Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of an Interactive Computer Game on the Quality of Life of Children Undergoing Chemotherapy

Background: Quality of life (QOL) of children with cancer reduces right from the diagnosis of disease and the start of treatment. Computer games in medicine are utilized to interact with patients and to improve their health-related behaviors. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an interactive computer game on the QOL of children undergoing chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 64 children with cancer aged between 8 and12 years were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental or control group. The experimental group played a computer game for 3 hours a week for 4 consecutive weeks and the control group only received routine care. The data collection tool was the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 Cancer Module Child self-report designed for children aged between 8 to 12 years. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software. Results: Before intervention, there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of mean total QOL score (p = 0.87). However, immediately after the intervention (p = 0.02) and 1 month after the intervention (p < 0.001), the overall mean QOL score was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group. Conclusions: Based on the findings, computer games seem to be effective as a tool in influencing health-related behavior and improving the QOL of children undergoing chemotherapy. Therefore, according to the findings of this study, computer games can be used to improve the QOL of children undergoing chemotherapy.
Human resource management : contemporary issues, challenges, and opportunities

PART I: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. Effective Human Resources Management: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Ronald R. Sims. Public Sector HRM: Minor Similarities and Major Differences. Ronald R. Sims and James D. Slack. The Legal Status of Affirmative Action in Employment, Norma M. Riccucci. Toward Successful International Human Resources Management, Ronald R. Sims. PART II: STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION. Recruiting Strong Applicants: Process, Prospects, Challenges, James D. Lawrence, Lane D. Sauser, and William I. Sauser, Jr. A New Look at Old Tools: Human Resources Management in a New Era of Litigation, Christopher S. Winkelspecht, Katherine A. Jackson, John G. Veres III. Strategic Staffing: Talent Acquisition in the 21st Century, Kenneth Yusko and Harold Goldstein. Organizational Realities and the Role of HRM in Maximizing Performance: A View from I/O Psychology, Cary Lichtman. PART III: DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES. Fostering an Ethical Culture for Business: The Role of HR Managers, William I. Sauser, Jr. and Ronald R. Sims. Socializing Employees: Helping Individuals Develop Appropriate Expectations for both Their Work and the Organization, Traci L. Nyberg, M. Ronald Buckley, Michael G. Harvey, Milorad M. Novicevic, Anthony Wheeler. Retaining Intellectual Capital: A Managers Perspective, David A. Buczek. Human Resource Development: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, Ronald R. Sims and Serbrenia J. Sims. Systemic Strategic HR Practices as Holistic Leadership Development Mechanisms, Scott A. Quatro, David A. Waldman and Benjamin M. Galvin. The Issues and Challenges of Career Management and Development, Serbrenia J. Sims and Ronald R. Sims. PART IV: COMPENSATION. Compensation: Choosing and Using the Best System for Your Organization, Stephen E. Condrey, Carl L. McCoy, Jason M. Fleury. Traditional Pay in Public Organizations: Should We Try Something Else or Try Doing It Right? James A. Buford, Jr. and Suzette M. Jelinek. Employee Benefits: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, Ronald R. Sims. PART V: EMERGING HRM ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Organizational Development and Change, Ann Gilley and Jerry W Gilley. Rationale for an HRM-ethic and its Inclusion as a Theoretical Foundation, Tim Hatcher. A Look at Contemporary Human Resource Management Information Systems, Roger McCullough and Ronald R. Sims. Chronic Health Issues: What HR Managers Should Know and Do, James D. Slack. The Changing Mission of HRM in Health Care Organizations: New Opportunities and Challenges, Robert J. Solomon.
Heart Rate Variability after Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Background. It is known that after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) heart rate variability (HRV) becomes significantly decreased with a gradual recovery in a few months after surgery. However, literature data about the impact of the off-pump CABG on postoperative HRV are not complete. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze postoperative value of HRV in CABG patients operated on with off-pump versus on-pump coronary surgery. Methods. This study included 206 consecutive patients who underwent CABG. Sixty six patients (32%) were operated on off-pump while 140 patients (68%) were operated on using the machine for extracorporal circulation. HRV was analyzed from 24-hours Holter electrocardiogram recordings. Results. No significant differences in postoperative values of HRV variables were found between off-pump versus on-pump CABG patients (Mean RR interval 885 ± 106 versus 879 ± 125 ms, standard deviation of all normal R-R intervals 107 ± 30 versus 105 ± 34 ms, NS, total power 2298 ± 2472 versus 2156 ± 1913 ms2, NS). Conclusions. The results of the study showed that there are no differences in HRV few months after surgery between patients operated on with off-pump versus on-pump CABG.
Environmentally-friendly aqueous Li (or Na)-ion battery with fast electrode kinetics and super-long life

Environmentally-friendly aqueous Li (or Na)-ion battery with super-long life is built for large-scale energy storage. Current rechargeable batteries generally display limited cycle life and slow electrode kinetics and contain environmentally unfriendly components. Furthermore, their operation depends on the redox reactions of metal elements. We present an original battery system that depends on the redox of I−/I3− couple in liquid cathode and the reversible enolization in polyimide anode, accompanied by Li+ (or Na+) diffusion between cathode and anode through a Li+/Na+ exchange polymer membrane. There are no metal element–based redox reactions in this battery, and Li+ (or Na+) is only used for charge transfer. Moreover, the components (electrolyte/electrode) of this system are environment-friendly. Both electrodes are demonstrated to have very fast kinetics, which gives the battery a supercapacitor-like high power. It can even be cycled 50,000 times when operated within the electrochemical window of 0 to 1.6 V. Such a system might shed light on the design of high-safety and low-cost batteries for grid-scale energy storage.
The Leadership Experience

As lead the law efforts academically, culturally, and financially. Manage and oversee all law school operations including ten direct reports. I oversee ten direct reports and maintain a broad portfolio of responsibilities that includes strong financial management and budgeting; enrollment management and tuition discounting; commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion; personnel development; and alumni relations.
Lobular neoplasia: Long term risk of breast cancer and relation to other factors

Lobular neoplasia (LN), also known as lobular carcinoma in situ, is an incidental histologic finding in tissue removed at breast surgery. Patients with LN are known to be predisposed to develop invasive or intraductal carcinoma (CA). This study investigates factors that influence the cancer risk in LN patients.
Condition dependence in the marine exit timing of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) returning to Copper Creek, Haida Gwaii

We examined a small population of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) that enters their natal stream, to hold in their natal lake, months (>130 days) prior to spawning. This effectively decouples the influence of spawn timing requirements and behaviours from river entry (alternately referred to as “marine exit”) timing and is therefore a good model to study the migration strategies specifically associated with marine exit. We found individuals with early marine exit had higher growth rates in the months prior to river entry, had greater lipid density, were more likely male, more likely of the 2.2 versus 1.2 age class, had smaller gonads, and (if female) had more and smaller eggs. Body size at river entry did not vary seasonally. These patterns are explained using a life history model proposing that individual fish exit the sea when the marginal fitness benefits of further growth are outweighed by the marginal fitness cost of further marine residence. This point is reached at different times depending on b.
Baroclinic Instability of Two-Layer Flows over One-Dimensional Bottom Topography

Using the QG approximation, the stability of two-layer zonal flows on the beta plane over bottom topography is examined. The topography is assumed to be one-dimensional, with the isobaths being directed at a fixed angle to the streamlines of the flow. The horizontal spatial scale of bottom irregularities is assumed to be much shorter than the deformation radius. The dispersion relation for the growth rate of baroclinic instability is determined, the analysis of which demonstrated the following: 1) The effect of topography is the strongest when the isobaths are parallel to the wavevector of the disturbance. If the isobaths are perpendicular to the wavevector, the topography does not affect the disturbance at all. 2) Topography weakens baroclinic instability and shifts the range of unstable disturbances toward the shortwave end of the spectrum. 3) The effect of bottom topography on flows localized in a thin upper layer is relatively weak. Flows with a ‘‘thick’’ active layer are affected to a greater extent: for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, for example, bottom irregularities of mean height 200 m may diminish the growth rate of baroclinic instability by a factor of 4.
Colonoscopic miss rates for right-sided colon cancer: a population-based analysis.

BACKGROUND & AIMS Colonoscopy contains an inherent miss rate for colorectal cancer. Although miss rates from academic centers or units known for their endoscopic expertise have been previously reported, the colorectal cancer miss rate of colonoscopy performed in usual clinical practice is unknown. We conducted a population-based study to estimate the proportion of right-sided colon cancers missed during colonoscopy in Ontario. METHODS All persons > or =20 years old with a new diagnosis of right-sided colon cancer admitted to the hospital for surgical resection in Ontario from April 1, 1997, to March 31, 2001, were identified. Patients who had a colonoscopy within 3 years of their diagnosis were divided into 2 groups: detected cancers (those who had a colonoscopy up to 6 months before the diagnosis) and missed cancers (those who had a colonoscopy between 6 and 36 months before the diagnosis). Data were obtained from the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database, the Ontario Health Insurance Plan database, and the Registered Persons Database. RESULTS Between April 1, 1997, and March 31, 2001, we identified 4920 persons with a new diagnosis of right-sided colon cancer, of whom 2654 (53.9%) had had at least 1 colonoscopy within 3 years of their admission for surgical resection. Most (96.0%) had had their most recent colonoscopy up to 6 months before admission (detected cancers). However, 105 patients (4.0%) had their most recent colonoscopy between 6 and 36 months before admission to the hospital (missed cancers). CONCLUSIONS Among persons undergoing resection for right-sided colon cancer, the miss rate of colonoscopy for detecting cancer in usual clinical practice was 4.0%.
Protective Immunity to Systemic Infection with Attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in the Absence of IL-12 Is Associated with IL-23-Dependent IL-22, but Not IL-171

IL-12 is essential for protective T cell-mediated immunity against Salmonella infection. To characterize the role of the related cytokine IL-23, wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 and p19−/− mice were infected systemically with an attenuated strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis). IL-23-deficient mice controlled infection with S. Enteritidis similarly as WT mice. Similar IFN-γ production as compared with WT mice, but defective IL-17A and IL-22 production was found in the absence of IL-23. Nevertheless, although IL-23 is required for T cell-dependent cytokine responses, IL-23 is dispensable for protection against S. Enteritidis when IL-12 is present. To analyze the role of IL-23 in the absence of IL-12, low doses of S. Enteritidis were administered to p35−/− mice (lacking IL-12), p35/19−/− mice (lacking IL-12 and IL-23), p35/40−/− mice (lacking IL-12, IL-23, and homodimeric IL-12p40), or p35/IL-17A−/− mice (lacking IL-12 and IL-17A). We found survival of p35−/− and p35/IL-17A−/− mice, whereas p35/19−/− and p35/40−/− mice died within 3–6 wk and developed liver necrosis. This indicates that IL-23, but not homodimeric IL-12p40, is required for protection, which, surprisingly, is independent of IL-17A. Moreover, protection was associated with IL-22, but not IL-17F or IL-21 expression or with neutrophil recruitment. Finally, anti-IL-22 treatment of S. Enteritidis-infected p35−/− mice resulted in liver necrosis, indicating a central role of IL-22 in hepatocyte protection during salmonellosis. In conclusion, IL-23-dependent IL-22, but not IL-17 production is associated with protection against systemic infection with S. Enteritidis in the absence of IL-12.
How the Other Half Works: Immigration and the Social Organization of Labor

Dedication Terms used in this book Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: What Empoyers Want Chapter 3: Doing the Job: Skills and the Social Organization of Work Chapter 4: The Language of Work Chapter 5: Network, Bureaucracy, Exclusion Chapter 6: Ethnic Networks and Social Closure Chapter 7: Bringing the Boss Back In: Selection and Hiring Decisions Chapter 8: Whom Employers Want Chapter 9: Us and them Chapter 10: Diversity and Conflict Chapter 11: Black/Immigrant Competition Chapter 12: How the other half works Appendix: the Local and economic context The six industries Conclusions
The Heart of the Pearl Shell: The Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality

For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. "The Heart of the Pearl Shell" analyzes a number of myths of the Foi people, elegantly bringing together significant ethnographic materials in a way that has important implications for the development of social theory in anthropology and in Melanesian studies. Scholars of semiotic-symbolic anthropology and of comparative religion will also share the author's interest in the meaning and role of mythology in Foi culture. Instead of relying on orthodox methods of Freudian or structuralist interpretation, James Weiner assumes there is a dialectical relationship between the images of Foi myth and the images of the Foi's social world. He demonstrates how each set of these images is dependent upon the other for its creation. This innovative study locates Foi social meaning in the re-creation and attempted solution of the moral dilemmas that are crystallized in mythology and other poetic usages.
Gene Networks Driving Bovine Mammary Protein Synthesis During the Lactation Cycle

A crucial role for both insulin and mTOR in the regulation of milk protein synthesis is emerging. Bovine mammary biopsies harvested during late-pregnancy through end of subsequent lactation were used to evaluate via quantitative PCR the expression of 44 genes involved in pathways of insulin, mTOR, AMPK, and Jak2-Stat5 signalling and also glucose and amino acid (AA) transporters. We observed an increased expression during lactation of ELF5, AA and glucose transporters, insulin signaling pathway components, MAPK14, FRAP1, EIF4EBP2, GSK3A and TSC1 among mTOR signaling-related genes. Among ribosomal components RPL22 was down-regulated. The overall data support a central role of AA and glucose transporters and insulin signaling through mTOR for the regulation of protein synthesis in bovine mammary gland. Furthermore, the existence of translational competition favoring the translation of milk protein transcripts was inferred from the combined dataset.
Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry

Approximately 14% of known Galactic open clusters possess absolute errors ≤20% as evaluated from n ≥ 3 independent distance estimates, and the statistics for age estimates are markedly worse. That impedes such diverse efforts as calibrating standard candles and constraining masses for substellar companions. New data from the VVV survey may be employed to establish precise cluster distances with comparatively reduced uncertainties (≤10%). This is illustrated by deriving parameters for Pismis 19 and NGC 4349, two pertinent open clusters which hitherto feature sizable uncertainties (60%). Fundamental parameters determined for Pismis 19 from new VVV JHKs photometry are d = 2.40 ± 0.15 kpc, � EJ−H� = 0.34 ± 0.04, and log τ = 9.05 ± 0.10, whereas for NGC 4349 the analysis yielded d = 1.63 ± 0.13 kpc, EJ−H = 0.09 ± 0.02, log τ = 8.55 ± 0.10. The results exhibit a significant (≥5×) reduction in uncertainties, and indicate that: i) existing parameters for the substellar object NGC 4349 127b require revision, in part because the new cluster parameters imply that the host is 20% less-massive (M∗/M� ∼ 3.1); ii) R Cru is not a member of NGC 4349 and should be excluded from period-Wesenheit calibrations that anchor the distance scale; iii) and results for Pismis 19 underscore the advantages gleaned from employing deep VVV JHKs data to examine obscured (AV ∼ 4) and differentially reddened intermediate-age clusters.
Trade and Financial Sector Reforms: Interactions and Spillovers

The allocation of production across firms is a potentially important explanation of the productivity gap between rich and poor economies. Reforms to trade policy and the domestic financial sector are often both key elements of policy packages aimed at reducing productive distortions. However, the impact of each reform in reallocating production within an economy is usually analyzed independently. This paper asks how do such general equilibrium effects of trade and domestic financial sector reforms interact in terms of their effects on productivity, wages and utility. Motivated by recent firm-level studies, I add two-way linkages between firms production and exporting decisions and their financial constraints to a general equilibrium heterogeneous firm trade model. The interaction effects between reforms appear qualitatively important. Trade and domestic financial sector reforms have complementary effects on the average productivity and size of domestic producers. However, if much reallocative work has already been done through a well-functioning financial sector, the marginal benefits of trade liberalisation for wages and household utility are reduced. Improvements in the ability to use exports as pledgeable collateral enhance both the wage and productivity effects of trade reforms. The model also highlights the potential for financial sector reforms in one economy to be exported via the trade channel, affecting decisions to produce or export in the foreign economy and putting downward pressure on foreign real wages.
[Association of Pro12Ala variant in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of Pro12Ala variant in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its clinical characteristics. METHODS The genotypes of Pro12Ala variant in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms assay in 401 unrelated subjects of the Han population in the southern part of China (including 180 subjects with normal glucose tolerance and 221 type 2 diabetic patients). The clinical data were also analyzed. RESULTS The allele frequencies in the case and control groups were 96.15%,96.11% for P and 3.85%, 3.89% for A; the genotype frequencies were 92.77%, 92.22% for PP, 6.78%, 7.78% for PA and 0.45%, 0 for AA. The Pro12Ala variant of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 was not significantly associated with type 2 diabetes. The Pro12Ala polymorphism of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 in diabetes patients was associated with increased waist circumference and waist to hip ratio. The Pro12Ala polymorphism in Chinese population was similar to that in Japanese population and was different from that in European and American population. CONCLUSION The above data showed that the Pro12Ala variant of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 was not significantly associated with type 2 diabetes, but it could be associated with abdominal obesity in type 2 diabetes. The significant difference of Pro12Ala of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 among various races was observed.
Neuropsychological measures of executive function and antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis

A meta-analysis was performed to quantify the association between antisocial behavior (ASB) and performance on neuropsychological executive functioning (EF) measures. This meta-analysis built on Morgan and Lilienfeld's (2000) meta-analysis of the same topic by including recently published studies and by examining a wider range of EF measures. A total of 126 studies involving 14,786 participants were included in the analyses. Antisocial groups performed significantly worse on measures of EF compared with controls, with a grand mean effect size of d= . 44. Significant variation occurred in the magnitude of effect sizes calculated across studies. The largest effect sizes were found for criminality (d= .61) and externalizing behavior disorder (d= .54) ASB groups, whereas the smallest effect sizes were found for antisocial personality disorder (d= .19) groups. Larger differences in EF performance were observed across studies involving participants from correctional settings and with comorbid attention deficit and hyperactivity problems. Overall, the results indicated that a robust association exists between ASB and poor EF that held across studies with varied methodological approaches. The methodological issues in the research literature and the implications of the meta-analysis results are discussed, and the directions for future research are proposed.
Novel classifier fusion approahces for fault diagnosis in automotive systems

Faulty automotive systems significantly degrade the performance and efficiency of vehicles, and oftentimes are the major contributors of vehicle breakdown; they result in large expenditures for repair and maintenance. Therefore, intelligent vehicle health-monitoring schemes are needed for effective fault diagnosis in automotive systems. Previously, we developed a data-driven approach using a data reduction technique, coupled with a variety of classifiers, for fault diagnosis in automotive systems. In this paper, we consider the problem of fusing classifier decisions to reduce diagnostic errors. Specifically, we develop three novel classifier fusion approaches: class-specific Bayesian fusion, joint optimization of fusion center and of individual classifiers, and dynamic fusion. We evaluate the efficacies of these fusion approaches on an automotive engine data. The results demonstrate that dynamic fusion and joint optimization, and class-specific Bayesian fusion outperform traditional fusion approaches. We also show that learning the parameters of individual classifiers as part of the fusion architecture can provide better classification performance.