Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Relationship Between Sexual Concordance and Orgasm Consistency in Women

Sexual concordance (the relationship between genital and self-reported sexual responses) may be associated with orgasm consistency (OC; the proportion of sexual acts leading to orgasm) during penile–vaginal intercourse (PVI) in women. We investigated the relationship between women’s sexual concordance (assessed using different stimulus modalities and self-reported sexual arousal methods) and OC during various sexual activities (assessed using different types of questions). For Study 1 (n = 51), when sexual concordance was assessed using audiovisual sexual stimuli, we did not find a statistically significant relationship between OC and poststimulus self-reports of sexual arousal or genital sensations, raw values of OC, or ranges of OC. For Study 2 (n = 44), where sexual concordance was assessed using audionarrative sexual stimuli, we did find a statistically significant relationship between PVI OC and sexual concordance using change in self-reported sexual arousal, and ranges of orgasm consistency. Two findings were inconsistent with previous research. First, OC varied significantly by activity type in both studies; masturbation yielded the highest OC. Second, PVI OC was significantly related to oral sex and masturbation OC (Study 2). We discuss the need for further research and various factors that may affect women’s orgasm consistency and sexual concordance.
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) movement off the coast of Taiwan: characterization of a hotspot in the East China Sea and investigation of mesoscale eddies

Kobayashi, D. R. , Cheng, I-J., Parker, D. M. , Polovina, J. J., Kamezaki, N. , and Balazs, G. H. 2011. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) movement off the coast of Taiwan: characterization of a hotspot in the East China Sea and investigation of mesoscale eddies. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 707–718.Satellite tags were attached to 34 non-reproductive loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) caught as bycatch in the Taiwanese coastal poundnet fishery from 2002 to 2008. Transmission durations ranged from 6 to 503 d (median 172 d), with 5860 d tracked in total. Horizontal track data were processed using the Bayesian state-space modelling to extract the most likely daily positions, taking into account ARGOS data quality and other forms of statistical error. A region of high occupancy in the East China Sea, covering 433 549 km 2 of coastal and pelagic area next to Taiwan, China, Japan, and South Korea, was characterized from the tracking data. Various attributes of this hotspot are described using satellite tracks and remotely sensed data. The tracks were merged with oceanographic data, emphasizing a new global dataset characterizing mesoscale eddies from satellite altimetry data. A proximity-probability approach coupled with odds ratio testing was used to infer orientation to eddy features. Comparisons against random points, simulated particle tracks, and drifter buoys were used to demonstrate turtle differential responses to eddies inside and outside the hotspot, depending on eddy features (i.e. cyclonic vs. anticyclonic, edges vs. centres). Turtles inside the hotspot utilize fewer strong cyclonic eddy edges than those outside.
ROLE OF INTERLEUKIN-23 AS A MARKER OF DISEASE ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

ABSTRACT Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease. The pathogenesis of RA is mediated by an interdependent network of cytokines which has been extended to include the cytokine, IL-23. IL-23 production appears to be of great importance in the inflammatory reaction in RA. Objectives: We aimed in this study to estimate interleukin-23 (IL-23) level in the sera of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to determine its relation with disease activity. Subjects and methods : This study was carried out on 40 patients with RA, and 40 healthy control subjects. RA disease activity was measured by 28-joint disease activity score (DAS-28). All patients were subjected to full history taking, thorough clinical examination, radiological and laboratory investigations including c- reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), rheumatoid factor (RF), anti cyclic-citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies. Serum IL-23 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results : In RA patients serum IL-23 level was significantly elevated in comparison to the healthy controls (p<0.001). There was a significant positive correlations between IL-23 level and DAS 28 score. The highest level was detected in patients with high disease activity (p=0.03). There was statistically significant correlation between IL-23 levels and ESR, CRP, RF, anti-CCP antibodies. Conclusion: IL-23 could be a useful marker for disease activity in RA. Keywords: IL-23; Rheumatoid arthritis; DAS-28
Family background, schooling resources, and institutional features: What determines student performance in East Asian countries?

This paper examines determinants of educational performance in the high performing East Asian economies of Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand by running within country regressions. The determinants considered include family background, school resources, and institutional characteristics of schools. Family background is found to be important, particularly in Korea. The class size appears to be positively associated with student performance, implying that putting in additional resources to reduce class size may not be an effective way to enhance the education sector? s productivity. al productivity. Such institutional characteristic of school as ? autonomy in teacher salary decision? is found strengthen student performance in Japan and Singapore. However, within country data provide limited variation in school institutional characteristics for the their effect to be precisely estimated. The results, despites their limitations, should be useful for future educational policy formulation not only in the East Asian countries examined but also in other developing countries.
NON-CONVEXITY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INDONESIAN LIFE REEF FISH FISHERY

Fishing for the life reef fish has been an important source of economy both at macro level and micro level. At Macro level, life reef fish for food (LRFF) plays a greater role in increasing export revenue since most of the fish are sold in overseas markets such Hong Kong and China. At micro level, LRFF provides secured income and employment for people in coastal areas where poverty is persistent. The capacity of the fishery resource to supply the increasing demand, however, is limited due to the nature of non-convexity of the fishery system and the backward bending supply curve dictated by its yield function. This paper explores the consequences of such constraints by imposing the non-linear dynamic model developed previously by Rosser (2000). The study was empirically tested in one the Indonesian LRFF fishery in South Sulawesi and the results show that the non-convexity as seen from the backward bending supply curve will result in unsustainable management of the fishery which lead to poverty and ecosystem catastrophic in the coastal area if no serious actions are taken.
Childhood Sexual Abuse Associated With Dating Partner Violence and Suicidal Ideation in a Representative Household Sample in Hong Kong

This study investigated the prevalence and impact of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on future intimate partner violence (IPV) in dating relationship in Hong Kong, China. A total of 1,154 Chinese adult respondents engaged in dating relationships were interviewed face-to-face about their CSA histories, childhood witnessing of parental violence, adult sexual victimization (ASV) by others and IPV victimization with their current dating partner. Self-reports also measured levels of suicidal ideation, self-esteem, and demographic details. Overall, 1.7% reported some form of CSA with a higher percentage being women. No gender differences were found in the prevalence of either ASV or IPV. Results showed that CSA had an independent effect on physical IPV and suicidal ideation. The odds of IPV were increased by behavioral and psychological factors of victims such as alcohol and drug abuse, sex with partner, and low self-esteem. The odds of suicidal ideation were also increased by drug abuse, childhood witnessing of parental psychological aggression, and low self-esteem. Clinical implications of results included screening for CSA victims and suicidal victims when treating IPV patients, tailoring treatment according to individual IPV victim’s problems, correcting behaviors that are associated with risks of IPV, such as engagement in casual sex and substance abuse, and focusing not only on tangible services but also on the social and psychological aspects that are placing the victims at risk for IPV.
Nematicidal activity of Korean domestic plant extracts against the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Pine wilt disease, caused by the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, has been considered as an international problem in Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea in Far East Asia, Mexico in Southern America and Portugal in Europe (Shin & Han, 2006). This disease was first reported in Korea in Busan City (Yi et al., 1989); since then, it has spread to several areas of the peninsula (Chung, 2002). Control of this disease depends primarily on commercial nematicides or insecticides such as abamectin and emamecin, benzoate and thiacloprid (Shin & Han, 2006). Although the application of synthetic pesticides is effective, adverse effects on the environmental and human health are of concern. Thus, there is a need to search for sustainable alternatives. Phytochemicals may provide alternatives because many plant extracts and their constituents are known to possess nematicidal activity against a wide range of plant-parasitic nematodes (Chitwood, 2002; Choi et al., 2006). Although nematicidal activities of many plant essential oils and their constituents against B. xylophilus have been reported (Park et al., 2005, 2007; Choi et al., 2007a, b, c; Kim et al., 2008; Seo et al., 2010), little work has been done on solvent extracts of Korean domestic plant species (Choi et al., 2006). In this study, we investigated the nematicidal activities of 102 Korean domestic plant extracts, which have not been tested previously against B. xylophilus. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus was isolated from chips of infected pine wood collected in Haman-region (on March 2004), Gyoungsangnam-do province, Korea and extracted by the Baermann funnel method (Chawal & Parasad, 1975; Park et al., 2005). The colony was maintained on a lawn of Botrytis cinerea cultured on potato dextrose agar medium (PDA) in the dark at 28◦C. A total 102 samples of 58 plant species from 30 families were tested in this study. Different tissues, namely bark (25), leaf (41), wood
Sense and Sensibility: Characterizing Social Media Users Regarding the Use of Controversial Terms for COVID-19

With the world-wide development of 2019 novel coronavirus, although WHO has officially announced the disease as COVID-19, one controversial term - “Chinese Virus” is still being used by a great number of people. In the meantime, global online media coverage about COVID-19-related racial attacks increases steadily, most of which are anti-Chinese or anti-Asian. As this pandemic becomes increasingly severe, more people start to talk about it on social media platforms such as Twitter. When they refer to COVID-19, there are mainly two ways: using controversial terms like “Chinese Virus” or “Wuhan Virus”, or using non-controversial terms like “Coronavirus”. In this article, we attempt to characterize the Twitter users who use controversial terms and those who use non-controversial terms. We use the Tweepy API to retrieve 17 million related tweets and the information of their authors. We find the significant differences between these two groups of Twitter users across their demographics, user-level features like the number of followers, political following status, as well as their geo-locations. Moreover, we apply classification models to predict Twitter users who are more likely to use controversial terms. To our best knowledge, this is the first large-scale social media-based study to characterize users with respect to their usage of controversial terms during a major crisis.
Report 2: Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus cases in Wuhan City, China

As of 4am 21 January (Beijing Time) 2020, 440 cases (including nine deaths) have been confirmed across 13 provinces in China, plus suspected cases in multiple other provinces [3]. As of 9:00 GMT 22 January 7 confirmed cases in travellers from Wuhan with symptom onset on or before the 18 January were detected outside mainland China in Thailand (3 cases), Japan (1 case), South Korea (1 case), Taiwan (1 case) and the United States (1 case) [4–10]. Chinese authorities have also confirmed evidence of human-to-human transmission, as well as 15 cases in healthcare workers [11,12]. Of these cases, four travelled before exit screening in Wuhan International Airport was introduced on 15 January [13], three (South Korea, Taiwan, USA) on or after.
COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia and Pleural Effusion Masquerading as Heart Failure in Rheumatic Heart Disease

The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that began in Wuhan, China, became an international emergency when thousands of people were infected around the world. COVID-19 emerged in Pakistan in April 2020, precipitating a nationwide lockdown. While some countries are now recovering from the pandemic, its peak is not estimated to occur in Pakistan until August 2020. We present a case of rheumatic heart disease with fever, myalgia and an unusual radiological finding of the virus. LEARNING POINTS Unusual radiological findings are being seen in COVID-19 patients. Pleural effusion in a mildly symptomatic patient is a rare presentation of the disease. Early aggressive treatment can produce dramatic improvement in COVID-19 pneumonia.
PENGARUH HARGA, INFLASI, NILAI TUKARDAN PENDAPATAN TERHADAP VOLUMEEKSPOR KERTAS INDONESIA TAHUN 2002-2014 KE JEPANG, HONGKONG, TAIWAN,SINGAPURA, AUSTRALIA

ABSTRACT The large decline in demand for paper exports in 2014 occurred in the main destination countries of paper exports became an obstacle. The paper exports fell by 3.22% in 2014. Not only paper, but the fluctuations of paper pulp exports also fell by 6.74% in the same year. Countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia exprerience a significant decline. The unstable price of paper causes the volume fluctuations of paper exports. Another obstacle in paper demand was the increase of exchange rate volaitility of the export destination countries. Inflation in export destination countries causes a decline in paper exports. The growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita will reflect the opportunity for paper exports in the destination country. This study aims to analyze the impact of price, inflation, exchange rate volatility and income rate towards the Indonesian paper volume exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia in 2002 – 2014. This study used primary data in the form of panel data. This research used multiple linear regression analysis using E-views as the method of collecting data. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the price variable, exchange rate and income rate have a positive and significant impact, while the inflation and volatility variable have a negative and unsignificant impact towards the Indonesian paper volume exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Australia in 2002 – 2014. Keywords: volume of Indonesian paper exports, prices, inflation, exchange rates, production Keywords: volume of Indonesian paper exports, prices indeks, inflation, exchange rates, income
Exterminating Corruption in Nigeria: The Cressey’s Approach

The two objectives set for this research were to assess how well, the Cressey’s hypothesis, also known as fraud triangle theory, can explain the reasons behind corruption in Nigerian institutions, and to assess the significance of capability from the fraud diamond theory, towards the detection and prevention of corruption in Nigeria. The researcher adopts a critical review approach of past literature. From the conclusion reached, two recommendation for successful eradication of corruption in Nigeria are: (1) to adopt the Cressey’s fraud triangle approach as well as the fraud diamond to fight corruption (in micro level), from organization to organization and (2), to adopt a more fundamental approach similar to the Hong Kong’s Two-Pronged approach to improve overall accountability and fight opportunity for corruption from a wider macro level. Suggested step for the federal government of Nigeria to successfully fight corruption at a macro level, is to merge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to form one single and properly resourced independent corruption fighting agency, similar to that of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
E STIMATION OF SARS-C O V-2 MORTALITY DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF AN EPIDEMIC : A MODELLING STUDY IN H UBEI , C HINA AND NORTHERN I TALY

Background. The epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019 is now pandemic. Reliable estimates of death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are essential to guide control efforts and to plan health care system requirements. The objectives of this study are to: 1) simulate the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 using publicly available surveillance data; 2) give estimates of SARS-CoV-2 mortality adjusted for bias in the two regions with the world’s highest numbers of conﬁrmed Covid-19 deaths: Hubei province, China and northern Italy. Method and Findings. We developed an age-stratiﬁed susceptible-exposed-infected-removed (SEIR) compartmental model describing the dynamics of transmission and mortality during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Our model accounts for two biases; preferential ascertainment of severe cases and delayed mortality (right-censoring). We ﬁtted our transmission model to surveillance data from Hubei province (1 January to 11 February 2020) and northern Italy (8 February to 3 March 2020). Overall mortality among all symptomatic and asymptomatic infections was estimated to be 3.0% (95% credible interval: 2.6-3.4%) in Hubei province and 3.3% (2.0-4.7%) in northern Italy. Mortality increased with age; we estimate that among 80+ year olds, 39.0% (95%CrI: 31.1-48.9%) in Hubei province and 89.0% (95%CrI: 56.2-99.6%) in northern Italy dies or will die. Limitations are that the model requires data recorded by date of onset and that sex-disaggregated mortality was not available.
Smoking associated with reduced odds of Sjögren’s syndrome among rheumatoid arthritis patients

Objective The objective of this medical record review study is to define the association between smoking and Sjӧgren’s syndrome (SS) in a large rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cohort. Methods Electronic health records from a population-based cohort were screened for RA eligibility between 2005 and 2018. Inclusion criteria were age ≥ 18 years, two or more RA diagnoses, including two diagnoses by a rheumatologist, or positive rheumatoid factor or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibody. The independent variable, smoking status, was defined as never, current, or past. The outcome, SS, was defined by two or more ICD-9 codes. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine odds ratios (ORs) of SS adjusted for age, sex, and race. Results Among 1861 patients with RA identified for cohort inclusion, 1296 had a reported smoking status. Current smokers were younger and less likely to be female than never smokers. The adjusted OR of current compared to never smokers was negatively associated with SS [OR 0.20, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.06–0.65]. Female sex and age were associated with SS (OR 2.70, 95% CI 1.18–6.14; OR 3.75, 95% CI 1.23–11.4). Conclusion We report that RA patients who currently smoke had 80% lower odds of SS. Age had a 3.7-fold association and female sex a 2.7-fold association with SS among RA patients. Our data suggest a negative correlation between current smoking and prevalent SS among RA patients. Prospective studies examining pack-year relationships or smoking cessation could further examine risk reduction and causality to follow-up our cross-sectional observational study.
Plasma functionalizedMoSe2 for efficient nonenzymatic sensing of hydrogen peroxide in ultra‐wide pH range

Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, ETH Domain, Dübendorf, Switzerland Centre for Water Technology and Policy, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Henan Key Laboratory of Nanocomposites and Applications, Institute of Nanostructured Functional Materials, Huanghe S & T University, Zhengzhou, China State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA
Assessment of Saudi Women's Adherence and Experience with Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis after Cesarean Section Delivery Using Telemedicine Technology

Background Telemedicine technology is widely used especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be used to give medical advice as well as follow up with the patients at home in the outpatient setting. Low molecular weight heparin, such as enoxaparin, decreases the risk of venous thromboembolism after cesarean delivery. Objective assessing postcesarean women's adherence and experience to enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis regimens in the outpatient setting via telephone calls. Methods prospective cohort study was conducted in the Maternity and Children Hospital (MCH). Postcesarean women were interviewed at the postnatal ward in the MCH. The participants were followed up for 10 days of the delivery to assess their adherence to and experience with enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis. Suboptimal adherence was defined as the missing of one or more doses of enoxaparin. Results 170 women participated in this study. The majority of them (78.8%) were fully adherent to enoxaparin while 21.2% missed at least one dose. The most-reported causes for suboptimal adherence were perceived lack of necessity (44.4%), forget to take the injection (30.6%), feeling of high load going to the primary care unit to take injection (27.8%), and fear of injection (11.1%). Conclusion Telemedicine technology could be used to assess patients' adherence. The study results showed that the majority of participants were fully adherent to postcesarean enoxaparin but more than 20% of the participants were suboptimal adherent. Proper patient education techniques could influence patients' adherence and potentially decrease the risk of DVT in those populations.