Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A limit state design approach for hybrid reinforced concrete column‐supported flat slabs

Hybrid reinforced technology (combination of steel reinforcing bars and fibers) can be considered as a competitive alternative to the already existing solutions for the construction of column‐supported flat slabs. Constructed hybrid‐reinforced buildings prove that hybrid solutions have sufficient bearing capacity to maintain structural integrity despite being exposed to high stress levels, thereby providing a beneficial solution in terms of toughness, ductility, and sustainability performance. However, the lack of design‐oriented recommendations based on the accepted limit state format for dealing with both serviceability and ultimate limit states slows down the wider implementation of this technology. Considering the above‐mentioned, this article presents a simplified design‐oriented method that covers the evaluation of the structural response of hybrid reinforced concrete column‐supported flat slabs in terms of flexural strength, cracking, and instantaneous deformations. Two hybrid reinforced alternatives for a given flat slab are studied by means of the proposed approach. Furthermore, a nonlinear finite element analysis is carried out in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed simplified method. Based on the achieved results, its suitable accuracy and precision can be pointed out. This outcome may motivate current practitioners to consider hybrid reinforced concrete solutions as a possible alternative during the design of residential and office buildings.
Mitigating the harms of abusive supervision on employee thriving: The buffering effects of employees’ social-network centrality

This article builds on the scant literature regarding antecedents and consequences of employee thriving, a positive psychological state characterized by the joint experience of vitality and learning. Guided by conservation of resource (COR) theory and the social embeddedness perspective, we predict that the social-network centrality of employees helps them buffer against the negative effects of abusive supervision. Via a pilot study, a field study, and two scenario-based experiments, we find patterns supporting our hypotheses. Specifically, employees’ perception of abusive supervision is negatively associated with their level of thriving and, thereby also, with their performance-related outcomes such as task performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and creativity. However, abusive supervision’s negative association with employees’ thriving weakens when employees are more central in their advice and friendship networks. Our research adds to the sparse but growing literature on thriving, and supplements the mostly reactive- and/or dyadic-oriented strategies previously identified as ways to cope with abusive supervisors. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
High Prevalence and Low Diversity of Rickettsia in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks, Central Europe

We collected 1,671 Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from 17 locations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. We found 47.9% overall prevalence of Rickettsia species in ticks over all locations. Sequence analysis confirmed that all tested samples belonged to R. raoultii, the causative agent of tick-borne lymphadenopathy.
The implicit effect of action mental simulation on action evaluation

The main assumption underlying the present investigation is that action observation elicits a mandatory mental simulation representing the action forward in time. In Experiment 1, participants observed pairs of photos portraying the initial and the final still frames of an action video; then they observed a photo depicting the very same action but either forward or backward in time. Their task was to tell whether the action in the photo portrayed something happened before or after the action seen at encoding. In this explicit task, the evaluation was faster for forward photos than for backward photos. Crucially, the effect was replicated when instructions asked only to evaluate at test whether the photo depicted a scene congruent with the action seen at encoding (implicit task from two still frames, Experiment 2), and when at encoding, they were presented a single still frame and evaluated at test whether a photo depicted a scene congruent with the action seen at encoding (implicit task from single still frame; Experiment 3). Overall, the results speak in favour of a mandatory mechanism through which our brain simulates the action also in tasks that do not explicitly require action simulation.
Multiple Levels of Factors Protecting Against Peer Rejection in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

This study investigated both the risk factors and the protective factors against peer rejection at multiple levels in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their typically developing peers. Using standard sociometric procedure, we studied the peer rejection of 108 children with ADHD (aged 7 to 12) and their classmates of the same sex and age (n = 108). Risk factors (i.e., emotional/behavioral difficulties, academic performance, conflicts in the student-teacher relationship, parental rejection) predicted peer rejection in both groups, but the quality of relationships with teachers had a stronger predictive power in children with ADHD. Protective factors at multiple levels: individual (extracurricular activity), family (parental warmth and family social support), social (school social support and friendship), compensated for all the risks of peer rejection in children with ADHD. However, the effect of prosocial behavior was insignificant after controlling for emotional/behavioral problems. Only school social support and friendship moderated the relationship between rejection and the risk factors in children with ADHD. Compensatory and moderating effects of all factors were found in the comparison group. Prevention and intervention of the peer rejection of children with ADHD should be focused on multiple levels of factors, especially social ones.
Analysis on the Performances of Misaligned Journal Bearings using Full-Scale Test Rig and Conjugate Heat Transfer Method

Misalignment effects increase the risk of scratch or seizure failure for the journal bearings-rotor system. To investigate the performances of misaligned journal bearings, a full-scale journal bearings-rotor system test rig is designed and journal orbits are tested under different speeds. Then, a THD lubrication model is established to simulate lubrication performances under different misalignment conditions. The results show that for a misaligned journal bearings-rotor system, the center of the orbits of the bearing closing to coupling is fixed around the coupling. The orbits center of the bearing far away coupling is floating gradually with an increasing speed. The vibration amplitude of bearing closing to coupling is larger than that of bearing far away from the coupling. When the minimum oil film thickness is decreasing, the maximum film temperature is increasing except for the bearing closing to coupling. For different misalignment directions, maximum film temperature is determined by the position of the high pressure zone and high temperature zone.
FIELD INVESTIGATION OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN THE SURF ZONE

Purpose - This paper presents the results of a number of field observations made at Pacific Beach near San Diego, California with a suspended sediment sampler. A detailed description of the laboratory and field development of the sampler is presented in the Beach Erosion Board Technical Memorandum Ho. 3k entitled "Development and Field Tests of a Sampler for Suspended Sediment in Wave Action". The laboratory development involved: a circulating system which provided various current velocities and concentration patterns at the test section; the testing of various size nozzles; the study of particle size distribution of samples obtained by the nozzles; and the development of correction factors for field conditions. It was concluded from the laboratory study that a pump-type sampler could be adapted to the study of suspended material movement in wave action. The principal result from the laboratory tests was a tentative finding that by pumping through a vertically disposed 1/2-inch nozzle with a velocity approximately twice the maximum orbital current velocity in a wave, samples could be obtained which were representative in weight (even without a correction factor) to within about 15 per cent of the true suspension.
Benefits and Risks of Digital Business Transformation: The Example of Eastern Europe Countries

The purpose of this research was to conceptually substantiate an effective business digitalization strategy in Eastern Europe (EE), taking into account the identification of destructive and complementary factors of digital transformation (DT). The survey, completed by top managers of companies from different sectors of the EE countries' economy, helped form a system of indicators for assessing the level of DT by country. The systematization of the DT factors made it possible to differentiate them by the nature of influence, advantages, and threats of the DH (digital humanities) for the EE countries. The results indicated a low and medium level of DT in the countries studied because of the lack of a digitalization strategy. A matrix of business digitalization management strategies has been formed for Eastern European countries, considering the efficiency level, digitalization threats, and the priority in their management. It will help mitigate the threats of DT and reduce the digital divide with countries with a high level of DT.
Development of Organizational Culture in Improving the Performance of Village-Owned Enterprises in Gorontalo Regency, Indonesia

This research aims to determine the effect of organizational culture in improving the performance of Village-Owned Enterprises (VOEs) in Gorontalo Regency, Indonesia. Data were quantitatively collected from 114 VOE managers and analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis tools processed with Smart PLS. The results showed that organizational culture has a positive effect of 34.3% at a significance level (α) of 0.05 on VOEs performance with a tstatistic of 4.686, which is greater than the ttable of 1.659. This implies that organizational culture has a fairly large tendency in shaping VOEs performance due to its ability to adapt to changes in the organizational environment, specifically internal adaptability. The organizational culture built in the environment needs to be maintained and enhanced by internalizing cultural values through external adaptability in the form of administration, law, politics, and economics, which will improve VOEs performance.
Why Does Risk Communication Matter? Preventive and Excessive Health Behavior among Uninfected People

Given the recent public health emergency, the COVID-19 has become one pandemic whose spread is not easy to control. COVID-19 can spread through various interactions between individuals. One of the government's efforts to prevent its spread is to use a risk communication approach to reduce the number of transmissions. However, the risk communication approach still uses a one-way performance in its implementation and has not been measured. This study identifies the major components of the risk communication approach used. One of our findings is that trust in government is the most vital basis for implementing risk communication that can be readily accepted by the community and can increase preventive behavior and the intention to behave more in self-protection. This research uses hierarchical component models (HCMs) research designs to provide practical and academic contributions.
Estimation of Distances within Real and Virtual Dental Models as a Function of Task Complexity

Orthodontists have seen their practices evolve from estimating distances on plaster models to estimating distances on non-immersive virtual models. However, if the estimation of distance using real models can generate errors (compared to the real distance measured using tools), which remains acceptable from a clinical point of view, is this also the case for distance estimation performed on digital models? To answer this question, 50 orthodontists (31 women and 19 men) with an average age of 36 years (σ = 12.84; min = 23; max = 63) participated in an experiment consisting of estimating 3 types of distances (mandibular crowding, inter-canine distance, and inter-molar distance) on 6 dental models, including 3 real and 3 virtual models. Moreover, these models were of three different levels of complexity (easy, medium, and difficult). The results showed that, overall, the distances were overestimated (compared to the distance measured using an instrument) regardless of the situation (estimates on real or virtual models), but this overestimation was greater for the virtual models than for the real models. In addition, the mental load associated with the estimation tasks was considered by practitioners to be greater for the estimation tasks performed virtually compared to the same tasks performed on plaster models. Finally, when the estimation task was more complex, the number of estimation errors decreased in both the real and virtual situations, which could be related to the greater number of therapeutic issues associated with more complex models.
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Construction Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

The construction industry is one of the leading industries in the economy of any country. However, the industry is vulnerable to changes and uncertainties, either external or internal, due to its fragmented and dynamic nature. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019, is considered a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). COVID-19 has quickly spread all over the world resulting in significant social and economic consequences. The main objective of the study is to determine the challenges and opportunities due to the pandemic in the construction industry and to categorize them. Through a review of the existing literature and interviews with construction experts, the challenges and opportunities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic were listed. A questionnaire survey was designed to evaluate them. The principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized to group the identified challenges and opportunities. PCA was conducted with SPSS Version 25.0 software. The most critical challenges of the pandemic were determined as “the requirement of COVID-19 protocols,” “restriction on movement and travel,” “additional safety equipment use,” where the most important opportunities were found as “hygiene programs,” “use of technological tools effectively,” and “BIM-enabled construction. ” The research contributes to the body of knowledge in terms of making construction practitioners beware of the main challenges and opportunities along with leading them to act toward change and uncertainty. This study further provides general guidelines and implications for practitioners and policymakers in case of similar outbreaks.
Human Amnion-Derived MSCs Alleviate Acute Lung Injury and Hinder Pulmonary Fibrosis Caused by Paraquat in Rats

Methods First, the purity of hAD-MSCs was determined by morphological observation and FCM, and the effects on the survival of paraquat-poisoned Sprague-Dawley rats were observed. All rats were randomly divided into three groups, defined as the sham control group (n = 8), model group (n = 15), and hAD-MSC-transplanted group (n = 17). Pneumonocyte damage and inflammatory cell infiltration were investigated in the three groups of rats, untreated control, paraquat only, and paraquat+hAD-MSC transplanted, using H&E staining. Fibrosis was investigated in three groups of rats using Masson's trichrome staining and Sirius red staining. The profibrotic factor TGF-β1, the composition of fibrotic collagen HYP, and the hAD-MSC-secreted immunosuppressive factor HLA-G5 in serum were investigated in the three groups of rats using ELISA. Furthermore, the distribution of hAD-MSCs was investigated in the three groups of rats using immunohistochemistry and hematoxylin staining. Results The hAD-MSCs exhibited typical hallmarks of MSCs, improved the state of being and survival of paraquat-poisoned rats, reduced both lung injury and inflammation, and inhibited the progression of pulmonary fibrosis by decreasing the deposition of collagen and the secretion of both TGF-β1 and HYP. The hAD-MSCs could survive in damaged lungs and secreted appropriate amounts of HLA-G5 into the serum. Conclusion The obtained results indicate that hAD-MSCs used to treat paraquat-induced lung injury may work through anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive pathways and the downregulation of profibrotic elements. This study suggests that the transplantation of hAD-MSCs is a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of paraquat-intoxicated patients.
Flow cytometry, molecular analysis, and other special techniques (in Serous Fluid Cytopathology)

Morphological and architectural pattern evaluations play a major role in the rpretation of hematopoietic neoplasms. However, confirmation of diagnosis, classification, prognosis, and risk stratification are highly dependent on the utilization of multiple ancillary studies. The importance of these ancillary studies increases in evaluating serous fluid samples, as these samples lack architecture and patterns. Likewise, the morphology can be disturbed by sample preparation. The most common ancillary studies utilized are flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry for immunophenotyping, Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH), cytogenetics for structural and gene rearrangements, and molecular studies for mutational analysis. Among them, flow cytometry analysis is the handiest test to perform with high diagnostic yield on serous fluid specimens. In this article we will discuss the use, caveat, and role of the most common ancillary studies on serous fluid specimen evaluation. This review article will be incorporated finally as one of the chapters in CMAS (CytoJournal Monograph/Atlas Series) #2. It is modified slightly from the chapter by the initial authors (Choladda Vejabhuti, MD and Chung-Che (Jeff) Chang, MD, PhD) in the first edition of Diagnostic Cytopathology of Serous Fluids.
Endoscopic Techniques for Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Principles and Context

Endoscopic techniques in spine surgery are rapidly evolving, with operations becoming progressively safer and less invasive. Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) procedures comprise many spine procedures that have benefited from endoscopic assistance and minimally invasive approaches. Though considerable variation exists within endoscopic LIF, similar principles and techniques are common to all types. Nonetheless, innovations continually emerge, requiring trainees and experienced surgeons to maintain familiarity with the domain and its possibilities. We present two illustrative cases of endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with a comprehensive literature review of the different approaches to endoscopic LIF procedures.
How do morning and friendly ads influence mobile advertising? A mediation perspective using appraisal theory

ABSTRACT Mobile advertising accounted for 137 billion dollars or 55% of 2021 U.S. total digital advertising expenditures. Delivery time and tone of language in advertisements (ads) are two little explored characteristics in mobile advertising. This paper examines how morning delivery and the use of a friendly language tone in ads are related to customer purchase intention. Based on survey data from the U.S. population, morning ads with a friendly tone are less irritating and positively influence customer attitude toward mobile learning from the ads, which result in increasing consumer purchase intention. In other words, morning and friendly-toned ads have a positive indirect impact on purchase intention. This research contributes to the body of literature on mobile marketing by providing empirical evidence on the value of delivery time and language tone of mobile communication because such delivery avoids irritating users and increases purchase intention. The developed research model is supported by the appraisal theory of emotions.
role of topical gel containing chitosan, 0.2% chlorhexidine, allantoin and dexpanthenol on the wound healing after surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molar

Odontostomologic procedures like extractions especially surgical removal of impacted 3rd molars, implants, biopsies etc are often associated with post-operative pain and inflammation. Traditionally chlorhexidine was used in this regard. Recently, topical gel, Bexident Post (ISDIN, SPAIN) has been in use to control post-operative discomfort. The aim of this study is to clinically evaluate the efficacy of Bexident Post (ISDIN, SPAIN) that contains chitosan, dexpenthanol, allantoin and 0.2% chlorhexidine on wound healing after surgical extraction of mandibular impacted 3rd molars. A study sample of 10 patients with similar type of bilateral impacted mandibular 3rd molar was included in the study. Total of 10 extractions were assingned in one of the two groups. Only difference between the two sides in terms of surgical protocol will be the Experimental side applied 10 mL thrice daily for 10 days while Control side did not. All patients were aware of the purpose of present study and written consent was taken requiring their participation. Results showed that facial swelling, mouth opening and pain were all significant between the two groups. The groups were homogenous only in terms of infection as neither of the groups showed post-operative signs of infection.
The Value of Freedom: A Review of the Current Developments and Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Capability

ABSTRACT In health economics, proponents of the capability approach argue that the value of health improvements should be evaluated us broad domains which reflect the capabilities of an individual. Instruments have been developed to measure these domains. These instruments operationalise the measurement of capability in different ways. The objective of this study is to analyze specifically how instruments operationalise the capability approach. Using a comprehensive pearl growing search methodology, we identified ten instruments. The content of these instruments was analysed in three stages. First, the definition of capability that was used for the development of an instrument was identified. Then, an analysis was conducted on how this definition was operationalised in the instrument’s development. Lastly, the content of the instruments was compared with the concept “option freedom”, which provides a more comprehensive definition of capability, to study whether the instruments measure capability or other aspects that are relevant for wellbeing assessment. We conclude that, despite using a shared definition of capability, the instruments differ in their methods to measure capability. Some instruments might miss content that reflect the burdens that people experience while achieving their capabilities in certain contexts. This might be due to the unclear conceptualisation of capability by Sen.