Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Developing new approaches for the recruitment and retention of indigenous participants in longitudinal research: Lessons from E Moe, Mama: Maternal Sleep and Health in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Recruitment and retention of participants in longitudinal studies relies on systems that support the participants throughout the research, and ensures high quality data management and protection. In addition, working with indigenous communities and participants requires specifi c processes that are informed by indigenous knowledge and understandings of the constituent properties underlying “good” and ethical research practice. This paper describes the development of a methodological approach to the recruitment of pregnant Mäori and nonMäori women into a longitudinal study of maternal sleep, health and wellbeing (the E Moe, Mämä: Maternal Sleep and Health in Aotearoa/New Zealand study). We explore how Kaupapa Mäori research methodology was conceptualised and embedded within the research framework and consider how the indigenous research ethics of whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga were operationalised to result in increased engagement between the research team and the Mäori community. As a result of these processes, a total of 421 Mäori and 768 nonMäori women enrolled in the E Moe, Mämä study. This paper outlines the strategies used to engage with Mäori and promote the study in Mäori communities and highlights the importance of developing research approaches for recruitment and retention of research participants that are aligned with Mäori aspirations for research to achieve the goal of reducing Mäori health disparities.
Les motivations écologiques des PME tunisiennes : proposition d’un processus évolutif selon la taille

La litterature relative a la gestion environnementale suppose l’existence de trois motivations ecologiques majeures : les motivations relationnelles, economiques et ethiques. Neanmoins, peu d’importance est accordee a leur processus d’emergence. Ainsi, cette recherche vise trois objectifs. Le premier est d’identifier les motivations ecologiques des entreprises tunisiennes. Le deuxieme est de comparer les motivations ecologiques des PME et des GE. Le troisieme est de proposer, a partir de l’enquete, un processus evolutif des motivations ecologiques. Par consequent, une enquete est realisee sur huit cas, dont six PME, avec 35 entretiens semi-directifs. Les resultats montrent que les motivations ecologiques sont essentiellement de nature relationnelle. Aussi, un modele d’evolution des motivations ecologiques en trois etapes est propose, qui est fonction de la taille de l’entreprise.
THE LUMINOUS INFRARED HOST GALAXY OF SHORT-DURATION GRB 100206A

The known host galaxies of short-hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) to date are characterized by low to moderate star formation rates (SFRs) and a broad range of stellar masses, in general agreement with models associating the phenomenon with an old progenitor, such as merging neutron stars. In this paper, we positionally associate the recent unambiguously short-hard Swift GRB 100206A with a disk galaxy at redshift z = 0.4068 that is rapidly forming stars at a rate of ∼30 M☉ yr−1, almost an order of magnitude higher than any previously identified short-GRB host. The galaxy is very red (g − K = 4.3 AB mag), heavily obscured (AV ≈ 2 mag), and has the highest metallicity of any GRB host to date (12 + log[O/H]KD02 = 9.2): it is a classical luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG), with LIR ≈ 4 × 1011 L☉. While these properties could be interpreted to support an association of this GRB with recent star formation, modeling of the broadband spectral energy distribution also indicates that a substantial stellar mass of mostly older stars is also present. The specific SFR is modest (sSFR ≈ 0.5 Gyr−1), the current SFR is not substantially elevated above its long-term average, and the host morphology shows no sign of recent merger activity. Our observations are therefore equally consistent with an older progenitor. Given the precedent established by previous short-GRB hosts and the significant fraction of the universe's stellar mass in LIRG-like systems at z ≳ 0.3, an older progenitor represents the most likely origin of this event.
A HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE/WFPC2 SURVEY OF BRIGHT YOUNG CLUSTERS IN M31. III. STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS

Surface brightness profiles for 23 M31 star clusters were measured using images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on the Hubble Space Telescope, and fitted to two types of models to determine the clusters’ structural properties. The clusters are primarily young (∼108 yr) and massive (∼104.5 M☉), with median half-light radius 7 pc and dissolution times of a few Gyr. The properties of the M31 clusters are comparable to those of clusters of similar age in the Magellanic Clouds. Simulated star clusters are used to derive a conversion from statistical measures of cluster size to half-light radius so that the extragalactic clusters can be compared to young massive clusters in the Milky Way. All three sets of star clusters fall approximately on the same age–size relation. The young M31 clusters are expected to dissolve within a few Gyr and will not survive to become old, globular clusters. However, they do appear to follow the same fundamental plane (FP) relations as old clusters; if confirmed with velocity dispersion measurements, this would be a strong indication that the star cluster FP reflects universal cluster formation conditions.
Particularités méthodologiques de l'évaluation des traitements non médicamenteux

L’« Evidence-Based-Medicine » ou « Médecine fondée sur la preuve » suppose une synthèse de toutes les preuves scientifiques disponibles pour un traitement donné. Les revues systématiques et les méta-analyses sont les outils de base de la synthèse des connaissances scientifiques comme l’atteste le développement rapide de la Cochrane Collaboration (organisation internationale ayant pour objectif d’aider à la prise de décision médicale en réalisant, actualisant et en diffusant les résultats des méta-analyses et revues systématiques).
RECORD-SETTING COSMIC-RAY INTENSITIES IN 2009 AND 2010

We report measurements of record-setting intensities of cosmic-ray nuclei from C to Fe, made with the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer carried on the Advanced Composition Explorer in orbit about the inner Sun–Earth Lagrangian point. In the energy interval from ∼70 to ∼450 MeV nucleon−1, near the peak in the near-Earth cosmic-ray spectrum, the measured intensities of major species from C to Fe were each 20%–26% greater in late 2009 than in the 1997–1998 minimum and previous solar minima of the space age (1957–1997). The elevated intensities reported here and also at neutron monitor energies were undoubtedly due to several unusual aspects of the solar cycle 23/24 minimum, including record-low interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) intensities, an extended period of reduced IMF turbulence, reduced solar-wind dynamic pressure, and extremely low solar activity during an extended solar minimum. The estimated parallel diffusion coefficient for cosmic-ray transport based on measured solar-wind properties was 44% greater in 2009 than in the 1997–1998 solar-minimum period. In addition, the weaker IMF should result in higher cosmic-ray drift velocities. Cosmic-ray intensity variations at 1 AU are found to lag IMF variations by 2–3 solar rotations, indicating that significant solar modulation occurs inside ∼20 AU, consistent with earlier galactic cosmic-ray radial-gradient measurements. In 2010, the intensities suddenly decreased to 1997 levels following increases in solar activity and in the inclination of the heliospheric current sheet. We describe the conditions that gave cosmic rays greater access to the inner solar system and discuss some of their implications.
Ju n 20 18 Non-Hermitian Chern bands

The relation between chiral edge modes and bulk Chern numbers of quantum Hall insulators is a paradigmatic example of bulk-boundary correspondence. We show that the chiral edge modes are not strictly tied to the Chern numbers defined by a non-Hermitian Bloch Hamiltonian. This “breakdown” of bulk-boundary correspondence is attributed to the non-Bloch-wave behavior of eigenstates (non-Hermitian skin effect), which generates pronounced deviations of topological phase diagrams from the Bloch theory. We introduce non-Bloch Chern numbers that faithfully predict the numbers of chiral edge modes. The theory is backed up by the open-boundary energy spectra, dynamics, and phase diagram of a representative lattice model. Our results highlight a unique feature of non-Hermitian bands and introduce a non-Bloch framework to characterize their topology.
On Teter rings

We give a new characterization, in the equicharacteristic case, of Teter rings by using Macaulay inverse systems. We extend the previous characterizations due to Teter, to Huneke and Vraciu and to Ananthnarayan et al., to any characteristic of the ground field and remove the hypothesis on the socle ideal. We construct and describe the variety parametrizing Teter covers and we show how to check if an Artin ring is Teter. If this is the case, we show how to compute a Teter cover.
Theory of the Nernst effect near quantum phase transitions in condensed matter and in dyonic black holes

We present a general hydrodynamic theory of transport in the vicinity of superfluid-insulator transitions in two spatial dimensions described by ``Lorentz''-invariant quantum critical points. We allow for a weak impurity scattering rate, a magnetic field $B$, and a deviation in the density $\ensuremath{\rho}$ from that of the insulator. We show that the frequency-dependent thermal and electric linear response functions, including the Nernst coefficient, are fully determined by a single transport coefficient (a universal electrical conductivity), the impurity scattering rate, and a few thermodynamic state variables. With reasonable estimates for the parameters, our results predict a magnetic field and temperature dependence of the Nernst signal which resembles measurements in the cuprates, including the overall magnitude. Our theory predicts a ``hydrodynamic cyclotron mode'' which could be observable in ultrapure samples. We also present exact results for the zero frequency transport coefficients of a supersymmetric conformal field theory (CFT), which is solvable by the anti\char21{}de Sitter (AdS)/CFT correspondence. This correspondence maps the $\ensuremath{\rho}$ and $B$ perturbations of the $2+1$ dimensional CFT to electric and magnetic charges of a black hole in the $3+1$ dimensional anti\char21{}de Sitter space. These exact results are found to be in full agreement with the general predictions of our hydrodynamic analysis in the appropriate limiting regime. The mapping of the hydrodynamic and AdS/CFT results under particle-vortex duality is also described.
Estimation algébrique des paramètres intrinsèques d'un signal sinusoïdal biaisé en environnement bruité

L'amplitude, la frequence et la phase d'un signal sinusoidal, biaise et bruite, sont estimees par des techniques algebriques. Les methodes d'aujourd'hui ne semblent pas capables de fournir ces parametres de facon robuste en une fraction de periode du signal. Plusieurs simulations numeriques confirment l'interet de notre approche.
Antimicrobial Competence of Prepared Chitosan-Based Composites RESEARCH

How to cite this article: Journal of Advanced Materials, 2017,1, 1: 23-30 ABSTRACT Evaluation of antimicrobial activity with Ciprofloxacin (C) (control of antibacterial study) and ketoconazole (K) (control antifungal activity) compounds released from chitosan based composites [(A1 (CS/PVP/fMWCNT) A2 (CS/PVP/f-MWCNT-GLU)] against gram positive bacteria and gram negative have been studied. The inhibition zone diameter was determined after 48 hours of incubation by the Disc diffusion assay. There is significant increasing in the inhibition zone after 48 hrs. An evaluation of antimicrobial activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria (Escherichia coli (gram positive) and Bacillus subtilis (gram negative)) bacteria and antifungal activity with two species Penicillium notatum and Aspergillus niger has been performed. The antimicrobial activity of new derivatives prepared increased significantly more than chitosan in most microorganisms. The composite CS/PVP/f-MWCNT-GLU showed greater antimicrobial activity than CS/PVP/f-MWCNT. This study suggests the use of such matrices in the drug delivery system for local bioavailability of antibiotic compounds against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, while at the same time it is very important in handling of bacterial infections. The chitosan-MWCNT composite scaffold is a promising biomaterial for biomedical applications. Received: 27 March, 2017 Accepted: 26 April, 2017 Available Online: 05 May, 2017
Studijų, kaip paslaugos, kokybės vertinimo dimensijų ir kriterijų pagrindimas: atvejo studija

Straipsnyje analizuojamos studijų kokybės vertinimo dimensijos ir kriterijai, kurie naudojami įvairiose šalyse vertinant studijų kokybę. Atsižvelgiant į anksčiau atliktų tyrimų prieštaravimus, šiame straipsnyje keliamas klausimas: kokiomis dimensijos ir kriterijais galima apibrėžti studijų, kaip paslaugos, kokybę? Empirinio tyrimo rezultatai leidžia daryti prielaidą, kad studijų, kaip paslaugos, kokybė gali būti apibrėžiama nagrinėjant tris dimensijas: studijų proceso, teisinę ir palaikomąją. Visos šios dimensijos išsamiai aptariamos straipsnyje. Atlikto tyrimo rezultatai atskleidžia, kad studijų, kaip paslaugos, kokybės samprata apibrėžia tik tuos studijų proceso elementus, kurie yra susiję su studijų administravimo kokybe, o tai leidžia daryti išvadą, kad paslaugos kokybės samprata, egzistuojanti verslo ir pramonės įmonėse, nėra adekvati studijų proceso, kaip paslaugos, kokybės sampratai.
Evidence of short-term burial response by benthic macrofauna associated with the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa Evidencia de la respuesta a un enterramiento a corto plazo de la fauna macrobentónica asociada a la fanerógama marina del Mediterráneo Cymodocea nodosa

Sedimentation and burial affect a variety of habitats worldwide, especially within coastal marine systems. In the Mediterranean, seagrasses like Cymodocea nodosa are commonly subjected to sedimentation and, although the response of C. nodosa has been documented, few studies have included macrofaunal responses. We used a manipulative field experiment to examine the effects of a single small-scale, pulse burial event on benthic invertebrate macrofauna. Burial did not affect the total abundance, richness, or diversity of higher taxa nor the live abundance or diversity after 5 days. However, live higher taxa richness decreased by day 3. After 5 days, such decrease reversed and partial recovery seemed to occur. Almost 2 months later, three of the buried plots remained with some additional sedimentation, but the other three had lost their sediment. We compared faunal metrics of buried plots between days 5 and 54 and found greater diversity on day 54, providing evidence that macrofaunal recovery apparent 5 days after burial seemed to persist. Although we likely underestimated the effects and can only be conservative with our conclusions, taken together our results suggest small-scale, pulse burial events can have some negative effects on the C. nodosa-associated benthic macrofaunal community, but the community can recover within a few weeks.
Gates Tom Minka

Gates are a new notation for representing mixture models and co text-sensitive independence in factor graphs. Factor graphs provide a natu ral representation for message-passing algorithms, such as expectation propagat ion. However, message passing in mixture models is not well captured by factor grap hs unless the entire mixture is represented by one factor, because the messa g equations have a containment structure. Gates capture this containment str ucture graphically, allowing both the independences and the message-passing equa tions for a model to be readily visualized. Different variational approxima tions for mixture models can be understood as different ways of drawing the gates in a m odel. We present general equations for expectation propagation and variati on l message passing in the presence of gates.
Demographic Changes in Intensive Care Units in Korea over the Last Decade and Outcomes of Elderly Patients: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Background Aging is a significant issue worldwide, and Korea is one of the most rapidly aging countries. Along with the demographic transition, the age structure of intensive care unit (ICU) patients changes as well. Methods The aim of this study was to analyze the change in age distribution of the ICU patients over the last 10 years and its effect on clinical outcomes. Single-center, retrospective analysis of all patients aged ≥18 years admitted to either the medical or surgical ICU at St. Paul’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, between January 2005 and December 2014 was conducted. For clinical outcome, in-hospital mortality, duration of ICU stay, and hospital stay were analyzed. Cost analysis was performed to show the economic burden of each age strata. Results A total of 10,366 ICU patients were admitted to the chosen ICUs during the study period. The proportion of elderly patients aged ≥65 years increased from 47.9% in 2005 to 63.7% in 2014, and the proportion of the very elderly patients aged ≥80 years increased from 12.8% to 20.7%. However, this increased proportion of elderly patients did not lead to increased in-hospital mortality. The percent of ICU treatment days attributable to elderly patients increased from 51.1% in year 2005 to 64.0% in 2014. The elderly ICU patients were associated with higher in-hospital mortality compared to younger age groups. Conclusions The proportion of elderly patients admitted to ICUs increased over the last decade. However, overall in-hospital mortality has not increased during the same period.
Flutter atrial fetal - relato de caso e discussão terapêutica

Fetal tachycardia occurs in 0.4 - 0.6% of all pregnancies. Out of the sustained fetal tachyarrhythmias, the atrial flutter is the second most common. It causes fetal heart failure when not properly treated, and early pregnancy interruption may be required. The diagnosis of tachyarrhythmias is mainly achieved by intra-uterus echocardiography. The first choice treatment is the maternal oral administration of digoxin. The association with other antiarrhythmics such as sotalol or amiodarone is needed if there is no response to digoxin or if the fetus evolves with dropsy. In this case report, the treatment began with digoxin and because there was no response, it was associated with propafenone. Sotalol or amiodarone were not used due to maternal bradycardia and hypotension.
Title Recreational Marijuana Use is Not Associated with Worse Outcomes After Renal Transplantation

As marijuana (MJ) legalization is increasing, kidney transplant programs must develop listing criteria for marijuana users. However, no data exist on the effect of MJ on kidney allograft outcomes, and there is no consensus on whether MJ use should be a contraindication to transplantation. We retrospectively reviewed 1,225 kidney recipients from 2008-2013. Marijuana use was defined by positive urine toxicology screen and/or self-reported recent use. The primary outcome was death at one year or graft failure (defined as GFR<20ml/min/1.73m). The secondary outcome was graft function at one year. Using logistic regression analyses, we compared these outcomes between MJ-users and non-users. Marijuana use was not associated with worse primary outcomes by unadjusted (Odds Ratio 1.07, 95% CI 0.45-2.57, p=0.87) or adjusted (Odds Ratio 0.79, 95% CI 0.28-2.28, p=0.67) analysis. Ninety-two percent of grafts A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. functioned at one year. Among these, the mean creatinine (1.52, 95% CI 1.39-1.69 versus 1.46, 95% CI 1.42-1.49; p=0.38) and MDRD GFR (50.7, 95% CI 45.6-56.5 versus 49.5, 95% CI 48.350.7; p=0.65) were similar between groups. Isolated recreational MJ use is not associated with poorer patient or kidney allograft outcomes at one year. Therefore, recreational MJ use should not necessarily be considered a contraindication to kidney transplantation.
The rheological behavior of concentrated orange juice

In the present study, the rheological behavior of commercial concentrated orange juice was reported. Thermo physical properties of concentrated orange juice such as density and viscosity variation with temperature and concentration are modeled. The concentrated orange juice (COJ) samples are assumed to be Newtonian fluids with a considerably high viscosity. The simple exponential power model fit well for the viscosity and concentration data. The exponential model described the effect of temperature on the apparent viscosity and the consistency index of the power law model. It was found that the viscosity and concentration increased exponentially with concentration.
Basic Individual Values, Work Values, and the Meaning of Work

On presente ici une theorie des valeurs individuelles de base qui est appliquee au monde de l'enseignement. Les objectifs ou les valeurs du travail seraient des expressions de valeurs de base dans la situation de travail. Les valeurs de base recouvrent quatre types de valeurs professionnelles: intrinseques, extrinseques, sociales, et de prestige. Ces quatre categories proviennent du reexamen de recherches anterieures et d'une premiere etude portant sur un echantillon representatif israelien (N = 999). Les intercorrelations trouvees entre ces quatre types vont dans le sens des hypotheses concernant la structure des valeurs professionnelles. La deuxieme etude explore la signification du travail en tant que locomotion vers un but. Des enseignants espagnols (N = 193) et des eleves-professeurs (N = 179) ont evalue l'importance du travail et d'une serie detaillee de valeurs de base comme principes directeurs. Pour les enseignants, le travail permet apparemment d'obtenir la stabilite sociale et des relations sociales etroites. Pour les etudiants, le travail est lie a ces objectifs, mais aussi a la promotion personnelle, a 'autonomie et a la recherche de sensations. Nous insistons, dans la conclusion, sur l'utilite de l'application de la theorie des valeurs de base a d'autres investigations portant sur le travail.
Filtrations and canonical coordinates on nilpotent Lie groups

Let g be a finite-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero. Introducing the notion of a positive, decreasing filtration 9 on a, the paper studies the multiplicative structure of the universal enveloping algebra {/(g), and also transformation laws between ^-canonical coordinates of the first and second kind associated with the Campbell- Hausdorff group structure on g. The basic technique is to exploit the duality between C/(g) and S(g*), the symmetric algebra of g*, making use of the filtration S". When the field is the complex numbers, the preceding results, together with the Cauchy estimates, are used to obtain estimates for the structure constants for l/(g). These estimates are applied to construct a family of completions 1/(0)98, °i U(S)> on which the corresponding simply- connected Lie group G acts by an extension of the adjoint representation.