Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does health and social care provision for the community dwelling older population help to reduce unplanned secondary care, support timely discharge and improve patient well-being? A mixed method meta-review of systematic reviews

Background: This study aimed to identify and examine systematic review evidence of health and social care interventions for the community-dwelling older population regarding unplanned hospital admissions, timely hospital discharge and patient well-being. Methods: A meta-review was conducted using Joanna Briggs and PRISMA guidance. A search strategy was developed: eight bibliographic medical and social science databases were searched, and references of included studies checked. Searches were restricted to OECD countries and to systematic reviews published between January 2013–March 2018. Data extraction and quality appraisal was undertaken by one reviewer with a random sample screened independently by two others. Results: Searches retrieved 21,233 records; using data mining techniques, we identified 8,720 reviews. Following title and abstract and full-paper screening, 71 systematic reviews were included: 62 quantitative, seven qualitative and two mixed methods reviews. There were 52 reviews concerned with healthcare interventions and 19 reviews concerned with social care interventions. This meta-review summarises the evidence and evidence gaps of nine broad types of health and social care interventions. It scrutinises the presence of research in combined health and social care provision, finding it lacking in both definition and detail given. This meta-review debates the overlap of some of the person-centred support provided by community health and social care provision. Research recommendations have been generated by this process for both primary and secondary research. Finally, it proposes that research recommendations can be delivered on an ongoing basis if meta-reviews are conducted as living systematic reviews. Conclusions: This meta-review provides evidence of the effect of health and social care interventions for the community-dwelling older population and identification of evidence gaps. It highlights the lack of evidence for combined health and social care interventions and for the impact of social care interventions on health care outcomes. Registration: PROSPERO ID CRD42018087534; registered on 15 March 2018.
WI-FI RSS FINGERPRINTING FOR INDOOR LOCALIZATION USING AUGMENTED REALITY

Abstract. Indoor localization has attracted the attention of researchers for wide applications in areas like construction, facility management, industries, logistics, and health. The Received Signal Strength (RSS) based fingerprinting method is widely adopted because it has a lower cost over other methods. RSS is a measurement of the power present in the received radio signal. While this fingerprinting method is very popular, there is a significant amount of effort required for collecting fingerprints for indoor space. In this paper, we propose an RSS fingerprinting method using Augmented Reality (AR) that does not rely on an external sensor resulting in ease of use and maintenance. This method uses spatial mapping techniques to help align the floor plan of existing buildings; then, after the alignment, we map local device coordinates to global coordinates. After this process, we partition the space in equally distanced reference points for RSS fingerprint collection. We developed an application for Microsoft HoloLens to align the floor plan and collect fingerprints on reference points. Then we tested collected fingerprints with existing RSS based indoor localization methods for its accuracy and performance.
Improving Regional Fiscal Capacity in Central Java Province Indonesia

This study discusses the development of fiscal capacity in Central Java, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to analyze internal and external factors that increase regional fiscal capacity, and formulate strategies by analyzing internal and external elements to obtain four alternative strategies namely 'strength opportunity' strategy, 'strength threat' strategy, 'weakness opportunity' strategy and Strategy for 'weaknesses threats'. This study uses secondary data to analyze indicators of regional fiscal capacity and primary data collected through focused discussions, to analyze strategies. The results of the analysis indicate that there are several main strategies to increase regional fiscal in Central Java Province, namely the program of intensification and extensification of regional taxes; improving the quality of human resources with special competencies in the field of taxation; synergy and internal coordination between regional government institutions; improvement of the supervision system for taxpayers; realizing clear and legal regional regulations, simplifying the mechanism for managing investment licenses in Central Java and optimizing regional revenues through modernizing the collection of taxes and levies by utilizing technology. Modernization of increasing regional fiscal capacity will encourage the achievement of equitable regional revenue, increase public participation, administrative efficiency, consistent law enforcement, and improve the level of public confidence in the implementation of good governance.
Cloning and Sequence Analysis of SVP and AGL24 Genes in Chrysanthemum

The SVP (SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE)/AGL24 (AGAMOUS-LIKE 24) gene is a member of the MADS-box family and plays an important role in the transformation of plants from vegetative to reproductive growth. In order to understand the mechanism of flowering transformation in Chrysanthemum morifolium, two SVP/AGL24 homologous genes named CmSVP1 and CmAGL24 were cloned from C. morifolium 'Jinbudiao' using RT-PCR. Biological information indicated that the coding regions of CmSVP1 and CmAGL24 were 678 bp and 468 bp in length, encoding 225 and 154 amino acids respectively. The subcellular localization predicition of CmSVP1 and CmAGL24 proteins were both in the nucleus. They were hydrophilic proteins, and the α-helix was the largest structural component in the protein secondary structure. The analysis of transmembrane regions suggested that these proteins may not have transmembrane regions. Further proteins homology comparisons showed that the CmSVP1 and TcSVP were clustered into one group, while CmAGL24 was recently related to AaAGL24. This study provides a theoretical basis for analyzing the molecular mechanism of chrysanthemum flowering regulation and improving flowering by molecular means.
Detection of the antibacterial efficacy of Paenibacillus polymyxa against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice seedlings, and the antimicrobial related genes

Paenibacillus polymyxa bacterium has been known as a biocontrol agent (BCA) for various plant diseases, and it promotes the growth of several treated plants. On the other hand, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is an important bacterial pathogen that causes bacterial leaf blight (BLB) to rice plants, and cause high yield loss during the growing season. In this study, P. polymyxa SX3 inhibited the in vitro growth of Xoo by 80% and affected the biofilm formation. Also, the cell membrane of Xoo lost its permeability after treating it with culture filtrate of P. polymyxa at its MIC (40%). Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) observations showed an influence of the culture filtrate of P. polymyxa on the cell morphology of Xoo. Applying P. polymyxa decreased the severity of bacterial leaf blight on rice seedlings to 4.9%, compared to 42.5% of the control. Moreover, this strain also improved the growth parameters of the rice seedlings significantly by increasing the shoot length, root length, fresh and dry weight by 166.7%, 168.2%, 100%, and 255.6%; respectively, compared to the positive control (Xoo only). Three antimicrobial related genes; pmxB, pmxD, and Fusdel were detected in P. polymyxa SX3 using nine specific gene markers. The aims of the study were to investigate the impact of P. polymyxa SX3 on in vitro growth of Xoo, in vivo growth of the rice seedlings in the greenhouse, and to detect the presence of related antimicrobial genes.
Efficient Breast Cancer Classification Using Tumor Area and Boundaries Calculation

 Abstract — Many of the women across the world suffer from breast cancer. Since the causes of this disease remain unknown, early detection and diagnosis are essential to control the breast cancer, increase the success of the treatment, save live, and reduce costs. Unfortunately, the methods proposed in the literature are suffering from low detection rates. In this paper, we proposed two new methods called C-Comp and CRoI. Both methods efficiently detect benign and malignant breast cancer tumors using shape circularity. The experimental results show that, the proposed C-Comp method achieved a detection rate of 12.3% higher than other previous work. However, the proposed CRoI method achieved a detection rate of 5.6 % higher than other previous work.
Dendrochronological studies and the deternination of tree ages in the Australian tropics

In temperate regions the ages of trees can be measured by counting the annual rings revealed on an increment core. The central principle of dendro- chronology - crossdating - simply ensures greater accuracy. In the tropics and sub-tropics growth periodicity may not be clearly limited to a particular season, so that it is necessary first to ascertain whether any anatomical structures delimit annual periods. This problem is discussed with particular reference to the Austra- lian tropics. The climate and forest vegetation of tropical Australia are described. Studies on Eucalyptus and Callitris in open woodlands in the monsoon climates of northern Australia indicate that trunk diameter growth is confined to the wet season. The resulting growth bands, although predominantly annual, are difficult to count, but the trees are not long-lived. However, trees 1000 years old, and possibly considerably older, do occur in the tropical rain forests of eastern Australia. A variety of techniques for measuring age is discussed and it is con- cluded that in the case of Araucaria, and probably some other conifers, the growth bands are approximately annual. Discrepancies between radiocarbon dates and ages derived by other techniques do occur however, and indicate a need for further research. Dendrochronological studies on Pisonia grandis are described in detail to illustrate how ring-width measurements and correlation with climatic factors can sometimes be used to verify the annual nature of the growth rings.
Different Approaches to Enantiosemy in English

Our interest in this article is to investigate different approaches to enantiosemy in English. In the coverage of a variety of viewpoints introduced in the present article, reference is made to well-established traditional and most recent perspectives and approaches provided by both European and Russian scholars with the view of elucidating different principles of classification. The data for the analysis are extracted from different dictionaries and British National Corpus in order to find distinct motivated meanings between opposite senses in the semantic structure of enantiosemic words. The analysis of the data enables us to reveal some regularities of antonymic relations which make it possible to regard them as special cases of polysemy in English. For this reason we consider it crucial to disclose integral and differentiating semes, as well as different potential semes, which give rise to different associations.
INDUCING AUTOTETRAPLOID PEA WITH COLCHICINE AND DMSO

In order to acquire autotetraploid pea,diploid pea seeds(Baofeng No.2)were treaded with mixture of 0.05% colchicine(C_ 22 H_ 25 O_6)and 2% DMSO and different exposure time(24,48 and 72h)under different temperature(5℃～6℃,10℃～12℃,15℃～16℃,18℃～20℃ and 30℃). 48 hours exposure under temperature of 15℃～16℃ showed the highest survival rate and inducing 54.5% and 9.5%,respectively.Morphological and cytological observation showed that the fertile polyploids were autotetraploids(2n=4x=28). Compared with its parent,autotetraploid has higher plant hight,wider stem and tendril,larger gross leaf area,dark green leaf,longer growth period,bigger pollen grain and pollen mother cell,and also pods and seeds.Continue selection is effective to fertility of autotetraplold.
Japan's Inbound Tourism Boom: Lessons for its Post-COVID-19 Revival

In this paper, we review developments in Japanese inbound tourism and investigate the main determinants of its rapid growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model with data on 34 tourism source markets from 1996Q1 to 2018Q4, we find that not only tourist income and tourism-related relative prices, also visa policies have had significant impacts on Japan’s inbound tourism demand in the long run. In the short run, natural disasters have had large and prolonged effects on tourism. We then derive policy implications for the post-COVID-19 revival of Japanese inbound tourism.
AVALIAÇÃO DE PROPRIEDADES FÍSICAS E MECÂNICAS DE MADEIRAS DE JATOBÁ (Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne) COM DIFERENTES TEORES DE UMIDADE E EXTRAÍDAS DE REGIÕES DISTINTAS

Este trabalho objetivou investigar a influencia das regioes de extracao (Municipios de Caracarai e Bonfim, Sul de Roraima; Municipio de Alta Floresta, Norte de Mato Grosso) da madeira da especie jatoba (Hymenaea stilbocarpa). Tambem, foi avaliada a influencia do teor de umidade (madeira saturada e a 12%) em 15 propriedades fisicas e mecânicas de interesse. Ao todo, foram preparados e ensaiados, segundo as prescricoes da Norma Brasileira ABNT NR 7190 (1997), 840 corpos de prova. Os resultados da analise de variância (a 5% de significância) revelaram que a regiao de extracao dos corpos de prova nao foi significativa nas propriedades fisicas e mecânicas avaliadas, pois foram obtidos valores equivalentes, independentemente da origem, aspecto altamente interessante a medida que nem sempre e possivel identificar a regiao de onde provem a madeira tropical. Essa importância e ainda maior no caso do emprego da madeira como elemento, cujos valores de referencia se encontram apontados nos anexos do referido documento normativo. Com relacao ao teor de umidade, foi observada diferenca significativa em oito das 15 propriedades avaliadas. A condicao de 12% de teor de umidade apresentou valores medios superiores a condicao saturada nas propriedades de resistencia na compressao paralela (37%), resistencia na tracao paralela (29%) e cisalhamento (36%) na direcao paralela as fibras; modulo de resistencia na flexao (26%), modulo de elasticidade na compressao paralela (9%) e 200 direcoes paralelas (35%) e normal (28%) as fibras; e inferior na densidade aparente.
Binding of Amiloride to Sodium Channels in Frog Skin

Interactions between sodium ions and amiloride with the mucosal membrane have been studied using voltage-clamped frog skin. At sodium concentrations greater than 10 mEq/ liter the interactions of amiloride with the mucosal channels appear to be competitive and have a stoichiometry of 1:1. Binding of amiloride to sodium channels has been measured using [ 14 C]amiloride. Reasonable agreement was found for the affinities of amiloride and triamterene derived from binding studies compared to values from inhibition studies. Antidiuretic hormone had no effect on the number of sodium channels in the mucosal surface of the skin, while the nominal currents passing the channels were doubled. The implications of the findings are discussed in relation to the mechanism by which antidiuretic hormone increases the mucosal permeability for sodium.
Theoretical background and application of multiple goal pursuit trajectory follower

Autonomous and self-driving technology is a rapidly emerging field among automotive-related companies and academic research institutes. The main challenges include sensory perception, prediction, trajectory planning and trajectory execution. The current paper introduces a design strategy and the mathematical background of the optimization problem with regard to the multiple goal pure pursuit algorithm. The aim of the algorithm is to provide a low degree of computational complexity and, therefore, a fast trajectory-tracking approach. Finally, in terms of our approach, not only the theoretical questions but the application challenges will be described as well.
The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention

The construction and operation of buildings is a major contributor to global energy demand, greenhouse gases emissions, resource depletion, waste generation, and associated environmental effects, such as climate change, pollution and habitat destruction. Despite its wide relevance, research on building-related environmental effects often fails to achieve global visibility and attention, particularly in premiere interdisciplinary journals – thus representing a major gap in the research these journals offer. In this article we review and reflect on the factors that are likely causing this lack of visibility for such a prominent research topic and emphasise the need to reconcile the construction and operational phases into the physical unity of a building, to contribute to the global environmental discourse using a lifecycle-based approach. This article also aims to act as a call for action and to raise awareness of this important gap. The evidence contained in the article can support institutional policies to improve the status quo and provide a practical help to researchers in the field to bring their work to wide interdisciplinary audiences.
What shape is the relationship between body size and population density

On average, small-bodied organisms are more abundant than large ones (Elton 1927). This relationship between individual body mass and population density (hereafter referred to as the mass-density relationship) has been extensively studied, and the literature presents two strikingly different sets of observations on it. The purpose of the present study is to re-examine these apparently conflicting observed patterns and to suggest hypotheses to reconcile them. One set of authors has quantified the mass-density relationship by assembling estimates of population densities from the published literature (Damuth 1981, Peters and Wassenberg 1983, Peters and Raelson 1984, Currie and Fritz 1993). Such studies typically draw data from detailed studies of individual species. These species generally derive from many phyla, drawn from a wide geographic area. This process yields relationships such as the one shown in Fig. 1, which are usually described by the statistical model:
EFFECTS OF DIETARY MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES AND LIVE YEAST SUPPLEMENTATION ON NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY, NUTRITIVE VALUE AND RUMEN FERMENTATION IN SHEEP

This study investigated the impacts of dietary Moringa Oleifera leaves (MOL) and yeast culture (YC) (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) supplementation on nutrient digestibility, feeding value and rumen fermentation in sheep. Four digestibility trials were carried out using four healthy mature Saidi rams were used for each trail as 4x4 Latin square. Each trial lasted for three weeks, the first two weeks were considered as a preliminary period followed by one week collection period. The groups were a control group fed basal diet without supplement and treated groups fed MO,2.5% of concentrate mixture (T1), YC, 0.5% of concentrate mixture (T2) and 2.5% MOL + 0.5% YC of concentrate mixture (T3). All of Moringa leaves or yeast culture (YC) was mixed with concentrate diet. All animals were fed 60% of their requirements as DM, concentrate mixture while, wheat straw was given as roughages ad libitum. The experimental design was Latin square model. The data were statistically analyzed using general linear model (G.L.M) procedure of S.A. S (2001) program, version 8.2. The results referred that, the digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fibre and ether extract were improved (P<0.05) for T3 diet compared with control diet. However, no significant differences were found between T1 and T2 diets or between T2 and T3 diets. Also, the feeding value expressed as total digestible nutrient (TDN), digestible crude protein (DCP) and digestible energy (DE) were higher for T2 and T3 diets than T1 and control diets.No significant differences were observed in ruminal pH among groups. Supplementation of Moringa leaves with live yeast culture to concentrate diet (T3) increased (P <0.05) rumen ammonia nitrogen as compared with other groups. However, the volatile fatty acids (VFAs) was higher (P<0.05) with supplement YC to concentrate diet group (T2) than other groups. The total bacteria count in rumen liquid was higher (P<0.05) in yeast group (T2) than other groups. Also, all treated groups were higher in total bacteria count than control one. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of Moringa leaves and live yeast culture (S. cerevisiae) to concentrate mixture may improve nutrient digestibility and rumen fermentation patterns in sheep
Correlates of district-level turnout in Vienna: What role does electoral exclusion play?

With an increasing share of voting-age residents without Austrian citizenship, Vienna is a striking example of a boundary problem of electoral participation. Without Austrian citizenship comes an exclusion from electoral rights at national, regional and, for some, also at European elections. The paper examines turnout rates and their socio-demographic covariates for 11 elections on the aggregate level of districts in Vienna, Austria, from 2004 to 2019. The analysis shows that aggregate turnout is statistically associated with socio-economic district characteristics, diversity within the electorate and the proportion of individuals not eligible to vote. To conclude, the paper discusses possible mechanisms behind the correlation of electoral exclusion and turnout and provides perspectives for further empirical tests of such mechanisms.
The immune regulation of PD-1/PDL-1 axis, a potential biomarker in multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterised by a chronic inflammation within the central nervous system. In the last ten years, studies on multiple sclerosis have been concentrated on the discovery of new biomarkers of disease and potential therapeutic targets. In chronic infection or in cancer, the immune system response is faulty and maintained in a condition defined as T-cell exhaustion induced by expression of co-inhibitory receptors. The PD-1/PDL-1 pathway is demonstrated to be the main one responsible for promoting T-cell exhaustion, and immunotherapies targeting PD-1 or PDL-1 have shown beneficial clinical outcomes in several tumours and chronic diseases. Contrarily, transcriptional T-cell exhaustion signature and high expression of co-inhibitor receptor PD-1 are associated with favourable prognosis in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. Several studies have clearly demonstrated PD-1 has a dual role in immune self-tolerance: to constrain autoreactive T cells in anergic condition and to protect the tissue from the damage caused by the activation of endogenous autoreactive T cells. Consequently, immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies that target inhibitory receptors in cancer cause an exacerbation of autoimmune diseases. This review describes the roles of the PD-1/ PDL-1 pathway in cancer and autoimmune diseases, especially in multiple sclerosis, and how manipulating PD-1 can be a therapeutic approach in multiple sclerosis.