Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Japan during 2014‐2015: Characterization of re‐emerging G2P[4] after rotavirus vaccine introduction

Rotavirus vaccines have been available in Japan since 2011. This study conducted to monitor the trend of group A rotavirus (RVA) genotypes 3 years after vaccine introduction. A total of, 539 fecal samples were collected from children with acute gastroenteritis in six regions during July 2014‐June 2015. Among them, 178 samples (33.0%) were positive for RVA. The most predominant genotype was G1P[8] (35.9%) followed by G2P[4] (26.4%), G9P[8] (21.3%), G3P[8] (4.5%), and G3P[9] (4.5%). The detection rate of G2P[4] was increased soon after vaccine introduction. Sequence analyses of VP7 and VP4 genes of the representative G2P[4] strains were found to be clustered in sub‐lineage IVa of lineage IV. It is noteworthy that one amino acid substitution in the antigenic epitope (Q114P) of VP4 gene was found in representative G2P[4] strains of the current study. However, it is unclear whether the change in antigenic epitope is due to the effect of vaccination or due to natural variation, warranting further continuous monitoring of rotavirus evolution after vaccine introduction.
Comparison of 2 plating techniques for lateral clavicle fractures, using a new standardized biomechanical testing setup

Background: Conservative treatment of lateral clavicle fractures (Neer type II) often ends with unsatisfactory results for patients. Operative treatment is thus gaining acceptance. A retrospective study found success using a double plate technique for these injuries. For the current study, a standardized testing setup was developed to compare the mechanical properties of single versus double plate technique for lateral clavicle fractures. Methods: Six synthetic bones were tested for each technique. Neer type IIB fractures were created using computer-aided design (CAD). Fatigue testing was carried out with a cantilever bending test. Parameters measured were cycles undergone, failure load and stiffness at the point of failure. Results: The standardized testing setup was able to provide reproducible failures. The double plate technique lasted about 16,000 more cycles and withstood an additional 22.4 N on average. Conclusions: The new modified standardized testing setup produced reproducible fixation failures for both clavicle fracture fixation techniques. The double plate technique seems to be mechanically superior to the single plate technique.
Hate Speech Detection: A Solved Problem? The Challenging Case of Long Tail on Twitter

In recent years, the increasing propagation of hate speech on social media and the urgent need for effective counter-measures have drawn significant investment from governments, companies, and empirical research. Despite a large number of emerging, scientific studies to address the problem, the performance of existing automated methods at identifying specific types of hate speech - as opposed to identifying non-hate -is still very unsatisfactory, and the reasons behind are poorly understood. This work undertakes the first in-depth analysis towards this problem and shows that, the very challenging nature of identifying hate speech on the social media is largely due to the extremely unbalanced presence of real hateful content in the typical datasets, and the lack of unique, discriminative features in such content, both causing them to reside in the 'long tail' of a dataset that is difficult to discover. To address this issue, we propose novel Deep Neural Network structures serving as effective feature extractors, and explore the usage of background information in the form of different word embeddings pre-trained from unlabelled corpora. We empirically evaluate our methods on the largest collection of hate speech datasets based on Twitter, and show that our methods can significantly outperform state of the art, as they are able to obtain a maximum improvement of between 4 and 16 percentage points (macro-average F1) depending on datasets.
Gill monogenean communities (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) of butterflyfishes from tropical Indo-West Pacific Islands

SUMMARY We studied the monogenean communities of 34 species of butterflyfish from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, identifying 13 dactylogyrid species (including two species that are presently undescribed). Monogenean assemblages differed significantly between host species in terms of taxonomic structure, intensity and prevalence. Parasite richness ranged from 0 (Chaetodon lunulatus) to 11 (C. auriga, C. citrinellus and C. lunula). Host specificity varied between the dactylogyrids species, being found on 2–29 of the 34 chaetodontid species examined. Sympatric butterflyfish species were typically parasitized by different combinations of dactylogyrid species, suggesting the existence of complex host–parasite interactions. We identified six clusters of butterflyfish species based on the similarities of their dactylogyrid communities. Dactylogyrid richness and diversity were not related to host size, diet specialization, depth range or phylogeny of butterflyfish species. However, there was a weak positive correlation between monogenean richness and diversity and host geographical range. Most communities of dactylogyrids were dominated by Haliotrema aurigae and H. angelopterum, indicating the importance of the genus Haliotrema in shaping monogenean communities of butterflyfishes. This study casts light on the structure of the monogenean communities of butterflyfishes, suggesting that the diversity and complexity of community structures arises from a combination of host species-specific parameters.
Communication-Constrained Mobile Edge Computing Systems for Wireless Virtual Reality: Scheduling and Tradeoff

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is expected to be an effective solution to deliver virtual reality (VR) videos over wireless networks. In contrast to previous computation-constrained MEC, which reduces the computation-resource consumption at the mobile device by increasing the communication-resource consumption, we develop a communications-constrained MEC framework to reduce communication-resource consumption by fully exploiting the computation and caching resources at the mobile VR device in this paper. Specifically, according to a task modularization, the MEC server only delivers the components which have not been stored in the VR device, and then the VR device uses the received components and other cached components to construct the task, yielding low communication cost but high delay. The MEC server also computes the task by itself to reduce the delay, however, it consumes more communication-resource due to the delivery of entire task. Therefore, we propose a task scheduling strategy to decide which computation model should the MEC server operates to minimize the communication-resource consumption under the delay constraint. Finally, the tradeoffs among communications, computing, and caching are also discussed, and we analytically find that given a target communication-resource consumption, the transmission rate is inversely proportional to the computing ability of mobile VR device.
The Importance of Protesters’ Morals: Moral Obligation as a Key Variable to Understand Collective Action

Collective action and protest have become a normalized political behavior that in many cases defines the political agenda. The reasons why people take to the streets constitute a central subject within the study of social psychology. In the literature, three precedents of protest that have been established as central to the study of this phenomenon are: injustice, efficacy, and identity. But political action is also deeply related to moral values. This explains why in recent years some moral constructs have also been pointed out as predictors of collective action. Moral variables have been introduced into the literature with little consideration to how they relate to each other. Thus, work in this direction is needed. The general aim of this research is to differentiate moral obligation from moral norms and moral conviction, as well as to compare their ability to predict collective action. In order to do so, the research objectives are: (a) conceptualize and operationalize moral obligation (Study 1, N = 171); (b) test its predictive power for intention to participate in protests (Study 2, N = 622); and (c) test moral obligation in a real context (Study 3, N = 407). Results are encouraging, showing not only that moral obligation is different to moral conviction and moral norm, but also that it is a more effective predictor working both for intention and real participation. This work therefore presents moral obligation as a key precedent of protest participation, prompting its future use as a variable that can enhance existing predictive models of collective action. Results regarding other variables are also discussed.
Clinical course after parathyroidectomy in adults with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis

Abstract Background Parathyroidectomy (PTX) is done in cases of secondary hyperparathyroidism from chronic kidney disease to improve renal osteodystrophy. Despite this widespread practice, clinical outcomes regarding the benefits of this procedure are still lacking. Most studies in the literature have opted to report the laboratory outcome instead. Our study aimed to evaluate the postoperative clinical course for patients who had undergone total PTX without autoimplantation. Methods and results All patients who underwent PTX between January 2010 and February 2014 in a tertiary referral center were included in this study and followed up for 12 months. Laboratory outcome parameters include various preoperative and postoperative serial measurements of laboratory parameters. Patients’ hospitalizations and mortality records post-PTX were also retrieved and recorded. In all, 90 patients were included in this study. The mean age was 48 ± 18 years. The majority of the patients (54.4%) were male and 90% were on hemodialysis. The mean duration of dialysis was 8.0 ± 5.0 years. Indications for PTX were symptomatic bone pain (95.6%), fractures (3.3%) and calciphylaxis (1.1%). Mean preoperative values for serum calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) were 2.40 ± 0.23mmol/L, 1.92 ± 0.51 mmol/L, 689.60 ± 708.50 U/L and 311.90 ± 171.94 pmol/L, respectively. The majority (92.2%) had all four glands removed and 92.2% of the glands showed hyperplasic changes. One year after PTX, 90 patients (100%) had serum iPTH <8 pmol/L and 28 patients (31%) had unmeasurable iPTH levels. A total of 15% of patients had hospitalizations for various reasons and of these, 50% were within 90 days. The mean hospital stay was 14.4 ± 18.6 days. The mortality rate was 4.4% and of these, 25% were in first 30 days. Causes of death were mainly from sepsis (75%) and acute coronary syndrome (25%). One patient (1.1%) had a relapse. Conclusions Even though PTX markedly reduces postoperative serum iPTH levels, it carries with it significant risk of morbidity and mortality.
Effects of combined exercise training and electromyostimulation treatments in chronic heart failure: A prospective multicentre study

Background Exercise training as part of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation is recommended for patients with cardiac heart failure. It is a valuable method for the improvement of exercise tolerance. Some studies reported a similar improvement with quadricipital electrical myostimulation, but the effect of combined exercise training and electrical myostimulation in cardiac heart failure has not been yet evaluated in a large prospective multicentre study. Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether the addition of low frequency electrical myostimulation to exercise training may improve exercise capacity and/or muscular strength in cardiac heart failure patients. Methods Ninety-one patients were included (mean age: 58 ± 9 years; New York Heart Association II/III: 52/48%, left ventricular ejection fraction: 30 ± 7%) in a prospective French study. The patients were randomised into two groups: 41 patients in exercise training and 50 in exercise training + electrical myostimulation. All patients underwent 20 exercise training sessions. In addition, in the exercise training + electrical myostimulation group, patients underwent 20 low frequency (10 Hz) quadricipital electrical myostimulation sessions. Each patient underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise test, a six-minute walk test, a muscular function evaluation and a quality of life questionnaire, before and at the end of the study. Results A significant improvement of exercise capacity (Δ peak oxygen uptake+15% in exercise training group and +14% in exercise training + electrical myostimulation group) and of quality of life was observed in both groups without statistically significant differences between the two groups. Mean creatine kinase level increased in the exercise training group whereas it remained stable in the combined group. Conclusions This prospective multicentre study shows that electrical myostimulation on top of exercise training does not demonstrate any significant additional improvement in exercise capacity in cardiac heart failure patients.
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When Do Misunderstandings Matter? Evidence From Survey Interviews About Smoking

This paper examines when conceptual misalignments in dialog lead to consequential miscommunication. Two studies explore misunderstanding in survey interviews of the sort conducted by governments and social scientists, where mismeasurement can have real social costs. In 131 interviews about tobacco use, misalignment between respondents' and researchers' conceptions of ordinary expressions like "smoking" and "every day" was quantified by probing respondents' interpretations of survey terms and re-administering the survey questionnaire with standard definitions after the interview. Respondents' interpretations were surprisingly variable, and in many cases they did not match the conceptions that researchers intended them to use. More often than one might expect, this conceptual variability was consequential, leading to answers (and, in principle, to estimates of the prevalence of smoking and related attributes in the population) that would have been different had conceptualizations been aligned; for example, fully 12% of respondents gave a different answer about having smoked 100 cigarettes in their entire life when later given a standard definition. In other cases misaligned interpretations did not lead to miscommunication, in that the differences would not have led to different survey responses. Although clarification of survey terms during the interview sometimes improved conceptual alignment, this was not guaranteed; in this corpus some needed attempts at clarification were never made, some attempts did not succeed, and some seemed to make understanding worse. The findings suggest that conceptual misalignments may be more frequent in ordinary conversation than interlocutors know, and that attempts to detect and clarify them may not always work. They also suggest that at least some unresolved misunderstandings do not matter in the sense that they do not change the outcome of the communication-in this case, the survey estimates.
The Survey on Near Field Communication

Near Field Communication (NFC) is an emerging short-range wireless communication technology that offers great and varied promise in services such as payment, ticketing, gaming, crowd sourcing, voting, navigation, and many others. NFC technology enables the integration of services from a wide range of applications into one single smartphone. NFC technology has emerged recently, and consequently not much academic data are available yet, although the number of academic research studies carried out in the past two years has already surpassed the total number of the prior works combined. This paper presents the concept of NFC technology in a holistic approach from different perspectives, including hardware improvement and optimization, communication essentials and standards, applications, secure elements, privacy and security, usability analysis, and ecosystem and business issues. Further research opportunities in terms of the academic and business points of view are also explored and discussed at the end of each section. This comprehensive survey will be a valuable guide for researchers and academicians, as well as for business in the NFC technology and ecosystem.
The Risk of Perioperative Bleeding in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Worldwide, millions of patients with chronic kidney disease undergo surgery each year. Although chronic kidney disease increases the risk of bleeding in nonoperative settings, the risk of perioperative bleeding is less clear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize existing information and quantify the risk of perioperative bleeding from chronic kidney disease. Methods: We screened 9376 citations from multiple databases for cohort studies published between 1990 and 2011. Studies that met our inclusion criteria included patients undergoing any major surgery, with a sample size of at least 100 patients with chronic kidney disease (as defined by the primary study authors with an elevated preoperative serum creatinine value or a low estimated glomerular filtration rate). Their outcomes had to be compared with a reference group of at least 100 patients without chronic kidney disease. Our primary outcomes were (1) receipt of perioperative blood transfusions and (2) need for reoperation for reasons of bleeding. Results: Twenty-three studies met our criteria for review (20 cardiac surgery, 3 non–cardiac surgery). Chronic kidney disease was associated with a greater risk of requiring blood transfusion (7 studies in cardiac surgery, totaling 22,718 patients) and weighted incidence in patients with normal kidney function was 53% and in chronic kidney disease was 73%; pooled odds ratio, 2.7 (95% confidence interval, 2.1–3.4). After adjustment for relevant factors, the association remained statistically significant in 4 studies. Chronic kidney disease was associated with more reoperation for reasons of bleeding (14 studies in cardiac surgery, totaling 569,715 patients) and weighted incidence in patients with normal kidney function was 2.4% and in chronic kidney disease was 2.7%; pooled odds ratio, 1.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.3–1.8). However, after adjustment for relevant factors (as done in 5 studies), the association was no longer statistically significant. Conclusions: Chronic kidney disease is associated with perioperative bleeding but not bleeding that required reoperation. Further studies should stage chronic kidney disease with the modern system, better define bleeding outcomes, and guide intervention to improve the safety of surgery in this at-risk population.
A View on Wear Mechanism of Metallic Card Clothing

金属性的卡片衣服的 wear 机制，在纺织品工业使用，被分析。 一快穿测试因为金属性的卡片衣服行李架被开发，它被用作收集 wear 金属粒子。 卡片衣服的失败类型被扫描电子显微镜学(SEM ) 和 ferro 光谱技术的平均数分析。 结果证明主要穿金属性的卡片衣服的机制间隔疲劳穿的低负担和高重复被在纤维和金属电线 teeth.The 之间的磨擦力量引起拨出熄灭 microstmcture，它改进金属性的卡片衣服行李架的 wear 抵抗也被讨论。
Physiological effects and mechanisms of action of endocrine disrupting chemicals that alter estrogen signaling

Address for correspondence: Kenneth S. Korach, Ph.D., Receptor Biology Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, MD B3-02, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA, Tel. : (919) 541-3512, Fax: (919) 541-0696, e-mail: korach@niehs.nih. gov Received 10-02-10, Revised 20-05-10, Accepted 10-06-10
Renal Allograft Survival in Nonhuman Primates Infused With Donor Antigen‐Pulsed Autologous Regulatory Dendritic Cells

Systemic administration of autologous regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg; unpulsed or pulsed with donor antigen [Ag]), prolongs allograft survival and promotes transplant tolerance in rodents. Here, we demonstrate that nonhuman primate (NHP) monocyte‐derived DCreg preloaded with cell membrane vesicles from allogeneic peripheral blood mononuclear cells induce T cell hyporesponsiveness to donor alloantigen (alloAg) in vitro. These donor alloAg‐pulsed autologous DCreg (1.4–3.6 × 106/kg) were administered intravenously, 1 day before MHC‐mismatched renal transplantation to rhesus monkeys treated with costimulation blockade (cytotoxic T lymphocyte Ag 4 immunoglobulin [CTLA4] Ig) and tapered rapamycin. Prolongation of graft median survival time from 39.5 days (no DCreg infusion; n = 6 historical controls) and 29 days with control unpulsed DCreg (n = 2), to 56 days with donor Ag‐pulsed DCreg (n = 5) was associated with evidence of modulated host CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses to donor Ag and attenuation of systemic IL‐17 production. Circulating anti‐donor antibody (Ab) was not detected until CTLA4 Ig withdrawal. One monkey treated with donor Ag‐pulsed DCreg rejected its graft in association with progressively elevated anti‐donor Ab, 525 days posttransplant (160 days after withdrawal of immunosuppression). These findings indicate a modest but not statistically significant beneficial effect of donor Ag‐pulsed autologous DCreg infusion on NHP graft survival when administered with a minimal immunosuppressive drug regimen.
Qigong among older adults: a global review

The review focuses on the state of global Qigong research regarding its prevalence and practice, practitioner characteristics, and its effects on health among older adults. Qigong is a Chinese traditional practice that has been developed for thousands of years for the purposes of improving and sustaining health, and its ease of practice has appealed to older adults and those who wish to find non-biomedical ways to address their health concerns. It is practiced throughout the world, and its practitioners report better health than their non-practitioner counterparts according to cross-sectional, longitudinal, and retrospective studies. Trial research has also shown that Qigong is effective at improving many health outcomes, especially in regard to chronic physical and psychological conditions. Many research gaps exist, especially concerning study design and any investigation into the role of culture in Qigong practice. Future research should closely examine the feasibility and adaptability of Qigong exercise, health outcomes, and exercise adherence for individuals in advancing age, while also evaluating the effects of Qigong versus other forms of mind-body exercise and whether cultural specificity and CAM beliefs affect health outcomes. Last, researchers, health providers, and community leaders should investigate and improve the physical and psychosocial health and health behaviors of older adults through culturally appropriate and adaptable exercises like Qigong. Correspondence to: XinQi Dong, Chinese Health, Aging and Policy Program, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W. Jackson Blvd Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA, Tel: 312-942-3350; E-mail: xinqi_dong@rush.edu