Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cervical spine kinematics measured during rugby union scrums: Reliability of optoelectronic and electromagnetic tracking systems

Abstract Measuring cervical spine kinematics in rugby scrummaging is important from an injury prevention perspective. However, choosing an appropriate measurement system is challenging. Since reliability of a measurement system is critical for meaningful interpretation of results, this study evaluated test–retest reliability of an electromagnetic tracking and optoelectronic motion capture system for measurement of cervical spine kinematics during scrummaging. Reliability of joint kinematics at discrete time points was evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM), and minimal detectable change (MDC). Reliability of kinematic curves was assessed using coefficient of multiple correlations (CMC) and standard deviations (curve SD). In both systems, seven ICC values were considered to be excellent (>0.75), while two were fair to good (0.44–0.66). Minimal detectable change values for flexion/extension were found to be higher than for other movement directions, and CMC values were only moderate. Overall, reliability was comparable in both systems.
Bilateral Brachymetatarsia: A Rare Case Report

Brachymetatarsia is a conditioned which has been described as abnormal short metatarsal bone due to premature closure of the epiphyseal growth plate. It usually involves a single metatarsal bone with the fourth metatarsal being the most common. It may be congenital or acquired. We here report a case in a 53-yearold lady who presented with foot pain and shoe wearing problem. Examination revealed shortening of the bilateral fourth toe and the toes were tilted dorsally. She was diagnosed with bilateral brachymetatarsia and operation was done mainly for cosmetic reasons. Gradual lengthening with distraction osteogenesis was
Prospective Study on Adherence and Pharmacoeconomics of Antibiotic Switching from Intravenous to Oral Route

Background: Nearly, one third of patients receive antibiotic therapy, and approximately 40% of these patients received an IV agent in hospital. Up to 40% of prescriptions are incorrectly prescribed or inappropriate, which often reflects overuse of expensive IV agents. Objective: To evaluate the adherence to the standard guidelines and pharmacoeconomics of early antibiotic switching of IV to oral route treatment. Materials and Methods: Prospective, cross sectional study of overall 550 IV antibiotics prescription, and patient characteristics extracted from the health record, patient and medical health providers. The suitability of patient for antibiotic switching from IV to oral route was assessed. The adherence of switching to the guidelines and cost of treatment was evaluated. Results: From 550 patients, 330 (60%) patients were suitable for antibiotic switching from IV to oral, only 119 (36%) patients were switched from IV to oral and 211 (64%) patients continued on IV antibiotic therapy. From 119 switched patients, only 39 (32.7%) cases were adherent to the guidelines of antibiotics from IV to oral. Switching to oral route of antibiotic has resulted in lower treatment cost than IV route by 64.7% of the total medications cost. Conclusion: Through an IV to PO therapy conversion program, pharmacists have the opportunity to maintain the efficacy of therapy, improving patient safety, comfort, and reduce unnecessary medications cost. Medical team needs more training and continuous professional education to increase the adherence for switching from IV to PO guidelines which results in improving patient’s outcome. Keywords: Adherence,
Early Identification of Developmental Delays Through Surveillance, Screening, and Diagnostic Evaluation

Developmental and behavioral problems in young children are prevalent in the United States. While young children experience an increased prevalence of such problems, a lack of early identification services continues to exist. Not only are early identification services required under American law, such as the Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, these services increase access to appropriate care and improve developmental outcomes. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the range of early identification services available during early childhood. These services include surveillance, screening, and developmental and medical diagnostic evaluation. Findings from a web-based survey are summarized to illustrate screening practices of community health care providers in a Midwestern state. Recommendations to improve early identification practices on the basis of the literature and the findings from the survey are discussed.
Performance optimization of a PET insert for simultaneous breast PET/MR imaging

Our group aims to develop a dedicated PET/MR system for breast cancer imaging. In order to evaluate and optimize the performance of the PET component, Monte Carlo simulation was made to help us choose the configuration parameters for hardware design. A resolution modeling method was also proposed and implemented on the GPU device to not only improve the spatial resolution of the reconstructed images but also accelerate the reconstruction speed. The PET component is configured with a ring shape composed of LYSO+SiPM detectors. Such design is compatible to MRI, and feasible for time of flight PET. Several aspects are included to be investigated in the simulation which are geometry configuration, counting performance and image quality. From the simulation result, the system configured using 2× 2× 20mm LYSO crystal with two DOI layers and 3 detector rings results in 6.2% photon sensitivity. The Noise equivalent count rate is improved with better time resolution, the peak NEC is found to be 7886 cps with 250 ps time resolution. The system is able to achieve 2.0 mm spatial resolution which is found to be more uniform with the addition of DOI layers. With the help of TOF, the lesion is visualizable with shorter scan time than the non-TOF system. The resolution modeling method is based on the coincidence detection response function modeling and multiray projection. It is found to improve the spatial resolution uniformity and contrast recovery. At the same time it reduces the position offset and background noise. The speed and accuracy improvement for this model is also discussed.
Les figurines féminines magdaléniennes de Neuchâtel

Le gisement magdalenien de Neuchâtel-Monruz (Suisse) a revele trois microsculptures en lignite. Apres une breve presentation des campements magdaleniens de la region (Neuchâtel et Hauterive), l'A donne une description de ces statuettes anthropomorphes (topographie, dimension, date de decouverte, etat de conservation.). Il s'interesse ensuite a la typologie des pendeloques du site puis compare les trois figurines a d'autres decouvertes anterieurement sur un autre site.
Treatment of Drug Abuse

The major drug-treatment modalities-methadone maintenance, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug-free programs, and some criminal justice system-based treatments such as civil commitment-have all been shown to be successful by most outcome criteria. Programs with flexible policies, goals, and philosophies produce better results than inflexible programs, especially when they adopt combinations of treatment components that are suited to individual clients' problems and needs. Patients' lengths of time in treatment are highly correlated with positive outcomes, but dropout rates are high for most modalities. Clients entering treatment under legal coercion do as well by most outcome criteria as volunteer clients and may stay in treatment longer. The evidence on treatment effectiveness suggests a social policy of expanded treatment capacities and options and increased attention to adequate implementation of treatment programs.
Unwanted fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean.

An analysis of World Fertility Survey data from Costa Rica the Dominican Republic Guyana Jamaica and Paraguay shows that the estimated % of women likely to have at least 1 unwanted birth within 20 years of their last wanted birth ranges from 35% in Paraguay to 90% in Jamaica. The average number of unwanted births that a woman would have within 20 years following her last wanted birth at prevailing fertility rates is estimated to be about 1 birth in Costa Rica and Paraguay less than 2 in Guyana and more than 2 in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Fertility has declined in each of the 5 countries during the past 2 decades according to a comparison of total marital fertility rates (TMFRs) calculated for a real cohort of women married or in a consensual union for an average of 25 years (representing completed fertility) and for a synthetic cohort representing womens fertility experience over the past 5 years. The decrease was greatest in Costa Rica where the TMFR for the real cohort is 7.85 children/woman and for the synthetic cohort is 4.16; the decrease was smallest in the Dominican Republic where the TMFR varies from 7.07 children/woman for the real cohort to 6.30 for the synthetic cohort. Fertility declines in each country are probably due to decreases in wanted fertility as unwanted fertility usually decreases slightly or even increases between the real and synthetic cohorts. Dividing the TMFRs for the 2 cohorts according to wanted and unwanted fertility and analyzing them according to a number of different characteristics shows several to be associated with higher fertility: women who marry or enter a nonmarital union before age 20 have higher overall fertility and a greater proportion of unwanted births than women who enter their 1st union at a later age. Likewise women who have 3 or more births in the 1st 5 years after entering their 1st union who have had 3 or fewer years of education who live in rural areas who are involved in a common law union or whose husbands are farmers or unskilled laborers tend to have more children and larger proportions of unwanted births. The results show that in the 5 countries studied although marital fertility has fallen the level of unwanted fertility remains about the same as it was 20 or more years before; thus the proportion of births that are unwanted has actually risen on average. If all unwanted births were prevented total marital fertility would be reduced by more than 30% in the Dominican Republic Guyana and Jamaica by over 20% in Costa Rica and by more than 10% in Paraguay. These patterns are similar to those found in 3 other Latin American countries. (authors modified) (summaries in Eng SPA FRE)
The Effect of Attribute Framing and Justification on Capital Budgeting Decisions

This study aims to analyze the effect of the attribute framing and justification on decision making through the capital budgeting process. This study also aims to examine the effect of justification as moderation on the effect of attribute framing on capital budgeting decisions. The capital budgeting decision in this study is a decision toward the proposed capital budgeting project in the form of approving or rejecting the proposed project. This study uses a quasi-experimental research design with the data taken is primary data. The quasi-experimental research was designed 2 x 2 between subjects which was conducted to 83 financial students in the Magister of Management, Diponegoro University. Data analysis techniques used in this study were one-way ANOVA and two-way ANOVA.The results of the study shows that attribute framing and justification can influence decision making through the capital budgeting process. In particular, the information that is positively presented has an impact in the higher approval of a proposed capital budgeting project. This research also concluded that justification could not reduce the effect of the attribute framing on capital budgeting decisions. This shows that belief revision theory- foundation approach cannot explain the phenomenon of this study.
Histopathological study of soft tissue sarcomas seen in a teaching hospital in Kano, Nigeria

Background and Objective: Malignant soft tissue tumours account for less than 1% of overall human burden of malignant tumours. Increasing incidences of these tumours have been noted worldwide. This study aims to determine the pattern of soft tissue sarcomas seen in a teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: The study comprised of all cases of soft tissue sarcoma diagnosed over a 10-year review from 1 January 1999-31 December 2008. Results: A total of 264 cases of soft tissue sarcomas were reviewed; 162 males and 102 females with a male to female ratio of 1.6:1. The age range was between 3 months and 89 years with a mean age of 39.0 years. Kaposi sarcoma was the predominant histological type with 56 cases (21.2%). This was followed by rhabdomyosarcoma with 54 (20.5%) cases, dermatofibrosarcoma with 52 (19.7%) cases and liposarcoma with 32 (12.0%) cases. The most common site of affectation was the lower limb with 73 (27.7%) cases, followed by the trunk with 66 (25.0%) cases, head and neck with 45 (17.0%) cases and upper limb with 35 (13.3%) cases. Two hundred and eight cases satisfied the criteria for grading, out of which 34.1% were classified in grade I, 32.2% in grade II and 33.7% in grade III. Conclusion: Soft tissue sarcomas accounted for 8.8% of malignant tumours seen over the review period and Kaposi sarcoma was the predominant histological subtype commonly affecting young adults in our centre.
Avaliação dos indicadores de qualidade de laboratórios de citopatologia cervical

This study aimed at evaluating the profile of 13 laboratories that perform the Pap smear for the Public Healthcare System in Parana State, Brazil, through six internal quality monitoring indicators (MIQ). This retrospective study was based on the data obtained from the Ministry of Health Program, SISCOLO/ CNES, including laboratories performing over 1500 Pap tests/year, from January 2008 to April 2013. The quality assessment of laboratories was performed by analyzing the positivity rate (PR), the percentage of tests compatible with ASC among satisfactory examinations, the ASC among abnormal tests, the tests compatible with HSIL, the unsatisfactory rate and the ASC/SIL ratio. Of analyzed laboratories, only one demonstrated productivity higher than 15.000 tests/year as recommended by QualiCito, and these corresponded to 82.9 % of tests performed in the State. The PR was very low in 46.1 % of laboratories and low in 38.5 %; 18.1 % of laboratories only were within the expected range. The percentage of HSIL was equal to or greater than 0.4 % in 23.1 % of laboratories. Therefore, this study showed that the quality indicators of MIQ of the laboratories performing the cervical cancer screening are below the parameters recommended by the Ministry of Health.
The role of HIV literacy: a community health worker perspective

HIV literacy has been emphasised as part of HIV/AIDS campaigns throughout the world. The South African Government’s allocation of past and present funding indicates substantial support for HIV/AIDS education with the emphasis on prevention. Commitment to the new HIV and AIDS and STI National Strategic Plan 2007-2011 for addressing the epidemic emphasises the importance of speeding up the delivery of HAART in South. The link between education and the provision of antiretroviral therapy lies in the need for patients to understand the nature of the HI virus and the way the medication works physiologically in order to ensure adherence, control side effects and provide the best care possible for people living with HIV/AIDS. This paper assesses the role of HIV literacy from the perspective of community health workers working in clinics in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It looks at their daily interaction with clinic patients, as well as their experience of the HAART rollout. It aims to evaluate the impact of HIV literacy on the communities they work in and the limitations of education in supporting the provision of health care for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The Impact of Airing Super Bowl Television Ads Early on Social Media

ABSTRACT Every year, executives debate whether to release their Super Bowl advertisements early on social media, or whether this early release will hurt the surprise and impact of being seen for the first time during the most viewed televised sporting event in the United States. This research examines the impact of prior social-media engagement with a Super Bowl advertising campaign on consumers' moment-to-moment affect traces and retrospective evaluations of television advertisements. Benefits include affect traces characterized by a higher peak, final moment, and linear trend as well as higher retrospective advertisement and brand evaluations. Reflecting the positive influence of social media on attitudes and processing, this research also examines the drivers of social-media interaction. Findings include that watching an advertisement on social media was driven mainly by how engaging, serious, or humorous consumers believed an advertisement would be. Liking or sharing an advertisement on social media was driven primarily by consumers' cognitive thoughts about the advertisement or brand.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ IDEAS ABOUT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARGUMENTATION BASED SCIENCE LEARNING APPROACH

The purpose of the current research is to investigate the science classes from the perspectives of elementary students taught through Argumentation Based Science Learning (ABSL) and selfevaluation. 63 elementary students from two different 6th grade groups were included in the study. These students studied “Electricity in Our Lives” and “Matter and Heat” units within Esra KABATAŞ MEMİŞ. 402 Mayıs 2014 Cilt:22 No:2 Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi science class through ABSL approach. Self-evaluation in addition to ABSL student reports were conducted with one of these groups randomly selected. At the end of the semester, 16 students volunteered to participate in semi-structured interviews. These interview sessions were audio-recorded. Audio recordings were transcribed and coded. Later, matching codes were put together to reveal the following themes: “comparison of ABSL and traditional approaches”, “change in the student”, “teacher’s task in ABSL”, and “self-evaluation”. When students compared the current practice with previously courses with traditional teaching approach, they stated the following differences between approaches: conducting experiments, doing writing activities, individual and group work, and self-evaluating the writings. Students stated that through ABSL approach they learned better, had increased self-confidence and gained responsibility. Majority of the students stated that they wanted activities in consistence with the ABSL approach in their classrooms.
Repeated penetrating corneal transplantation in patients with a previous tectonic transplant

Objective: To analyze, in a university hospital of reference, the rate of a new penetrating corneal transplantation in patients that had previously undergone a tectonic keratoplasty and analyze the results after one year of surgery. Methods: Retrospective review of patients undergoing penetrating corneal transplantation, from november of 2010 to november of 2014. Comparative analysis of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure and corneal transparency before surgery and after one year, in the group of patients in which it was performed a re-graft after a failed tectonic transplantation. Results: A total of 318 patients underwent penetrating corneal transplantation during the study period. Of the 199 patients who underwent tectonic transplantation, 36 were subjected to re-graft and re-grafts were performed more than once in 2 eyes, with total of 38 transplants (19,09%). The results showed improvement of BCVA in 20 (52.63%), worsening in 8 (21.05%) and unchanged in 10 (26.31%); improvement of intraocular pressure in 3 (7.89%), deterioration in 3 (7.89%) and unchanged in 32 (84.21%); improvement of corneal transparency 25 (65.78%), worsening 4 (10.52%) and 9 unchanged (23.68%) patients. Conclusion: This study demonstrated a considerable number of repeated penetrating keratoplasty in patients with a history of failed tectonic corneal transplantation. In spite of bad prognosis in cases where there is high-risk corneal recipients and history of a failed tectonic transplant, there was improvement of the corneal transparency and best corrected visual acuity even after a year of surgery.
Adoption level of sheep farming practices in arid zone of Rajasthan, India

This study was conducted in Pali district selected purposely for the study as the first phase of the project was in operation only in this district. The sample size was limited to 200 participants from projected area and 100 non-participants from non-projected area considering the time and other resources available for the study. Thus, in all 300 farmers constituted the sample of the study. The results of the study revealed that 46.50 and 40.00 per cent of the participant farmers were in the medium and high levels of adoption of recommended practices respectively, whereas 51.00 and 43.00 per cent of non- participant farmers in the control village were in the medium and low levels of adoption, respectively. The extent of adoption of participant farmers was strikingly more than that of the non-participant farmers and there existed significant difference between the two groups. In the case of non-participant farmers, majority of them were non-adopters of various recommended practices except in practices such as period of grazing and feeding of tree leaves in summer.
Predicting education science students’ statistics anxiety: The role of prior experiences within a framework of domain-specific motivation constructs

Based on a cognitive-motivational modeling of construct relations, the present study aimed at analyzing the role of prior statistics experiences to ex­­plain education science students’ statistics anxiety. Data were analyzed from two independent samples which consisted of N = 113 and N = 87 participants – using a different operationalization of the experience variable in each case. In both samples, analyses demonstrated students’ statistics anxiety to be substantially ex­plained by their self-concept and negative utility value – but not by their prior sta­tistics ex­periences. However, conceptually assumed interaction effects between motivation and ex­perience variables did not occur. Instead, students’ statistics anxiety appeared to be de­pendent on self-concept and value scores across all experience levels. Moreover, different operationa­lizations of the experience variable produced somewhat varying effect patterns. Find­ings are discussed in terms of conceptual, methodological, and instructional implications.
THE IMPACT OF ESG FACTORS ON MARKET VALUE OF COMPANIES FROM TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and firm market value for the companies from travel and tourism industry and, in the same time, to investigates the question if the association between good ESG scores for travel and tourism companies and their market value can be used as a performance predictor. The impact of extra-financial ESG performance on market value of the companies was estimated using the modified version of the Ohlson (1995) model, based on a sample of 73 listed companies, worldwide distributed, during the 2010–2015 period. The overall results of this research are consistent with the value enhancing theory (as opposed with the shareholder expense theory). From the ESG factors, the governance factor seems to have the most important influence on the market value of the selected companies, regardless of the geographic region where they are located. Thus, our findings provide new insights into the influence of each ESG factor on the market value of the companies, providing a useful tool for stakeholders to measure economic impact but also for use as a predictor of economic performance.