Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prevalence, kinetic changes and possible reasons of elevated cardiac troponin T in patients with AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Background: Elevated cardiac troponin (cTn) has been reported to occur with AVNRT. Little is known about prevalence, kinetic changes, and possible reasons of increased cTn. Methods: We evaluated 139 consecutive patients presenting with AVNRT to the emergency department between 2006 and 2010. Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) was measured serially at baseline, after three and six hours. Patients were evaluated for the presence of structural heart disease or CAD. Troponin was defined as elevated if a value exceeded the lower limit of detection (10 ng/l) using the fourth generation cTnT, or if the value > 99th percentile (14 ng/l) using the new highly sensitive cTn assay. Results: A cTnT > LLD (n = 29) or > 99th percentile (n = 16) was found in 45 patients (32.4%) within the initial six hours after hospitalization. All patients were symptomatic with palpitations, chest discomfort or dyspnea. A complete cardiac evaluation was carried out, including coronary angiography in 32 patients demonstrating an underlying structural heart disease or CAD in 18 cases (56%). Significant CAD was detected in 16 cases. 8 cases required PCI during hospitalization. Elevated cTnT was seen in patients with and without structural heart disease. Conclusions: AVNRT is a possible reason for elevated cTnT, even in the absence of relevant structural heart disease or CAD.
Immune Suppression in Head and Neck Cancers: A Review

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are the sixth most common cancer in the world. Despite significant advances in the treatment modalities involving surgery, radiotherapy, and concomitant chemoradiotherapy, the 5-year survival rate remained below 50% for the past 30 years. The worse prognosis of these cancers must certainly be link to the fact that HNSCCs strongly influence the host immune system. We present a critical review of our understanding of the HNSCC escape to the antitumor immune response such as a downregulation of HLA class I and/or components of APM. Antitumor responses of HNSCC patients are compromised in the presence of functional defects or apoptosis of T-cells, both circulating and tumor-infiltrating. Langerhans cells are increased in the first steps of the carcinogenesis but decreased in invasive carcinomas. The accumulation of macrophages in the peritumoral areas seems to play a protumoral role by secreting VEGF and stimulating the neoangiogenesis.
The Most Generative Maximum Margin Bayesian Networks

Although discriminative learning in graphical models generally improves classification results, the generative semantics of the model are compromised. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach of hybrid generative-discriminative learning for Bayesian networks. We use an SVM-type large margin formulation for discriminative training, introducing a likelihood-weighted l1-norm for the SVM-norm-penalization. This simultaneously optimizes the data likelihood and therefore partly maintains the generative character of the model. For many network structures, our method can be formulated as a convex problem, guaranteeing a globally optimal solution. In terms of classification, the resulting models outperform state-of-the art generative and discriminative learning methods for Bayesian networks, and are comparable with linear and kernelized SVMs. Furthermore, the models achieve likelihoods close to the maximum likelihood solution and show robust behavior in classification experiments with missing features.
Social security politics: ideology and reform.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the distribution of dominant values, actors, and ideological advocacy coalitions influencing the Social Security debate across two presidential administrations. METHODS Through content and cluster analyses, we analyzed federal legislative hearing testimonies on Social Security reform spanning 11 years. RESULTS Witnesses consistently expressed six dominant values: (a) advancing the market, (b) self-interest, (c) generational equity, (d) belief in market activity, (e) recommendations for market solutions, and (f) favoring the replacement of Social Security with private accounts. We identified three advocacy coalitions: conservative, progressive, and nonaligned. Conservatives dominated the hearings and were more consistent in their expression of market values when compared to progressives, who expressed social contract values less frequently. Congressional Democrats were inconsistent in upholding Social Security's social contract values. The distribution of testimonies paralleled historical, political, and economic events. DISCUSSION Our research indicates that one can interpret social policies as well as policy options as sets of values, and these as ideological models. We anticipate that the coherence on one political ideological view (market) and the relative lack of consistency in another (social contract) will be highly consequential for the future of Social Security, U.S. politics, and the public.
Fracture Resistance of Endodontically Treated Premolar with Deep Class II: In Vitro Evaluation of Different Restorative Procedures

To assess the impact of CMR method on the resistance to fracture of endodontically treated premolars with deep class II preparations under dynamic loading. Root canal management was executed on 50 human maxillary premolars. class II cavities were primed with the mesial margin located 2 mm beneath the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ). The teeth were assigned into five groups (n=10) at random, including an unprepared group (G1), two groups where teeth were restored with endocrowns (G2), and cervical margin was relocated 1 mm above CEJ with bulk-fill composite (CMR)(G3). In the remaining two groups, teeth were repaired using Glass fiber posts (G4) and conventional full crowns (G5), CAD/CAM lithium disilicate ceramic crowns were made for both types of crowns and adhesively cemented (Variolink II). Teeth underwent thermalcycling (3000 30 s cycles of 5oC/55oC) and fatigue loaded (1,200,000 cycles at 49 N and 1.7 Hz) in a custom-built fatigue simulator. Following thermomechanical loading, the restored teeth underwent a 90-degree vertical load, with a cross-head speed of 0.5 mm/min. The mode of fracture and load required were logged. For thermomechanical loading experiments, all groups displayed statistically significant results. The highest and lowest fracture value was recorded in groups G1 and G2 respectively. The major fracture observed in the samples was a vertical fracture from the occlusal fissure, splitting the restoration. Most restorations in the endocrown groups (G2 and G3) exhibited favorable fractures while, in the conventional crown groups (G4 and G5), there was an increase in the percentage of unfavorable failures (fractures beyond bone level). Endocrowns with CMR showed a significantly increased fracture resistance when compared to conventional full crowns and, consequently, offer a viable alternative for deep class II endodontically treated premolars.
Comparing Muddiest Points and Learning Outcomes for Campus and Distance Students in a Composite Materials Course

Students in a senior-level elective course on composite materials were required to submit at least one muddiest point per week. The instructor asked that the muddiest points submitted not be related to specific homework problems; apart from that, students were encouraged to submit questions by the end of each week related to whatever aspect of the course happened to be most confusing/intriguing at the time. A compiled list of instructor responses was posted by the middle of the next week. Over the course of the semester, muddiest points submitted were broadly characterized by the instructor as being related to confusions on lecture material vs. extensions of lecture material to new topics as well as dealing with current topics vs. looking ahead to upcoming topics in the course. Enrollment in the course consisted of both an on-campus cohort and a distance cohort to whom the lectures were delivered asynchronously. The class included a term project focused on replacing a part currently in service with a similar part fabricated from composite materials as well as weekly homework assignments and in-class exams. All students were given preand posttests to gauge learning gains over the course and an end-of-term survey was administered related to student perceptions and preferences. Performance results, preference results, and classifications of submitted muddiest points will be compared between the on-campus and distance cohorts. Differences in demographics (age, work experience, etc.) are expected to potentially affect the value that each cohort puts on different aspects of the course as well as the muddiest points for which they seek additional clarification.
PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI DAN MOTIVASI TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PT BESS FINANCE BANJARMASIN

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis (1) Pengaruh komunikasi terhadap kinerja karyawan, (2) Pengaruh motivasi terhadap kinerja karyawan, (3) Pengaruh komunikasi dan motivasi terhadap kinerja karyawan. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian deskriptif analitis dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah metode survey. Responden dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh karyawan PT. BESS Finance Banjarmasin yang berjumlah 64 orang. Alat ukur yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah dengan uji regresi dengan menggunakan program SPSS for windows 21. Hasil pengujian hipotesis yang pertama menunjukkan bahwa komunikasi memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan tehadap kinerja karyawan PT. BESS Finance Banjarmasin, Hasil hipotesis kedua menunjukkan bahwa motivasi memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan PT. BESS Finance Banjarmasin. Hasil hipotesis yang ke tiga menunjukkan bahwa komunikasi dan motivasi secara simultan memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan PT. BESS Finance Banjarmasin. Kata kunci: Komunikasi, Motivasi, Kinerja Karyawan
Use of calcium and magnesium infusions in prevention of oxaliplatin induced sensory neuropathy

Aim: Oxaliplatin‐related neurotoxicity is frequently dose‐limiting. Following retrospective studies suggesting neuroprotective effects of calcium and magnesium (Ca and Mg), we conducted a prospective study using nerve conduction studies (NCS) to evaluate the effectiveness of such infusions in oxaliplatin‐related neuropathy.
Savage Unrealities: Uncovering Classism in Ruby Payne’s Framework

), are staples of multicultural education classes, staff development workshops, and the education equity milieu. I rarely engage in conversations about poverty or classism in schools without somebody fawning over Payne’s framework, exclaiming the virtues of her the work she’s doing to inform teachers about the “culture of poverty. ” I remember, about six years ago, when I first heard rumblings about the Ruby Payne phenomenon. I had been frustrated by what seemed to be a break in critical national dialogue concerning the relationship between poverty and education since Jonathan Kozol’s landmark
The Budget Impact of Oral Nutritional Supplements for Disease Related Malnutrition in Elderly in the Community Setting

A health economic analysis was performed to assess the economic impact on the national health care budget of using oral nutritional supplements (ONS), being a food for special medical purposes also known as medical nutrition, for the treatment of disease related malnutrition (DRM) in the community in the Netherlands. An economic model was developed to calculate the budget impact of using ONS in community dwelling elderly (>5 years) with DRM in the Netherlands. The model reflects the costs of DRM and the cost reductions resulting from improvement in DRM due to treatment with ONS. Using ONS for the treatment of DRM in community dwelling elderly, leads to a total annual cost savings of € 13 million (18.9% savings), when all eligible patients are treated. The additional costs of ONS (€ 57 million) are more than balanced by a reduction of other health care costs, e.g., re-/hospitalization (€ 70 million). Sensitivity analyses were performed on all parameters, including duration of treatment with ONS and the prevalence of DRM. This budget impact analysis shows that the use of ONS for treatment of DRM in elderly patients in the community may lead to cost savings in the Netherlands.
Mitochondrial Architecture Rearrangements Produce Asymmetrical Nonadaptive Mutational Pressures That Subvert the Phylogenetic Reconstruction in Isopoda

The phylogeny of Isopoda, a speciose order of crustaceans, remains unresolved, with different datasets often producing starkly incongruent phylogenetic hypotheses. We hypothesised that extreme diversity in their life histories might be causing compositional heterogeneity/heterotachy in their mitochondrial genomes, and compromising the phylogenetic reconstruction. We tested the effects of different datasets (mitochondrial, nuclear, nucleotides, amino acids, concatenated genes, individual genes, gene orders), phylogenetic algorithms (assuming data homogeneity, heterogeneity, and heterotachy), and partitioning; and found that almost all of them produced unique topologies. As we also found that mitogenomes of Asellota and two Cymothoida families (Cymothoidae and Corallanidae) possess inversed base (GC) skew patterns in comparison to other isopods, we concluded that inverted skews cause long-branch attraction phylogenetic artefacts between these taxa. These asymmetrical skews are most likely driven by multiple independent inversions of origin of replication (i.e., nonadaptive mutational pressures). Although the PhyloBayes CAT-GTR algorithm managed to attenuate some of these artefacts (and outperform partitioning), mitochondrial data have limited applicability for reconstructing the phylogeny of Isopoda. Regardless of this, our analyses allowed us to propose solutions to some unresolved phylogenetic debates, and support Asellota are the most likely candidate for the basal isopod branch. As our findings show that architectural rearrangements can produce major compositional biases even on short evolutionary timescales, the implications are that proving the suitability of data via composition skew analyses should be a prerequisite for every study that aims to use mitochondrial data for phylogenetic reconstruction, even among closely related taxa.
Anaerobic biodegradation of cassava wastewater under different temperatures and inoculums

The production of starch generates, as a by-product, the cassava wastewater (manipueira), which can be treated by anaerobic digestion to provide biogas and minimize its polluting potential. The most commonly utilized biomass in the anaerobic digestion is the anaerobic sludge. The literature presents, as an alternative to sludge, bovine manure and ruminal fluids, being scarce the studies with the cassava wastewater. This research evaluated the influence of temperature on the microbial ability of cattle and goat rumen in anaerobically biodegrading the manipueira in substitution to the anaerobic sludge. The cattle and goat rumen specific methanogenic activities (SMA) were compared with that of the anaerobic sludge. Subsequently, by using the inoculum which had the best SMA results, cassava wastewater biodegradability tests were performed, investigating the kinetics of the organic matter removal and methane production at 32 ° C and 39 ° C. The bovine rumen presented better results in the SMA (0,315 g COD-CH4 g VSS.d-1) and methane production (1,026 mL). The temperature of 32 °C did not influence the activity of bovine ruminal inoculum as the kinetics of the biodegradation of the manipueira did not differ for the evaluated temperatures (0.1799 d-1 at 32°C and 0.1781 d-1 at 39°C). Bovine rumen achieved glucose reduction of 76% and 80% and methane yield of 77% and 79% for the tests at 32°C and 39°C, respectively. It is inferred that this type of inoculum might be used in reactors of anaerobic digestion processes for the treatment of the cassava wastewater at the ambient temperature of the semiarid region.
Social interaction increases capacity of wireless networks

A network model with both social and communication characteristics is considered. Different capacity regions are computed as a function of the social network size for each node. It has been shown that as the social connectivity among nodes improves, the likelihood of finding shorter path between source-destination pairs in the network increases which results in increase in the capacity compared to the original results by Gupta and Kumar [3].
Effects of iron and n-3 fatty acid supplementation, alone and in combination, on cognition in school children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention in South Africa.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the combined effects of iron and n-3 (omega-3) fatty acid (FA) supplementation on cognitive performance. The provision of either DHA/EPA or iron alone in rats with combined iron and n-3 FA deficiency has been reported to exacerbate cognitive deficits associated with deficiency. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effects of iron and DHA/EPA supplementation, alone and in combination, in children with poor iron and n-3 FA status. DESIGN In a 2-by-2 factorial trial, children with iron deficiency (ID) (n = 321; aged 6-11 y) were allocated to receive 1) iron (50 mg) plus DHA/EPA (420/80 mg), 2) iron plus placebo, 3) placebo plus a mixture of DHA and EPA (DHA/EPA), or 4) placebo plus placebo as oral supplements (4/wk) for 8.5 mo. Cognition was assessed at baseline and endpoint by using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) and subscales of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. RESULTS Both iron and DHA/EPA significantly increased weight-for-age z scores. Iron increased the number of words recalled at HVLT recall 2 (intervention effect: 0.90; 95% CI: 0.18, 1.62), and in anemic children, iron increased scores in the Atlantis Delayed test (1.51; 95% CI: 0.03, 2.99) and HVLT recall 2 (2.02; 95% CI: 0.55, 3.49). DHA/EPA showed no benefit in any of the cognitive tests but decreased Atlantis test scores (-2.48; 95% CI: -3.99, -0.96) in children who were anemic at baseline and decreased Atlantis delayed scores (-0.9; 95% CI: -1.45, -0.36) in girls with ID, whereas boys tended to perform better. CONCLUSIONS In children with poor iron and n-3 FA status, iron supplementation improved verbal and nonverbal learning and memory, particularly in children with anemia. In contrast, DHA/EPA supplementation had no benefits on cognition and impaired working memory in anemic children and long-term memory and retrieval in girls with ID.
Methods for localization of time-frequency specific activity and estimation of information transfer in brain.

The apparatus is designed to dispense sealants and adhesives onto a workpiece in a robotic or manual application. The apparatus has a motor, a through shaft and a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is hollow and has an off-center aperture at the end thereof through which extends one end of the through shaft. By rotating the rotating shaft, the end of the through shaft has imparted to it an orbital motion which is capable of providing a swirl type pattern onto the workpiece.
Enhanced recovery after surgery vs conventional care in emergency colorectal surgery.

AIM To investigate the feasibility and beneficial effects of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme in the setting of emergency colorectal surgery. METHODS Between January 2011 and October 2013, patients undergoing emergency resection for obstructing colorectal cancer at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand using ERAS programme were compared with those using conventional care (1:2 ratio). They were matched for their age, gender, ColoRectal Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity score, and type of surgery. Primary outcomes were length of hospital stay and postoperative morbidity. Secondary outcomes included gastrointestinal recovery, 30-d readmission, and time interval from surgery to chemotherapy. RESULTS Twenty patients treated with ERAS programme were compared with 40 patients receiving conventional postoperative care. Median of hospital stay was shorter in the ERAS group: 5.5 d (range: 3-16) vs 7.5 d (range: 5-25), P = 0.009. The ERAS group had a non-significant reduction in the incidence of postoperative complication (25% vs 48%, P = 0.094). No 30-d mortality and readmission occurred. Patients with ERAS programme had a shorter time to first flatus (1.6 d vs 2.8 d, P < 0.001) and time to resumption of normal diet (3.5 d vs 5.5 d, P = 0.002). Time interval between operation and initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy was significantly shorter in the ERAS group (37 d vs 49 d, P = 0.009). CONCLUSION The ERAS programme in the setting of emergency colorectal surgery was safe and feasible. It achieved significantly shorter hospitalisation and faster recovery of bowel function.
Modified CRLB for Cooperative Geolocation of Two Devices Using Signals of Opportunity

We consider the problem of localizing two devices using signals of opportunity from beacons with known positions. Beacons and devices have asynchronous local clocks or oscillators with unknown clock skews and offsets. We model clock skews as random, and analyze the biases introduced by clock asynchronism in the received signals. By deriving the equivalent Fisher information matrix for the modified Bayesian Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) of device position and velocity estimation, we quantify the errors caused by clock asynchronism. We propose an algorithm based on differential time-difference-of-arrival (DTDOA) and frequency-difference-of-arrival (FDOA) that mitigates the effects of clock asynchronism to estimate the device positions and velocities. Simulation results suggest that our proposed algorithm is robust and approaches the CRLB when clock skews have small standard deviations.
Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on Contextual Information in Semantic Space Models. Beyond Words and Documents

Since synonyms are important lexical knowledge, various methods have been proposed for automatic synonym acquisition. Whereas most of the methods are based on the distributional hypothesis and utilize contextual clues, little attention has been paid to what kind of contextual information is useful for the purpose. As one of the ways to augment contextual information, we propose the use of indirect dependency, i.e. relation between two words related via two contiguous dependency relations. The evaluation has shown that the performance improvement over normal direct dependency is dramatic, yielding comparable results with surrounding words as context, even with smaller co-occurrence data.
Foreign- and Swedish-born diabetic patients — a population-based study of prevalence, glycaemic control and social position

In this study foreign- and Swedish-born individuals with diabetes mellitus were compared regarding prevalence and characteristics. In a Swedish county 1,568 patients aged 20-64 years were identified, of whom 97.4% were included (143 foreign- and 1,384 Swedish-born) in the study of medical records. There was no difference in prevalence of diabetes (1.4% (95% CI 1.2-1.7%) vs 1.5% (95% CI 1.4-1.6%)) but diagnosis at or after the age of 30 years was more common in foreign-born patients (p<0.001). They were also less often treated with insulin (p<0.001), had shorter duration of diabetes (p<0.001), were more often classified as having a low social position in Sweden (p<0.001) and less often controlled in specialized diabetes care departments (p<0.001, 18% vs 43%). There was a higher occurrence of albuminuria among foreign-born women (p<0.05). No differences were found in glycaemic control, but low social position was related to poor glycaemic control independent of being foreign- or Swedish-born, and it seems to be more important than place of birth.