Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Opening doors to clinical trial participation among Hispanics: Lessons learned from the Spanish translation of ResearchMatch

Abstract Introduction: Clinical trial participation among US Hispanics remains low, despite a significant effort by research institutions nationwide. ResearchMatch, a national online platform, has matched 113,372 individuals interested in participating in research with studies conducted by 8778 researchers. To increase accessibility to Spanish speakers, we translated the ResearchMatch platform into Spanish by implementing tenets of health literacy and respecting linguistic and cultural diversity across the US Hispanic population. We describe this multiphase process, preliminary results, and lessons learned. Methods: Translation of the ResearchMatch site consisted of several activities including: (1) improving the English language site’s reading level, removing jargon, and using plain language; (2) obtaining a professional Spanish translation of the site and incorporating iterative revisions by a panel of bilingual community members from diverse Hispanic backgrounds; (3) technical development and launch; and (4) initial promotion. Results: The Spanish language version was launched in August 2018, after 11 months of development. Community input improved the initial translation, and early registration and use by researchers demonstrate the utility of Spanish ResearchMatch in engaging Hispanics. Over 12,500 volunteers in ResearchMatch self-identify as Hispanic (8.5%). From August 2018 to March 2020, 162 volunteers registered through the Spanish language version of ResearchMatch, and over 500 new and existing volunteers have registered a preference to receive messages about studies in Spanish. Conclusion: By applying the principles of health literacy and cultural competence, we developed a Spanish language translation of ResearchMatch. Our multiphase approach to translation included key principles of community engagement that should prove informative to other multilingual web-based platforms.
Learning Approaches Related to Perception of Assessment in Students at Higher Education Level

The students' perception of classroom assessment impacts their approaches towards learning. Therefore, it is a demand for Higher education institutions to reassess their assessment procedures to face the challenges posed by the changing world, and to increase the competencies of the students for their workplaces in the future. The present study aims to correlate students’ learning approaches and their perception of assessment task at higher education level, using canonical analysis. The sample consisted of 468 master level students, selected randomly, of 10 general universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Results showed that students relied on surface strategies, leading to cramming, which was allied with a high degree of authenticity of assessment. Alternate assessment strategies like peer and self-assessment can encourage conceptual learning in students and turn will help them become competent at the workplace.
Improving the Spectator Experience of AR Sports Events from a Service Design Perspective – Using HADO as an Example

: Augmented reality (AR) has been used to improve the spectator experience in traditional sports events. For the first AR sports in the world, Meleap’s HADO, the discussion of spectator experience in watching AR sports is lacking. To understand the problems and flaws in the spectator experience of AR sports events, we have conducted a two-phase investigation into Meleap’s HADO. The first phase investigated HADO’s live sports events, while the second phase examined their online sports events. We used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews and conducted an integrated analysis based on the quantitative and qualitative results to determine how to optimize HADO’s spectator experience. Finally, as a reference for future studies, we summarized the challenges and issues found in the spectator experience of AR sports.
Fatty acid composition and shelf life of cricket flour

Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu Tampere University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Bioproductand Process technology Option of Process Technology KONTIO VILLE Fatty Acid Composition and Shelf Life of Cricket Flour Bachelor's thesis 98 pages, appendices 58 pages April 2017 This thesis was made for Finsect Oy to determine the fatty acid composition of their cricket flour product. In addition common packaging methods, use of food additives, and fat extraction were researched to find a prominent way of extending the current shelf life. In theoretical part of this thesis the nutritional content of crickets and the main causes of spoilage were researched to choose the correct procedures for determination of fatty acid composition. The shelf life prolongation methods were researched by investigating the packaging methods, commonly used preservatives and antioxidants in foods, and industrial fat extraction procedures that are used by food stuff industry currently. In the practical part the fat extracted from cricket flour was tested using a gas chromatograph. From the results of the analysis could be acquired the fatty acid composition of cricket fat, early changes in fatty acid composition, and an approximate of fatty acid decrease rate. Although, the shelf life could not be determined in this work some useful information for future tests was uncovered.
HARMFUL CYANOBACTERIA From mass mortalities to management measures

When the first triennial international conferences on photosynthetic prokaryotes, including cyanobacteria, began in the 1970’s, their packed and novel proceedings included no contributions on the toxicology or health hazards of cyanobacteria. In 2004, the “Sixth International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria” in Bergen (another triennial series) is expected to attract several hundred participants, all working with, or concerned in other ways, with cyanobacterial toxins, from their molecular biology, to risk management. The drivers accounting for the rapid increase in knowledge about cyanobacterial toxins in the intervening decades have included: fundamental research; the increasing availability of enabling technologies e.g. analytical techniques and molecular biology tools; a “need to know” from the health and environmental agencies, the water industry and water-users; and several human and animal poisoning incidents associated with cyanobacterial toxins to which modern methods have been applied. Cyanobacteria are equipped to flourish in aquatic environments where they can produce blooms, scums and mats (Mur, 1983; Mur et al., 1999). They also produce a diverse range of toxins (Codd et al., 1989, 1999; Namikoshi and Rinehart, 1996; Carmichael 1997, 2001; Duy et al., 2000; Sivonen and Jones, 1999; Sivonen 2000). The cyanobacterial toxins include human and animal health hazards which can present risks of illness and mortality at environmentally-encountered concentrations (Falconer, 1996, 1998; Kuiper-Goodman et al., 1999; Codd et al., 1999). This review includes early and recent examples of human and animal illnesses and deaths associated with cyanobacterial mass populations, in some cases attributable to their toxins. We briefly consider cyanobacterial toxins among the plethora of other cyanobacterial bioactive compounds and whether the main cyanobacterial hazards to human health are now identified. Steps to mitigate the
Enhancement of real‐time grasp detection by cascaded deep convolutional neural networks

Robot grasping technology is a hot spot in robotics research. In relatively fixed industrialized scenarios, using robots to perform grabbing tasks is efficient and lasts a long time. However, in an unstructured environment, the items are diverse, the placement posture is random, and multiple objects are stacked and occluded each other, which makes it difficult for the robot to recognize the target when it is grasped and the grasp method is complicated. Therefore, we propose an accurate, real‐time robot grasp detection method based on convolutional neural networks. A cascaded two‐stage convolutional neural network model with course to fine position and attitude was established. The R‐FCN model was used as the extraction of the candidate frame of the picking position for screening and rough angle estimation, and aiming at the insufficient accuracy of the previous methods in pose detection, an Angle‐Net model is proposed to finely estimate the picking angle. Tests on the Cornell dataset and online robot experiment results show that the method can quickly calculate the optimal gripping point and posture for irregular objects with arbitrary poses and different shapes. The accuracy and real‐time performance of the detection have been improved compared to previous methods.
Aerosol Mass and Optical Properties, Smoke Influence on O3, and High NO3 Production Rates in a Western U.S. City Impacted by Wildfires

Evaluating our understanding of smoke from wild and prescribed fires can benefit from downwind measurements that include inert tracers to test production and transport and reactive species to test chemical mechanisms. We characterized smoke from fires in coniferous forest fuels for >1,000 hr over two summers (2017 and 2018) at our Missoula, Montana, surface station and found a narrow range for key properties. ΔPM2.5/ΔCO was 0.1070 ± 0.0278 (g/g) or about half the age‐independent ratios obtained at free troposphere elevations (0.2348 ± 0.0326). The average absorption Ångström exponent across both years was 1.84 ± 0.18, or about half the values available for very fresh smoke. Brown carbon (BrC) was persistent (~50% of absorption at 401 nm) in both years, despite differences in smoke age. ΔBC/ΔCO doubled from 2017 to 2018, but the average across 2 years was within 33% of recent airborne measurements, suggesting low sampling bias among platforms. Switching from a 1.0 to a 2.5 micron cutoff increased the mass scattering and mass absorption coefficients, suggesting often overlooked supermicron particles impact the optical properties of moderately aged smoke. O3 was elevated ~6 ppb on average over a full diurnal period when wildfire smoke was present, and smoke‐associated O3 increases were highest (~9 pbb) at night, suggesting substantial upwind production. NOx was mostly local in origin. NOx spurred high rates of NO3 production, including in the presence of wildfire smoke (up to 2.44 ppb hr−1) and at least one nighttime BrC secondary formation event that could have impacted next‐day photochemistry.
Actor–doctor partnership for theatre-based public health education

Background: Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of using an entertainment-education methodology to address multiple public health issues and of using participatory street theatre to improve public understanding related to public health. Objective: To assess the feasibility, acceptability and impact of the Actor–Doctor project, an intervention involving theatre professionals and medical specialists to jointly deliver street-theatre-based public health education. Design: A real-world, mixed-methods post-intervention study evaluated the Actor–Doctor project among 486 participants in Ahmedabad, India, in 2017. Setting and method: Focus group discussions with actors and semi-structured interviews with doctors and implementers assessed project feasibility, acceptability and perceived impact. Post-intervention surveys among actors, audience and a control group assessed impact on knowledge and attitudes related to select public health issues. Quantitative data were analysed using multivariable regression, and qualitative data were analysed using an inductive thematic analysis. Results: The Actor–Doctor project was feasible to implement, as 20 street theatre performances on five public health themes were developed and staged. Members of the audience showed higher knowledge of environmental health, anaemia and openness to discussing sexual health issues, compared to a control group (omega squared 0.03–0.24; p < .001). Actors and doctors collaborating to create theatre-based public health education derived satisfaction from the project. Balancing scientific accuracy and entertainment, especially humour was challenging. Conclusion: The Actor–Doctor project was instrumental in improving public-health-related engagement between actors, doctors and the public.
Novel regulators of prostate cancer stem cells and tumor aggressiveness

In the past decade it became increasingly clear that tumor heterogeneity represents one of the major problems for cancer treatment, also in prostate cancer. The identification of the molecular properties of highly aggressive cells (Cancer Stem Cells, CSCs) dispersed within the tumor represents a challenge for the identification of new efficient therapies. In most of the cases, current treatments are indeed successful in eradicating the primary tumor. However, the clinical evidence of relapse and the occurrence of therapy resistance, suggest the presence of subpopulation of cells within the tumor, that can survive such treatments and can perpetuate the cancer. In this thesis we investigated the molecular properties of selected highly aggressive CSCs and indentified novel modulators responsible for the maintenance of their aggressive behavior. Collectively, the studies described in this thesis have increased our insights into the molecular properties of highly metastatic and tumorigenic prostate cancer stem-like cells and provided new targets for possible diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Emerging Cyber Security Threats in Organization

Background Cyber-security is a preventive preparation of protecting sensitive information, information systems, computers, servers, critical infrastructure, mobile devices, and computer networks from unauthorized access or hackers. Now a day digital technology takes the most significant role in growth effectiveness and efficiency in the organization. However, new technologies like mobile technologies (5G), IoT and cloud computing are Coming with new information security threats. Study design qualitative, survey, case study and an in-depth literature review were conducted. Employees still using the old software, they didn’t update the software (operating system), they use a permanent password, they are still using weak and default password (Wife name or her phone number) information security literacy and behavior end users or IT staff. They don’t have awareness about proactive cyber-attacks prevention policies and procedures. Because they have not took short and long term training on most serious cyber-attacks like ransom ware, social engineering, malware, DDoS, and phishing. This study aims to assess the most common and emerging cyber security threats. That the organizations are facing. The main objective of these investigations is to create awareness about the emerging and the most serious cyber-attacks occurring in the organization. The ﬁndings/results demonstrate that cyber security preparations and trained employees are very low; hackers becoming more sophisticated. Conclusion based the ﬁndings we conclude that cyber security protection using current method is not sufficient; employees have no idea about security threats due to lack of awareness and training.
COVID-19/SARS CoV-2 Infection – Its implication and safe practice pattern in ophthalmology

Purpose: To meet the need for safe practice guidelines for doctors that can be made available at the earliest to minimize the transmission of 2019 Novel Corona Virus (2019 n CoV) as among others, doctors, paramedical staff and health care workers are the ones at higher risk of acquiring this disease. The emergence and spread of 2019 novel corona virus (2019 nCoV) or the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS CoV-2) has threatened the world and created a major new public health crisis. Methods: Analysis of available literature, guidelines issued by various professional societies and practice patterns being followed by our colleagues and fellow hospitals has been reviewed and concise recommendations have been formulated. Results: Most people infected with the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people above 60 years, with co-morbid are more likely to develop serious illness. Best way to prevent and slowdown transmission is by washing your hands, using an alcohol based rub frequently and not touching your face. At present, there is no specific vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. Among all the medical specialties, ophthalmology is one of the branches which involve very close contact with patient. Conclusion: This review is concerned regarding the safe practice pattern guidelines for the Eye Care Organizations (ECO) so as to safe guard themselves, their staff and other patients from the point of entry to exit. Keywords: COVID19, SARSCoV2, Practice Patterns, Primary Prevention, Health Personnel.
Rethinking Capital Market Clearing and Settlement Process for Efficiency in Developing Countries: Evidence from Nigeria

This paper focuses on the efficiency of the capital market from the perspective of the clearing and settlement system with specific attention paid to ease of access to the right information, needed infrastructure and its impact on the growth of the market and the economy at large. Primary data generated through the use of administered questionnaires and responses therefrom were analysed based on the relationship and impact of variables such as availability of information, capital market efficiency, effective prices and actual occurrences. The ordinary least square estimation technique was deployed and findings showed that the lack of adequate infrastructure, relevant and timely information and share price volatility are still major challenges to an efficient market in Nigeria as it concerns the clearing and settlement process. The increase in transaction cost and the lack of depth of the market is a resulting effect of the inefficiency. It was recommended that strengthening over the counter deals and the introduction of derivatives, options could help in deepening the market. It was also recommended that government must put in place and sustain investors-friendly policies geared towards the efficiency of the market.
Does Platelet-Rich Fibrin Decrease Dimensional Changes and Improve Postoperative Comfort in Post-Extraction Sockets? An Overview of Systematic Reviews

This overview aimed to evaluate the methods, quality, and outcomes of systematic reviews (SRs) conducted to investigate the effects of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) in dental sockets on promoting bone regeneration and soft tissue healing and diminishing the incidence of pain, swelling, trismus, and alveolar osteitis after tooth extraction. An electronic search without date or language restriction was done in PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane, and Web of Science until March 2020. Eligibility criteria included SRs that assessed the effect of PRF for human alveolar socket preservation. The quality assessment of the included studies was performed using AMSTAR 2 guidelines. The protocol of this overview was recorded in PROSPERO under the number CRD42018089617. The search and selection process yielded 13 studies published between 2011 and 2018. The analysis of the studies showed inconclusive data for the effect of the PRF and the dimensional changes. There is no definitive evidence for the impact of using PRF alone on bone regeneration in post-extraction sockets. The use of PRF improves soft tissue healing and reduces pain, bleeding, and osteitis in post-extraction sockets.
Current methods and techniques of beak trimming laying hens, welfare issues and alternative approaches

Beak trimming is used in the egg industry to prevent mortality from cannibalism and minimise injurious pecking, vent pecking, aggressive pecking at the head and all forms of feather pecking, although the practice does not completely reduce the damage. There are alternatives to beak trimming, but they have not been reliable in preventing injurious pecking. However, beak trimming should not be used without providing birds enriched indoor and outdoor environments. Even when birds are beak trimmed, providing enriched facilities is recommended. The two main methods of beak trimming are hot blade (HB) and infrared beak treatment (IRBT). HB trimming removes the beak tips and cauterises the beak stump. The IRBT method uses heat from an infrared lamp to treat the outer beak and the underlying tissue. Initially, the tips of the beak remain intact and then soften and wear as the bird uses its beak. In contrast, the HB method results in an open wound that takes 3 weeks to heal. Two major welfare issues arise from beak trimming. The first is loss of sensory input because of removal of or heat treatment of sensory receptors in the beak. The second issue is the potential for acute and chronic pain from severing or heat treatment of nerves. HB trimming initially results in acute pain but there is limited evidence for beak sensitivity in IRBT birds. The development of neuromas in the beak have been implicated as a cause of chronic pain after HB trimming. When birds are HB trimmed (one-half of upper beak; one-third of lower) in the first 10 days of life, neuromas will develop, but they will resolve, compared with birds trimmed at older ages. However, neuromas will not resolve in 10-day old birds if more than one-half of the beak is HB trimmed. While HB trimming is performed according to accreditation standards by removal of one-half the upper beak and one-third of the lower beak is considered excessive, it prevents beak regrowth and the need to subject birds to re-trimming and a second bout of acute pain from the beak wound. Current levels of IRBT to treat half of the beak using the vendors quality-assurance protocol have been implemented worldwide to ensure that neuroma formation is prevented; however, if severe levels of IRBT are used, acute pain and subsequent neuromas may persist. The main impact of beak trimming is how the bird uses its beak when it eats, drinks and pecks at other birds and the environment. Reduced feed intake after HB trimming indicates pain associated with pecking or difficulty in eating. HB-trimmed birds initially show an increase in listlessness and guarding behaviours and increased inactivity, which indicates pain. IRBT and HB-trimmed birds have fewer aggressive pecks at the head, and there is a reduction in severe feather pecking and better feather scores, which results in a large reduction in mortality. Depending on the severity of IRBT and HB trimming, the advantage of using IRBT is improved welfare.