression levels in the pathogenesis of bladder cancer with a muscular invasion (T2–T4) and non-muscular invasion (T1). Methods: In 157 patients, bladder specimen was examined for the expression of a set of miRNAs including let-7a-5p, miRNA-449a-5p, miRNA-145-3P, miRNA-124-3P, miRNA-138-5p, and miRNA-23a-5p and their targeted genes; β-catenin, WNT7A, IRS2, FZD4, SOS1, HDAC1, HDAC2, HIF1α, and PTEN using the qRT-PCR technique. The prognostic effect of miRNAs and their targeted genes on cancer-specific survival (CSS) was evaluated in pT2–pT4 stages. Results: pT1 was found in 40 patients while pT2–4 was found in 117 patients. The expression of let-7a-5P, miR-124-3P, miR-449a-5P, and miR-138-5P significantly decreased in pT2–4 compared with pT1 (p < 0.001), in contrast, miR-23a-5P increased significantly in pT2–pT4 compared with pT1 (p < 0.001). Moreover, the expression of miR-145 did not show a significant change (p = 0.31). Higher expression levels of WNT7A, β-catenin, IRS2, FZD4, and SOS1 genes were observed in pT2–pT4 compared with pT1, whereas HDAC1, HDAC2, HIF1α, and PTEN genes were downregulated in pT2–pT4 compared with pT1. Lower CSS was significantly associated with lower expression of let-7a-5P, miR-124-3P, miR-449a-5P, and miR-138-5P. Higher expression of β-catenin, FZD4, IRS2, WNT7a, and SOS1 was significantly associated with worse CSS. In contrast, lower levels of HDAC1, HDAC2, HIF1α, and PTEN were associated with lower CSS. Conclusion: Our results support let-7a-5P, miR-124-3P, miR-138-5P, and their target genes can be developed as accurate biomarkers for prognosis in bladder cancer with a muscular invasion.
Dynamic Reconfiguration of Distribution Networks Considering Hosting Capacity: A Risk-Based Approach

This paper proposes a risk-based approach for multi-period reconfiguration that considers hosting capacity in distribution networks in the presence of load and generation uncertainty. The proposed approach employs interval RDM (Relative Distance Measure) arithmetic to describe the uncertainty of loads and generation from renewable generators (DGs), considering the correlation between loads and between loads and DGs. An interval RDM arithmetic-based multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming model is then employed to obtain a set of noninferior solutions (reconfiguration plans) in each period. It considers hosting capacity along with the cost of losses, cost of interruptions, and switching cost. The obtained plans are used within the proposed interval-valued dynamic programming framework to identify and evaluate a set of multi-period reconfiguration plans. The multi-period plan that minimizes the risk of significant financial losses is selected by employing the Hurwicz criterion for measuring risk.