Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Shared-hidden-layer Deep Neural Network for Under-resourced Language the Content

Training speech recognizer with under-resourced language data still proves difficult. Indonesian language is considered under-resourced because the lack of a standard speech corpus, text corpus, and dictionary. In this research, the efficacy of augmenting limited Indonesian speech training data with highly-resourced-language training data, such as English, to train Indonesian speech recognizer was analyzed. The training was performed in form of shared-hidden-layer deep-neural-network (SHL-DNN) training. An SHL-DNN has language-independent hidden layers and can be pre-trained and trained using multilingual training data without any difference with a monolingual deep neural network. The SHL-DNN using Indonesian and English speech training data proved effective for decreasing word error rate (WER) in decoding Indonesian dictated-speech by achieving 3.82% absolute decrease compared to a monolingual Indonesian hidden Markov model using Gaussian mixture model emission (GMM-HMM). The case was confirmed when the SHL-DNN was also employed to decode Indonesian spontaneous-speech by achieving 4.19% absolute WER decrease.
Analysis of the Quality of Macromolecular Structures

Structure determination utilizing X-ray crystallography involves collection of diffraction data, determination of initial phases followed by iterative rounds of model building and crystallographic refinement to improve the phases and minimize the differences between calculated and observed structure factors. At each of these stages, a variety of statistical filters exist to ensure appropriate validation. Biologically important observations often come from interpretations of signals that need to be carefully deciphered from noise and therefore human intervention is as important as the automated filters. Currently, all structural data are deposited in the Protein Data Bank and this repository is continuously evolving to incorporate possible new improvements in macromolecular crystallography. The journals that publish data arising from structural studies modulate their policies to take cognizance of new improved methodologies. The PDB and journals have evolved an accepted protocol to ensure the integrity of crystallographic results. As a result, the quality of available data and interpretations are becoming better over the years. However, there have been periodic efforts by some individuals who misuse validation mechanisms to selectively target published research through spurious challenges. These actions do more harm to the field of structural biology and runs counter to their claim to cleanse the system. The scientific systems in structural biology are robust and capable of self-correction and unwarranted vigilantism is counterproductive.
The Aboriginal Concept of Time and its Mental Health Implications

Objective: To explore the Aboriginal concept of time and discuss its impact on the assessment and management of Indigenous mental health problems in Australia. Conclusions: The Aboriginal concept of time differs from the Judeo-Christian perception of time in that Aboriginal people do not perceive time as an exclusively ‘linear’ category (i.e. past-present-future) and often place events in a ‘circular’ pattern of time according to which an individual is in the centre of ‘time-circles’ and events are placed in time according to their relative importance for the individual and his or her respective community (i.e. the more important events are perceived as being ‘closer in time’). Such an important difference in perception of time contributes to the limited applicability of standard assessment procedures in psychiatry and creates numerous difficulties in providing culturally appropriate mental health services to Aboriginal people in Australia.
Prevalence and knowledge of hypertension among people living in rural communities in Ghana: a mixed method study

Background Knowledge and understanding of hypertension and its associated health risks remain inadequate despite increasing trend of hypertension prevalence. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence, knowledge and perceptions of hypertension in rural communities in Ghana. Methods A mixed method study involving 534 subjects was employed. Data was collected in six communities from May to December 2014 with structured questionnaires and interview guides. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to estimate the influence of the socio-demographic factors on knowledge of hypertension. Qualitative data was thematically analyzed. Results The mean systolic blood pressure (BP) was higher in men than women (127.42mmHg versus 124.42mmHg). The proportion of hypertensives was 21.4% and was higher among men in all age categories. Knowledge on some risk factors of hypertension was extremely low. Having formal education was associated with higher odds of knowledge of hypertension (Adjusted odds ratio [AOR]; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.28; 1.25–4.16). Several misconceptions such as the use of agro-chemicals, fertilizers and excess vitamins were identified as causes of hypertension. Conclusion This study demonstrates an increased prevalence of hypertension, knowledge gaps and misconceptions surrounding hypertension in rural communities in Ghana. This evidence is useful in streamlining interventional programmes aimed at improving knowledge and prevention of hypertension.
La Stima di Frontiere di Costo nel Trasporto Pubblico Locale: una Rassegna e un'Applicazione

In questo lavoro si esamina la recente letteratura di analisi dell’efficienza produttiva e di costo attraverso la stima di frontiere di costo e di produzione nel settore del trasporto pubblico locale. Nell’ultima parte dell’articolo presentiamo uno studio sul settore del trasporto pubblico locale in Emilia-Romagna. La funzione specificata e di costo variabile. Il modello, stimato con dati panel, e del tipo uniequazionale con fixed effects. I risultati della stima indicano la presenza di ingenti economie di scala, sia di breve che di lungo periodo, secondo un andamento che decresce al crescere della dimensione aziendale. La stima degli indicatori di inefficienza rivela l'esistenza di significativi spazi di aggiustamento delle prestazioni soprattutto per le imprese di maggiori dimensioni.
Cyprus and the politics of memory: history, community and conflict

Introduction: Modalities of Time, History and Memory in Ethnonational Conflicts,Rebecca Bryant and Yiannis Papadakis 1. A Critical Comparison of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Official Historiographies (1940s to the Present), Mete Hatay and Yiannis Papadakis 2. Beyond the History Textbook Debate: Official Histories in Greek Cypriot Geography and Civics Curricula, Stavroula Philippou 3. Hegemony, Permissible Public Discourse and Lower Class Political Culture, Andreas Panayiotou 4. The 'Left-overs' of History: Reconsidering the 'Unofficial' History of the Left in Cyprus and the Cypriot Diaspora, Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou 5. Senses of Belonging and 'Belongings' and Making 'Home' away from Home, Aybil Goker 6. Imagining Homelands: Poetics and Performance among Cypriot Armenians, Susan Pattie 7. The Fractures of a Struggle: Remembering and Forgetting Erenkoy, Rebecca Bryant 8. Correcting the Record: Memory, Minority Insecurity and Admissible Evidence, Peter Loizos 9. On the Need to Belong to a Non-Cypriot History, Mehmet Ratip 10. Truth, Memory and the Cypriot Journey towards a New Past, Catia Galatariotou.
Analysis of critical features for establishing a monitoring system for childhood obesity : Monitoring system design

This is the published version: Kremer, Peter, de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea, Leslie, Evie, Lacy, Katie and Jones, Laura 2011, Analysis of critical features for establishing a monitoring system for childhood obesity : Monitoring system design, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic. Available from Deakin Research Online: http://hdl.handle. net/10536/DRO/DU:30045265 Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.
Exploring Nurses' Experiences of Older Adult Care: A Mixed Methods Study

Exploring Nurses’ Experiences of Older Adult Care: A Mixed Methods Study Jenny Watts We have a global nursing shortage and inadequate provisions to care for our ageing population. To ensure sustainability it is vital to understand predictors of nurse wellbeing. This project began with a systematic literature review determining key concepts for understanding nurses’ experiences, revealing growing evidence for secondary trauma in nurses. This is a specific form of distress resulting from witnessing pain or vulnerability in a third party. However, current understanding is limited; and nurses providing older adult care have received little research scrutiny. Mixed methodology was employed, exploring nurses’ experiences using qualitative interviews, and measuring prevalence and severity of distress by quantative survey. Interview transcripts from three senior nurses were analysed systematically according to principles of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). In summary, emotional engagement with patients was not only intrinsically rewarding, but often yielded useful information which could improve patient outcomes. However this patient-centred approach may also be associated with burnout, as nurses reported feeling exhausted, especially when interactions were emotionally intense or lacked reciprocity. A quantitative survey investigated the impact further. Nurses across three NHS Trusts completed standardised measures of general health (assessed as anxiety and depression), distress from intense emotional engagement (burnout and secondary trauma) and intrinsic reward (compassion satisfaction). Multiple regression models suggested that compassion satisfaction and perceptions of the organisation as innovative predicted burnout. Therefore in this time of NHS restructure, policy makers need to be aware that staff can benefit from belonging to an organisation perceived as dyanmic and entreprenurial.
An analysis of some factors affecting student academic performance in an introductory biochemistry course at the University of the West Indies

High failure rates at tertiary institutions result in unacceptable levels of attrition, reduced graduate throughput and increased cost of training a nation's labour force. It is imperative that diagnostic studies are carried out to identify the major factors that are associated with suboptimal academic performance with a view of instituting corrective measures. This study was, therefore, designed to identify and analyse some determinants of academic performance (as measured by coursework exam grades) in an introductory biochemistry (AGRI 1013) course plagued by chronic high failure rates. The course is offered to first year undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus. A survey instrument was administered to a random sample of 66 registered students of AGRI 1013 (representing a 40% sampling fraction) to generate data on demographics (gender and age), learning preference, and entry qualifications. The effect of learning preference, age, gender, and entry qualifications on academic performance (measured as the final coursework mark obtained) was determined. Relationships/associations between gender and learning styles, gender and entry qualifications, age and learning preferences, and age and entry qualifications were analyzed using Pearson's chi-square test. There were significant (P 0.05) affect academic performance, this association should be of limited concern. None of the investigated factors significantly affected academic performance. This observation could be a consequence of an impressive performance in the coursework exams by a large proportion of students resulting in less variation in the recorded grades. Learning preferences were found to be independent of both the age and gender of students. It was concluded that more determinants of academic performance need to be investigated and that students who are admitted based on a diploma in agriculture may need a remedial course given that their coursework grades, though statistically insignificant were consistently lower than that of the other students.
Parallel Data Mining for Analysis of Correlated Genetic Factors

This dissertation studies techniques of knowledge discovery from biological databases and focuses mainly on the development of techniques to elucidate the effects of correlated factors in the data. In relation to the analysis of biological data, the correlated effects of multiple factors have attracted much interest. In fact, a number of common diseases, including diabetes, stroke,and lung cancer are considered to be regulated by multiple genetic factors (genes). However, the analysis of such correlated factors in a database requires evaluation of whether or not each combination of the multiple factors is significant to the biological phenomenon of interest, and this makes the problem difficult to solve. On the other hand, decision support systems and data mining systems have recently attracted much interest in response to the demands for processing or interpreting massive amounts of data. And numerous optimization techniques for computing decision trees, clusters, and association rules have been proposed. The importance of treating correlated factors in the databases has been pointed out in these techniques as well. Based on this background, we here construct a series of knowledge discovery systems that aim to detect the correlated effects of multiple factors in biological databases by means of data mining techniques, and apply these systems to analysis of a real biological database. In Chapter 2, we investigate the optimization problem of computing the statistically optimal association rule that maximizes the significance of the correlation between the assumption and the conclusion of the rule. We propose a parallel branch-and-bound graph search algorithm—called the distributable search tree—tailored to this problem. The key features of the design are (1) novel branch-and-bound heuristics, and (2) a rule of rewriting conjunctions that avoids maintaining the list of visited nodes. We empirically evaluate the efficiency of the algorithm by implementing it on large-scale
Understanding Parks And Recreation Volunteers: A Functionalist Perspective

RESUMESelon le bureau de recensement, 50 pour cent de la population adulte americaine fait du travail benevole. Comme les benevoles font partie integrante de la population active, les responsables des services auxquels ils sont affectes cherchent a connaitre leur motivation pour le travail. S’appuyant sur une approche fonctionnaliste du benevolat, la presente etude vise a determiner s’il existe un rapport entre le role du benevole, le cadre de travail de ce dernier et le niveau de satisfaction au travail. A partir d’un echantillonage de benevoles affectes aux services des parcs et des lieux de loisir, on examine le rapport entre le role du benevole et des caracteristiques sociodemograhiques. L’etude montre que le role psychologique du benevole varie selon le cadre de travail et selon des variables sociodemographiques precises. Elle suggere egalement que la satisfaction au travail resulte, en partie, de l’interaction entre le cadre du travail et la fonction psychologique de celui-ci.
SIGNIFICANCE OF HOUNSFIELD UNITS ON NON-CONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN DETERMINING STONE FREE RATE AFTER ESWL

ABSTRACT Objective : To determine the frequency of stone-free rate after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) and its relationship with Hounsfield Units (HUs) of renal calculi. Methodology : This observational study was carried out at the Department of Urology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan, from June 2015 to December 2015. All patients were evaluated for serum creatinine, coagulation profile, urinalysis and culture and imaging studies including non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT). All were evaluated with x-ray and ultrasound KUB at six weeks of ESWL session. Patients with residual fragments more than 4 mm in size were offered another session of ESWL. In case of persistent stone fragments more than 4 mm in size, stones were labeled as ESWL-refractory and alternative treatment options offered. Results: A total of 139 patients were included in this study. The mean age was 40.0 ± 8.9 years and 91 (65.47%) were males. The mean stone size and mean HUs of all patients were 12.7 ± 3.6 mm and 616.9 ± 304.3, respectively. On last follow-up, out of 139, 95 (68.3%) patients were in stone-free group and 44 (31.6%) in residual stone group, with a mean HUs value of 565 ± 62.1 and 905 ± 61.7, respectively (p=0.001). The mean HUs of stone-free group was significantly lower than that of residual stone group. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the HU measurement of renal calculi on pretreatment NCCT might be helpful in predicting stone-free rate after ESWL. Key Words: Renal stones, Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, Hounsfield units
Development of peer-led youth theater as a nutrition education tool to promote the healthy traditional Latino diet

"The overall purpose of my research was to develop culturally appropriate nutrition education for Latino immigrants. In phase one, a needs assessment was conducted with the low-income Latina population (N=166) in Guilford County, North Carolina. Seventy-six percent were overweight/obese. Eighty-nine percent were living in food insecure households. Forty percent living in food insecure households with moderate hunger were obese compared to 73% of respondents with severe hunger. Severe food insecurity was related to less positive nutrition beliefs (χ2 (9,N=166)=17.56, p<. 05). Forty-five percent had received nutrition education previously. Having had previous nutrition education was related to positive nutrition beliefs, self-efficacy and knowledge [χ2 (9, N=166)= 29.04, p < . 001, χ2 (2, N=154)= 4.89, p < . 05, χ2 (3, N=157)= 10.36, p < . 05, respectively]. Highly traditional diets were related with less weight increase and better diet quality (χ2(12,N=104)=21.94, p<. 05, χ2 (9, N=155)= 18.79, p< . 05, respectively. The purpose of phase two was to better understand the dietary acculturation process. Observations, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires were conducted with one family in Mexico. In-depth interviews and questionnaires were conducted with families (N=4) in Guilford County, North Carolina. Decreases in fruit and vegetable intakes and increases in snack and processed food had occurred. Availability, food displacement and cost were identified as reasons changes occurred. Because of school children's diets adopt faster thus becoming the primary driver of the families' dietary acculturation. In phase three, nutrition theater education was developed to address knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of Latino youth. Pre and post surveys were conducted with an intervention group (N=19) and with a matched non-intervention group (N=19). The traditional Latino diet was promoted. Seventy percent reported learning about nutrition. Respondents thought the American diet (group defined as hotdogs, hamburgers, pizza and French fries) was less healthy (P< .05). They also liked vegetables more and were planning to or trying to eat more beans, fruits and vegetables and less sugar after the intervention (P <.05). No changes occurred in the non-intervention group. Theater education with nutrition information appears to be effective at increasing knowledge, promoting positive attitudes and behaviors of Latino youth. "--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
Metoclopramide (Reglan®, A.H. Robins)

METOCLOPRAMIDE, a gastrointestinal pro-motility agent, is a chlorbenzamide derivative, chemically known as 4-amino-5-chloro-N-[2-(diethylamino)-ethyl]-2-methoxybenzamide monohydrochloride monohydrate. Although structurally related to procainamide, metoclopramide does not possess local anesthetic or cardioselective properties (see Figure 1). Metoclopramide has a molecular weight of 354.3 g.
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Characteristics of young illicit drug injectors who use North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

The study examined whether North America's first medically supervised safer injection facility (SIF) attracts young injection drug users (IDUs) who are at high risk of health-related harm. Prevalence of SIF use was determined based on data obtained after the SIF's opening. Predictors of initiating future SIF use were determined based on behavioral information obtained from the participant's study visit immediately preceding the SIF's opening. The median duration between the acquisition of pre-SIF opening behavioral data and the more recent interview, where SIF use was measured, was 16 months. Characteristics of IDUs who did and did not subsequently initiate SIF use were statistically compared (N = 135). Data from the 6-month period prior to the SIF's opening showed that youth initiating SIF use were significantly more likely to have been in jail, to use heroin daily, to have overdosed, to have binged on drugs, to have loaned needles, and to have been homeless. The study suggests that among IDUs 29 years of age or younger, those who used the SIF were at higher risk than those who were not.
Facts and fallacies in palliative care

The concept of palliative care is still quite new in Malaysia. Through the experience of delivering palliative care in both the hospital and community settings, the author has realized that there are many false beliefs among the medical and nursing professionals, as well as patients and their caregivers. By exploring and providing factual explanations to these beliefs, the present article high- lights the differences in approach between acute and palliative management and the importance of good communication skills, as well as correcting the myths of patients and their caregivers, with the aim of improving the understanding of palliative care. © 2003 Blackwell Publishing Asia and Wonca
Edinburgh lcf: a mechanized logic of computation

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Midwifery research by midwifery researchers: challenges and considerations

This paper will discuss some of the challenges that may be encountered by midwifery researchers when conducting research where the research setting is familiar or study participants are known to the researchers. The paper identifies some of the key challenges that should be considered such as researching in a familiar culture, perception of participants, sample selection, finding space in the setting and interview dynamics. Examples are provided from three previous qualitative research projects conducted by the authors in educational and clinical settings with both pre-registration and post-registration midwives. Each of the key issues will be discussed highlighting specific issues relevant to each with further consideration of how these issues may impact on progress of the project, data collected and subsequent findings. Finally, these will be drawn together with recommendations for future research conducted by midwives or where the setting or participants are known to the researchers. Although the paper is focused on midwifery research, the issues raised may bear relevance in other areas where the setting or participants are known to researchers.