Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Assessment of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Serum Level in Asthmatic Patients: A Case-Control Study

Background: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is increasing due to changes in lifestyle and dietary habits. The aim of this study was to compare the serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D between patients with bronchial asthma and the healthy control group. Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, 45 patients with asthma and 45 healthy subjects were enrolled and the level of serum 25 (OH) vitamin D was measured in both groups. In addition, a welltrained observer assessed airway reversibility, peak flowmetry and spirometry in the participants. The data were statistically analyzed using t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and chi-square test with Stata software (version 11). Results: The mean age (±SD) of participants were 49.06 ±16.43 and 46.13 ±16.10 years in case and control groups, respectively (P=.394). The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was high in both groups (69% in case and 65.5% in control groups). The mean (±SD) serum 25 (OH) vitamin D was 16.24 (±14.98) ng/ml in case group and 17.70 (±16.07) ng/mL in control group (P=.657). We found a positive correlation between the levels of vitamin D and the amount of FEV1 (r=0.2). Conclusions: According to the present study, the mean serum levels of vitamin D differences were not statistically significant between asthmatic patients and control group. However, the results of this study showed a positive relationship between forced expiratory volumes in first second (FEV1) and vitamin D levels
Identification of Key Nodes in Microblog Networks

A microblog is a service typically offered by online social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook. From the perspective of information dissemination, we define the concept behind a spreading matrix. A new WeiboRank algorithm for identification of key nodes in microblog networks is proposed, taking into account parameters such as a user's direct appeal, a user's influence region, and a user's global influence power. To investigate how measures for ranking influential users in a network correlate, we compare the relative influence ranks of the top 20 microblog users of a university network. The proposed algorithm is compared with other algorithms — PageRank, Betweeness Centrality, Closeness Centrality, Out‐degree — using a new tweets propagation model — the Ignorants‐Spreaders‐Rejecters model. Comparison results show that key nodes obtained from the WeiboRank algorithm have a wider transmission range and better influence.
Attitudes, beliefs and practices of the Vhavenda in sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are not foreign to African cultures. Like other nationalities, Africans also had their own diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods for these types of diseases. In addition, there are norms for sexual behaviour that are unique to each culture and that are different for women and men. Such gendered patterns of sexual behaviours may contribute to the understanding of many aspects of people\'s ways of living, including their perception of diseases such as those transmitted sexually. This article is based on a qualitative descriptive study conducted to explore the participants\' attitudes, beliefs and practices on promotive, preventive and curative measures of sexually transmitted diseases. Data were collected by means of in-depth interviews held with key informants in the communities. Key informants identified one another, which facilitated snowball. In the process, traditional healers specialising in the treatment of STDs were also identified as key informants. The findings indicated that good social behaviour such as listening to the elders and fulfilling the moral expectations of a society based on cultural values such as sexual education, initiation schools, premarital counselling, polygamy and widow inheritance are believed to be the main strategies for combating sexually transmitted diseases. It was recommended that cultural practices and beliefs that have proved to be reliable and effective be integrated into health education and that awareness be created regarding the dangers of cultural practices that are detrimental to women\'s health, especially those that put them at risk of HIV/AIDS. It was further recommended that traditional leaders, healers, civic organisations and student representative councils be engaged to provide health education on issues relating to sexually transmitted diseases as well as to recognise and address traditional practices that perpetuate women\'s vulnerability. Keywords : sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous knowledge, Vhavenda, cultural beliefs, traditional healers Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IAJIKS) Vol. 4(1) 2005: 323-339
Clinical Relevance of Determination of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Breast Carcinoma

Objective: The main purpose of this research was to determine the prognostic relevance of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes in patients with breast cancer. Methods: Tissue samples were obtained from 120 breast cancer patients with operable disease and ductal histology. The intensity of lymphocyte infiltrate (LI) was graded from 0 to 3 semi-quantitatively on H&E stained whole sections. CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes were evaluated in the tumor samples using monoclonal antibodies. Results: A positive correlation between the level of TILs, as well as CD4+ lymphocytes and the size of the tumor, the presence of metastases in the axillary lymph nodes, histological grade, stadium and relapse of the disease was determined. High LI and high expression of CD4+ lymphocytes was seen in triple negative and HER2 positive tumors. A positive correlation between the level of CD8+ lymphocytes and histological grade, and positive HER2 expression was also found. A inverse correlation between the level of TILs, CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors as well as the patients’ age was detected. The patients with the higher level of TILs and CD4+ lymphocytes had distinctly worse disease free survival (DFS). Conclusion: This research may contribute to development of the breast carcinoma “immunologic grade” which would reflect the intensity of the immune response of each individual patient and which would impact the prognosis of the disease, together with the other standard prognostic parameters.
Knowledge and Perceptions: Chinese Older Adults' Willingness to Use Institutional Elder Care

This study explores explanations for Chinese elders’ willingness or lack of willingness to use institutional care. The data is drawn from a survey over intergenerational relationships and age models conducted in Zhenjiang, China, in 2007. Only the responses of interviewees aged 55 and above (310 males and 318 females) were used in this study. Using zero-order correlation and multi-nominal regression analyses, this study examined the factors associated with Chinese elders’ willingness to use institutional care. Study results reveal that Chinese elders’ confidence in availability of familial care was negatively related to their willingness to use institutional care; elders’ knowledge about and impression on elder care homes were positively associated with their willingness. Male interviewees expressed lower levels of willingness compared to female respondents. This study shows that increased knowledge about elder care institution may increase Chinese elders’ willingness to accept institutional elder care. INDEX WORDS: Chinese elders, Willingness, Elder care institutions KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS: CHINESE OLDER ADULTS’ WILLINGNESS TO USE INSTITUTIONAL ELDER CARE
Prediction of body density and lean body weight in females 25 to 37 years old.

ABSTRACF Sixty-one physically inactive females (ages 25 to 37 years) underwent hydrostatic weighing to determine body density (Db) . A series of anthropometric measures were also obtained and were used to develop multiple regression equations for the prediction of (Db) and lean body weight (LBW). The anthropometric variables included height, weight, seven skinfolds, nine diameters, and 18 circumferences. These variables were also used to determine the prediction accuracy of several previously published regression equations. Mean Db was 1.0405 ± 0.0131 g/ml, relative fat, 25.1 ± 5.55%, and LBW, 42.14 ± 4.64 kg. Percentage ofbody fat was calculated from Db using the formula of Brozek et al. (Am. N.Y. Acad. Med. 110: 113, 1963). Higher correlations were obtained between actual and predicted LBW (R = 0.85 to 0.92) than between measured and predicted Db (R 0.66 to 0.82). The best regression equation was found to be one using a combination of body weight, one skinfold, and four circumferences. When selected multiple regression equations developed by other authors were used to predict the Db and LBW of the present subjects, the actual values were both over- and underestimated, and correlations between measured and predicted values were lower. lt was concluded that even though the body composition of these women was similar to that of college-age women, different regression equations are needed for accurately predicting their Db and LBW. Am. J. Clin. Nuir. 30: S60-S64, 1977.
ALTIN FİYATLARININ İMKB 100 ENDEKSİ’NE ETKİSİ ve BU ETKİNİN ÖLÇÜMLENMESİ

Soy metallerin 1B grubunda yer alan altin, degerli madenler icinde toplumun her kesimi tarafindan en cok taninani ve bilineni olma ozelligine sahiptir. Calismada tek boyutlu analizlere nazaran bircok avantaji soz konusu olan panel veri analizi kullanilarak altin fiyatlarinin IMKB 100 Endeksi uzerinde herhangi bir etkisinin olup olmadigi, eger bir etki soz konusuysa bu etkinin hangi yonde ve buyuklukte oldugunun tespit edilmesi amaclanmis ve bunun icin sabit etki modelleri ile tesadufi etki modelleri uzerinde durulmustur. Zaman serisi olarak Agustos 1995-Mart 2011 donemi, yatay kesit olarak ise 9 farkli bagimsiz degiskenin verileri analiz edilmistir. Yapilan analizler sonucunda altin fiyatlarinin IMKB 100 Endeksi uzerinde dogrudan bir etkisinin olmadigi, ancak IMKB 100 Endeksi’ndeki degisimleri aciklayan parametreler arasinda yer alan bir faktor oldugu ortaya cikmistir. Calisma sonucunda dikkati ceken diger bir nokta da dis ticaret dengesi disindaki diger tum degiskenlerin IMKB 100 Endeksi’ne etki siralamasinda doviz kurundan daha onde olmasidir.
Comparative study of the efficacy of fusidic acid and povidone iodine in childhood impetigo

Abstract Impetigo is a superficial bacterial infection of the skin. It is a contagious condition particularly affecting children. In many instances, a topical antibacterial treatment is recommended to clear the disease. Topical antibiotics and antiseptics can be used, but the risk for antibiotic-induced bacterial resistance of the community-acquired type has been pointed out. The present study was undertaken as a randomized intra individual comparative trial between fusidic acid (FA) cream and povidone iodine (PVP-I) gel in 40 children suffering from impetigo. Cultures revealed Staphylococcus aureus in the vast majority of the cases. The lesions present on each upper limb were treated twice daily with one or the other test formulation. Clinical assessments were performed twice weekly until cure. After one week, cure was obtained in 57.5% of the PVP-I-treated limbs compared to 32.5% of the FA-treated limbs. At the end of treatment cure was obtained first on the PVP-I treated sites in 67.5% of cases compared to 15% on the FA-treated sites. Clinical cure occurred simultaneously on both test sites in 17.5% of cases. In conclusion, PVP-I provided faster clinical cure than FA. Considering the treatment cost, the rising community-acquired staphylococci resistance to FA, and the results of the present study, PVP-I gel appears superior to FA cream in childhood impetigo.
The Roman Market Economy

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity. Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. He traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. Temin shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire, and suggests that the Antonine Plague may have been responsible for turning the stable prices of the early empire into the persistent inflation of the late. He vividly describes how various markets operated in Roman times, from commodities and slaves to the buying and selling of land. Applying modern methods for evaluating economic growth to data culled from historical sources, Temin argues that Roman Italy in the second century was as prosperous as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century. The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries.
Effect of the Family Food Environment and Dietary Behaviors on Obese Children and Adolescents

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the children are increasing in the last two decades in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, there are limited studies regarding dietary behaviour on children and adolescents with obesity. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study data collected over six months August 2014-February 2015. Sample size was 293 children and adolescents (4-16 years old age) randomly selected from the ambulatory clinic in King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Data analysed by using statistical package for social science (SPSS), version 16. Results: There was a significant relation between eating outside the home and Body Mass Index and ratio of center circumference to hip, (p = 0.018). The data shows that children who eat while they watch television have higher Body Mass Index score than who were not (p = 0.036) r = 0.143. Moreover, there were also association of children dietary behaviour and Body Mass Index scores of children. Children who drink soft drinks (p = 0,023, r = 0,141) and not doing exercises (p = 0,01, r = 0,347 and p = 0.008, r = -0.167 have high Body Mass Index respectively). On the other hand, we found that kids who eat with their families have lower weight while height was controlled (p = 0.012, r = -0.335). Conclusion and recommendations: Findings, along with the results of the present study, suggest that the availability of obesity-promoting foods in an adolescent's home and eating behaviour promotes the consumption of these foods/fluids and increase the risk of obesity for both sexes. Therefore we recommended that to regulate the availability of unhealthy food/fluids may reduce adolescent BMI change as well we advise to decrease fast food and soft drinks consumption.
Is statistical machine translation approach dead

Statistical phrase-based approach was dominating researches in the field of machine translation for these last twenty years. Recently , a new paradigm based on neural networks has been proposed: Neural Machine Translation (NMT). Even there is still challenges to deal with, NMT shows up promising results better than the Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) on some language pairs. The baseline architecture used in NMT systems is based on a large and a single neural network to translate a whole source sentence to a target one. Several powerful and advanced techniques have been proposed to improve this baseline system and achieve a performance comparable to the state-of-the-art approach. This article aims to describe some of these techniques and to compare them with the conventional SMT approach on the task of Arabic-English machine translation. The result obtained by the NMT system is close to the one obtained by the SMT system on our data set.
Effect of two acute static stretching durations of the rectus femoris muscle on quadriceps isokinetic peak torque in professional soccer players

While athletes routinely perform warm-up and stretching exercise, it has been suggested that prolonged stretching, immediately prior to an activity, might affect negatively the force production. Fifteen professional soccer players participated in the study to examine whether a routine duration of acute static stretching may account for losses in isokinetic peak torque production. All participants performed two static stretching protocols on the rectus femoris muscle tendon unit (MTU), at different training sessions, with a week interval. The first stretching protocol was performed four times for 15 s (4 x 15 s), and the second 32 times for 15 s (32 x 15 s). Range of motion (ROM) was determined during knee flexion, with a pendular Myrin flexometer. The peak torque of the dominant leg extensors was measured on a Cybex Norm dynamometer at 60, 90, 150, 210 and 270°/s angular velocities. The 2 × 2 analysis of variance showed that peak torque remained unchanged, following the total static stretching for 60 s in all angular velocities, while it decreased in all angular velocities, following a total static stretching for 8 minutes (p < 0.001). The findings suggest that an acute static stretching exercise of short duration, as performed by soccer players, during warming up procedures, does not produce decreases in peak torque, compared to multiple stretches of an 8 minute long duration.
Uveal Melanoma.

BACKGROUND: Malignant melanoma of the uveal tract is a rare malignancy but a significant cause of mortality and visual loss. Approximately 50% of patients diagnosed with a melanoma of the choroid or ciliary body will die of the disease within 15 years of enucleation. METHODS: The author reviewed the current literature on the clinical findings, epidemiology, and treatment of uveal melanoma. RESULTS: Methods of diagnosis have improved substantially in the past several years, although clinical diagnosis by an experienced examiner remains the standard in eyes with clear media. Ultrasound is the most useful adjunctive technique. While enucleation has been the mainstay of therapeutic intervention, alternative therapies - especially different types of irradiation - offer hope for tumor control and vision preservation. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study, a multicenter national trial, is designed to provide long-term data on the natural history as well as therapeutic intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Malignant melanoma of the uveal tract can be diagnosed clinically with more confidence than ever before. It is also possible in many cases to retain the eye and functional vision while controlling the tumor. However, unanswered questions remain about the natural history and optimal therapy of uveal melanoma.
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Tibial Inlay Technique

Although less frequently injured than the anterior cruciate ligament, the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is commonly ruptured during motor vehicle accidents and athletic competition. The PCL prevents posterior translation of the tibia in flexion, and a deficiency of this ligament has been associated with symptoms of pain, instability, and early degenerative changes in the knee. As the morbidity resulting from PCL tears has become better recognized, the number of indications for ligament reconstruction has also increased. When operative intervention is elected, we recommend the tibial inlay method for PCL reconstruction. This reconstructive technique effectively decreases anterior to posterior laxity in the knee by reproducing anatomically the essential anterolateral bundle of the PCL. Other PCL reconstructions, such as the transtibial tunnel technique, are associated with early graft failure, presumably due to graft degradation at the “killer turn. ” Because the aggressive treatment of PCL injuries is a relatively new occurrence, there is a limited volume of data regarding long-term outcomes. This article describes and illustrates the evaluation of PCL injuries and the tibial inlay procedure, reviews the relevant studies, and discusses the future of PCL reconstruction.
ASSESSMENT OF MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE OF SEQUENCE AND TIME OF DECIDUOUS AND PERMANENT TEETH ERUPTION IN CHILDREN

Introduction: The knowledge of parents affects their children's general wellbeing as well as oral health. The present study aimed to assess the mothers' knowledge of time and sequence of deciduous and permanent teeth eruption in children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the mothers referring to four health centers in Shiraz, Iran. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect information about the participants' demographic characteristics and their knowledge about tooth eruption, including the time and sequence of teeth eruption, number of permanent and deciduous teeth, and oral care. The percentage of correct responses was considered as the level of knowledge. Analysis of Variance and Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficient were employed to determine the relationship between the participants' knowledge and their demographic variables. Besides, the significance level was set at P 0.05). However, the overall knowledge showed a significant correlation with the level of education (r=0.42; P<0.0001) and number of children (r=- 0.18; P=0.010). Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, the knowledge regarding the pattern of teeth eruption in children was higher among the mothers with higher education levels and smaller number of children. Thus, regular oral health education is necessary for mothers, particularly those with a low level of education.
An updated Bryophytes Check-list of the Region of Murcia (Southeastern Spain)

An updated checklist of the bryophytes of the Region of Murcia is provided. Bryophyte diversity in Murcia consists of 200 especies and 15 infraespecific taxa (77 genera) of mosses and 32 species (20 genera) of liverworts. Grimmia tergestina is confirmed in the territory. Aschisma cuynetii, Brachytheciastrum dieckii, Brachythecium albicans, Brachythecium rutabulum, Brachythecium salebrosum, Bryum alpinum, Bryum elegans, Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus, Campylopus pilifer and Didymodon eckeliae are new reported for Murcia. Bryum tenuisetum, Entosthodon attenuatus and Fissidens bryoides are excluded from the check-list.
Rapid Evidence Assessment: Effective Second Language Teaching Approaches and Methods

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