Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Health professionals’ experience of nursing home residents’ consumption of alcohol and use of psychotropic drugs

Background: Nursing home (NH) residents are in most cases in older ages and use prescription drugs. As alcohol interacts with many commonly prescribed drugs, NH residents may be more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol. Aim: To investigate the experiences of health professionals in Norwegian NHs when it comes to residents' alcohol consumption and use of psychotropic drugs, and the facilitation of such use in the NH. Method: Focus-groups and individual interviews with NH health professionals were performed in 2017 and 2018. The data were analysed using content analysis. Findings: Two main themes emerged: (1) the balancing of alcohol consumption, and (2) the use of psychotropic drugs. Each of these themes involved reasoning, which revealed that the informants in general had little attention regarding alcohol consumption among residents, and few institutions had policies regarding serving and consumption of alcohol. The informants reported an increased attention regarding use of psychotropic drugs and a tendency towards less use of psychotropic drugs among the residents than before, but few informants reported use of standardised observations tools of symptoms related to prescribing and discontinuation of drugs. Conclusion: Alcohol policies or procedures related to alcohol consumption were uncommon at the NH that the interviewees of this study represented, and the professionals regarded infrequent serving and consumption of alcohol among the residents as a part of everyday life. In cases when residents frequently consumed alcohol, the professionals used dialogue to underpin the adherent risks and they also tried to control the consumption of the resident in different ways. The interviewees were aware of various side-effects of psychotropic drugs; they were also aware of their effects in combination with alcohol.
Experimental Modeling of the Electrostatic Separation of Granular Materials

This article aims at demonstrating the interest the design of experiment methodology might present for modeling and optimization of a typical electrostatic separation process. A classical 23 full-factorial design followed by a composite design were employed for carrying out experiments on the selective sorting of conductive and nonconductive particles contained in a granular mixture. The study was performed on a roll-type corona-electrostatic separator, with samples prepared from genuine electric cable wastes, composed of 5% copper and 95% PVC. The response function was the mass of the middling fraction collected after separation, the factors under investigation being the high-voltage level, the speed of the rotating roll electrode, and the angular position of the splitter between the copper and middling compartments of the collector. By using commercial design of experiments software, it was possible to estimate the effects of these factors and then derive the model of the process as a quadratic polynomial function. This model served at predicting the optimal set point of the process. The results reported support design of experiments methodology as an efficient tool for the optimization of industrial electrostatic separation processes.
Boundary Management and Work‐Nonwork Balance While Working from Home

Within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigate work-nonwork boundary management among workers who transitioned to remote work Based on five waves of data and a sample of 155 remote workers, we find that the preference for segmentation was associated with greater work-nonwork balance We also found that having a dedicated office space within the home and fewer household members was associated with greater work-nonwork balance However, these variables did not moderate the relationship between segmentation preferences and work-nonwork balance as expected We discuss implications for future research on boundary management processes and practices (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Behind closed doors: Are sonographers coping? A literature review of sonographer burnout

With growing recognition of the way occupational health and safety physically impacts, how sonographers perform daily tasks, little research pertaining to the emotional challenges and subsequent burnout faced by sonographers on a daily basis has been undertaken. This narrative literature review aims to investigate the incidence and potential causes of burnout amongst sonographers in order to further explore sonographer well‐being. A literature search of medical databases and Google scholar was undertaken to identify articles related to the incidence and causes of sonographer burnout. This review revealed that the prevalence of sonographer burnout is high in Australasia and varied across different populations. Many potential causes of burnout have been postulated within the literature including increased scan numbers or work hours per week, working in hospital settings and chronic exposure to emotionally stressful situations. This review revealed that there is a paucity of published research discussing the incidence and causes of sonographer burnout to date. Further research is needed to investigate this very relevant topic.
Formulation and evaluation of herbal ointment containing Cajanus Cajan extract

From the ancient times being a rich source of protein and a most important forage crop, Cajanus Cajan is the most widely used and cultivated crop. It has also been used traditionally in many parts of the world for its innumerable medicinal properties but still its identity as a medicinal plant is not established. To date, several flavonoids, isoflavonoids, tannins and protein fractions have been isolated from its different parts and their medicinal uses have been established, but many bioactive constituents and pure compounds have so far been neglected by phytochemists and pharmacologists and a large amount of work has been done only on extracts and not the isolated fractions which shows scope for further study in this direction. Traditional knowledge of the past and present folk is of massive value to the development of newer drug compounds. In the present work an attempt has been made in the development of four formulations of herbal ointment of Cajanus Cajan. All the formulations were studied for physicochemical properties like spreadability, extrudability, washability, solubility, loss on drying and showed satisfactory results. The prepared formulations showed proper pH range that is approximately pH 6; it confirms the compatibility of the formulations with skin secretions. The ointment formulations were found to be stable during stability study according to ICH guidelines (40 ± 2 °C/ 75 ± 5 % RH) for 3 months. F4 was found to be the best formulation as it shows 97.36% drug release within 5 hours, drug content 97.68% as compared to other three formulations.
Locating large insects using automated VHF radio telemetry with a multi‐antennae array

We describe an automated radio telemetry system (ARTS) designed for estimating the location of 0.50 g butterflies which was constructed with commercially available materials. Previously described systems were not designed to estimate fine‐scale locations of large insects within approximately 200 m2 study areas. The ARTS consists of four receiving stations. Each receiving station has four 3‐element, directional Yagi antennae (separated by 60) connected to an automated receiver that records detected power sequentially from each antenna. To develop and evaluate the ARTS performance, four receiving stations were installed in the corners of 4 and 6.25‐ha square fields with varying heights of vegetative cover. The location of a 0.22 g transmitter was estimated with a statistical method implementing both distance‐and angle‐power relationships. Calibrated model parameters were based on power detected from transmitters at known locations. Using independently collected data, model performance was evaluated based on estimated locations of a georeferenced stationary transmitter, a moving transmitter with a known georeferenced path and a transmitter attached to a monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus. Estimated locations were calculated as frequently as every 5 s, which is at least 12 times greater than the sampling frequency previously reported for tracking insects. When sufficient power data were received, the median estimated locations of a transmitter attached to an investigator's hat were <16 m from the true location. The median effective radius of the 95% confidence ellipse was 18.3 m for stationary targets and 15.9 m for a moving transmitter. Greater error in location estimation was expected when the transmitter was attached to a monarch butterfly due to interference from vegetation and variability in antenna orientation and transmitter height. As such, the median distance between the estimated and true locations was 72 m. After applying a correction for the effect of vegetation, median location error was reduced by 12 m. While our ARTS has likely reached the limit of current technology, the system is still a substantial methodological advancement for locating butterflies. Our efforts should provide a benchmark as technology improves.
Chemical Constituents of Rumex abyssinicus Roots and Evaluation of Its Antimicrobial Activities

Medicinal plants are usually screened for phytochemicals that may lead to further isolation, purification, and characterization of their active principles. The roots of Rumex abyssinicus are used traditionally in Ethiopia for treating different diseases such as hepatitis, hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, typhus, and wounds. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the phytochemicals and in vitro antimicrobial activity of the roots of R. abyssinicus extracts. The roots were collected, chopped, and airdried under shade in the laboratory. Then, the dried plant material was subjected to sequential extraction using the maceration technique by soaking 1 kg of the sample in petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone, and methanol. Meanwhile, the filtrates were concentrated under reduced pressure using a rotary evaporator. Afterward, the crude extracts were dried and screened for in vitro antimicrobial activity tests using four bacterial and two fungal strains. Based on its activity, the acetone extract was used for column chromatographic isolation. Herein, two known anthraquinones were isolated and characterized: chrysophanol and emodin. The microbial activity of both extracts and isolated compounds were evaluated against medically important strains by the agar disc diffusion method. The concentration of the extracts and isolated compounds was 100 mg/mL tested against S. aureus ATCC25903, K. pneumoniae NCTC13368, E. coli ATCC 25722, P. aeruginosa DSMZ 1117 and C. albicans and S. cerevisiae. The zone of growth inhibition of extracts and isolated compounds were compared with standard drugs like Gentamycin and Mancozeb. The results showed that the isolated compounds (1 and 2) have higher bacterial growth inhibition than the extracts. However, compound 2 was not active against S. cerevisiae strain.
Analysis and modelling of the effective reaction rate in a developing mixing layer

Simulations of the chemically reacting mixing layer were performed. Especially the early stage of the flow transition, when the coherent Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices can be recognized, was studied. This is a physical problem of great importance in many industrial and environmental systems. Simple passive reaction of the second order is considered. Its effective rate is analysed for different values of the Damköhler number. The results are compared to the case of the steady, laminar shear flow. It is found that slow and fast reactions respond in different ways to the fluctuations of the reactant concentration. Faster reactions appeared to be much more sensitive to the character of mixing. Moreover a buffer layer of product of fast reactions forms in the system and separates the substrates what influence the effective reaction rate.
Strong visible-light emission in annealed poly(acrylic acid)

An intense and broadband photoluminescence emission is demonstrated in a bio-compatible film produced by thermal annealing of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). The annealing process enhances the emission intensity from weakly emitting sub-luminophores of C–O and C=O functional groups by a factor of more than two orders of magnitude. The emission property can be sensitively tuned by the annealing temperature, duration, the PAA solution preparation conditions such as solvent type and solvent:PAA ratio. The strong luminescence is attributed to the formation of rigid molecular structure due to aggregation and crosslinking. FTIR measurements show that the aggregation and crosslinking processes subdue nonradiative recombination pathways.
Effect of Accounting Information Systems, Teamwork, and Internal Control on Financial Reporting Timeliness

This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the timeliness of cooperative financial reporting. The methods of measurement and accountability of financial statements must be timely, as it is critical information for making decision. Factors related to accounting information system problems such as timeliness of financial reporting, accounting information systems, teamwork, and internal control were identified in the study as a model. The method in this research is quantitative by taking survey data. The data were processed using SPSS 25, with a model test and partial test to produce a study to analyze the factors that affect the timeliness of cooperative financial reporting. The samples consisted of 60 cooperatives from the city of Tangerang, in Indonesia. The correspondents have published financial reports for each period of the current year and were a legal entity. Furthermore, primary data were collected by a questionnaire using a Likert scale and analyzed by multiple linear regression. The results showed that the Accounting Information System, Teamwork, and Internal Control had a positive and significant effect on the Timeliness of Financial Report Submission. Therefore, the cooperative that prepares financial reports in a timely manner has applied the principles of accountability and transparency.
Securing Smart Homes using Intrusion Detection Systems

Botnets, such as Mirai or Reaper show that many Smart Home devices are low-hanging fruits for attackers. Nevertheless, it is an ongoing trend to replace everyday devices, such as TV, fridges or doorbells by smart successors. Thus, securing Smart Homes operated by private users remains an open issue. In this paper, we explore options to integrate an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) in a Smart Home installation. Smart Home devices use well-established technology. From a technical perspective, existing IDS approaches can be applied. We focus on non-technical challenges. This includes a system design that allows for a pre-configuration. It also calls for processes which allow users to invoke a security expert in the case of an attack that cannot be handled by simple means. We demonstrate our approach with a prototypical implementation.
Fluid‐preserved fishes are one solution for assessing historical change in fish trophic level

Abstract There are few resources available for assessing historical change in fish trophic dynamics, but specimens held in natural history collections could serve as this resource. In contemporary trophic ecology studies, trophic and source information can be obtained from compound‐specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids of nitrogen (CSIA‐AA‐N). We subjected whole Sebastes ruberrimus and Clupea pallasii to formalin fixation and 70% ethanol preservation. We extracted tissue samples from each fish pre‐fixation, after each chemical change, and then in doubling time for 32–64 days once placed in the final preservative. All samples were subjected to CSIA‐AA‐N, and their glutamic acid and phenylalanine profiles and associated trophic position were examined for differences over time by species. Glutamic acid and phenylalanine values were inconsistent in direction and magnitude, particularly during formalin fixation, but stabilized similarly (in 70% ethanol) among conspecifics. In some cases, the amino acid values of our final samples were significantly different than our initial pre‐preservation samples. Nonetheless, significant differences in glutamic acid, phenylalanine, and estimated trophic position were not detected among samples that were in 70% ethanol for >24 hr. Our results suggest that the relative trophic position of fluid‐preserved specimens can be estimated using CSIA‐AA‐N, and CSIA‐AA‐N estimates for fluid‐preserved specimens should only be reported as relative differences. Timelines of trophic position change can be developed by comparing specimens collected at different points in time, revealing trophic information of the past and cryptic ecosystem responses.
LANDSCAPE CHARACTERS FOR TOURISM ROUTES: CRITERIA TO ATTRACT SPECIAL INTEREST TOURISTS TO THE KUALA SELANGOR – SABAK BERNAM ROUTE

Tourism routes connect the city to the rural areas by linking a variety of activities and attractions. Tourism activities stimulate entrepreneurial opportunities through the development of ancillary products and services. The planning of resources and attractions along the route can be integrated to support the development of a region, conservation and rejuvenation of cultural and natural resources. An attractive route can attract special interest tourists whose travel motivation is to experience the rural environment. This paper examined the landscape characters found along the rural route of Kuala Selangor to Sabak Bernam in Selangor, Malaysia. Based on 250 survey questionnaires among locals and tourists, this study evaluated the importance of nine criteria of the rural tourism route. The findings suggested that the intangible criteria are pertinent to support the tangible criteria. This paper concludes by recommending ways to improve the landscape characters of the route to enrich the tourist experience.
Hot Melt Extrusion Processing Parameters Optimization

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the impact of processing parameters of the hot-melt extrusion (HME) on the pharmaceutical formulation properties. Carbamazepine (CBZ) was selected as a model water-insoluble drug. It was incorporated into Soluplus®, which was used as the polymeric carrier, to produce a solid dispersion model system. The following HME-independent parameters were investigated at different levels: extrusion temperature, screw speed and screw configuration. Design of experiment (DOE) concept was applied to find the most significant factor with minimum numbers of experimental runs. A full two-level factorial design was applied to assess the main effects, parameter interactions and total error. The extrudates’ CBZ content and the in vitro dissolution rate were selected as response variables. Material properties, including melting point, glass transition, and thermal stability, and polymorphs changes were used to set the processing range. In addition, the extruder torque and pressure were used to find the simplest DOE model. Each change of the parameter showed a unique pattern of dissolution profile, indicating that processing parameters have an influence on formulation properties. A simple, novel and two-level factorial design was able to evaluate each parameter effect and find the optimized formulation. Screw configuration and extrusion temperature were the most affecting parameters in this study.
Going Overboard: How Ironic Group Style Becomes Political on an Anonymous Imageboard

Anonymous online groups such as imageboards have increasing cultural influence. Recently, they have been connected with far-right political movements. This mixed-methods study investigates politics on Overboard, a Finnish imageboard. We use a convolutional neural network to learn linguistic features of the community’s own understanding of politics, studying two large text corpora, collected in 2014–2015 and 2018–2019. This enables us to find political messages in nominally non-political subforums and discount non-political “noise”—finding the “needles in the haystack. ” We quantify the prevalence of political talk on Overboard, assess its themes using topic modeling, and evaluate changes in their popularity. Finally, we qualitatively analyze the style of Overboard. We find that around one-tenth of messages on Overboard are identifiable as “political. ” Often, but not univocally, they voice far-right opinions, usually somewhat ironically. The prevalence of far-right themes has increased, likely because of importing global imageboard culture and in parallel with the increased popularity of nationalist-right politics in the broader Finnish public sphere. In terms of group style, the strong boundary between members and outsiders, together with the ironic and cynical speech norms, creates a bond between members. Such a group style lends itself to politicizing the collective.
Laboratory Pedagogical Workshop in Military Education as a Factor in Developing

Currently, in accordance with the implementation of federal state educational standards of higher education, it is necessary to train a military specialist who not only develops the necessary knowledge base for the implementation of professional activities, but also has the ability to quickly replenish and update knowledge, process an increasing flow of information. In this regard, the actualization of the developing capabilities of the organization of selfeducation of cadets in the process of teaching pedagogy is of particular importance. The aim of the article is to develop a technology for organizing self-education of cadets in the process of teaching pedagogy in the integration of intersubject connections with professional discipline as a complex of didactic conditions, providing not only the development of already manifested abilities and personal growth of students, but also the development of the methodological readiness of cadets for organizing self-education in higher military education. Research methods: analysis of the theory, design of a laboratory workshop on pedagogy in the integration of intersubject communications. The research results are presented by the developed program of a laboratory workshop on pedagogy, the substantive and methodological support of which promotes the ability to motivate, consciously and independently realize previously acquired professionally significant knowledge and skills of targeted action of activating self-cognitive activity, both in familiar and in altered conditions (quasi-professional), manifested in the methodological readiness of the course nt to the organization of self-education on the basis of the development of their individual strategy of self-cognitive activity.