Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Piloting a Nurse-Led Critical Care Outreach Service to Pre-Empt Medical Emergency Team Calls and Facilitate Staff Learning

A nurse-led critical care outreach service (NLCCOS) can support staff education and decision making in the wards, managing at-risk patients with ward nurses to avoid further deterioration. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients identified as at-risk, the types of treatments they required to prevent deterioration, the education initiated by the NLCCOS, and the perceived experiences of ward nurses. This prospective observational pilot study using mixed methods took place in one medical and one surgical ward at a university hospital in Denmark. Participants were patients nominated as at-risk by head nurses in each ward, the ward nurses, and nurses from the NLCCOS. In total, 100 patients were reviewed, 51 medical and 49 surgical patients, over a six-month period. Most patients (70%) visited by the NLCCOS had a compromised respiratory status, and ward nurses received teaching and advice regarding interventions. Sixty-one surveys were collected from ward nurses on their learning experience. Over 90% (n = 55) of nurses believed they had learned from, and were more confident with, managing patients following the experience. The main educational areas were respiratory therapy, invasive procedures, medications, and benefits of mobilization. Further research needs to measure the impact of the intervention on patient outcomes and MET call frequency over time in larger samples.
Legal issues and underexplored data protection in medical 3D printing: A scoping review

Introduction: 3D printing has quickly found many applications in medicine. However, as with any new technology the regulatory landscape is struggling to stay abreast. Unclear legislation or lack of legislation has been suggested as being one hindrance for wide-scale adoption. Methods: A scoping review was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS and Westlaw International to identify articles dealing with legal issues in medical 3D printing. Results: Thirty-four articles fulfilling inclusion criteria were identified in medical/technical databases and fifteen in the legal database. The majority of articles dealt with the USA, while the EU was also prominently represented. Some common unresolved legal issues were identified, among them terminological confusion between custom-made and patient-matched devices, lack of specific legislation for patient-matched products, and the undefined legal role of CAD files both from a liability and from an intellectual property standpoint. Data protection was mentioned only in two papers and seems an underexplored topic. Conclusion: In this scoping review, several relevant articles and several common unresolved legal issues were identified including a need for terminological uniformity in medical 3D printing. The results of this work are planned to inform our own deeper legal analysis of these issues in the future.
Psoriatic Resolved Skin Epidermal Keratinocytes Retain Disease-Residual Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Profiles

The disease-residual transcriptomic profile (DRTP) within psoriatic healed/resolved skin and epidermal tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells have been proposed to be crucial for the recurrence of old lesions. However, it is unclear whether epidermal keratinocytes are involved in disease recurrence. There is increasing evidence regarding the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Nonetheless, the epigenetic changes that contribute to the recurrence of psoriasis remain unknown. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of keratinocytes in psoriasis relapse. The epigenetic marks 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) were visualized using immunofluorescence staining, and RNA sequencing was performed on paired never-lesional and resolved epidermal and dermal compartments of skin from psoriasis patients. We observed diminished 5-mC and 5-hmC amounts and decreased mRNA expression of the ten-eleven translocation (TET) 3 enzyme in the resolved epidermis. SAMHD1, C10orf99, and AKR1B10: the highly dysregulated genes in resolved epidermis are known to be associated with pathogenesis of psoriasis, and the DRTP was enriched in WNT, TNF, and mTOR signaling pathways. Our results suggest that epigenetic changes detected in epidermal keratinocytes of resolved skin may be responsible for the DRTP in the same regions. Thus, the DRTP of keratinocytes may contribute to site-specific local relapse.
A multi‐port interconnected magneto‐electric dipole antenna array for 5G applications

This letter reports a 28-GHz multi-port magneto-electric (ME) dipole array for 5G applications. The proposed antenna array enlarges the system polarization diversity with the capability of being utilized as a balanced antenna, a dual-polarized antenna and a circularly polarized antenna. Co-planar waveguide (CPW) lines are used to connect ME dipole radiators to achieve a high gain with simple feeding structure. The proposed antenna array exhibits a -10dB impedance bandwidth of 12.8% and a maximal peak realized gain of 13.52 dBi as a balanced antenna, and exhibits a -10dB impedance bandwidth of 28.57%, a 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 16% and a maximal peak realized gain of 12.15 dBi as a circularly polarized antenna.
Effects of Post-UV/Ozone Treatment on Electrical Characteristics of Solution-Processed Copper Oxide Thin-Film Transistors

To realize oxide semiconductor-based complementary circuits and better transparent display applications, the electrical properties of p-type oxide semiconductors and the performance improvement of p-type oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) are required. In this study, we report the effects of post-UV/ozone (O3) treatment on the structural and electrical characteristics of copper oxide (CuO) semiconductor films and the TFT performance. The CuO semiconductor films were fabricated using copper (II) acetate hydrate as a precursor material to solution processing and the UV/O3 treatment was performed as a post-treatment after the CuO film was fabricated. During the post-UV/O3 treatment for up to 13 min, the solution-processed CuO films exhibited no meaningful change in the surface morphology. On the other hand, analysis of the Raman and X-ray photoemission spectra of solution-processed CuO films revealed that the post-UV/O3 treatment induced compressive stress in the film and increased the composition concentration of Cu–O lattice bonding. In the post-UV/O3-treated CuO semiconductor layer, the Hall mobility increased significantly to approximately 280 cm2 V−1 s−1, and the conductivity increased to approximately 4.57 × 10−2 Ω−1 cm−1. Post-UV/O3-treated CuO TFTs also showed improved electrical properties compared to those of untreated CuO TFTs. The field-effect mobility of the post-UV/O3-treated CuO TFT increased to approximately 6.61 × 10−3 cm−2 V−1 s−1, and the on-off current ratio increased to approximately 3.51 × 103. These improvements in the electrical characteristics of CuO films and CuO TFTs can be understood through the suppression of weak bonding and structural defects between Cu and O bonds after post-UV/O3 treatment. The result demonstrates that the post-UV/O3 treatment can be a viable method to improve the performance of p-type oxide TFTs.
Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Treatment Adherence in Indonesia: Perspectives of People Living with HIV and HIV Service Providers

HIV treatment adherence in Indonesia is a major challenge. Although previous studies have demonstrated several barriers and facilitators to adherence, studies providing a comprehensive analysis from both PLHIV and HIV service providers’ perspectives are limited, especially in Indonesia. In this qualitative study with 30 people living with HIV on treatment (PLHIV-OT) and 20 HIV service providers (HSPs), we explored, via online interviews, the barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence using a socioecological approach. Both PLHIV-OT and HSPs reported stigma as a major barrier at each socioecological level, including public stigma at the societal level, stigma in healthcare settings, and self-stigma at the intrapersonal level. Stigma reduction must therefore be prioritized. PLHIV-OT and HSPs also reported support from significant others and HSPs as the foremost facilitators to ART adherence. The enablement of support networks is thus an important key to improved ART adherence. Overall, the societal level and health system barriers to ART adherence should be addressed in order to remove barriers and enhance the facilitators at the subordinate socioecological levels.
The Role of Big Data in Promoting Green Development: Based on the Quasi-Natural Experiment of the Big Data Experimental Zone

Against the backdrop of the pressing issue of global warming, the concept of green development, which emphasizes the rational utilization of resources and energy, has emerged as a viable model for future economic growth. Despite this, the interplay between big data technology and green development has yet to receive due consideration. This study aims to shed light on the role of big data in green development from the perspective of factor configuration distortion. To this end, a panel data analysis of 284 prefecture-level cities spanning from 2007 to 2020 was conducted, utilizing the Difference-in-Differences (DID) and Propensity Score Matching-Difference-in-Differences (PSM-DID) models to assess the impact of the establishment of the National Big Data Comprehensive Experimental Zone on green total factor productivity. The findings reveal that the establishment of the National Big Data Comprehensive Experimental Zone has a positive impact on green total factor productivity, primarily through optimizing the capital and labor allocation distortions, with the effect being more pronounced in areas with high levels of human capital, financial development, and economic activity. This research provides empirical evidence to evaluate the impact of the establishment of the National Big Data Comprehensive Experimental Zone and offers valuable policy implications for the pursuit of high-quality economic development.
Multilayer two-photon recording of microholograms in cationic ring-opening polymerization material

We present the two-photon recording of microholograms in new cationic initiated photopolymer material. The experimental results show that the material has a square-law dependence of the refractive index change on intensity, and also the threshold character of recording. Both such dependence and the threshold character of recording make it possible to improve the microhologram localization at recording and to reduce the crosstalk at reading. Besides that, the use of two-photon absorption increases the homogeneity on depth recording and provides high values of refractive index change Δn = 3.3 × 10−3. We also describe the recording/reading of microholograms in ten layers of the designed material, and present data on reading errors and their distribution on depth.
IMPACT OF BEHAVIORAL BIASES ON WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS INVESTMENT DECISION

The goal of this study is to examine the influence of certain behavioral biases namely overconfidence, loss aversion, mental accounting on women entrepreneurs’ investment decision accompanied with mediating role of risk tolerance. The research has employed PLS-SEM to empirically examine the formulated hypotheses. Additionally, IPMA analysis has also been implemented to know the comparative importance and performance of selected facets. The sample size includes 100 women entrepreneurs residing in Karachi, Pakistan. Convenience sampling technique is executed to gather data whereas a questionnaire is adopted as research instrument. The empirical findings suggested that overconfidence bias, mental accounting bias have a substantial positive influence on women entrepreneur investment decision whereas loss aversion is found to be statistically insignificant. However, the indirect impact of risk tolerance has been found to be statistically insignificant for the given biases and women entrepreneur investment decision whereas loss aversion, mental accounting found to have substantial direct influence on risk tolerance of women entrepreneurs. Through its conceptual framework, the research adds to the body of literature by providing valuable insights regarding women entrepreneurs’ behavioral perspective in relation with investment decision. The empirical evidence has determined the presence of irrationality involves in entrepreneurs’ investment decision; the findings will be helpful to understand the mechanism and causes that may lead to unidentified anomalies in start-up markets.
An Enhanced Resolution Three-Dimensional Transformation Method Based on Discrete Wavelet Transform

With the development of interactive multimedia technologies, image and video compression algorithms necessitated a number of better performance and functionality. Wavelet transform based embedded image coding method is the basis of JPEG2000. Lossy image compression algorithms sacrifice perfect image reconstruction in favor of decreased storage requirements. JPEG2000 algorithm has been developed based on the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) techniques, which have shown how the results achieved in different areas in information technology can be applied to enhance the performance.
Strain-induced magnetoresistance and magnetic anisotropy properties of Co/Cu multilayers

[Co (tCo) nm/Cu 1.5 nm]50 multilayers were grown onto 15-nm Cu/polyimide buffer layers. The relationship between stress, σ, and strain, ɛ, for the [Co 1.0 nm/Cu 1.5 nm]50 multilayers has been presented. The effects of induced strain on the magnetoresistance (MR) and magnetic anisotropy have been examined. The [Co 1.0 nm/Cu 1.5 nm]50 multilayer exhibited a maximum MR ratio of 3.4% at a Co layer thickness of 1.0 nm, β of 0.1, and a strain of 1.5%. The multilayers exhibited a remarkable magnetic anisotropy with the easy axis of magnetization always lying in a plane perpendicular to the direction of the induced strain.
Tricritical Exponents and Scaling Fields

The tricritical behavior of a classical three-well-potential model for two-component systems (such as ${\mathrm{He}}^{3}$-${\mathrm{He}}^{4}$ mixtures) is discussed by using renormalization-group techniques. The tricritical exponents and scaling fields are calculated for three dimensions.
Improving Storm Surge Risk Communication: Stakeholder Perspectives

AbstractStorm surge associated with tropical and extratropical cyclones has a long history of causing death and destruction along our coastlines. With more than 123 million people living in coastal shoreline areas and much of the densely populated Atlantic and Gulf coastal areas less than 10 ft (∼3 m) above mean sea level, the threat has never been greater. In this article, we summarize and integrate the most intensive series of studies completed to date on communication of storm surge risk. These were primarily geographically focused stakeholder surveys for evaluating the storm surge communication perceptions and preferences of forecasters, broadcast meteorologists, public officials, and members of the public—each a primary user group for storm surge forecasts. According to findings from seven surveys, each group strongly supports the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing watches and warnings for storm surge, whether associated with tropical cyclones (TC) or extratropical (ET) cyclones. We discuss resul.
Hydrogels from a Self-Assembling Tripeptide and Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs): Comparison between Single-Walled and Double-Walled CNTs

Supramolecular hydrogels obtained from the self-organization of simple peptides, such as tripeptides, are attractive soft materials. Their viscoelastic properties can be enhanced through the inclusion of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), although their presence can also hinder self-assembly, thus requiring investigation of the compatibility of CNMs with peptide supramolecular organization. In this work, we compared single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) as nanostructured additives for a tripeptide hydrogel, revealing superior performance by the latter. Several spectroscopic techniques, as well as thermogravimetric analyses, microscopy, and rheology data, provide details to elucidate the structure and behavior of nanocomposite hydrogels of this kind.
Marine Plankton during the Polar Night: Environmental Predictors of Spatial Variability

Simple Summary Plankton are a key component of Arctic marine ecosystems, connecting all trophic levels and being involved in organic matter recycling. Our main purpose was to reveal differences in plankton characteristics in two Arctic sites that were strongly affected by the inflow of warm Atlantic waters during the period of polar night. We detected similar bacterial abundances in both regions, while other plankton parameters were significantly different. Temperature, salinity, and sampling depth shaped the plankton communities. Phytoplankton biomass also had a marked influence on microbial abundance and zooplankton assemblages. Changes in the proportions of boreal taxa suggested the Atlantification of pelagic communities, a phenomenon reported in the Arctic due to global warming. Abstract We studied the spatial patterns of the planktonic ecosystems at two Arctic sites strongly affected by Atlantic Inflow (FS, the Fram Strait; and BS, the Barents Sea). A high degree of similarity in the bacterial abundance (mean: 3.1 × 105 cells mL−1 in FS vs. 3.5 × 105 cells mL−1 in BS) was found, while other plankton characteristics were different. Bacterial biomass reached a maximum in BS (3.2–7.9 mg C m−3), while viral abundances tended to be higher in FS (2.0–5.7 × 106 particles mL−1). Larger bacterial cells were found in BS, suggesting the presence of different bacterial populations at both locations. The virus-to-bacteria ratio was significantly higher in FS than in BS (13.5 vs. 4.7). Chlorophyll a concentration was extremely low (<0.25 mg m−3). The highest zooplankton abundance was in the surface layer (919 individuals m−3 in FS vs. 602 ind. m−3 in BS). Zooplankton biomass strongly varied (1–39 mg C m−3), with the maximum in BS. High proportions of boreal taxa in the total zooplankton abundance indicate the Atlantification of pelagic ecosystems in the Arctic. Plankton indicators are correlated with temperature, salinity, and sampling depth. Strong intercorrelations were found between major plankton groups, suggesting tight links in the studied plankton ecosystems.
A New Methodology for Assimilation of Initial Soil Moisture Fields in Weather Prediction Models Using Meteosat and NOAA Data.

In this study, a simple method is described and tested for deriving initial soil moisture fields for numerical weather prediction purposes using satellite imagery. Recently, an algorithm was developed to determine surface evaporation maps from high- and low-resolution satellite data, which does not require information on land use and synoptic data. A correction to initial soil moisture was calculated from a comparison between the evaporation fields produced by a numerical weather prediction model and the satellite algorithm. As a case study, the method was applied to the Iberian Peninsula during a 7-day period in the summer of 1994. Two series of short-term forecasts, initialized from a similar initial soil moisture field, were run in parallel: a control run in which soil moisture evolved freely and an experimental run in which soil moisture was updated daily using the simple assimilation procedure. The simple assimilation resulted in a decrease of the bias of temperature and specific humidity at 2-m height during the daytime and a small decrease of the root-mean-square error of these quantities. The results show that the surface evaporation maps, derived from the satellite data, contain a signal that may be used to assimilate soil moisture in numerical weather prediction models.
Intradiscal treatment of the cartilage endplate for improving solute transport and disc nutrition

Poor nutrient transport through the cartilage endplate (CEP) is a key factor in the etiology of intervertebral disc degeneration and may hinder the efficacy of biologic strategies for disc regeneration. Yet, there are currently no treatments for improving nutrient transport through the CEP. In this study we tested whether intradiscal delivery of a matrix-modifying enzyme to the CEP improves solute transport into whole human and bovine discs. Ten human lumbar motion segments harvested from five fresh cadaveric spines (38–66 years old) and nine bovine coccygeal motion segments harvested from three adult steers were treated intradiscally either with collagenase enzyme or control buffer that was loaded in alginate carrier. Motion segments were then incubated for 18 h at 37 °C, the bony endplates removed, and the isolated discs were compressed under static (0.2 MPa) and cyclic (0.4–0.8 MPa, 0.2 Hz) loads while submerged in fluorescein tracer solution (376 Da; 0.1 mg/ml). Fluorescein concentrations from site-matched nucleus pulposus (NP) samples were compared between discs. CEP samples from each disc were digested and assayed for sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) and collagen contents. Results showed that enzymatic treatment of the CEP dramatically enhanced small solute transport into the disc. Discs with enzyme-treated CEPs had up to 10.8-fold (human) and 14.0-fold (bovine) higher fluorescein concentration in the NP compared to site-matched locations in discs with buffer-treated CEPs (p < 0.0001). Increases in solute transport were consistent with the effects of enzymatic treatment on CEP composition, which included reductions in sGAG content of 33.5% (human) and 40% (bovine). Whole disc biomechanical behavior—namely, creep strain and disc modulus—was similar between discs with enzyme- and buffer-treated CEPs. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the potential for matrix modification of the CEP to improve the transport of small solutes into whole intact discs.
Thermal Effect during Laser-Induced Plasmonic Heating of Polyelectrolyte-Coated Gold Nanorods in Well Plates

We examined the generation and transfer of heat when laser irradiation is applied to water containing a suspension of gold nanorods coated with different polyelectrolytes. The ubiquitous well plate was used as the geometry for these studies. The predictions of a finite element model were compared to experimental measurements. It is found that relatively high fluences must be applied in order to generate biologically relevant changes in temperature. This is due to the significant lateral heat transfer from the sides of the well, which strongly limits the temperature that can be achieved. A 650 mW continuous-wave (CW) laser, with a wavelength that is similar to the longitudinal plasmon resonance peak of the gold nanorods, can deliver heat with an overall efficiency of up to 3%. This is double the efficiency achievable without the nanorods. An increase in temperature of up to 15 °C can be achieved, which is suitable for the induction of cell death by hyperthermia. The nature of the polymer coating on the surface of the gold nanorods is found to have a small effect.
Demonstration of bottom mirrors for resonant-cavity-enhanced GaAs homojunction far-infrared detectors

A proposal for the bottom mirrors of resonant-cavity-enhanced GaAs homojunction far-infrared (FIR) detectors has been suggested and optimized based on undoped/doped GaAs layers with the Fresnel matrix method. With this kind of bottom mirror, the calculated absorption probability in the detector cavity increases two times over that in the normal detector structure. Comparing optical measurements have been carried out on n-GaAs homojunction FIR detector structures with and without the bottom mirrors, as well as a single optimized bottom mirror structure (without the detector cavity structure). The experimental FIR reflection and transmission results demonstrate well the theoretical design.