Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Serokonversi Hepatitis C pada Pasien Hemodialisis di Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo

Pendahuluan. Pasien hemodialisis (HD) tergolong kelompok risiko tinggi terinfeksi virus hepatitis C. Penelitian mengenai serokonversi hepatitis C di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo belum pernah dilakukan. Agar transmisi hepatitis C dapat diturunkan, faktor risiko serokonversi hepatitis C penting diketahui. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui proporsi dan faktor risiko serokonversi hepatitis C pada pasien yang menjalani HD di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo. Metode. Penelitian potong lintang terhadap pasien yang menjalani HD di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo pada bulan Juni-Juli 2011. Pemeriksaan anti-HCV menggunakan Roche Elecsys ECLIA, Analisis multivariat menggunakan regresi logistik. Hasil. Pada bulan Juni-Juli 2011 terdapat 135 pasien HD yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Serokonversi mencapai 21,5%. Analisis bivariat menunjukkan hubungan yang bermakna antara lama dialisis (p=0,003) dan jenis kelamin pria (OR 2,43; 95%CI 0,99-5,98; p=0,048) dengan serokonversi hepatitis C. Pasien yang menjalani dialisis >42 bulan (sebelum pemrosesan ulang dialiser menggunakan mesin) lebih banyak yang mengalami serokonversi dibandingkan pasien yang mengalami dialysis ≤42 bulan. Terdapat dua variabel yang marginally statistically significant yaitu HBsAg negatif (p=0,07) dan menggunakan dialiser proses ulang (p=0,07). Pada analisis multivariat, didapatkan jenis kelamin pria (OR 2,91; 95%CI 1,14-7,48; p=0,03) dan lama dialisis (OR 1,02; 95%CI 1-1,03; p=0,007) berhubungan dengan serokonversi hepatitis C. Simpulan. Serokonversi hepatitis C pada pasien yang menjalani HD di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo mencapai 21,5%. Terdapat hubungan signifikan antara jenis kelamin pria dan lama dialisis dengan serokonversi hepatitis C.
A computer-based strategy for foreign-language vocabulary-learning

This work sets out to establish principles for the design and evaluation of a computer-based vocabulary-learning strategy for foreign language learners. The strategy is intended to assist non-beginner learners who are working on their own, to acquire new words in such a way that they will be available when needed in subsequent communicative situations. The nature of vocabulary-learning is examined from linguistic, psychological and educational perspectives, and a strategy for autonomous learning is derived which emphasizes the processes of: selection of new items from text, mental lexicon- building through the association of items on the basis of their lexical-structural features, and practising productive recall of items by activating the same associations as were used to build the mental network. This strategy is considered from the point of view of the support it would need from a computer-based interaction, and the field of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for vocabulary is reviewed for examples of system design which meet the strategic and interactional requirements. Specifications are produced, based on general principles for the design of computer-assisted learning, and on current technological capability to integrate large text-databases and on-line lexical tools such as dictionaries etc., within an interface which facilitates learner control and exploration. Questions of evaluation are considered, in the light of the computer's ability to record interaction data, and a psycholinguistic model of word production is proposed as a basis for assessing the learner's performance in terms of processes as well as quantitative 'end product'. A general model of deep and surface approaches to learning is then adduced to provide a way of interpreting learner subjective data, and an independent means of evaluating the quality of the learning outcome. A system implementing the strategy is tested with learners of Spanish and English, and the quantitative and qualitative data on learning process and outcome is analyzed in depth. The system is shown to support the learning objectives for learners who adopt a deep approach, or whose approach complements the assumptions of the design in some way, and the general design principles are therefore considered as validated. Some aspects of the strategy related to lexicon-building, however, are shown to be inadequately supported, as is the capability of the system to help learners remediate surface approaches. The main conclusion of the study is that, whilst learner exploration of powerful lexical information resources is essential for autonomous vocabulary-learning, on-line tutorial help of the kind that will encourage deep rather than surface approaches, is needed to optimise the quality of the learning outcome.
An Inventory of Student Recollections of Their Past Misconceptions as a Tool for Improved Classroom Astronomy Instruction

My Ph.D. research is about examining the persistence of 215 commonmisconceptions in astronomy. Each misconception is based on an often commonly held incorrect belief by college students taking introductory astronomy. At the University of Maine, the course is taught in alternating semesters by Prof. Neil F. Comins and Prof. David J. Batuski. In this dissertation, I examine the persistence of common astronomy misconceptions by the administration of a retrospective survey. The survey is a new instrument in that it permits the student to indicate either endorsement or rejection of each misconception at various stages in the student’s life. I analyze data from a total of 639 students over six semesters. I compare the survey data to the results of exams taken by the students and additional instruments that assess students’ misconceptions prior to instruction. I show that the consistency of the students’ recollection of their own misconceptions is on par with the consistency of responses between prelims and the final exam. I also find that students who report higher increased childhood interest in astronomy are more likely to have accurate recalls of their own past recollections. I then discuss the use of principal components analysis as a technique for describing the extent to which misconceptions are correlated with each other. The analysis yields logical groupings of subtopics from which to teach. I then present a brief overview of item response theory, the methodology of which calculates relative difficulties of the items. My analysis reveals orders to teach the associated topics in ways that are most effective at dispelling misconceptions during instruction. I also find that the best order to teach the associated concepts is often different for high school and college level courses.
Devlet Hastanesine Başvuran Gebelerde Anemi Görülme Sikliği ve Etkileyen Faktörler Anemia prevalance and related factors in pregnant women admitted to state hospital

Aim: This study was performed to determine the prevalance of anemia and related nutrition and other risk factors in pregnant women who admitted to the hospital for prenatal care. Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study to receive prenatal care to the hospital admitted 311 women participated. The data on socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women, pregnancy information and dietary habits using a questionnaire that was collected using face to face interviews. To determine anemia in pregnant women in the hospital laboratory records made during routine pregnancy examination hemoglobin (Hb) values were used. Hb values of 0.05). Similarly, pregnancy, abortion and curettage with the numbers there is no significant difference between the prevalance of anemia (p> 0.05). Not using iron-multivitamin preparations in pregnant women (32.9%) than those using (20.4%) were seen significantly more anemia, and anemia among pregnants who drank dark tea was more prevalent than pregnants who drank light tea and the difference was significant (33.9% vs 17.2%) (p<0.05). Conclusion: Anemia seen in one of every four pregnant women, admitted to the hospital for routine prenatal care, and not taking iron-multivitamin preparations regularly and consumption of dark tea seemed to be related with gestational anemia. Thus, anemia should be diagnosed earlier in pregnant and iron supplements should be started; and all pregnant women should be informed about the nutrition related factors affecting anemia such as not drinking dark tea, by the relevant health care stuff especially dietitians, nurses and midwives.
Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel

Abstract : Over 1,000,000 service members were deployed away from their families in the first 5 years since the start of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq, and over 350,000 service members experienced two or more deployments. Although deployments disrupt the contribution of service members to household production, little evidence exist about the effect of deployments on spouses. This dissertation examines an effect of deployment on spousal labor force participation and household wellbeing. Combining administrative pay records with responses to surveys of active duty personnel, I find that deployment reduces spousal labor force participation by 2.8 percentage points. This reaction varies by the age of the youngest child in the family. Deployment reduces spousal labor force participation by 4.9 percentage points in families with children under age 6. I also find that spouses decrease their labor force participation several months before service members are actually deployed, and return to the labor force several months after service members are actually deployed, and return to the labor force several months after service members return from deployment. I a slo find that deployment increases reenlistment rates. Those soldiers who were deployed since September 11, 2001 are more likely to stay in the military based on the spousal taste for employment. Those spouses who have a high taste for a career and perceive that military life may impose constraints on their job opportunities encourage service members to leave the military.
Dative Subjects : Historical Change Visualized

The Icelandic case system presents an interesting linguistic puzzle. Languages tend to use either word order, case and/or agreement to signal grammatical relations (Kiparsky 1987, 1988, 1997). Icelandic is atypical in this respect as it has a rather rigid word order, but also retained a rich morphological case system over the centuries. Moreover, non-nominative subjects exist in the language, with in particular the synchronic existence of dative subjects being well-established (Andrews 1976, Zaenen et al. 1985). From a diachronic perspective, dative subjects have also attracted a good deal of research, specifically with respect to the question about whether dative subjects are a common Proto-Indo-European feature or whether they are a more recent historical innovation (see, e.g., Haspelmath 2001, Barðdal and Eythórsson 2009, Barðdal et al. 2012). In this thesis, I investigate factors conditioning the diachronic occurrence of dative subjects in the Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC, Wallenberg et al. 2011) to provide a window of understanding of the complex system licensing grammatical relations in the language, contributing to the discussion which evolved around the historical origin of dative subjects. As method of investigation, I utilize novel visualization techniques coming from the field of Visual Analytics (Keim et al. 2008). The investigations presented in this thesis show that dative subjects are part of a complex interlinked system in which case, word order, grammatical relations, lexical semantics and event structure interact in the mapping of arguments to grammatical relations. For one, I provide my findings with respect to the interaction between dative subjects, thematic roles, event structure and voice in IcePaHC, showing that the distribution of dative subjects has been changing in the history of Icelandic, in particular with respect to an increasingly systematic association between dative subjects and experiencer semantics. This correlates with an increasing use of verbs carrying middle morphology, which have been lexicalized as
Medios de comunicación en internet: algunas tendencias

The latest trends on online journalism are analysed in this text, from several points of view: media convergence –newsrooms, technology, contents and labour conditions–, users’ participation and related myths, sometimes in contradiction with empirical evidence, and finally an analysis of the discussion about the supposed end of print media and the influence of the net in that crisis. We end up with some thoughts about the changing information consumption habits and patterns, and the importance of the new devices in it all.
Violent behaviour in forensic psychiatric patients: Risk assessment and different risk-management levels using the HCR-20

Abstract There has been a growing optimism regarding the accuracy of structured instruments for violence risk assessment in mentally disordered offenders. However, several issues pertaining to forensic assessments of risk remains unsolved, one of which is the relationship between risk assessment and risk management. In this paper we argued that research that evaluate efforts to assess risk must take into account the level of risk management in the sample. We attempted to illustrate this using prospective follow-up data on the frequency and type of inpatient violent behaviours and their relationship to risk management within the context of care. Risk assessments were made upon admission to hospital with the Historical-Clinical-Risk assessment (HCR-20, Webster et al., 1997) in 54 forensic patients followed through three different risk management conditions: High security risk management, medium risk management, and only risk monitoring (low). The results showed large differences in baserate and type of violence in the three management conditions. Results also suggested that the HCR-20 accurately assessed risk in medium and low security conditions, but not in the high security condition. We conclude that the findings reinforce rather than contraindicate the usefulness of the HCR-20 in for clinical practice.
Bilateral Purtscher-Like Retinopathy With Profound Macular Ischemia and Vision Loss in Severe Pre-Eclampsia

Purtscher-like retinopathy is an extremely rare condition in patients with pre-eclampsia. The bilateral vision loss as seen in the current case is infrequent, but devastating. Our patient is a 27-year-old healthy primigravida patient with severe pre-eclampsia undergoing uncomplicated cesarean section due to abnormal kidney function and worsening hypertension. Postoperatively, she developed Purtscher-like retinopathy with profound macular ischemia and count-finger only vision. Neuroimaging was unrevealing. Her postoperative course was significant for hyponatremia, acute kidney injury, ileus, pancreatitis, leukocytosis, and postoperative fevers with suspected septic pelvic thrombophlebitis. The resultant visual acuity overall improved, but remained limited to 20/150 and 20/250 at 3 months postpartum. Purtscher-like retinopathy in the setting of pre-eclampsia can result in vision loss even in the absence of findings on neuroimaging or presence of HELLP syndrome. J Clin Gynecol Obstet. 2016;5(3):97-99 doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.14740/jcgo410w
Intratesticular heterotopic adrenal tissue in a patient with Coffin-Siris syndrome Clinical case

Heterotopic adrenal tissue can be found all the way in the migration of the male gonad from the dorsal coelom to its intrascrotal position. Any level of cryptorchidism increases this anomaly. In the present report we refer a patient with the clinical constellation of Coffin-Siris syndrome presenting inguinal hernia and cryptorchidism. The histological examination of the resected testis revealed nodules of adrenal cortex arranged between rete testis ducts and the seminiferous tubules, cells were positive for alpha-inhibin and vimentin. This peculiar adrenal cortex heterotopia seems to have been reported only once.
Les fortifications des âges des métaux

De gigantesques constructions. Des plans adaptes au terrain. Du talus en terre au mur arme de bois. Une architecture a part entiere. Les remparts a poutres horizontales. Le murus gallicus de Cesar. D'innombrables variantes de construction. Les remparts a poutres verticales. Les constructions mixtes. La complexite des remparts ecossais. Une fonction plus symbolique que defensive. Une categorie a part: les remparts vitrifies. Une experience de vitrification en Grande-Bretagne. Comment construire un rempart prehistorique. Des resultats concluants. Evolution des remparts a poutrage interne.
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia and Chronic Kidney Disease

BHP is theoretically the detection of prostatic hyperplasia, which is the benign proliferation of the stroma and epithelium, by histological study. However histological studies for all men are unfeasible in clinical practice, so BHP usually refers to the palpable enlargement of the prostate, which can be detected by clinical or ultrasonographic examination, or presence of urinary symptoms loosely defined as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), which are usually classified as obstructive or irritative (Levy and Samraj 2007).
Does Cooperating Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness Improve Preservice Teachers’ Future Performance?

Increasingly, states and teacher education programs are establishing minimum requirements for cooperating teachers’ (CTs’) years of experience or tenure. Undergirding these policies is an assumption that to effectively mentor preservice teachers (PSTs), CTs must themselves be instructionally effective. We test this assumption using statewide administrative data on nearly 2,900 PSTs mentored by over 3,200 CTs. We find the first evidence, of which we are aware, that PSTs are more instructionally effective when they learn to teach with CTs who are more instructionally effective. Specifically, when their CTs received higher observational ratings and value-added to students’ achievement measures (VAMs), PSTs also received higher observational ratings and VAM during their first years of teaching; CTs’ years of teaching experience, though, were mostly unrelated to these outcomes. These findings have implications for teacher education program leaders and policymakers who seek to recruit and set requirements for CTs who are more likely to support PSTs’ future instructional effectiveness.
Social data analytics using tensors and sparse techniques

SOCIAL DATA ANALYTICS USING TENSORS AND SPARSE TECHNIQUES Miao Zhang, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014 Supervising Professor: Chris Ding The development of internet and mobile technologies is driv ing an earthshaking social media revolution. They bring the internet world a huge a mount of social media content, such as images, videos, comments, etc. Those massive media c ontent and complicate social structures require the analytic expertise to transform tho se flood of information into actionable strategies, because mining those data can help organiz atio s take control of those data, therefore organizations can improve customer satisfactio n, identify patterns and trends, and make smarter marketing strategies. Mining those data can al so help the consumers to grasp the most important and convenient information from the over whelming data sea. By and large, there are three big constituents in social media cont ent users, resources/events and user’s tags on those resources. In this thesis, we study thre e key technology areas to explore the social media data. The first is viral marketing (word of mo uth) technology: we try to identify the most influential individuals on the social netw orks. We propose highly efficient and scalable methods to calculate the influence spread and th e different greedy strategies will be applied to find the most influential users. Second, we l iv in a rich materialistic society: too main choices on everything. Recommender syste ms are the up-and-coming new information technology. Traditional recommender syst ems deal with users and items v (books, movie, etc). New web 2.0 technology enables and enco urages users to comment items (images) by assigning tags (key words). This social ta gging recommendation helps new users (and existing users) to comment on more items with m ore tags — assist the users to communicate with each other — inciting more activit ies in the social network — thus attracting more users! The tagging information also he lps web sites to organize their resources. We propose to use lower-order tensor decomposit ion techniques to tackle the extremely sparse social network data. Last but not least, in the social tagging area, there are many types of social media objects, data and resources; a nd image is the most overwhelming part. Fast automatic analysis of vast number of ima ges is mostly based on image annotation and segmentation. We propose an efficient and rob ust image reconstruction model by applying L1 norm sparse coding techniques in the col l tion of images (a tenor); this help significantly the annotation and segmentation ana lysis. We did extensive experiments on several real world data sets to evaluate our propos ed models to the above three social network tasks, and experimental results demonstrat e th t our methods outperform state-of-the-art approaches consistently.
Endo Periodontal Lesion — A Case Report

The pulp and periodontium have embryonic, anatomic and functional inter-relationships. The simultaneous existence of pulpal problems and infl ammatory periodontal disease can complicate diagnosis and treatment planning. This case report evaluates the effi cacy of decalcifi ed freeze dried bone allograft along with bioabsorbable barrier membrane in the management of furcation defect associated with an endo-perio lesion in a right mandibular fi rst molar. A 36-year-old male patient with an endo-perio lesion in the right mandibular fi rst molar was initially treated with endodontic therapy. Following the endodontic treatment, the furcation defect was treated using decalcifi ed freeze dried bone allograft (DFDBA) along with guided tissue regeneration (GTR) membrane. At the end of 9 months, there was a gain in the clinical attachment level and reduction in probing depth. Radiographic evidence showed that there was a signifi cant bony fi ll.
Shallow and Deep Syntactic/Semantic Structures for Passage Reranking in Question-Answering Systems

In this article, we extensively study the use of syntactic and semantic structures obtained with shallow and full syntactic parsers for answer passage reranking. We propose several dependency and constituent-based structures, also enriched with Linked Open Data (LD) knowledge to represent pairs of questions and answer passages. We encode such tree structures in learning-to-rank (L2R) algorithms using tree kernels, which can project them in tree substructure spaces, where each dimension represents a powerful syntactic/semantic feature. Additionally, since we define links between question and passage structures, our tree kernel spaces also include relational structural features. We carried out an extensive comparative experimentation of our models for automatic answer selection benchmarks on different TREC QA corpora as well as the newer Wikipedia-based dataset, namely WikiQA, which has been widely used to test sentence rerankers. The results consistently demonstrate that our structural semantic models achieve the state of the art in passage reranking. In particular, we derived the following important findings: (i) relational syntactic structures are essential to achieve superior results; (ii) models trained with dependency trees can outperform those trained with shallow trees, e.g., in case of sentence reranking; (iii) external knowledge automatically generated with focus and question classifiers is very effective; and (iv) the semantic information derived by LD and incorporated in syntactic structures can be used to replace the knowledge provided by the above-mentioned classifiers. This is a remarkable advantage as it enables our models to increase coverage and portability over new domains.