Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Postoperative Application of Ulinastatin in Infants with Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Objective To explore the regulating effect of ulinastatin on postoperative inflammatory response in infants with critical congenital heart disease.Methods Thirty infants with critical congenital heart disease(younger than or equal to 6 months) who underwent surgical repair of congenital heart disease were randomly divided into test group and control group,with 15 infants in each group.Control group was given regular postoperative treatment.On this basis,test group received intravenous infusion of ulinastatin(5 000 U·kg-1 in 10 mL of 5% glucose solution,1 infusion per 8 hours) for 3 days.The sex,age,body weight,cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) time,and aortic cross-clamp time were compared between test group and control group.The levels of plasma interleukin-6(IL-6),interleukin-10(IL-10),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) and cardiac troponin Ⅰ(cTnⅠ) were measured at postoperative hour 1(T1),6(T2),24(T3),48(T4) and 72(T5). Results There were no significant differences in the sex,age,body weight,aortic cross-clamp time and CPB time between the two groups(all P0.05). Compared with control group,the decrease in postoperative concentrations of plasma cTnⅠ,IL-6 and TNF-α was earlier and more obvious in test group,and the most significant decrease was observed at T5(P0.05). In contrast,the decrease in plasma IL-10 levels was slower in test group,and plasma IL-10 levels in test group were obviousy higher than those in control group at T5(P0.05). One case died due to respiratory failure after operation in control group.All 15 infants in test group and other 14 infants in control group had no serious complications such as heart failure or respiratory failure during 3 months of follow-up.Conclusion Ulinastatin can postoperatively suppress the production of inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and the release of proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α,and reduce myocardial injury in infants with critical congenital heart disease.
Dance and The Archival Body: Knowledge, Memory and Experience in Dance Revival Processes

Over the past few decades, archival practices in dance have been the subject of substantial scrutiny and innovation. With new technologies affording opportunities for archival material to be housed in web-based platforms, questions surrounding notions of ‘archive’ and documentary practices in dance have occupied debates across academia and industry. The function of an archival source in dance as an ephemeral phenomenon is something that remains ambiguous because of the complexity of capturing the multiple aspects of dance-making processes and performance. In this thesis I address this issue by considering the role of the dancing body as a site where knowledge that can be considered as ‘archival’ is stored as a result of embodied dance-making processes and experience. Within the broader discussion of dance and archiving, I refer to the dance reconstruction practices of contemporary dance company, Phoenix Dance Theatre to illustrate new ideas about archiving dance. The discussion will focus upon notions of embodiment, memory, archives and dance reconstruction, and ideas surrounding the role of dance knowledge and its transferability to archival formats that are considered ‘tangible’ or ‘enduring’. The limitations of traditional understandings of the archive are addressed and expanded by re-considering the role of the body as an archival material. This research contributes new knowledge regarding dance archival practices through recognition that valuable information can be triggered through the re-living of historic movement action in the dancing body. In summary, the overall investigation makes a case for the role of the dancing body within the broader archival spectrum of materials relating to dance practice. I argue that the body captures some of the original essences of dance practice and performances that cannot be captured by more traditional materials and modes of archiving in dance.
Constructing the female body: using female genital mutilation law to address genital-normalizing surgery on intersex children in the United States

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the harms suffered by intersex children who are subjected to medically unnecessary genital-normalizing surgery (GNS) and the possible applicability of statutes prohibiting female genital mutilation (FGM) to certain cases of GNS to redress this harm in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Consulting publications by medical researchers and intersex activists alike, this comment reviews the procedures undertaken as part of GNS (most commonly including clitoral reduction) and the reasons behind these procedures. It also parses the language of federal and state statutes prohibiting FGM in the USA. Findings – Surgical practices that include clitoral cutting when the procedure is not necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed constitute FGM and are punishable under federal and certain state laws in the USA. GNS with clitoral reduction fits the definition of FGM because it is performed for cosmetic and social reasons, not medical necessity. Originality/value – Acknowledging GNS with clitoral reduction as FGM is a crucial strategy to ensure that female-assigned intersex children’s rights to bodily autonomy are protected to the same extent as non-intersex children’s rights. Intersex legal activists in the USA should press for enforcement of FGM statutes as to female-assigned intersex children until the medical practitioners who continue to defend and perform GNS see the procedures as illegal genital mutilation.
Nuevas aportaciones en el desarrollo de materiales cementantes con residuo de catalizador de craqueo catalítico (fcc)

La industria de la Construccion es un campo muy dinamico, donde continuamente se consiguen avances y mejoras en los materiales utilizados con el fin de ofrecer mejores prestaciones y mayor seguridad. Dentro de dichos avances se encuentra la utilizacion de materiales puzolanicos que mejoran el comportamiento de los conglomerantes que los incorporan. En el presente trabajo se estudia los posibles beneficios obtenidos al incorporar el catalizador de craqueo catalitico del petroleo (FCC) en pastas, morteros y hormigones. El trabajo se divide en dos bloques principales, en el primero de ellos se realiza un estudio completo sobre la caracterizacion fisicoquimica del catalizador, y el segundo trata de su utilizacion e interacciones producidas al cinorporarlo junto al cemento o la cal en pastas, morteros y hormigones. El estudio de muestras de FCC de diversa procedencia, ha permitido comprobar la similitud entre los residuos y permite afirmar que es posible su utilizacion en cualquiera de los casos. Se ha estudiado la incorporacion del FCC tanto como sustitucion de parte de cemento como de la fraccion arido; en ambos casos, se ha comprobado que el FCC actua como una puzolana muy activa desde las primeras edades de curado. Este comportamiento se ha corroborado con estudios de fijacion de cal, por medio de tecnicas termogravimetricas. El FCC es una excelente puzolana para utilizar en hormigones autocompactables, tradicionales y de alta resistencia, tanto para hormigones con cemento Portland ordinario como hormigones blancos.
Serum total peroxides are increased in patients with stage IV compared to stage IIb peripheral arterial disease: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty may generate epitopes for autoantibodies against oxidized low density lipoprotein

Abstract Reactive oxygen species are involved, among others, in peripheral arterial disease (PAD). During percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) vascular walls become damaged, which finally leads to ischemia/reperfusion injury. In PAD patients with Fontaine stage IIb (11 males and 6 females) and with Fontaine stage IV (7 males and 3 females) undergoing revascularisation, we correlated oxidative stress biomarkers, i.e. serum total peroxides and autoantibodies against oxidized LDL (oLAb), with the stage of PAD. Subjects with stage IV disease had significantly higher peroxide levels at baseline compared to stage IIb (510 ± 360 AU vs. 150 ± 220 AU, p < 0.05). Revascularisation was associated with a significant decrease in the oLAb titer (314 ± 240 vs. 251 ± 190 mU/mL, p < 0.05). Total peroxides may indicate the severity of PAD and the time course of oLAb titers could be used as a biomarker for revascularisation.
The influence of sevofluen anesthesia in elderly patients with cancer of cognitive function after surgery for clinical anesthesia

Objective Observation of sevoflurane anesthesia in elderly patients with cancer of cognitive function after surgery for clinical anesthesia and narcotic drugs selected to provide reference.Method Select February 2008-February 2010 in our hospital 126 cases of elderly patients with tumors were randomly divided into control group and observation group of 63 cases.The control group after induction of anesthesia in patients with TCI 2-4 μg/ml and anesthesia was maintained with propofole,and the observation group after induction of anesthesia in patients given 1.0 to 3.0% inhaled sevoflurane to maintain anesthesia.Depth of anesthesia to maintain dual-band EEG index(BIS)45~55;blood pressure,heart rate control in the basic value within 20%. Observed in patients during anesthesia,before anesthesia,after answering 1 h,3 h,6 h,24 h using Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE)evaluated cognitive function in patients.Result After answering the two groups were 1 h,3 h when the MMSE score significantly lower than that before anesthesia,the difference was statistically significant(P0.05);the control group after 6 h,response in patients with MMSE scores and MMSE scores before anesthesia,the difference was not statistically significant(P0.05);The patients response after 6 h,MMSE scores were significantly lower MMSE scores before anesthesia,the difference was statistically significant(P0.05);two groups of patients when the response 24 h after the MMSE score and MMSE score before anesthesia,the difference Not statistically significant(P 0.05). Tip of cognitive function in patients with the control group after 6 h,recovered to the level before anesthesia;observation group after 24 h,recovered to the level before anesthesia.Conclusion Propofole intravenous anesthesia and sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia with elderly cancer patients bath can cause short-term cognitive decline and reversible.Patient′s recovery time with seveoflution inhalation anesthesia in cognitive function is longer than with propofole intravenous anesthesia.
Evolución de receptores de trasplante renal de alto y bajo riesgo inmunológico sometidos a diferente inmunosupresión

La timoglobulina forma parte del esquema de inmunosupresion en receptores de trasplante renal de alto riesgo inmunologico. Hemos comparado, en un estudio observacional y prospectivo, la incidencia de rechazo agudo, de infecciones oportunistas y de neoplasias, asi como la supervivencia del injerto y del receptor, entre un grupo de 50 receptores de alto riesgo inmunologico con tratamiento de induccion que incluia timoglobulina, frente a un grupo de bajo riesgo cuyos 50 receptores recibieron injertos procedentes de los mismos donantes, en nuestro hospital en el periodo 2002-2006. El grupo de alto riesgo estaba formado por receptores hiperinmunizados (>50%), retrasplantes con perdida de injerto previa inmunologica, reactividad en prueba cruzada, raza negra, o alta incompatiblidad HLA. La inmunosupresion consistio en administrar timoglobulina a dosis que mantuvieran un recuento de linfocitos T inferior a 10 �El, FK a partir del dia 5, micofenolato mofetil y esteroides, y los pacientes recibian profilaxis frente al CMV con ganciclovir. El grupo de bajo riesgo incluia los pacientes sin estas caracteristicas, a quienes se les realizaba la inmunosupresion con ciclosporina A, micofenolato mofetil y prednisona. Todos los receptores seronegativos con donantes seropositivos recibieron valganciclovir durante 100 dias. Se descartaron aquellos pacientes en quienes se perdio el injerto por causas tecnicas en el postoperatorio inmediato, junto con sus parejas. En todos los receptores se llevo a cabo un seguimiento minimo de un ano posterior al trasplante, con una mediana de 41,7 meses. Los dos grupos eran homogeneos en cuanto a edad y sexo del donante, edad del receptor e incompatibilidades HLA, pero el porcentaje de receptores varones era significativamente superior en el grupo control. El porcentaje de retrasplantes y de receptores hiperinmunizados fue significativamente superior en el grupo de alto riesgo, de acuerdo con los criterios de seleccion del grupo. La incidencia de rechazo agudo histologicamente probado fue supe-rior en el grupo control (el 30 frente al 6%; p =0,003) y no se han producido diferencias significativas en cuanto a la incidencia de infecciones oportunistas ni de neoplasias; se ha diagnosticado un caso de leucemia aguda y un caso de enfermedad linfoproliferativa en el grupo de bajo riesgo. La supervivencia de los pacientes fue del 97,9% en ambos grupos al ano y a los 3 anos, mientras que la supervivencia del injerto fue del 89,8 y del 84,8% en el grupo de alto riesgo frente al 93,8 y al 90,4% en el grupo sin riesgo al ano y a los 3 anos (p = NS). En nuestra experiencia, la evolucion de receptores de trasplante renal con alto riesgo inmunologico es similar a la del grupo de riesgo normal mientras se utilice una inmunosupresion lo suficientemente potente, que condiciono una incidencia de rechazo agudo significativamente menor en el grupo de alto riesgo.
Pregnancy rate and live birth rate are higher after blastocyst transfer than after day 2 and day 3 embryo transfer following Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the differences in outcome when embryo transfer was performed on day 2, day 3 and day 5 following ICSI. Subjects and Methods A total of 644 subjects undergoing ICSI at Islamabad Clinic Serving Infertile Couples, with embryo transfers on day 2, day 3 and day 5 were included. It was carried out between February 2000 and February 2005. Main outcomes measured were fertilization, pregnancy and live birth rates. Results The percentage of Metaphase II oocytes retrieved and the fertilization rate were significantly (P
A Systematic Approach to Delivering Instruction-Level Parallelism in EPIC Systems

Computer systems designed under the explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) paradigm rely extensively on compiler technology to deliver the instruction-level parallelism (ILP) required for them to achieve high levels of performance. While manifold techniques have been proposed in the literature for delivering such parallelism, this dissertation is unique in integrating and applying a comprehensive suite of techniques, embodied in the IMPACT Research Compiler, to a concrete system, comprised of the SPEC CINT2000 benchmarks and the Intel Itanium 2 platform. These techniques include advanced pointer analysis, aggressive cross-file procedure inlining, targeted region formation, profile-guided optimizations, and, most importantly, aggressive and pervasive use of predication and control speculation. The collective effect of these techniques is evaluated with real-system measurements, showing them to achieve a 1.20 average (up to 1.59) speedup relative to classically optimized code and a 1.70 average (up to 2.51) speedup relative to code compiled with the Gnu GCC compiler. Achieving these results in the real-machine environment required advances in region formation heuristics, optimization, and speculation methods. Modern application tendencies toward decreased instruction locality and increased controlintensiveness made finding successful (sufficient and stable) ILP transformations more challenging, requiring adaptation and intensification of previous techniques. As we look both to newer applications and to achieving the next level of ILP, more sweeping program transformations are called for, but the compiler is today hard pressed to deliver stable transformations with current techniques. High-performance compilation of nonnumeric codes for EPIC chafes against programming style and control flow structure. This dissertation provides a thoroughgoing evaluation of the classical approach to ILP formation in an extant EPIC system, illustrating the circumstances that dictate the success of EPIC features in achieving high performance in contemporary benchmarks.
Stadium IB – IIA cervical cancer patient’s survival rate after receiving definitive radiation and radical operation therapy followed by adjuvant radiation therapy along with analysis of factors affecting the patient’s survival rate

To evaluate the characteristics and overall survival rates of early stage cervical cancer (FIGO IB–IIA) patients who receive definitive radiation therapy and those who are prescribed adjuvant postoperative radiation and to conduct a factors analysis of the variables that affect the overall survival rates in both groups of therapy. The medical records of 85 patients with cervical cancer FIGO stages IB–IIA who were treated at the Department of Radiotherapy of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital were reviewed and analyzed to determine their overall survival and the factors that affected it between a definitive radiation group and an adjuvant postoperative radiation group. There were 25 patients in the definitive radiation and 60 patients in the adjuvant radiation group. The overall survival rates in the adjuvant radiation group at years one, two, and three were 96.7%, 95%, and 93.3%, respectively. Negative lymph node metastasis had an average association with overall survival (p < 0.2). In the definitive radiation group, overall survival at years one, two, and three were 96%, 92%, and 92%, respectively. A hemoglobin (Hb) level >12 g/dl was a factor with an average association with the overall survival (p < 0.2). The differences between both groups of therapy were not statistically significant (92% vs. 93.3%; p = 0.138). This study did not show any statistically significant overall survival for cervical cancer FIGO stage IB–IIA patients who received definitive radiation or adjuvant postoperative radiation. Negative lymph node metastasis had an effect on the overall survival rate in the adjuvant postoperative radiation group, while a preradiation Hb level >12 g/dl tended to affect the overall survival in the definitive radiation group patients.
Applying Cooperative Techniques in Teaching Problem Solving

Teaching how to solve problems – from solving simple equations to solving difficult competition tasks – has been one of the greatest challenges for mathematics education for many years. Trying to find an effective method is an important educational task. Among others, the question arises as to whether a method in which students help each other might be useful. The present article describes part of an experiment that was designed to determine the effects of cooperative teaching techniques on the development of problem-solving skills.
Aphasia: a description of the incidence and management in the acute hospital setting

Abstract Many studies have examined the incidence of aphasia in the acute stroke population. However, the way in which aphasia therapy is managed within the acute caseload remains undefined. Therapy in the acute phase of stroke recovery may be more effective than that provided in the chronic phase but increasing demands for dysphagia management are decreasing the time available to treat aphasia. This study aimed to (1) determine the incidence of aphasia in first-ever stroke survivors in an acute adult setting, and to determine the rate at which these patients are referred for ongoing speech pathology management; (2) determine the proportion of these patients considered as candidates for language therapy; (3) determine the proportion of these patients who receive language therapy; (4) determine the amount of language therapy provided to these patients; and (5) determine the reasons for absence of therapy. Methods and Procedures: Patients admitted to an acute hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of stroke were screened using the Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test (FAST) (Enderby et al., 1987) to identify the incidence of aphasia. Management patterns for aphasia were examined using the Allied Health System (AHS). Of the 229 patients admitted to the hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of stroke, 31 percent were unable to be assessed with the FAST, and 26 percent were identified as aphasic. However, only about a quarter of aphasic patients referred to the Speech Pathology Department received aphasia therapy. Few aphasic patients admitted to an acute setting were provided with language therapy despite the fact that they were considered appropriate for therapy. Caseload demands were the main reason for poor access to aphasia therapy. Given that therapy is most effective in the acute phase post stroke, the difficulty that therapists have in providing therapy to people with aphasia in the early stage of recovery may adversely effect the outcome for these patients. Further research is needed to examine the impact of these results on patient outcome.
Van bedrijfssparen naar verlofsparen

textabstractDe afschaffing van het spaarloon is op inhoudelijke gronden wel te verdedigen. Dat de spaarloonfaciliteit plaats maakt voor een nieuwe ingewikkelde levensloopregeling is moeilijker te onderbouwen. Het is beter om de bestaande regelingen te hervormen. Eventueel kunnen ze worden gekoppeld aan een fiscale levensloopregeling die is gebaseerd op de omkeerregel.
LE ZANZARE ITALIANE: GENERALITÀ E IDENTIFICAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

Nel presente lavoro vengono riportate le informazioni essenziali su tassonomia e biologia nonche sugli aspetti ecologici degli adulti dei Culicidi italiani. Attualmente la fauna culicidica italiana comprende 64 specie appartenenti a 2 sottofamiglie e 8 generi. Alla sottofamiglia Anophelinae appartiene soltanto il genere Anopheles, presente con 16 specie raggruppate in due sottogeneri. Alla sottofamiglia Culicinae appartengono i rimanenti 7 generi: Aedes con 6 specie raggruppate in 3 sottogeneri, Coquillettidia con 2 specie, Ochlerotatus con 20 specie raggruppate in 3 sottogeneri, Culex con 12 specie raggruppate in 4 sottogeneri, Culiseta con 6 specie raggruppate in 3 sottogeneri, Orthopodomyia e Uranotaenia con una specie ognuna. In questo contesto vengono fornite le chiavi di identificazione specifica per le zanzare adulte, in italiano e in inglese. Le chiavi sono corredate da un’ampia iconografia (figure 1-75). Alle chiavi fa seguito la diagnosi morfologica dell’adulto di ogni specie con note sulla relativa biologia e distribuzione. Per ulteriori approfondimenti viene riportata la bibliografia completa sulle zanzare della fauna italiana dal 1960 ed i precedenti lavori piu autorevoli.