Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Time to Recovery from COVID-19 and Its Predictors in Patients Hospitalized at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital Care and Treatment Center, A Retrospective Follow-Up Study, North West Ethiopia

Background Since the end of 2019, the world has been facing a new coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), which is considered a global pandemic. COVID-19 is considered a major public health burden due to the uncontrolled morbidity and mortality of the global community. The World Health Organization estimates the recovery time as 2 weeks for patients with mild infection and 3 to 6 weeks for those with serious illnesses. The recovery time and its predictors are not well studied in Ethiopia yet. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate time to recovery from COVID-19 and its predictors among COVID-19 patients admitted to Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital care and treatment center, North West Ethiopia. Methods An institution-based retrospective follow-up study was conducted among 452 COVID-19 patients admitted to Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital from March 2020 to September 2021. Simple random sampling using a table of random number generators was used to select study units. Data entry and analysis were performed using EpiData 3.1 and Stata version 14, respectively. Bivariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazard analyses were used to identify predictors of recovery time. An AHR at a 5% level of significance was used to identify significant predictors. Results : Among 452 COVID-19 patients, 437 (88%) were recovered, with a median recovery time of 9 days. Recovery time was significantly related to age (AHR = 0.98; 95% CI = 0.97, 0.99), oxygen saturation (AHR = 0.42; 95% CI = 0.31, 0.56), shortness of breath (AHR = 0.65; 95% CI = 0.47, 0.85), disease severity (moderate (AHR = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.47, 0.85) and severe (AHR = 0.32; 95% CI = 0.22, 0.47)), and comorbidities (AHR = 0.67; 95% CI = 0.53, 0.84). Conclusions and recommendations: The overall median recovery time was 9 days. Older age, low oxygen saturation, shortness of breath, disease severity (moderate and severe), history of comorbidities, and high-level of WBC were predictors of delayed recovery time. On the other hand, corticosteroid use significantly shortens the median recovery time of COVID-19 patients. Thus, patients presented with older age, low oxygen saturation, shortness of breath, moderate and severe COVID-19 disease, comorbidities, and increased WBC need to be closely monitoring and followed up by healthcare providers. In addition, there should be special attention during the administration of corticosteroid.
The organisation of sexuality and the sexuality of organisation : A genealogical analysis of sexual ‘ inclusive exclusion ’ at work Journal Item

This paper problematises sexual inclusion in the workplace by theorising the social and historical processes that underpin heteronormativity in organisations. Drawing on a genealogical analysis (Foucault, 1977a, 1978, 1984a, 1984b) of sexuality and inclusion in four Italian social firms that support the work and social integration of disadvantaged individuals, the paper provides an indepth analysis of the historical conditions affecting the management of sexualities in organisations. The analysis exposes the fragility and contradictory character of the notion of inclusion by illustrating how efforts to ‘include’ are often grounded on normative principles. It also shows how heteronormativity works, in practice, to moderate different modalities of LGBTQ inclusion, recreating hierarchies and binaries within LGBTQ individuals. The paper discusses how the power of heteronormativity produces specific meanings of inclusion within which some LGBTQ workers are included and normalised, and others remain excluded because they do not conform to normative conventions and flaunt their ‘diversity’. The necessity of taking a queer perspective on ‘inclusion’ that scrutinises the heteronormative logic is also discussed. The paper concludes by shedding light on how, within a heteronormative regime shaped by neoliberal predicaments, “inclusive” organizations might continue to exclude LGBTQ individuals.
Unified performance analysis with exact solutions for uplink non‐orthogonal multiple access system‐based cellular networks

This research presents a unified performance analysis methodology for the power domains of uplink non‐orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system consisting of a base station and an arbitrary number of users over Rayleigh fading channels. The study derives exact closed‐form expressions for key performance metrics, such as outage probability (OP), symbol error rate (SER), outage capacity (OC), average channel capacity (AVC), and amount of fading, using binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulations. The analysis encompasses all necessary channel parameters for evaluating the performance of an uplink NOMA system. The theoretical and simulation results completely supported one another. Furthermore, the results were compared with experiments in the literature using similar parameters. The proposed system was determined to increase performance by 40% for OP, 62% for SER, and 4.74 times for AVC at SNR = 20 dB. Finally, this study introduced exact solutions that can significantly accelerate NOMA systems analysis by exploiting the information in the existing database for analytical design processes in communications theory.
Global Burden of Disease 2017 estimates for Major Depressive Disorder: a critical appraisal of the epidemiological evidence

Objectives To critically appraise the quality of the studies underpinning the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 estimates for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with respect to i) the GBD 2017 inclusion criteria and ii) population coverage. Design Systematic critical appraisal. Setting Not applicable. Participants Not applicable. Main outcome measures Each study was critically appraised with respect to the four GBD 2017 inclusion criteria: representativeness, study method and sample, diagnostic criteria and publication from 1980 onwards. Population coverage was calculated. Results Less than half of studies (221/467, 47.3%) were nationally representative. Only 262/467 (56.1%) of studies reported specifically on MDD and more than a third did not use DSM or ICD diagnostic criteria: 94/467 (20.1%) did not specify any diagnostic criteria and 68/467 (14.6%) relied on self-reported depression for diagnosis. Only 62/467 (13.3%) of studies were conducted during the period 2011-2017. Only 107/195 (54.9%) of countries had one or more prevalence studies. Conclusions GBD 2017 estimates for MDD are based on incomplete country and population coverage. The inclusion of studies with non-representative populations, that do not use diagnostic criteria and the lack of specific data on MDD reduces the reliability of estimates and limits their value for policy making.
Physiological Comparison of Two Salt-Excluder Hybrid Grapevine Rootstocks under Salinity Reveals Different Adaptation Qualities

Like other plant stresses, salinity is a central agricultural problem, mainly in arid or semi-arid regions. Therefore, salt-adapted plants have evolved several adaptation strategies to counteract salt-related events, such as photosynthesis inhibition, metabolic toxicity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. European grapes are usually grafted onto salt-tolerant rootstocks as a cultivation practice to alleviate salinity-dependent damage. In the current study, two grape rootstocks, 140 Ruggeri (RUG) and Millardet et de Grasset 420A (MGT), were utilized to evaluate the diversity of their salinity adaptation strategies. The results showed that RUG is able to maintain higher levels of the photosynthetic pigments (Chl-T, Chl-a, and Chl-b) under salt stress, and hence accumulates higher levels of total soluble sugars (TSS), monosaccharides, and disaccharides compared with the MGT rootstock. Moreover, it was revealed that the RUG rootstock maintains and/or increases the enzymatic activities of catalase, GPX, and SOD under salinity, giving it a more efficient ROS detoxification machinery under stress.
ATHYS: a hydrological environment for spatial modelling and coupling with GIS

The invention relates to a method of preparing an item to be mailed using a printer in which a main document is printed and a line of mail preparation stations comprising an inserter station, responsive to an output, comprising instructions for controlling the printer and the mail preparation stations, said instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations being detected and fed to those mail preparation stations. According to the invention the main document is fed directly from the printer to the mail preparation stations and the supply of the instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations is carried out in accordance with the printing of the main document. Further, an apparatus according to the invention is set forth, to be used for carrying out the method according to the invention.
Coalition dynamics: advances in the study of the coalition life cycle

Abstract In parliamentary democracies, elections distribute the seats in parliament, but who gets into government and determines the policy agenda over the course of the legislative term is decided upon after the elections, in negotiations between the political parties. This introduction to the special issue discusses research concerning dynamic approaches to coalition governments. A dynamic approach implies that what happens at the electoral stage influences the government formation stage, which in turn shapes what happens during the government’s tenure, which may influence the cabinet’s durability. Hence, this type of research tries to analyse various stages of a government’s ‘life cycle’ from its ‘birth’ to its ‘death’ as interdependent processes, rather than examining them in mutual isolation. These processes may be restricted to the confines of a self-contained universe of politicians and political parties, or they may involve ‘external’ events, such as, for example, elections, or the state of the economy. In addition to having a dynamic approach to analysing coalitions, the contributions in the special issue use brand-new comparative data from several independent research projects investigating various aspects of coalition politics.
Editorial: Explainable and advanced intelligent processing in the brain-machine interaction

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Faunal Diet of Adult Cane Toads, Rhinella marina, in the Urban Landscape of Southwest Florida

Simple Summary Urban ecosystems provide habitat to many species, including invasive species such as the cane toad (Rhinella marina) that is particularly successful in human-altered landscapes. There have been numerous investigations of the cane toad diet, but most of these studies identified prey items at lower taxonomic resolutions (i.e., order or family). We used higher resolution for prey identification and multiple dietary measures of prey consumption to assess the ecological role of cane toads in the urban landscape of southwest Florida. Prey taxa commonly considered urban pests dominated the diet of cane toads inhabiting golf course communities, and there were differences in prey consumed during the wet and dry seasons of this region. We provided a better understanding of the potential relationships between cane toads and their prey in the urban environment. Abstract We investigated the diet of cane toads (Rhinella marina) inhabiting urbanized areas in southwest Florida to provide high taxonomic resolution of prey items, contrast toad diets between sampling seasons and sexes, and assess this invasive species’ ecological role in the urban landscape. A pest control agency collected cane toads from two golf course communities in Naples, Florida, USA during November–December 2018 (early dry season) and June–July 2019 (early wet season), and faunal stomach contents were quantified from a random subsample of 240 adult toads (30 males and 30 females from each community and season). Yellow-banded millipedes (Anadenobolus monilicornis), big-headed ants (Pheidole spp.), and hunting billbugs (Sphenophorus venatus vestitus) were the most frequently consumed prey items and had the highest total numbers and/or volume with corresponding highest indices of relative importance. There was considerable overlap in the seasonal prey importance values for each golf course community and little if any difference in the importance values between toad sexes in each community. Nonetheless, big-headed ants were the most important prey in both communities during the wet season, while yellow-banded millipedes were the most important dry season prey in one community and hunting billbugs the most important in the other. Despite limited spatiotemporal sampling effort, our results indicated that cane toad was consuming arthropod taxa considered pests in the urban ecosystem. Further studies are needed to investigate the potential effects of human activities and environmental variability on the cane toad diet and to determine whether cane toads act as a biological control for pest populations.
Aalborg Universitet Enhanced Uplink Carrier Aggregation for LTE-Advanced

In this paper we investigate uplink carrier aggregation in the context of dense residential deployments of LTE-Advanced Femtocells. Previous work in the literature based on macro-cells suggested considering UE power limitations to infer which UEs should be allowed to employ multiple component carriers. However, due to the very small radius of femtocells, UEs are not expected to become power-limited at all. We propose a decentralized scheme with limited signalling requirements that incorporates power control information, not only to guide the UE-specific carrier selection procedure, but also to capitalize on the inherent power spectral density and path loss differences in order to minimize inter-cell interference. We present a series of system level simulation results which provide strong evidence that our scheme delivers substantial gains in terms of coverage compared to existing solutions without sacrificing the SINR.
World Ocean Atlas 1994. Volume 4. Temperature

This atlas contains maps of in situ temperature at selected levels of the world ocean on a one-degree grid. Maps for all-data annual and seasonal compositing periods are presented. The fields used to generate these maps were computed by objective analysis of historical data. Data distribution maps are presented for various compositing periods including monthly distributions. Basin zonal averages and basin volume averages are computed from these objectively analyzed fields and presented in the form of figures and tables.
The Holiday Experience and Personal Values: an Irish Case Study

Personal values have been a focus of interest for consumer behaviour researchers for many years due to the belief that values influence a person’s lifestyle, and therefore provide a useful explanation for the multitude of interests, outlooks on life and consumption priorities that define a person’s consumer behaviour (Muller, 1991). Tourist satisfaction is a positive function of both functional congruity between the expectations of the individual and choice of destination, and their perception about themselves. Linking destination image with the self can help in understanding this behaviour by focusing on the specific attributes of the holiday and how they match the values of the holiday taker (Seehyung & Yooshik, 2003). If self-image is based on perception, are products and services consumed because their associated attributes enhances the consumers self-image? (Todd, 2001). The conclusion of this paper is that personal values do not alter a person’s holiday behaviour, but rather transcend the holiday experience.
Live imaging of microglia during sleeping sickness reveals early and heterogeneous inflammatory responses

Introduction Invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) is the most serious consequence of Trypanosoma brucei infection, which causes sleeping sickness. Recent experimental data have revealed some more insights into the disease during the meningoencephalitic stage. However, detailed cellular processes befalling the CNS during the disease are poorly understood. Methods To further address this issue, we implanted a cranial window on the cortex of B6.129P2(Cg)-Cx3cr1tm1Litt /J mice, infected them with Trypanosoma brucei expressing RFP via intraperitoneal injection, and monitored microglial cells and parasites longitudinally over 30 days using in vivo 2-photon imaging. We correlated the observed changes with histological analyses to evaluate the recruitment of peripheral immune cells. Results and discussion We uncovered an early involvement of microglia that precedes invasion of the CNS by the parasite. We accomplished a detailed characterization of the progressive sequence of events that correlates with microglial morphological changes and microgliosis. Our findings unveiled a heterogeneous microglial response in places of initial homeostatic disruption near brain barriers and pointed out an exceptional capability of microglia to hamper parasite proliferation inside the brain. We also found early signs of inflammation in the meninges, which synchronize with the microglial response. Moreover, we observed a massive infiltration of peripheral immune cells into the parenchyma as a signature in the final disease stage. Overall, our study provides new insights into the host-pathogen immune interactions in the meningeal and parenchymal compartments of the neocortex.
Employee and Guest Perceptions of Service Quality: a Lookat Barbeque Restaurants in Kiambu County, Kenya

The purpose of the current research is to examine employees’ and customers’ perceptions of service quality (tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy) among barbeque restaurants in Kiambu County. Data was collected from 496 customers and 112 managers of barbeque restaurants using a self-administered questionnaire. The current research used descriptive and inferential analysis comprising independent-sample t-tests to examine the differences in the means of customers’ and employees’ perceptions of service quality. Results of the current research confirmed a service quality gap manifested in customers’ and employees’ perceptions of service quality among the barbeque restaurants in the research context. Specifically, employees’ perceptions of service quality were higher than customers, depicting a gap in service quality and a call for attention by the owners and managers of barbeque restaurants in Kiambu County. The current research makes crucial contributions towards boosting service quality among barbeque restaurants in Kiambu County.
Creep Effect on the Crack Growth Rate of Wire Bonds in IGBT Power Modules

In this article, a comprehensive physics–based study is carried out on creep phenomena occurring in heavy aluminum wire bonds of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power modules during power cycling tests conducted under different heating times between 1 and 32 s. Postanalysis confirmed that wire bond lift-off was the root cause of failure. The study provides an efficient crack growth model to explain the effect of the heating duration on the rate of on-state voltage increase across the tested IGBTs. The developed model is based on a nonlinear fracture mechanics parameter known as modified or creep J-integral (J*). As in Paris’ law, the proposed model provides a simple relationship between the crack propagation rate and the cyclic value of the modified J-integral (ΔJ*). ΔJ* is calculated using temperature field mapping between a 3-D electrothermal model and a 2-D thermomechanical model using finite element (FE) tools. The model predictions are compared with crack growth rates estimated under different heating times through measurements of the on-state voltage rate. The relation between the on-state voltage and the crack length is obtained with an FE electrothermal model. The satisfying correlation between the fracture mechanics model and the experimental results confirms the creep phenomena is responsible for the dependency of the crack growth rate with heating duration, and provides a physical way to estimate the wire-bond degradation and lifetime under complex mission profiles.
Entwicklung von Anbausystemen für Linsen im ökologischen Landbau

After commercial cropping of lentils (Lens culinaris) expired in Germany 50 years ago, a revival was observed on a small regional scale. Several field trials aimed at the development of lentil cropping systems to make lentils a more popular crop in German organic farming. One of the trials was set up to identify suitable companion crops and cropping ratios for lentils in mixed cropping systems. Suitable cropping systems in terms of yield (up to 1.8 t ha-1) were combinations with barley (Hordeum vulgare), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) in a ratio of 180 : 60 seeds ha-1 (lentil:companion crop), and with wheat or oats (Avena sativa, 1 : 3) in terms of lodging. As lentil and wheat grains were difficult to separate after harvest, other varieties with shape and thousand grains mass more different from each other might allow the combination of wheat and lentils. According to the results of other trials, development of modern lentil cropping systems has to include the issues of sowing time (early sowing date), weed control, and varieties adapted to local conditions.
The history and dynamics of global plate motions

For the continuous treatment of textile or yarn, the textile or yarn, previously soaked with a solution for treatment, is treated both with wet heat in the form of saturated steam of 105 DEG -170 DEG C in a closed system, and in a multi-purpose apparatus for a continuous wet treatment of the cloth. The apparatus includes a wet expander, a device for soaking cloth with a chemical solution and for squeezing the cloth, a high pressure steamer, a washer and a dryer arranged in sequence, and, in addition, a sealing device is provided at the entrance and outlets from the high pressure steamer so that many varieties of finishing can be performed individually or simultaneously.