Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of class IV laser therapy on the outcomes of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on clinical outcomes in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease treated with tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). STUDY DESIGN Randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Owners and surgeons (care providers and assessors) were masked. ANIMALS Ninety-five dogs were admitted for TPLO and assigned to 1 of 2 groups, laser group (LG; n = 51) or placebo group (PG; n = 44). METHODS Three treatments (laser or placebo) were administered within a 4-day perioperative period. A fourth treatment was recommended and was accepted in 28.4% of cases (LG, n = 14; PG, n = 13). Dogs in the LG group received laser at wavelengths 660 nm red (100 mW) and at 800, 905 and 970 nm infrared (maximum 15 W continuous wave, 20 W peak pulsed wave), administered simultaneously. Dogs in the PG group received placebo laser (660 nm, 4 mW). Other treatments were identical. Outcomes were measured by difference in clinical metrology instruments (Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs and adjusted Canine Orthopedic Index [COI]), osteotomy healing on a radiographic scale, time to cessation of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration, and wound healing by owner questionnaire. RESULTS The only difference detected between groups consisted of a greater improvement in the gait section of the adjusted COI (ACOI) in the LG group (median [interquartile range; IQR] = 6 [4-7.5]) compared with the PG group (median [IQR] = 4 [2-6]; P < .05). CONCLUSION The laser protocol used in this study was associated with a greater improvement in ACOI gait in dogs treated with TPLO but did not improve any other clinical metrology instrument scores or bone healing. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE This study provides some evidence that LLLT may improve the gait of dogs recovering from a TPLO, as assessed by owners.
Effects of Fibre Volume Fraction on the Compressive and Flexural Experimental Behaviour of SFRC

The purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of fibre volume fraction on the mechanical properties of SFRC (Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete). The results obtained from compression and four-point bending tests carried out on concrete specimens with fibre volume fraction of 1%, 1.6%, 3% and 5% are critically examined. The experimental behaviour in terms of peak load, post-peak behaviour, and residual strength, are evaluated and compared. The fibre distribution and their contribution in Mode I fracture is also assessed. The effects of steel fibre volume fraction on the strength, ultimate strain and ductility index of SFRC are highlighted in order to give a guide for structural use.
Effect of Strategic Management on Users’ Satisfaction, library competitiveness, learning/innovation process and internal process effectiveness in Academics Libraries.

This study looked into the Effect of Strategic Management on Customer Satisfaction, libraries competition, learning/innovation process and internal process effectiveness in Manufacturing Enterprises. Methodology: The librarians in southwest Nigeria formed the population of study, from which a sample of 162 librarians, or 25% the population was strategically randomly selected for the study by a combined purposive and systematic random sampling techniques. The survey research design was used and data were collected through the use of questionnaires and structured interviews were necessary. The data collected were analysed using Analysis of Variances (ANOVA), correlation and descriptive analysis in pursuance of the stated specific objectives of the study. Five hypotheses were formulated and tested at 5 degree level of significance. Findings: It was found out that strategic management had significant effect on the management and development as well as competitive edge of libraries. Recommendations: It recommends that more than ever before, Librarians are therefore advised to adopt strategic management process in order to boost the performance of their libraries.
WWW'18 Open Challenge: Financial Opinion Mining and Question Answering

The growing maturity of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and resources is dramatically changing the landscape of many application domains which are dependent on the analysis of unstructured data at scale. The finance domain, with its reliance on the interpretation of multiple unstructured and structured data sources and its demand for fast and comprehensive decision making is already emerging as a primary ground for the experimentation of NLP, Web Mining and Information Retrieval (IR) techniques for the automatic analysis of financial news and opinions online. This challenge focuses on advancing the state-of-the-art of aspect-based sentiment analysis and opinion-based Question Answering for the financial domain.
Prevalence of Subclinical Hypothyroidism among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Objectives: to detect prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) among acute coronary syndrome patients and to assess its association with both inhospital morbidity and mortality. Methods: The study included 300 patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (either STEMI or NSTEMI or UA) with close follow up during the inhospital stay to detect any morbidity or mortality. All subjects underwent complete lipid profile (TC-TG-LDL-C-HDL-C-VLDL-C) and thyroid profile (free T3-free T4-TSH). Results: SCH was associated with hypercholesterolemia (in 83.1% of patients), hypertriglyceridemia (in 80% of patients), increased LDL-C (in 83.3% of patients), decreased HDL-C (in 85.7% of patients) and increased VLDL-C (in 86.6% of patients). The prevalence of SCH among ACS patients was 5%. Morbidity was 34.6% in ACS patients with normal thyroid profile (euthyroid) vs. 20% in those with SCH (p value 0.7). Mortality was 2.5% in ACS patients with normal thyroid profile (euthyroid) vs. 0% in those with SCH (p value more than 0.05). Conclusion: Prevalence of SCH is 5% in ACS patients and it has no association with inhospital morbidity and mortality.
Facial Recognition using Eigenfaces by PCA

Face recognition systems have been grabbing high attention from commercial market point of view as well as pattern recognition field. It also stands high in researchers community. Face recognition have been fast growing, challenging and interesting area in real-time applications. A large number of face recognition algorithms have been developed from decades. The present paper refers to different face recognition approaches and primarily focuses on principal component analysis, for the analysis and the implementation is done in free software, Scilab. This face recognition system detects the faces in a picture taken by web-cam or a digital camera, and these face images are then checked with training image dataset based on descriptive features. Descriptive features are used to characterize images. Scilab's SIVP toolbox is used for performing the image analysis. Keywords—eigenfaces, PCA, face recognition, image processing, person identification, face classification, Scilab, SIVP
An empirical 3D model of the large-scale coronal structure based on the distribution of Hα filaments on the solar disk

Morgan, H. ; Habbal, S. R. , An empirical 3D model of the large-scale coronal structure based on the distribution of Hα filaments on the solar disk, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 464, Issue 1, March II 2007, pp.357-365
Effectiveness of the solution focused therapy which is based on interpersonal relationship theory: retrospective investigation

Objective: The aim of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of solution focused therapy which is based on interpersonal relationship theory in retrospective methodology. Methods: This research was planned as a pre/posttest without control group. The research population included 36 students who are registered a school of health of a university and applied to psychological consultation services of their school for their psychological issues. Student’s introduction and consulting form, Beck Anxiety Scale, Beck Depression Scale, Problem Solving Inventory were used as data collection forms. All ethic permission was provided. In this research, the five sessions solution focused therapy approach which is based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory was used for students. Inventories were applied both before and after the therapy sessions. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis test were used for data analysis. Conclusion: When the scores of anxiety, depression and problem solving skills were compared before and after sessions; anxiety, depression and problem solving inventory. They were found that the mean scores of inventories decreased as statistically significant. Differences of scores when participating joyful activities and having someone which can be shared for their individual problems in depression was found decreased as statistically significant. Also it can be seen the some direction when having actively a kind of hobby in anxiety and problem solving skill scores differences. Discussion: It can be said that the five sessions solution focused therapy which is based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship therapy was affected for students which are applied psychological consultation services for their problems.
The Survivor Ratio Method for Estimating Numbers at High Ages

Only a few countries have official population statistics which are sufficiently accurate to produce reliable estimates of death rates at high ages. For other countries, there are several methods which can be used to produce improved estimates. The choice is important for research on old age mortality. In 1999 the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research undertook a research project to compare the performance of the three leading methods, using data for nine countries over 35 years. This paper describes the research and the results, which were unexpectedly simple. It also gives an authoritative account of the most successful method.
4He Thermophysical Properties: New Ab Initio Calculations

Since 2000, atomic physicists have reduced the uncertainty of the helium-helium “ab initio” potential; for example, from approximately 0.6 % to 0.1 % at 4 bohr, and from 0.8 % to 0.1 % at 5.6 bohr. These results led us to: (1) construct a new inter-atomic potential ϕ07, (2) recalculate values of the second virial coefficient, the viscosity, and the thermal conductivity of 4He from 1 K to 10,000 K, and (3), analyze the uncertainties of the thermophysical properties that propagate from the uncertainty of ϕ07 and from the Born-Oppenheimer approximation of the electron-nucleon quantum mechanical system. We correct minor errors in a previous publication [J. J. Hurly and M. R. Moldover, J. Res. Nat. Inst. Standards Technol. 105, 667 (2000)] and compare our results with selected data published after 2000. The ab initio results tabulated here can serve as standards for the measurement of thermophysical properties.
Disclosure Quality and the Excess Value of Diversification

For a sample of U.S. firm years from 1980 through 1996 we document a positive association between the excess value of diversification as defined by Berger and Ofek [1995] and security analyst ratings of voluntary disclosure as developed by the Association for Investment Management and Research. We also examine an alternative proxy for disclosure quality that captures the degree of segment disaggregation and document a positive association between this measure and excess value. Our results are robust to controls for firm performance and information environment. Taken together, these phenomena suggest that disclosure plays a monitoring role in disciplining management's investment decisions. However, tests of the association between disclosure and the value of firms' investment spending yield mixed results.
European survey of hepatitis B vaccination policies for healthcare workers.

BACKGROUND The risk of transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) to healthcare workers (HCWs) is well known. Under current European Union (EU) legislation, all employers should perform a risk assessment to identify those exposed to HBV and offer vaccination. Immunization should happen early after the start of their career to avoid infection and development of carrier status. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of country representatives, to find out how policies are put into practice in European countries. RESULTS Answers were received from 17 countries, representing 89% of the population and 90% of HCWs in the EU-25. HBV vaccination was mandatory for medical, and nursing and other paramedical staff in five countries, and recommended in all other countries. It was mandatory for medical students and student nurses in five countries and recommended in nine other. Pre-vaccination serotesting was done in six countries. The vaccination schedule most often used was 0, 1, 6 months. Combined vaccine (hepatitis A virus /HBV) was used in 10 countries. Post-vaccination serotesting was done in 14 countries. Data on HBV vaccination coverage were available in 11 countries and published in five of them. Coverage was 85-93%. CONCLUSION These results show the variation as to how EU legislation is translated into practice in European countries. More consultation between key actors at EU level could help to optimize the way this matter is dealt with. A battery of measures and interventions-including introduction of immunization programmes against HBV infection and increasing immunization coverage in HCWs-can contribute to further reducing HBV transmission to HCWs.
Heterogeneity in Neighborhood-Level Price Growth in the United States, 1993-2009

Examination of detailed geographical information on U.S. housing transactions from 1993 to 2009 find much heterogeneity at the neighborhood level in when the recent boom began, how big the initial jumps in price growth were, how long the booms lasted, and what types of neighborhoods boomed first. There is less neighborhood-level heterogeneity in when the bust began and in aggregate price appreciation during the boom. This heterogeneity suggests that there was no one dominant cause of the boom. We also comment on how very local data may help understand the role of contagion, among other housing market phenomena.
Aestheticization of Illness in A Dream of The Red Mansions

疾病叙事构成了《红楼梦》重要的部分,兼具审美意义和叙事功能。 本文从身份、社会、情节三个方面讨论了疾病对于林黛玉和薛宝钗的不同意义。 对林黛玉而言,疾病是认识社会的工具,是避风港和内心情感的宣泄。 对薛宝钗而言,疾病和药是彰显社会地位的符号、一种社会资本。 小说对二人疾病的刻画,反映了审美理想与伦理理想之间的张力,是儒家知识分子两难境地的写照。
Disparities in Brain Cancer in the United States: A Literature Review of Gliomas

In the human body, the central regulatory system of homeostasis is maintained by the brain. Its complexity is mesmerizing and many of its functions are largely uncharted. Unfortunately, its functionality is often impaired through neoplastic growths, like gliomas, which are devastating to patients and their families. Annually, gliomas are the most common primary brain tumours affecting over 20,000 people in the United States. However, despite their status as the third most common cause of cancer related death for individuals between ages 20 and 39, the aetiology of gliomas remains unknown. This paper aims to review the latest information regarding the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) 4th edition classifications of gliomas, their malignant effects, and disparities within these classifications, as well as identify areas for further research. These suggestions for future inquiry may contribute to a better understanding of the pathology of these cancers enabling improvement in prevention, screening, and treatment.
PERCEIVED RESEARCH UTILIZATION BARRIERS AMONG NURSES IN A RURAL HOSPITAL IN NIGERIA

Background Nursing research utilization is the process of synthesizing, disseminating and using research generated knowledge to make significant impact on the existing nursing practice. Research utilization has been associated with high quality nursing practice. Despite availability of research findings and evidences, nurses have been faced with many barriers which hinder them from utilizing research knowledge in their practice. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceived research utilization barriers among nurses in a community hospital in Nigeria and to assess the relationship between their perception and selected socio-demographic variables. Materials and method: This is a descriptive study. A total of 62 participants were included in the study through a convenient non probability sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data on participants socio demographic variables with the BARRIER scale used to collect data on participants perception regarding research utilization Findings: The mean and standard deviation of participants age was 34.9 and ± 1.3 respectively. Majority of participants were females, diploma holders and had four or more years of working experience. The major barriers identified by the participants were issues with administration, lack of cooperation from physicians and lack of time to read research among nurses, insufficient time to implement changes and unwillingness to change or try new things. There was a statistically significant relationship between participants qualification and their perception of characteristics of the innovation/research as barrier to research utilization at χ (p value) of 8.315 (<0.001). Conclusion: Findings from this study revealed that the highly ranked barriers were based on the characteristics of the setting in which the nurses work as well as the nurses’ research values, skills and awareness. It is therefore recommended that healthcare institution should give the nurses to practice with the best evidences and not based on rituals. Institutional policies should be reviewed to favor the application of research in nursing practice and nurses should understand that research is an integral part of the profession.
The levels of trace elements and heavy metals in patients with acute migraine headache.

OBJECTIVE To compare the levels of trace elements and heavy metal in patients with acute migraine and healthy controls. METHODS The prospective study was conducted at Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey, from May to July 2013, and comprised migraine patients and an equal number of healthy controls. International Headache Society classification was used for diagnosing migraine. Serum copper, zinc, lead, iron, cadmium, cobalt, manganese, and magnesium levels were measured in both groups. Metal concentrations were assessed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. SPSS 13 was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS There were 25 migraine patients with an average age of 36.4±8.9 years and 25 healthy controls with a mean age of 42.4±9.5 years. Cadmium, iron, manganese and lead levels were significantly elevated in the patients compared to the controls (p<0.05 each), while copper, magnesium and zinc were decreased and cobalt demonstrated no change. CONCLUSIONS Trace elements and heavy metals may have a role in the genesis of considerable oxidative stress in patients with acute migraine headache.
Single nucleotide polymorphism-based microarray analysis for the diagnosis of hydatidiform moles

In clinical diagnostics, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based microarray analysis enables the detection of copy number variations (CNVs), as well as copy number neutral regions, that are absent of heterozygosity throughout the genome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness and sensitivity of SNP-based microarray analysis in the diagnosis of hydatidiform mole (HM). By using whole-genome SNP microarray analysis, villous genotypes were detected, and the ploidy of villous tissue was determined to identify HMs. A total of 66 villous tissues and two twin tissues were assessed in the present study. Among these samples, 11 were triploid, one was tetraploid, 23 were abnormal aneuploidy, three were complete genome homozygosity, and the remaining ones were normal ploidy. The most noteworthy finding of the present study was the identification of six partial HMs and three complete HMs from those samples that were not identified as being HMs on the basis of the initial diagnosis of experienced obstetricians. This study has demonstrated that the application of an SNP-based microarray analysis was able to increase the sensitivity of diagnosis for HMs with partial and complete HMs, which makes the identification of these diseases at an early gestational age possible.
Variability of metal composition and concentrationsin road dust in the urban environment

Urban road dust comprises of a range of potentially toxic metal elements and plays a critical role in degrading urban receiving water quality. Hence, assessing the metal composition and concentration in urban road dust is a high priority. This study investigated the variability of metal composition and concentrations in road dust in 4 different urban land uses in Gold Coast, Australia. Samples from 16 road sites were collected and tested for selected 12 metal species. The data set was analyzed using both univariate and multivariate techniques. Outcomes of the data analysis revealed that the metal concentrations in road dust differ considerably within and between different land uses. Iron, aluminum, magnesium and zinc are the most abundant in urban land uses. It was also noted that metal species such as titanium, nickel, copper and zinc have the highest concentrations in industrial land use. The study outcomes revealed that soil and traffic related sources as key sources of metals deposited on road surfaces.
A New Phenomenon in Saudi Females’ Code-switching: A Morphemic Analysis

This sociolinguistics study investigates a new phenomenon that has recently surfaced in the field of code-switching among Saudi females residing in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. This phenomenon basically combines bound Arabic pronouns, tense markers or definite article to English free morphemes or the combination of bound English affixes to Arabic morphemes. Moreover, the study examines the factors that affect this type of code-switching. The results of the study indicate that this phenomenon provides data that invalidates Poplack’s (1980) universality of the ‘Free Morpheme Constraint’. It is also concluded that the main factors that influence this type of code-switching is solidarity and group identity among other factors. Keywords : Code-switching, Saudi females, sociolinguistics, CS factors, morphemic analysis
Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State

More than a decade after the publication of the critically acclaimed A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics, Brian Snowdon and Howard Vane have produced a worthy successor in the form of Modern Macroeconomics. Thoroughly extended, revised and updated, it will become the indispensable text for students and teachers of macroeconomics in the new millennium.