Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Swedish Gynecologists’ Positioning in Relation to Clitoral Reconstruction After Female Genital Cutting. A Qualitative Interview Study

Abstract Background: Clitoral reconstruction (CR) is surgical reparation of the clitoris cut as part of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) available in a handful of countries, including Sweden. The surgery aims at restoring the clitoris esthetically and functionally, thus has implications for sexual health. Gynaecological examinations can be an opportunity for dialogue regarding women’s sexual health. Gynecologist play a role in referring patients experiencing FGC-related problems, including sexual, to specialist services such as CR. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how gynecologists position themselves in relation to CR. Method: Eight gynecologists were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: The gynecologists positioned themselves in three different ways in relation CR; outright negative, uncertain or positive toward the surgery. Those positioning themselves as negative thought CR was a harmful fraud and denied any possible benefits, at least sufficient for referral for CR. Those positioning themselves as uncertain did not deny possible benefits, but were skeptical toward CR improving cut women’s sexual health and function. Those positioning themselves positive considered the potential physical, psychological/emotional, esthetic, or symbolic aspects of CR as important for general well-being and sexual health. Conclusion: There was a great variety in how the gynecologists positioned themselves toward CR, and many were skeptical toward the functional benefits in relation to sexual health. This is likely to diverge cut women’s access to CR surgery.
Divergence of Cardiovascular Biomarkers of Lipids and Subclinical Myocardial Injury Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Increased Inflammation

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are 1.5 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) attributed to chronic inflammation. A decrease in inflammation in patients with RA is associated with increased low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This study was undertaken to prospectively evaluate the changes in lipid levels among RA patients experiencing changes in inflammation and determine the association with concomitant temporal patterns in markers of myocardial injury.
Synthesis of New Single Black Pigments Based on Azo and Anthraquinone Moieties for LCD Black Matrix

Based on azo group and anthraquinone moiety, new black matrix pigment materials AAQ and DAAQ were synthesized for the first time through Suzuki C-N coupling. As a result of verifying UV-visible absorption spectra of the synthesized materials, DAAQ was found to absorb the entire visible region in 400 ∼ 800 nm in solution state with high extinction coefficient of 8.1 × 103 L/cm · mol. Realization of black color using a single material is expected to be useful for black matrix application. Also in film state made through spin coating, both AAQ and DAAQ absorbed the entire visible region.
Labour market integration of young refugees and asylum seekers: a look at perceived barriers and resources

ABSTRACT Immigration has been increasing at a significant rate over the past decades. The labour market integration of immigrants—especially of young refugees and asylum seekers—is a major challenge for not only the host country but also the immigrants themselves. This study is based on narrative career counselling, specifically the “journey of life” narrative metaphor; it is aimed at exploring the barriers and resources that 14 refugees and asylum seekers (ages 19–25) enrolled in a state integration programme in the French-speaking part of Switzerland perceive in their quest for labour market integration. The results show that language proficiency is the main barrier and that they can rely on a host of resources to achieve sustainable labour market integration.
In search of communication excellence: Public relations’ value, empowerment, and structure in strategic management

ABSTRACT The multifaceted roles of public relations are not well-understood in strategic management. Thus, this study reviews strategic management literature and presents empirical evidence on the relevance of public relations to strategic management. Using data collected from public relations practitioners and organizational leaders in the Generally Accepted Practice (GAP) survey conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) and the Excellence Study commissioned by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation, the dynamics between the public relations function and organizational outcomes (i.e., corporate strategic orientation and corporate legitimacy performance) are explored. The findings present new empirical evidence of the contributions that public relations makes to strategic management (i.e., its value), the conditions under which public relations makes more contributions to strategic management (i.e., its empowerment) and the differences between marketing-dominant and public relations-independent communication departments in terms of their focus and effects on organizational outcomes (i.e., its structure). The relevance of the findings to the strategic management role of public relations today is discussed.
Improving wearable-based fall detection with unsupervised learning

Fall detection (FD) is a challenging task that has received the attention of the research community in the recent years. This study focuses on FD using data gathered from wearable devices with tri-axial accelerometers (3DACC), developing a solution centered in elderly people living autonomously. This research includes three different ways to improve a FD method: (i) an analysis of the event detection stage, comparing several alternatives, (ii) an evaluation of features to extract for each detected event and (iii) an appraisal of up to 6 different clustering scenarios to split the samples in subsets that might enhance the classification. For each clustering scenario, a specific classification stage is defined. The experimentation includes publicly available simulated fall data sets. Results show the guidelines for defining a more robust and efficient FD method for on-wrist 3DACC wearable devices.
Rapid tufa deposition and bryophyte growth rates in Irish petrifying springs

ABSTRACT Introduction. Rates of deposition of tufa in petrifying springs are complex and highly variable, and the growth rates of associated bryophytes are poorly known. Methods. Tufa deposition and bryophyte growth rates were measured using novel methods at six petrifying spring sites in Ireland, north-western Europe. Tufa height was measured at 293 point locations, from 2011 to 2013, using fixed bars mounted above actively growing deposits. Most samples were bryophyte-dominated and the height increments of individual species were measured. Environmental factors were recorded and the chemical composition of spring water was analysed. Results and Conclusions. Tufa deposits increased in height by 20.5 ± 1.1 mm.yr−1 on average. The pleurocarpous moss Palustriella commutata, in particular, was associated with rapid deposition. Mixed effects modelling revealed a significant interaction between P. commutata and the presence of surface water: together, they increased annual deposition of tufa by 5.7 ± 1.9 mm. The mean height increment for bare, unvegetated tufa was only 16.5 ± 3.0 mm.yr−1. Palustriella commutata can outgrow the mean rate of tufa deposition, with a mean annual increment of 27.6 ± 1.9 mm in depth of sward. The smaller acrocarpous mosses Didymodon tophaceus and Eucladium verticillatum grew in height by only 9.1 ± 1.6 mm.yr−1 and 9.5 ± 1.3 mm.yr−1 respectively; these two species cannot, therefore, contend with the most rapid rates of tufa deposition. A colonisation cycle was observed, involving competitive displacement of the smaller species by P. commutata. Non-intrusive methods enabled rapid deposition rates to be detected.
Controlled synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanotube and nanowire arrays via AAO template-based hydrolysis

A novel and facile method was successfully developed to fabricate nanotube (NT) and nanowire (NW) arrays through an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template-based Ti(OC4H9)4 hydrolysis process. The wall thickness of the TiO2 NTs can be controlled by adjusting the concentration of Ti(OC4H9)4 solutions. A continuous series from thin-walled NTs to completely filled NWs were synthesized using Ti(OC4H9)4 solutions of different concentrations from 0.1 to 2.0 M. The TiO2 NTs and NWs in the AAO membrane transformed from amorphous to nanocrystalline anatase completely after annealing at 650 °C, which is higher than the phase transformation temperature of TiO2 powder. Optical spectra of the synthesized TiO2 NT and NW arrays/AAO composite nanostructures were characterized and showed a blue shift of the optical absorption edge with the decrease of NT wall thickness, due to the nanoscale effect and shape dependent transformation.
Isolation and Optimization of Monascus ruber OMNRC45 for Red Pigment Production and Evaluation of the Pigment as a Food Colorant

The color of food is a critical factor influencing its general acceptance. Owing to the effects of chemical colorants on health, current research is directly aimed at producing natural and healthy food colorants from microbial sources. A pigment-producing fungal isolate, obtained from soil samples and selected based on its rapidity and efficiency in producing red pigments, was identified as Monascus ruber OMNRC45. The culture conditions were optimized to enhance pigment production under submerged fermentation. The optimal temperature and pH for the highest red pigment yield were 30 °C and 6.5, respectively. The optimum carbon and nitrogen sources were rice and peptone, respectively. The usefulness of the pigment produced as a food colorant was evaluated by testing for contamination by the harmful mycotoxin citrinin and assessing its biosafety in mice. In addition, sensory evaluation tests were performed to evaluate the overall acceptance of the pigment as a food colorant. The results showed that M. ruber OMNRC45 was able to rapidly and effectively produce dense natural red pigment under the conditions of submerged fermentation without citrinin production. The findings of the sensory and biosafety assessments indicated the biosafety and applicability of the red Monascus pigment as a food colorant.
The influence of atmospheric circulation patterns during large snowfall events in New Zealand's Southern Alps

Large snowfall events contribute significantly to total annual snow accumulation across the maritime Southern Alps. However, the knowledge about atmospheric circulation patterns associated with large snowfall events over the New Zealand Southern Alps is very limited. Daily snow observation data from three automatic weather stations and ERA‐Interim reanalysis data were used to investigate the relationship between atmospheric forcing and large snowfall events across the Southern Alps. To do so, analysis of composite anomaly maps during large snowfall events were carried out to identify the common features of the days with heavy snow accumulation. Large snowfall across the Southern Alps are mainly associated with strong negative anomalies of sea level pressure (SLP) located over the southwest of New Zealand's South Island. These conditions are concurrent with negative anomalies of geopotential heights at 500 (Z500) located in the centre of low‐pressure systems. However, over New Zealand, days leading to large snowfall events experience positive anomalies of Z500 showing a relatively warm environment during such events in the maritime Southern Alps. Positive anomalies of low‐tropospheric temperatures (850 and 1,000 hPa) over the Tasman Sea and across the Southern Alps, strong values of integrated vapour transport (IVT) as well as high frequency of local synoptic patterns associated with troughing regimes (~78%) during large snowfall events provide more evidence of the important contribution of warm air flows.
First-Principles Study of Structure and Magnetism in Copper(II)-Containing Hybrid Perovskites

We report a first-principles study of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites with formula [A]Cu(H2POO)3 (A = triazolium (Trz) and guanidinium (Gua), and H2POO− = hypophosphite), and [HIm]Cu(HCO2)3 (HIm = imidazolium cation, HCO2− = formate). The triazolium hypophosphite and the formate have been suggested as possible ferroelectrics. We study the fully relaxed structures with different magnetic orderings and possible phonon instabilities. For the [Trz]Cu hypophosphite, the Trz cation is shown to induce large octahedral distortions due to the Jahn-Teller effect, with Cu-O long-bond ordering along two perpendicular directions, which is correlated with antiferromagnetic ordering and strongly one-dimensional. We find that the structure is dynamically stable with respect to zone-center distortions, but instabilities appear along high symmetry lines in the Brillouin zone. On the other hand, for the [HIm]Cu formate, large octahedral distortions are found, with large Cu-O bonds present in half of the octahedra, in this case along a single direction, and correspondingly, the magnetism is almost two-dimensional.
Predicting Recovery in Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: Expanding the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Framework

People with psychiatric disabilities experience significant impairment in fulfilling major life roles due to the severity of their mental illness. Recovery for people with serious mental illness (SMI) can be a long, arduous process impacted by various biological, functional, sociological, and psychological factors that can present as barriers and/or facilitators. The purposes of this study were to (a) investigate the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework’s ability to predict recovery in adults with SMI and (b) determine to what extent the ICF constructs in the empirical model explain the variance in recovery. Participants (N = 192) completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and various measures representing all predictor and outcome variables. Results from hierarchical regression analysis with six sets of predictors entered sequentially (1 = personal factors-demographics, 2 = body functions-mental, 3 = activity-capacity, 4 = environmental factors, 5 = personal factors-characteristics, and 6 = participation-performance) accounted for 75% (large effect) of the variance in recovery. Controlling for all factors, by order of salience, the factors found to significantly predict recovery were higher levels of significant other support, education, executive function impairment, and social self-efficacy; primary, non-bipolar SMI diagnosis; greater resilience; lower levels of explicit memory-health impairment, affective self-stigma, and cognitive self-stigma; being younger; fewer self-care limitations; less severe psychiatric symptoms; and being unemployed and unmarried. Findings support the validation of the ICF framework as a biopsychosocial recovery model and the use of this model in the development of effective recovery-oriented interventions for adults with SMI. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
Validation and Parametric Investigations Using a Lumped Thermal Parameter Model of an Internal Permanent Magnet Motor

One of the key challenges for the electric vehicle industry is to develop high-power-density electric motors. Achieving higher power density requires efficient heat removal from inside the motor. In order to improve thermal management, a multi-physics modeling framework that is able to accurately predict the behavior of the motor, while being computationally efficient, is essential. This paper first presents a detailed validation of a Lumped Parameter Thermal Network (LPTN) model of an Internal Permanent Magnet (IPM) synchronous motor within the commercially available Motor-CAD® modeling environment. The IPM motor’s stator is studied at steady state, and winding losses are generated by a constant DC current. The validation is based on temperature comparison with experimental data and with more detailed Finite Element Analysis (FEA). All critical input parameters of the LPTN are considered in detail for each layer of the stator, especially the contact resistances between the impregnation, liner, laminations and housing. Finally, a sensitivity analysis for each of the critical input parameters is provided. A maximum difference of 4% — for the highest temperature in the slot windings and the end windings — was found between the LPTN and the experimental data. Comparing the results from the LPTN and the FEA model, the maximum difference was 2% for the highest temperature in the slot windings and end windings. As for the LTPN sensitivity analysis, the thermal parameter with the highest sensitivity was found to be the liner-to-lamination contact resistance. The latter is often ignored in the literature, whereas its impact on temperature rise was found to be more significant than any other contact resistance within the stator.
When good intentions may not be good enough

This reflective article sets out to illustrate some of the difficulties involved in developing capacity in Nordic collaboration. The project involves the development of digital open educational resources (OER) focused on bioethics in the Nordic region through a close collaboration between five universities. The article presents a case study and details the rationale for the development of the digital OER, describing how they were developed, tested and implemented. The article uses a framework of change management to identify current shortcomings, challenges and critical areas for further development. can be said to come internally from local cultures, but also through structural inertia brought through path dependency. This article identifies the development of digital open educational resources (OER) as a way to enhance capacity and collaboration in the Nordic region, and focuses on a case study of a project of collaborative development of digital OER in bioethics by a consortium of five Nordic HEIs. This article has two main aims: i) to describe how the project was designed and developed to promote organisational change and educational development by means of virtual mobility and internationalisation-at-home; and ii) to discuss and reflect critically on the shortcomings of the project from an organisational change perspective. As such, the article aims to offer insights into how such capacity-building endeavours may be more successful at translating ideas into implementation. The article uses a modified form of a descriptive case study (Yin, 2009), and presents a) a rationale for the project, b) a descrip-tion of the development of the different elements of the project, and c) reflections on the process so far. The article begins with a brief overview of elements of organisational change as a driving force for sustainable educational development. It then addresses some key internationalisation concepts and values that may be seen as adding additional value to digital interventions. Virtual mobility is introduced as a way to identify a possibility for students to take part in other participating institutions’ cultures and educational offerings, but from their current physical location. The article then outlines how an open educational resource was developed in a collaborative setting and how the same resource was tested.
Potential influence from lower limb preference and 1-rm on cartilage thickness

Purpose. The aims of this study were to assess the potential retrospective relationship between limb preference and cartilage thickness, and to determine the association between measures of strength using one-repetition maximum (1-RM) tests and cartilage thickness. Methods. A cross-sectional retrospective design was employed. Limb preference and injury history were collected with the Waterloo Inventory followed by ultrasound femoral cartilage imaging. Overall, 15 apparently healthy participants (11 males and 4 females) without musculoskeletal or neurological diseases volunteered for the study. After collection of anthropometric measures, warm-up, and familiarization, the participants performed 1-RM for back half-squat on a Smith machine. Ultrasound images were digitized to determine bilateral differences and femoral cartilage thickness. Results. A significant moderate association between the existence of a prior injury and bilateral differences in cartilage thickness ( r = –0.63, p < 0.01) in favour of the preferred limb was observed. There was a significant moderate association between 1-RM, as percentage of body mass, and the mean bilateral cartilage thickness ( r = 0.58, p = 0.049). Conclusions. Bilateral differences in cartilage thickness are not associated with limb preference but depend on the history of lower limb injuries. The relative load lifted during a 1-RM half-squat is associated with thicker femoral cartilages, which suggests that relative strength is an important measure of cartilage health.
Solvent extraction and emulsion separation in magnetic fields

Abstract In two-phase emulsion separations, it is customary to employ large settling volumes (for mixer-settling apparatus) or large centrifugal forces (for centrifugal contactors). Improvement can sometimes be achieved by using an extractant with magnetic properties in the presence of a variable field. In the work reported in this paper, two different extractants (D-2EHPA and TBP) were employed in magnetic field experiments. These compounds are both stable and resistant to acid (15% H2SO4) and basic (NaOH, pH = 10) media. The test results for extraction of Cu2+ (with D-2EHPA) and UO2 2+ (with TBP) from aqueous media were positive. The emulsion separation for these two systems in the presence of a magnetic field was 160 times faster than in the gravitational field alone.
Laccase immobilization with metal-organic frameworks: Current status, remaining challenges and future perspectives

Abstract Laccase, as an important biocatalyst, has aroused wide public interests in the field of environment and catalysis. However, the application of laccase in large-scale is still limited due to its high solubility and poor stability. In order to improve the reusability of laccase, immobilization with functional materials has attracted increasing attention. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) stand out as a promising carrier for its high adsorption capacity and flexible structure. The present paper reviews the current status and remaining challenges in the immobilization of laccase with MOFs. Furthermore, three methods are proposed to further improve the immobilization of laccase with MOFs, including co-immobilization of laccase and mediator, co-immobilization of laccase and other enzymes, and coupling of biocatalysis with photochemical reactions. This work, as the first review article on the immobilization of laccase with MOFs, will provide a navigation map for the subsequent selection and design of MOFs for more targeted immobilization of laccase. Graphical Abstract
Anatomical Relationship of the Saphenous Nerve to Primary GreatSaphenous Varicosity in the Legs of an Asian Population

Yun-Nan Lin1, Su-Shin Lee2, Shu-Hung Huang1, Chia-Ming Liu3, Chih-Hau Chang1, Meng-Chien Hsieh1, I-Wen Lin4, YurRen Kuo1 and Sin-Daw Lin1,2* 1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Taiwan 3Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yuan’s General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan *Corresponding Author: Sin-Daw Lin, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.