Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Follow-Up among Homeless Patients at San Francisco General Hospital: Examining the Social Determinants of Health

The San Francisco General Hospital emergency department has a high occurrence of homeless patients that are lost to follow-up after discharge. This Doctor of Nursing Practice project conducted a survey to evaluate the social determinants of health among this population and how they influence the participant’s ability to follow-up. This is the first phase of a three-phase project involving assessment and evaluation. The second and third phases of this project will center on intervention and re-evaluation after intervention. The survey was administered to eligible participants who presented to the emergency department at San Francisco General Hospital. Fifty participants were surveyed on demographic information including their age, ethnicity, education, gender, income, and preferred language. Participants were then asked to rate economic stability, physical environment, education, food, community resources, and healthcare and how they impacted their ability to follow-up. Results from this survey showed economic stability, physical environment, and access to healthcare were the most commonly reported social determinants of health participants felt influenced their ability to follow-up. This evaluation showed that these social determinants of health necessitate consideration in this particular population.
A comparative study of Smugel and KY Jelly vaginal lubricating gels

Objective To assess the safety of Smugel compared with KY Jelly vaginal lubricatng gel in baboon (Papio anubis) vagina. Methods Ten sexually mature olive female baboons were used in this study. Vaginal pH, blood chemistry, vaginal flora, vaginal and cervical histology were evaluated at baseline and after administration of 15 ml of either Smugel or KY Jelly gel twice a week for 5 weeks to each randomized treatment group. Results Basal vaginal pH was 5.8 ± 0.8. There was no significant difference in the vaginal pH of Smugel compared with KY Jelly treated animals or baseline data ( P >0.05). Similarly, analysis of blood chemistry parameters revealed no significant differences. The most frequently isolated microorganisms both at baseline and during treatment included Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum, C. renale group, Lactococcus raffinolactis, Leuconostoc lactis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. fermentum, L. salivarius, Staphylococcus aureus, S. xyloxus, S. hyicus, Aerococus viridians, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. No detectable histological changes were observed in the vaginal or cervical sections examined. Conclusion Smugel, compared with KY Jelly did not induce any adverse event that may facilitate transmission of sexual transmitted infection (STI) pathogens including HIV.
The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS): Factorial Structure, Validity and Reliability of The Romanian Version

This study presents the Romanian adaptation of The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). The AMS scale was based on Self-Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 1985) which identifies, along a continuum, from not self – determined behavior to self – determined, 3 different types of motivation: amotivation, extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation, grouped in seven dimensions. Two studies were conducted to examine the factorial structure and validity (i.e., construct, concurrent and predictive validity) of the scale along with its reliability properties. For study 1, the results obtained from a sample that included 228 students from the University of Bucharest, confirmed the 7 factors structure of the scale and verified adequate psychometric properties of this version (Cronbach alpha ranged between .69 to .87 with a mean of .81). Study 2, evaluated the temporal stability using a sample of 107 participants (r test-retest, ranged from .52 to .69). The findings of the present study showed that AMS is a valid measure and can be used in the Romanian cultural area.
Questions Hidden in Schoolchildren’s Responses – Structure and Didactic Functions

Th e aim of the study was to determine the role of structure and functions of ‘hidden’ questions in schoolchildren’s responses to questions posed to them by teachers during lessons. Th e study sample consisted of 1154 answers of elementary school-age children related to questions formulated by teachers. Observation as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis of data was used. Th e structure and functions of both answers and questions were determined. Th e obtained data allowed for specifying the status of a signiﬁ cant part of primary education. Th e study revealed an important new area of research associated with the fact of what is happening between the phase of creating and formulating questions by the teacher and the phase of understanding and creating responses by the schoolchild.
An Improved Empirical Mode Decomposition of Electroencephalogram Signals for Depression Detection

Depression is a mental disorder characterized by persistent low mood that affects a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression will become the second major life-threatening illness in 2020. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, which reflect the working status of human brain, are regarded as the best physiological tool for depression detection. Previous studies used the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method, which can deal with the highly complex, nonlinear and non-stationary nature of EEG, to extract features from EEG signals. However, for some special data, the neighboring components extracted through EMD could certainly have sections of data carrying the same frequency at different time durations. Thus, the Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) of the data could be linearly dependent and the features coefficients of expansion based on IMFs could not be extracted, which can make the pre-proposed EMD-based feature extraction method impractical. In order to solve this problem, an improved EMD applying Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)-based feature extraction method was proposed in this study, which can extract the features coefficients of expansion based on all IMFs as accurately as possible, ignoring potentially linear dependence of IMFs. Experiments were conducted on four EEG databases for detecting depression. The improved EMD-based feature extraction method can extract feature from all three channels (Fp1, Fpz, and Fp2) on the four EEG databases. The average classification results of the proposed method on the four EEG databases including depressed patients and healthy subjects reached 83.27, 85.19, 81.98 and 88.07 percent, respectively, which were comparable with the pre-proposed EMD-based feature extraction method.
Tratamento intra-operatrio da fibrilao atrial crnica com ultra-som

A seat belt system for securing a seated occupant to a seat, the system comprising: a single continuous length of seat belt webbing, the seat belt including first and second ends; a first anchor located near the juncture of the seat belt and seat cushion with a buckle positioned on the other side of the cushion, a movable anchor guide or second web guide for orientating portions of the seat belt relative to the seat; second means for moving the seat belt away from the seat to encourage the occupant's entry onto the seat and for thereafter manipulating the seat belt about the seated occupant so that a portion of the seat belt forms a lap belt about the seated occupant and wherein other portions of the seat belt form two relatively criss-crossed shoulder belt segments of seat belt in front of the seated occupant.
Educating the deliberate professional and enhancing professional agency through peer reflection of work-integrated learning

Educating reflexive, socially responsible and action-oriented future professionals who can contribute to a better future remains a core task of higher education. These graduate characteristics describe the deliberate professional. Within this article, we examine the value of a post-work-integrated learning peer reflection activity to foster professional agency and develop the deliberate professional in our students. Students participated in a post-work-integrated learning peer reflection activity, termed a huddle to signpost its informal yet respectful nature, and then completed a written reflection on the nature and value of this reflective experience. Findings demonstrate participants’ engagement with as well as limitations towards becoming deliberate professionals. Implications for future use and further research of this peer reflection activity are offered. This study contributes new evidence that suggests that purposefully structured, dialogic and written post-work-integrated learning peer reflections are an effective approach towards developing professional agency and educating the deliberate professional.
The Mediating Role of Leader Member Exchange in the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Organisational Commitment:ACase of Ugandan Public Universities

In a major education set up and work environment management, leadership support concerns of academic staff in public Universities in Uganda are slowly emerging as a major inhibitor to job satisfaction, organization commitment which has led to occupational stress, employee turnover, burn out and brain drain . Many scholars have argued that consideration of job characteristics as means of enriching jobs and ultimate personal job fit on employees (academic staff) would lead to organizational commitment. It is on this premise that this study is aimed at examining the relationship between job characteristic and organizational commitment and the role of leader member exchange in the relationship between Job characteristic and organizational commitment of academic staff. Data were collected from a population of 1935 academic staff from three public universities in Kampala, Uganda with a sample size of 260 academic staff using the proportionate sampling technique. The study found that job characteristic and Leader Member Exchange were positively related with organizational commitment; however the contribution of the two variables on organization commitment was quite small with a variance of 13%. Findings further revealed that Leader Member Exchange mediates the relationship between job characteristic and organizational commitment. Academic staff felt that job fit was not enough for them to realize organizational commitment especially affective commitment. There was need for leadership support, trust, profession, mutual contribution, and constant communication in form of leader member exchange on academic staff development, and enhancement of organization commitment at the Universities. Key words : Leader Member Exchange, Job characteristic and Organizational commitment
The effect of corporate social responsibility on performance in Nam Dinh seafood enterprises

Article history: Received: June 14 2019 Received in revised format: July 25 2019 Accepted: August 4, 2019 Available online: August 4, 2019 This article aims at determining the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the operational performance in Nam Dinh seafood enterprises, Vietnam. To achieve this objective, surveys were conducted on 158 Nam Dinh seafood enterprises and the necessary data were analyzed with Smart PLS 3.0 software. The results show that CSR had positive impact on financial and nonfinancial performance of Nam Dinh seafood enterprises. Non-financial performance includes: Customer loyalty, government support and business reputation. On that basis, some recommendations are made for Nam Dinh seafood enterprises to help these businesses confidently implement CSR for future sustainable development. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Impact of High Performance Work Practices, Service Recovery Performance and Life Satisfaction in Selected Restaurants in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus

Purpose – Drawing from social exchange theory, our study examine Work Engagement as a mediator of the impact of High Performance Work Practices on Service Recovery Performance and Life Satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach – Data obtained from the employees in restaurants in Famagusta region in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Structural Equation Modeling was used as the main instrument analysis to test the propose relationships.Findings – Work Engagement is one of the immediate outcomes of High performance work practices that engenders the performance of employee and effect on Service Recovery Performance and Life Satisfaction. The findings highlight the influence Work Engagement in the intermediate linkage between High performance work practices, Service Recovery Performance and Life Satisfaction.Practical implications – Work Engagement is a critical variable activating customer-contact employees and performance outcomes. As a suggestion, management need to attract and retain customer-contact employees who are energetic, dedicated, and are absorbed by their work.Originality/value – Most studies on service recovery has been done in Western countries, such as Asia and Australia but little known is in the Middle East, so North Cyprus was selected to be surveyed. Furthermore a comprehensive study of High performance work practices, Work Engagement, Service Recovery Performance and Life Satisfaction is yet to be investigated simultaneously in three cities in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus.
An exploration into the influence of schizotypic maternal personality on early sensory development

It has been known for some time that maternal personality is an influential factor in determining developmental and clinical outcomes in childhood risk for mental health. Current literature describes schizotypy as a multidimensional construct, representing a vulnerability to the schizophrenia-spectrum. This thesis investigates atypicalities observed throughout the spectrum aiming to determine whether these were present in mothers with sub-clinical schizotypy, and their offspring. Chapter 2 explored sensory gating in infants at 6-months of age. Infants displayed intact sensory gating, and there was no difference between infants of schizotypic and those of control mothers. The mothers of the infants displayed significant differences between Stimulus 1 and Stimulus 2, but also differences as a result of their schizotypy dimensionality; replicating prior literature. Similarly, in Chapter 3, schizotypic mothers displayed reduced oscillatory power towards Stimulus 1 of the paired-tone paradigm, replicating prior literature. In contrast, their infants showed no group differences. This implies that having a mother with schizotypic traits does not influence the sensory gating ability of their 6-month-old infants. Chapter 4 demonstrated that 6-month-old infants differentiated between happy and fearful emotional facial expressions, replicating prior literature. Maternal schizotypy, however, did not influence this ability. When exploring face processing in the maternal sample, schizotypic mothers exhibited greater amplitudes towards both facial expressions when contrasted with non-schizotypic mothers. In Chapter 5 we explored relationships between schizotypy and mother-child interactions in a free play session. We found that oscillatory power shown by infants in their left and right parietal regions was greater when their mother was talking to them, or when they were playing independently with a toy, compared to a baseline. No significant differences were observed between infants of schizotypic, and those of control mothers. Despite a lack of infant group effects, it is important to explore schizotypal expression during adolescence and adulthood as a critical link to childhood risk markers, which confer a role of developmental facilitators on the road to psychosis proneness. This thesis concludes that schizotypy is linked to the schizophrenia-spectrum, as shown consistently by maternal electrophysiological data, but that maternal level of schizotypy did not have an effect on infant markers.
BiloKey : A Scalable Bi-Index Locality-Aware In-Memory Key-Value Store

Fast in-memory key value stores are the keys to building large-scale Internet services. The state-of-the-art solutions mainly focus on optimizing the performance for read-intensive workloads. Nevertheless, a wide range of applications demonstrate a significant amount of updates and range queries, which scale poorly with the current implementations. In this paper, we present BiloKey, a highly scalable in-memory key value store on multi-core machines, significantly outperforming Redis and Memcached for a variety of mixed read and write workloads. To achieve this, BiloKey leverages a fast bi-index comprised by a Hash Table index and a SkipList index, where the former supports feature rich operations including GET, UPDATE and DELETE with $O$O(1) complexity, while the latter supports SCAN with $O$O(log$N$N) complexity. Furthermore, to make the bi-index design scale well, BiloKey adopts three techniques: lazy synchronization for reducing the overhead of maintaining index consistency, lock-free data structure for supporting multi-writers, and locality-aware data parallel processing for preserving the data locality of requests. Compared with two popular in-memory KV stores (i.e., Redis and Memcached), experimental results show that: (1) for write-intensive workloads, BiloKey outperforms Redis and Memcached by 7.8x and 3.7x on average (up to 11.5x and 4.8x), respectively; (2) for scan-intensive workloads, BiloKey achieves an average speedup of 2.3x against Redis; (3) for read-intensive workloads, BiloKey also outperforms Redis and Memcached by 1.2x and 1.8x on average.
A Hybrid Structure Dual-Path Step-Down Converter With 96.2% Peak Efficiency Using 250-m $\Omega$  Large-DCR Inductor

A dual-path step-down converter (DPDC) is presented for achieving high power efficiency in the mobile power management ICs (PMICs). Adopting a hybrid structure using one inductor and one flying capacitor, the proposed DPDC supplies a load current via two parallel paths, relieved an intrinsic problem of the conventional buck converter (CBC) topology, which is a significant power loss from a large DCR of the inductor (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${R}_{\mathrm {DCR}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). Therefore, DPDC achieves a high power efficiency and thus also reduces the heating problem, which is another critical issue in the mobile set. Moreover, DPDC can shrink the volume of the PMIC set with a low manufacturing cost by alleviating an <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${R}_{\mathrm {DCR}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> specification of the inductor. In this paper, although a 250 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{m}\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> of large <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${R}_{\mathrm {DCR}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> inductor is used for our measurements, a 96.2% of peak efficiency was achieved and the power loss of total parasitic resistances can be reduced to up to 30% of that of CBC. Moreover, according to our measurement plots, it is verified that DPDC achieves the efficiency notably higher not only in a wide load current (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$I_{\mathrm {LOAD}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) range but also in a wide conversion ratio (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{\mathrm {OUT}}/V_{\mathrm {IN}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) range, compared to CBC.
Gait analysis: an introduction - 3rd edition

Gait analysis (the systematic study of human walking) is described in this book. After the basics of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics are explained, the text goes on to consider normal and pathological gait, emphasising the clinical applications of gait analysis. The book is accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM with real gait data from a normal subject and a child with cerebral palsy. It is aimed at students and practitioners of physical therapy, orthopaedics, neurology, rheumatology, rehabilitation and bioengineering.
Investigation of the effects of semantic neighbours in aphasia: a facilitated naming study

ABSTRACT Background It is well established that word retrieval can be improved in people with aphasia. However, there has been little research regarding the influence of specific word properties on the success of such treatment. Aims This study aimed to better understand the mechanisms supporting naming treatment effects in aphasia, by exploring effects of word-specific semantic neighbourhood variables (based on featural overlap or on association strength) on the outcomes of a facilitation task. Methods And Procedures Two individuals, one with primarily lexical-semantic difficulties (SJS) and one with primarily lexical difficulties (DEH) participated. Their picture naming performance was assessed before and after a facilitation task in which each target word was repeated in the presence of the corresponding picture. Outcomes And Results Both participants showed improved naming following the facilitation task. However, for DEH, inhibitory effects of words with many semantic neighbours were enhanced by the facilitation task. For SJS, in contrast, targets with a strongly associated word in the lexicon were less likely to result in a semantic error compared to those with an associate of weaker association strength. Conclusions It is hypothesised that individuals like DEH, with lexical retrieval impairments, may show increased sensitivity to neighbourhood density, whereas individuals like SJS, with an impairment of the links between semantics to lemmas, may show sensitivity to other neighbourhood measures that are more likely to be encoded at the semantic level.
How should we theorize algorithms? Five ideal types in analyzing algorithmic normativities

The power of algorithms has become a familiar topic in society, media, and the social sciences. It is increasingly common to argue that, for instance, algorithms automate inequality, that they are biased black boxes that reproduce racism, or that they control our money and information. Implicit in many of these discussions is that algorithms are permeated with normativities, and that these normativities shape society. The aim of this editorial is double: First, it contributes to a more nuanced discussion about algorithms by discussing how we, as social scientists, think about algorithms in relation to five theoretical ideal types. For instance, what does it mean to go under the hood of the algorithm and what does it mean to stay above it? Second, it introduces the contributions to this special theme by situating them in relation to these five ideal types. By doing this, the editorial aims to contribute to an increased analytical awareness of how algorithms are theorized in society and culture. The articles in the special theme deal with algorithms in different settings, ranging from farming, schools, and self-tracking to AIDS, nuclear power plants, and surveillance. The contributions thus explore, both theoretically and empirically, different settings where algorithms are intertwined with normativities.
Certified safe farm injuries as they pertain to chronic disease

ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I'm grateful for the support of my committee. Without Diane's guidance, and (occasional) prodding, Kelley's vision with Certified Safe Farm and Bill's ear and faith, this project would never have been completed. Others who helped along the way (and probably never thought I'd finish! ) include my family (especially my very amazing husband) as well as most of my coworkers and friends. I am thankful to NIOSH for ensuring my ability to not only to pay for school, but also to focus on it, as well as everything their support entails within OEH. I am most thankful to the two people who encouraged me to see this through, even when I temporarily lost that vision, without Kelley Donham and Leah Wentworth, well, I think that's best left unanswered.