Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Knowledge and practices about breastfeeding in rural areas of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Background: Breastfeeding is an important indicator for child health and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and practices regarding EBF and its relation to various socio-economic and demographic factors among mothers with at least one child age (6-12 years) in the rural areas of the Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. Methods: A study based at village hospitals was conducted and a semi-structured questionnaire was used. A total of 513 mothers who had at least one child's age (6-12) months from 32 different village hospitals in rural areas of the Rajshahi District, Bangladesh from September to December 2015. The composite index, chi-square test and binary logistic regression model were used in this study. Results: The incidence of EBF good knowledge and practices was 32.0% and 27.9% among mothers with at least one child age (6-12) months. The analysis shows that the age of mothers ≥ 31 years have less knowledge and practice about EBF compared to mothers aged ≤ 30 years. Mothers who are housewives had a higher probability of good knowledge and practice than mothers who were service providers. Nursing mothers at home have less knowledge and practices about EBF than mothers who gave birth in the hospital. Mothers that had a monthly family income of ≤ 6 699 BDT had less knowledge and practices about EBF compared to mothers with a family income of >6 699 BDT. Conclusions: This study showed a huge gap in EBF knowledge and practices among mothers who have at least one child age (6-12) months. This study suggests that EBF education and interventions can play an important role in increasing EBF good knowledge and practices among mothers with at least one-to-one (6-12) months of age children. Malnutrition will be reduced if the EBF is widely established in Bangladesh.
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Qunli Ding Shifang Sun Yun Zhang Pan Tang Chengna Lv 1 Hongying Ma Yiming Yu Suling Xu Zaichun Deng 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China Background: Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO; previously referred to as asthma-COPD overlap syndrome) is characterized by persistent airflow limitation consistent with COPD, together with several distinguishing features of asthma. Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome is a condition of mixing symptoms of asthma and COPD, because of its complexity, it is difficult to find effective diagnostic markers in clinic. Purpose: Our aims were to detect the expression of serum cytokines in patients with asthma, explore the diagnostic potential of differential serum cytokines in ACOS. Patients and Methods: Ninety asthmatic patients were divided into ACOS group and non-ACOS group according to the major and minor criteria of ACOS, 15 kinds of cytokines including IL-3, IL-4, IL-8, IL-9, IL-13, IL-17A, VEGFA, VEGFC, VEGFD, bFGF, Fit-1 PIGF, Tie-2 were detected by MSD, and IL-27 and TGF-beta were determined by ELISA assay. Results: The serum levels of IL-9, VEGFA and PIGF in patients with ACOS were significantly higher than those in non-ACOS group (P<0.05, respectively), while the level of IL-8 and IL-17A in subjects with ACOS was lower than that in the non-ACOS group (P<0.05, respectively). We analyzed the correlation between several difference factors and FEV1/FVC% in the ACOS group, found VEGFAwas negatively correlated with FEV1/FVC %, while IL-8 and IL-17A were positively correlated with FEV1/FVC%. Finally, three correlation factors were analyzed by ROC curve for the occurrence of ACOS. Conclusion: The results suggested that IL-8 was highly sensitive and VEGFA was highly specificity, both of which could be used as biomarkers for the diagnosis of ACOS.
Influence of feeding regimen on growth parameters of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus, Burchell 1822)

An experiment was conducted using 270 African catfish fingerlings to evaluate the effects ofdifferent feeding regimen on growth performance of the fish. The fish were hatched andreared to 12 weeks under similar condition before the commencement of the experiment thatlasted for 40 days. Feeding regimens included equally shared feed based on recommended of5% body weight, and equally spaced feed allocation at 6, 8 and 12 hourly intervals. Each ofthe three treatment groups comprised of six replicates of 15 fish per plastic tank. Body weight,and two linear measurements (total and standard length) were taken twice weekly on each ofthe fish in all the tanks and the respective length-weight relationship and condition factor (K)were computed. Weekly gain, final weight, average daily gain, absolute, relative, specific andmean growth rates for the three groups were evaluated and compared. Results showed that allparameters studied except final total length were significantly (P<.05) affected by feedingregimen. The coefficient of determination for all ANOVA had variable values for all growthparameter; Final Weight (83.11%), Absolute Growth Rate (79.19%), Final Total Length(61.30%), Final Standard Length (60.87%), Relative Growth Rate (38.68%), SpecificGrowth Rate (35.57%), Mean Growth Rate (32.23%) and Condition Factor (12.83%). The 6-hourly treatment group mostly had the highest values across all the parameters studied butwas not statistically different (P>.05) from the values obtained in the 8-hourly group.
Does Metacognitive Reflection Benefit Art Students?

The study of art, especially perspective, involves the use of specialized vocabulary words which can be difficult to learn. Metacognitive reflection (MR) offers a method to improve student learning of academic language. Teacher feedback on students’ reflections provides additional benefits. This quasi-experimental study measured the influence of MR and teacher feedback on students’ ability to learn and retain academic language. This study was conducted three separate times, to improve validity. While the MR treatment groups attained and maintained greater mean gains overall, post-hoc tests revealed that differences between groups in two of three studies were not statistically significant. The groups who engaged in reflection with feedback added a weighted mean gain of d = . 37 to their posttest score beyond that of the comparison groups. This finding provides moderate evidence for the efficacy of practicing reflection with feedback.
Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Text Generation

Advances in the field of natural language processing have lead to the ever increasing precision of automatic text analysis, understanding and generation processes. This work has as an objective the generation of text in the style of speakers in the United Kingdom’s houses. To this end debate transcripts from 2016 onward will be collected and analyzed. An statistical model will then be trained from the resulting text corpus that will generate text in the style of different speakers. To conclude, the generated texts then be evaluated with several metrics.
The stability of 57 consensus values in a proficiency test material re-issued blind after an interval of 18 years

In 2017 a silicate rock test material was re-issued in the geoanalytical proficiency test GeoPT after an interval of 18 years. The second distribution was participant-blind. Consensus values (for each analyte for which measurements were submitted by a sufficient number of participants) were compared and tested for significant difference in location. Such an experiment can provide information about the stability of both the test material and—the main focus of the present paper—the assigned values, which are consensus values as estimated location parameters. The validity of a consensus as an assigned value in proficiency testing has often been questioned in metrological thinking although there is seldom a practicable alternative. Over the whole suit of analytes, there was no indication of change in the location estimates. This is a remarkable finding, given the incidental changes that had occurred between the two rounds of the proficiency test, especially (a) changes in the analytical technology used, (b) the turnover in participant laboratories, and (c) the large increase in emphasis on data quality in the intervening period.
Financial Deepening and Economic Growth in Nigeria: ARDL and NARDL Techniques

Financial firms’ services are considered germane to an economy’s expansion universally. 2015-2016 economic and financial in Nigeria can be accredited to the hollowness of the financial firm contracting the economy by 2.06%, 63.7% market capitalization, and 67.2% in all share indexes losses. Prior empirical techniques focus primarily on finance-growth linear nexus. Which begs the question is the reported linear nexus a function of the linear assumption test power or earth evidence? The baseline ARDL and NARDL techniques are used in this research. To observe if there is a possibility of a non-linear association, for structural breaks, the Zivot and Andrews tests were used, as well as Granger causality to test for causality. From 1999Q1-2019Q4, quarterly data from the three arms of financial firms “insurance, banking, and stock market” were used. Findings revealed that economic growth adjusts non-linearly at a faster pace. A variety of macro-non-macroeconomic and financial factors can be implicated in the non-linear adjustment. A bi-directional link between the variables was revealed by causal nexus.
Market Efficiency Dynamics and Chaotic Behavior of Dhaka Stock Exchange: Evidence from Mutual Information and Lyapunov Exponents Models

This study investigates the evidence of market efficiency dynamics and chaotic behavior of the Dhaka Stock Exchange benchmark index (DSEX) over the 2000-2020 period. We employed the newly developed model of mutual informational and global correlation coefficient in addition to the traditional linear and nonlinear techniques. Results suggest there is evidence of serial dependence in the DSEX returns. We attempted the Lyapunov exponent model to evaluate the possibility of chaos and nonlinear dynamics in the market. The results conspicuously represent the existence of chaotic behavior-a nonlinearity-based profitability pattern revealed in the DSEX return series in its short run behavior. By applying two technical trading indicators, we justify the predicting trend of the Bangladesh stock market and conclude that investors active in the Dhaka Stock Exchange can earn abnormal returns. Findings have practical implications for general investors and professional fund managers to exploit the profitable opportunities and reshuffle the investment decisions. Results also convey the message to the regulatory body to initiate the strategies for intervening in the operating mechanisms to reduce the market inefficiency.
Inspecting the Mechanism of Quantitative Easing in the Euro Area

We use new data on security-level portfolio holdings of institutional investors and households in the euro area to understand the impact of the ongoing asset purchase programme of the European Central Bank (ECB) on the dynamics of risk exposures and on asset prices. We develop a tractable measurement framework to quantify the dynamics of euro-area duration, sovereign and corporate credit, and equity risk exposures as the programme evolves. We propose an instrumental-variables estimator to identify the impact of central bank purchases on sovereign bonds on sovereign bond yields. Our results suggest that the foreign sector sells most in response to the programme, followed by banks and mutual funds, while the purchases of insurance companies and pension funds are positively related to purchases by the ECB.
PERSONAL IS POLITICAL IN AZMINA MAGAZINE: Testimony legitimization and recognition demands in texts on maternity

ELIZA BACHEGA CASADEI Eliza Bachega Casadei is PhD in Communication Sciences from Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA-USP) and full professor of the Postgraduate Program in Communication and Consumer Practices from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing. In this article, she contributed to the conception of research design; development of theoretical discussion; interpretation of the data; writing of the manuscript Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) – São Paulo, SP, Brasil. E-mail: elizacasadei@yahoo.com. br. ORCID: 0000-0003-0769-1820.
SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES TO STATE REPRESENTATIVES IN BRAZIL: WHERE WILL GO THE POLITICAL

The paper analyzes the evolution of the social profile of successful and unsuccessful candidates to the position of state deputy in Brazil between 1998 and 2018. Based on data from the dos Observatório de Elites Políticas e sociais we observe the variables gender, education and profession among the postulants to state assemblies. We tested two hypotheses about the profile of successful and unsuccessful candidates: popularization and professionalization. The data indicates that women are still political underrepresented and that the college degree is an attribute of successful and unsuccessful candidates. Our findings point to a greater presence of professional politicians among the elected, what confirms the notion that was taking place a professionalization of the political competition in Brazil. Although the 2018 election presents different results from previous ones, political competition in the country is following the pattern of older democracies, in which agents already inserted in the political field tend to have more electoral chances.
Rebound Effect, Fast Adaptation to Social Change or Cultural Continuity among Two Generations of Hungarians

The aim of the present research was to reveal what kind of values, self-conceptualisation and beliefs of personhood characterize two generations of Hungarians, almost three decades after the socio-political changes from socialism to capitalist market economy. Participants were high school students (N = 239) and adults (N = 122). Value-orientation was measured using the Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ, Schwartz et al, 2001), beliefs of personhood were measured by the Lay Contextualism Scale (Owe et al., 2013). Self-construals were measured in case of the high school students by using 23 items from Gudykunst et al. (1996) self-construal scale and in case of the adults a modified version of it (Owe et al., 2013). Results indicate that in the post-socialist Hungary, individualistic values and independent self-concept strongly characterize both the high school students and the adults, but the younger generation displays higher tendency towards individualism.
The Relationship between Work Hazards and Quality of Nurses’ Work Life in Operating Room at Menoufia University Hospital

Nurses should work at safe environment to maintain high work life quality and good patient care delivery. The purpose of the study: Is to determine the relationship between work hazards and quality of nurses' work life. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was used; the study was conducted in operating rooms at Menoufia university hospitals. A convenient sample of 92 nurses was recruited from operating nurses. Data was collected using three Instruments (two structured questionnaires and one observation checklist) adapted by the investigator. The first structured questionnaire was work hazards questionnaire. The second structured questionnaire was quality of work life questionnaire. The third Instrument was observation checklist to assess OR environment safety and nurses' compliance to safety measures. Results: Majority of the studied subjects exposed to high work hazards and low work life quality. Conclusion: There is a very highly statistically significant negative correlation between work hazards and quality of work life. Recommendations: Maintain safe work environment at operation rooms to increase quality of nurses’ work life.
Source Separation of the Second Heart Sound via Alternating Optimization

A novel algorithm to separate S2 heart sounds into their aortic and pulmonary components is proposed. This approach is based on the assumption that, in different heartbeats of a given recording, aortic and pulmonary components maintain the same waveform but with different relative delays, which are induced by the variation of the thoracic pressure at different respiration phases. The proposed algorithm then retrieves the aortic and pulmonary components as the solution of an optimization problem which is approximated via alternating optimization. The proposed approach is shown to provide reconstructions of aortic and pulmonary components with normalized root mean-squared error consistently below 10% in various operational regimes.
A Numerical Study of the Interaction Between one Dimensional Carbyne Chain and Single Stranded DNA

The interactions between two-dimensional carbon-based materials and biomolecules have been an active area of research recently. Such interactions are beneficial in many applications such as biosensors and DNA sequencers. For such practical applications, the electrical response of the sensing elements to the presence of different ssDNA bases plays a crucial role, and it is affected by its interaction with different DNA bases. The width of the sensing element influences the spatial resolution at the single nucleotide level when developing DNA sequencers. The purpose of this research was to numerically study the electrical properties associated with the interaction between 1D carbon chain, known as carbyne, and ssDNA. First, the electrical properties of the carbyne chain were calculated. Second, the electrical properties of the carbyne chain were calculated in the presence of different ssDNA bases. Analyzing the differences between the two cases led to determining the effects of these different bases on the electrical properties. The numerical simulation approach conducted in this research was based on the first-principle simulation. The first-principle simulation was based on using density functional theory (DFT) and non-equilibrium Green’s functions (NEGF). The electrical properties investigated in this study included the density of states and the transmission probability functions that were used to calculate the electrical current. The study showed that the electrical response of the chain in the presence of each base is distinguishable. In particular, the chain current increased by 3.3 μA in the presence of base A at 0.6 V. In contrast, the current decreased by 41.1 μA, 14.7 μA, and 25.6 μA in the presence of bases C, T, and G, respectively. Moving bases A and C to different locations showed different electrical responses due to having O, NH2, and CH at different distances from the chain. A force model was developed to describe the force interaction between the chain and these groups. The force trend showed a similar trend to the electrical current when compared at -0.85 V. Different orientations of the bases influenced the electrical properties in a different way. For two different orientations, parallel and perpendicular to the chain axis, base A showed 0.0776 mA difference in the electrical current at 0.6 V. Base C, G, and T showed 0.0325 mA, 0.0426 mA, and 0.00305 mA difference, respectively. More importantly, this work contributes to the knowledge of the nano device based DNA sequencing technique and enables further progress toward ultrafast, low cost, label-free, and high-resolution DNA sequencing devices.
Mantle Flow in the Vicinity of the Eastern Edge of the Pacific‐Yakutat Slab: Constraints From Shear Wave Splitting Analyses

To investigate the effects of a slab edge and varying slab geometry on the mantle flow systems beneath south central Alaska, a total of 971 pairs of teleseismic shear wave (SKS, SKKS, and PKS) and 65 pairs of local S wave splitting parameters (fast orientations and splitting times) are measured using data from the USArray and other networks. The Pacific‐Yakutat slab edge separates two regions with different characteristics of the splitting measurements. The area to the west of the slab edge has greater splitting times and mostly trench parallel fast orientations, and the area to the east is dominated by smaller splitting times and spatially varying fast orientations. The spatial distribution of the splitting parameters and results of anisotropy layering and depth analyses can be explained by a model involving three flow systems. The sub‐slab flow initially entraining with the shallow‐dipping Yakutat slab deflects to a trench‐parallel direction due to slab retreat and an increase in slab dip, and flows northeastward toward the slab edge, where it splits into two branches. The first branch enters the mantle wedge as a toroidal flow and flows southwestward along the slab, and the second branch continues approximately eastward. The flowlines of the toroidal and continued flow systems are approximately orthogonal to each other in the vicinity of the slab edge, producing the observed small splitting times and spatially varying fast orientations.
Analysis of the Effect of Emotion Elicitation on the Cardiovascular System

Emotions play an important role in our everyday life, influencing our decision-making process, and also affecting our physiology. Several studies in literature have proposed successful classification models for emotion recognition combining multimodal physiological measures without dwelling on the physiological significance of the measures. Our study aims at finding cardiovascular indices related to the autonomic nervous system that can explain how autonomic control of the heart responds with respect to specific emotions: happiness, fear, relaxation and boredom. Pulse arrival time and pulse pressure measurements have been shown to be significantly separating the 4 emotions, especially along the arousal dimension as expected from previous findings. Importantly, these blood pressure related indices also yielded relevant insights into characterizing the valence dimension when looking at high and low arousal subsets. In addition, these measures were found to be correlated with classical autonomic indices and explanatory in the cardiovascular and autonomic changes elicited by different emotions. Autonomic indices were then used to train a basic support vector machine model obtaining four-class test accuracy in discriminating happiness, relaxation, boredom and fear equal to 44%, 67%, 55%, 44% respectively.
Apego, Resolución de Conflictos, Satisfacción Marital, y Cultura en Mujeres

The aim of this study was to compare levels of attachment, conflict resolution strategies and marital satisfaction in women from Israel, United States, Turkey, and Spain (N = 343). A sample of individuals involved in a romantic relationship at ages 18-68 (M = 35.4, SD = 11.83) completed measures of attachment dimensions, conflict resolution strategies, and marital satisfaction. Tucker Phi coefficients revealed the same structure of the scales across all countries. Mean comparisons were used. Differences were observed among women from Israel, Turkey, USA, and Spain in attachment (avoidant and anxiety), as well as in own conflict resolution strategies and in perception of partner’s conflict resolution strategies. In individualistic countries, women reported using conflict withdrawal to a higher extent. Women from collectivistic cultures showed higher levels of avoidant attachment and of use of demand strategy. No cultural differences in women’s marital satisfaction were observed. Results are discussed in light of the combined possible effects of cultural dimensions and individual variables.