Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COVID‐19 pandemic‐related transition to telehealth in child and adolescent mental health

Abstract Introduction This article explores one mental health company's urgent response to the global COVID‐19 pandemic, and the multifaceted implications of quickly transitioning to telehealth services. Objectives The purpose of this article is to share information with interdisciplinary professionals about the planning, implementation, and results of transitioning to telehealth services during a pandemic. Procedures We compiled practice‐related data regarding company attendance rates and customer and employee satisfaction with telehealth. Data include feedback from more than 40 clinicians and 60 families. Results The data suggest there are both benefits and limitations to engaging in telehealth services within a mental health company. Attendance rates increased dramatically, engagement improved with adolescents but proved challenging with the younger children. Telehealth helped overcome many typical barriers to mental health treatment. Concerns remain regarding confidentiality, assessment of abuse and neglect, and ability to read nonverbal social cues. Conclusion Families and practitioners experienced the convenience and benefits of telehealth but also expressed concerns over certain limitations. Finding a responsible way to incorporate telehealth into practice postpandemic is a priority for mental health practitioners, both now and in the immediate future.
Heavy Metal Removal by Alginate Based Agriculture and Industrial Waste Nanocomposites

The use of biopolymers and nonliving organisms as sorbents is one of the most promising techniques because they contain several functional groups which show different affinities towards various metal ions. Alginate is naturally occurring anionic biopolymer extracted from brown algae. It also contains numerous applications in biomedical science and engineering due to its favorable properties and ease of gelatin. This chapter represents a overview based on alginate based agriculture and industrial waste nanocomposites and found that limited studies are reported for combination of alginate with industrial/agriculture waste in nanoscalic material so far, but this review study enlightening the several studies based on nanocomposite combinations of alginates and biopolymers and these biopolymers can also be derived from various agro/industrial waste by simple chemical and mechanical methods. So, we should work on the formulation of alginates agro/industrial waste nanocomposites. Preparation of alginate nanomaterials with agriculture/industrial waste constituents confirms its effectiveness in water purification. In the environment, we can control its reutilization by desorption studies. Another advantage is that it can be transform from nanoparticles to nano polymeric films and support to batch adsorption process to fixed bed column in form of large-scale application.
Piezo1 is the cardiac mechanosensor that initiates the hypertrophic response to pressure overload

Pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy is a maladaptive response with poor outcomes and limited treatment options. The transient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4) ion channel is key to activation of a Ca2+-calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII)-dependent hypertrophic signalling pathway after pressure overload, but TRPM4 is neither stretch-activated nor Ca2+-permeable. Here we show that Piezo1, which is both stretch-activated and Ca2+-permeable, is the mechanosensor that transduces increased myocardial forces into the chemical signal that initiates hypertrophic signalling via TRPM4. Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Piezo1 in adult mice prevented activation of CaMKII and inhibited the hypertrophic response: residual hypertrophy was associated with calcineurin activation in the absence of its usual inhibition by activated CaMKII. Piezo1 deletion prevented upregulation of the sodium-calcium exchanger and downregulation of the T-type calcium channel after pressure overload. These findings establish Piezo1 as the cardiomyocyte mechanosensor that instigates the maladaptive hypertrophic response to pressure overload, opening an avenue to novel therapies.
Embedding creativity into digital resources: Improving information discovery for art history

Over the past decades, technological advancement and the mass digitization of information resources have led to the development of a range of digital resources for academic scholarship. Understanding the needs of scholars when employing digital resources for their work can lead to the building of digital infrastructure that not only enables access to the required information but also has the potential to transform scholarship through having a positive effect on the whole scholarly workflow. Through this article, we show how the design of digital libraries and resources can be improved to enhance information discovery and use in art history, while also benefiting other key areas of the research process. By employing an ethnographic approach to the study of scholarly practices, we developed a sound understanding of art historians’ behaviour when interacting with information at different stages of the scholarly workflow. Our results show that scholars exhibited highly creative behaviour when conducting core scholarly activities, such as information seeking and use. Yet, the challenges they often encountered showed that there is still more work to be done to improve digital infrastructure and tools for scholarship in the field. Part of this article will focus on the user requirements for designing systems that facilitate discovery, encourage creative use of information, and trigger inspiration.
File System Support for Privacy-Preserving Analysis and Forensics in Low-Bandwidth Edge Environments

In this paper, we present initial results from our distributed edge systems research in the domain of sustainable harvesting of common good resources in the Arctic Ocean. Specifically, we are developing a digital platform for real-time privacy-preserving sustainability management in the domain of commercial fishery surveillance operations. This is in response to potentially privacy-infringing mandates from some governments to combat overfishing and other sustainability challenges. Our approach is to deploy sensory devices and distributed artificial intelligence algorithms on mobile, offshore fishing vessels and at mainland central control centers. To facilitate this, we need a novel data plane supporting efficient, available, secure, tamper-proof, and compliant data management in this weakly connected offshore environment. We have built our first prototype of Dorvu, a novel distributed file system in this context. Our devised architecture, the design trade-offs among conflicting properties, and our initial experiences are further detailed in this paper.
Trends and synchrony in fluctuations of the numbers of Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) and European Stonechat (S. rubicola) in chalk steppe of North-eastern Ukraine

The problem of coexistence of related species within the same communities poses a question of how similar are the fluctuations of their numbers. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) and European Stonechat (S. rubicola) is an example of such a pair of phylogenetically related bird species, which are members of a foraging guild of sit-and-wait insectivores in open habitats. In Ukraine both species are quite common in meadows, steppes, fallow lands and other grassland habitats including undisturbed areas in nature reserves. In North-eastern Ukraine Whinchat and European Stonechat are characteristic of the bird communities of hills with chalk outcrops where they represent a group of species linked to chalk steppe. The trends in numbers and synchrony in fluctuations in the numbers of both species in this habitat were studied in national nature park ‘Dvorichanskyi’, Kharkiv region, North-eastern Ukraine for 9 years’ period (2010–2018). The data were retrieved from the results of yearly monitoring bird counts in chalk grassland habitats. The total-area census method was used on 3 plots of unequal size (17.8, 33.2, and 41.0 ha). The trends were analysed in programme TRIM (TRends & Indices for Monitoring data) vers. 3.53. The extent of synchrony was estimated by means of zero-lag cross-correlation between the time series of log-transformed growth rates. Additionally, the coincidence of the direction of changes and the coincidence of peaks in series were checked. The trend in Whinchat abundance is characterised as significant steep decline (multiplicative slope 0.840, standard error 0.03; p<0.01). The trend in European Stonechat abundance is classified as non-significant uncertain (multiplicative slope 0.909, standard error 0.06). The trends in both species correspond to general trends in Europe evidenced in PanEuropean Common Bird Monitoring Scheme for 1980–2016 and 1989–2016 for Whinchat and European Stonechat accordingly. The synchrony in fluctuations of the numbers of Whinchat and European Stonechat in chalk steppe habitats proved to be weak. Time series of both species abundances run in different directions almost in all cases where the comparison was possible that indicates probable differences in the causes of the dynamics of their populations. The study prompts to launch new or extend existing monitoring schemes in nature reserves and national parks in Ukraine to get reliable estimates for the trends in numbers of both rare and common bird species.
Bridging the Grey Gap: Conducting Grey Literature Reviews for Ethical Social Work Practice and Research

This article provides a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature as part of a scoping or systematic review that attends to all layers of the social ecology through a person-in-environment framework. Little guidance exists on how to conduct a grey literature review specific to social work. Yet, consulting the grey literature—which often includes knowledge generated by practitioners and community members outside of academia—aligns with social work’s commitment to social justice, integrity, and competence because the grey literature contains case-specific and contemporary information about social work practice. Although academic knowledge about addressing injustices has value, it is often constrained by the neoliberal political economy, which emphasizes depoliticized market-based solutions to social issues and (re)produces inequities. Consequently, sole reliance on academic evidence compromises social workers’ ethical commitment to integrity, competence, and social justice. We use a scoping review focused on restorative and transformative justice responses to sexual violence as a case study demonstrating the value of grey literature in social work. We argue that grey literature should be part of evidence-informed ethical social work practice and recommend a social work approach to reviewing the grey literature that incorporates the person-in-environment framework.
Mild cognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Measuring the brain fog

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been impacting individuals throughout the world. Millions have been affected, and while many have recovered, a growing number of recovered COVID-19 patients are reportedly facing neurological symptoms, described as “slow thinking,” “difficulty in focusing,” “confusion,” “lack of concentration,” “forgetfulness,” or “haziness in thought process. ” These experiences of mental fatigue, associated with and related to mild cognitive impairments, may be conceptually defined as “brain fog. ” Objective To study the prevalence and severity of these brain fog symptoms in COVID-19 recovered patients, and examining their association with age, gender, and COVID-19 symptom severity. Methods A total of 300 patients who tested positive for Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for SARSCoV-2 during April–August 2020 were included in our study after complete recovery from their acute illness. They were assessed for brain fog symptoms using the 9-item validated Wood’s mental fatigue inventory. Results/Conclusions The overall cumulative prevalence of any components of brain fog was 34%, with a mean score of 6.11 ± 1.7 in those who experienced it. Males were more affected than females (42.3% vs. 29.1%) with males scoring higher than females. The mean score was higher in severe ill and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and those who required oxygen or were on a ventilator.
Effect of transcranial direct current brain stimulation of the motor cortex on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in female patients with breast cancer.

OBJECTIVE Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a negative impact associated to chemotherapy and its management still challenging. This study aimed to research the additive impact of single-session tDCS (2 mA) over the motor cortex for 20 minutes before chemotherapy to antiemetic on CINV in female patients suffers from breast cancer who obtained highly emetogenic chemotherapy. STUDY LAYOUT Prospective randomized double-blind Sham-controlled study. SETTING Academic medical center. METHOD Sixty breast cancer patients prepared for chemotherapy treatment were selected and allocated randomly into two equal groups: a real and a sham group; tDCS became implemented over the primary motor area (M1) (2 mA) for 20 minutes. Patients' nausea was measured by cumulative index of nausea and visual analog scale for nausea (VAS-N), and vomiting by cumulative index of episodes of vomiting, and Edmonton symptoms Assessment Scale (ESAS) to assess symptoms like pain, malaise, and sense of well-being. Evaluation was done prestimulation and every 24 h for 72 h after end of infusion of chemotherapy. RESULTS Real tDCS group showed reduction of cumulative index of nausea (P < 0.001, F = 50), VAS-N (P < 0.001, F = 52) and for ESAS in malaise score (P < 0.001, F = 37.6) and sense of wellbeing score (P < 0.001, F = 25) than sham group. Six patients (20%) in the real group required rescue antiemtic therapy vs. 14 patients (46.7%) in the Sham group (P < 0.028). CONCLUSION Single session of real M1 tDCS could be suggested as an effective adjuvant maneuver in control of CINV in female patients suffers from breast cancer who obtained highly emetogenic chemotherapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Trials.gov trial registry (identifier: NCT03405324).
Response of Rubber Tree Saplings to Dolomite and Kieserite Application and K:Mg Ratio

This study aimed to examine the effect of the application of dolomite and kieserite on the growth and nutrient uptake of rubber tree saplings and the relationship between K:Mg ratios in soils and nutrient uptake. The experiment followed a completely randomized design with five replicates. Budded stumps of RRIM 600 rubber were planted in soil with low extractable Mg (< 0.30 cmolc kg-1). Kieserite application at a rate of 0.5 cmolc Mg kg-1 significantly promoted the greatest sapling height, stem diameter, Mg and S concentrations, and leaf chlorophyll levels. High kieserite application rates (1.0 cmolc Mg kg-1) were more likely to decrease K and N uptake significantly. Applying dolomite (0.5 cmolc Mg kg-1) also significantly increased rubber growth compared with the control treatment but the significant increases were lower than those for kieserite application. Applying K at 72, 108, and 180 mg kg-1 significantly increased leaf K concentration, but significantly decreased Mg concentrations. Therefore, rubber plantations should apply Mg at a rate of 0.5 cmolc Mg kg-1 in the form of kieserite, and a ratio of K:Mg 2:1 is suitable for promoting rubber tree growth.
Expression of the Melatonin-Associated Genes in Fibroblasts That Have Been Co-Exposed to Fluoride and a Moderate-Strength Static Magnetic Field

Fluoride can weaken the protective role of melatonin in reducing cellular damage. A static magnetic field is a physical factor that can counteract the negative effect of fluoride. Hence, the main objective of the study was to analyze the transcriptional activity of the genes that are associated with the activity of melatonin in human skin fibroblasts that have been co-exposed to fluoride and a moderate-strength static magnetic field. The expression of the melatonin-associated genes in human fibroblasts that had simultaneously been exposed to F− and a static magnetic field was determined using an oligonucleotide microarray and RT-qPCR techniques. The concentration of oxidative damage markers was also measured. In NaF and static magnetic field-treated cells, there was a tendency to compensate for the expression of the differentiating genes (IL27RA, NR1D1, RRP7A, YIPF1, HIST1H2BD) that had been modified by the presence of fluoride. It has been also shown that the oxidative damage marker concentration was statistically lower in the cells that had simultaneously been exposed to fluoride and a static magnetic field compared to the F-treated cells. In conclusion, the protective role of a moderate-strength static magnetic field on human dermal fibroblasts that had been exposed to fluoride was demonstrated, and its mechanism of action is associated with the melatonin-dependent pathways.
Investigation of the density shoulder formation by using self-consistent simulations of plasma turbulence and neutral kinetic dynamics

Simulations of plasma turbulence in a lower single-null magnetic configurations are presented. The plasma dynamics is modelled by the drift-reduced two-fluid Braginskii equations that are coupled with a kinetic model for a single neutral species that considers ionization, charge–exchange, recombination and elastic collisions. The effect of increased core fuelling on the plasma scrape-off layer (SOL) density and temperature profile is investigated. The increase in core fuelling leads to an increase of the e-folding length in the near SOL and, in the far SOL, to an increase of the plasma density. These results are in agreement with experimental measurements, and in particular with the observations of the formation of a density shoulder in high-fuelling scenarios. The physical mechanisms underlying the increase of the far SOL density are analysed comparing parallel and perpendicular fluxes in the SOL and considering also simulations with similar parameters but without neutrals. Despite the increase of the blob size, the increase of the far SOL density observed at high-fuelling rates is found to be mainly caused by the strong decrease of parallel transport, due to the cooling of electrons resulting from ionization events.
COMPARISON OF TEMPERATURE RISE PREDICTION METHODS WITH MEASURED TEMPERATURES DUE TO HYDRATION OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS IN CONCRETE

The paper deals with the experimental study which was carried out to investigate the temperature rise characteristics of the concrete used in a prototype component of foundation for Interchange station of Nagpur Metro Rail Project, Nagpur, Maharashtra State. The actual temperature rise was measured by embedding Thermo Couples – Resistance temperature detector (RTD) in the prototype structure during concreting. The measurements were taken at 5 locations in the component – a pile cap by inserting thermo couples (TC’s) in 3 layers at each location totaling to 15 in all. The monitoring of temperature recorded by thermocouples was done by digital recorder manually on hourly basis up to 13 days and then once in 3 hrs. up to next 21 days and beyond but restricted to 14 days in this reporting. The temperature at the time of insertion i.e. initial/starting temperature was noted and maximum temperature reached, the time to reach peak temperatures was recorded. The plot of time-temperature demonstrated the actual temperature rise, its trend both increasing and decreasing wherein all the thermal effects in and on the concrete such as effects of exothermic reaction of hydration of cement, conduction, convection and thermal properties of concrete such as specific heat, thermal conductivity, diffusivity and so also the external factors such as ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, solar radiation, curing and form removal have played their role and the resultant was the actual temperature reached at that point where the measurements have been recorded by embedded TC’s. The comparison of the actual measured temperatures made with the various methods available to predict maximum concrete temperatures by empirical formulas such as PCA method, adiabatic temperature rise curves as published in ACI committee reports and ASCE method showed that the actual measured temperatures vary on plus as well as minus side over predicted.
Design, modeling and evaluation of a millimeter-scale SMA bending actuator with variable length

Millimeter-scale continuum bending actuators are useful in minimally invasive surgery to allow distal visualization and manipulation outside the line of sight. This paper presents a new continuum bending actuator based on shape memory alloy (SMA) with variable bending length. It consists of two SMA wires antagonistically configured to produce bidirectional bending under Joule heating. A linearly actuated rigid tube along the longitudinal axis enables continuous bending length adjustment, thus enhancing its workspace and force range. The proposed fabrication method tackles the challenging assembly tasks of maintaining the antagonistic configuration of long SMA wires, and robust electrical and mechanical connection during actuation. A quasi-static model of the actuator based on beam model and SMA constitutive model is presented and verified. The bending actuator was evaluated comprehensively for its workspace, blocked force, and trajectory tracking capability at different bending lengths and under different cooling conditions. It is the first work that demonstrates real-time continuous bending length adjustment in SMA-based bending actuator, leading to the potential development of compact and compliant robotic end effectors with improved distal workspace and force.
Impact of Wind and Solar Generation on the Italian Zonal Electricity Price

This paper assesses the impact of increasing wind and solar power generation on zonal market prices in the Italian electricity market from 2015 to 2019, employing a multivariate regression model. A significant aspect to be considered is how the additional wind and solar generation brings changes in the inter-zonal export and import flows. We constructed a zonal dataset consisting of electricity price, demand, wind and solar generation, net input flow, and gas price. In the first and second steps of this study, the impact of additional wind and solar generation that is distributed across zonal borders is calculated separately based on an empirical approach. Then, the Merit Order Effect of the intermittent renewable energy sources is quantified in every six geographical zones of the Italian day-ahead market. The results generated by the multivariate regression model reveal that increasing wind and solar generation decreases the daily zonal electricity price. Therefore, the Merit Order Effect in each zonal market is confirmed. These findings also suggest that the Italian electricity market operator can reduce the National Single Price by accelerating wind and solar generation development. Moreover, these results allow to generate knowledge advantageous for decision-makers and market planners to predict the future market structure.