Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Associations between program quality and expulsion of infants and young children from community childcare settings

Abstract Children under five are expelled at high rates from early learning settings, yet little research discusses the relationship between program quality and expulsion. This study examined the relationship between program quality (accreditation, quality rating system participation, child:teacher ratios, suggesting programs are not a match, administrator education and experience, expulsion beliefs, and perceptions of support) and expulsion decisions. Data from 314 community childcare centers throughout one northeastern state in the United States showed 35.7% (n = 112) expelled at least one child in the previous 12 months. QRIS participation, suggestion programs are not a match, expulsion beliefs, and child:teacher ratios were all found to be significant predictors of expulsion. Results indicate that several factors typically associated with quality do not act as protective factors against expulsion.
Industry 4.0 enabling manufacturing flexibility: technology contributions to individual resource and shop floor flexibility

PurposeThis paper focuses on understanding the contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies to manufacturing flexibility.Design/methodology/approachA multiple-case study was conducted through interviews and complementary data from 12 adopters of Industry 4.0 technologies from the industrial sector. To enable a broad perspective, cases from 5 industry sectors with different technological intensity levels were studied.FindingsThe findings show that Industry 4.0 technologies are mostly used to improve machine flexibility since there is a major focus on technological approaches rather than on wider flexibility. The results also showed that cloud services, IoT, and data analytics provide the basis for flexible operation, and collaborative robots, ERP/MES/PLM, AGVs, and traceability devices are the most commonly implemented technologies for flexibility. However, inherent contingency factors such as production complexity and product life cycle need to be considered.Originality/valueThis article expands the research on manufacturing flexibility, considering new capabilities introduced by Industry 4.0.
Impact of Gensingen brace treatment on Lenke 5 curvatures and chronic low back pain in late adolescent and adult scoliosis patients

Background Lenke 5C (lumbar and or thoracolumbar) curve patterns lead to loss of lumbar lordosis which is associated with low back pain in later adulthood. We undertook our study to investigate if brace treatment may have an effect on low back pain and on improving the cosmetic appearance in late adolescents and adults. Objectives To estimate if conservative treatment may have an effect on pain in single lumbar curvatures in late adolescent and adult patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) using a Gensingen Brace by Weiss (GBW). Method We investigated AIS patients with Lenke 5C pattern who wore a GBW prospectively. The inclusion criteria of our study were age over 15 years, Cobb angle greater than 20° before treatment and Risser 4 or 5. A verbal pain rating scale was used (no pain, mild pain, moderate pain, severe pain, very severe pain). Results A total of 26 patients met the inclusion criteria. The average age was 17.7 years and the average Cobb angle was 41.5°. Nineteen patients (73.1%) experienced mild or moderate chronic low back pain before treatment and seven patients (26.9%) were asymptomatic but seeking treatment for cosmetic reasons. At follow-up, a 23% correction of the curve was achieved. All previously symptomatic patients reported that they no longer experienced low back pain after having worn the brace regularly. Conclusion High correction bracing seems to have a positive effect on the curve and on chronic low back pain in patients with a scoliosis and a Lenke 5C curve pattern. Clinical implications High correction, pattern specific bracing with a GBW may be applied aiming at reducing structural curves and chronic low back pain in late adolescent and adult patients with AIS and with a single lumbar curvature.
A methodological proposal for planation surfaces mapping

A mapping methodology of planation surfaces based on automated altimetric stratification is proposed in this work. In this methodology, mathematical concepts related to the variation of the function of pixels frequency vs. altitude are used to obtain the grouping of relief forms. The automatic clustering allows to distinguish the planation surfaces from elevation without the interference of decision maker. The input data for the execution of the mapping algorithm is the variation of elevation as a function of the number of pixels, extracted from SRTM data. The mapping of planation surfaces and the validation of computational algorithm were carried out for an area located in the municipality of Chapada Gaúcha, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, which presents two planation surfaces recognized in the literature. The landforms in the study area were associated with three planation cycles, interpreted as corresponding to King’s Post-Gondwana, South American and Velhas surfaces. Remaining (reserved) and dissected landforms from South American and Velhas surfaces were mapped, while for Post-Gondwana surface only dissected landforms were identified. The mapped surfaces showed an important correlation with the regional soil types, indicating that the spatial distribution of surficial formations is directly related to the distribution of the planation surfaces. The results showed that the proposed algorithm can automatically reveal the relief organization of a region, indicate characteristics of the planation surfaces such as the degree of flatness and leveling, in addition to helping to understand the relationship between landforms and soil distribution. The method is suitable for tectonically stable not-tilted reliefs and for areas of stepped planation surfaces. The method is suitable for stepped landsurfaces located at tectonically stable and not-tilted areas.
Sports Performance Tests for Amputee Football Players: A Scoping Review

Background: This scoping review aims to identify sports performance tests for amputee football players and to critically analyze the methodological quality, validation data, reliability, and standardization of sport-specific tests to indicate the best-fitting tests. Methods: Electronic database searches were conducted between January 2019 and October 2021. Twelve articles met the inclusion criteria. Qualitative assessment of each study was conducted by STROBE checklist. Results: Twenty-nine sports performance tests were identified. No sports performance test fully met all three criteria associated with the qualitative assessment of tests. The critical appraisal of the articles demonstrates a gap in study design, settings, and main results description. Some inconsistencies were found in the methodological descriptions of tests assessing the same motor skill. A STROBE score of 13 points was considered a satisfactory score for the article (it was obtained by 8 of the 12 studies). The weakest point of the analyzed studies was the description of how the test group size was accessed and later obtained. Conclusions: No test was found that was simultaneously presented as valid, reliable, and standardized. The authors can recommend the use of the two-sports performance tests that are the closest to ideal: the L test and the YYIRT1.
Conversational Roles, Generational Differences and the Emergence of Historical and Personal Memories Surrounding WWII during Familial Discussions

ABSTRACT We examined whether and how conversational roles shape the extent to which details and recollections surrounding World War II (WWII) emerge in family conversations. Each family was tasked with collaboratively discussing four topics surrounding WWII specific to Belgium. We then conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The former compared the collaborative recall with each family member’s individual recall; the latter focused on the conversational roles and dynamics within each family. While the results suggest that familial discussions lead to more “old” (from the individual recollection) recollections than “new” recollections, about 40% new recollections did emerge; however, with fewer personal details surrounding the discussed recollections. Although, the extent to which more details and new recollections emerged during the conversations across families depended on the conversational roles adopted by each discussant. Our results are discussed in terms of the importance of conversational roles in understanding when and how memories may emerge within a conversation and, in turn, transmit across generations.
Compact Subsea Separation Unit: - Nonlinear Model Predictive Control and Nonlinear Observers

In search of increased wealth and public prosperity, the oil industry have met new challenges in their quest for black gold. These challenges have driven Statoil’s expertise to develop a compact subsea separation unit. The compact structure of this unit makes advanced process control a requirement. The study of this thesis will focus on configuring a NMPC with state process information supplied by a nonlinear observer. The study will be based on previous work on the Compact Separation unit. Statoil’s internal MPC tool will be used for process control. The state and parameter estimation performance of the implemented observers has been assessed with regards to both measurement noise and model/plant mismatches. This has been performed through simulations on the implemented model, but tests have also been conducted on an off-line data set from a test rig of the compact separation unit. The observers provided sufficiently accurate state estimates, with the exception being when the estimates were based on too severe measurement noise. The parameter estimation scheme proved to be suboptimal, but provided vital information during tests on the off-line data set. The NMPC configuration developed during this project has been tested on several process disturbances, and have provided good results regarding regulation of the process within the desired control objectives. The configuration have proved to fulfill the performance criteria specified, both with the use of ideal process information and estimates supplied by the observers.
Racialized Perceptions of Anticipated School Belonging

Families indicate that fit and safety are priorities in school selections. It is not clear, however, whether school racial composition shapes families’ perceptions of anticipated school belonging. Using a survey experiment with students and parents actively choosing NYC schools, I find that families expressed racialized judgments of belonging. Among schools that were otherwise similar, respondents anticipated feeling most welcome in schools with the highest proportion of their racial group and least welcome in schools with the lowest portions of their ingroup. Families’ race-based assessments of school quality could be a key mechanism to explain racial segregation in school choice programs.
Qualifications, quality, and habitus: using Bourdieu to investigate inequality in policies for early childhood educators

Abstract Early childhood educators with higher qualifications are more likely to demonstrate quality in their practice; but few studies have explored the underlying factors that contribute to this relationship. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, this article proposes that the relationship arises from social, as well as educational, inequality. Educators with higher qualifications are more likely to have the cultural, social, and economic capital necessary to develop a habitus (unthinking disposition to act in certain ways) consistent with the dominant understanding of quality practice. The doxa (shared understanding) of quality in the early childhood sector is itself shaped by two institutions through which these forms of capital are transmitted: schools, and middle-class families. Policy efforts to raise educators’ qualifications are insufficient to address these deeper inequalities. All educators require opportunities to critically reflect on how their habitus shapes their practice, and to shape the doxa of the early childhood field.
The Effects of an Alternative Training Method on Physical and Technical Abilities of Adolescent Soccer Players: A Pilot Study

This study examined the effects of an alternative strength training method during soccer training on the development of physical and technical abilities of youth soccer players. 17 soccer players (age: 15 ±0.5 years) were divided in a control group (cg) and an experimental group (Eg). The players of the Eg wore a “weight shorts”, with 300 gr of additional weight on each thigh, while they participated into 3 regular soccer training sessions per week, for 12 weeks. The cg followed the same training program without wearing the “weighted shorts”. before and after 12 weeks of training, anthropometric characteristics, 10- and 30-m speed, the arrowhead change-of-direction test, the illinois agility test with ball, the countermovement jump, and the 5-repetition maximum (5rM) load at the split squat, leg extension and leg curl were measured. The Eg improved significantly (p < 0.05) more in comparison with the cg in countermovement jump, leg extension and split squat (left leg) 5rM load. The addition of weights on the thighs using special shorts during soccer training sessions leads to increased jumping ability and lower limbs maximal strength in youth soccer players. to avoid an early activation of the timing mechanism. The photocells were placed at a height of 80 cm from the ground. The participants run as fast as possible, reaching the finish point of the final photocell, which was placed at 10 meters. Timing was performed at the distance of 10 meters. after 1 practice trial, 2 sprint tests were performed, separated by a 3-min recovery period, and the fastest trial was used for further analysis. 30-meters sprint time was measured with 2 photocells. One photocell was placed at the start and one at 30 m. The players followed the same procedure as in the 10 m sprint. Timing was performed at the distance of 30 meters. after 1 time measured with a contact mat (new Powertimer 300-series, Oy, For the execution of the cMJ, each participant placed his feet in the center of the contact mat and his body was in an upright position with the arms akimbo. The researcher gave a verbal signal and the participant moved from an upright position down to a semi-squat and performed a maximal vertical jump (stretching-shortening cycle), taking care to land on approximately at the same part of the contact mat with the legs kept outstretched during the jump. For the sJ, the participants placed their feet in the center of the contact mat with the arms akimbo, adopted the semi-squat position (knees angle at 90°) and without any pre-stretch performed a maximal vertical jump. The researcher was taking care that participants were descending at each jump until a knee angle of 90° was formed, landing with the toes and approximately at the same part of the contact mat.
Effect of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect on cardiac electric remodeling

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the intermediate- and short-term effects of transcatheter secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) closure on cardiac electric remodeling in children and adults. Methods: Fifty patients with secundum ASD referred for possible transcatheter device closure were subjected to history taking, proper physical examination, electrocardiographic assessment, and transthoracic echocardiographic examination and were evaluated before the ASD closure, 1 day, 3 months, and 6 months after closure. Results: During the 6-month follow-up, electrocardiographic parameters of remodeling were improved. P dispersion decreased from 49.73 ± 9.01 ms to 30.53 ± 5.08 ms (P = 0.004), QT dispersion decreased from 67.60 ± 5.31 to 51.13 ± 5.73 ms (P = 0.003), QRS duration decreased from 134.40 ± 4.97 ms to 116.20 ± 3.47 ms (P = 0.002), and PR interval decreased from 188.87 ± 6.06 ms to 168.00 ± 6.16 ms (P = 0.002). Electric remodeling was associated with remodeling of the cardiac chambers. At the end of follow-up, the right ventricular (RV) end-diastolic dimension decreased from 25.67 ± 5.50 mm to 17.80 ± 2.70 mm (P = 0.001) the left ventricular end-diastolic dimension increased from 33.17 ± 6.44 mm to 37.53 ± 5.15 mm (P = 0.002), mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 16.97 ± 3.37 mmHg to 9.22 ± 1.37 mmHg (P = 0.000), and RV systolic pressure decreased from 30.77 ± 4.69 mmHg to 18.8 ± 2.11 mmHg. After 6 months, 93.3% of the patients had normal RV size. Conclusion: Transcatheter ASD device closure leads to a significant improvement in the right-sided chambers' dimension and function and can reverse electrical changes in atrial and ventricular myocardium in children and adults after correcting hemodynamic status in short- and intermediate-term follow-up.
I Get by With a Little Help From My Bots: Implications of Machine Agents in the Context of Social Support

In this manuscript we discuss the increasing use of machine agents as potential sources of support for humans. Continued examination of the use of machine agents, particularly chatbots (or “bots”) for support is crucial as more supportive interactions occur with these technologies. Building off extant research on supportive communication, this manuscript reviews research that has implications for bots as support providers. At the culmination of the literature review, several propositions regarding how factors of technological efficacy, problem severity, perceived stigma, and humanness affect the process of support are proposed. By reviewing relevant studies, we integrate research on human-machine and supportive communication to organize, extend, and provide a foundation for the growing body of work on machine agents for support.
Measuring the Effect of Inequality and Human Resource Indicators to Poverty Density in Indonesia

The density of the poor occurs because rapid population growth that is not followed by fast economic growth, resulting in a density of poor people in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the effect of the Poverty gap index-P1, HDI, GRDP, Labor Force on the Density of the Poor in Indonesia in 2015-2020. This study uses the Poverty gap index-P1 to fill the gap of research. All data obtained from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of the Republic of Indonesia. The data obtained are in the form of time series and cross-section data in 2015-2020. The analysis technique used is panel data regression. Result of the discussion the poverty gap index-P1 have positive impact to the poverty density indicated by the level of size and the depth of the poor population that increases, and the HDI have negative impact to poverty density. The suggestion from the study is poverty alleviation programs needs to be strengthened and expanding the access of health and employment facilities to the poor is of major importance.
Spatial and temporal variability of throughfall under a natural Fagus orientalis stand in the Hyrcanian forests, north of Iran.

The spatial and temporal heterogeneity of throughfall (TF) have important ecological impacts in forest ecosystems. The aim of this study was to quantify spatio-temporal variability of TF and to evaluate the effects of canopy traits and gross rainfall (GR) characteristics on TF at the event scale. Event-based measurements were carried out from September 2015 to October 2017 during the leafed-out period in a natural uneven-aged beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand located in the Hyrcanian forest of Iran. Leaf area index (LAI) and canopy openness of the stand were 6 m m and 6.2%, respectively. Tree density in the studied plot was 188 tree ha and the basal area (BA) was 51 m ha. During the measurement period, 25 rainfall events occurred (total rainfall= 784.8 mm). We observed variability of TF under the beech trees canopy in different GR classes (< 15, 15-30, 30-50 and > 50 mm). Increases in rainfall depth and intensity were associated with an increase in TF depth and decrease in TF variability. We found that rainfall depth along with the intensity were the most influential factors on the TF depth, spatial variability as well as time stability. Knowledge of the spatial persistence and variability of TF would help managers to optimize the management of these stands in terms of soil water and nutrition availability.
Impact of Educational Attainment on Renewable Energy Use: Evidence from Emerging Market Economies

Renewable energy has become a crucial factor for circular economies, sustainable development, and the environment given the limited non-renewable energy reserves and global environmental degradation mainly resulting from non-renewable energy use. This study explores the effect of educational attainment and economic growth on renewable energy use in a sample of selected emerging markets over the 2000–2018 period through causality and cointegration analyses. Causality analysis points out a significant unidirectional causality from indicators of educational attainment and economic growth to renewable energy use. In other words, educational attainment indicators and economic growth are significant determinants of renewable energy in the short run. Furthermore, the cointegration analysis ascertains a positive influence of indicators of educational attainment and economic growth on renewable energy use in the long run. The findings of both analyses indicate that educational attainment and economic growth have a significant impact on renewable energy use in the short and long term. Therefore, the policies fostering educational attainment can be used as instruments to increase the share of renewable energy use in total energy consumption.
Diversity of Butterflies Aroundpanje - Funde Wetland, Uran, Navi Mumbai West Coast of India

Uran is under heavy process of Urbanization, Industrialization, land filling, reclamation cutting of mangroves, shipping and port related activities resulting in fragmentation of natural habitats. Butterflies are bio-indicators of habitat quality and are sensitive to any changes taking place in habitat a survey of butterfly diversity of Panje –Funde wetland and nearby area was conducted for a period of one year from June 2017 to May 2018. During present investigation total of 66 species of butterflies belonging to 46 genera and 6 families were recorded. Butterflies from family Nymphalidae showed maximum species diversity dominance with 17 genera and 27 species followed by Lycaenidae with 10 genera and 10 species, Pieridae with 9 genera and 15 species Hesperiidae with 6 genera and 6 species, Papilionidae represented with 3 genera and 6 species, the least number of 1 genus and 2 species were recorded from the family Riodinidae. There is urgent need for effective habitat and biodiversity conservation program in this Eco sensitive area.
The impact of motivations, health beliefs, and basic human needs on mobile self-management: an extension of the self-determination theory perspective

ABSTRACT Wellness Cloud serves as a foundation for mobile health management services, enabling users to input health-related data and check their health records for preventive purposes. In explaining why citizens might adopt this service, human factors must be considered, particularly motivation. Therefore, this study proposes a theoretical research model to explain citizens’ behavioural intentions when using Wellness Cloud. The roles of basic psychological needs, intrinsic motivators, extrinsic motivators, and health beliefs in forming their motivations were examined. The results indicated that extrinsic motivators (performance expectancy and effort expectancy), one intrinsic motivator (perceived playfulness), and health beliefs (perceived susceptibility and cues to action) had positive effects on people’s behavioural intentions. The intrinsic motivator also had positive effects on the extrinsic motivators. Additionally, three psychological needs were shown to have positive effects on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. The findings provide valuable implications for encouraging citizens to adopt Wellness Cloud.