Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contributory Pension Fund Administrations in Nigeria: Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Its Efficiency and Implications for Policy Designs

The study assessed the technical efficiency of pension fund administrators in Nigeria using Stochastic Cost Frontier Model to generate efficiency scores for each of the eleven (11) selected pension fund administrators from a population of twenty-one (21). Panel data gathered from the annual reports of the selected pension fund administrators and the National Pension Commission were analysed using the maximum likelihood technique. The result showed that inefficiency, in varying degrees, existed in the selected fund administrators due to input costs on labour, equipment and premises and the mean and median efficiency scores were about 75% and 72% respectively. While the most efficient pension fund administrator recorded inefficiency score of 0.077, the least efficient pension fund administrator had inefficiency score of 0.388. The study concluded that increase in profitability, number of contributors, engaging in open fund investment activities and merger and acquisition reduce operating cost. It was therefore recommended that there should be a regulator-initiated merger and acquisition in the industry to eliminate waste, with positive impact on investment income. Besides, the regulatory agency should ease and expand transfer windows for existing contributors to transfer their pension contributions from an inefficient pension manager to efficient one to engender competition in the pension industry.
Community Practice Melalui Program Inovasi Pembangunan dan Pemberdayaan Kewilayahaan (PIPPK) di Kota Bandung

Community practice is a participatory approach that involves the community to be involved in development in the region. This article aims to describe the collaborative process of development in the region through the Program initiated by the Government of the City of Bandung. The research method used is qualitative with a descriptive discussion. The informants consisted of 20 people who included sub-district government officials, village government officials, RW leaders, youth clubs, Share: Social Work Jurnal VOLUME: 9 NOMOR: 2 HALAMAN: 142 148 ISSN: 2339-0042 (p)
Behavior based Routing Misbehavior Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensor networks are deployed in unheeded environment to monitor the situation. In view of the unheeded environment and by the nature of their communication channel sensor nodes are vulnerable to various attacks most commonly malicious packet dropping attacks namely blackhole, grayhole attack and sinkhole attack. In each of these attacks, the attackers capture the sensor nodes to inject fake details, to deceive other sensor nodes and to interrupt the network traffic by packet dropping. In all such attacks, the compromised node advertises itself with fake routing facts to draw its neighbor traffic and to plunge the data packets. False routing advertisement play vital role in deceiving genuine node in network. In this paper, behavior based routing misbehavior detection (BRMD) is designed in wireless sensor networks to detect false advertiser node in the network. Herein the sensor nodes are monitored by its neighbor. The node which attracts more neighbor traffic by fake routing advertisement and involves the malicious activities such as packet dropping, selective packet dropping and tampering data are detected by its various behaviors and isolated from the network. To estimate the effectiveness of the proposed technique, Network Simulator 2.34 is used. In addition packet delivery ratio, throughput and end-to-end delay of BRMD are compared with other existing routing protocols and as a consequence it is shown that BRMD performs better. The outcome also demonstrates that BRMD yields lesser false positive (less than 6%) and false negative (less than 4%) encountered in various attack detection.
Cardiac arrhythmias in non-cardiac critically ill patients

Aim of the work: To evaluate the incidence and types of cardiac arrhythmias in non-cardiac critically ill patients admitted to the general ICU and the relation of arrhythmias to different comorbidities and patient outcomes. Patients and methods: prospective study on 72 non-cardiac critically ill patients admitted to the general intensive care unit of Critical Care Department of Fayoum University Hospital from May 2015 to November 2016 presenting with different causes of admission. Results: 136 episodes of arrhythmias occurred in all of the studied patients, the most frequent was sinus tachycardia as it occurred in 72 non-cardiac patients in the form (30.15 % of attacks were sinus tachycardia) followed by 22.97% for atrial extrasystoles, 14.71% for ventricular extrasystole, 9.56% for SVT, 9.56% for AF, 8.09% for MAT. Sinus tachycardia was the most common to occur and mortality incidence was 34.7% among the study group. Conclusion: Supraventricular arrhythmias were more common to occur in non-cardiac critically ill patients than ventricular arrhythmias. Patient with AF developed in the setting of critical illness carries higher propensity to mortality
Increasing part-time working hours in the Netherlands. Identifying policy recommendations through Group Model Building

With 73% of women and 19% of men working part-time,the Netherlands is known as the champion of part-time work. In order to increase especially the working hours of women with small part-time jobs (less than 20 hours per week) the Dutch government installed a thinktank of employers, employees and goverment . This Taskforce Part-time-Plus commissioned two related studies on the relationship between ambitions, part-time work and gender. A quantitative and a qualitative study focused on the relation between women’s working hours and ambition. Group Model Building was used to integrate the results of the two studies into a causal loop diagram and to derive policy recommendations. This papers describes the results of the Group Model Building process and reflects upon the usefulness of the method for translating research results in policy recommendations.
Relationship between maximal incremental and high-intensity interval exercise performance in elite athletes

It remains unclear whether the number of total bouts to limitation (Blim) in high-intensity interval testing (HIIT) differs among individuals, no matter if performed at the same relative intensity. This study aimed to explore the physiologic factors determining tolerance to effort during a HIIT. Forty-seven female participants (15-28 years old) were included: 23 athletes from Taiwan national or national reserve teams, and 24 moderately-active female. Each participant underwent maximal incremental (INC; modified-Bruce protocol) cardiopulmonary exercise testing and HIIT on treadmill, on separate days. HIIT protocol alternated a 1-min effort at 120% of the maximal speed and the same slope reached at the end of INC, with a 1-min rest, until volitional exhaustion. Gas-exchanges, and muscle oxygenation at right vastus lateralis by near-infrared spectroscopy, were continuously recorded. Additionally, bioelectrical impedance was utilized for body composition analysis. The result showed that Blim differed greatly (range: 2.6 to 12) among participants. Stepwise regression revealed that Blim was determined primarily by oxygen consumption (VO2) and heart rate (HR) at second-minute recovery; and, muscle tissue saturation index at peak of INC (R=0.644). Also, age and percent body fat were linearly correlated with Blim (adjusted R=−0.475, −0.371, p<0.05). Therefore, HIIT performance is determined by fast recovery of VO2 and HR, rather than maximal VO2 or muscle oxygenation recovery. Moreover, capacity to sustain a HIIT declines with age since as early as late adolescent. Further investigations on which factors should be manipulated to further improve athletes performance are warrant.
The Mistakes We Make and How We Correct Them: What I've Learned as a Consultant.

During my career, I have had the opportunity to visit over 200 community college campuses as an observer or a consultant. Some of the developmental programs I observed were outstanding, most were mediocre, and a few were truly awful. Among those that were mediocre or worse and even among some of the outstanding programs, I noticed that they tended to make the same mistakes. Most of these mistakes represented errors of omission rather than commission. It was not that they did the wrong things so much that they failed to do things right. The purpose of this article is to describe the most common mistakes that I have observed in developmental programs. Obviously, this is not a research article. The sample of institutions and programs I have visited represents only about seventeen percent of the nation’s community colleges. The sample is certainly not random nor is it organized in any scientific manner. Nevertheless, the observations provided here may enable developmental educators to learn from the mistakes of others, or maybe their own, and use this learning to improve the quality of their programs.
Unfair Manipulations during Introduction of Project and Risk-Management System within Implementation of Investment Projects in Russian Industrial Companies, Big Data in Risk-Management

The process of creating a risk management system as part of the largest oil and gas company's investment projects is described. Examples of unfair manipulation with the risk management are given. Justification of efficiency of the chosen model and automation of the risk analysis process at each workplace is given. The expediency of using big data in risk management is described.
Treating depression and anxiety in primary care.

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2008;10(2) 91 PSYCHIATRIST.COM Articles are selected for credit designation on the basis of the CME Institute’s assessment of the needs of readers of The Primary Care Companion, with the purpose of providing readers with a curriculum of CME articles on a variety of topics throughout each volume. There are no prerequisites for participation in this CME activity. To obtain credit, read the material and complete the Posttest and Registration Form on pages 175–176 or go to PSYCHIATRIST.COM and take the Posttest online.
The Human Agency Driverless Cars Must Preserve

In 2016, we set out to understand the future of driverless mobility — and specifically, how a mobility company can build products and services that will optimize the relationships between people and advanced assistive systems in an increasingly automated future. This case study will shed light on how an ethnographic approach inspired by actor-network theory allowed us to look closely at human-system interactions, build a unique perspective on the forms of agency people value most, and understand how mobility companies can harness this understanding to build automated systems that strengthen their relationships with consumers. Drawing from the core tenets of actor-network theory, our research placed an emphasis not on individuals or even broader social ecologies — but rather, shifting networks of relationships between humans, objects, ideas, and processes. We divided our resources between two research tracks: i) human mobility, studying the complex network of relationships that gives shape to it, and ii) technology, studying networks of relationships surrounding six analogous advanced assistive technologies that are likely to prove pre-cursors to the relationship between people and driverless cars, ranging from the DaVinci surgical robot to the driverless tractor. While the objective of the former track was to understand the relationship between human agency and mobility, the latter was designed to help us understand how advanced assistive technologies might aid or impede this relationship going forward. Studying human-system interactions within broader, complex networks us to uncover an insight about agency that is core to how mobility companies should automation. Agency doesn’t have a single, value to individuals; rather, thus
Fractional Order Impedance Control

This paper proposes a novel fractional order impedance control. In traditional impedance control model, the orders of inertia, damping, and stiffness are integers and the contact force can be reduced effectively to some extent in robots and manipulators. However, there exists a tracking error of end-effector at the stable state due to the existence of stiffness, which is not conducive to tackle tasks based on high performance position control for robots and manipulators. Thus, an integral item is added into the traditional impedance model to eliminate the tracking error. Besides, the idea of fractional order is introduced to make the orders of inertia, damping, and stiffness change from integers to fractions to achieve more significant compliant performance. Simulation results validate the advantages of proposed fractional order impedance control and it can be also employed to absorb/increase, hold/keep, and dissipate/decrease system energy to achieve jumping, bouncing and friendly contact, respectively. Also, three criterions of choosing and tuning all these 14 parameters in the proposed fractional order impedance control are given out. This provides an insight for robot dynamic interaction, bouncing and jumping control.
Keypoint Detection, Matching, and Tracking in Images with Non-Linear Distortion: Applications in Medical Endoscopy and Panoramic Vision

Tese de doutoramento em Engenharia Electrotecnica e de Computadores, ramo de especializacao em Automacao e Robotica, apresentada ao Departamento de Engenharia Electrotecnica e de Computadores da Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra.
Lack of dcf1 leads to neuronal migration delay, axonal swollen and autism-related deficits

Perturbed neuronal migration and abnormal axonogenesis have been shown to be implicated in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the molecular mechanism remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that dendritic cell factor 1(DCF1) is involved in neuronal migration and axonogenesis. The deletion of dcf1 in mice delays the localization of callosal projection neurons, while dcf1 overexpression restores normal migration. Delayed neurons appear as axon swelling and axonal boutons loss, resulting in a permanent deficit in the callosal projections. Western blot analysis indicates that absence of dcf1 leads to the abnormal activation of ERK signal. Differential protein expression assay shows that PEBP1, a negative regulator of the ERK signal, is significant downregulation in dcf1 KO mice. Direct interaction between DCF1 and PEBP1 is confirmed by Co-immunoprecipitation test, thus indicating that DCF1 regulates the ERK signal in a PEBP1-dependent pattern. As a result of the neurodevelopmental migration disorder, dcf1 deletion results in ASD-like behaviors in mice. This finding identifies a link between abnormal activated ERK signaling, delayed neuronal migration and autistic-like behaviors in humans.
Impact Melt Facies in the Moon's Crisium Basin: Identifying, Characterizing, and Future Radiogenic Dating

Both Earth and the Moon share a common history regarding the epoch of large basin formation, though only the lunar geologic record preserves any appreciable record of this Late Heavy Bombardment. The emergence of Earth's first life is approximately contemporaneous with the Late Heavy Bombardment; understanding the latter informs the environmental conditions of the former, which are likely necessary to constrain the mechanisms of abiogenesis. While the relative formation time of most of the Moon's large basins is known, the absolute timing is not. The timing of Crisium Basin's formation is one of many important events that must be constrained and would require identifying and dating impact melt formed in the Crisium event. To inform a future lunar sample dating mission, we thus characterized possible outcrops of impact melt. We determined that several mare lava‐embayed kipukas could contain impact melt, though the rim and central peaks of the partially lava‐flooded Yerkes Crater likely contain the most pure and intact Crisium impact melt. It is here where future robotic and/or human missions could confidently add a key missing piece to the puzzle of the combined issues of early Earth‐Moon bombardment and the emergence of life.
Modeling and Motion Control of a Liquid Metal Droplet in a Fluidic Channel

As an emerging multifunctional material, Gallium-based room temperature liquid metal has attracted a lot of attention for a variety of applications due to its mobility and deformability. However, controlling the motion of a liquid metal droplet accurately still remains unrevealed, which restricts its application in many fields. In this article, we propose a hybrid framework that would control the motion of a liquid metal droplet in a one-dimensional (1-D) fluidic channel. A dynamic model of a liquid metal droplet immersed in the electrolyte when an electrical field is applied to each end of the channel is discussed first, followed by a setpoint controller designed to calculate the current input needed to drive the liquid metal droplet to its destination with vision feedback. To obtain the desired high-resolution current output, a fast and high-resolution current output power supply will be established by integrating a fast PID controller and a simple programmable dc power supply. The effectiveness of this proposed approach will be verified by controlling a liquid metal droplet so that it reaches its destination inside the polymethyl methacrylate channel. In this article, the proposed approach may lead to the development of tiny soft robots, or microfluidic systems that can be driven accurately by the liquid metal droplets.
Widespread Recombination Suppression Facilitates Plant Sex Chromosome Evolution

Classical models suggest recombination rates on sex chromosomes evolve in a stepwise manner to localize the inheritance of sexually antagonistic variation in the sex where it is beneficial, thereby lowering rates of recombination between X and Y chromosomes. However, it is also possible that sex chromosome formation occurs in regions with pre-existing recombination suppression. To evaluate these possibilities, we constructed linkage maps and a chromosome-scale genome assembly for the dioecious plant Rumex hastatulus, a species with a young neo-sex chromosome found in part of its geographical range. We found that the ancestral sex-linked region is located in a large region characterized by low recombination. Furthermore, comparison between the recombination landscape of the neo-sex chromosome and its autosomal homologue indicates that low recombination rates preceded sex linkage. Our findings suggest that ancestrally low rates of recombination have facilitated the formation and evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes.
Valorization of selected fruit and vegetable wastes as bioactive compounds: Opportunities and challenges

Abstract Fruit and vegetable wastes derived from the agri-food industry are generated in large amounts and they can cause great environmental contamination because they have a high moisture content and microbial load. However, both their structural parts (stems, leaves, peels, pulps, seeds, and roots) and the residues resulting after the extraction of their juices are rich in different valuable compounds such as antioxidants, oils, fiber, fatty acids, isoprenoids, lipids, proteins, saponins, and phytoestrogens. Such bioactive compounds can be used as pharmaceutical excipients, food additives, or included in pharmaceutical formulations or food matrices for obtaining nutraceutical products and functional foods, respectively. The aim of this review is to present the most promising alternatives for the valorization of selected fruit and vegetable wastes, currently underexploited, as well as the challenges that may arise when considering the valorization of these wastes in the form of value-added bioactive products. This is exemplified through the revision of the opportunities offered by artichoke, cardoon, asparagus, and pomegranate, which generate large amounts of waste during their processing. A final section is devoted to present the emerging technologies that are being developed for an efficient extraction of bioactive compounds from vegetable matrices. Graphical Abstract
Desenlace funcional y hemoglobina en pacientes neurocríticos con hemorragia subaracnoidea a 2600 msnm

Introduccion: la hemorragia subaracnoidea (HSA) es una patologia del sistema nervioso central, con una elevada morbimortalidad. Los ensayos clinicos con terapias farmacologicas posiblemente no se vean afectados por la ubicacion geografica del paciente, particularmente por la altura a diferencia de la terapia con hemoderivados cuya relacion con la presion atmosferica y el transporte de oxigeno genera incognitas en ciudades de diferente altitud. Objetivo: Evaluar la relacion del desenlace funcional neurologico favorable (Rankin modificado <3) vs. desfavorable (Rankin modificada 4) y su relacion con el punto de corte de 10 gr/dl hemoglobina previo a transfusion, en pacientes con diagnostico de hemorragia subaracnoidea, hospitalizados en la unidad de cuidados neurocriticos del Hospital Universitario Fundacion Sante Fe de Bogota a 2600 ms. n. m. Metodologia: Estudio observacional retrospectivo de casos y controles basado en una cohorte historica de pacientes con HSA, de enero 2010 a diciembre 2018 en Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Neurologico. Resultados: No se encontro una relacion entre desenlace funcional favorable y transfusion con nivel de hemoglobina con punto de corte de 10 gr/dL OR 1.111 (p= 0.865 95% IC 0.328 - 3.755). Conclusion: No se demostro una asociacion favorable o desfavorable entre el punto de corte de hemoglobina y el desenlace neurologico funcional, no es posible realizar una recomendacion frente al umbral transfusional. No se evidencio un efecto deletereo de la transfusion sanguinea, no se evidencio aumento de episodios de vaso espasmo o isquemia cerebral tardia.
Mothers' response on Kangaroo Mother Care intervention for preterm infants

Background The low birth weight still remains the main cause of neonatal deaths. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) program can provide a better care for low birth weight newborn infants through skin-to-skin contact. Objective The aim of this study was to assess factors and responses from mothers that would influence the re-introduction and re-implementation of KMC at neonatology ward, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta. Methods This was a prospective preliminary study using questionnaires, to mothers oflow birth weight infants who would undergo KMC in neonatal ward. Results Most mothers felt sad, guilty, worried, afraid and not confident when they first saw their babies, thus, they were initially doubtful and afraid in the beginning of KMC. But, after KMC was implemented, most of the mothers found positive effects on mother-infant bonding, maternal affection in love or touch, breastfeeding and mother's confidence in newborn care. Conclusions KMC provides benefits for mothers. Most mothers yield positive response when implementing KMC program to their infants.