Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Coronary artery bypass grafting vs. percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with three-vessel disease: final five-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial.

AIMS Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been considered the standard of care for patients with three-vessel disease (3VD), but long-term comparative results from randomized trials of CABG vs. percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents (DES) remain limited. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with de novo 3VD or left main disease were randomly assigned to PCI with the paclitaxel-eluting first-generation stent or CABG in the SYNTAX trial. This pre-specified analysis presents the 5-year outcomes of patients with 3VD (n = 1095). The rate of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) was significantly higher in patients with PCI compared with CABG (37.5 vs. 24.2%, respectively; P < 0.001). Percutaneous coronary intervention as opposed to CABG resulted in significantly higher rates of the composite of death/stroke/myocardial infarction (MI) (22.0 vs. 14.0%, respectively; P < 0.001), all-cause death (14.6 vs. 9.2%, respectively; P = 0.006), MI (9.2 vs. 4.0%, respectively; P = 0.001), and repeat revascularization (25.4 vs. 12.6%, respectively; P < 0.001); however, stroke was similar between groups at 5 years (3.0 vs. 3.5%, respectively; P = 0.66). Results were dependent on lesion complexity (P for interaction = 0.12); in patients with a low (0-22) SYNTAX score, PCI vs. CABG resulted in similar rates of MACCE (33.3% vs. 26.8%, respectively; P = 0.21) but significantly more repeat revascularization (25.4% vs. 12.6%, respectively; P = 0.038), while in intermediate (23-32) or high (≥ 33) SYNTAX score terciles, CABG demonstrated clear superiority in terms of MACCE, death, MI, and repeat revascularization. Differences in MACCE between PCI and CABG were larger in diabetics [hazard ratio (HR) = 2.30] than non-diabetics (HR = 1.51), although the P for interaction failed to reach significance for MACCE (P for interaction = 0.095) or any of the other endpoints. CONCLUSION Five-year results of patients with 3VD treated with CABG or PCI using the first-generation paclitaxel-eluting DES suggest that CABG should remain the standard of care as it resulted in significantly lower rates of death, MI, and repeat revascularization, while stroke rates were similar. For patients with low SYNTAX scores, PCI is an acceptable revascularization strategy, although at a price of significantly higher rates of repeat revascularization. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT00114972.
Cross‐Cultural Testing of Three Social Cognitive Theories: An Application to Condom Use1

The cross-cultural validity of Fishbein and Ajzens theory of reasoned action Ajzens theory of planned behavior and Triandis theory of interpersonal behavior was tested and theories applied to understanding the intention to use a condom for each episode of sexual intercourse with a new partner in the Latin American English-speaking Caribbean and South Asian Canadian communities. The approximately 350 participants of mean age 26.8-31.0 years in each of the three groups were recruited from multiple ethnocultural venues. While there were approximately equal numbers of men and women represented in the Latin American and English-speaking Caribbean groups no South Asian woman participated. Cross-cultural validity was found among the three theories. However the theories of Ajzen and Triandis performed better than the theory of Fishbein and Ajzen. The authors recommend that role beliefs and moral norm be added to Ajzens model in the effort to maximize its predictive and explanatory ability.
Swim performance following creatine supplementation in Division III athletes.

Creatine (Cr) supplementation has yielded inconsistent results when applied to competitive swimming. To further define the role of Cr, we tested the hypothesis that a Cr supplementation group of Division III swimmers would demonstrate enhanced performance when compared with placebo. In order to test this hypothesis, 8 male and 7 female collegiate Division III swimmers were assigned in a random, double-blind manner into either a Cr supplementation group (0.3 g Cr.kg(-1) body mass) or a placebo group. Loading was maintained for 5 days followed by a 9-day period where Cr-supplemented subjects consumed 2.25 g Cr regardless of body weight. A 50- and 100-yd sprint was performed prior to and following the supplementation regimens. The Cr supplementation group decreased their finish times in both the 50- and 100-yd sprints. Support of the hypothesis suggests that Cr supplementation for swimming events is effective for singular effort sprints of 50 and 100 yd in Division III athletes.
Distinct metabolic surrogates predict basal and rebound GH secretion after glucose ingestion in men.

CONTEXT GH secretion declines rapidly after glucose ingestion and then recovers to higher-than-baseline levels (rebound GH release). HYPOTHESIS Selective metabolic markers predict the magnitude of glucose-suppressed GH release and postglucose rebound-like GH secretion. DESIGN Prospectively randomized crossover study of GH secretion after glucose vs. water ingestion. SETTING The study was conducted at a clinical translational research center. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-nine healthy men aged 19-78 yr with a body mass index of 18-39 kg/m(2) participated in the study. OUTCOMES OUTCOMES included nadir vs. peak GH concentrations and basal vs. pulsatile GH secretion. RESULTS Mean nadir GH concentrations were determined positively by sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) after glucose administration (R(2) = 0.088, P = 0.0077). Peak rebound GH concentrations were related positively to adiponectin and negatively to computed tomography-estimated abdominal visceral fat (AVF) (R(2) = 0.182, P = 0.00049) after glucose ingestion. Deconvolution analysis showed that SHBG specifically predicted basal (nonpulsatile) GH secretion after glucose exposure (R(2) = 0.153, P = 0.00052). In contrast, together exercise history and adiponectin (both positively) and AVF (negatively) predicted pulsatile GH escape after glucose suppression (R(2) = 0.206, P = 0.00043). Moreover, adiponectin uniquely determined the size (mass), and AVF the mode (duration), of GH secretory bursts after glucose exposure (both P < 0.006). CONCLUSION Glucose ingestion provides a clinical model for investigating complementary metabolic surrogates that determine suppression and recovery of basal and pulsatile GH secretion in healthy men.
Breaking methodological boundaries? Exploring visual, participatory methods with adults and young children

There have been an increasing number of research studies using participatory, visual methods with young children. This article will explore the possibilities and challenges of extending these methods as tools for listening to early childhood practitioners as well as to young children. This research is based on a longitudinal study carried out using the Mosaic approach to involve young children and adults in the design and review of two early childhood environments in England. The findings offer possibilities for re-examining rather than breaking the methodological boundaries in the field of early childhood between participatory research with young children and with adults.
The Use of Airborne and Mobile Laser Scanning for Modeling Railway Environments in 3D

This paper presents methods for 3D modeling of railway environments from airborne laser scanning (ALS) and mobile laser scanning (MLS). Conventionally, aerial data such as ALS and aerial images were utilized for 3D model reconstruction. However, 3D model reconstruction only from aerial-view datasets can not meet the requirement of advanced visualization (e.g., walk-through visualization). In this paper, objects in a railway environment such as the ground, railroads, buildings, high voltage powerlines, pylons and so on were reconstructed and visualized in real-life experiments in Kokemaki, Finland. Because of the complex terrain and scenes in railway environments, 3D modeling is challenging, especially for high resolution walk-through visualizations. However, MLS has flexible platforms and provides the possibility of acquiring data in a complex environment in high detail by combining with ALS data to produce complete 3D scene modeling. A procedure from point cloud classification to 3D reconstruction and 3D visualization is introduced, and new solutions are proposed for object extraction, 3D reconstruction, model simplification and final model 3D visualization. Image processing technology is used for the classification, 3D randomized Hough transformations (RHT) are used for the planar detection, and a quadtree approach is used for the ground model simplification. The results are visually analyzed by a comparison with an orthophoto at a 20 cm ground resolution.
What determines user satisfaction in ERP projects: benefits, barriers or risks?

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of benefits, barriers and risks on user satisfaction in ERP projects.Design/methodology/approach – ERP systems are costly and complex systems. They require heavy investments. ERP systems provide a lot of benefits. However, there are some barriers that need to be solved during implementation if maximum of benefits is aimed. If barriers are not solved adequately, they become drivers of risks. Benefits, barriers and risks have important effects on user satisfaction. Post implementation reviews are important tools to gain insights about the effect of benefits, barriers and risks on user satisfaction. However, post implementation reviews of ERP projects are not commonly realized. First, a literature review on ERP benefits, barriers and risks is conducted. Second, benefits, barriers and risks are checked with their effects on user satisfaction in ERP projects. The research is conducted in a branch of a multinational firm. A questionnaire consisting .
Deep Text Classification Can be Fooled

In this paper, we present an effective method to craft text adversarial samples, revealing one important yet underestimated fact that DNN-based text classifiers are also prone to adversarial sample attack. Specifically, confronted with different adversarial scenarios, the text items that are important for classification are identified by computing the cost gradients of the input (white-box attack) or generating a series of occluded test samples (black-box attack). Based on these items, we design three perturbation strategies, namely insertion, modification, and removal, to generate adversarial samples. The experiment results show that the adversarial samples generated by our method can successfully fool both state-of-the-art character-level and word-level DNN-based text classifiers. The adversarial samples can be perturbed to any desirable classes without compromising their utilities. At the same time, the introduced perturbation is difficult to be perceived.
Transgenerational impact of the Japanese-American internment: Clinical issues in working with children of former internees

The psychotherapeutic literature has paid increasing attention to the need for culturally sensitive interventions. Included among the recent publications are those which highlight particular issues to be addressed when working with Asian and Asian-American clients (e.g., Chien & Yamamoto, 1982; Leong, 1986; Root, 1985; Sue & Morishima, 1982). This literature provides important information and guidelines for practicing clinicians. However, there is a significant degree of diversity between various Asian-American groups and it is critical that therapists recognize the unique sociohistorical past of each group when treating a given client. For Japanese-Americans, the World War II removal and imprisonment of 120,000 men, women, and children by the United States government represents the most traumatic and salient episode of the past. Over 60 percent of those incarcerated were United States citizens. Despite this, the Japanese-Americans, both citizen and alien alike, were ordered into concentration camps presumably for fear that they presented a threat to national security. In reality, there was no evidence to support
A cohesion measure for object‐oriented classes

In object‐oriented systems, cohesion refers to the degree of the relatedness of the members in a class and strong cohesion has been recognized as a highly desirable property of classes. We note that the existing cohesion measures do not take into account some characteristics of classes, and thus often fail to properly reflect the cohesiveness of classes. To cope with such a problem, we propose a new cohesion measure where the characteristics of classes are incorporated. Our cohesion measure takes into account the members that actually have impact on the cohesiveness of a class, and is defined in terms of the degree of the connectivity among those members.
Mindfulness and Older People: A Small Study

Introduction: Very little research examines how older people respond to mindfulness-based therapy, nor has there been much literature on the subject published by occupational therapists. Method: This small research study was carried out with four older people who attended mindfulness classes run by an occupational therapist. Focus groups took place during the classes, and follow-up interviews were carried out a year later. Interpretative qualitative analysis was used to analyse data. Findings: The findings indicated that all four participants readily accepted this approach, believing it was especially suited to their age group. Although they all reported positive experiences during the classes, one year on they were either too ill to be interviewed or found that life events had prevented them from continuing to be mindful. Conclusion: The use of mindfulness-based therapy with older people is recommended, but more research is needed in this area.
Physical, chemical and biological hazards in veterinary practice.

OBJECTIVE To identify major occupational hazards encountered by veterinarians and their staff in practice in Australia. PROCEDURE A literature search of Medical (MEDLINE), Occupational Health and Safety (OSHRAM) and Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) electronic data bases plus continual monitoring utilising the Uncover alerting system using the key words, 'occupational injury', 'occupational disease' and 'safety' linked with use of the word 'veterinarians' has found relevant articles. Personal communication with people who have undertaken studies on occupational safety in veterinarians elicited further information. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Veterinarians often sustain animal-related injuries, the most common of which are dog and cat bites, cat scratches and being hit or crushed by large animals. The most costly to treat include strains and back injuries. Most veterinarians treat themselves. There is no single reporting system for injuries or disease in veterinarians and reported cases may greatly underestimate the total. There is a need to assess accurately the occupational hazards in veterinary practice, to determine the actual occurrence of injuries and to develop strategies to prevent them.
The Veil and Urban Space in Istanbul: Women's dress, mobility and Islamic knowledge

The issue of veiling marks an ideological fault line in urban Turkey. Based on focus groups conducted with migrant women to Istanbul in the spring of 1999, this article aims to show how veiling, as a form of dress, is a spatial practice that gains its significance through women's urban mobility and their construction of Islamic understandings in the city. At the same time, both urban mobility and Islamic knowledge are structured by wider relations of power, such as the struggle between the secular state and resurgent Islamic politics. In order to situate the practice of veiling within these structures, the author argues that Istanbul is marked by a pattern of shifting 'regimes of veiling,' and that these spatialized norms of dress affect the meaning and enactment of women's veiling choices. This concept is particularly useful to draw out the ways in which veiling, despite providing some protection from urban harassment, may actually constrain women's urban mobility in the context of Istanbul. The focus group analysis illustrates these points and demonstrates how women's views on Islam provide a basis for their attitudes towards veiling, mobility and space. The author suggests that among the participants, two main trends in Islamic understandings related to veiling can be observed: one towards the 'privatization' of religion along secularist lines, accompanied by a flexible attitude towards veiling, and another towards the public contestation of formal anti-veiling regimes justified in terms of knowledge gleaned through direct, textual engagement with Islam. In this way, this study aims to link veiling, as a socio-spatial practice, to the local, gendered production of Islamic knowledge in Istanbul.
Oestrogens and Crohn’s disease: the missed link

Observational studies, sometimes, can not provide us with clear answers for very important questions. The answer for a question on whether sex hormones in general, and oestrogen in particular, play some role in inducing and development of Crohn’s disease is uncertain. Study design, inclusion criteria, and different formulations of oral contraceptives may partly explain the conflict results of the published reports. But these may be due to the divergent effects of oestrogen, which are based on dose, tissue specificity and cellular environment. This paper is aimed at examining the influence of androgens on the prognosis of Crohn’s disease.
Measuring DAX Market Risk: A Neural Network Volatility Mixture Approach

In this paper we propose a framework for estimation and quality control of conditional neural network volatility models for market risk management. In a first step, we derive a conditional volatility model based on gaussian mixture densities, that can be used with linear or neural regression models (extendable even to rule systems or decision trees). In a second step, we introduce performance measures, that measure two different properties of the models’ volatility forecasts important to riskmanagement. The proposed framework is being tested on daily DAX (German stock index) data. Results show, that the neural network volatility mixture approach outperforms GARCH models.
Children and the Feminist Ethic of Care

This article looks at the recent contributions made by feminists who advocate a distinctive ‘ethic of care’ to replace the conventional ‘ethic of rights’. The article explores ways in which the ethic of care could be utilized and applied to the children’s rights context. After looking at the important feminist criticisms of conventional rights-based approaches, it is argued that there needs to be some caution applied to the feminist ethic of care, if it is to be successfully applied to the context of children. These cautions are that it is important to recognize the contested nature of care and not to valorize the perspectives of carers over those being cared for. Second, the feminist ethic of care might lead to a ‘needs-based’ discourse, an approach that is unsatisfactory in its implications for children’s rights. Finally, conceptions of justice and equality must not be dropped from political arguments. Rather, their limitations must be acknowledged and then used strategically and partially. However, despite these cautions, the feminist ethic of care remains a constructive approach to the children’s rights context as it emphasizes responsibilities and relationships, the concrete contexts of caring interdependencies, and allows children to be active social players with a voice rather than passive recipients of care and rights. It is hoped that this article might serve as both a corrective and conceptual enrichment of the feminist ethic of care.
TRMM observations of the global relationship between ice water content and lightning

This study uses TRMM lightning and radar observations to study the fundamental relationship between precipitation ice mass and lightning flash density. The results indicate that the physical assumptions of precipitation‐based charging and mixed phase precipitation development are robust and that on a global scale, the relationship between precipitation ice water path and lightning flash density is relatively invariant between land, ocean and coastal regimes. Hence lightning data may be a useful variable for inclusion in combined space borne algorithms designed to retrieve ice water content.
Histomorphological and Histochemical Observations of the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) Tongue

Common myna tongue was studied histomorphologically and histochemically. Four tongues of adult birds were carried out macroscopically and microscopically. The tongue was triangular; the dorsum of the body had median groove. Two to three backward directed papillae were located on each side of the body-base junction. A single transverse row of pharyngeal papillae was located behind the laryngeal cleft. The parakeratinized mucosa covered the entire surface of the tongue except clearly keratinized band on the ventrolateral surface and the conical papillae. Compared with the lateral group (LG), the secretory cells of the medial group (MG) of the anterior lingual glands (ALG) and the posterior lingual glands (PLG) contained large amount of mucin. It was neutral mucin. However, the LG had weak acid mucin with carboxylated group. Meanwhile, the MG of the ALG and the PLG had strong acid mucin with both carboxylated and sulphated groups. In conclusion, the morphological observation of the common myna tongue showed some variation from the other birds. Histochemical results indicated the differences between the LG and MG of the anterior lingual glands. However, no difference was observed between the latter and the PLG.
Measuring attitudes towards Christianity among pupils in Catholic secondary schools in Northern Ireland

Summary The Francis scale of attitude towards Christianity Form ASC4B was completed by 935 pupils in years one through five of Roman Catholic maintained secondary schools in Northern Ireland. The data support the reliability, unidimensionality and construct validity of the scale among this population and enable comparisons to be made with previously published data on pupils attending Roman Catholic schools within the state‐maintained sector in England and Scotland.
Student Teachers in Tibet: A case study

A case study of beginner teachers in Tibet describes the demographic characteristics and entry perspectives of Tibetan teacher candidates in comparison with their mainstream counterparts in China. Survey questionnaires, individual interviews, observation in classrooms, and review of relevant institutional, curriculum and instructional materials were used. Findings demonstrate that a typical beginning teacher in Tibet is more likely to be a young male Tibetan under the age of 25, from a middle-class family background, who considers intrinsic reasons to be more important than extrinsic reasons in becoming a teacher. Nevertheless they were reluctant to commit themselves to teaching as a lifelong career, largely because of the low status and poor compensations of the teaching profession, and the added difficulty in finding a suitable spouse and setting up a decent home in their personal lives.
The Qualitative Report The Qualitative Report

Abstract Although grounded theory and qualitative content analysis are similar in some respects, they differ as well; yet the differences between the two have rarely been made clear in the literature. The purpose of this article was to clarify ambiguities and reduce confusion about grounded theory and qualitative content analysis by identifying similarities and differences in the two based on a literature review and critical reflection on the authors’ own research. Six areas of difference emerged: (a) background and philosophical base, (b) unique characteristics of each method, (c) goals and rationale of each method, (d) data analysis process, (e) outcomes of the research, and (f) evaluation of trustworthiness. This article provides knowledge that can assist researchers and students in the selection of appropriate research methods for their inquiries.