Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Unravelling the Impact of Psychological Burnout and Compassion Fatigue on Turnover Intentions among Nursing Staff in Egypt's Governmental Sector: A Mediation Study

The current study examines the nature of the relationships between psychological burnout, compassion fatigue, and turnover intentions among nursing staff members in the governmental sector. A sample of 365 nurses was surveyed. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS AMOS 26. The results indicated a positive relationship between psychological burnout and turnover intentions, suggesting higher levels of burnout are associated with increased intentions to leave the job. Similarly, a positive relationship was found between psychological burnout, compassion fatigue and between compassion fatigue and turnover intentions among the tested sample. Most notably, the analyses identified compassion fatigue as a significant mediator in the relationship between psychological burnout and turnover intentions. This suggests that efforts to mitigate compassion fatigue may be helpful in reducing turnover intentions driven by psychological burnout. The study concludes with a discussion of these findings, including their theoretical and practical implications, recommendations, study limitations, and directions for future research.
Development of a Robot-assisted Virtual Rehabilitation System with Haptic Feedback

In this paper, the issue of integrating haptic technology of a robotic system and virtual environment is discussed. A robot-assisted virtual rehabilitation system is developed for bilateral training and telerehabilitation. In the system, we designed a training scene in the Unity game engine for these two rehabilitation modes, the proposed framework between two robots and virtual environment can allow the end-effectors to perform tasks as hand avatars in Unity and provide force feedback from virtual environment, the haptic rendering is generated on robot’s end-effector using a task-space impedance controller. Besides providing the feeling of interaction with virtual objects, we proposed a robot-assisted strategy to provide assistance force when the patient is unable to finish the task in virtual training scene, the assistance force can guide the patient to training path. We provide experiment results to demonstrate the performance of proposed system.
Constructing geographic areas for analysis of homicide in small populations

The rate estimates for rare events like homicide in small populations are very susceptible to data errors, and thus compromise the validity of inferences. This chapter discusses two geographic information systems (GIS)-based methods for constructing geographic areas with sufficiently large base populations to permit reliable estimates of homicide rates to be obtained. One is the spatial order method, and the other is the ISD method (after the Information & Statistics Division of the Health Service in Scotland, where it was devised). Both methods construct new analysis areas IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING This chapter appears in the book, Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis, edited by Fahui Wang. © 2005, Idea Group Inc. 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey PA 17033-1240, USA Tel: 717/533-8845; Fax 717/533-8661; URL-http://www.idea-group.com ITB10843 Analysis of Homicide in Small Populations 85 Copyright © 2005, Idea Group Inc. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. based on spatial proximity of basic units. For demonstration, the methods are applied to testing the herding-culture-of-honor hypothesis proposed by Nisbett and Reaves, and the result shows that the herding-culture-of-honor proposition is merely an artifact of unreliable estimate of homicide rates. The methodology, in general, is applicable to analysis of any rates with small base populations.
Discharge Analysis and Characterisation of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet and Generation of Plasma Activated Water for Agriculture Applications

Numerous long- and short-lived reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) are present in plasma activated water (PAW), which increases its distinctive features. PAW is appropriate for applicable in agriculture, food processing, surface sterilization, decontamination, due to the presence of various reactive species. In essence, RONS are excellent for enhancing plant growth, extending shelf life, and increasing microbial inactivation properties. So, in the current work, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) source have been designed, developed, and characterized to generate PAW. The designed CAP source and PAW have been electrically and optically characterized under various operational situations to determine the existence of RONS such as nitrate $(\mathrm{NO}_{3}{}^{-})$, nitrite $(\mathrm{NO}_{2}{}^{-})$, ozone O3), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The water sample has been treated with plasma at a different time interval. Numerous PAW characteristics, including nitrite, nitrate, and hydrogen-peroxide concentration, have been thoroughly investigated under various operating conditions. The characteristics of PAW are compared with those of raw water. The concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, and hydrogen peroxide rise linearly with increase in the plasma treatment duration. The generated PAW has been used in the irrigation of seeds. Higher germination potential with longer roots and shoots, self-extension, water holding capacity have been increased in the seeds irrigated with PAW. The study is extremely helpful for designing and creating a cold plasma-based PAW system for applications in food and agriculture.
Contradictions Identification of Safety and Security Requirements for Industrial Cyber–Physical Systems

Industrial cyber–physical systems (iCPSs) are the backbone of the fourth industrial revolution, facing more safety and security (S&S) challenges compared to traditional industrial systems. One of the most critical challenges is the collaborative analysis of S&S. Considerable efforts have been made toward integrating S&S and resolving their contradictions. However, a significant research gap remains regarding the accurate definition of contradictions in S&S requirements, along with an identification methodology. This study presents a systematical methodology to address this challenge. We propose two sufficient conditions that result in contradictions and provide algorithms to help their identification. Additionally, three measures have been proposed to reduce the difficulty of contradictions identification, including a conceptual model for iCPSs with S&S objectives to constrain objects and interactions within the model, a method for unifying the elicitation of S&S requirements, and a requirements template for coordinating the representation of S&S requirements. To provide insight into the operations of the methodology, we demonstrate its application in a smart factory. The results show that this approach can effectively identify the hidden contradictions in S&S requirements.
Determining the biocontrol capacities of Trichoderma spp. originating from Turkey on Fusarium culmorum by transcriptional and antagonistic analyses

In this study aiming to investigate potential fungal biocontrol agents for Fusarium culmorum, several isolates of Trichoderma spp. were evaluated for their antagonistic effects by means of transcriptional analyses. At first, 21 monosporic Trichoderma spp. isolates were obtained from natural wood debris and wood area soils in Manisa, Turkey. Trichoderma spp. Isolates were identified as belonging to four different species (T. atroviride, T. harzianum, T. koningii, and T. brevicompactum) by tef1-α sequencing. Then, the linear growth rate (LGR) of each species was calculated and determined to be in a range between 13.22 ± 0.71 mm/day (T. atroviride TR2) and 25.06 ± 1.45 mm/day (T. harzianum K30). Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) genotyping validated the tef1-α sequencing results by presenting two sub-clusters in the dendrogram. We determined the genetically most similar (TR1 & TR2; 97.77%) and dissimilar (K9 & K17; 40.40%) individuals belonging to the same and different species, respectively. Dual sandwich culture tests (which are useful for antagonism studies) revealed that T. harzianum K21 (the least suppressive) and T. brevicompactum K26 (the most suppressive) isolates suppressed F. culmorum with growth rates of 3% and 46%, respectively. Expressions of genes previously associated with mycoparasitism-plant protection-secondary metabolism (nag1, tgf-1, and tmk-1) were tested by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) in both those isolates. While there were no significant differences (p>0.05) in expression that were present in the K21 isolate, those three genes were upregulated with fold change values of 2.69 ± 0.26 (p<0.001), 2.23 ± 0.16 (p<0.001), and 5.38 ± 2.01 (p<0.05) in K26, meaning that the presence of significant alteration in the physiological processes of the fungus. Also, its mycoparasitism potential was tested on Triticum aestivum L. cv Basribey in planta, which was infected with the F. culmorum FcUK99 strain. Results of the trials, including specific plant growth parameters (weight or length of plantlets), confirmed the mycoparasitic potential of the isolate. It can be concluded that (i) nag1, tgf-1, and tmk-1 genes could be approved as reliable markers for evaluation of BCA capacities of Trichoderma spp. and (ii) the T. brevicompactum K26 strain can be suggested as a promising candidate for combating in F. culmorum diseases following the necessary procedures to ensure it is non-hazardous and safe.
Relative Marker Omission in Thai: Evidence from Native Speakers’ Acceptability Judgments and Language Transfer

Relative clauses are a well-studied phenomenon in linguistics, giving rise to discoveries about human language. In this study, we consider thîi-less relative clauses in Thai, in which a relative marker may be omitted under certain circumstances. The objectives of the study are to identify native speakers’ conditions of thîi omission and to explore whether knowledge of the conditions is transferred to their relative marker omission in English. Two parallel acceptability judgment tasks in Thai and English were conducted: 437 students from various faculties at Kasetsart University judged the acceptability of thîi-less relative clauses while 233 non-English major students and 83 English major students at the same university judged the acceptability of English marker-less relative clauses. Results showed the most favorable condition for thîi omission is a subject relative clause that modifies a general head noun and contains a non-eventive predicate. Such a structure of a thîi-less relative clause resembles the basic construc­tion of nominal modification, i.e., a noun modified by a phrase. Results also showed the transfer of the thîi omission pattern into English, particularly among students with lower English proficiency. With L1 and L2 supporting data, the study demonstrated that syntax and semantics are determinants of relative marker omission in Thai.
No One is an Island - Investigating the Need for Social Robots (and Researchers) to Handle Multi-Party Interactions in Public Spaces

Social robots are increasingly used in public spaces, but they still struggle to handle complex social dynamics and interactions with multiple users. This study assessed the interaction between visitors and a Furhat robot connected to an artificial intelligence (AI)-based dialogue system in an oceanographic museum. Our findings from a video analysis of 176 interactions highlight the importance of understanding social dynamics in social robotics research. At the same time, it suggests that social robots are still limited in their ability to handle multi-party interactions (MPI) and understand complex social dynamics. Those limitations are due, in part, to technical constraints, as well as the need for further research on the social and cultural factors that shape human-robot interactions.
Reducing Dietary Polyunsaturated to Saturated Fatty Acids Ratio Improves Lipid and Glucose Metabolism in Obese Zucker Rats

We investigated the influence of varying dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)/saturated fatty acids (SFA) ratios on insulin resistance (IR), fatty acid metabolism, N-acylethanolamine (NAE) bioactive metabolite levels, and mitochondrial function in lean and obese Zucker rats in a model designed to study obesity and IR from overnutrition. We provided diets with 7% fat (w/w), with either a low PUFA/SFA ratio of 0.48, predominantly comprising palmitic acid (PA), (diet-PA), or the standard AIN-93G diet with a high PUFA/SFA ratio of 3.66 (control, diet-C) over eight weeks. In obese rats on diet-PA versus diet-C, there were reductions in plasma triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, insulin concentrations and improved muscle mitochondrial function, inflammatory markers and increased muscle N-oleoylethanolamine (OEA), a bioactive lipid that modulates lipid metabolism and metabolic flexibility. Elevated palmitic acid levels were found exclusively in obese rats, regardless of their diet, implying an endogenous production through de novo lipogenesis rather than from a dietary origin. In conclusion, a reduced dietary PUFA/SFA ratio positively influenced glucose and lipid metabolism without affecting long-term PA tissue concentrations. This likely occurs due to an increase in OEA biosynthesis, improving metabolic flexibility in obese rats. Our results hint at a pivotal role for balanced dietary PA in countering the effects of overnutrition-induced obesity.
Probable Vascular Dementia in the Tropics: A Study of Twenty-Six (26) Observations at Conakry University Hospital

Introduction: In tropical environments, the diagnostic certainty of vascular dementia is difficult to establish due to under-medicalization, delays in consultation and above all the inadequacy of exploration methods. Material and methods: We analyzed the records of 153 patients hospitalized for dementia syndrome over a period from January 1, 2016 to December 21, 2021 in the Neurology Department of the Centre Hospitalo-. Universitaire de Conakry. Dementia status was assessed according to the Clinical Evaluation Scale (ECD), Confirmed by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE<24) cognitive tests or Neuro, behavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE) score. Results: 26 (twenty-six) patients fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for vascular dementia, based on the association of dementia and cerebrovascular disease certified by the presence of focal neurological signs of vascular origin and imaging data. Conclusion: this study shows a non-stereotyped clinical and etiological profile of the spectrum of vascular dementias in the tropics, in a context of under-medicalization. These results are useful for diagnostic and prognostic discussion.
Psychopathological Characteristics in Patients with Digestive Problems: A Comparative Analysis with a Healthy Control Group

Introduction: This study aimed to compare the psychopathological characteristics of patients with digestive (gastrointestinal) problems with those of a healthy control group. Methods: A total of 70 patients with gastrointestinal issues were referred to the gastroenterology department, and 70 healthy individuals were included in the study. Both groups completed the 90-question mental health questionnaire (SCL-90-R). Results: The results demonstrated significantly higher average scores in the patients' group across various scales, including depression, aggression, somatization, sensitivity in social relationships, obsession, anxiety, phobia, and psychotic symptoms. Overall, the group with digestive problems exhibited more symptoms associated with these eight mental disorders than the healthy control group. However, there were no notable differences between the two groups, except for the presence of paranoid ideations as a distinguishing characteristic. Conclusions: This research unequivocally establishes a strong association between gastrointestinal issues and mental well-being, highlighting the influence of digestive system functioning on mental health. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the psychopathological aspects related to gastrointestinal conditions.
Plans for the assimilation of cloud-affected infrared soundings at the Met Office

One-dimensional variational analysis (1D-Var) is used to retrieve estimates of the cloud top pressure and effective cloud fraction from the cloud-affected radiances (see Eyre, 1989). The 1D-Var analysis uses the RTTOV forward model. The model assumes single-layer grey cloud. The cloud parameters are retrieved simultaneously with temperature and humidity profiles as part of the operational pre-processing of AIRS data. The cloud parameters are passed to 4D-Var and used to constrain the radiative transfer model.
Mercury Exposure Factors among Residents in the Highly Mercury Exposed Area, Seoksan-ri, Korea

Objectives: The 2007 Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the Human Body found the highest blood mercury levels nationwide among residents in Seoksan-ri, Goro-myeon, Gunwi-gun, Gyeonsangbuk-do. With the aim to reduce the blood mercury levels of residents in this region, we conducted this study to identify the association between mercury exposure levels and shark meat consumption. Methods: This survey was conducted with 118 participants in Seoksan-ri before the Chuseok festival and 113 residents were added afterwards. Information on participants was collected via questionnaires. Total mercury concentrations in biological samples were measured using a mercury analyzer with the gold-amalgam collection method. Results: To identify this, we conducted mercury exposure level analysis before and after the Chuseok festival and found that blood and urinary mercury levels after Chuseok (GM of 6.9 µ g/L in blood and 1.68 µ g/g_cr in urine) were higher than those before (GM of 5.29 µ g/L in blood and 1.44 µ g/g_cr in urine). This area maintains a custom of using shark meat as one of the ancestral rite foods, and the performance of such rites and shark meat consumption have been identified as main sources of mercury exposure. Other than this, smoking, dental amalgam treatment and residential period in the area also contributed to an increase in mercury exposure levels. On the other hand, recent consumption of oriental medicine and vaccination did not have a significant influence on mercury levels. Conclusion: The results were attributed to the local custom of consuming shark meat with high mercury concentrations during rituals taking place during the festival and ancestral rites. Given that the blood mercury levels in 23.2% of the residents exceeded the HBM II values recommended by the German Commission on Human Biological Monitoring, it is suggested that further appropriate actions and follow-up measures be taken to reduce the mercury exposure levels of the residents that exceeded the reference values.
Primary productivity in Arctic sea ice and Ocean

The sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean has been changing dramatically in the last decades and the consequences for the sea-ice associated ecosystem remain difficult to assess. Algal aggregates underneath sea ice are known to be of great importance for the ice associated ecosystem and the coupling to benthic communities. However, their frequency but the frequency and distribution of their occurrence is not well quantified. We used upward looking images obtained by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to quantify ice algal aggregate biomass and to investigate their spatial distribution. During the IceArc expedition (ARK-27/3) of RV Polarstern in late summer 2012, different types of algal aggregates were observed floating underneath various ice types in the Central Arctic basins. On the large scale, filamentous aggregates of Melosira arctica dominate the inner part of the Central Arctic pack-ice, while closer to the ice edge under melting sea ice round aggregates mainly formed by pennate diatoms dominate. Our results show that the floe scale distribution of algal aggregates in late summer is determined by the topography of the ice underside, with aggregates collecting in dome shaped structures and at the edges of pressure ridges. The buoyancy of the aggregates was also evident from analysis of the aggregate size distribution. Depending on the approach, differences in orders of magnitude result for biomass estimates. This highlights the difficulties of upscaling observations and comparing results from surveys conducted using different methods or on different spatial scales.
Divalent Aptamer-Functionalized Nanochannels for Facile Detection of Cancer Cell-Derived Exosomes

Exosomes are considered potential biomarkers for early screening and accurate non-invasive diagnosis of cancer, so development of innovatively facile approaches for the detection of cancer cell-derived exosomes has become increasingly important. Herein, we propose a facile electrochemical biosensor based on divalent aptamer-functionalized nanochannels for highly efficient detection of cancer cell-derived exosomes. The aptamer against transmembrane receptor protein CD63 and the aptamer targeting membrane protein EpCAM are simultaneously immobilized on the nanochannels to construct the divalent aptamer-functionalized nanochannels. Thus, the target exosomes can be recognized and selectively captured by the functionalized nanochannels in a divalent collaborative manner. The combined exosomes overlay the ion channel effectively and hinder the ionic flow through the nanochannels, resulting in an evidently varied ionic transport behavior corresponding to the abundance of exosomes. The divalent aptamer-functionalized nanochannels can substantially promote the binding stability and enhance the detection specificity, while the sensitivity of detection is improved greatly by virtue of the amplified response of array channels synergized with the electrochemical technique. Therefore, the developed biosensor provides a highly specific, sensitive, and accurate approach for the detection of cancer cell-derived exosomes, which may hold great potential for application in early clinical cancer diagnosis.
Forecasting Ionospheric foF2 Using Bidirectional LSTM and Attention Mechanism

The critical frequency of ionospheric F2 layer (foF2) is an important ionospheric characteristic parameter. In this paper, a deep learning model based on Bidirectional long short‐term memory (BiLSTM) and attention mechanism is implemented for predicting the foF2 parameter. The inputs of models are the foF2 of globally available ionospheric ionosonde stations, geographic longitude and latitude, world time (UT), geomagnetic activity index, and solar activity index from 2015 to 2017. The superiority of the model is analyzed from different latitudes, seasons, and geomagnetic conditions. The results show that the prediction performance of the Bidirectional long short‐term memory model based on attention mechanism (BiLSTM‐Attention) is better than other models. The performance of the prediction model is optimal at high latitudes. The root mean square error (RMSE) and correlation coefficient (R) of the BiLSTM‐Attention model are 0.539 MHZ and 0.908 MHz at high latitudes, respectively. In terms of RMSE, it is 25.243%, 18.209%, and 11.203% lower than those of the international reference ionosphere (IRI), LSTM, and BiLSTM models, respectively. The prediction results of the four seasons show that the models are more applicable in winter. Compared with the IRI model, the RMSE of the BiLSTM‐Attention model in spring, summer, autumn, and winter is reduced by 24.344%, 21.181%, 25.058%, and 30.948%, respectively. The prediction effect of the BiLSTM‐Attention model is improved in the magnetic quiet period, the magnetic moderate period and the magnetic storm period. Also, the improvement effect is more obvious in the magnetostatic day, and the RMSE is reduced by 27.462% compared with the IRI model.