Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Study on the Regression Analysis for the Prediction of Resistance and Propulsion Characteristics of Full Slow-Speed Ships

Fifteen(l5) series hull forms for full slow-speed ships were prepared by expanding the basic parent hull form developed through the extensive theoretical and experimental studies, and model tests were carried out for each of the series hull forms. A set of systematic data was prepared from the test results and utilized to derive regression equations for the prediction of resistance and powering characteristics by statistical analysis. Computer program has been prepared based on the results of analysis and a sample run is presented.
Working together in adult community mental health services: Exploring inter-professional role relations

This is the second of two papers in this issue of JMH that draws upon an initiative by the Centre for Mental Health Services Development (CMHSD) to examine problems of inter-professional working in adult community mental health services. These problems were examined within a series of facilitated group meetings that focused on the community mental health team (CMHT), so establishing an inter-disciplinary dialogue between mental health professionals. This paper reports professionals' perceptions of their own and other mental health disciplines which help to explain why professionals working within multi-professional teams often experience problems in establishing and sustaining inter-professional collaboration. These problems were related mainly to differences in culture between professional groups and to the different values held by group members. These differences originate in professional training and are maintained subsequently by socialisation. The procedure through which inter-professional perception.
Factores que influyen en el ascenso a la máxima categoría de jugadores de baloncesto

Los deportistas a lo largo de su carrera deportiva experimentanuna serie de transiciones (Wylleman, Alfermann y Lavallee, 2004). Elacceso a la elite del deporte es una transicion crucial que ha recibido pocaatencion en la literatura. El objetivo del estudio es conocer los factores quefacilitaron el acceso a la maxima competicion del baloncesto espanol de 8jugadores internacionales. Se empleo una metodologia cualitativa deductivay la tecnica para la recogida de datos fue una entrevista semiestructurada.Los factores que en opinion de los 8 jugadores entrevistados facilitaron suacceso a la maxima competicion fueron: a) su nivel de competencia deportiva,b) las oportunidades recibidas y su forma de aprovecharlas, c) no tenerlesiones graves y d) la existencia de normativas que favorecieron su incorporaciona la alta competicion.
Islamic Settlement and Chronology in Fars

Cet article est l'occasion d'une discussion supplementaire sur la morphologie des sites islamiques du bassin de la riviere Kur (Kur River Basin - KRB), dans la province iranienne du Fars, sur l'etude chronologique de la poterie faite par Andrew Williamson, et sur la premiere publication de la ceramique de Madabad, ceramique peinte non lustree decouverte sur quelques 58 sites de la region.
Prevalence And Socio-Demographic Determinants Of Obesity Among Adults In An Urban Nigerian Population

Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and socio-demographic determinants of obesity among adults in an urban Nigerian population. Subjects and methods: We recruited 810 subjects between the ages of 18 to 65 years by the multi-stage cluster sampling method. Structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data's. The body weight (kg) and height (m) of subjects were measured and body mass index (BMI) calculated. Results: The prevalence of obesity was 9.8% and overweight was 35.1 %. Out of the 79 obese subjects, 24.1% were males and 75.9% were females, the male to female ratio was 1:3. Obesity was strongly associated with female gender, subjects age ≥ 40 years and marriage, while educational attainment and socioeconomic class were not significantly associated with the diagnosis of obesity. The socio-demographic determinants of obesity among adult in this urban Nigerian population were female gender, marriage and age ≥ 40 years. Conclusion: The prevalence of obesity was low when compared to the developed countries. However, it is imperative to increase the awareness of the disease among the populace. Keywords : Prevalence, Socio-demographic, Determinants, Obesity, Adult, Urban, Nigerian Sahel Medical Journal Vol. 11 (2) 2008: pp. 61-64
Osteoporosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus with Advanced Liver Fibrosis

AIM: The incidence of osteoporosis in chronic liver diseases varies widely, and is dependent on the severity of the underlying liver disease. The aim of this work was to evaluate the bone mineral density (BMD) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients and explore the association between the degree of liver disease and BMD. Methods: Patients (n=88) were recruited from the Hepatology Department, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Egypt and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used for the determination of the BMD. Liver biopsy was performed to evaluate fibrosis staging. Results: The extent of osteoporosis was greater in patients with advanced fibrosis as compared to patients with early stage of fibrosis. There was also significant correlation between fibrosis stage and BMD. Smoking significantly associated with osteoporosis. When smoking was added as a cofactor, univariate analysis by logistic regression found that the presence of advanced fibrosis was associated with decreased BMD. Conclusions: Our study showed an association between advanced stage of liver fibrosis, the level of viremia and decreased BMD in chronic HCV patients. Replacement therapy for osteoporosis in advanced liver fibrosis caused by HCV is recommended.
Intensified Continuity Visual Style in Contemporary American Film

Do today9s movies, filled with dazzling spectacle and often less-than-dazzling plotting and characterization, constitute a break with Hollywood9s past? This essay argues that recent films rely upon many principles of traditional "continuity filming," but that there are nonetheless some important changes. In particular, certain techniques, such as fast cutting and free-ranging camera movement, have become more forceful and flamboyant. These techniques have blended into an approach to visual storytelling which we can call "intensified continuity. " By analyzing films and reflecting upon comments gleaned from filmmaking professionals, the essay suggests where the new style comes from and how it affects viewers.
CONFLICT TYPES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS

Objective: To determine the conflict management styles and the relationship of conflict types and management from both the public and private hospitals. Study Design: Cross-sectional research design. Place and Duration of study: Data were collected from public and private hospitals in Lahore from June 2014 to January 2015. Methodology: The sample comprised of 160 doctors working in private (n=64) and public (n=96) sector hospitals, with Mean age=30.03 (SD=5.63). Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory–II and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory–III were used. Results: Results revealed that the two sectors differed in the use of conflict management styles after controlling for the conflict types. Obliging, integrating, compromising and avoiding conflict management style were used more by doctors in public sector hospitals than those in private hospitals. However, none of the conflict types predicted conflict management styles and the pattern of prediction was similar for doctors working in private and public sector hospitals. Conclusion: Affecting, transforming and substantive conflict types were more experienced in private sector and obliging, integrating, avoiding and compromising conflict management styles were used more by public sector hospitals conflict.
Factors Influencing the Usage of Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets among Pregnant Women

Purpose: Malaria in Sudan is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Incidence remains very high especially among pregnant women and children under five. study was conducted to determine the factors influencing the usage of insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs) for prevention of malaria among pregnant women. Methods: A cross-sectional study design with convenience nts, prevalence of malaria was 71.2%. The coverage of ITNs was 58.7% but only 11.5% used ITNs regularly. Ninety six (92.3%) showed good knowledge on malaria causes, 103 (99%) had good knowledge on malaria complications and 62 (59.6%) showed good knowledge on the aim of ITNs usage. Only 23 (22.1%) knew the proper usage of ITNs. Maternal age, income, gravidity, parity, abortion, number of family members, usage of ITNs during last pregnancy, previous history of malaria, usage of ITNs by other family members and accessibility to ITNs were significantly associated with current usage of ITNs. Conclusion: Although there was good knowledge of ITNs among women in Sudan, proper usage of ITNs is poor. Factors influencing usage of ITNs among the pregnant women include maternal age, income, gravidity, parity, abortion, number of family members, usage of ITNs during last pregnancy, previous history of malaria, usage of ITNs by other family members and accessibility to ITNs. Keywords: ITN, malaria, pregnancy, Sudan.
Ground Stone Tools from Serra Orlando (Morgantina) and Stone Axe Studies in Sicily and Southern Italy

Ground and polished stone axes in southern Italy received little attention after a period of lively interest in the late 19th century. The great number of axes from archaeological sites and collections suggests widespread manufacture and exchange on a considerable scale. In eastern Sicily the production of basalt axes was long-lived, beginning in the Neolithic (Stentinello phase) and reaching a peak in the Copper and Early Bronze Ages. Greenstone axes are also found throughout these periods. By the Middle or Late Bronze Age, stone axes were probably little used, having been largely replaced by metal tools. The axes from Serra Orlando (where the historical site of Morgantina is located) form one of the largest collections in Sicily from a single site, where they were found in multi-period contexts, dating from the third millennium BC until the Hellenistic period. Petrological analysis suggests that basalt from the Iblean hills was frequently used for their manufacture, while the serpentinites, tremolite-bearing rocks and pyroxenite probably originate in the Calabro-Peloritani Arc. The results of the analysis of thin sections are presented in appendixes. Raw materials, distribution and manufacture of axes are discussed and a preliminary investigation of their typology is presented. Multiple functions for Sicilian axes, related to morphology and raw materials, are suggested by their archaeological contexts.
Quality of life in primary care

The effects of illness and its treatment on quality of life have become important considerations in drug evaluation. Quality of life is difficult to define showing great individual variability. It is not the same as ‘health’. It is concerned with the satisfaction of primary and secondary needs, satisfaction with life and the achievement of a sense of well being.
Solving large unconstrained multilevel lot-sizing problems using a hybrid genetic algorithm

We develop a genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the uncapacitated multilevel lotsizing problem in material requirements planning (MRP) systems. The major drawback of existing approaches is undoubtedly their inability to provide costefficient solutions in a reasonable computation time for realistic size problems involving general product structures. By contrast, the proposed GA can easily handle large product structures (more than 500 items) with numerous common parts, a problem type for which standard optimization software memory becomes rapidly insufficient. Based upon several hybrid operators and an original way to build up the initial population, the resultant GA provides in a moderate execution time high cost-effectiveness solutions compared with other techniques, in the extensive tests we performed.
The effect of education on trauma critical care nurses attitudes towards and knowledge and practices from the viewpoint of their about application of physical restraint

Introduction: Physical restraints are commonly used in ICUs to manage patient agitation, ensure patient safety, and prevent patient fall and patient interruption in medical and nursing care interventions. But there are many physical and psychological negative outcomes related to their use. Nurses are the key decision makers in the application of physical restraints to patients. Thus, educational programs regarding physical restraints must be considered to enhance nurses' knowledge, correct their attitude and improve their practice and consequently improve the quality of patients’ care. This study aimed at examining the effect of education program on critical care nurses’ attitudes towards, knowledge about and practice regarding the application of physical restraint. Method: In this quasi experimental study 66 nurses working in traumatic ICUs in Kerman recruited using convenience sampling. Participants were randomly assigned in two control and intervention groups and each group included 33 persons. The study questionnaire consisted of four parts: 1) background information; 2) Selfdesigned questionnaire to assess nurses’ knowledge about physical restraint; 3) Attitudes of Physical Restraint Use (APRU) to examine the nurses’ attitude towards physical restraints. 4) Practice of Physical Restraint Use (PPRU) to evaluate nurses’ practice regarding physical restraints. Prior to education program implementation, the questionnaire completed by all of the participants. Then an education program conducted for intervention group and after 2 weeks, that questionnaires completed by intervention group again. Data was analyzed using SPSS v.18 and paired t-test, independent t-test and Pearson correlation. Results: After the completion of the education program results showed a significant improvement in the intervention group in terms of knowledge (P<0.001), attitude (P<0.001) and practice (P<0.001) related to physical restraints. Conclusion: Findings indicated the level of nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice that demonstrated the need to provide an education program on physical restraint. These programs can significantly improve the nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice.
Diálise crônica no Brasil - Relatório do Censo Brasileiro de Diálise, 2011

INTRODUCAO: Dados nacionais sobre dialise cronica sao fundamentais para o planejamento do tratamento. OBJETIVO: Descrever resultados do censo de dialise da Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia referentes a 2011 e tendencias observadas de 2000 a 2011. METODOS: Levantamento utilizando questionario preenchido “on-line” pelas unidades de dialise do Brasil usando julho de 2011 como referencia para estimativas. Do total de 643 unidades com programa dialitico cronico, 353 (54,9%) responderam. RESULTADOS: O numero estimado de pacientes em dialise no Brasil em 2011 foi [. ]
Evolução materno-fetal de gestantes diabéticas seguidas no HC-FMRP-USP no período de 1992-1999

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the frequency of maternal and fetal complications, type of delivery and metabolic control of diabetic pregnant women followed at HCFMRP-USP, between 1992 and 1999. Outcome data were obtained on 261 patients where 44 (16.3%) had type 1 (DM1), 82 (30.5%) had type 2 (DM2) and 143 (53.2%) had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The occurrence of obesity prior to gestation was elevated in patients with GDM (47.6%) and DM2 (65.9%). Hypertension was also frequent in the latter group (46.3%). In spite of the late beginning of the prenatal care in all three groups, there was metabolic control improvement, observed through reduction of glycemias (DM1: 10h: 197±40 vs. 128±39mg/dl, p= 0.003; DM2: 7h: 147±53 vs. 102±19mg/dl, p= 0.001; 14h: 164±53 vs. 121±28mg/dl, p= 0.01; 20h: 201±55 vs. 147±43mg/dl, p= 0.01; DMG: 7h: 100±34 vs. 89±20mg/dl, p= 0.003; 10h: 144±49 vs. 122±29mg/dl, p= 0.03; 14h: 126±38 vs. 112±27mg/dl, p= 0.001), and HbA1 levels (DM1: 11.1±2.9 vs. 5.7±1.8%, p= 0.02). Hypoglycemia, urinary tract infections, vulvovaginites, hypertension and pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia were the most incident maternal complications. Hypoglycemia (29.5%, p< 0.0001), urinary tract infections (29.5%, p= 0.02), and abortions (11.4%, p= 0.003) were significantly more common in DM1 patients (11.4%) than in other groups. No maternal death was observed. Cesarea section was the mode of delivery predominantly used in all groups. Hypoglycemia, prematurity, jaundice and macrossomia were the most incident fetal complications. Prematurity (53.7%, p< 0.0001), natimortality (14.6%, p< 0.0001), and respiratory distress syndrome (13.9%, p= 0.003) were more frequent in newborns of DM1 patients. Although some degree of metabolic control improvement has been observed in all groups, a complete normalization of glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels has not been achieved, and probably contributed for the maternal and fetal complications rates observed.
Interrupting Drivers for Interactions

Auditory-verbal interactions with in-vehicle information systems have become increasingly popular for improving driver safety because they obviate the need for distractive visual-manual operations. This opens up new possibilities for enabling proactive auditory-verbal services where intelligent agents proactively provide contextualized recommendations and interactive decision-making. However, prior studies have warned that such interactions may consume considerable attentional resources, thus negatively affecting driving performance. This work aims to develop a machine learning model that can find opportune moments for the driver to engage in proactive auditory-verbal tasks by using the vehicle and environment sensor data. Given that there is a lack of definition about what constitutes interruptibility for auditory-verbal tasks, we first define interruptible moments by considering multiple dimensions and then iteratively develop the experimental framework through an extensive literature review and four pilot studies. We integrate our framework into OsmAnd, an open-source navigation service, and perform a real-road field study with 29 drivers to collect sensor data and user responses. Our machine learning analysis shows that opportune moments for interruption can be conservatively inferred with an accuracy of 0.74. We discuss how our experimental framework and machine learning models can be used to design intelligent auditory-verbal services in practical deployment contexts.
Advances in the Treatment of Hairy Cell Leukemia

Hairy cell leukemia is relatively rare, chronic low grade B-cell leukemia. It is characterized morphologically by cells with abundant cytoplasm and “hair”-like projections that can be found within the peripheral blood, bone marrow or splenic pulp. Like many cancers, the treatment for hairy cell leukemia has evolved considerably in the last several years. In the mid 1980s, the acceptable treatment was splenectomy and later interferon therapy, which is quickly falling out of favor with the advent and acceptance of purine analog therapy. In addition, we now have several biologic agents that are coming into favor based on their improved success and favorable toxicity. In addition, several studies are currently looking into the efficacy of purine analogs in conjunction with biologic agents. Rituximab, alemtuzumab and recombinant immunotoxins are being studied with limited success in hairy cell leukemia. The use of kinase inhibition is also being studied at this time. Advances in understanding the biology of hairy cell leukemia could potentially increase more treatment options.
What is That in Your Hand?

Knowing the object in hand can offer essential contextual information revealing a user's fine-grained activities. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility, accuracy, and robustness of recognizing the uninstrumented object in a user's hand by sensing and decoding her forearm muscular activities via off-the-shelf electromyography (EMG) sensors. We present results from three studies to advance our fundamental understanding of the opportunities that EMG brings in object interaction recognition. In the first study, we investigated the influence of physical properties of objects such as shape, size, and weight on EMG signals. We also conducted a thorough exploration of the feature spaces and sensor positions which can provide a solid base to rely on for future designers and practitioners for such interactive technique. In the second study, we assessed the feasibility and accuracy of inferring the types of grasped objects via using forearm muscular activity as a cue. Our results indicate that the types of objects can be recognized with up to 94.2% accuracy by employing user-dependent training. In the third study, we investigated the robustness of this approach in a realistic office setting where users were allowed to interact with objects as they would naturally. Our approach achieved up to 82.5% accuracy in discriminating 15 types of objects, even when training and testing phrases were purposefully performed on different days to incorporate changes in EMG patterns over time. Overall, this work contributes a set of fundamental findings and guidelines on using EMG technologies for object-based activity tracking.
Detecting Conversing Groups Using Social Dynamics from Wearable Acceleration

In this paper, we propose a method for detecting conversing groups. More specifically, we detect pairwise F-formation membership using a single worn accelerometer. We focus on crowded real life scenarios, specifically mingling events, where groups of different sizes naturally occur and evolve over time. Our method uses the dynamics of interaction, derived from people's coordinated social actions and movements. The social actions, speaking, head and hand gesturing, are inferred from wearable acceleration with a transfer learning approach. These automatically labeled actions, together with the raw acceleration, are used to define joint representations of interaction between people through the extraction of pairwise features. We present a new feature set based on the overlap patterns of social actions and utilize some others that were previously proposed in other domains. Our approach considers various interaction patterns of different sized groups by training multiple classifiers with respect to cardinality. The final estimation is then dynamically performed by meta-classifier learning using the local neighborhood of the current test sample. We experimentally show that the proposed method outperforms state of the art approaches. Finally, we show how the accuracy of the social action detection affects group detection performance, analyze the effectiveness of features for different group sizes in detail, discuss how different types of features contribute to the final performance and evaluate the effects of using the local neighborhood for meta-classifier learning.