Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The 5X2 backward planning model for faculty development

Faculty are considered to be the backbone of any institute and their training and development are necessary for progressive growth of an educational organization. This necessity has been the focus of a lot of medical education research, resulting in a number of faculty development models concentrating on the methodology of program planning and implementation. Such models are mostly linear considering faculty development to be a onetime measure. However, there exists a clear distinction between faculty development and faculty training and in its true sense faculty development should emphasize on individual faculty growth over the long term synonymously with direct short-term goals related to faculty work. This idea encouraged us to develop a new model for FD to reinvent the way we approach faculty development and consider FD as a continuous cyclical process, rather than just a linear model. We conducted a qualitative study based on phenomenological observations, leading to the development of the 5x2 backward planning model. The model essentially consists of the following interchangeable stages; Decide stage (focused on decisions related to the context of the program and the kind of faculty attending it) Define stage( concerned with defining the needs of the program and its objectives); Design stage (concentrates on design of the material and the methods of delivery for the identified objectives); Direct stage ( directing both the learning and development of faculty and establishing a community of practice) lastly, the Dissect stage (focusing on scrutinizing the fulfillment of the objectives and the developmental KPIs.)
Iodinated contrast media-induced hyperthyroidism

Currently, iodinated contrast media (ICM) is widely used in radiology, therefore numerous patients are exposed to contrast administration during diagnostic and interventional procedures. ICM contains an amount of iodine well above the recommended dietary allowance, which can lead to thyroid dysfunction. Indeed, individuals that are highly susceptible to increased iodine intake are often patients with pre-existing thyroid disease. ICM-induced hyperthyroidism (IIH) is usually transient, however, it may present as clinically significant thyrotoxicosis. Although IIH has been investigated in multiple studies, there is still a lack of consensus regarding prophylactic therapy of IIH and no specific guidelines. This review aimed to summarise previous literature concerning the influence of ICM exposure on thyroid status and prophylactic therapy of IIH.
İlaca Bağlı Olarak Çene Kemiklerinde Görülen Osteonekrozda Dental Yönetim ve Güncel Tedavi Yaklaşımları: Derleme

Gunumuzde meme, prostat veya akciger kanseri, hiperkalsemi, multipl myelom veya osteolitik yapidaki metastatik lezyonlarin tedavisinde antirezorptif ve antianjiyojenik ilaclar kullanilmaktadir. Bu hastaliklara ek olarak osteoporoz tedavisinde de kullanilabilmektedirler. Bu ilaclarin kullanimina bagli olarak, maksilla ve mandibulada osteonekroz olusabilmektedir. Bu derlemede; cenelerde ilac kullanimina bagli olarak gelisen osteonekrozlarin etiyolojisi, risk faktorleri, klinik seyri, radyolojik ozellikleri, guncel tedavi protokolleri ve ayrica dis hekimi yaklasimi hakkinda bilgi vermeyi amacladik.
On a multilevel Levenberg–Marquardt method for the training of artificial neural networks and its application to the solution of partial differential equations

In this paper, we propose a new multilevel Levenberg–Marquardt optimizer for the training of artificial neural networks with quadratic loss function. This setting allows us to get further insight into the potential of multilevel optimization methods. Indeed, when the least squares problem arises from the training of artificial neural networks, the variables subject to optimization are not related by any geometrical constraints and the standard interpolation and restriction operators cannot be employed any longer. A heuristic, inspired by algebraic multigrid methods, is then proposed to construct the multilevel transfer operators. We test the new optimizer on an important application: the approximate solution of partial differential equations by means of artificial neural networks. The learning problem is formulated as a least squares problem, choosing the nonlinear residual of the equation as a loss function, whereas the multilevel method is employed as a training method. Numerical experiments show encouraging results related to the efficiency of the new multilevel optimization method compared to the corresponding one-level procedure in this context.
Inbreeding and Inbreeding Depression in a Deciduous Shrub, Magnolia salicifolia, in the Understory of a Japanese Beech Forest

Authors conducted pollination experiments and genetic analyses using microsatellite loci for a natural population of a shrub species, Magnolia salicifolia, in a secondary Japanese beech forest in Hakkoda mountains, northern Japan, to analyze inbreeding and inbreeding depression that involve sexual reproduction and population genetic structure of the species. The pollination experiments revealed that self-fertilization through geitonogamy is possible and that the magnitude of inbreeding depression (δ) at the embryonic stage is substantial (δ= 0.42), suggesting that the inbreeding depression due to self-fertilization decreases seed production of the natural population. The genetic analyses showed discrepancy in the level of inbreeding between life history stages: the inbreeding coefficient for the juvenile and adult stage was 0.17 and 0.01, respectively, implying that most of inbred progenies cannot grow to the adult stage in the population, since the cumulative inbreeding depression is severe. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that explains mechanisms causing stable maintenance of severe inbreeding depression in partially inbred populations by focusing on the selective interference among deleterious mutations.It is suggested that some reproductive traits facilitating outcrossing in the species would be attributed to the severe cumulative inbreeding depression.
Dependency Distances and Their Frequencies in Indo-European Language

ABSTRACT The present study investigates the relationship between two features of dependencies, namely, dependency distances and dependency frequencies. The study is based on the analysis of a parallel dependency treebank that includes 10 Indo-European languages. Two corresponding random dependency treebanks are generated as baselines for comparison. After computing the values of dependency distances and their frequencies in these treebanks, for each lan-guage, we fit four functions, namely quadratic, exponent, logarithm, and power-law func-tions, to its original and random datasets. The preliminary result shows that there is a rela-tion between the two dependency features for all 10 Indo-European languages. The relation can be further formalized as a power-law function which can distinguish the observed data from randomly generated datasets.
Field triage of children with abdominal trauma

Objective Identify physical findings in children with abdominal trauma to inform prehospital providers regarding appropriate hospital destinations. Methods This is a secondary analysis of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Abdominal Trauma Public Use Dataset. Children involved in motor vehicle collisions; struck by motor vehicles at >20 mph; involved in all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle, or scooter accidents; or who fell from >10 ft (n = 5575) were included. Stepwise multivariable multinomial logistic regression was used to compare clinical findings at presentation between children with no intra-abdominal injury, intra-abdominal injury without intervention, and intra-abdominal injury with intervention (laparoscopy/laparotomy, embolization, red blood cell transfusion, or admission >48 h on intravenous fluids). Results Compared to children with no intra-abdominal injury, children with intra-abdominal injury (with and without intervention) were more likely to have evidence of abdominal wall trauma, abdominal tenderness, peritoneal irritation, decreased breath sounds, distracting painful injury, and evidence of thoracic trauma. Children with intra-abdominal injury requiring intervention were more likely to have evidence of abdominal wall trauma (OR 3.32, 95% CI 2.03–5.44) and be intubated (OR 4.93, 95% CI 3.17–7.65) when compared to children with intra-abdominal injury without intervention. Conclusions The findings of abdominal tenderness, peritoneal irritation, decreased breath sounds, distracting painful injury, and thoracic trauma may be used to identify children who warrant evaluation at any trauma center because of increased risk of intra-abdominal injury, whereas intubation and evidence of abdominal wall trauma help identify children with intra-abdominal injury in need of transport to a pediatric trauma center due to risk of undergoing intervention.
Market Efficiency Indicators in Marine Fish Marketing in Goa, India

The Indian State of Goa has a coastal length of 104 Kms and the State contributes 1.85% to the marine fish production of the country. A study was conducted to assess the market efficiency indicators such as Gross Marketing Margin, Percentage Share of Fisherman in the Consumers Rupee (PSFCR) and the Coefficient of variation. The study revealed that high value fishes such as cobia, silver Whiting, seer fishes, prawns and milk shark recorded a comparatively higher price spread. Varieties which recorded higher PSFCR were speckled prawn (72.86%), cobia (70.31%), seerfish (69.98%), Brown shrimps or ginga prawns (69.43%), pony fish (67.58%) and milk shark (65.61%). At the point of first sales, high value fishes such as cobia, seerfishes, prawns and silver biddy had a co-efficient of variation of less than 10% indicating a higher price stability. High value fishes such as ribbon fishes, seerfishes, cobia, indian white prawn, barracudas, brown prawns, speckled prawns, kadal shrimps and half beaks were among the list of fishes which recorded a low co-efficient of variation of less than 10% at the point of last sales.
Impact of Company Size, Political Connections, Audit Opinion and Fees on Audit Report Lag in Indonesia

- This study aims to analyse whether the factors of company size, political connections, audit opinion, and audit fees affect the Audit Report Lag (ARL). The research method used is quantitative with secondary data in the form of financial and non-financial data from financial reports and annual reports of industrial business and property sectors. The population in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The research period is between 2013 and 2017. The test results found that Company Size, Political Connections and Audit Fees have negative influences on ARL, while Audit Opinion is identified no effect on ARL.
Electron spectroscopy studies of argon K-shell excitation and vacancy cascades

Electron spectroscopy combined with tunable synchrotron radiation has been used for studies of Ar K-shell excitation and vacancy decay processes. In addition, electrons and fluorescent X-rays have been recorded in coincidence to select subsets of the ejected electron spectra. Examples are presented for Ar 1s photoelectrons and KLL and LMM Auger spectra.
Assessing the Fish Stock Status in Lake Trichonis: A Hydroacoustic Approach

Fish stock monitoring is an important element for the sustainable management of inland water resources. A scarcity of data and the lack of systematic monitoring for Lake Trichonis precludes an up-to-date assessment. To assess the current status of pelagic fish stock, a hydroacousting survey was conducted for the first time in Lake Trichonis, Greece. In October 2019, the lake was acoustically surveyed with two, horizontally and vertically mounted, 120 kHz transducers during day and night. A decreasing gradient in pelagic fish density from the western to the eastern shores of the lake was observed. Fish density was significantly higher in the intermediate layers of the water column, in the eastern region, compared to the western region. The lake appears to host primarily communities of small-sized fish (TL: 0–5 cm), whereas larger fish (TL: 5–50 cm) are a small minority of the total fish stock. The overall average estimated fish length was approximately 2.4 cm. The adoption of routine inland fish stock monitoring through hydroacoustic methods could be a promising step in the effort to improve the understanding of unique inland water ecosystems with minimum impact on endemic species, as well as to mitigate human impact and achieve long-term sustainable management.
Research on global coupling analysis and approximate decoupling of quality characteristics in the early design stage

Due to the existence of coupling relationships, quality characteristics form a variation propagation process, which increases the risk possibility of product quality. In order to improve the robustness of quality characteristics, this paper proposes a fuzzy clustering-based key quality characteristics decoupling planning considering risk criticality. Firstly, based on the design structure matrix, a modular correlation matrix of key quality characteristics was established to quantify the coupling relationships among them. Secondly, according to the variation characteristics of quality characteristics, the variation propagation model is constructed to identify the potential quality risk. Thirdly, the fuzzy clustering algorithm is used to obtain the optimal control sequence of key quality characteristics. Finally, the computerized numerical control machine tool is taken as an actual case, the effectiveness and superiority of this method are verified by the comparison of the numerical result and method. This method provides a new indicator system solution for the coupling analysis of product design.
Risk Management as Passionate Imitation: The Interconnections Among Emotions, Performance Metrics, and Risk in a Global Technology Firm

This paper traces the evolution of risk management practices in a global technology company between 2000 and 2015. We extend recent research that has highlighted the emotional aspects of riskwork. We detail how a passionate interest—‘we can do better at risk management’—emotionally ‘hooked’ the staff in the company’s Sourcing Unit. Risk management, emotion, and management controls were intertwined. When top management singled out one of the key metrics clearly as a risk-related metric for the Sourcing Unit, the employees felt a strong sense of relief, which gave rise to subsequent extensive risk measurement. We also contribute to the more general debate about accounting and its entanglement with emotions. Little is known about the ‘birth’ and the reasons for durability of passionate interests. Following Tarde (1903/2013), such ‘birth’ and endurance can be explained by analyzing how passionate imitation emerges as a result of a series of dislocal events—in our case a fire, new performance metrics, and natural disasters. These events triggered emotions that provided the necessary energy for three forms of passionate imitation: a) ‘we need to imitate our main competitor’ and risk mapping; b) ‘others in the organization are imitating us and our suppliers should imitate us’ and risk measurement; and c) ‘others in the organization (more specifically the Product Development Unit) should imitate us’ and proactive risk avoidance. This passionate imitation helped explain why the sourcing staff continued to be emotionally ‘hooked’ to risk management, that is, how the passionate interest endured and became vested.
Particle methods for multiscale simulation of complex flows

The multi-scale structures of complex flows have been great challenges to both theoretical and engineering researches, and multi-scale modeling is the natural way in response. Particle methods (PMs) are ideal constitutors and powerful probes of multi-scale models, owing to their physical insight and computational simplicity. In this paper, the role of different PMs for multi-scale modeling of complex flows is critically reviewed and possible development of PMs in this background is prospected, with the emphasis on pseudo-particle modeling (PPM). The performances of some different PMs are compared in simulations and new development in the fundamentals and applications of PPM is also reported, demonstrating PPM as a unique PM for multi-scale modeling.
Complete androgenin sensitivity syndrome presenting with primary amenorrhoea and inguinal mass: a case report

Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), also known as testicular feminization, an X-linked recessive disorder comprises a wide range of phenotypes that are caused by various types of mutations in the androgen receptor gene. AIs can be classified as complete, partial, or mild based on the phenotypic presentation. The clinical findings include a female type of external genitalia, 46-XY karyotype, absence of Mullerian structures, presence of Wolffian structures to various degree, and normal to high testosterone and gonadotropin levels. We report this case as an interesting and rare syndrome. The patient is a 15-year-old phenotypic female who presented with primary amenorrhea and normal-appearing external genitalia. Orchidectomy was done after proper counselling and proper psychological support was given to her.
Effects of Audiobooks on EFL Learners’ Reading Development: Focus on Fluency and Motivation

This study examined the effects of an intervention using audiobooks for the development of reading fluency, in terms of reading speed, reading comprehension, and motivation to read among Kazakhstani English as a foreign language (EFL) ninth-grade learners in the K–11 system. Silent reading with audiobooks (experimental group) and silent reading only (control group) were compared with a mixed-method study design, a reading motivation questionnaire, and a semi-structured interview. Quantitative data analysis was conducted using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The experimental group was found to significantly outperform the control group in reading speed while preserving substantial comprehension of the texts. The results further revealed that, while both groups’ motivation level increased, no statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups, suggesting that the use of audiobooks was not superior to silent reading for motivation enhancement. Nevertheless, a qualitative analysis of data obtained from the interviews revealed that the use of audiobooks had an overall positive effect on students’ attitudes toward the use of audiobooks and reading comprehension. The study concludes with a discussion of limitations and suggestions for future research.
Spiral Patterns in Liquid Crystals

The macroscopic configurations of various two-dimensional liquid crystal systems are explored. Aster, vortex and spiral patterns are analyzed for both inactive nematic and polar liquid crystals, as well as for active nematic and polar liquid crystals. The relevance of these systems to the cellular cytoskeleton is discussed. Differing theoretical models of the cytoskeleton are compared and extended to include a more general description of cytoskeletal dynamics.
Using Lidar technology to assess regional air pollution and improve estimates of PM2.5 transport in the North China Plain

Air pollutants seriously impact climate change and human health. In this study, the gridpoint statistical interpolation (GSI) three-dimensional variational data assimilation system was extended from ground data to vertical profile data, which reduced the simulation error of the model in the vertical layer. The coupled GSI-Lidar-WRF-Chem system was used to improve the accuracy of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulation during a wintertime heavy pollution event in the North China Plain in late November 2017. In this experiment, two vehicle-mounted Lidar instruments were utilized to make synchronous observations around the 6th Ring Road of Beijing, and five ground-based Lidars were used for long-term network observations on the North China Plain. Data assimilation was then performed using the PM2.5 vertical profile retrieved from the seven Lidars. Compared with the model results, the correlation of assimilation increased from 0.74–0.86, and the root-mean-square error decreased by 36.6%. Meanwhile, the transport flux and transport flux intensity of the PM2.5 were analyzed, which revealed that the PM2.5 around the 6th Ring Road of Beijing was mainly concentrated below 1.8 km, and there were obvious double layers of particles. Particulates in the southwest were mainly input, while those in the northeast were mainly output. Both the input and output heights were around 1 km, although the input intensity was higher than the output intensity. The GSI-Lidar-WRF-Chem system has great potential for air quality simulation and forecasting.
Are Time Management and Cyberloafing Related? Investigating Employees’ Attitudes

Time is a critical commodity both for individuals and companies because it is not possible to substitute or purchase it. The concept of time management, therefore, attracted the attention of both academicians and practitioners. Companies started to question behaviour of employees using their companies’ Internet access for non-work-related purposes during work hours. These activities constitute an unproductive use of time and detract employees from completing their work demands. In this framework, the purpose of this study is to understand whether time management and cyberloafing are related. Data were collected from 300 employees working in Istanbul, Turkey. Results show that the time wasters dimension negatively explained the variance in serious cyberloafing. Results also show that time planning and time attitude dimensions positively explained the variance in minor cyberloafing. Understanding the relationship between time management and cyberloafing provides fruitful results for companies and individuals in terms of productivity and achieving goals at work.
Safety and Efficacy of Dietary Supplements for Diabetes

Results from various surveys show that 30 – 70% of adult people with diabetes in the United States use alternative medicine, with one-third using it speci ﬁ cally to improve diabetes-related symptoms (1). Individuals with diabetes may be inclined to use these products for various reasons, including a belief that “ natural ” means without risks, concern over medication costs, in ﬂ uence from family and friends, and desire for further glucose lowering in addition to that achieved with traditional medications. However, supplements have the potential to cause adverse effects, drug interactions, and toxicity. Additionally, lack of regulatory oversight in the manufacturing and marketing of supplements can lead to inconsistent quality and quantity of ingredients within products.
Prevention of Routing Attacks using Trust-Based Multipath Protocol

: In order to provide secure data transmissions, the neighbour nodes must recognize different types of attacks and their effects on the Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET). To perform routing in the traditional protocol the number of hops is used to select the route. To measure the neighbour’s behaviour, to forward the packets, and to reduce the effect of malicious node trust model is used in MANET. In this paper, Trusted Path-based ad hoc on-demand multipath distance vector (TAOMDV) routing protocol is proposed. It is used to discover trustworthy forward paths and can prevent the blackhole, wormhole, flooding and misrouting attacks. The highest trusted path is selected to send the data. The above said attacks are prevented, by the TAOMDV, using passive acknowledgement. The simulation result shows that TAOMDV protocol achieves high packet delivery ratio (PDR), reduces the packet overhead and end to end delay of packet. It provides higher detection ratio of the attacker. But the throughput is achieved little lower while more attackers presents in the network.