Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improving Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Through Evaluation: An Exploration of Current Trends

ABSTRACT Research on evaluation (RoE) is essential to increase knowledge, develop robust approaches, and help evaluators to conduct better evaluations. In this article, we used the concept of meta-evaluation in the field of interprofessional education and collaborative practice to identify current evaluation trends and efforts in RoE reflective of capacity building. The results contribute to identify weaknesses in current evaluation methods and highlight the negative consequences of poor RoE for knowledge development. Specific recommendations are drawn out to increase the quality of evaluation studies, to provide evidences in RoE, and to increase its connection between evaluation practices in the fi eld. RESUME La recherche sur l’evaluation est essentielle pour ameliorer les connaissances, developper des approches robustes et aider les evaluateurs a mener leurs evaluations. Nous avons ainsi realise une meta-evaluation dans le domaine de la formation interprofessionnelle et des pratiques de collaboration pour identifier les tendances actuelles en evaluation et les efforts de recherche sur l’amelioration de la capacite d’evaluation. Les resultats ont contribue a identifier les faiblesses dans le domaine et a souligner les consequences negatives du manque de recherche sur l’evaluation. Des recommandations specifi ques ont ete faites pour pallier ces faiblesses et pour mieux appliquer les connaissances dans la pratique.
Contribution to dialogue on “New directions in studying women’s movement strength”

The comparison and change of social movement strength is of great interest not only to social movement scholars, but also to comparative sociologists and political scientists. Mazur et al. (2015) present a rigorous strategy to compare the strength of women’s movement mobilisation and institutionalisation across 13 Western democracies (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, USA) and over time (1970s to early 2000s). Their definition of women’s movements - ‘women act[ing] collectively to present public claims based on their gendered identities as women’ - has two dimensions: first, the discourse or claims of women and second, efforts of women to insert these claims in public life. The strength of women’s movements also has two dimensions: mobilisation or formal and informal structures of women’s activism and institutionalisation or the inclusion of women’s movement actors in government and quasi-government institutions. Women’s movement actors are distinguished from other women in government by their connections to formal or informal women’s organisations. The data revealed that mobilisation tended to be higher in the 1970s and that institutionalisation became stronger over time. Variations for both dimensions were found but no clear regional pattern for either mobilization or institutionalisation nor the relationship between both. Mazur et al. (2015) provide an impressive set of conceptual tools and data which is useful not just for scholars of women’s movements, but also for social movement scholars more generally. The question how mobilisation and institutionalisation are related is important for all social movements and it would be helpful to have a framework that allows to compare different movements with each other. The following comments are aimed at pushing this research agenda and to elaborate on some of the caveats that Mazur et al. (2015) have already identified.
Genome-wide organization and expression profiling of the R2R3-MYB transcription factor family in sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)

Background MYB transcription factor family involved in multifarious stages of plant growth and development until death, which is one of the largest and most versatile gene families in plants, therefore it is an important regulatory factor in plants. Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is rich in many secondary metabolites and has high nutritional and medicinal value. With the completion of sea buckthorn genome sequencing, it has laid the foundation for us to explore the gene structure, evolutionary relationship and function prediction of sea buckthorn MYB gene family from the whole genome perspective. Results In this study, 161 R2R3-MYB genes were identified from the sea buckthorn genome. We systematically analyzed their gene structure, collinearity, phylogenetic relationships and expression pattern. According to the gene structure, conserved motifs and phylogenetic relationship of 161 HrMYB genes, all the HrMYB genes were divided into 28 subgroups. The phylogenetic tree of Hippophae rhamnoides L. and Arabidopsis thaliana R2R3-MYB genes showed that the sea buckthorn MYB gene family showed functional differentiation during evolution. Chromosomal localization results showed that the distribution of HrMYB genes were random. RNA-seq data from seven different tissues indicated that the HrMYB genes have significant spatiotemporal and tissue expression differences. QRT-PCR analysis showed that the selected genes which relate to flavonoid biosynthesis of sea buckthorn fruit expressed different degrees in different developmental stages of the fruit. Conclusion The sea buckthorn R2R3-MYB gene family was successfully identified from the whole genome sequence by a series of bioinformatics methods. The results firstly provide a more comprehensive insight for the phylogenetic relationships and expression patterns of the HrMYB genes. It will help us to further study their specific functions in the growth and development of sea buckthorn.
How the Timing of Performance Feedback Impacts Individual Performance

Using a multi-step task setting where learning can help improve individual task performance, I experimentally examine the effect of the timing of performance feedback in an initial period on future task performance when this feedback is absent. I find an inverted-U relation between the timing of feedback and future performance. When feedback is provided before implementation of an initial decision, high learning costs discourage individuals from learning in the initial period to the detriment of future performance. Further, when feedback is provided after extended delays beyond implementation of a decision, learning costs increase relative to those present when feedback is provided after a short delay, resulting in lower learning and future performance. As such, I find that providing feedback immediately following implementation of a decision most effectively promotes learning and future performance as this is the point at which learning costs are lowest. My study extends prior research on feedback timing by incorporating the notion that learning costs fluctuate throughout the phases of a multi-step task and offers practical implications for designing performance evaluation and feedback systems.
Aloe vera for Prevention of Acute Radiation Proctitis in Colorectal Cancer: A Preliminary Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Background Acute radiation proctitis (ARP) is a common complication of radiation therapy (RT). This adverse effect in severe cases ultimately results in interruption of RT and poor outcome. Aloe vera contains multiple antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds This study was aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of Aloe vera in ARP in colorectal cancer.Method: twenty eligible colorectal cancer patients, who received radiation, were randomized to receive Aloe vera 3% ointment or placebo for six weeks. At each weekly visit, ARP symptoms were evaluated by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and clinical presentation criteria. The lifestyle impact of the symptoms, depression and anxiety for assessment of psychosocial status of patients, and quantitative CRP were evaluated as secondary endpoints.Results there was a significant improvement in the symptom index for diarrhea and total RTOG scores and quantitative CRP levels (between-subject differences or group effect) (p < 0.05) in Aloe group. The overall time trend (within-subject differences or time effect) was statistically significant for rectal bleeding, rectal pain, total clinical scores, proctitis, cystitis, and total RTOG (P < 0.05) in Aloe vera group. The median lifestyle score improved significantly with Aloe vera. Intervention patients had a lower probability of presenting anxiety in their overall HAD scale during RT.Conclusion The use of topical formulation of Aloe vera 3% diminished the severity of ARP in colorectal cancer patients. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials IRCT201606042027N6, registrations date: 2016-04-09.
The philosophy of phenomenal consciousness

The scientific study of consciousness is constantly making new discoveries, but one particular aspect of consciousness remains problematic to explain. This is the fact that conscious experiences present themselves to us in a first-person way: there is something it feels like to be the subject of a conscious experience. This ‘phenomenal’ aspect of consciousness seems to be subjective, private, and knowable in a special way, making it difficult to reconcile with the scientific focus on objective, third-person data. This introduction provides an overview of phenomenal consciousness, explores philosophical arguments about its nature, and considers whether or not we should expect to find an explanation for the properties of phenomenal consciousness.
The Punitive Damages Calculus: The Differential Incidence of State Punitive Damages Reforms

State punitive damages reforms have altered how courts award punitive damages. We model the decision to award punitive damages as a two-step process involving the decision to award any punitive damages and the decision of what amount to award. Using samples of trial court verdicts from the Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, we find that punitive damages caps reduce the amount of damages awarded but do not affect whether they are initially awarded. Additionally, we find that maintaining lower evidentiary standards increases both the probability that punitive damages are awarded and the size of those awards.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex in a group of adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder: Preliminary Report.

Background Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) during adolescence is often problematic, because patients either reject it or are refractory to drugs. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, which represents an alternative for those adolescents with ADHD who reject pharmacological treatment or who do not improve their symptoms with it. Objective To explore the clinical utility of rTMS at high-frequency (5 Hz), applied through a double cone coil (DCC) on the Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), both for active and sham stimulation, in a group of adolescents drug-free and with methylfenidate (MTP) treatment. to rTMS SHAM group. Conclusions This study is the first to explore the effects of rTMS using a DCC on mdPFC in ADHD; finding a greater benefit in those adolescents (with and without pharmacological treatment) who presented symptoms considered severe.
Validation of Training Need Assessment Questionnaire Among Health Care Workers in Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Low-Income Countries

Background: Continuous professional development (CPD) trainings have been reported to enhance health care workers’ knowledge and skills, improve retention and recruitment, improve quality of patient care and reduce patients’ mortality. This calls for validated training needs assessment tools for facilitating the design of effective CPD programs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. The survey involved selected Reproductive, Maternal and Neonatal Health (RMNH) health care workers from 7 hospitals, 12 of 51 health centers and 17 of 292 dispensaries within eight districts of Mwanza Region, Tanzania. The training needs assessment (TNA) tool adapted from the Hennessy-Hicks’ Training Needs Assessment Questionnaire (TNAQ) was used for data collection. Results: A total of 153 healthcare workers participated in this study. The majority of participants were females 83% (127) with average age of 39 years. Nurses formed a majority of participants 76% (n=115) with relatively similar mean duration in service or in RMNH of 7.9 years. The reliability of the adapted TNAQ was found to be 0.954. Relatedly, indexes for construct validity indicated that CFI was equal to 1, Chi-square Mean/Degree of Freedom (CMIN/DF) was equal to 0.000 and Mean Square Error Approximation (RMSEA) was equal to 0.185. Conclusion: The adapted TNAQ appear to be reliable and valid for identifying professional training needs of health care workers in RMNH health care settings. The tool has a considerable level of psychometric properties that makes it suitable for assessing the training needs among health care workers of different cadres. However, the applicability of the TNAQ in the wider health care systems remains unclear. Future studies with a large sample size are required to test the use of TNAQ in wider health care systems and learning opportunities.
Evidentiality ‘In’ and ‘As’ Context
 Corpus-based insights about the Mandarin V-过 construction

In this paper we argue that evidentiality can be a category of a linguistic system that emerges from the intersection between form, usage and ‘contextual situatedness’. We provide a multivariate corpus-based case study about the usage of the V-过 guo construction in written Mandarin, and show how the text types in which the chunk appears significantly contribute to determine its pragmatic usage and its emergent meaning grounded in shared knowledge and collective recognition. This approach sheds new light on two critical issues. The first is that evidentiality is an important grammatical category of documentary, factual and academic prose in Mandarin Chinese. The second, much broader, claim of this paper is that generalisations about grammatical/ semantic categories need to account for the usage of specific items in context. In this sense, ‘physical and sociocultural situatedness’ is as important a dimension as form and meaning in order to define categorial membership.
Total cholesterol, alanine aminotransferase and the risk of primary liver cancer

Abstract Previous studies have shown that serum total cholesterol (TC) and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are associated with liver cancer risk. However, the common contribution of TC and normal-high ALT to primary liver cancer (PLC) has not been reported. We aim to assess the separate and joint effect of low TC level and normal-high ALT level on the risk of PLC, a large prospective cohort was conducted in our study. The participants were divided into 4 groups via the cross-matching method according to TC [low level (−)/non-low level (+)] and ALT [normal level (−)/normal-high level(+)] status, and using the lower quartile value of TC and the upper quartile value of ALT as a threshold, respectively. Incident PLC was confirmed by review of medical records. Cox proportional hazards regression models and interactive additive models were used to evaluate whether the joint effect of low TC level and normal-high ALT level is associated with the risk of PLC. During 1,248,895 person-years follow-up, 298 participants were diagnosed with PLC among 114,972 subjects. In male population, TC < 4.24 mmol/L was group “TC (−)”; TC ≥ 4.24 mmol/L was group “TC (+)”; ALT < 23 U/L was group “ALT (−)”: 33 U/L ≥ ALT ≥ 23 U/L was group “ALT (+)”. Compared with the group “TC (+)”, group “ALT (−)”, respectively, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) for PLC risk was 1.74 (1.36–2.25) in group “TC (−)” and 1.49 (1.15–1.94) in group “ALT (+)”. In combinatorial analysis, compared with group “TC (+) and ALT (−)”, the significant increased risk of PLC were observed in group “TC (+) and ALT (+)” (HR = 1.41; 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.02–1.95), group “TC (−) and ALT (−)” (HR = 1.67; 95%CI: 1.24–2.27) and group “TC (−) and ALT (+)” (HR = 2.72; 95%CI: 1.81–4.09), respectively. However, no statistical significance was found among female. The separate and joint effect of low TC level and normal-high ALT level was observed for PLC risk in males. When combined, individuals with coexistence of low TC level and normal-high ALT level significantly increase the risk of PLC.
Improve Multidimensional 5G OFDM Based MIMO Sushisen Algorithms Merge Multi-Cell Transmission

wireless communication industry in the last decade, there is need for techniques to reliably communicate at higher data rates and efficiently use the available bandwidth. One such technology is the use of multiple antennas at both transmitter and receiver sites of wireless communication systems known as multiple – input – multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. In MIMO systems, the information signal at both sides of the communication link is combined in such a way that the quality (bit-error-rate) or data rates (bit-per-sec) is improved. The paper provides a study for different diversity gain coding schemes and spatial multiplexing coding for MIMO systems. A comparison of varies channels estimation and equalization techniques are given. The simulation is implemented using MATLAB and the results had shown the performance of transmission models under different channel environments .
Towards tactile intelligence for improving advanced robotic manipulation

Current industrial needs—now characterized by the agile and lean paradigm—focus on producing smaller batches of greater variety. Since robots require more advanced skills to handle a greater variety of parts, efforts have been made to improve their manipulation capabilities. However, these efforts have mainly involved artificial vision, which is not enough to provide all the information needed for advanced manipulation tasks. And although non-vision methods exist, such as those based on tactile sensing, they are rarely used in industry. Perhaps industry would be more inclined to adopt tactile sensors if we could better exploit their signals. Thus, the main objective of this thesis is to advance the field of tactile intelligence, in order to improve robots’ manipulation capabilities. To do so, three methods are proposed. First, to improve robots’ ability to grasp fragile objects, we developed a dry gecko-inspired adhesive and used it to cover tactile sensors integrated on a gripper’s fingertips. We also patented a chevron pattern for the adhesive that compensates for tangential force and moments at low pressure. We showed that the interaction force between the grasped object and the adhesive is strongly correlated with the contact area—and unlike with typical Coulomb friction, it is less correlated with the amount of force. Therefore, this material is well-suited to handling delicate objects such as those that are fragile or deformable. Second, the problem of detecting and classifying important dynamic events using tactile measurements is investigated. Specifically, we applied sparse coding to the problem of detecting important dynamic events, such as an object slipping from a robot’s grasp. This method of encoding tactile sensing data reduces the amount of space required to store the data coming from the sensors, but it is also demonstrated that it highlights their most important features. In fact, we show that using only a low number of sparsely encoded features, it was possible to accurately detect four different classes of dynamic events. Third, we studied three ways to identify an object from among 50 non-fragile objects: measuring vibrations when the gripper moved across the surface of an object; measuring how wide the gripper opened during the grasp; and measuring object deformity on the tactile sensor. We found that all these methods are able to identify objects, but by far the most efficient is object deformity (i.e., perceived deformation of the object at the fingertips), which alone is enough to identify the vast majority of the objects. The benefits of this method are that there is almost no exploration phase and vision is not required, so objects can be identified at the same time as they are grasped—meaning there is low increase in processing time or operating cost.
ASSESSING GREEN AND BLUE WATER UTILIZATION IN WHEAT PRODUCTION OF TAJIKISTAN: A SURVEY OF REGIONS, 1980-2015 (38-44)

The water footprint (WF) of national wheat production has been previously estimated for Tajikistan in regional (Central Asia) and global-scale studies. However, due to the large scale, these reports may provide a general view of the country's wheat production water usage, which cannot fully identify the regional demand on water resources. The aim of this study is to estimate the green and blue WF and the total water use of wheat irrigated crop in Tajikistan (1980-2015). The results were evaluated by comparison with previous documented results for the WF
The effectiveness of an online multimodal intervention for mental health promotion: A randomised controlled trial

Introduction: There is an urgent need for efficacious interventions to combat the global mental health crisis, and mental health promotion and primary preventive approaches are paramount. Objective: This study examined whether an online multimodal intervention that incorporates evidence-based strategies from the disciplines of Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology improved measures of mental health and emotional wellness. Methods: 425 adults (68.8% females, aged 46.5 ± 15.6) from Australia and New Zealand were randomised to an intervention or control group. The intervention group participated in a ten-week online multimodal intervention. Measures of mental health and emotional wellness were taken at baseline (Week 1), post-intervention (Week 12), and 12 weeks post-intervention (Week 24). The control group completed the same assessments. Results: The intervention group experienced significant improvements from Week 1 to 12 in: mental health (10%, p < 0.001, d = 0.50) and vitality (22%, p < 0.001, d = 0.54) subscales of the Short Form Survey (SF-36); depression (-42%, p < 0.001, d = 0.48), anxiety (-38%, p < 0.001, d = 0.39) and stress (-31%, p < 0.001, d = 0.52) subscales of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21); and life satisfaction (8%, p < 0.001, d = 0.48) as measured by the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). The control group experienced significant improvements only in the mental health (3%, p = 0.028, d = 0.16) subscale of the SF-36, and the stress subscale (-9%, p = 0.038, d = 0.15) of the DASS-21. The changes in the intervention group were significantly greater (p < 0.001) than the control group for all measures. Improvements in the outcome measures were generally sustained for the intervention group at 12 weeks post-intervention. Conclusion: The online multimodal intervention improved measures of mental health and emotional wellness suggesting that such interventions may be useful for mental health promotion and prevention. Trial registration: The Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12619000993190. Registered on 12 July 2019 (Retrospectively registered). The ANZCTRN is part of the WHO Primary Registries.