Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparisons of Clinical Outcomes between Weekday-Only and Full-Time, 24-Hour/7-Day Coverage Hospitalist Systems

Background Since the launch of pilot programs in 2016, varying ranges of hospitalist coverage exist in Korea. We evaluated the effects of differing depths of hospitalist coverage on clinical outcomes. Methods This study retrospectively reviewed the records of 513 patients admitted to a medical hospitalist unit through emergency department at Seoul National University Hospital. The full-time group included patients admitted in 2018 who received 24/7 hospitalist service, whereas the weekday group included patients admitted in 2019 with only weekday hospitalist service. In-hospital clinical outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results Unplanned intensive care unit admission rate was lower in the full-time group than in the weekday group (0.4% vs. 2.9%; P = 0.042). Discharges to local hospitals for subacute or chronic care were more frequent in the full-time group than in the weekday group (12.6% vs. 5.8%; P = 0.007). The weekday coverage was a predictive factor of in-ward mortality (odds ratio, 2.00; 95% confidence interval, 1.01–3.99) after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Conclusion Uninterrupted weekend coverage hospitalist service is helpful for care-plan decision and timely care transitions for acutely and severely ill patients.
Systems level investigation of the genetic basis of bovinemuscle growth and development

Skeletal muscle growth is an economically and biologically important trait for livestock raised for meat production. As such, there is great interest in understanding the underlying genomic architecture influencing muscle growth and development. In spite of this, relatively little is known about the genes or biological processes regulating bovine muscle growth. In this thesis, several approaches were undertaken in order to elucidate some of the mechanisms which may be controlling bovine muscle growth and development. The first objective of this thesis was the development of a novel software tool (SNPdat) for the rapid and comprehensive annotation of SNP data for any organism with a draft sequence and annotation. SNPdat was subsequently utilised in chapters 3 and 6 to facilitate the identification of candidate genes and regions involved in bovine muscle growth. In chapter 4, a number of metrics were explored for their usefulness in assessing convergence of a Markov Chain using a Bayesian approach used in genetic prediction. The need to adequately assess convergence using multiple metrics is addressed and recommendations put forward. These recommendations were then implemented in chapter 3. In addition, three separate investigations of bovine muscle growth and development were performed. In chapter 3, a genome-wide association study was performed to identify regions of the bovine genome associated with four economically important carcass traits. This was followed by an examination of the transcriptional responses in muscle tissue of animals undergoing dietary restriction and compensatory growth (chapter 5). Finally, using high-throughput DNA sequencing, a candidate list of 200 genes was interrogated to identify genes which may be evolving at different rates, and under evolutionary selection pressure, in beef compared to dairy animals (chapter 6). A number of genes and biological pathways were found to be involved in traits related to bovine muscle growth, several of which were identified in more than one study.
Hate at school: victimization and disorder associated with school avoidance

Abstract Previous research indicates that victimization at school and school disorder are associated with school avoidance. The appearance of hateful words and symbols at schools and verbal hateful attacks at schools are prompting additional concerns about students’ perceived safety. The current study provides evidence that observing and being victimized by hate at school are additional contributors to school avoidance that is enacted over concerns of being attacked at school. This includes avoidance of the school itself as well as specific places at the school such as the school entrance, school cafeteria, and parking lots. Data analyzed from the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey provide this evidence. The findings point to recommendations for identifying and reducing hate in schools while maintaining efforts to reduce bullying and provide a positive school climate.
A Sensor-Based Data Analytics for Patient Monitoring in Connected Healthcare Applications

Nowadays, keeping a strong and good health is one of the main concern of the general public or governments. The Internet of Things (IoT) has been emerged as an efficient solution to build smart healthcare systems deployed either at hospitals or in-home. Such networks rely on biomedical sensors which are used in electronics-based medical equipment to remotely collect vital signs of patients (pressure, temperature, hart rate, oxygen saturation etc.). Generally, these biosensors are implemented on or inside the patient’s body and take three types of record data such as numerical, images and videos. However, the big data collected by various biomedical sensors along with the need of emergency detection, the limited sensor energies, and the prediction of the progress of patient situation are the major challenges for heath-based IoT applications. In order to overcome these challenges, we propose, in this paper, an efficient sensor-based data analytics for real-time patient monitoring and assessment to help both hospital and medical staff. The proposed mechanism consists in three phases: Emergency detection, adapting sensing frequency and real time prediction of patient situation. Through simulations on real health data, we show the effectiveness of our mechanism compared to other exiting techniques.
Brokered Private Placements: The Next Apple--Or The Next Debacle?

Focusing on equity offerings by small private firms, I test whether broker intermediation mitigates adverse selection costs when investors are also uncertain about broker quality. After accounting for 1) the endogenous decision to hire a broker and 2) two-sided matching between firms and brokers, I find that broker intermediation increases equity investments in these firms by 35%. Relative to offerings intermediated by brokers with no past misconduct, offerings intermediated by brokers with past misconduct result in 12% lower offering proceeds. Broker intermediated offerings involve firms that have successful exits post-financing, irrespective of broker record. For the first time, I document the effect of broker intermediation in the market for early-stage financing. My results suggest that policymakers might alleviate the financing constraints of small firms by adopting policies that encourage broker intermediation in the market for early-stage funding.
Ingenious Agriculture Monitoring System Using IoT And Blynk

Changes in atmosphere over the last decades had become tremendous changes in the agriculture and the rainfall. Most of the agricultural works are dependent on rain and rainfall, the supply of water to the fields and agricultural lands is more important. Farmers are suffering a lot with the short of rainfall and other issues and the water is the most important aspect or the consideration for the growth of any agriculture related plants or the seeds. Internet of Things plays a key role in helping the farmers by observing the right time and situation for the plants to farm and also for the water to supply the plants at various intervals of time. With IoT, various types of sensors can be used to identify the actual water levels and other temperatures and other parameters to be noted time to time and the immediate actions can be taken. In order to improve the output from these fields, monitoring and providing the required suppliants at right time is more important. In the current work, an IoT based Android and Blynk based application had developed to monitor such parameters and try to provide the required supplements at right time for the better growth of the plants and other types of agricultural fields. By using the current application, the farmers can get the data regarding soil moisture, water level at the roots of the plants, pest control levels to be maintained, humidity on day wise and temperature at various intervals of time. These are some of the important factors to be considered for the better output or better growth of any plants in agriculture. By using this method, the farmers can directly get the data to their mobile phones as the unit was directly connected with the mobile phones of the farmers and they can take the immediate actions based on the data that they are receiving time to time.
Economic Policy and the Market Process: Austrian and Mainstream Economics

Preface: Diverging Views? (K. Groenveld, J.A.H. Maks, J. Muysken). The Market Process. (Contributors: I.M. Kirzner. Comment by A. Maddison J.A. Kregel. Comment by K. Groenveld). The Commodity Markets. (Contributors: Y. Brozen. Comment by A. Heertje H.W. de Jong. Comment by Yale Brozen. Comment by S.C. Littlechild). The Labor Markets. (Contributors: D. Bellante. Comment by P. Keizer J. Hartog. Comment by V. Chick). Macroeconomic Stabilisation. (Contributors: P. Salin. Comment by J.C. Siebrand S.K. Kuipers. Comment by J. Weitenberg). The Monetary System. (Contributors: R. Vaubel. Comment by E.J. Bomhoff. Comment by G.A. Kessler). Indexes.
Mutation Yields and types Obtained in Peanuts, A. hypogaea, by treating Mature Seeds with Ethyl Methane Sulphonate and Gamma-Rays, and Developing Embryos with Ethly Methane Sulphonate

Mature seeds of three varieties were treated with 14 or 26 kR gamma rays or an 0.4% solution of ethylmethanesulphonate (EMS) for 24 h. In a fourth variety, EMS treatments of 0.4 and 0.6% (24 h) of developing embryos (DE) were compared with 0.4% (24 h) treatments of mature seeds (MS). In the first experiment gamma rays gave a higher mutation rate than EMS. In the 26 kR treatment, M1 germination was lower but the M2 mutation frequency was higher. In erect Congo and Dixie Anak, mutations for reduced plant size were most common, followed by chlorophyll mutations, while growth-habit mutations were less frequent. In trailing TBR(V4) all three MS treatments produced a high frequency of erect mutations, the highest rates being obtained with gamma rays. In the second experiment DE treatments with EMS in variety S9 gave more than twice the mutation rate of the MS treatments. In DE treatments, chlorophyll and reduced plant-size mutations were nearly equal in frequency, constituting about 85% of all mutations. In the MS treatments, chlorophyll mutations were more frequent than reduced plant-size mutations, together constituting 94% of the total mutations. Mutations affecting leaflets, which were five times more common in the DE treatments, accounted for most of the differences. There were differences between the DE and MS treatments also in the frequencies of albino, virescent and xantha mutants. Chimera size in the DE treatments was markedly larger
Local adaptation in populations of a Brachionus group plicatilis cryptic species inhabiting three deep crater lakes in Central Mexico

1. âSalinity is a strong selective force for many aquatic organisms, affecting both ecological and evolutionary processes. Most of our knowledge on the effects of salinity on rotifers in the Brachionus plicatilis species complex is based mainly on populations from waterbodies that experience broad environmental changes both seasonally and annually. We tested the hypothesis that, despite the supposedly high potential for gene flow among rotifers inhabiting neighbouring environments, constant salinity has promoted local adaptation, genetic population divergence and even cryptic speciation in B. Â plicatilis complex populations from three deep maar lakes of distinct salinities [1.1, 6.5 and 9. 0âgâLâ1 total dissolved solids (TDS)] in Central Mexico. 2. âTo look for local adaptation, we performed common garden experiments to test the effect of different salinities on population density and intrinsic growth rate (r). Then, we evaluated the genetic divergence by sequencing the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and performed reproductive trials to assess the potential gene flow among the three populations and with other closely related B. Â plicatilis complex species. 3. âWe confirmed that the rotifer populations have phenotypic plasticity in tolerance of salinity, but only rotifers from the least saline lake are adapted to low salinity. Among the populations, sequence divergence at COI was very low (just a single haplotype was found), suggesting a persistent founder effect from a relatively recent single colonisation event and a subsequent dispersal from one lake to the others, and a very restricted immigration rate. In the phylogenetic analysis, rotifers from this area of Mexico clustered in the same clade with the middleâsized species Brachionus ibericus and B. sp. âAlmenaraâ. Mexican rotifers showed successful recognition, copulation and formation of hybrids among them, but interpopulation breeding with the Spanish B. Â ibericus and B. sp. âAlmenaraâ was unsuccessful. 4. âWe conclude that the B. Â plicatilis complex populations from these three lakes belong to a new biological species not yet described (presently named B. sp. âMexicoâ). To our knowledge, this is the first report of local adaptation of a natural B. Â plicatilis complex population living in freshwater conditions (1.1âgâLâ1 TDS).
The role of learners’ motivation in MOOC completion

ABSTRACT Studies have shown that learners’ motivation is a significant predictor of the level of engagement in a MOOC. However, the role of motivation in a MOOC’s completion remains questionable. In our study, we estimated the role of motivation in a MOOC’s completion, controlling for the characteristics of participants and their level of engagement with the course materials. The research database includes the survey and trace data on participants of nine MOOCs related to the economic field, launched on Coursera in 2014–2015. Two research models were created: the first model for all MOOCs’ participants; the second model for university-affiliated participants. The results of the logistic regression showed that learners’ motivation has a significant relationship with a MOOC’s completion. However, not all motives for participation in MOOCs are significantly related to the chances of earning a certificate of completion. Intrinsic motivation, a motive for getting skills that could be useful for changing the workplace, and a motive for earning a certificate significantly increase the chances of a MOOC’s completion. In turn, amotivation has a negative relationship with a MOOC’s completion.
Harmonic Reduction Using Shunt Active Filter for Electrical Installation

This paper presents harmonic reduction using an active shunt filter for hospital building electrical installation. Generally, harmonic installation in electric power systems is caused by non-linear electrical loads, especially the ones containing coils, such as air conditioners, pump machines, fans, and others. It might cause excessive heat in a distribution transformer which supplies an electrical installation in a multi-story building. In this regard, the heat is a power loss and has the potential to shorten the life of a distribution transformer, and therefore, efforts are needed to reduce harmonics. The use of active filters is one of the most effective strategies for reducing harmonics. In this study, a shunt active filter application in the electrical installation of a hospital building was carried out. The results showed the filter reduced harmonic currents significantly, to the extent that the harmonic threshold was still under the IEEE standard.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN TALKING STICK BERBASIS SCIENTIFIC UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR MUATAN MATEMATIKA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar pada muatan Matematika dengan menerapkan model pembelajaran Cooperative tipe Talking Stick berbasis Scientific pada siswa kelas 1B di SD Kristen 03 Eben Haezer tahun pelajaran 2017/2018. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Penelitian tindakan kelas ini terdiri dari 2 siklus dengan tahapan 1) perencanaan tindakan, 2) pelaksanaan tindakan, dan 3) refleksi. Pelaksanaan tindakan tiap siklus sebanyak dua kali pertemuan. Subyek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas 1B yang berjumlah 24 orang. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode tes dan instrumen menggunakan lembar evaluasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan hasil belajar pada siswa. Berdasarkan tes hasil belajar pada siklus I, diperoleh rata-rata hasil belajar matematika sebesar 78. Selanjutnya, pada siklus II diperoleh rata-rata hasil belajar matematika sebesar 80. Pada ketuntasan belajar siswa secara klasikal pun mengalami peningkatan. Hasil perhitungan ketuntasan belajar pada siklus I sebesar 71% dan siklus II sebesar 91,6%. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa rata-rata kelas maupun ketuntasan belajar klasikal siswa mencapai kriteria yang ditetapkan yaitu mencapai KKM 73 dan ketuntasan belajar klasikal sebesar 80%. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa hasil belajar pada muatan matematika dengan menerapkan model pembelajaran Cooperative tipe Talking Stick berbasis Scientific mengalami peningkatan
The Construction Sector in Mozambique

Mozambique’s construction sector has long played an important role in the economy. However, this sector has proven to be vulnerable to economic fluctuations, such as those which emerged after 2014 with the macroeconomic and debt crisis, and faces challenges which need to be addressed through long-term sector policies. International experience shows that investment in infrastructure and human capital can play a key role in economic development by enabling expansion in activities, deeper intersectoral integration, and structural transformation in the long run. However, when countries face high construction costs, this can negatively affect the quality of public infrastructures. Moreover, bottlenecks affecting construction companies prevent them from expanding, which leads to an increase in costs and prices when there is a surge in demand. This chapter aims both to identify the main bottlenecks affecting the sector and to present some policy measures.
A Study of Rotational Movement and Charging Torque of Reconfigured On-Board Charger

This article studies the rotational movement and charging torque in a new reconfigured on-board charger during the charging process. Recently, the reconfigured on-board charger becomes attractive because the propulsive units are engaged in the charging system to reduce the cost and volume. Since the unbalanced currents flow through the three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous machine, the rotational movement and charging torque are generated. The charging torque may be equal to the rated propulsive torque at some special rotor positions, which is unsafe and may lead to the rotational movement, extra noise, and motor wear. In order to reduce the influence of charging torque and rotational movement during the charging process, the charging torque is analyzed based on the magnetic coenergy. It is found that the charging torque is related to the unbalanced current, differential-mode current, and current ripple in motor windings. Thus, the mutual inductances of motor windings during the charging process are decoupled into the differential-mode and common-mode inductances. Furthermore, a solution is provided to significantly minimize the charging torque based on the control methods of the ac/dc side and dc/dc side. Finally, the experimental results are provided to verify the correctness of the suppression of rotational movement and the charging performance.
College students’ problems and their link to academic performance: Basis for needs-driven student programs

Students are facing various challenges in life that may have adverse effects to their academic performance yet some school programs are not student needs-driven. This descriptive research study discusses the problems experienced by the 350 students of a higher education institution in the Philippines with the hope to craft activities that are responsive to their needs and academic achievement. The data were collected through questionnaire and registration methods. Descriptive analysis shows that around 9 percent to 23 percent of the students experience problems in academic, social, family, emotional, personal, financial and spiritual aspects whose degree ranges from moderate extent to very great extent. The problems reflect teachers’ lapses in classroom management and pedagogy, and lack of activities that support students’ holistic development and effective learning habits. Linear regression analysis confirms that their problems explain significantly a variance that ranges from 19 percent to 36 percent in their academic performance. Hence, this research offers implications that can help address the adversaries of high academic achievement.
Seed dispersal by Pacific Pigeons (Ducula pacifica) in Tonga, Western Polynesia

Abstract Owing to extensive prehistoric extinctions of large frugivores, Pacific Pigeons (Ducula pacifica) are thought to be one of the most important seed dispersers of large-seeded plants in Tonga, yet little is known about their interactions with their food plants. We reviewed their known food plants and recorded defaecations, regurgitations, and movement patterns of this species over 11 months in Tonga. The fruit of at least 38 native plant species and the leaf buds of one species are eaten by Pacific Pigeons in Tonga. Most defaecations and all regurgitations contained a single seed of a single species. Pigeons usually regurgitated seeds larger than 20 mm in diameter whereas smaller seeds were typically defaecated. On the basis of observed movement patterns in Tonga and retention times for Ducula, most seeds are probably dispersed away from fruiting trees (85% of regurgitated seeds, 99% of defaecated seeds), but within 50 m of the crown. Distances of more than 100 km are theoretically possible for defaecated seeds, although pigeon behaviour is likely to limit this maximum. Results from this study suggest Pacific Pigeons are excellent seed dispersers in Tonga.
The Response of Teff [Eragrostis teff (Zucc) Trotter] to Nitrogen Fertilizer Application and Row Spacing: A Review

Teff [ Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter] is one of the most important crops in Ethiopia. It ranks the first among cereals in the country in area coverage and second in the production volume. Despite its importance, the production and productivity of this particular crop are highly constrained by several biotic and abiotic factors. Some of the factors contributing to the low yield of teff are low soil fertility and suboptimal use of mineral fertilizers in addition to weeds, old method of seed sowing, erratic rainfall distribution in lower altitudes, method of row planting, lack of high yielding cultivars, lodging, water-logging and late planting of the crop which exposes it to moisture stress. The productivity of teff is very low compared to other major cereal crops. On the other hand, under conditions where most growth requirements are available and inorganic matter rich soils, the application of fertilizers without knowing its fertility status causes yield and fertilizer losses. Likewise, producers do not give attention to teff row spacing, even if it has an advantage of shorter maturity days, highest plant height, highest panicle length, and the number of tillers and less lodging index percentages. Since, grain yield increased with the increase of plant height, panicle length and number of tillers per plant. Therefore, the optimum supply of nitrogen fertilizer and medium row spacing increased the grain yield of crops. Keywords: teff; inter-row spacing; and grain yield DOI : 10.7176/ALST/78-02 Publication date: February 29 th 2020