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Impact of meteorological factors on transmission of respiratory viruses across all age groups in the hot arid climate in Qatar
No full textThe association between meteorological parameters and viral transmission in temperate and subtropical arid climates is not fully understood. The climate in Qatar reaches extremes of heat and humidity but retains a similar pattern of transmission of respiratory viruses as in temperate climates. In total, 355,948 nasopharyngeal swabs were tested for respiratory viruses from 31-Dec-2018 to 29-Dec-2019. The study involved 18 viruses, of which only 8 viruses were included in the analysis: ADV, hBoV, Flu-A, Flu-B, hPIV3, hMPV, HRV, and RSV. Respiratory virus prevalence was compared with local meteorological data including outdoor air temperature; dew point; wind speed; atmospheric pressure; relative humidity; solar radiation, and demographic factors, including age, gender, and nationality. Transmission waves were seen for ADV, hBoV, Flu-A, Flu-B, hMPV, HRV and RSV but not with hPIV-3. Wind speed, air temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation were significantly associated with Flu-A, Flu-B, hMPV, and RSV, which showed clear seasonality, but not with HRV, hBoV, and ADV, which had atypical seasonality and hPIV-3, which had no seasonality. Incidental associations could not be excluded and would need to be confirmed through multiple seasons. School age was the most significant demographic. Young children, rather than meteorological factors, served as the primary determinant of viral transmission. The proximity of 3 large viral waves to school reopening after the summer break suggested school transmission is an important contributor. The significant association of meteorological factors with viral transmission increased the risk further, reflecting the period of the year of maximum transmission. This was seen with as viruses with a clear seasonality but not with viruses with atypical or absent seasonality
Medicinal plants with folkloric uses in the management of breast cancer in Northwestern Nigeria : a cross-sectional survey
No full textReimagining learning in the age of gen AI : a call for co-evolution
No full textEducation and business stand at a crossroads. Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) is not just another tool—it’s a transformative intelligence capable of learning, adapting, and co-creating alongside humans. Yet, many Universities and businesses remain stuck in rigid, outdated models of learning and development. Our latest Think Tank highlighted a key realisation: we cannot afford to treat Gen AI as a mere search engine or automation tool. It’s
time to reimagine learning as a dynamic, continuous process—where humans and Gen AI evolve together. The alternative? A widening skills gap that leaves both graduates and organisations struggling to keep pace
Ontological study of living backwards : Fabulous Monsters’ exploration of metaphysics and a mirror effect
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Impact of a recipe kit scheme (BRITE Box) on cooking and food‐related behaviours of children and families : exploring parental/carer views
Get PDFDietary intakes in UK children fail to meet national recommendations, especially in low-income groups. Involving children in food preparation and cooking may enhance acceptability of a wider range of foods, enhance their skills and increase their enjoyment of food. An innovative recipe meal kit scheme, Building Resilience in Today's Environment (BRITE) Box, was developed during the pandemic primarily to address food insecurity (FI). Administered via schools, it offers pre-weighed ingredients sufficient for a meal for a family of five, plus a child-focused recipe, weekly during school term times. A total of 154 parents/carers completed questionnaires and 29 were interviewed. Responses indicated multiple benefits of the scheme, including increased confidence in cooking among both children and parents/carers. Both questionnaire responses and interviews suggested improvements in a range of food-related behaviours, including cooking and eating together and talking more about food. Parents/carers suggested that their children were more willing to eat vegetables and healthy foods and to try new foods and flavours. They also reported greater use of leftovers thereby potentially reducing food waste. Improved behaviours, willingness to try new foods and flavours, reduced food waste and lower stress of trying to think of new and acceptable family meals are likely to have contributed to the positive impact on their mental health reported by BRITE Box parents/carers
Wood flour / ceramic reinforced polylactic acid based 3D–printed functionally grade structural material for integrated engineering applications : a numerical and experimental characteristic investigation
No full textTranslation : how securitization of Islam travels from right-wing to left-wing political parties
Get PDFSecuritization of Islam cannot be fully comprehended without looking at party ideologies. While it is acknowledged that Muslims in the West have been securitized, little attention has been paid to the language and ideas through which securitization manifests across and inside political parties, especially on the Left. This aspect needs further research. After the jihadist terrorist attacks of the mid-2010s, many European centre-left politicians have securitized not only Islamism, but also Islam, by using tropes frequently pronounced by right-wing political parties. The literature has already analysed how securitization changes across countries. I ask instead how securitization travels across parties and argue that this process occurs through an intralinguistic translation, which means to transform words within the same language without losing the original meaning. I investigate the translation of securitization of Islam from right-wing to left-wing language and show that the process is active and nested in ‘distal’ and ‘proximate’ contexts. I illustrate my argument through a discourse analysis of speeches released by key figures of the French Socialist Party-led governments (2012–2017) since they translated the securitization of Islam through indirect speech acts and by flagging their own referent objects (such as laïcité) to persuade left-leaning audiences
Hva fanden ('what the devil') : a conversation analytic investigation of swearing and stance in questions and quotation
No full textThis study investigates the use of the swear word expression hva fanden ('what the devil') in Danish talk-in-interaction by analysing 17 cases using Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics. Hva fanden occurs in information-seeking actions, which include repair (i.e., word search and other-initiated repair) and requests for information. Hva fanden conveys the speaker’s non-access to certain information, in word search without stance-taking but in other functions displaying a negative stance to e.g. a referent. Hva fanden also occurs in quoted usage, where it performs assessment by framing some conduct as worthy of a response with a negative stance, with variation in their responses (i.e., immediate or none). Through detailed analyses of interaction, the study contributes to knowledge on swearing in interaction
