Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The attachment video-feedback intervention (AVI) combined to the trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) for sexually abused preschoolers and their parents: A pilot study examining pre- to post-test changes

Child sexual abuse is associated with a range of negative consequences, including behavior problems and dissociative and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) has shown to be successful in the treatment of child victims of sexual abuse, but yet presents some challenges with preschoolers. Child sexual abuse has often been associated with insecure attachment among preschool children. Therefore, combining an attachment-based intervention with the TF-CBT may offer a means to optimize therapeutic outcomes. This pilot study examined in a pre/post-test design whether the combination of the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) with the TF-CBT led to changes in the well-being of sexually abused preschoolers and their parents. Participants included 33 sexually abused children aged 4 to 6 years old and their non-offending caregivers. Parents completed questionnaires on their child’s behavior problems and dissociative symptoms, and reported on their own psychological distress and posttraumatic symptoms following their child’s disclosure of trauma. Results showed decreases in child internalizing and dissociative symptoms and maternal psychological distress and posttraumatic symptoms after the intervention. This pilot study suggests this combined protocol is a promising tool to foster the recovery of young victims of sexual abuse and their non-offending caregivers.
Impact of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Enhanced Oil Recovery from Limestone Media at Several Temperatures

Recently, researchers have proved the application of nanoparticles (NPs) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in ambient temperature. However, to our knowledge no attempt has been undertaken experimentally to investigate the influence of NPs on EOR at higher temperatures. In this study, aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and silicon dioxide (SiO2) were selected for EOR purposes from an intermediate-wet limestone sample at 26, 40, 50, and 60 °C. These metal NPs were dispersed in deionized water at concentration of 0.005 wt %. First, transportation of the NPs through limestone was evaluated. It was found that Al2O3 (8.2%) had the lowest and TiO2 (27.8%) and SiO2 (43.4%) had the highest adsorption on the limestone. Consequently, wettability of the limestone was changed into water-wet through NPs adsorption. The contact angle in the presence of Al2O3, TiO2, and SiO2 nanofluids was measured as 71° ± 2°, 57° ± 2°, and 26° ± 2°, respectively. Interfacial tension was also noticeably reduced with these na.
A measure of innovation performance: the Innovation Patent Index

PurposeThe measure of companies' Innovation Performance is fundamental for enhancing the value and decision-making processes of firms. The purpose of this paper is to present a new measure of Innovation Performance, called Innovation Patent Index (IPI), which makes it possible to quantitatively summarize different aspects of firms' innovation.Design/methodology/approachIn order to define the IPI, a secondary source, i.e. patent data, has been used. The five dimensions of IPI, i.e. efficiency, time, diversification, quality and internationalization have been defined both analyzing the literature and applying three different machine learning algorithms (regularized least squares, deep neural networks and decision trees), considering patent forward citations as a proxy of the innovation performance.FindingsResults show that the IPI index is a very useful tool, simple to use and very promptly. In fact, it is possible to get important results without making time consuming analysis with primary sources. It is a tool that can be used by managers, businessmen, policymakers, organizations, patent experts and financiers to evaluate and plan future activities, to enhance the innovation capability, to find financing and to support and improve innovation.Research limitations/implicationsPatent data are not widely used in all the sectors. Moreover, the pure number of forward citations is not the only forward looking indicator suggested by the literature.Originality/valueThe demand for a useable Innovation Performance tool, as well as the lack of tools able to grasp different aspects of the innovation, highlight the need to develop new instruments. In fact, although previous studies provide several measures of Innovation Performance, these are often difficult for managers to use, do not appreciate different aspects of the innovation and are not forward looking.
Comparisons of Volatile Oil and TLCS of Radix Angelicae Pubescentis from Sichuan and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis from Northeast

Objective:To find the difference of volatile oil and coumarins in the roots and rhizomes of Angelica pubescens Maxim f.biserrata Shan et Yuan and Angelica dahurica Benth et Hook.Methods:Applying GC-MS and TLC-SC respectively.Results and Conclusions: 90 kinds of volatile oils have been checked in Angelica pubescens Maxim f.biserrata Shan et Yuan,among them 52 kinds have been identified;57 kinds of volatile oils have been checked in Angelica dahurica Benth et Hook,among them 37 kinds have been identified;The main constituents in 70% EtOH extracts of both Angelica pubescens Maxim f.biserrata Shan et Yuan and Angelica dahurica Benth et Hook are coumarins,but in Angelica pubescens Maxim f.biserrata Shan et Yuan,the main coumarins are simple coumarins and dihydrofuran coumarins,while in Angelica dahurica Benth et Hook,the main coumarins are furan coumarins.
Clinical evaluation and animal experimental study of different mass concentrations of pingyangmycin in the local injection treatment of lip venous malformation

Background This study investigated the clinical efficacy of different mass concentrations of pingyangmycin in the local injection treatment of lip venous malformation. An animal experimental study of the histopathological effects of different mass concentrations of pingyangmycin on the normal lip tissue of rabbits was also conducted. Methods (I) We retrospectively analysed 98 out-patients with lip venous malformation in the Stomatological Hospital and the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University from January 2008 to June 2013. The 98 cases were treated by local injection of different mass concentrations (8 mg/3 mL and 8 mg/5 mL) of pingyangmycin for the different sites of the lips. The clinical efficacy was observed, and adverse reactions were recorded. (II) 60 healthy male rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: a 8 mg/5 mL pingyangmycin group, a 8 mg/3 mL pingyangmycin group, and a control group. The right upper lips of the experimental groups were injected with 1ml pingyangmycin (8 mg/5 mL) and 1ml pingyangmycin (8 mg/3 mL) respectively, and the control group was injected with the same volume of normal saline. The thickness of the right upper lip of rabbits in the experimental groups and the control group was measured on the 21st, 28th, 35th, and 60th days after the first injection. Histopathological changes at the injection site were observed by light microscope and transmission electron microscope. Results Venous malformations involving the skin tissues of the lips (pingyangmycin 8 mg/3 mL) had an effective rate of 93.62%, and those involving the labial mucosa tissues (pingyangmycin 8 mg/5 mL) had an effective rate of 98.04%. In the animal experiment, there were statistically significant differences in the thickness of the injection site among the 8 mg/3 mL group, 8 mg/5 mL group, and the control group at different time points (P<0.01). Conclusions The local injection of pingyangmycin in the treatment of lip venous malformations was efficient, safe and reliable. In the process of clinical application, attention should be paid when the concentration is 8 mg/3 mL to avoid local tissue atrophy and other complications.
Surface Chemistry of Kaolinite by Quantum Chemistry Calculations

The chemistry, reactivity sites and bond-formation characteristics of kaolinite surfaces were investigated by using quantum chemistry methods. The result shows that the highest occupied molecular orbits (HOMO) of the kaolinite cluster mainly consists of some of the oxygen atoms on both the upper surface and lower surface, with relative high energy level. It is indicative of higher reactivity of these sites; therefore it may readily form chemical bond with those of electron acceptor. On the other hand, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbits (LUMO) of the kaolinite cluster is dominantly composed of silicon, aluminum and few edge oxygen atoms, with relative lower energy level, which suggests that these atoms may tend to form chemical bond with those of electron donor. Hence, it can be inferred that surface complex will be formed on the edge planes of kaolinite while interaction with negative-charged ion or ion group. Both the silicon and aluminum are the main components of LUMO, however, the reactivity of aluminum is much stronger than silicon and the reactivity sites are the octahedral aluminum when interaction electron donor system.
Identification of LncRNAs as Therapeutic Targets in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is one kind of blood cancer that has a very heterogeneous biological background, which results in diverse stages of the CLL and complex treatment strategies. However, a small part of the tumor may disappear without receiving any treatment. This condition is known as “spontaneous regression” and occurs as a result of a poorly investigated mechanism. Exposing the underlying causes of this condition can lead to a novel treatment approach for CLL and other types of cancer. While most such mechanisms have been assumed to be directly linked to protein coding genes, a recent approach was aimed to carry out more comprehensive studies by focusing on non-protein coding genes as well as protein-coding genes at the RNA level. In this article, we applied in-silico analysis of total RNA expression data from 24 CLL samples to determine possible regulatory mechanisms of spontaneous regression in CLL. These were selected by comparing spontaneous regression with progressive samples of CLL at the transcriptional level. As a result, 33 lncRNAs were found to be significantly differentially expressed among these conditions based on differential gene expression analysis. Current study suggested lncRNAs, PTPN22-AS1, PCF11-AS1, SYNGAP1-AS1, PRRT3-AS1 and H1FX-AS1 as potential therapeutic targets to trigger spontaneous regression. Eventually, the results presented here reveal new insights into the spontaneous regression and the relation with the non-coding RNAs, particularly lncRNAs.
Transmission Analysis in Human Body Communication for Head-Mounted Wearable Devices

As society ages, wireless body area networks (WBANs) are expected to increasingly improve the quality of life of the elderly and disabled. One promising WBAN technology is human body communication (HBC), which utilizes part of the human body as a transmission medium. Communication between head-mounted wearable devices, such as hearing aids, is a potential HBC application. To clarify the HBC transmission mechanism between head-mounted wearable devices, this study analyzes the input impedance characteristics of the transceiver electrodes, transmission characteristics, and electric field distributions around and through a detailed head model. The investigation was performed via an electromagnetic field simulation. The signal frequency had less effect on the transmission characteristics and electric field distributions at 10, 20, and 30 MHz. However, the transmission mechanism between the head-mounted wearable devices was influenced by the number of electrodes in the transceiver. Moreover, the transmission characteristics between two-electrode transceivers were improved by impedance matching. Finally, the availability of the proposed system was evaluated from power consumption and human safety perspectives.
Frequencies Wave Sound Particle Swarm Optimisation (FPSO)

ABSTRACT PSO is a remarkable tool for solving several optimisation problems, like global optimisation and many real-life problems. It generally explores global optimal solution via exploiting the particle – swarm’s memory. Its limited properties on objective function’s continuity along with the search space and its potentiality in adapting dynamic environment make the PSO an important meta-heuristic method. PSO has an inherent tendency of trapping at local optimum which affects the convergence prematurely, when trying to solve difficult problems. This work proposed a modified version of PSO called as FPSO, where frequency-wave-sound is employed to exit from any encountered local optimum; if it is not the optimal solution. This FPSO mimics the characteristics of the waves by using three parameters, namely amplitude, frequency and wavelength. FPSO is then compared and analysed with other renowned algorithms like conventional PSO, Grey Wolf Optimisation (GOW), Multi-Verse Optimiser (MVO), Moth-Flame Optimisation (SL-PSO), Sine Cosine Algorithm (PPSO) and Butterfly Optimisation Algorithm (BOA) on 23 bench marking test bed functions. The performance is evaluated using various measures including trajectory, search history, average fitness solution and best optimisation-solution. The obtained results show that the FPSO algorithm beats other metaheuristic algorithms and confirmed its better performance on 2-dimensional test functions.
Lexicon or grammar? Using memory-based learning to investigate the syntactic relationship between Belgian and Netherlandic Dutch

Abstract This article builds on computational tools to investigate the syntactic relationship between the highly related European national varieties of Dutch, viz. Belgian Dutch (BD) and Netherlandic Dutch (ND). It reports on a series of memory-based learning analyses of the post-verbal distribution of er “there” in adjunct-initial existential constructions like Op het dak staat (er) een schoorsteen “On the roof (there) is a chimney,’, which has been claimed to be among the most notoriously difficult variables in Dutch. On the basis of balanced datasets extracted from Flemish and Dutch newspaper corpora, it is shown that er’s distribution in both national varieties can be learned to a considerable extent from bare lexical input which is not assigned to higher-level categories. However, whereas this yields good results for ND, BD scores are consistently lower, suggesting that BD cannot do with lexical features alone to attain accuracy scores comparable to ND. This ties in with earlier findings that the more advanced standardization of ND materializes in a higher lexical collocability, whereas Flemish speakers need additional higher-level linguistic information to insert er.
Seasonal nutrient chemistry in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture region: case study of Sanggou Bay from North China

ABSTRACT Seasonal distribution of dissolved nutrients (, , , , ) was measured in the Sanggou Bay (SGB), China. In order to understand the impact of rivers and of the Yellow Sea (YS) and the role of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) in nutrient reduction and dynamics. Seasonal surveys were conducted in spring (April), summer (August), autumn (October) and winter (January) in 2011–2012 along 19 stations covering culture areas. The summer was highly impacted by excess water discharge and aquaculture activities than benthic sediments source; however other seasons were mostly influenced by the YS. Results showed that nutrients were vertically mixed and IMTA helped in reducing the elevated nutrient concentration generated by water discharge and the mixing process. The N/P ratio indicated phosphate as a limiting nutrient. Historical values of nutrient data showed that the concentration of , and increased while decreased with slightly higher uptake rate of in the bay during the last decade. A simple mass-balance model was employed to determine the nutrient budget which showed that nutrients were mostly from the river input. This implies an increase in the anthropogenic activities and assimilation of in the SGB. Such increasing trends in nutrient concentration could cause eutrophication in the bay.
Demography, distribution, and threat assessment of the Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in the Gediz Delta, Turkey (Reptilia: Testudines)

The Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with small and fragmented populations located around the Mediterranean basin. In Turkey, this species has remained poorly studied which hampers solid assessment of threats and conservation measures. We studied the spatial distribution, habitat use, and demography of the species in the Gediz Delta (Aegean coast of Turkey) between 2015 and 2017 with a specific capture-mark-recapture survey made in the Sazlıgöl marshes. A total of 114 individuals (20 juveniles, 62 males and 32 females) were captured and released in that period. Carapace length of adult females was on average higher (205.2±3.2 mm) than in adult males (190.9±2.3 mm). Sex ratio was biased with 1.94 males per female. Based on the capture-recapture histories of 65 individuals (3 juveniles, 37 males and 25 females) marked in 2015, we estimated the population size of the Sazlıgöl marsh population to be 137±23 individuals, which corresponds to a density of 5.7 individuals per ha. The main threats detected were agricultural activities, urbanisation and captures for the pet trade.
Development of a Hybrid Fault Current Limiter Using Liquid Metal for Large Capacity MVdc Power Systems

A hybrid fault current limiter (FCL) for medium-voltage direct current power systems is introduced in this article. It achieves low operation loss and high current limiting resistance through the combination of a fast mechanical switch, a magnetic induction module, and a number of liquid metal units (LMUs). First, the parameters of the magnetic induction module are designed to achieve a desired fault current commutation process. Then, the working principle of LMU is introduced, and its resistance properties corresponding to the liquid metal arc are studied in detail. Equations are deduced to model the V-I characteristic of LMU. Thus, the current limiting performance of the topology can be simulated. To verify the feasibility of the FCL, a 5-kV/5-kA prototype is developed and laboratory tests are implemented. Comparisons with other FCLs are also conducted to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed one. It is concluded that the prototype provides the basis for further commercial product development.
Assessing Climate Change Impact on Asphalt Binder Grade Selection and its Implications

Anthropogenic climate change is having and will continue to have unpredictable effects on Canadian weather. Trends in average annual temperatures have been rapidly increasing over the last 50 years. The severe climatic variations in Canada are in line with global changes in climate occurring as a result of increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Under the current CO2 emission scenarios, scientists predict the climate trends to further intensify in the near future. It is well known that asphalt binder is highly sensitive to climate factors. For this reason, reviewing asphalt binder grade is a vital step, and can help decelerate pavement deterioration. The objective of this study was to assess the change in asphalt binder grade for the future climate and to determine the influence of change in binder grade on the performance of pavements in Canada. To achieve this, the analysis was carried out in five phases. In the first phase, statistically downscaled climate change models were gathered from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium database. In the second phase, the temperature and precipitation data were extracted for the selected locations in southern Canada. In the third phase, the asphalt binder grade was determined for future climate data. In the fourth phase, the pavement materials, traffic, and structural data were collected from the Long-Term Pavement Performance database. Lastly, the pavement performance with the base binder and the upgraded binder were assessed using AASHTOware Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design. The results reemphasize the necessity of upgrading the asphalt binder grade in various provinces of Canada.
Adolescent Popularity as a Nonlinear, Two-Dimensional Construct: Convergent Results From Three Large Samples

The goal of this study was to advance the conceptualization and measurement of adolescent popularity by exploring the commonly used composite score (popularity minus unpopularity). We used standardized peer nominations from 4,414 early adolescents (ages ≈ 12-14 years) from three samples collected in two countries. Popularity and unpopularity were strongly related, but not linearly; scatterplots of the two variables resembled an L-shaped right angle. Subsequent analyses indicated that either including popularity as a curvilinear term or including both popularity and unpopularity as separate terms explained significantly more variance in social and behavioral correlates than linear, bivariate analyses using popularity, unpopularity, or composite popularity. These results suggest that researchers studying adolescent popularity should either separate popularity and unpopularity or treat composite popularity as curvilinear.
A Qualitative Study Of Emergency Nurses’ Basic Life Support Practices In A Ghanaian University Hospital

ABSTRACT Background: Medical emergencies are common but Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) incidences are rare; yet when they occur could be life threatening leading either to disability or death. During SCA incidents, health care professionals will be required to act skilfully and swiftly to restart the heart and stabilise the patient until advanced care can be accessed or provided. There is evidence that victims of cardio and/or respiratory arrest whilst in the hospital will have improved outcomes if Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is initiated within three to five minutes. The objectives of this study were to find if emergency nurses were adequately resourced to practice Basic Life Support (BLS), and the ease or difficulties with which they practice BLS. Methods: This Qualitative Descriptive (QD) study was conducted at the University of Cape Coast Hospital (UCCH) between June and September 2019. Six nurses were purposively recruited for the study. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcription was done with Microsoft Word and transferred to Microsoft Excel for thematic analysis using an inductive descriptive approach. Data analysis took a conventional qualitative content analysis approach. Results: Four of the participants were females whilst two were males. During data aggregation and analysis, 17 first-level codes were extracted from which two themes, five categories and six subcategories were obtained for discussion. The major themes were: (1) Basic Life Support (BLS) equipment and material resources, and (2) working environment and human resource. Conclusion: The study found that nurses working at emergency ward at UCCH were adequately resourced and well prepared to practice BLS. They however had challenges as their work seem to be hindered by patients who present to the ward without emergency needs and unavailability of emergency drugs.