Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Social Participation as a goal of the post-stroke rehabilitation program: a literature review

Introduction: Stroke is considered one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. Physical, cognitive and psychological disabilities resulting from stroke can lead to a wide variety of activity limitations and participations restrictions. Objective: To verify the incidence of articles in the literature that used physiotherapy programs aimed at social participation and to analyze if these programs are based on domains of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) in post-stroke people. Method: It was selected any type of study that presented post-stroke human sample over 18 years of age with no gender restriction, to be written in any language and year of publication, to have used physical rehabilitation as a form of treatment and social participation assessed by ICF as outcome. The descriptors and Boolean operators: stroke, rehabilitation, International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health, social participation, were used in the sample search strategy in database PEDro, PubMed, Web of Science and Scielo. Results: After applying the inclusion/exclusion criteria, five articles remaining. Assessment tools for participation in daily and social activities were not consensual in the range of areas that needed to be addressed in stroke rehabilitation. A single study used the ICF-based design model in its program. Conclusion: There are few studies that have measured the various characteristics of social participation using the ICF as a tool. More studies are needed to create an ideal standardization and strategy that direct interventions to improve specific aspects of social participation, including the involvement in activities that provide post-stroke individuals interaction with society.
Title Band and scattering tuning for high performance thermoelectricSn 1-xMnxTe alloys

The thermoelectric figure of merit zT of SnTe, an analogue to PbTe, has long been known to be about 0.6, mainly due to its single band transport behavior. Similar to what has been found in PbTe, alloying with group II monotellurides such as CdTe, HgTe, MgTe enables a reduced energy separation between the two valence bands of SnTe, leading to converged bands for a significantly increased zT to ~1.1 with demonstrated further improvements by other independent strategies such as nanostructuring. Here we show alloying with highly soluble MnTe not only tunes the band structure but also reduces the lattice thermal conductivity, leading to a record zT of ~1.3 at 900 K in the alloy form that does not rely on additional mechanisms for lattice thermal conductivity reduction. This work demonstrates Sn1 xMnxTe as a potential alternative for PbTe with toxic Pb. © 2015 The Chinese Ceramic Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PEEL-OFF AND STICK ANTENNAS

Antennas on multiple platforms with the capability to be reused is a novel concept in antenna technologies. This thesis explores the idea of such a flexible antenna that can be stuck on any surface using certain adhesives and be peeled off for reuse for a different purpose. This thesis specifically focuses on the application of being used on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAVs). Three basic designs are fabricated and investigated. One of them is a reconfigurable meandering monopole, consisting of a PIN diode which resonates at two different frequencies depending on the applied external voltage. A challenge that is addressed is the need for the antenna to be miniaturized, since the frequencies used by sUAVs traditionally require large antennas. To tackle this problem a high bandwidth Log Periodic dipole array (LPDA) is designed and tested. The elements of the LPDA are folded, and the effect this has on the antenna performance is studied. The Q factor for such an antenna is evaluated and correlated as a function of how well the antenna was miniaturized. All the fabricated antennas are tested on multiple surfaces, some of them even conformal, to see how their properties change when stuck to different surfaces.
LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS

This paper analyzes the labor market dynamics in Albania. The analysis is based from the observations of the labor market on a ten year period from 2000 2010, surveys, historical data and trends. The main employed people are part of the private sector where the majorities are part of the private agricultural sector, however it has experienced decrease. In ten years the employed people in the public sector, have steadily decreased, whereas the number of employed people in the non-agricultural private sector has increased. However in general the employment level has decreased for males and females but for the latter group a little bit higher, with a change between the two of approximately 3%.
Tailoring the potential landscape of room- temperature single-mode whispering gallery polariton condensate: supplementary material

This document provides supplementary information to "Tailoring the potential landscape of room-temperature single-mode whispering gallery polariton condensate,” https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6. 001313. It includes more details on (1) Materials and methods, (2) Hexagonal wire cavity system, (3) Hopfield coefficients for LP branches, (4) Polariton to photonic lasing transition, (5) Large Rabi splitting for room temperature polaritons, (6) Optical manipulation of polariton potential landscape, (7) Degree of polarization for polariton condensate, (8) Identification of mode via multiple slits interference, and (9) Tail fitting of Airy function.
Cp2ZrCl2: AN EFFICIENT CATALYST FOR MULTICOMPONENT SYNTHESIS OF CAROTENOID DEHYDROSQUALENE SYNTHASE INHIBITING PYRANO[2,3-d]PYRIMIDINEDIONES

Objectives: The present protocol deals with zirconocene dichloride (Cp2ZrCl2) catalyzed synthesis of pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones through one-pot multicomponent reactions of aromatic aldehydes with malononitrile and barbituric acid at ambient temperature. All the synthesized compounds were characterized and evaluated for antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant activities. Furthermore, a molecular docking was carried out to reveal the atomic insights between synthesized compounds and carotenoid dehydrosqualene synthase (PDB ID: 3ACX). Methods: All the synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antimicrobial activity by diffusion method. Antioxidant activities such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and radical scavenging activity. A mixture of barbituric acid 1 (1 mmol), malononitrile 2 (1 mmol), benzaldehyde 3a (1 mmol), ethanol (5 mL), and Cp2ZrCl2 (5 mol %) was stirred at ambient temperature for specified time. After completion of reaction as indicated by thin-layer chromatography, the obtained crude product was filtered and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (Merck, 60–120 mesh) using ethyl acetate:pet. ether to afford pure product which was then characterized by spectroscopic methods such by FTIR, nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), 13C NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Results: All the synthesized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones were characterized by spectroscopic analysis. The results revealed that pyrano[2,3-d] pyrimidinediones (4 a-k) displayed the zone of inhibition in the range of 3–13 mm. The most active compound 4b displayed largest zone of inhibition of 13 mm for Escherichia coli (NCIM-2832) and 9 mm for Bacillus subtilis (NCIM-2635). The antifungal and antioxidant activity of all synthesized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones (4a-k) showed moderate to good activity. Molecular docking studies suggest that pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones might inhibit the carotenoid dehydrosqualene synthase activity. Conclusion: All the synthesized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones display moderate to good antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant activity. This molecular docking studies supported that pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidinediones might inhibit the carotenoid dehydrosqualene synthase (PDB ID: 3ACX).
The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections

ABSTRACT We analyze the long-term effects of potentially avoidable cesarean sections on children’s health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular working hours on days that precede a weekend or public holiday and use this exogenous variation as an instrument for C-sections. We supplement our instrumental variables results with a differences-in-differences estimation strategy that exploits variation in birth mode within sibling pairs and across families. Our results suggest that avoidable, unplanned C-sections increase the risk of asthma, but do not affect other immune-mediated disorders previously associated with C-sections.
Fibrillation : A Randomized Comparison Between 2 Current Ablation Strategies Freedom From Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Catheter Ablation of Atrial

Copyright © 2005 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104. 49153
Properties of Starch and Vital Gluten Isolated from Wheat Flour by Three Different Wet-Milling Methods

Wheat is extensively used for food, feed, seed and wet-milling. Wheat starch and vital wheat gluten isolated by wet-milling of wheat flour are utilized in numerous food and nonfood applications. Five commercial wet-milling processes, namely Martin, Batter, Alfa-Laval/Raisio, Hydrocyclone and High-Pressure Disintegration (HD), have been employed to co-produce wheat starch and vital gluten. Martin and Batter are the traditional processes, whereas Alfa-Laval/Raisio, Hydrocyclone and HD are the modern-day processes. In the traditional processes, separation of starch and gluten starts with a stiff dough or batter with optimally developed gluten and proceeds with kneading and/or screening to separate starch granules from gluten mass. In the modern-day processes, however, separation starts with a sheared flour-water or dough-water dispersion with partially developed gluten and proceeds with centrifugation to separate starch granules from gluten network. The purpose of this study was to compare the pasting properties of starches and breadmaking qualities of vital glutens isolated from RBS-98 wheat flour by three different laboratory wet-milling methods, namely highly sheared flour-water dispersion (HS-FWD), moderately sheared dough-water dispersion (MS-DWD) and dough-washing (Martin), which respectively represent the commercial wet-milling processes of HD, Hydrocyclone and Martin. Three wet-milling methods were found to be somewhat comparable in many respects, yet they differed in certain wet-milling parameters. Damaged starch levels and RVA pasting properties of A-starch fractions isolated by all three wet-milling methods were quite similar, indicating that starch was neither mechanically damaged nor physico-chemically altered during shear treatment of HS-FWD or MS-DWD methods. Similarly, breadmaking qualities of vital glutens isolated by all wet-milling methods did not fluctuate extensively, suggesting that gluten proteins were not damaged nor altered during shear treatment of HS-FWD or MS-DWD methods. In other words, wet-milling methods used for the isolation of starch and vital gluten are of almost no or limited influence on the properties of starch and vital gluten.
Emerging Pathogenic Bacteria: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Foods

Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), the cause of Johne’s disease in animals, may be a causative agent ofCrohn’s disease (CD) in humans, but the evidence supporting this claim is controversial. Milk, meat, and water could bepotential sources of MAP transmission to humans. Thus, if the link between MAP and Crohn’s disease is substantiated, thefact that MAP has been detected in retail foods could be a public health concern. The purpose of the present study was toreview the link between MAP and CD, the prevalence of MAP in foods, heat inactivation, control of MAP during food pro-cessing, and detection methods for MAP. Although MAP positive rates in retail milk in nine countries ranged from 0 to 2.9%by the culture method and from 4.5 to 15.5% by PCR, high temperature short time pasteurization can effectively controlMAP. The effectiveness of pasteurization to inactivate MAP depends on the initial concentration of the MAP in raw milk.Development of highly sensitive and specific rapid detection methods for MAP may enhance investigation into the relation-ship between MAP and CD, the prevention of the spread of MAP, and problem-solving related to food safety. Collaborationand efforts by government agencies, the dairy industry, farmers, veterinarians, and scientists will be required to reduce andprevent MAP in food.Key words: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, dairy products, food safety, Crohn’s disease
Performance Prediction of the Centrifugal Compressor Based on a Limited Number of Sample Data

Centrifugal compressor is widely used in various engineering domains, and predicting the performance of a centrifugal compressor is an essential task for its conceptual design, optimization, and system simulation. For years, researchers seek to implement this mission through various kinds of methods, including interpolation, curve fitting, neural network, and other statistics-based algorithms. However, these methods usually need a large amount of data, and obtaining data may cost considerable computing or experimental resources. This paper focuses on constructing the performance maps of pressure ratio and isentropic efficiency using a limited number of sample data while maintaining accuracy. Firstly, sample data are generated from simulation using Vista CCD. Then, corrected flow rate and corrected rotational speed are used as independent variables, and the regression expressions with physical meaning of pressure ratio and isentropic efficiency are derived and simplified through thermodynamic analysis and loss analysis of centrifugal compressor, resulting in two loss-analysis-based models. Meanwhile, kriging models based on a second-order polynomial and neural network models are built. Results show that, when predicting inside data boundary, the loss-analysis-based model and the kriging model produce higher accuracy prediction even in a small data set, and the predicting result is stable, while the neural network model provides better results only in a more extensive data set with more speed lines. For the prediction outside the data boundary, the loss-analysis-based model can provide relatively accurate results. Besides, it takes less time to train and utilize a loss-analysis-based model than other models.
Modeling and Process Analysis of a Biomass Gasifier-Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine-Steam Turbine Cycle as a Green Hybrid Power Generator

Fuel cell-based hybrid cycles that include conventional power generators have been created to modify energy performance and output power. In the present paper, integrated biomass gasification (IBG)-molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)-gas turbine (GT) and steam turbine (ST) combined power cycle is introduced as an innovative technique in terms of sustainable energy. In addition, biomass gasification has been explained and shown able to supply the required fuel to the energy generators to compensate for the consumption consequences of fossil fuels. In this system, a molten carbonate fuel cell generates electricity from syngas produced by biomass gasification. In addition, a gas cleaning process prepares adequate treatment before consumption in the fuel cell. Furthermore, for the justification of this system as a combined heat and power (CHP) cycle, a considerable amount of produced heat in the proposed process generates power in GT and ST bottoming cycles. Due to the energy targeting, modeling and simulation of the presented system were fulfilled by the Cycle-Tempo software, and the results showed about 42 MW output power and total efficiency of around 83 %. Further to that, parametric studies represented the durability of the generated power against ambient temperature variations. Finally, changes in total power and efficiency due to the fluctuation of the moisture content of biomass, pressure ratio, and inlet temperature of GT have also been demonstrated.
Improving Evidence Based Practice for Healthcare Practitioners : A Contextual Web-Scale Discovery Approach to Information Retrieval

Electronic resources (e-resources) themselves are classified as journals, books, databases, and clinical decisions support references, and each classification has many associated publishers, vendors, and electronic service providers. Being aware of and retrieving information from all these e-resources was challenging for clinicians who needed information for patient care, medical research, and professional growth [4].
Smallholders’ Preferences for Improved Quinoa Varieties in the Peruvian Andes

Due to an increase in international demand, quinoa production has boomed tremendously in the Andes since the early 2010s. This has led to significant investments into developing improved varieties for large-scale agribusinesses, but breeding programs are not tailored to the needs of smallholders. In this paper, we study farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for improved quinoa varieties in the Junín region in Peru. We use data from a choice experiment among 458 smallholders and estimate generalized multinomial logit models to control for preference and scale heterogeneity. We find that farmers generally prefer improved varieties over traditional varieties, with mildew-resistance as the most important crop trait. In general, farmers prefer varieties that are characterized by larger grain sizes, higher yield levels, lower levels of saponin, and a reduced maturation period. Yet, food-insecure farmers are found to be indifferent to early maturity and a larger grain size, which can be explained by a lower degree of commercialization among these farmers. Our results imply that developing mildew-tolerant and higher-yielding varieties with a medium to low saponin content is a priority if investments in quinoa technologies are to benefit small-scale and food insecure farmers in the Andean highlands of Peru.
ROAD CRACK DETECTION USING GAUSSIAN/PREWITT FILTER

Abstract. Crack is one of the main problems of roads that can reduce the quality of the road or put it in danger in terms of safety. These cracks are needed to be identified first in order to be investigated and followed up. So detecting cracks is one of the most important parts of the road maintenance procedures, which has been considered in recent years. On the other hand, traditional manual methods of crack detection are very time-consuming and dangerous. It is timely because human resources must have thorough and accurate road visits and examine their qualitative status. For this reason, the automatic methods are utilized instead of these methods to increase the speed and reliability of the crack analysis in intelligent transport systems. A simple method is used in this research to detect the crack. Based on the proposed method, a softening filter is applied first on the image to reduce the noise, and then an edge detection filter is applied to the image. Generally, the noise still exists in the image after applying these filters. A window is used here that scans all the image and calculates the average standard deviation for all the pixels in each window, and removes the noise by considering a range. Then the process of removing noise is done with more stringency by reducing the search window in each iteration. Finally, this method was compared with one of the most prominent and modern methods of detecting cracks using a random forest method and the results indicated that despite the simplicity and the speed of the existing method in this study, it has an acceptable performance compared to the manual and random forest methods.
Potential of Envisat ASAR data for woody biomass assessment

This study explores the potential of Envisat ASAR data for biomass estimation in Dudhwa National Park of Lakhimpur-Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh state of India. The DNP has sal forest, forest plantations, grasslands, croplands, settlements, wetlands and the water bodies. Various window sizes and filters were tried to minimize the speckles in ASAR data and a 7 x 7 pixel window and Gamma-MAP filter combination was found to be most suitable. Different combinations of un-filtered, filtered, and texture images were used for forest/land cover classification followed by mapping accuracy assessment. The mapping accuracy was lowest with raw data. Filtering and texture transformation increased the accuracy marginally. The correlation coefficient (R2) between the backscatter and biomass was noticed to be better for low biomass (R 2 =0.86) than high biomass (R 2 =0.01). In general, the HV polarization showed better relationship than HH polarization.
The Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support, Affective Commitment and Trust

The present study investigates the mediating role of perceived organizational support, trust and affective commitment in the relationship between person-organization fit and innovative work behavior. Sample consists of 151 respondents. Existing validated questionnaires were used for the collection of data from nurses employed in different hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan. PROCESS Macros technique is applied to test the hypothesized model. The results show that affective commitment, perceived organizational support, and trust have an indirect effect on the relationship between person-organization fit and innovative work behavior. Managerial implications, directions and limitations for the future studies are mentioned at the end.
Sustainability Information in Annual Reports of Companies Domiciled in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

The importance of corporate sustainability reporting continues to grow. This growth is rooted in numerous contingent factors and scientific questions regarding the key contingent variables arise. Knowledge related to these issues is important both for academic and practical purposes. Although sustainability reporting and sustainability management are not identical activities, they are strongly interconnected and communication, per se, is of great importance for the sustainability of companies. In the Czech Republic, and especially in the Slovak Republic, there is a lack of up-to-date empirical research into the extent of sustainability reporting and our article addresses this research gap. The primary concern is the investigation of the association between the amount and structure of disclosure and its determinants. Scientific methods of content analysis, ratio analysis, and statistical data analysis including regression analysis are applied. Few companies report on environmental and social issues in a comprehensive way. The structure and amount of reporting is similar in the countries analyzed. Company size positively impacts the relative share of both environmental and social disclosure in the total disclosure. Company affiliation to a high-profile industry positively impacts the relative share of environmental disclosure in the total disclosure, as well as the total amount of environmental disclosure. Total amount of disclosure positively impacts the absolute amount of economic, environmental and social disclosure. Reporting, in accordance with the IFRS, positively impacts the relative share of social disclosure in the total disclosure.