Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Situation of Physiotherapy Clinics in the Community of Madrid in Relation to the Concept of Sustainability: A Survey Study

Introduction: Nowadays, it is increasingly urgent to regulate the use of the natural resources of our planet. From the field of physiotherapy, it is necessary to address this issue to ensure that our centers comply as much as possible with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Objective: To analyze the current situation in physiotherapy clinics in the Community of Madrid so as to identify whether their managers are aware of the concept of sustainability and its levels of application. Material and Methods: A survey study was carried out with the collaboration of 52 physiotherapy clinics in the Community of Madrid (Spain) to collect relevant data on sustainability. The questions were designed by experts in physiotherapy and sustainability with the aim of obtaining as much information as possible, analyzing the knowledge of sustainability and part of the goals established in the 2030 agenda. The procedures were conducted following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement and checklist, in addition to following the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (CIPI/22.016). Results: A total of 35 questions were answered by 52 physiotherapy clinics in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (Spain) that completed the survey. In addition to the results of each question related to the concept of sustainability, significant differences were observed in the proportion of emotions detected with the NRC dictionary in the question about how waste is removed from the center (p = 0.002 and 0.008, respectively) with a higher proportion of positive feelings with emotions of joy, anticipation, confidence and surprise expressed by participants from clinics of less than 90 m2, while in those from clinics of more than 90 m2, negative feelings predominated with emotions of disgust, fear or sadness; in both cases, the effect of size was large and significant. Conclusions: Most of the physiotherapy clinics in the Community of Madrid that participated in the study are aware of the concept of sustainability. However, in practice, they do not sufficiently apply sustainability protocols in their clinics.
Neural Network Learning of Context-Dependent Affordances

In this paper, we investigated whether affordances are activated automatically, independently of the context in which they are experienced, or not. The first hypothesis postulates that stimuli affording different actions in different contexts tend to activate all actions initially. The action appropriate to the current context is later selected through a competitive process. The second hypothesis instead postulates that only the action appropriate to the current context is activated. The apparent tension between these two alternative hypotheses constitutes an open issue since, in some cases, experimental evidence supports the context-independent hypothesis, while in other cases it supports the context-dependent hypothesis. To study this issue, we trained a deep neural network with stimuli in which action inputs co-varied systematically with visual inputs. The neural network included two separate pathways for encoding visual and action inputs with two hidden layers each, and then a common hidden layer. The training was realized through an auto-associative unsupervised learning algorithm and the testing was conducted by presenting only part of the stimulus to the neural network, to study its generative properties. As a result of the training process, the network formed visual-action affordances. Furthermore, we conducted the training process in different contexts in which the relation between stimuli and actions varied. The analysis of the obtained results indicates that the network displays both a context-dependent activation of affordances (i.e., the action appropriate to the current context tends to be more activated than the alternative action) and a competitive process that refines action selection (i.e., that increases the offset between the activation of the appropriate and unappropriate actions). Overall, this suggests that the apparent contradiction between the two hypotheses can be resolved. Moreover, our analysis indicates that the greater facility with which colour-action associations are acquired with respect to shape-action associations is because the representation of surface features, such as colour, tends to be more readily available for deeper features, such as shape. Our results support the feasibility of human-like affordance acquisition in artificial neural networks trained using a deep learning algorithm. This model could be further applied to a number of robotic and applicative scenarios.
Patterned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Transparent Conducting Films for Liquid Crystal Switching Electrodes

We have fabricated transparent and electrically conductive single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) thin films for liquid crystal switching electrodes. The SWCNT film had a sheet resistance of 91.02 Ω/□ and a transmittance of 92.33% at 550 nm. Our CNT-based transparent conducting film (TCF) patterning technique is a combination of photolithography and O2 plasma etching. We were able to pattern CNT-TCFs with a high resolution, and as small as 4 µm, and to fabricate them with various shapes and patterns. Our CNT-TCFs were used to successfully switch liquid crystal cells with 100 µm and 15 mm line widths.
151-MHz and 1.5-GHz observations of bridges in powerful extragalactic radio sources

Un ensemble de 7 quasars 3C et 12 radiogalaxies 3C ont ete observes avec MERLIN a 151 MHz et VLA a 1,5 GHz. Des ponts radio complets sont detectes dans 15 sources et des queues etendues vers les points chauds dans les 4 sources restantes. La tendance anterieure d'une elongation des ponts dans les radiosources puissantes est confirmee. Par comparaison avec des radiogalaxies de puissances similaires, les ponts radio dans les quasars sont plus tronques et plus distordus, suggerant que la stabilite a long terme de la collimation est plus faible dans les quasars que dans les radiogalaxies
Concentration waves and the instability of bubbly flows

This paper examines whether G. K. Batchelor's (1988) theory of the propagation of planar concentration disturbances and the occurrence of instabilities in uniform fluidized beds can be applied to bubbly flows. According to this theory the propagation of long weakly nonlinear gas volume concentration waves is governed by the Burgers equation. Experiments on the propagation of weak concentration shock waves and small, but finite, amplitude periodic waves are presented; good agreement is found with classic solutions of Burgers’ equation. For example, the phenomenon of amplitude saturation, familiar from nonlinear acoustics, is established here for concentration waves. Batchelor's instability conditions are given for bubbly flows, and his model for the bulk modulus of elasticity of the dispersed phase is used to obtain estimates of the critical volume concentration at which a uniform bubbly flow becomes unstable to planar disturbances. Observations of the onset of instabilities of bubbly flow in a pipe are described, and compared with what would be expected from Batchelor's theory.
PARP inhibition promotes endothelial‐like traits in melanoma cells and modulates pericyte coverage dynamics during vasculogenic mimicry

Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) describes the ability of highly aggressive tumor cells to develop pseudovascular structures without the participation of endothelial cells. PARP1 is implicated in the activation of hypoxia‐inducible factors, which are crucial in tumor neovascularization. We have explored the role of hypoxia and PARP inhibition in VM. In uveal melanoma xenografts, the PARP inhibitor olaparib improved in vivo pericyte coverage specifically of VM channels. This was concomitant with reduced metastasis in olaparib‐treated VM+ tumors. PARP inhibition and hypoxia modulated melanoma tube formation in vitro, inducing a more sparse and regular tubular architecture. Whole‐transcriptome profiling revealed that olaparib treatment under hypoxic conditions modulated the expression of genes implicated in vasculogenesis during tube formation, enhancing the endothelial‐like phenotype of VM+ uveal melanoma cells. PARP inhibition, especially during hypoxia, upregulated PDGFβ, which is essential for pericyte recruitment. Our study indicates that PARP inhibitors may enhance the endothelial characteristics of VM+ cells, modulate pericyte coverage, and reduce metastatic spread in VM+ melanoma. © 2022 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Coaxial electrospray for multimodal imaging and image-guided therapy

Recent development in multimodal imaging and image-guided therapy requires multifunctional microparticles that encapsulate several imaging and therapeutic agents in the same carrier for simultaneous detection and treatment of the diseases. However, commonly used microfabrication processes for these microparticles have multiple limitations such as the low encapsulation efficiency and the loss of bioactivity for the encapsulated biological cargos. To overcome these limitations, we have carried out both the experimental and the theoretical studies on coaxial electrospray of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) PLGA microparticles. On the experimental side, a coaxial electrospray setup has been developed and tested. The setup consists of a customized coaxial needle assembly, two ring electrodes, two high-voltage power supplies, two syringe infusion pumps, a particle collection reservoir, and a process monitoring system. On the theoretical side, a classical normal mode method has been used for instability analysis of the coaxial electrified jet based on the experimental parameters. The effects of different dimensionless process parameters on the formation of different unstable modes have also been studied. The reported research represents the first step toward the quantitative control and optimization of the coaxial electrospray process for the fabrication of multifunctional microparticles in multimodal imaging and image-guided therapy.
A structural equation model of land capability and related drivers: Implications for land degradation forecasting in a tropical river basin

Land degradation is a worldwide problem with natural and anthropogenic causes. An important anthropogenic cause of land degradation is land uses that deviate from land capability, which is the “natural” use. Despite the conscience of scientists about this issue, studies are lacking that set up a quantitative nexus between land capability and related drivers. This nexus is essential because it allows anticipating changes in the drivers that promote or recede degradation. In this study, a partial least squares–path model (PLS–PM) was used to help closing this gap. The pilot study occurred in seven Paraopeba River sub‐basins located in the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil), where capability is dominated by mosaics of forests and pastures. Land capability was assessed by the ruggedness number, being inversely proportional to it. Among multiple potential drivers of land capability initially included in the model, collinearity and other consistency and performance analyses indicated the percentage of latosols and (re)forested areas, annual rainfall, and water‐related processes (e.g., weathering, nutrient leaching) as prominent in the studied region. The results linked increases of latosol and forest occupation to runoff reduction [runoff = latosol × (−0.640) + forest × (−0.156) + reforestation × (−0.379)], suggesting an attenuation of erosion by these parameters, namely gully erosion that impacts on the ruggedness number and land capability in the sequel. The weathering of carbonate rocks was also related to land capability changes because the PLS–PM model exposed a relationship between the ruggedness number and products of carbonate rock dissolution: ruggedness number = alkalinity × (−0.578) + total magnesium × (0.462) + dissolved oxygen × (−0.418). In addition to highlighting processes capable of changing land capability overtime, the model equations brought attention to measures that could improve it in the region thus preventing degradation. The measures included management practices capable to raise the soil's dissolved oxygen (e.g., through aeration) or preventing soil's magnesium deficiency (e.g., through foliar sprays). The network of cause‐and‐effect relationships set up by the PLS–PM model was finally used to elucidate about potential land use changes that would bring capability in the Paraopeba River basin towards a better status, such as conversions to pasture land. Future work is expected to further elucidate about the benefits for land capability of specific land use changes, through the testing of expected socioeconomic development scenarios.
New distributed positioning algorithm for ad hoc positioning system

Position information of individual node is useful in implementing functions such as routing and querying in ad-hoc networks. But adding GPS receivers or other sophisticated sensors to every node can be expensive. In this paper, we present the distributed, hop by hop positioning algorithm for solving the problem of positioning nodes within an ad hoc, wireless network of low powered sensor nodes, low mobility and large size without the aid of GPS aid. It works as an extension of both DV-hop propagation and GPS positioning in order to provide absolute position estimate for all nodes in a network where only a limited fraction of nodes have self location capability we call anchors. The procedure is partitioned into three phases: global location, local refinement and Kalman filter optimization, each phase is described in detail. The simulation environment used to evaluate this algorithm is also explained, including details about the specific implementation of each phase and experimental results, which demonstrate that the algorithm is more robust to measurement error than previous proposals, and it needs much fewer anchor nodes than previous algorithms to get comparable results.
Social Emotional Health and Resilience of Teachers in the East European Countries

Research on teachers’social emotional health and resilience is important for quality learning and well-being at school, especially during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research on mental health and resilience of teachers from Latvia, Lithuania and Slovak Republic was conducted as part of the ERASMUS+ project “Supporting teachers to face the challenge of distance learning”. The primary goal of the first project phase to assess social emotional health, so-called covitality and resilience of teachers in elementary, secondary and high schools in post pandemic times and to focus on those areas which require significant support and development. 1200 teachers, 400 from each participating country, took part in the research. Results were based on data from research methods Social-emotional health survey-teachers (SEHS-T) and Resilience Scale. Teachers reported in all high level of social-emotional health overall indicator – covitality, as well as enough high level in four of its domains: belief in self, belief in others, emotional competence, engaged living. Level of teachers’ resilience has reached a moderate level in all three participating countries. There were found high significant positive correlations between teachers’ resilience and overall covitality, as well as between resilience and covitality. Positive teacher strengths that were identified are self-regulation, empathy, cognitive reappraisal. Identified weaknesses and limits will be used as a foundation for preparation of intervention activities for the teachers in the second project phase.
Winter gifts for river ecosystems: A massive supply of earthworms in early winter

Abstract Terrestrial resource pulses can significantly affect the community dynamics of freshwater ecosystems. Previously, its effect on the river community is considered to be stronger in summer, whereas weaker in winter when terrestrial invertebrates are less abundant. The movement of the terrestrial earthworms is triggered in winter, so they may be supplied to winter rivers as terrestrial resource pulse, but little is known about it. Here, we report that the massive numbers of the terrestrial earthworms were supplied intensively to an upstream of the small river in early winter. In particular, we found large numbers of megascolecid earthworms were supplied in an upstream of the small river in Northern Japan. Furthermore, we observed that supplied earthworms were consumed by salmonid fish species (masu salmon, white spotted char and rainbow trout) and aquatic invertebrates (gammarid amphipod, planarian flatworm, and stonefly larvae). These findings suggest that the terrestrial earthworms may play a key role in ecosystem functioning in winter when severe and other resources are scarce.
TELKOMNIKA Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control

Received Aug 31, 2021 Revised Jul 28, 2022 Accepted Aug 15, 2022 As the emergence of the voice biometric provides enhanced security and convenience, voice biometric-based applications such as speaker verification were gradually replacing the authentication techniques that were less secure. However, the automatic speaker verification (ASV) systems were exposed to spoofing attacks, especially artificial speech attacks that can be generated with a large amount in a short period of time using state-of-the-art speech synthesis and voice conversion algorithms. Despite the extensively used support vector machine (SVM) in recent works, there were none of the studies shown to investigate the performance of different SVM settings against artificial speech detection. In this paper, the performance of different SVM settings in artificial speech detection will be investigated. The objective is to identify the appropriate SVM kernels for artificial speech detection. An experiment was conducted to find the appropriate combination of the proposed features and SVM kernels. Experimental results showed that the polynomial kernel was able to detect artificial speech effectively, with an equal error rate (EER) of 1.42% when applied to the presented handcrafted features.
SED DECOMPOSITION OF INFRARED-LUMINOUS GALAXIES

We select infrared-luminous galaxies by cross-matching the SDSS spectroscopic sample of galaxies with the WISE all-sky survey catalog. Based on photometric data points covering from SDSS u-band to WISE , their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are separated into AGN, elliptical, spiral, and irregular galaxy components. The derived luminosities of spiral galaxy and AGN are well correlated with and [OIII] line luminosities, respectively. Most galaxies are dominated by young stellar populations even for optical AGNs, but at least 10% of optical non-AGNs appear to harbor buried AGNs. The AGN contribution increases dramatically with the total luminosity. These results show that the SED decomposition is successful and is useful to understand the true nature of dusty galaxies.
Development of Guided Inquiry-Oriented Science Interactive E-Module on Wave and Disaster Themes

This research aims at measuring the validity product of the developed science interactive e-book. The research method used is research and development, with a 3-D development model which is a modification of the 4-D model proposed by Thiagarajan (1974). The stages used are defining, planning (design) and developing (develop). To measure the product validity, a validation questionnaire assessed by two expert lecturers and three science teachers was employed. The development of teaching materials in the form of science interactive e-books is scored 81% and is considered valid to be limited trial test in junior high school level. The limited trial test is scored 34.55 which is considered as good category. Therefore, the developed e-modules can be used as learning resources on wave and disaster themes.
Impact of Minimizing Asynchronies in Mechanical Ventilation on Patient’s Outcome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Background: Patients-ventilator asynchrony defined as a mismatch between the patient’s respiratory effort and the ventilator delivered breaths and it is common in clinical practice. Patient ventilator interaction is a key element in optimizing MV. The change from inspiration to expiration is a crucial point in the mechanically ventilated breaths and is termed cycling, PVA may occur if the flow at which the ventilator cycles to exhalation does not coincide with the termination of neural inspiration. Ideally, the ventilator terminates inspiratory flow in synchrony with the patients neural timing, but frequently the ventilator terminates early or late. Aims: The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of asynchrony during assisted MV, IT and DT were the two main patterns of asynchrony. Patients and Methods: This prospective study was carried out upon 60 patients from 2 to 180 months, 38 males and 22 females, with spontaneous triggering on MV, admitted to the PICU, Tanta University Hospital. Results: Fortunately, ITI is increased with volume SIMV +PSV compared with pressure SIMV +PSV and PRVC. ITI is a highly significant diagnostic for synchronization. Pressure regulated volume control was better than pressure SIMV+PSV and both were better than volume SIMV +PSV proved by less ITI and increase mortality with ITI ≥10%. Conclusion: Pressure regulated volume control was better than pressure SIMV+PSV and both were better than volume SIMV +PSV proved by less ITI and increase mortality with ITI ≥10%. The patient-ventilator synchrony is crucial in determining the patient comfort, MV duration, and survival ITI is diagnostic for synchronization. ITI, PIP/ITI on 1st day, and SpO2 on 3rd day were significant predictors for synchronization.
Postsecondary transition barriers for students with disabilities in two neighboring school regions in Botswana

Abstract Successful delivery of transition services for students with disabilities remains a significant challenge in the developed and developing countries like Botswana as students continue to experience poor post-school outcomes. This study examined teachers’ perceptions about barriers concerning the effective implementation of transition practices and principles in Botswana senior secondary schools. The researchers adopted a quantitative research approach using paper surveys to collect data from 258 participants. Teachers reported several challenges in the transition process and showed significant differences on transition barriers by teacher position and school region. Challenges noted among others included inadequate training of teachers and shortage of resources to support transition. Recommendations for practice include the formulation of a transition legal framework and provision of clear guidelines in the delivery of transition services.