Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The impact of ultraviolet light on the switching characteristics of NiO resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) devices

In recent years many research groups have delved into the research and development of Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) which has the combined advantages of fast read/write speed, simplicity in structure, small device size and density, low activation bias voltage, low power consumption, allowably many periodic operating cycles and nonvolatile memory feature. In order to operate RRAM in an ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopic regime, the spectral transparency of electrodes and reliable device performance are keys to ensuring its continual applicability. Among the materials considered, nickel oxide (NiO) potentially has a broad perspective in optical applications due to their relatively wide bandgap, high mobility, high transparency, remarkably good electrical and optical characteristics. It is foreseeable in the future that the unique applicability of RRAM in UV will make its headway as a key component in many optoelectronic displaying products. The present study focuses on using Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering method to prepare NiO active layer and indium tin oxide (ITO) top electrode for the realization of RRAM devices and their current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics are subsequently evaluated with and without the irradiation of ultraviolet light. Specifically, a series of reliability tests show that the fabricated memories have endured up to 100 switching cycles and the current contrast ratio between high (HRS) and low (LRS) resistance state at 0.1V has achieved more than two orders of magnitude. Furthermore, the retention time measurement has also demonstrated that the memory storage capability of these RRAMs remains in excellent operating condition after surviving more than 10,000 seconds of the test. Major attention is concentrated on finding out a correlation between the UV responsivity and switching characteristics for NiO RRAMs biased at low voltage. We found that the memory states associated with the RRAM of the smallest feature sizes could be toggled relatively easily by UV irradiation at the smallest size.
Ultraviolet-b, end of day light and exclusion effect on photosynthetic efficiency of sweet potato (ipomoea batatas l.) based on altitude

Purpose: herbaceous dicot plants mainly sweet potato is highly affected by UV-B and light quality based on altitude. Therefore, this study will give insights on the effect of UV-B and light quality on photosynthetic efficiency of sweet potato based on Altitude. Research method: The experimental design was laid out in split plot design with factorial arrangement. The treatments consist of +UV-B or control, UV-B exclusion, UV-B+end of day light exclusion, and the two sweet potato cultivars such as Kulfo and Hawassa-83. Main findings: highest UV-B (1693.0mw/m-2s-2) was recorded at highland (2230m.a.s.l) and the lowest (1107mw/m-2s-2) was recorded at lowland (1400m.a.s.l). The result shows that photosynthetic rate increased by 2.41% in Kulfo compared with Hawassa83 cultivar. Also altitude has a highly significant effect on photosynthetic efficiency; the highest stress level 0.68 and 0.72 was recorded at UV-B + EOD exclusion and highland. This indicate UV-B +EOD exclusion cause light quality and intensity stress at highland also UV-B was inducing high stress at highland area and affecting sweet potato productivity but exclusion increase Fv/Fm and stomata conductance it has no effect on photosynthesis and transpiration rate. Limitations: The research has a limitation due to Altitude difference it’s difficult to control factors other than UV-B and light Quality that may cause a difference. Originality/Value: This research tries to assess UV-B and end of day time light quality effects due to altitude difference and encourages new research on UV-B, its adaptation and light quality on crop productivity.
Risk assessment of different sourcing contract scenarios in project procurement

Abstract Procurement is an overlapping function between engineering and construction phases of engineering procurement and construction (EPC) projects. Due to these overlaps, procurement risks may have cascading effect on project cost and schedule overruns. Thus, management of procurement risk is important to avoid detrimental effect on the success of project. A project requires multiple items from multiple suppliers under multiple contracts, terms and conditions and risks exposure. This study proposes an integrated frame work, of 64 combinations comprising of type of item, type of buyer-supplier relationship, type of pricing regime and six types of procurement risks, to devise an optimal project procurement portfolio. Overall non-critical items pose the lowest and strategic items the highest levels of procurement risks to the project. Amongst types of buyer-supplier relationships, partnership sourcing has the lowest risk exposure. Amongst pricing regimes cost reimbursement has the highest risk exposure and fixed price has the least. For leverage, bottleneck and strategic items partnership sourcing type of buyer-supplier relationship with firm price, cost incentive and cost reimbursement pricing regime, respectively, emerge to be the best combination of procurement strategy. For non-critical items adoption of competitive arm’s length type of buyer-supplier relationship with firm pricing regime is suggested.
Aquomanual Therapy Program Development for Workers with Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an aquomanual therapy program for workers with chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Method: This study was discussed intensively by the program development team, underwater exercise program based on the analysis of the development process program and developed a program of aquomanual therapy during 1 year. The therapy program development process consisted of analysis, design, and development components. Aquomanual therapy programs are man-to-man fundamental methods for treating chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Results: All program treatment times were 60 minutes: adaptation to the water for 10 minutes, main treatment for 40 minutes, and cool down for 10 minutes. The main treatment consisted of static stretching; manually assisted movement; mobilization; and manipulation of the cervical spine, thoracic spine, shoulder complex, and lumbar spine. In addition, treatment plan was organized by body system and consisted of four main components. Conclusion: Here we designed a new rehabilitation program by modifying land-based manual therapeutic techniques to meet the unique properties of bodies of water and maximize their benefits.
Responses of permanent grasslands to drought during the plant growing season: combining agronomic, functional and ecophysiological approaches

Drought can occur at different times during the grassland growing season, likely having contrasting effects on forage production when happening early or later in the season. However, knowledge about the interacting effects of the timing of drought and the development stage of the vegetation during the growing season is still scarce, thus limiting our ability to accurately predict forage quantity losses. To investigate plant community responses to drought seasonality (early vs late-season), we established a drought experiment in two permanent grasslands of the Swiss Jura Mountains that are used for forage production. We measured three plant functional traits, including two leaf traits related to plant economics (specific leaf area, SLA; leaf dry matter content, LDMC) and one hydraulic trait related to physiological function (predicted percentage loss of hydraulic conductance, PLCp), of the most abundant species, and plant aboveground biomass production. Plant species composition was also determined to calculate community weighted mean traits. First, we observed that community-weighted mean (CWM) trait values strongly varied during the growing season. Second, we found that late-season drought had stronger effects on community-weighted mean trait values than early-season drought and that the plant hydraulic trait was the most variable functional trait. Using a structural equation model, we also showed that reduction in soil moisture had no direct impacts on aboveground biomass production. Instead, we observed that the drought-induced decrease in aboveground biomass production was mediated by a higher CWM PLCp (i.e., higher risk of hydraulic failure) and lower CWM SLA under drought. Change in CWM SLA in response to drought was the best predictor of community aboveground biomass production. Our findings reveal the importance of drought timing together with the plant trait responses to assess drought impacts on grassland biomass production and suggest that incorporating these factors into mechanistic models could considerably improve predictions of climate change impacts.
Interpretation of interannual variability in long-term aquatic ecological surveys

Long-term ecological surveys (LTES) often exhibit strong variability among sampling dates. The use and interpretation of such interannual variability is challenging due to the combination of multiple processes involved and sampling uncertainty. Here, we analysed the interannual variability in ∼30 years of 150 species density (fish and invertebrate) and environmental observation time series in four aquatic systems (stream, river, estuary, and marine continental shelf) with different sampling efforts to identify the information provided by this variability. We tested, using two empirical methods, whether we could observe simultaneous fluctuation between detrended time series corresponding to widely acknowledged assumptions about aquatic population dynamics: spatial effects, cohort effects, and environmental effects. We found a low number of significant results (36%, 9%, and 0% for spatial, cohort, and environmental effects, respectively), suggesting that sampling uncertainty overrode the effects of biological processes. Our study does not question the relevance of LTES for detecting important trends, but clearly indicates that the statistical power to interpret interannual variations in aquatic species densities is low, especially in large systems where the degree of sampling effort is always limited.
Estudos de usuários: quais as diferenças entre os conceitos comportamento informacional e práticas informacionais?

Nesse artigo, apresentamos uma revisao de literatura sobre os conceitos Comportamento Informacional e Praticas Informacionais, suas diferencas de concepcao e aplicacao nos Estudos de Usuarios. Tais conceitos se tornaram guarda-chuva, abrigando diferentes concepcoes teorico-metodologicas. Concluimos com apresentacao de uma definicao para Praticas Informacionais considerando as multiplas determinacoes da vida em sociedade.
Educational Intervention for Identification of Metabolic Syndrome (ICD-10 E88.81): Presentation of a Toolkit for Providers and Staff in Two Primary Care Settings

Metabolic syndrome plays a vital role in present-day primary care. The ICD-10 diagnostic coding for this set of symptoms more comprehensively identifies patients with increased risk of cardiovascular events and comorbidities. Metabolic syndrome affects one-third of adults in the US and is defined as the presence of three of the following characteristics: abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein, and elevated fasting plasma glucose. Proper screening for metabolic syndrome can identify complex patients before conditions like hypertension or type II diabetes develop. Management of metabolic syndrome emphasizes prevention and prioritizes lifestyle modifications as first-line treatment. Despite strong evidence supporting the use of metabolic syndrome as a key diagnostic code, it is not being routinely identified and documented in primary care. Moreover, without proper screening, identification, and coding for metabolic syndrome in primary care, management and lifestyle modifications may not be initiated in a timely way or at all. This shows evidence of the large gap between what we know about metabolic syndrome and how to identify it and what is actually happening in primary care. Purpose: To address this gap, a DNP project was implemented at two primary care sites. Its purpose was to increase primary care provider knowledge, identification, and ICD-10 coding of metabolic syndrome, leading to better office visit follow-up and enhanced patient outcomes. Toolkit: A toolkit was developed based on the 2009 American College of Preventive Medicine Metabolic Syndrome Time Tool and accompanying verbal presentation with a PowerPoint. The intervention was provided live at two primary care sites to healthcare staff, including providers (NP, PA, MD) and nurses (RN, LPN). Outcomes: Valuable data were obtained regarding enhancement of provider knowledge and perceptions of metabolic syndrome, as well as their engagement with and use of the toolkit. Conclusion: Use of metabolic IDENTIFYING PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME 3 syndrome as a key ICD code is supported by strong evidence, primary care providers are amenable to its use, yet remain slow to adapt it into their medical records systems. Further investigation in this area is needed.
Urban colonization is driven by a mixture of evolutionarily conserved and labile traits

Urbanization is a fast and dramatic transformation of habitat that generally forces native fauna into novel ecological challenges. The biological prerequisites necessary to establish in urban areas have been widely studied, but the macroevolutionary characteristics of traits that allow urban colonization remain poorly understood. Urban colonization might be facilitated by traits that are evolutionarily conserved and which lead to a diversity of closely related species. Alternatively, urban colonization might be associated with labile traits that frequently arise and are lost. In a large data set from passerine birds, we find that urban colonization has a signal of highly labile traits, despite many traits associated with colonization being highly conserved. Urban colonization is associated with traits that allow faster speciation than non-urban-colonizing counterparts, and more frequently transition to non-urban trait states than in the opposite direction. Overall, the traits that facilitate urban colonization are a mix of highly conserved and labile traits and appear to provide an evolutionarily successful strategy.
On the analysis of last-mile relief delivery on a tree network: Application to the 2015 Nepal earthquake

Abstract The last mile delivery in humanitarian relief supply often happens on a tree or an almost-tree network allowing split deliveries. We present a relief delivery model incorporating a tree network for last mile delivery. We developed a mixed integer programming (MIP) formulation with the goal of minimizing the unsatisfied demand of the population. For better computational performance, we reformulated the MIP exploiting the tree network structure and found that this gave an order of magnitude reduction in computational time. To further improve computational efficiency, we developed a heuristic solution method based on a decomposition scheme applied to the tree network formulation. This led to the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem on trees with split deliveries, for which we derived a closed-form solution. This decomposition scheme resulted in a further order of magnitude reduction in computation time. To demonstrate the application of our approach we applied our model to the humanitarian logistics relief operation encountered in the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Distal radius fractures : epidemiology, seasonal variation and results of palmar plate fixation

Distal radius fractures (DRFs) are the most commonly encountered fall-related fracture in clinical practice. Recognised as a typical fragility fractures, the ageing of the population may increase the occurrence of DRFs in the near future. The aims of this thesis were (I) to describe the epidemiology of DRFs in a cohort of adult patients in the city of Oulu during the year 2008 and to study changes in the incidence of DRFs during the last decades in Finland and other northern countries and the relationship between slippery conditions during the winter and the incidence of DRFs, (II) to compare the results of primary nonoperative treatment and early palmar plating of primarily dislocated DRFs in 80 patients ≥ 50 years old in an randomised controlled study and (III) to investigate the rate and risk factors for plate-related complications after palmar plate fixation of 881 DRFs. The crude incidence rate of DRFs was 258/100 000 person-years in Oulu in 2008, and the agespecific incidence rate in the female population aged ≥ 70 years was increased compared to previous studies in Finland and in Norway. A clear seasonal variation was observed in fall-related DRFs. The number of DRFs was 2.5 times higher on slippery winter days compared to non-winter days. Early palmar plating of DRFs showed favourable DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand) scores at two years compared to primary nonoperative treatment. Delayed surgery in the primary nonoperative treatment group did not provide comparable DASH scores to early plating. The overall complication rate in the cohort of 881 plate-fixated DRFs was 15%. These could be regarded as plate-related in 7% of cases. Operations performed by low-volume surgeons and patient ages < 40 years were independent predictors of plate-related complications. In conclusion, the incidence of DRFs has increased during the last decades in Finland in elderly females, and slippery winter conditions increase the risk of DRFs. Early palmar plating of DRFs produces more consistent results compared to primary nonoperative treatment in patients ≥ 50 years old. The complication rate after palmar plating of DRFs is significantly influenced by surgeon experience and patient age.
Gödel - Husserl - Platonism

We know that in 1959, Husserl started to replace Leibniz as Gödel‘s favorite philosopher. We think we know what caused Gödel to shift his theoretical alliance: he perceived a likeness between Husserlian phenomenology and his own goal of demonstrating mathematical realism, and he thought he could use Husserl‘s phenomenology to find new axioms for set theory. In this essay, we argue for the claim that insofar as their common goal of a robust realism is concerned, it was a marriage made in heaven or, better, it could have been a happy marriage, were only Gödel prepared to accept some qualifications to his Platonic gut intuitions.
P016 IMPROVING TUBERCULOSIS RE SCREENING IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS RECEIVING BIOLOGIC THERAPY: A SINGLE CENTER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE.

Biological agents have revolutionized the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There is a known increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) reactivation with biologic therapy (1). ACG guidelines recommend screening for active and latent TB infection (LTBI) prior to starting certain biologic agents (2). However, there are no consensus guideline on the utility of yearly screening testing in IBD patients without TB risk factors. With a number of patients now receiving the biologic therapy outside their primary care centers it has become increasingly difficult to effectively provide ongoing TB screening. With this quality improvement exercise, we aim to improve TB re-screening in patients receiving biologics by completing a yearly phone screening for exposure history. An interdisciplinary team from GI and ID developed a TB risk factor screening questionairre, adapting the California Department of Public Health’s Pediatric TB Risk Assessment tool (3). A list of patients receiving biologics was sorted by month of birth in the EMR. When the current calendar month aligned with the patient’s birth month, a GI RN reviewed the TB questionnaire with the patient (≥18 yo) and/or legal guardian by phone. If one or more TB risk factors were identified, the GI RN would notify the provider and a QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) was ordered to be completed. 60 patients were found on biologic therapy (median age 17 yo) (38 males, 22 females) (68% CD, 28% UC, 3.3% IBD-U)(75% IFX, 12% ADA, and 3% other) to be to eligible TB screening between January - July 2019, 48 patients completed the phone screening. All 61 patients had completed TB screening prior to starting biologic therapy, which was reported to be negative. 13 patients were unable to be reached. 6/48 were identified as having at least 1 risk factor for TB. 5/6 patients with a positive screen had a negative QFT. 1 patient was away at college and a request to his adult GI managing his biologic was sent. Screening for LTBI is required prior to starting a biologic therapy, though there are no guidelines for routine TB screening following initiation of the biologic. We propose performing an annual phone screening for TB exposure history for IBD patients on biologic therapy. QTF testing remains appropriate in patients with potential risk factors, such as being a health care worker or travel to/living in high endemic TB regions.
Somatotype traits of women suffering from cancer of the endometrium

I n t r o d u c t i o n. Epidemiological observations indicate that certain anthropometric traits of female body build may constitute heightened risk factors for the development of uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma. M a t e r i a l s a n d m e t h o d s. 97 subsequent patients with histologically confirmed carcinoma of the uterine corpus in FIGO stage I-III (median age – 61 yrs) were studied. Each patient was weighed on electronic scales, and underwent sixteen anthropometric measurements. Structural corpulence and overall fat deposition were evaluated with the body mass index (BMI), and fatty tissue distribution with the waist/hip ratio (WHR index). R e s u l t s a n d d i s c u s s i o n. The studied patients were characterized by corpulent body build, slightly greater body height, symptomatically higher body mass and androidal fat deposition type. They could be classified as brachycephalic, with broad and medium high faces. Additionally, they were characterized by short trunk, wide shoulders and pelvises, medium length upper extremities, short lower extremities, convex chest and acromioiliac proportions of female type. Generally, they had average body height (x=156.2 cm) and high body mass (x=74.4 kg), were reflected in the value of the BMI (30.6), qualifying them as obese. C o n c l u s i o n. The examined group of women was characterized by only slightly higher than average body height, and significantly higher body weight as compared to the general population of Lower Silesia. This results in a considerable increase of BMI and WHR indices in this group.
Chasing rainbows: How many educational qualifications do young people need to acquire meaningful, ongoing work?

The increasingly complex relationship between educational qualifications and employment is an integral, yet little-explored dimension of the labour market developments that have come to be referred to as the ‘gig economy’. This article explores the changing meaning and relevance of education through an analysis of young people’s employment outcomes in terms of employment status, having a job in their field of study and job satisfaction. It shows that while higher levels of education do provide some protection from unemployment, the relationship is murky. A relatively large proportion of highly educated young adults are experiencing underemployment and precarious work. Young women are less engaged in the labour market. Furthermore, those with secure jobs do not necessarily find them meaningful and those with meaningful jobs are not necessarily in secure employment. For many young people, using their educational qualifications to find security in work is a bit like ‘chasing rainbows’.