Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sport-for-All policies in sport federations: an institutional theory perspective

ABSTRACT Research questions Sport-for-All encompasses efforts to make organised sport accessible for all people. Although Sport-for-All is integrated in sport federations’ missions, many organisations struggle to attain their Sport-for-All goals. In particular, the Sport-for-All logic of sport federations is challenged by several institutional trends. By applying an institutional theory perspective, our study explores to what extent and how sport federations respond to the trends challenging their Sport-for-All logic. Research methods To measure the response of sport federations, a newly developed questionnaire, based on the model of Greenwood et al. (2002). [Theorizing change: The role of professional associations in the transformation of institutionalized fields. Academy of Management Journal, 45(1), 58–80. ], was sent to all recognised Flemish sport federations (n = 70). In total, 53 sport federations participated in our study. Results and findings Our results revealed that 53% of the federations reported a high degree of response to the trends. Furthermore, a cluster analysis based on a quantitative application of Greenwood et al.’s (2002). [Theorizing change: The role of professional associations in the transformation of institutionalized fields. Academy of Management Journal, 45(1), 58–80. ] institutional model distinguished five clusters of federations. These clusters indicated differences in the response towards the trends of Sport-for-All. In particular, our study demonstrated that not only institutional pressure but also the preinstitutionalisation and theorisation stages are important stages to trigger the sport federations’ response. Implications Insights are provided into sport federations’ responses to the institutional trends of Sport-for-All informs sport federations and sport managers on how to adapt to the changing Sport-for-All landscape.
Technology Enabled Teaching -Learning Initiatives: A Learner Centric Innovative Approach to Commerce Curriculum

Youth today is extremely passionate about technology. Whether we talk about computers, tablets, smart phones or phablets, their ‘super-dependency’ on these gadgets has increased to a great extent. Teachers in higher education, imparting commerce curriculum have to understand this and include this technology effectively in the teaching-learning process. It is necessary for the college faculty to adapt to the changing needs of their students if they expect them to be in the classroom (both mentally and physically). This paper focuses on the use of information and communication technology in teaching learning commerce subjects so that it has a greater impact on the students. The following paper is based on experiments undertaken by the author in ‘technology enabled’ teaching-learning process and endeavors to offer means to make the contemporary commerce education more interesting and pertinent.
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy plus Bevacizumab Combined with Total Mesorectal Excision in Treating Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients with BRAF Mutation: Clinical Benefit and Safety

Objective To investigate clinical benefit and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) plus bevacizumab combined with total mesorectal excision (TME) in treating patients with BRAF-mutated locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Methods This study included LARC patients with BRAF mutation admitted to the Oncology Department of Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, between June 2013 and December 2018. Patients in the control group received a standard treatment regimen of TME combined with NAC (n = 45), and patients in the observation group received NAC plus bevacizumab combined with TME (n = 55). The short-term clinical efficacy of the two groups after NAC treatment was observed and compared, including differences in the pathological downstaging rate. The incidence of perioperative complications and adverse reactions during neoadjuvant therapy was compared to evaluate the safety of the treatment. Besides, the relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients were analyzed to evaluate the long-term clinical benefit of the treatment. Results Compared with the control group, the ypT staging rate (p = 0.014) in the observation group was markedly lower. In addition, patients in the observation group had a prominently lower overall incidence of complications (p < 0.001) during the perioperative period and a remarkably lower incidence of leukopenia (p = 0.037) during neoadjuvant therapy. In terms of long-term clinical benefit, the RFS of patients in the observation group was evidently longer (p = 0.037) than that in the control group. Conclusion Compared with TME plus NAC treatment, the short-term and long-term clinical benefits are higher and safety is more favorable of NAC plus bevacizumab combined with TME in treating LARC patients.
Defining Disparities in Cochlear Implantation through the Social Determinants of Health

Hearing loss is a global public health problem with high prevalence and profound impacts on health. Cochlear implantation (CI) is a well-established evidence-based treatment for hearing loss; however, there are significant disparities in utilization, access, and clinical outcomes among different populations. While variations in CI outcomes are influenced by innate biological differences, a wide array of social, environmental, and economic factors significantly impact optimal outcomes. These differences in hearing health are rooted in inequities of health-related socioeconomic resources. To define disparities and advance equity in CI, there is a pressing need to understand and target these social factors that influence equitable outcomes, access, and utilization. These factors can be categorized according to the widely accepted framework of social determinants of health, which include the following domains: healthcare access/quality, education access/quality, social and community context, economic stability, and neighborhood and physical environment. This article defines these domains in the context of CI and examines the published research and the gaps in research of each of these domains. Further consideration is given to how these factors can influence equity in CI and how to incorporate this information in the evaluation and management of patients receiving cochlear implants.
Reducing inductive coupling variance in wide global signal busses

As VLSI technology progresses deeper into the nanometer range, parasitic on-chip inductance is becoming a major concern for functionality and performance. Most prominently affected are global signal busses comprised of a large number of nets and traversing long distances. In this work, we study the use of swizzling to reduce the variance in the strength of inductive coupling amongst different wires within a wide global signal bus to reduce the resulting variance in signal transition speed. The article presents a formulation of the swizzling technique and results to show that this technique significantly reduces inductive coupling variance within a wide global signal bus with zero area and routing resource penalty.
An Early Medical Illustration of Paroxysmal Dystonic Phenomena

Dystonia has a long history in medical literature. Before Hermann Oppenheim (1858–1919) introduced the term dystonia in 1911, torticollis had been described in medical accounts dating back to the 17th century, and cases of hemidystonia had been previously classified within the context of athetosis, first described by William Alexander Hammond (1828–1900) in 1871. Furthermore, dystonia had probably been represented in visual art and literature well before its first medical descriptions. Herein, we report what to our knowledge is the earliest illustration of dystonia published in the medical literature, preceding by 10 years the famous drawing of the writer’s cramp provided by William Gowers (1845–1915) in the second volume of “A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System”. As Gowers pointed out, writer’s cramp had been previously described by Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842) in 1830. In the “Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière” (1878) Désiré Magloire Bourneville (1840–1909) and Paul Regnard (1850–1927) presented a woman diagnosed with “partial epilepsy with tonic component or contracture” (“épilepsie
A Rapid Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Mothers Admitted with Diarrhoea Suffering Children in West Urban Region of Unguja-Zanzibar

BackgroundThe knowledge, attitude and health practices of the mothers directly reflect on the health and vitality of the child in most of diarrhoea affected communities. The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers and caregivers (house girls) towards diarrhoeal disease among children under-five in Unguja, Zanzibar Tanzania. MethodsA quantitative cross-sectional study using a rapid appraisal technique to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice of mothers and caregivers admitted with children with diarrhoeal diseases was conducted in 23 hospitals of west urban region of Unguja, Zanzibar. ResultsA total of 102 mothers and caregivers were studied. From the respondents 97 (95%) had satisfactory level of knowledge on diarrhoea while 5 (5%) had unsatisfactory knowledge. A total of 52 (51%) rejected the use of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) at home due to taste and smell and 50 (49%) agreed its use. A total of 55 (54%) children were served by caregivers. Collectively mothers and caregivers were asked for their practice of drinking treated or boiling water where 47 (46%) reported not to practice. A total of 48 (47%) respondents reported hand washing after helping children with defecation while only 19 (19%) respondents reported washing hands before preparing food. ConclusionLimited use of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices was observed among mothers and caregivers in the prevention and management of under-five children with diarrhoeal disease.
DETERMINACIÓN EN LÍNEA DEL ÁNGULO DE CARGA DE UN GENERADOR SÍNCRONO

Stability studies require of good synchronous machine models. These models are normally presented as a function of the machine parameters. These parameters could be obtained from the data sheets, tests or from other online identification methodologies. In these methodologies, it is necessary to obtain torque angle measurements in each time instant because parameters as the synchronous reactances in the q- and d-axis depend on such angle. For this reason it is necessary to have the specific hardware and software to obtain this variable. In this paper a development and implementation of a microprocessor based methodology used to compute the torque angle is presented. The angle estimation is based on the relative positions of the rotor axis and the terminal voltages. Presented results are obtained from a scalable synchronous machine in the laboratory.
A false-lock-free clock/data recovery PLL for NRZ data using adaptive phase frequency detector

An adaptive four-state phase-frequency detector (PFD) for clock and data recovery (CDR) phased-lock loop (PLL) of nonreturn to zero (NRZ) data is presented. The PLL achieves false-lock free operation with rapid frequency capture and wide capture range. The false-lock-free nature of the PLL is achieved by adaptively adjusting data delay in the proposed PFD. Circuitry and corresponding operation of blocks in the PFD and overall PLL architecture that enables rapid frequency capture and prevents false lock are described in detail.
Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Associated with Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder in East China

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent challenges in social communication and interaction and restricted/repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. An increasing number of studies have revealed that environmental exposure is a potential risk factor for ASD. The relationship between prenatal and perinatal risk factors and ASD has rarely been studied in large samples in China. Therefore, in this study, we compared children with ASD with typical developing (TD) children to assess the ASD-associated prenatal and perinatal risk factors and provide effective information for ASD prevention. Methods A case-control study of 709 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 709 gender-matched children with typical development was conducted to investigate the prenatal and perinatal risk factors of children with ASD compared with children with typical development ( TD). Through a self-developed general information questionnaire, the basic information (name, age, gender), prenatal factors (parents’ age at the child’s birth, parents’ education levels, use of assisted reproductive technology, history of miscarriage, gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension), and perinatal factors (delivery mode, full-term birth, parity, birth weight) of the children in the two groups were examined. Results The prenatal and perinatal factors of the groups were submitted to univariate analysis, the parent’s age at childbirth, education level, history of miscarriage, use of ART, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and GDM differed significantly between the two groups (P<0.05), and that among perinatal factors, infant parity and maturity also differed significantly between the two groups (P<0.05). These statistically significant factors were included in a binary logistic regression model. The results showed that the prenatal factors of young maternal age at the child’s birth (≤24 years vs 25-29 years, OR=2.408,95%CI:1.335~4.345), old paternal age at the childbirth(≥45years vs≤24years, OR=4.744, 95%CI:1.281~17.570 ), pregnancy induced hypertension (OR=6.178, 95%CI:2.311~16.517) and GDM(OR=0.220,95%CI:0.149~0.324), the perinatal factors of preterm birth(OR=4.434, 95%CI:2.872~6.846) and non-firstborn child(OR=1.387, 95%CI:1.029~1.869) are likely risk factors for ASD. Conclusion We show that some prenatal and perinatal factors are associated with a high prevalence of ASD in children.
Power converter for wind turbine application

Variable speed wind turbines are known to provide more effective power capture than their fixed-speed counterparts. To generate electrical power over a wide range of speeds, induction generators have been shown to be superior in many ways to DC generators: efficiency, maintainability, power density, etc. Unfortunately, loads are typically fixed-frequency. A power electronic converter enables efficient conversion of the variable frequency output of an induction generator, driven by a variable speed wind turbine, to a fixed frequency appropriate for the grid or a load. The conventional converter topology for this task is the well-known DC link converter. The power converter proposed in this investigation differs from the conventional DC link converter in three important ways. (1) It has only one bridge, composed of active devices. Consequently, the converter has only half the switching devices of the conventional DC link converter. Compared to many DC link converters, it may have half the controller hardware as well. (2) It has a unique modulation algorithm. (3) It has a simple filter to capture energy produced by the system and to transfer that energy to the grid or a load.
Self-Compassion

n the gray, morning light of late January, the law school lobby overflowed with first-year students who had just received their first-semester grades. I heard one young woman in the middle of a cluster of classmates say, “This is horrible! My grades are terrible! I think it would be best to kill myself! ” The other students reassured her even though they were frightened by her statement and uncertain how to respond. “Many people feel bad about their grades today,” one student said. “If you would seriously end your life over a disappointing grade, you need to seek professional help. ”
A Predictive Power Control for Wind Energy

The doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is widely used in wind energy. This paper proposes a model-based predictive controller for a power control of DFIG. The control law is derived by optimization of an objective function that considers the control effort and the difference between the predicted outputs (active and reactive power) and the references. The prediction was calculated using a linearized state-space model of DFIG. As the generator leakage inductance and resistance information were required for this control method, the influence of the estimation errors for these parameters was also investigated. Simulation results are presented to validate the proposed controller.
Diesel engine control optimization for transient operation with lean/rich switches

Abstract Transient operation of a direct injection heavy duty (DI HD) diesel engine equipped with an NOx storage catalyst (NSC) was simulated using a ‘virtual powerplant’ simulation code with a zero-dimensional multizone combustion model. For the regeneration of the NSC the engine is required to work with lean/rich operation switches, which necessitates advanced engine management schemes for the fuelling, throttle and turbocharger wastegate. An optimization procedure, using the simulation model, resulted in a proposed schedule for the control of the various engine components involved in such engine operation.
Emergency management and the information society: how to improve the synergy?

This paper deals with the paradox of the relatively low integration of Information Technologies and Communication Technologies in the field of emergency management. This fact earns our attention, since difficulties during the management of emergencies and crisis are most often related to these two issues, information management and communication. The analysis of the activity of emergency management shows that this domain is different from other industrial and business activities because of the complexity of situations in terms of uncertainty, number of stakeholders, space and time extension, the potential of damage of any incident if not properly managed, the importance of human and organisational factors and the generalised use of tacit knowledge accumulated with experience. Success of emergency management is of great importance for the safety of local communities. Risk management of a local community is a process which urges interaction between the authorities and other stakeholders, most importantly with citizens. In this respect, ICT can provide useful tools. Yet to benefit from these new tools, we need to gain a proper understanding of real needs for information, of the model of existing information exchange and of ways of communication in the stakeholders' society. As result of the analysis performed, the main roots of the lack of integration of ICT in emergency management have been identified. Most of the problems come from the difficulty in understanding the complexity of EM and in accessing the tacit knowledge of practitioners, which are essential to determine specifications of appropriate ICT systems. A methodology to access the experience of EM practitioners and to formalise this knowledge has been developed. It uses unstructured interviews with stakeholders at different levels of the hierarchy, a formalisation in particles of experience and the validation and sharing of this collective experience. Beyond its objective, this methodology also creates opportunities to develop the culture of risk and the resilience of organisations.
Rotating sensing based on slow light coupled resonator structure with EIT-like property

We discuss the relationship between Sagnac effect and "slow light" phenomenon, and point out that although the medium and waveguide dispersion can in no way affect the magnitude of Sagnac effect, the highly dispersive structure is still beneficial to the enhancement of Sagnac effect and can be utilized to detect absolute rotation for navigation purpose. Based on the EIT-like property of coupled resonator structure, a miniature highly sensitive gyroscope is possible. This EIT-like phenomenon occurs through a classical mean in a coupled resonator structure due to all-optical classical interference, called coupled resonator induced transparency (CRIT). With the analogy between optical and atomic parameters, we treat Sagnac effect as a phase perturbation to resonators' optical parameters, and then analyze Sagnac effect in a CRIT structure with a transfer function approach and derive the explicit expression of relative Sagnac phase shift. We find that Sagnac effect is enhanced as a factor as light slows, and can be tailored by adjusting the optical parameters of structure. Furthermore, as a potential highly sensitive, compact size rotation sensor, some issues for the implementation of CRIT structure based gyroscope are discussed and considered, such as the fabrication possibility, line-width, shot noise limit sensitivity and integration issues. With the improvement of micro-fabrication technique, this gyroscope should have all-solid configuration, compact size and also be expected to achieve comparable sensitivity to common optic-fiber gyroscope. It would be easily integrated to all-optical application and construct a high performance rotation sensor.
Source/Drain Junction Partition in MOS Snapback Modeling for ESD Simulation

An enhancement to the modeling of the ‘snapback’ in MOS transistors for ESD simulation is presented. The new model uses industry standard models and includes all major physical effects characteristics of snapback. The MOS snapback model is enhanced by partitioning the Drain and Source junctions so that only a portion of them is included in the parasitic BJT. The comparison of simulation and measured data of a Grounded-Gate NMOS shows good agreement for both positive and negative drain voltage stresses. Simulation of the base current of the parasitic bipolar shows significant improvement as well.
Power reciprocity in antenna theory

A rigorous derivation of the power-reciprocity theorem in antenna theory is presented. It relates the absorption cross-section of the load in the receiving situation to the power gain of the antenna in the transmitting situation. The most general case is considered, namely (a) the materialof which the antenna is made may be lossy, anisotropic and inhomogeneous, if only linear in its electromagnetic behaviour, (b) the vectorial amplitude radiation characteristic of the antenna in the transmitting situation and the incident plane wave in the receiving situation may be arbitrarily elliptically polarised, and (c) the impedance of the load in the receiving situation may be arbitrarily mismatched to the input impedance of the antenna in the transmitting situation. Therefore the known, restricted form of the theorem is generalised; also some notions are made more precise. As a corollary, a generalised theorem is presented as to the average value of the absorption cross-section of the load taken over all directions of incidence.
A Lyapunov-Based Optimal Integral Finite-Time Tracking Control Approach for Asymmetric Nonholonomic Robotic Systems

This study suggests a control Lyapunov-based optimal integral terminal sliding mode control (ITSMC) technique for tracker design of asymmetric nonholonomic robotic systems in the existence of external disturbances. The design procedure is based on the control Lyapunov function (CLF) approach. Hence, the output tracking problem is solved by combining the ITSMC with optimal control. The CLF synthesizes a nonlinear optimal control input for the nominal system. Once the control system’s states lie far away from the operating point, it is activated to drive them toward the equilibrium point optimally. However, on the condition that the system perturbations are the main factor, the ITSMC would be designed to take over in the vicinity of the equilibrium point. Accordingly, the control goals, such as robustness and precise control, are warranted in the perturbed system. The usefulness of the suggested method is demonstrated with a wheeled mobile robot via a simulation study.