Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Connections between Identity, Attachment, and Psychological Connections between Identity, Attachment, and Psychological Dating Aggression during Adolescence Dating Aggression during Adolescence

The collective influence of identity styles and romantic attachment insecurity on psychological dating aggression was examined for 1,975 adolescents living in a southern state of the United States. Informational identity style related negatively to psychological dating aggression, but anxious romantic attachment related positively to this behavior. Diffuse-avoidant identity style and using psychological dating aggression were associated positively, whereas normative identity style and receiving psychological dating aggression were associated negatively. Additionally, the combination of high informational or normative identity style with high avoidant romantic attachment was linked to lower psychological dating aggression. Our findings build on the previously noted parallelism between identity styles and romantic attachment insecurity by showing how they work together to explain variability in psychological dating aggression.
Image Denoising by Averaging of Piecewise Constant Simulations of Image Partitions

This paper investigates the problem of image denoising when the image is corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise. We herein propose a spatial adaptive denoising method which is based on an averaging process performed on a set of Markov Chain Monte-Carlo simulations of region partition maps constrained to be spatially piecewise uniform (i.e., constant in the grey level value sense) for each estimated constant-value regions. For the estimation of these region partition maps, we have adopted the unsupervised Markovian framework in which parameters are automatically estimated in the least square sense. This sequential averaging allows to obtain, under our image model, an approximation of the image to be recovered in the minimal mean square sense error. The experiments reported in this paper demonstrate that the discussed method performs competitively and sometimes better than the best existing state-of-the-art wavelet-based denoising methods in benchmark tests
The Value of Avitourism for Conservation and Job Creation— An Analysis from South Africa

Tourism directed at bird watching (avitourism) has become increasingly popular. In many lower and middle-income countries, including South Africa, avitourism is being applied in an effort to simultaneously achieve community development and biodiversity conservation. This paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation of 11 community-based avitourism projects in South Africa. Conservation benefits were measured with the Threat Reduction Assessment tool. We calculated the Gamma (G) correlation coefficient to explore the relationship between conservation and income benefits and project characteristics. The projects were successful at reducing threats to sites where conservation was an explicit objective (n=11, G=0.609, P=0.03). The level of income benefits did not correlate with success in reducing threats to conservation. Once involved in avitourism projects, the average monthly income earned by local bird guides increased from USD 114 to USD 362. The extent of income benefits was positively related to the extent of support to projects (n=10, G=0.714, P=0.01). Participants in the projects reported substantive capacity building and empowerment benefits. Success in delivering conservation, income and empowerment benefits was challenged by the local guide's limited previous exposure to tourism and business, the guide's lack of self assurance, cultural differences, and a requirement for sustained mentorship and support to overcome these barriers. We conclude that with adequate long-term support, avitourism projects can be a cost-effective way to create jobs and deliver conservation and human development benefits.
Sizes, Numbers and Distribution of Uterine Fibroids Enucleated At Laparoscopic Myomectomy from Nigerian Women with Primary or Secondary Infertility

Background: Fibroids are the commonest benign gynaecological tumors affecting only females and laparoscopic myomectomy is the modern management because of its various advantages, especially among women who still desire retention of their fertility. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective review of 31 infertile patients who had laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) from January 2010 to December 2014 at Nordica Fertility Center. Information on socio-demographic characteristics such as age, body mass index and duration and type of infertility, marital status and parity were recorded. For the purpose of this paper, clinical data such as number of miscarriages, uterine size, site, size and number of fibroids were also noted. Data were analyzed using STATA 13 statistical software. P-value of 0.05 and below was regarded as level of acceptable statistical significance. Results: A total of 31 women presented with fibroid for laparoscopic myomectomy. Their means (± sd) of age (years), Body Mass Index (kg/m2) and years trying to conceive (TTC) were 38.0 (5.3), 27.4 (4.6) and 5.7 (3.5) respectively. Among the patients, 13 (41.9%) and 18 (58.1%) presented with primary and secondary infertility respectively, 12 (38.7%) were professionals, 29 (93.5%) were married and 6 (19.4%) had previous uterine operation. The non-gravid uterus was significantly bulkier (weeks) in primary (18.0 ± 3.7) than in secondary (14.1 ± 2.4) infertility. Most prevalent symptoms were dysmenorrhea (53.9%,55.6%), menorrhagia (53.9%, 38.9%) and abdominal swelling (53.9%, 38.9%) respectively. Intramural fibroids were most common in both groups of women while pedunculated fibroid was exclusive to primary infertility. Highest fibroid /woman ratio of 8.7:1 was observed among women aged 46-50 years. Intramural fibroids were significantly bigger in primary than in secondary infertility (t = 1.9, P-value = 0.03). Type of infertility was a strong predictor of the size of the non-gravid uterus with fibroids (r = -0.06, Std. err. = 0.03, t = -2.26, P = 0.03, 95% CI: -0.11, -0.01). Conclusion: Women with primary infertility are prone to larger fibroid size and tend to have more fibroids per person while those with secondary infertility are more likely to have fibroid located in sub serous site. ISSN 2574-2728 Research Article Citation: Abayomi Ajayi, Bamgboye M. Afolabi, Victor Ajayi, et al. Sizes, Numbers and Distribution of Uterine Fibroids Enucleated At Laparoscopic Myomectomy from Nigerian Women with Primary or Secondary Infertility. J Gynecol Reprod Med. 2017; 1(1): 1-8.
Gallstones and biliary sludge in Greek patients with complete high spinal cord injury: an ultrasonographical evaluation.

INTRODUCTION We used ultrasonography to detect the presence of biliary sludge or gallstones in Greek patients with complete high spinal cord injury (SCI) above the seventh thoracic segment (T7), within the first six months from injury onset, in order to evaluate the effects of neurological instability and dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) on the gallbladder function in the early post-SCI phase. METHODS We evaluated 78 asymptomatic patients (57 males, 21 females; mean age 34.8 (range 19-56) years) with complete high SCI located above the T7 segment, and 78 healthy subjects (59 males, 19 females; mean age 35.2 (range 21-59) years) matched for age, gender and race, for a total period of 39 months. All the participants underwent ultrasonographical examination of the gallbladder and common bile duct within the first six months from the injury, in order to investigate the development of biliary sludge and gallstones. RESULTS The incidence of biliary sludge was significantly higher in patients with SCI compared with the control group. The incidence of biliary sludge and gallstones was also significantly higher in patients with SCI patients in comparison with the healthy subjects. In male SCI patients, the incidence of biliary sludge was significantly increased in comparison with healthy subjects. No significant difference was revealed between the two groups in detection of gallstones. CONCLUSION Our study indicates that the detection of gallbladder sludge and gallstones are significantly higher in Greek patients with complete high SCI above the T7 segment, as compared with healthy control subjects within the first six months of the injury onset. The complete disruption of the SNS and the neurological instability in the early post-SCI phase is probably responsible for the biliary sludge and gallstone formation. Our results suggest that ultrasonography should be performed in these patients at the first 3-6 months from the injury for the early diagnosis of the lithogenic bile.
Oncology Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Cancer Pain Management.

BACKGROUND Oncology nurses play a crucial role in cancer pain management and must be highly informed to ensure their effective practice in the cancer setting. The aim of this study was to determine the baseline level of knowledge and attitudes of oncology nurses regarding cancer pain management. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey research design was employed. The sample comprised 58 cancer nurses working in Shahid Sadoughi hospital, Yazd, Iran. The ''Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain'' (NKAS) tool and a demographic form were utilized to ascertain the knowledge and attitudes of oncology nurses working in oncology settings. RESULTS The average correct response rate for oncology nurses was 66.6%, ranging from 12.1% to 94.8%. The nurses mean score on the knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain management was 28.5%. Results revealed that the mean percentage score overall was 65.7%. Only 8.6% of nurse participants obtained a passing score of 75% or greater. Widespread knowledge deficits and poor attitudes were noted in this study, particularly regard pharmacological management of pain. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides important information about knowledge deficits in pain management among oncology nurses and limited training regarding pain management. Our results support the universal concern of inadequate knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding cancer pain. It is suggested educational and quality improvement initiatives in pain management could enhance nurses knowledge in the area of pain and possibly improve practice.
Small-Sample Adjustments for Tests of Moderators and Model Fit Using Robust Variance Estimation in Meta-Regression

Meta-analyses often include studies that report multiple effect sizes based on a common pool of subjects or that report effect sizes from several samples that were treated with very similar research protocols. The inclusion of such studies introduces dependence among the effect size estimates. When the number of studies is large, robust variance estimation (RVE) provides a method for pooling dependent effects, even when information on the exact dependence structure is not available. When the number of studies is small or moderate, however, test statistics and confidence intervals based on RVE can have inflated Type I error. This article describes and investigates several small-sample adjustments to F-statistics based on RVE. Simulation results demonstrate that one such test, which approximates the test statistic using Hotelling’s T2 distribution, is level-α and uniformly more powerful than the others. An empirical application demonstrates how results based on this test compare to the large-sample F-test.
A Simple Approach for Estimating the Effective Electric Parameters of 2-D Targets

In this paper, we introduce a simple, noniterative algorithm to estimate the effective dielectric properties of unknown targets from the measurements of their backscattered fields. The proposed approach relies on the virtual experiments concept, as it exploits a combination of the incident fields to be able to focus the exciting field on a certain region. Then, it associates the effective parameters to the permittivity and conductivity values that minimize the mean square error between the virtual scattered field (obtained by recombining the measured data) and the field scattered by a homogeneous dielectric cylinder centered on the target, having approximately the same area. The center of this effective scatterer and its radius can be estimated with a qualitative imaging algorithm or can be given as a priori information. Notably, by properly designing the virtual incident fields, the proposed method can easily handle the case of multiple targets. The effectiveness of the method is assessed by both numerical and experimental examples.
Aftershocks of the Managua, Nicaragua, earthquake and the tectonic significance of the Tiscapa fault

A detailed study of the aftershocks of the earthquake that devastated Managua, Nicaragua, on December 23, 1972, shows that the earthquake occurred on a fault that strikes N30 ° to 35°E and dips 80 ° to 90°E, and that this fault moved in a leftlateral sense over a zone about 15 km long extending from shallow depth to a depth of 8 or 10 km. The extensive damage accompanying an earthquake with body-wave magnitude of only 5.6 was caused primarily by the types and method of construction predominantly used in the area and because the location of this fault and the associated surface rupture and intense shaking were directly under the city. Faults of this type that strike perpendicular to volcanic axes of volcanic arcs appear to be common in many areas and need to be understood in order to determine earthquake hazards and local tectonic processes. Among the hypotheses available to explain the origin of the Tiscapa fault are that it is a transform fault, it is a product of north-south compression, or it is caused in some way by a change in dip in the slab moving under Central America from the Middle America trench.
A quantitative analysis of ® shing impacts on shelf-sea benthos JEREMY

JEREMY S. COLLIE*, STEPHEN J. HALL{ , MICHEL J. KAISER{ and IAN R. POINERx *Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA; {The Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia; {School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales-Bangor, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL59 5EY, UK; and xCSIRO Division of Marine Research, PO Box 120, Cleveland, Queensland 4163, Australia
Acacia nilotica: A plant of multipurpose medicinal uses

Acacia nilotica Lam (Mimosaceae) indigenously known as ‘Babul’ or ‘Kikar’ is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in tropical and subtropical countries. It has an inspiring range of medicinal uses with potential anti-oxidant activity. This plant contributes a number of groups among which are alkaloids, volatile essential oils, phenols and phenolic glycosides, resins, oleosins, steroids, tannins and terpenes. A. nilotica is a medicinal plant acknowledged to be rich in phenolics, consisting of condensed tannin and phlobatannin, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, pyrocatechol, (+) -catechin, (-) epi- gallocatechin-7-gallate and (-) epigallocatechin-5, 7-digallate. Different parts of this plant such as the leaves, roots, seeds, bark, fruits, flowers, gum and immature pods act as anti-cancer, antimutagenic, spasmogenic, vasoconstrictor, anti-pyretic, anti-asthamatic, cytotoxic, anti-diabetic, anti-platelet agregatory, anti-plasmodial, molluscicidal, anti-fungal, inhibitory activity against Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-I and antioxidant activities, anti-bacterial, antihypertensive and anti-spasmodic activities, and are also engaged for the treatment of different ailments in the indigenous system of medicine. This review spotlights on the detailed phytochemical composition, medicinal uses, along with pharmacological properties of different parts of this multipurpose plant.
Lycopene Protects Against Spontaneous Ovarian Cancer Formation in Laying Hens

Background Dietary intake of lycopene has been associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer, suggesting its chemopreventive potential against ovarian carcinogenesis. Lycopene’s molecular mechanisms of action in ovarian cancer have not been fully understood. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effects of lycopene on the ovarian cancer formation using the laying hen model, a biologically relevant animal model of spontaneous ovarian carcinogenesis due to high incidence rates similar to humans. Methods In this study, a total of 150 laying hens at age of 102 weeks were randomized into groups of 50: a control group (0 mg of lycopene per kg of diet) and two treatment groups (200 mg or 400 mg of lycopene per kg of diet, or ~26 and 52 mg/d/hen, respectively). At the end of 12 months, blood, ovarian tissues and tumors were collected. Results We observed that lycopene supplementation significantly reduced the overall ovarian tumor incidence (P < 0.01) as well as the number and the size of the tumors (P < 0.004 and P < 0.005, respectively). Lycopene also significantly decreased the rate of adenocarcinoma, including serous and mucinous subtypes (P < 0.006). Moreover, we also found that the serum level of oxidative stress marker malondialdehyde was significantly lower in lycopene-fed hens compared to control birds (P < 0.001). Molecular analysis of the ovarian tumors revealed that lycopene reduced the expression of NF-κB while increasing the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2 and its major target protein, heme oxygenase 1. In addition, lycopene supplementation decreased the expression of STAT3 by inducing the protein inhibitor of activated STAT3 expression in the ovarian tissues. Conclusions Taken together, our findings strongly support the potential of lycopene in the chemoprevention of ovarian cancer through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
Reliability and factorial validity of the Canadian Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition

ABSTRACT The reliability and factorial validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition: Canadian (WISC-VCDN) was investigated. The higher-order model preferred by Wechsler (2014b) contained five group factors but lacked discriminant validity. An alternative bifactor model with four group factors and one general factor, akin to the traditional Wechsler model, exhibited the best global fit. The general factor accounted for 33.8% of the total variance and 67.6% of the common variance, but none of the group factors accounted for substantial portions of variance. All together, the general and group factors accounted for 50% of the total variance. Omega reliability coefficients demonstrated that reliable variance of WISC-VCDN factor index scores was primarily due to the general factor, not the group factors. It was concluded that the cumulative weight of reliability and validity evidence suggests that psychologists should focus their interpretive efforts at the general factor level and exercise extreme caution when using group factor scores to make decisions about individuals.
Low Frequency of ETV6-RUNX1 (t 12; 21) in Saudi Arabian Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients: Association with Clinical Parameters and Early Remission.

BACKGROUND Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pALL) patients at King Abdulaziz Medical City represent a pure Saudi Arabian population. ETV6-RUNX1 positive pALL patients have good prognosis as compared to ETV6-RUNX1 negative counterparts. Therefore, frequencies of these two patient groups have a huge consideration in treatment strategies of pALL in a given population. Different geographical locations have been reported to have different frequencies of ETV6-RUNX1 ranging from 10% in Southeast Asia to 30% in Australia. AIM Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish the ETV6-RUNX1 status of Saudi Arabian pALL patients and its association with clinical parameters and early remission. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical parameters and ETV6-RUNX1 status (using FISH technique) of pALL patients attending the Pediatric Oncology Clinic, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh from 2006 to 2011 were studied. Comparisons between ETV6-RUNX1 positive and negative groups were accomplished using chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). RESULTS Out of 54 patients, 33 were male and 21 were females (ratio 1.57:1). B- and T-cell lineages were found in 47 (87%) and 7 (13%) patients respectively. Only 5 (9.3%) patients were ETV6-RUNX1 positive while 49(80.7%) were ETV6-RUNX1 negative. All ETV6-RUNX1 patients (100%) were of B-cell lineage and 80% (4/5) were in the 3-7 year age group. None of the ETV6-RUNX11 patients had ≥ 5% blasts (no remission) at day 14 as compared with 9% in the ETV6-RUNX1 negative group (Figure 1). CONCLUSIONS Frequency of ETV6-RUNX1 positive patients (less than 10%) in our pALL patients is much lower than reported for most European countries, North America, Australia and Japan while it is in accordance with ETV6-RUNX1 frequencies from Egypt (11.6%), Pakistan (10%), Spain (2%) and India (5-7%). This shows ethnic differences in genetics of pALL as well as higher frequencies of ETV6-RUNX1 positive pALL mostly in more industrialized countries, probably due to some industrial pollutants or westernized lifestyle.
Two comparative MCDM approaches for evaluating the financial performance of Iranian basic metals companies

Due to the increasing competition and the continuous changes in current business environments, appropriate evaluation of the companies' performance is a useful tool not only for themselves but also for their own investors and creditors. In this paper, a model is presented for evaluating the basic metals producing companies. The proposed model based on analyzing the financial ratios is a combination of the FAHP (fuzzy analytical hierarchy process) and the VIKOR. The FAHP is used for determining the weights of the financial ratios and the VIKOR is applied for ranking the companies. To clarify the effectiveness and the accuracy of the developed method, the obtained result from the VIKOR is compared with the results of the TOPSIS technique. It can be seen from the results that the VIKOR based ranking is relatively similar to the result by the TOPSIS. In this research, the proposed method is utilized for evaluation of the performance of eight Iranian basic metals companies exist in Tehran stock exchange list.
Plasmodium coatneyi in Rhesus Macaques Replicates the Multisystemic Dysfunction of Severe Malaria in Humans

ABSTRACT Severe malaria, a leading cause of mortality among children and nonimmune adults, is a multisystemic disorder characterized by complex clinical syndromes that are mechanistically poorly understood. The interplay of various parasite and host factors is critical in the pathophysiology of severe malaria. However, knowledge regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms and pathways leading to the multisystemic disorders of severe malaria in humans is limited. Here, we systematically investigate infections with Plasmodium coatneyi, a simian malaria parasite that closely mimics the biological characteristics of P. falciparum, and develop baseline data and protocols for studying erythrocyte turnover and severe malaria in greater depth. We show that rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) experimentally infected with P. coatneyi develop anemia, coagulopathy, and renal and metabolic dysfunction. The clinical course of acute infections required suppressive antimalaria chemotherapy, fluid support, and whole-blood transfusion, mimicking the standard of care for the management of severe malaria cases in humans. Subsequent infections in the same animals progressed with a mild illness in comparison, suggesting that immunity played a role in reducing the severity of the disease. Our results demonstrate that P. coatneyi infection in rhesus macaques can serve as a highly relevant model to investigate the physiological pathways and molecular mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis in naïve and immune individuals. Together with high-throughput postgenomic technologies, such investigations hold promise for the identification of new clinical interventions and adjunctive therapies.