LLukas22/scidocs huggingface dataset:
How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study.

OBJECTIVES
To determine whether teenage pregnancy and Indigenous status are associated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.


DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS
A cross-sectional descriptive analysis of nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies who delivered at the sole tertiary obstetric hospital in Western Australia between June 2004 and September 2006, using data obtained from computerised midwifery records.


MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Maternal risk factors, pregnancy characteristics, and obstetric and perinatal outcomes for teenage and adult pregnancies.


RESULTS
Of the 4896 births reviewed, 560 (11%) were to teenage mothers. Teenagers were more likely to be Indigenous and to experience maternal risk factors such as anaemia and smoking. Indigenous women were more likely than non-Indigenous women to be smokers, with young Indigenous teenagers (aged 12-16 years) being most likely to smoke (odds ratio [OR], 6.29; 95% CI, 3.99-9.92). Perinatal outcomes for teenage and adult births were similar, while adjustment for smoking and Indigenous status changed the observed association for the Indigenous population of preterm delivery < 37 weeks' gestation (OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.01-1.71), admission to special care nursery (OR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.10-1.81) and low birthweight (OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.10-1.87). However, older teenagers (aged 17-18 years) were the group at highest risk of stillbirth (OR, 1.99; 95% CI, 1.03-3.76).


CONCLUSIONS
These results improve our understanding of the obstetric and medical issues associated with teenage pregnancy and birth in WA and how we might tailor our approach to care. Indigenous teenagers need special attention, and there is significant scope for public health interventions around anaemia and smoking in this population.
Neurological failure in ICU patients with hematological malignancies: A prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND
Epidemiological studies of neurological complications in patients with hematological malignancies are scant. The objective of the study was to identify determinants of survival in patients with hematological malignancy and neurological failure.


METHODS
Post hoc analysis of a prospective study of adults with hematological malignancies admitted for any reason to one of 17 university or university-affiliated participating ICUs in France and Belgium (2010-2012). The primary outcome was vital status at hospital discharge.


RESULTS
Of the 1011 patients enrolled initially, 226 (22.4%) had neurological failure. Presenting manifestations were dominated by drowsiness or stupor (65%), coma (32%), weakness (26%), and seizures (19%). Neuroimaging, lumbar puncture, and electroencephalography were performed in 113 (50%), 73 (32%), and 63 (28%) patients, respectively. A neurosurgical biopsy was done in 1 patient. Hospital mortality was 50%. By multivariate analysis, factors independently associated with higher hospital mortality were poor performance status (odds ratio [OR], 3.99; 95%CI, 1.82-9.39; P = 0.0009), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (OR, 2.60; 95%CI, 1.35-5.15; P = 0.005), shock (OR, 1.95; 95%CI, 1.04-3.72; P = 0.04), and respiratory failure (OR, 2.18; 95%CI, 1.14-4.25; P = 0.02); and factors independently associated with lower hospital mortality were GCS score on day 1 (OR, 0.88/point; 95%CI, 0.81-0.95; P = 0.0009) and autologous stem cell transplantation (OR, 0.25; 95%CI, 0.07-0.75; P = 0.02).


CONCLUSIONS
In ICU patients with hematological malignancies, neurological failure is common and often fatal. Independent predictors of higher hospital mortality were type of underlying hematological malignancy, poor performance status, hemodynamic and respiratory failures, and severity of consciousness impairment. Knowledge of these risk factors might help to optimize management strategies.
Citation-Based Plagiarism Detection: Practicability on a Large-Scale Scientific Corpus

The automated detection of plagiarism is an information retrieval task of increasing importance as the volume of readily accessible information on the web expands. A major shortcoming of current automated plagiarism detection approaches is their dependence on high character-based similarity. As a result, heavily disguised plagiarism forms, such as paraphrases, translated plagiarism, or structural and idea plagiarism, remain undetected. A recently proposed language-independent approach to plagiarism detection, Citation-based Plagiarism Detection (CbPD), allows the detection of semantic similarity even in the absence of text overlap by analyzing the citation placement in a document’s full text to determine similarity. This article evaluates the performance of CbPD in detecting plagiarism with various degrees of disguise in a collection of 185,000 biomedical articles. We benchmark CbPD against two characterbased detection approaches using a ground truth approximated in a user study. Our evaluation shows that the citation-based approach achieves superior ranking performance for heavily disguised plagiarism forms. Additionally, we demonstrate CbPD to be computationally more efficient than character-based approaches. Finally, upon combining the citation-based with the traditional character-based document similarity visualization methods in a hybrid detection prototype, we observe a reduction in the required user effort for document verification. Introduction
A Low-Power and Flexible Energy Detection IR-UWB Receiver for RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper presents an energy detection Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband (IR-UWB) receiver for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) applications. An Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) consisting of a 3-5 GHz analog front-end, a timing circuit and a high speed baseband controller is implemented in a 90 nm standard CMOS technology. A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is employed as a reconfigurable back-end, enabling adaptive baseband algorithms and ranging estimations. The proposed architecture is featured by high flexibility that adopts a wide range of pulse rate (512 kHz-33 MHz), processing gain (0-18 dB), correlation schemes, synchronization algorithms, and modulation schemes (PPM/OOK). The receiver prototype was fabricated and measured. The power consumption of the ASIC is 16.3 mW at 1 V power supply, which promises a minimal energy consumption of 0.5 nJ/bit. The whole link is evaluated together with a UWB RFID tag. Bit error rate (BER) measurement displays a sensitivity of -79 dBm at 10 Mb/s with 10-3 BER achieved by the proposed receiver, corresponding to an operation distance over 10 meters under the FCC regulation.
Nanostructured biosensor for tear glucose detection based on bioluminescence resonance energy transfer ( BRET ) mechanism

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Wireless Home Automation System Using Zigbee

Home Automation industry is growing rapidly; this is fuelled by provide supporting systems for the elderly and the disabled, especially those who live alone. Coupled with this, the world population is confirmed to be getting older. Home automation systems must comply with the household standards and convenience of usage. This paper details the overall design of a wireless home automation system (WHAS) which has been built and implemented. The automation centers on recognition of voice commands and uses low-power RF ZigBee wireless communication modules which are relatively cheap. The home automation system is intended to control all lights and electrical appliances in a home or office using voice commands. The system has been tested and verified. The verification tests included voice recognition response test, indoor ZigBee communication test. The tests involved a mix of 10 male and female subjects with different Indian languages. 7 different voice commands were sent by each person. Thus the test involved sending a total of 70 commands and 80.05% of these commands were recognized correctly. Keywords— Home automation, ZigBee transceivers, voice streaming, HM 2007, voice recognition. ——————————  ——————————
20 Machine Analysis of Facial Expressions

The human face is the site for major sensory inputs and major communicative outputs. It houses the majority of our sensory apparatus as well as our speech production apparatus. It is used to identify other members of our species, to gather information about age, gender, attractiveness, and personality, and to regulate conversation by gazing or nodding. Moreover, the human face is our preeminent means of communicating and understanding somebody’s affective state and intentions on the basis of the shown facial expression (Keltner & Ekman, 2000). Thus, the human face is a multi-signal input-output communicative system capable of tremendous flexibility and specificity (Ekman & Friesen, 1975). In general, the human face conveys information via four kinds of signals. (a) Static facial signals represent relatively permanent features of the face, such as the bony structure, the soft tissue, and the overall proportions of the face. These signals contribute to an individual’s appearance and are usually exploited for person identification. (b) Slow facial signals represent changes in the appearance of the face that occur gradually over time, such as development of permanent wrinkles and changes in skin texture. These signals can be used for assessing the age of an individual. Note that these signals might diminish the distinctness of the boundaries of the facial features and impede recognition of the rapid facial signals. (c) Artificial signals are exogenous features of the face such as glasses and cosmetics. These signals provide additional information that can be used for gender recognition. Note that these signals might obscure facial features or, conversely, might enhance them. (d) Rapid facial signals represent temporal changes in neuromuscular activity that may lead to visually detectable changes in facial appearance, including blushing and tears. These (atomic facial) signals underlie facial expressions. All four classes of signals contribute to person identification, gender recognition, attractiveness assessment, and personality prediction. In Aristotle’s time, a theory was proposed about mutual dependency between static facial signals (physiognomy) and personality: “soft hair reveals a coward, strong chin a stubborn person, and a smile a happy person”. Today, few psychologists share the belief about the meaning of soft hair and strong chin, but many believe that rapid facial signals (facial expressions) communicate emotions (Ekman & Friesen, 1975; Ambady & Rosenthal, 1992; Keltner & Ekman, 2000) and personality traits (Ambady & Rosenthal, 1992). More specifically, types of messages
Population pharmacokinetic modeling of the Qishe pill in three major traditional Chinese medicine-defined constitutional types of healthy Chinese subjects: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND
High incidences of neck pain morbidity are challenging in various situations for populations based on their demographic, physiological and pathological characteristics. Chinese proprietary herbal medicines, as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) products, are usually developed from well-established and long-standing recipes formulated as tablets or capsules. However, good quantification and strict standardization are still needed for implementation of individualized therapies. The Qishe pill was developed and has been used clinically since 2009. The Qishe pill's personalized medicine should be documented and administered to various patients according to the ancient TCM system, a classification of personalized constitution types, established to determine predisposition and prognosis to diseases as well as therapy and life-style administration. Therefore, we describe the population pharmacokinetic profile of the Qishe pill and compare its metabolic rate in the three major constitution types (Qi-Deficiency, Yin-Deficiency and Blood-Stasis) to address major challenges to individualized standardized TCM.


METHODS/DESIGN
Healthy subjects (N = 108) selected based on constitutional types will be assessed, and standardized pharmacokinetic protocol will be used for assessing demographic, physiological, and pathological data. Laboratory biomarkers will be evaluated and blood samples collected for pharmacokinetics(PK) analysis and second-generation gene sequencing. In single-dose administrations, subjects in each constitutional type cohort (N = 36) will be randomly divided into three groups to receive different Qishe pill doses (3.75, 7.5 and 15 grams). Multiomics, including next generation sequencing, metabolomics, and proteomics, will complement the Qishe pill's multilevel assessment, with cytochrome P450 genes as targets. In a comparison with the general population, a systematic population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) model for the Qishe pill will be established and verified.


TRIAL REGISTRATION
This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02294448 .15 November 2014.
Exploring User Types and What Users Seek in an Open Content Based Educational Resource

The OpenLearn site is an example of an Open Educational Resource (OER) providing units for free study and for re-use under the Creative Commons license. The primary focus of the site is content but it also offers social tools such as forums, personal journals, presence, and videoconferencing. The content can also support interactivity such as quizzes, opportunities for reflection, and interactive diagrams. This paper discusses desirable attributes for a learning environment suited to OERs and considers OpenLearn in the light of the four types of learning focus suggested by Bransford et al (2002) namely: learner, knowledge, community and assessment centred. A study of user views of OpenLearn is reviewed using cluster analysis to identify possible user types. The needs of these user types are then considered with a focus on assessment issues and possible responses suggested in the case of OpenLearn to help bring in assessment to informal learning resources.
The qualitative research interview.

BACKGROUND
Interviews are among the most familiar strategies for collecting qualitative data. The different qualitative interviewing strategies in common use emerged from diverse disciplinary perspectives resulting in a wide variation among interviewing approaches. Unlike the highly structured survey interviews and questionnaires used in epidemiology and most health services research, we examine less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved.


PURPOSE
In this article we briefly review the more common qualitative interview methods and then focus on the widely used individual face-to-face in-depth interview, which seeks to foster learning about individual experiences and perspectives on a given set of issues. We discuss methods for conducting in-depth interviews and consider relevant ethical issues with particular regard to the rights and protection of the participants.
Topiramate: a prospective study on the relationship between concentration, dosage and adverse events in epileptic patients on combination therapy.

RATIONALE
The relationship between topiramate (TPM) concentration, dosage and adverse events in patients with epilepsy is still controversial. We therefore performed a prospective study in patients with poorly controlled epilepsy treated with TPM, predominantly in combination with other antiepileptic drugs. The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of adverse events due to TPM and its serum concentration or dosage, respectively.


METHODS
The relationship between the occurrence of adverse events and TPM serum concentration or dosage, respectively, was examined in a group of 42 young adult and adult patients with poorly controlled epilepsy. Within 22 months, all patients treated with TPM had been included in the study. The 8 adverse events occurring most frequently (difference > or = 10%) in TPM-treated patients in 5, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group studies, were checked regularly. This side effect profile has been presented by Reife et al. (1995a). Other possible or probable adverse events were also documented.


RESULTS
The difference in TPM serum concentrations and TPM dosages (mg/kg) for patients without an adverse event, and patients with a given adverse event was statistically significant for "abnormal thinking, impaired concentration, weight loss, dizziness, speech problems, somnolence, ataxia, increased seizure frequency and paresthesia". To avoid adverse events, we recommend an initial "maintenance serum concentration" of below 4 microg/mL. As regards the TPM dosage, our results suggest initial maintenance dosages of 100 TPM or lower, 1.5 mg/kg or lower, respectively. These conclusions are limited by the relatively small number of patients.
Consciousness and Complexity

Conventional approaches to understanding consciousness are generally concerned with the contribution of specific brain areas or groups of neurons. By contrast, it is considered here what kinds of neural processes can account for key properties of conscious experience. Applying measures of neural integration and complexity, together with an analysis of extensive neurological data, leads to a testable proposal-the dynamic core hypothesis-about the properties of the neural substrate of consciousness.
Do organizations spend wisely on employees? Effects of training and development investments on learning and innovation in organizations

The present study examines the effects of training and development on organizational innovation. We specifically suggest that the training and development investments of an organization affect its innovative performance by promoting various learning practices. We empirically tested our hypothesis by using time-lagged, multi-source data collected from 260 Korean companies that represent diverse industries. Our analysis showed that corporate expenditure for internal training predicts interpersonal and organizational learning practices, which, in turn, increase innovative performance. The data also revealed that the positive relationship between interpersonal and organizational learning practices and innovative performance is stronger within organizations that have stronger innovative climates. By contrast, investment in employee development through financial support for education outside an organization poses a significant negative effect on its innovative performance and no significant effect on learning practices. The present study provides a plausible explanation for a mechanism through which the investment of an organization in employees enhances its innovative performance. Copyright © 2013 The Authors.
A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches

The evolution of serially arranged, jointed endoskeletal supports internal to the gills—the visceral branchial arches—represents one of the key events in early jawed vertebrate (gnathostome) history, because it provided the morphological basis for the subsequent evolution of jaws. However, until now little was known about visceral arches in early gnathostomes, and theories about gill arch evolution were driven by information gleaned mostly from both modern cartilaginous (chondrichthyan) and bony (osteichthyan) fishes. New fossil discoveries can profoundly affect our understanding of evolutionary history, by revealing hitherto unseen combinations of primitive and derived characters. Here we describe a 325 million year (Myr)-old Palaeozoic shark-like fossil that represents, to our knowledge, the earliest identified chondrichthyan in which the complete gill skeleton is three-dimensionally preserved in its natural position. Its visceral arch arrangement is remarkably osteichthyan-like, suggesting that this may represent the common ancestral condition for crown gnathostomes. Our findings thus reinterpret the polarity of some arch features of the crown jawed vertebrates and invert the classic hypothesis, in which modern sharks retain the ancestral condition. This study underscores the importance of early chondrichthyans in resolving the evolutionary history of jawed vertebrates.
Aperture tuned antennas for 3G-4G applications using MEMS digital variable capacitor

Industrial design constraints coupled with increased frequency coverage required for today's mobile Smart Phone handsets, are making it difficult to develop highly efficient broadband antenna solutions. This paper will show how antenna aperture tuning using a high performance MEMS (microelectromechanical system) Digital Variable Capacitor can improve antenna performance across all frequency bands for 3G and 4G LTE communications.
The proximal origin of the hamstrings and surrounding anatomy encountered during repair. Surgical technique.

BACKGROUND
Avulsion of the proximal origin of the hamstrings has become a more frequently recognized athletic injury. Most orthopaedic surgeons rarely operate in this anatomic area. The purpose of the present study was to define the anatomy of the proximal origin of the hamstrings and its relationship to neurovascular and muscular structures encountered during a repair of a complete avulsion.


METHODS
Fourteen fresh-frozen hip-to-foot human cadaveric specimens were dissected in the prone position. The proximal origin of the hamstrings and its relationship to the surrounding neurologic and muscular structures were documented and measured with use of digital calipers.


RESULTS
Six of the fourteen specimens were from female donors. The average age of the donors at the time of death was 68 +/- 13 years. The average height of the donors was 66 +/- 3.5 in (167 +/- 8.9 cm), and the average weight was 142 +/- 39 lb (64 +/- 17.7 kg). The semitendinosus and biceps femoris have a common tendinous site of origin on the ischium. A number of measurements were obtained. The musculotendinous junctions of the semitendinosus and biceps femoris separated at an average of 9.9 +/- 1.5 cm from the most proximal origin site on the ischium. The average distance from the proximal border of the semitendinosus/biceps femoris origin to the inferior border of the gluteus maximus was 6.3 +/- 1.3 cm. At the lateral border of the ischium, the average distance from the inferior gluteal nerve and artery to the inferior border of the gluteus maximus was 5.0 +/- 0.8 cm. The sciatic nerve was an average of 1.2 +/- 0.2 cm from the most lateral aspect of the ischial tuberosity. The site of origin of the semitendinosus/biceps femoris was oval, with average measurements of 2.7 +/- 0.5 cm from proximal to distal and of 1.8 +/- 0.2 cm from medial to lateral. The site of origin of the semimembranosus was crescent-shaped, with average measurements of 3.1 +/- 0.3 cm from proximal to distal and of 1.1 +/- 0.5 cm from medial to lateral.


CONCLUSIONS
The semitendinosus and biceps femoris have a common tendon of origin on the ischium, and the semimembranosus originates just laterally. The proximal origin of the hamstrings has intimate relationships with the inferior gluteal nerve and artery and the sciatic nerve, which may be at risk during surgical dissection and retraction.