Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Value of cystography in urinary tract infections

893 Summary 6487 newborns, the products of consecutive deliveries, were specifically examined in the present study for congenital abnormalities. 44 of them presented hypoplasia of the depressor anguli oris muscle (DAOM). Associated congenital malfor-mations were compared to those observed in the general neonatal population. The frequency of congenital anomalies among infants with hypo-plasia of DAOM was 20%, as compared to 2 7% in the control group of the same period. These figures indicate an eightfold increase of associated anomalies in the presence of the hypoplastic DAOM. Cardiovascular anomalies were found in 6 8% of the affected newborns, as compared to 0 45 % in the control group. Newborns with hypoplasia of the DAOM should be examined for other congenital anomalies, particularly of the cardiovascular system, since these tend to occur at a significantly higher frequency. Value of cystography in urinary tract infections It is customary in paediatric practice to investigate the urinary tract radiologically by means of an intravenous urogram (IVU), and a micturating cystogram when a child is first diagnosed as having a urinarytract infection (UTI) whether symptomatic may be associated with numerous complications. 13 are listed by McAlister, Cacciarelli, and Shackel-ford (1974), and after one of our patients required a general anaesthetic for removal of a catheter, we decided to see whether in patients with a normal IVU, cystography added any useful information. Patients and methods X-rays of all the children with a bacteriologically proven UTI, who had had both an IVU and a micturat-ing cystogram over a 2-year period, were reviewed. The diagnosis of UTI was made if a fresh specimen of urine contained a single organism with a quantitative count of 100 000 organisms/ml or more. For the IVU, after a plain film of the whole abdomen had been taken, an injection of Urovison (sodium and methyglucamine salts) 1 0 ml/kg body weight was given. No abdominal compression was used. The first film was taken at 5 minutes (3 minutes in very young children). If the 5-minute film showed two kidneys filling well, a bottle of cold Pepsi-Cola was given through a straw with the child lying down. This distended the stomach and showed the kidneys through a gas filled stomach. At 15 minutes a complete renal tract film was taken. This was occasionally supplemented with an oblique film to show, if necessary, a kidney partially obliterated by overlying bowel shadow, and to bring it into …
Mutuality and Reciprocity in Parent–teacher Relationships: Understanding the Nature of Partnerships in Early Childhood Education and Care Provision

THE EXPECTATION THAT EDUCATORS will develop partnerships with parents is a key principle in early childhood education and care provision. This is particularly so in Australia where policy guidelines and quality standards list parent partnerships as key indicators of quality practice. However the language used across the two key policy documents, the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standard, is inconsistent in the way these partnerships are defined and intended to be enacted. This has resulted in an ambiguity in the way teachers and educators are engaging in partnerships in their work with families. Drawing on a framework for examining partnerships that positions the notion of mutuality and reciprocity in the centre of the relationship, and examining this through Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological perspective, this paper presents findings of a small scale case study that explored the extent to which these characteristics are reflected in the relationships between the teacher and parents. The study found that while the teacher was meeting identified performance standards, that a true partnership underpinned by mutuality and reciprocity was not evident in the relationships between the teacher and the families.
Diagnosis and Treatment of a Neck Node Swelling Suspicious for a Malignancy: An Algorithmic Approach

Aim. To present an up-to-date algorithm incorporating recent advances regarding its diagnosis and treatment. Method. A Medline/Pubmed search was performed to identify relevant studies published in English from 1990 until 2008. Only clinical studies were identified and were used as basis for the diagnostic algorithm. Results. The eligible literature provided only observational evidence. The vast majority of neck nodes from occult primaries (>90%) represent SCC with a high incidence among middle aged man. Smoking and alcohol abuse are important risk factors. Asiatic and North African patients with neck node metastases are at risk of harbouring an occult nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The remainder are adenocarcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, melanoma, thyroid carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) reaches sensitivity and specificity percentages of 81% and 100%, respectively and plays an important role as the second diagnostic step after routine ENT mirror and/or endoscopic examination. FDG-PET/CT has proven to be helpful in identifying occult primary carcinomas of the head and neck, especially when applied as a guiding tool prior to panendoscopy, and may induce treatment related clinical decisions in up to 60% of cases. Conclusion. Although reports on the diagnostic process offer mainly descriptive studies, current information seems sufficient to formulate a diagnostic algorithm to contribute to a more systematic diagnostic approach preventing unnecessary steps.
Mine Impact Burial Prediction Experiment

Abstract : Mine Impact Burial Prediction Experiment "MIBEX" was conducted at Monterey Bay on May 23, 2000 using a simulated mine. During the experiment, we carefully observe mine track and mine burial depth while simultaneously taking gravity cores. After analyzing the gravity cores, we obtain the bottom sediment shear strength data set. Such synchronous mine burial depth and shear strength data were used to evaluate the Navy's Impact Burial Prediction Model "IBPM" which creates a two-dimensional time history of a bottom mine as it falls through air, water, and sediment. The output of the model is the predicted burial depth of the mine in the sediment in meters, as well as height, area, and volume protruding. Model input consists of environmental parameters and mine characteristics, as well as parameters describing the mine's release. The MIBEX data show that the current IBPM model needs to be improved.
Must We Suffer to Succeed?: When Anxiety Boosts Motivation and Performance

Why do some people work best under pressure? In two studies, we examined whether and how people use anxiety to motivate themselves. As predicted, clarity of feelings moderated the relationship between trait anxiety and the tendency to use this emotion as a source of motivation (i.e., anxiety motivation). Furthermore, anxiety motivation mediated the relationship between trait anxiety and outcomes – including academic achievement (Study 1) as well as persistence and job satisfaction (Study 2). These findings suggest that individuals who are clear about their feelings are more likely to thrive on anxiety and eustress and possibly use these to achieve their goals and find satisfaction at work.
Quality Assessment and Evolution of Open Data Portals

Despite the enthusiasm caused by the availability of a steadily increasing amount of openly available, structured data, first critical voices appear addressing the emerging issue of low quality in the meta data and data source of Open Data portals which is a serious risk that could disrupt the Open Data project. However, there exist no comprehensive reports about the actual quality of Open Data portals. In this work, we present our efforts to monitor and assess the quality of 82 active Open Data portals, powered by organisations across 35 different countries. We discuss our quality metrics and report comprehensive findings by analysing the data and the evolution of the portals since September 2014. Our results include findings about a steady growth of information, a high heterogeneity across the portals for various aspects and also insights on openness, contact ability and the availability of meta data.
Target tissues and innervation regulate the characteristics of K+ currents in chick ciliary ganglion neurons developing in situ

The expression of appropriate ensembles of ionic channels is necessary for the differentiation and normal function of vertebrate neurons. Cell- cell interactions may regulate the expression and properties of ionic channels in embryonic neurons. Previous studies have shown that the expression of A-type K+ channels (IA) and Ca2+-activated K+ channels (lK[Ca]) is abnormal in chick ciliary ganglion neurons developing in vitro in the absence of normal cell-cell interactions. Other voltage- activated currents develop normally under these conditions. The present studies were designed to establish the role of the target tissues and the preganglionic innervation in regulating the expression of these currents in embryonic chick ciliary ganglion neurons developing in situ. Surgical manipulations were used to remove the developing optic vesicle, which contains the target tissues, the mid-dorsal region of the midbrain primordium, which contains the preganglionic nucleus, or both, all prior to the formation of the ciliary ganglion. IA and IK[Ca] were then examined in acutely isolated neurons that developed in ovo in the presence (OV+) or absence (OV-) of the normal target tissues, in the presence (MB+) or absence (MB-) of preganglionic innervation, and in the absence of both preganglionic innervation and target tissues (OV- /MB-). The amplitude of IA was unaffected by the operations. However, the activation and inactivation kinetics of IA were two- to threefold faster in OV- or OV-/MB- cells compared to neurons isolated from control OV+ ganglia at embryonic days 11–14 (E11-E14). There were no changes in the voltage dependence of activation or steady-state inactivation, or in the time course of recovery from inactivation. By contrast, neurons isolated from MB- ganglia expressed an IA with amplitude, voltage dependence, and kinetics that were indistinguishable from those of control MB+ and OV+ ganglia. Therefore, interactions with target tissues in the eye play a role in determining the characteristics of IA in developing ciliary ganglion neurons, whereas preganglionic innervation does not. Furthermore, the amplitude of IK[Ca] was reduced by 90–100% in OV-, MB-, and OV-/MB- neurons isolated at E12-E14 as compared to MB+ and OV+ controls. Voltage-activated Ca2+ currents were present at normal amplitudes in all of these neurons. Thus, the expression of IK[Ca] in chick ciliary ganglion neurons is regulated by both target tissue interactions and preganglionic innervation. Therefore, cell-cell interactions are necessary for the expression of a normal ensemble of ionic channels in chick ciliary ganglion neurons developing in situ.
Detection and Photometry of Hot Horizontal Branch Stars in the Core of M32

We present the deepest near-UV image of M32 to date, which for the first time resolves hot horizontal branch (HB) stars in an elliptical galaxy. Given the near-solar metallicity of M32, much larger than that of globular clusters, the existence of an extended horizontal branch is a striking example of the second parameter effect, and, most importantly, provides direct evidence that hot HB stars and their progeny are the major contributors to the UV upturn phenomenon observed in elliptical galaxies. Our image, obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), detects approximately 8000 stars in a 25′′ × 25′′ field, centered 7. ″7 from the galaxy nucleus. These stars span a range of 21-28 mag in the STMAG system, and in the deepest parts of the image, our catalog is reasonably complete (>25%) to a magnitude of 27. The hot HB spans a magnitude range of 25-27 mag at effective temperatures hotter than 8500 K. We interpret this near-UV luminosity function with an extensive set of HB and post-HB evolutionary tracks. Although the UV-to-optical flux ratio in M32 is weak enough to be explained solely by the presence of post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars, our image conclusively demonstrates that it arises from a small fraction (≲5%) of the population passing through the hot HB phase. The production of these hot HB stars does not appear to rely upon dynamical mechanisms—mechanisms that may play a role in the HB morphology of globular clusters. The majority of the population presumably evolves through the red HB and subsequent post-AGB phases; however, we see far fewer UV-bright stars than expected from the lifetimes of canonical hydrogen-burning low-mass post-AGB tracks. There are several possible explanations: (1) the transition from AGB to Teff > 60,000 K could be much more rapid than previously thought; (2) the vast majority of the post-AGB stars could be evolving along helium-burning tracks; (3) the post-AGB stars could be surrounded by circumstellar dust during the transition from the AGB to Teff > 60,000 K.
Response of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation and Ventilation to Increasing Carbon Dioxide in CCSM3

Abstract The response of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation to idealized climate forcing of 1% per year compound increase in CO2 is examined in three configurations of the Community Climate System Model version 3 that differ in their component model resolutions. The strength of the Atlantic overturning circulation declines at a rate of 22%–26% of the corresponding control experiment maximum overturning per century in response to the increase in CO2. The mean meridional overturning and its variability on decadal time scales in the control experiments, the rate of decrease in the transient forcing experiments, and the rate of recovery in periods of CO2 stabilization all increase with increasing component model resolution. By examining the changes in ocean surface forcing with increasing CO2 in the framework of the water-mass transformation function, we show that the decline in the overturning is driven by decreasing density of the subpolar North Atlantic due to increasing surface heat fluxes. While.
Native communities determine the identity of exotic invaders even at scales at which communities are unsaturated

Aim To determine why some communities are more invasible than others and how this depends on spatial scale. Our previous work in serpentine ecosystems showed that native and exotic diversity are negatively correlated at small scales, but became positively correlated at larger scales. We hypothesized that this pattern was the result of classic niche partitioning at small scales where the environment is homogeneous, and a shift to the dominance of coexistence mechanisms that depend on spatial heterogeneity in the environment at large scales.
Correction: DX5/CD49b-Positive T Cells Are Not Synonymous with CD1d-Dependent NKT Cells.

Pellicci, D. G. , K. J. L. Hammond, J. Coquet, K. Kyparissoudis, A. G. Brooks, K. Kedzierska, R. Keating, S. Turner, S. Berzins, M. J. Smyth, and D. I. Godfrey. 2005. DX5/CD49b-positive T cells are not synonymous with CD1d-dependent NKT cells. J. Immunol. 175: 4416-4425. Fig. 2A of this article contains flow cytometry comparing C57BL/6 WT mice and CD1d-/- mice for αβTCR versus DX5 or αβTCR versus CD49b staining in mouse thymus, spleen, liver, bone marrow, and peripheral lymph nodes (PLNs). Abs for DX5 and CD49b bind the same molecule (integrin α2 or CD49b). The FACS plot representing αβTCR versus DX5 for thymus and bone marrow in CD1d-/- mice inadvertently showed αβTCR versus CD49b from CD1d-/- mice and thus these plots were unintentionally duplicated during the figure generation. Importantly, the data presented in the graphs of Fig. 2A were correct as originally published. The correct version of Fig. 2A is now shown below. The conclusions for this manuscript remain unchanged.The figure legend was correct as originally published. The legend for Fig. 2A is shown below for reference.
Do Intentions Really Predict Behavior? Self-Generated Validity Effects in Survey Research

Studies of the relationship between purchase intentions and purchase behavior have ignored the possibility that the very act of measurement may inflate the association between intentions and behavior, a phenomenon called “self-generated validity. ” In this research, the authors develop a latent model of the reactive effects of measurement that is applicable to intentions, attitude, or satisfaction data, and they show that this model can be estimated with a two-stage procedure. In the first stage, the authors use data from surveyed consumers to predict the presurvey latent purchase intentions of both surveyed and nonsurveyed consumers. In the second stage, they compare the strength of the association between the presurvey latent intentions and the postsurvey behavior across both groups. The authors find large and reliable self-generated validity effects across three diverse large-scale field studies. On average, the correlation between latent intentions and purchase behavior is 58% greater among surveyed consumers than it is among similar nonsurveyed consumers. One study also shows that the reactive effect of the measurement of purchase intentions is entirely mediated by self-generated validity and not by social norms, intention modification, or other measurement effects that are independent of presurvey latent intentions.
Research in game localisation: An overview

Game localisation is an emerging field in Translation Studies that initially began attracting attention in the late 1990s, when the first studies analysing this new translation phenomenon were published by professionals working in the field. In the last decade, research on game localisation has gained impetus. Particularly, in recent years, the number of books, journal articles, book chapters, undergraduate, masters and doctoral dissertations aiming to shed light on this relatively young area of study have increased considerably. This paper examines existing research on game localisation, focusing on published papers (articles and book chapters) and books. It presents a diachronic view of game localisation research, describing the main topics and methods used, as well as the issue of research materials. Finally, it explores potential future research avenues and calls for reception studies, which are necessary to consolidate game localisation as an established research domain within Translation Studies.
TweetStorm in #ferguson: How News Organizations Framed Dominant Authority, Anti-Authority, and Political Figures in a Restive Community

After Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot African American teen Michael Brown in August 2014, rioters unleashed their anger on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. Using content analysis and framing theory, this study analyzed how news organizations covered events in Ferguson on Twitter over the course of a month immediately following the shooting. Protesters were framed as troublemakers; but community leaders were not framed as “rabble-rousers. ” Journalists continued to rely on official sources more than alternate sources in spite of criticism of law enforcement and other political elites, but nearly 10% of the coded tweets that relied on official sources included some element of skepticism. Tweets from cable news outlets did not show partisan bias in any significant amount; and traditional legacy news media sources utilized the Twitter platform enhancements—such as article links, photos, links to other content, or hashtags—more than their new digital media counterparts. As Twitter launched #ferguson into the national consciousness, it is quite plausible that the framing of the tweets by news agencies may have molded perceptions of larger issues about the racial health of the nation, established policies of law enforcement, and the challenge of elected leaders to resolve explosive domestic problems.
Leading protective factors for children living out of home: A literature review

Objectives The aim of the present review is to identify the protective factors that have been highlighted in the literature as key factors for the resilience of children in care. Method A systematic review of publications has been conducted in 7 scientific databases, using 8 keyword combinations. After all of the factors described in the studies have been identified, the frequency with which each one occurred has been calculated. Results A large number of individual and environmental protective factors have been found. Seven main factors have been highlighted (positive self-esteem; regular contact maintained with biological parents; participation in after-school activities; investment in schooling; access to social support; warm, stable, and predictable environment; and less exposure to child abuse and trauma). Conclusion Although evidence of overriding protective factors has been found, there is clearly still a lack of research on this issue. The studies surveyed had many limitations, and more are therefore needed to confirm findings and answer the questions raised by this review.
Lexical entrenchment and cross-language activation: Two sides of the same coin for bilingual reading across the adult lifespan

We used eye movement measures of paragraph reading to examine whether two consequences of bilingualism, namely, reduced lexical entrenchment (i.e., reduced lexical quality and accessibility arising from less absolute language experience) and cross-language activation (i.e., simultaneous co-activation of target- and non-target-language lexical representations) interact during word processing in bilingual younger and older adults. Specifically, we focused on the interaction between word frequency (a predictor of lexical entrenchment) and cross-language neighborhood density (a predictor of cross-language activation) during first- and second-language reading. Across both languages and both age groups, greater cross-language (and within-language) neighborhood density facilitated word processing, indexed by smaller word frequency effects. Moreover, word frequency effects and, to a lesser extent, cross-language neighborhood density effects were larger in older versus younger adults, potentially reflecting age-related changes in lexical accessibility and cognitive control. Thus, lexical entrenchment and cross-language activation multiplicatively influence bilingual word processing across the adult lifespan.
Antibacterial Activity of a Novel Peptide-Modified Lysin Against Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The global emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a growing threat to public health worldwide. Natural bacteriophage lysins are promising alternatives in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive pathogens, but not Gram-negative ones, like Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, due to the barriers posed by their outer membranes. Recently, modifying a natural lysin with an antimicrobial peptide was found able to break the barriers, and to kill Gram-negative pathogens. Herein, a new peptide-modified lysin (PlyA) was constructed by fusing the cecropin A peptide residues 1–8 (KWKLFKKI) with the OBPgp279 lysin and its antibacterial activity was studied. PlyA showed good and broad antibacterial activities against logarithmic phase A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa, but much reduced activities against the cells in stationary phase. Addition of outer membrane permeabilizers (EDTA and citric acid) could enhance the antibacterial activity of PlyA against stationary phase cells. Finally, no antibacterial activity of PlyA could be observed in some bio-matrices, such as culture media, milk, and sera. In conclusion, we reported here a novel peptide-modified lysin with significant antibacterial activity against both logarithmic (without OMPs) and stationary phase (with OMPs) A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa cells in buffer, but further optimization is needed to achieve broad activity in diverse bio-matrices.