Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dengue with hypokalemic periodic paralysis: A case report and review

A 38 year old man was admitted to an emergency department with complains of fever for 2 days and bilateral upper and lower weakness. Dengue NSI came to be positive. Platelets were also found to be on the lower side. Serum potassium found to be on the lower side . power on the lower limb 3/5 and upper limb 4/5.power improved after potassium replacement.
Histological classification of atherosclerosis and correlation with ischemic heart disease: A autopsy based study

Background: There is an ever increasing trend of rise of coronary artery disease (CAD) in India and globally. The grading of coronary atherosclerotic lesions is important as it correlates with significant cardiac lesions like acute myocardial infarction (MI), myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) etc. To study the same in living subjects is difficult, hence autopsy studies are done. Our 1 year retrospective study aims at grading the coronary atherosclerotic lesions and correlating the results with simulating studies in India and abroad. Method: The present study was conducted in the Department of Pathology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer (Rajasthan). Duration of study was from January 2011 to December 2011. Total 103 post-mortem heart specimens, irrespective of cause of death were examined grossly and microscopically for extent of coronary artherosclerosis and associated cardiac lesions. Results: Of the 103, males affected was 74.75% and females was 25.24%. Commonest type of atherosclerosis was type III (preatheroma) 40.7%. 55.33% showed significant coronary artery disease (type IV -VIII) with atheroma (type IV) as the commonest lesion (23.30%). Left anterior descending artery (LADA) was most frequently involved vessels (46.6%) followed by right coronary artery (RCA) involvement (41.71%). Least frequently involved vessel was left circumflex artery (LCX) (38.83%). 15% had single vessel involvement whereas 37% & 40% cases had two vessels and three vessels involvement respectively. Conclusion: Maximum cases of significant cardiac lesions were associated with advanced atherosclerotic lesions ie. type VI & type VII lesions. Eccentric lesions were more common than concentric lesions.
Recrystallization of Rolled α-Zr Single Crystals

Recrystallization of metal material is a complicated phenomenon that unites different aspects of its profile, including plastic deformation, strain hardening and behaviour by heat treatment. The latter entails numerous processes such as recovery, growth of recrystallization nuclei and the competition of new grains. When considering the plastic deformation of single crystals, the experimental analysis of their ensuing recrystallization becomes simpler: in the grains of a polycrystal, plastic deformation creates a wide spectrum of substructures depending on the crystallographic orientation of grains, whereas in the case of a deformed single crystal, initial substructure conditions are much more limited.
A Model of Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Management Strategies: A Study in Seven Countries

The study investigated the relationships of the five dimensions of emotional intelligence: self‐awareness, self‐regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills of supervisors to subordinates' strategies of handling conflict: problem solving and bargaining. Data (N = 1,395) for this study were collected with questionnaires from MBA students in seven countries (U.S., Greece, China, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Macau, South Africa, and Portugal). Psychometric properties of the measures were tested and improved with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of indicator and internal consistency reliabilities, and the hypotheses were tested with a structural equations model for each country. Results in the U.S. and in the combined sample provided support for the model which suggests that self‐awareness is positively associated with self‐regulation, empathy, and social skills; self regulation is positively associated with empathy and social skills; empathy and social skills are positively associated with motivation; which in turn, is positively associated with problem solving strategy and negatively associated with bargaining strategy. Differences among countries in these relationships are noted and implications for organizations discussed.
Intermediate polars in the Swift/BAT survey: spectra and white dwarf masses

Context. White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables are difficult to determine accurately, but are fundamental for understanding binary system parameters, as well as binary evolution. Aims. We investigate the X-ray spectral properties of a sample of Intermediate Polars (IP) detected above 15 keV to derive the masses of their accreting white dwarfs. Methods. We use data from the Swift/BAT instrument which during the first 2.5 yrs of operation has detected 22 known intermediate polars. The X-ray spectra of these sources are used to estimate the mass of the white dwarfs. Results. We are able to produce a mass estimate for 22 out of 29 of the confirmed intermediate polars. Comparison with previous mass measurements shows good agreement. For GK Per, we were able to detect spectral changes due to the changes in the accretion rate. Conclusions. The Swift/BAT detector with its combination of sensitivity and all-sky coverage provides an ideal tool to determine accurate white dwarf masses in intermediate polars. This method should be applied to other magnetic white dwarf binaries.
Physical Activity of Adults: A Survey of Correlates, Determinants, and Effects

Summary We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The second part summarises parts of the epidemiological literature on health effects and the economic literature on the labour market effects as well as on the effects on well-being and social capital. Somewhat surprisingly, at least for studies in empirical economics, all the papers seem to agree that individual leisure sports participation and physical activity has positive effects for adults.
Learning To Route with Deep RL

We investigate a novel and important application domain for deep RL: network routing. The question of whether/when traditional network protocol design, which relies on the application of algorithmic insights by human experts, can be replaced by a data-driven approach has received much attention recently. We explore this question in the context of the, arguably, most fundamental networking task: routing. Can ideas and techniques from machine learning be leveraged to automatically generate “good” routing conﬁgurations? We observe that the routing domain poses signiﬁcant challenges for data-driven network protocol design and report on preliminary results regarding the power of data-driven routing. Our results suggest that applying deep reinforcement learning to this context yields high performance and is thus a promising direction for further research. We outline a research agenda for data-driven routing.
Relationship between Innovation and Organizational Performance in Construction Industry in Malaysia

This paper aims to discuss the relationship between innovation and organizational performance in the construction industry. In Malaysia, the construction industry is known to be one of the industries that contribute significantly towards her economic growth. This contribution, more often than not is associated with the amount of innovation invested by organizations in the industry. The industry's innovation performance currently is reported to be amongst the lowest as compared to the others, which inspired this study to unveil the extent influence of innovation on performance. The instruments in measuring innovation and organizational performance specific to the construction industry were developed by adapting measures introduced by several scholars in these fields. While innovation is represented by innovative design solution, innovative project practices and advanced technology utilization, organizational performance is represented by project and business performance. Contractors and consulting companies were the sampling frame of this study and the samples were selected based on a stratified sampling method to gauge representation of the different groups in the population. The results revealed that principally innovation is significantly positive in influencing organizational performance. Nevertheless, innovative design solution and advanced technology dimensions were insignificant in influencing project performance and business performance respectively.
Dynamic Appointment Scheduling with Patient Time Preferences and Different Service Time Lengths

In this paper we consider the appointment schedule of a physician’s day. We assume patient types defined by different time preferences and service time lengths. Patient requests for the day are handled directly during a booking horizon. We present a mixed integer linear programming model to determine a set of appointments to offer a patient requesting an appointment. The objective is to schedule the requesting patient whi le also taking future demand into account. We want to maximize the overall utilization assuring a certain fairness level. We further implement a simulation in order to test the mixed integer linea r program and to compare it to simpler online heuristics.
Challenges for the Transport and Logistics Services Business: The Case of Lithuania

The study reveals the challenges met by Lithuanian enterprises of transport and logistics services business when they are face-to-face with growing economy and high competition in the European Union services market. It identifies the problems arising, as well as possibilities to compete and to win in the market. Lithuania is taking its leadings positions in the transport and logistics services industry by the share of transport and logistics, employment rate and share of the export of services in GDP. Due to the significant role of impact of these services on the Lithuanian economy challenges for the transport and logistics services business enterprises prevail. The research methodology is based on the comparative analysis of data on transport and logistics services industry of Lithuania and on the average of European Union. Challenges for the future of Lithuanian transport and logistics services business are defined and managerial implications in order to sustain its leading position in the export of these services are shaped.
Investigating the consequences of word of mouth from a WOM sender’s perspective in the services context

Abstract Employing scenario-based experiments, this paper examines the effect of word of mouth (WOM) on the sender’s intention to give future WOM about the focal service provider and the self-enhancement derived from articulating WOM. Extant WOM literature considers self-enhancement as a key driver of positive WOM. This paper provides empirical evidence that a reverse effect exists and that self-enhancement is also an outcome of WOM behaviour. Results indicate that the impact of WOM on self-enhancement has substantive significance and holds for both positive and negative WOM. The effect of WOM on intentions is only partially supported. Finally, tie strength between the WOM participants partially moderates the relationship between the variables. Importantly, the impact of negative WOM is stronger than that of positive WOM.
Fetal Thrombophilia

Thrombophilia(s) is a condition of increased tendency to form blood clots. This condition may be inherited or acquired, and this is why the term is often used in plural. People who have thrombophilia are at greater risk of having thromboembolic complications, such as deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or cardiovascular complications, like stroke or myocardial infarction, nevertheless those complications are rare and it is possible that those individuals will never encounter clotting problems in their whole life. The enhanced blood coagulability is exacerbated under conditions of prolonged immobility, surgical interventions and most of all during pregnancy and puerperium, and the use of estrogen contraception. This is the reason why many obstetricians-gynecologysts became involved in this field aside the hematologists: women are more frequently at risk. The availability of new lab tests for hereditary thrombophilia(s) has opened a new era with reflections on epidemiology, primary healthcare, prevention and prophylaxis, so that thrombophilia is one of the hottest topics in contemporary medicine.
Credit Rating Changes and CEO Incentives

We document that credit rating changes significantly affect chief executive officer's (CEO's) incentives. Modeling both credit rating changes and CEO incentive changes as two jointly endogenous processes, we present strong evidence that CEO incentives increase subsequent to credit downgrades and, to a much weaker extent, decrease after credit upgrades. A one-notch downgrade in the credit rating improves CEO incentives by about 15%. We also find that the impacts of credit rating changes on CEO incentives are greater for firms with more distorted incentive contracts. Our analysis favors a corporate-governance-based argument and suggests that rating agencies', or more generally, debt- holders', monitoring complements equity-based incentive contracts to mitigate agency conflicts between managers and shareholders.
Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth and Young Adults: Differential Effects of Age, Gender, Religiosity, and Sexual Orientation

Drawing on minority stress theory, this study examined the mental health effects of the added burden of disadvantaged social status in an Israeli sample of 461 self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youths. Bisexuality was associated with lower levels of well-being, and, at a younger age, with higher levels of mental distress. In bisexuals, this relationship was fully mediated by family support and acceptance, internalized homophobia, and LGB social contact. Religiosity was associated with low levels of family and friends’ support and acceptance, and high levels of internalized homophobia. These findings highlight the mental vulnerability of LGB adolescents and bisexuals, as well as the social vulnerability of sexual minorities in the religious sector, and the importance of social support to increase mental health.
A Comprehensive Relocation of Earthquakes in Taiwan from 1991 to 2005

We have carried out a comprehensive relocation of a total of 267,210 earthquakes in Taiwan that occurred during the past 15 yr. We based our relocation process on the earthquake catalog of the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau Seismic Network (CWBSN) and made improvements in three aspects. First, we incorporated a large dataset of the S-P times from 680 Taiwan Strong-Motion Instrumentation Pro- gram (TSMIP) stations distributed throughout the island of Taiwan to improve the coverage of earthquakes on the island. Secondly, we added 18 Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stations in the southern Ryukyu Island chain to enhance the station coverage for eastern offshore events, especially around the subduction zone northeast of Taiwan. Thirdly, we adopted 3D VP and VP=VS models in predicting the travel times of P and S waves. The effectiveness of these improvements in earthquake re- location can be seen in three aspects: (1) the reduction in the residuals of P-wave arrival times and S-P times, (2) a better understanding of the attenuation relationship between the peak-ground acceleration and epicentral distance, and (3) the geologically meaningful patterns of station corrections to P-wave arrival times and S-P times. Online Material: Catalog of relocated earthquakes in Taiwan from January 1991 to
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ’ PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION : USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDE AS MEDIATING VARIABLE

This study aims to probe into relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention and measure the mediating effect by entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitude. A total of 550 questionnaires were distributed to seven universities in Taiwan. After eliminating the questionnaires with incomplete answers and invalid ones, there were 392 validity samples, with a valid return rate of 71.27%. The results indicated that “openness to experience”, “extraversion” and “conscientiousness” positively influence entrepreneurship; “neuroticism” negatively influences entrepreneurship; “agreeableness”, “openness to experience”, “extraversion” and “conscientiousness” influence entrepreneurial attitude; entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitude reveal partial mediating effects between “openness to experience”, “extraversion” and “conscientiousness” in personality traits and entrepreneurial intention.
The Potential for Pyroxasulfone to Selectively Control Resistant and Susceptible Rigid Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) Biotypes in Australian Grain Crop Production Systems

Abstract The widespread evolution of resistance in rigid ryegrass populations to the highly effective, in-crop, selective herbicides used within southern Australian grain-crop production systems has severely diminished the available herbicide resource. A new PRE grass-selective herbicide, pyroxasulfone, may offer Australian grain producers a new option for rigid ryegrass control in wheat crops. The efficacy and level of selectivity of rigid ryegrass control with pyroxasulfone was investigated for a range of annual crop species in potted-plant, dose–response studies. In comparison with other currently available PRE herbicides, pyroxasulfone provided effective control of both resistant and susceptible rigid ryegrass populations. Additionally, control of these populations was achieved at rates that had little or no effect on the growth and survival of wheat. This crop was also the most tolerant of cereal species, with triticale, barley, and oat being more injured at higher pyroxasulfone rates than wheat was. In general though, pulse-crop species were found to be more tolerant of high pyroxasulfone rates than cereal-crop species. There were subtle effects of soil type on the efficacy of pyroxasulfone, where higher rates were required to achieve effective control on soils with higher clay or organic matter contents. The ability of pyroxasulfone to selectively control resistant and susceptible rigid ryegrass populations as identified in these studies clearly indicate the potential for widespread use and success of this herbicide in Australian cropping systems. Nomenclature: Pyroxasulfone (proposed common name), 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole (formerly KIH-485, now BAY-191); rigid ryegrass, Lolium rigidum Gaudin LOLRI; common barley, Hordeum vulgare L. HORVX; oat, Avena sativa L. AVESA; triticale, ×Triticosecale rimpaui Wittm. TTLSS; common wheat, Triticum aestivum L. TRZAX
Influence of Woody Vegetation on Small Mammals in Tallgrass Prairie

ABSTRACT We examined response of small mammals to woody invasion of tallgrass prairie in northeastern Kansas by sampling sites that ranged from 0 to 100% in woody cover (i.e., frequently burned prairie to unburned closed-canopy gallery forest; woody coverage mapped from satellite imagery). Abundance and biomass of small mammals initially increased with increasing woody vegetation, but then decreased to their lowest level at 100% woody cover. Richness was greatest (an average of seven species) where woody cover was ≤17% and decreased to one species where woody cover was 100%. Abundance of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) increased as woody cover increased from 0 to 62% cover, but decreased in forested sites (100% cover). Abundance of western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis) decreased as woody cover increased; they were not recorded in forested sites. Deer mice (P. maniculatus) were present in sites with no to low levels of woody vegetation, but were absent in sites with moderate to high levels of woody cover. The 11 species captured were recorded in sites that had little woody vegetation (≤17% cover), whereas only seven species were captured at sites where considerable woody vegetation (≥28% cover) occurred. Even white-footed mice and eastern woodrats, which are considered woodland forms, decreased in abundance or were absent from forested sites. Overall, the results demonstrate that even relatively small amounts of woody vegetation in prairie landscapes can alter abundance, biomass and species richness and composition of small mammal communities.
Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Relationship of Turkish Wild and Cultivated Emmer ( Triticum turgidum ssp . dicoccoides ) Revealed by iPBS-retrotransposons Markers

Wild emmer (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides) is the progenitor of cultivated wheat. Turkey is the main center of wheat and plays a vital role in the spread of various crops among the continents. Karacadağ region is considered as the domestication center of emmer wheat and still, hundreds of landraces are prevalent. A total of 29 wild emmer landraces, 4 cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccum) and five durum wheat (T. turgidum ssp. durum) cultivars were investigated for the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship using the iPBS-retrotransposons markers. Mean polymorphism and polymorphic information contents (PIC) were 87.85% and 0.660, respectively. Mean effective numbers of alleles (1.961), Shannon's Information Index (0.682) and gene diversity (0.489) reflected the occurrence of a great level of variations. T17 and Chermik-1 genotypes were found much distinct and breeding valuable genotypes for wheat breeding. The unweighted pairgroup method with arithmetic means (UPGMA) divided all genotypes by their genetic makeup and geographical locations. Among 3 species, UPGMA based clustering clearly separated the durum wheat from wild emmer and cultivated emmer wheat. Results are clearly supported by the principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and model-based structure algorithm. Information provided herein comprehensively reflected the power of iPBS-retrotransposons for the diversity and phylogenetic relationship investigation and reflected that this marker system can be effectively applied to investigate phylogenetic and taxonomic relationship in any crop due to its universal nature. © 2018 Friends Science Publishers
Suppression of metal-insulator transition at high pressure and pressure-induced magnetic ordering in pyrochlore oxide Nd2Ir2O7

We report the pressure dependence of electrical resistance $R$($T$) of a frustrated pyrochlore oxide Nd${}_{2}$Ir${}_{2}$O${}_{7}$, which shows a second-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at 36 K. This MIT is monotonically suppressed by the application of pressure. The insulating phase disappears at around 10 GPa. Then, in the pressure-induced metallic state above 10 GPa, a new pressure-induced phase transition emerges at around 3 K, which is characterized by a resistance drop. The new phase transition is due to a ferromagnetic (FM) ordering, which is suggested to be an ordered spin ice (two-in two-out) state of the Nd moment via the RKKY interaction. We succeeded in observing the phase competition between the MIT and the FM ordering by the application of high pressure.