Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hybrid Evolutionary-Heuristic Algorithm for Capacitor Banks Allocation

Hybrid Evolutionary-Heuristic Algorithm for Capacitor Banks Allocation The issue of optimal allocation of capacitor banks concerning power losses minimization in distribution networks are considered in this paper. This optimization problem has been recently tackled by application of contemporary soft computing methods such as: genetic algorithms, neural networks, fuzzy logic, simulated annealing, ant colony methods, and hybrid methods. An evolutionaryheuristic method has been proposed for optimal capacitor allocation in radial distribution networks. An evolutionary method based on genetic algorithm is developed. The proposed method has a reduced number of parameters compared to the usual genetic algorithm. A heuristic stage is used for improving the optimal solution given by the evolutionary stage. A new cost-voltage node index is used in the heuristic stage in order to improve the quality of solution. The efficiency of the proposed two-stage method has been tested on different test networks. The quality of solution has been verified by comparison tests with other methods on the same test networks. The proposed method has given significantly better solutions for time dependent load in the 69-bus network than found in references.
Evaluation of Test Anxiety Levels among Preparatory Year Students of PSMCHS During Computer-Based Versus Paper-and-Pen Examination

Background: Computer-based examination (CBE) has become increasingly popular as a testing modality in underand postgraduate health sciences education. Since 2013, Prince Sultan military college of health sciences (PSMCHS) has utilized CBE to conduct the preparatory year examination in first year assessments with multiple choice questions, column matching, and the modified essay question paper. Aims: To evaluate the test anxiety levels among students during computer-based and traditional paper-and-pen examination. Settings and Design: The descriptive survey based study was conducted in PSMCHS. Methods and Material: A sample of 199 male and female students of the preparatory year of allied health sciences was selected by random sampling technique. Test anxiety was quantified by using Westside anxiety scale. Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. Mean anxiety scores were compared by unpaired t-test. Results: Of 199 students, 109 (54.8%) and 89 (45.2%) were males and females. A statistically significant decrease in mean anxiety score on WTA scales was observed in students administered with computer-based examination when compared with pen-and-paper based examination (2.48 vs. 3.90; P<0.05). The mean level of anxiety in paper and pen examination among male and female students was 3.77 and 4.04, respectively. There was more mean examination anxiety in females as compared to male students. Conclusions: There is a strong relationship between test anxiety and paper-and-pen exam. It is suggested that to reduce the students test anxiety to improve the technological awareness and utilization of computer-based examination at the preparatory level for both the teachers and the students.
Psychometric Scale for Measure Mothers’ Self-Efficacy in Diarrhea Prevention

Psychometric scale for measuring self-efficacy is such a critical important component of strategies to improve healthy behaviour. Social cognitive theory incorporates outcome expectancy, but emphasizes self- efficacy, or a perception of oneself being capable of performing certain skills to attain some outcome. The theory behind this model builds from the research of Bandura (1977). Self-efficacy scales have been championed as a critical component in many health disease prevention oriented programmes. Maternal, environmental and behavioral factors have been recognized as additional important determinants behavior change modeled in such approach to provide sustainable intervention in promoting self-efficacy to perceived risks. Development of Mother Self-Efficacy scale to measure this ability is critical in Diarrhea prevention and sustaining desired interventions.
Breastfeeding and infant/young child feeding in Nepal

The poor nutritional status of children is considered as serious problem in Nepal from many years. Malnutrition remains a serious obstacle to survival, growth and development in Nepal and the magnitude of the malnutrition is very big here. Child nutrition has been a problem in many parts of the country. Faulty feeding practice among the young children was the one of the major cause of malnutrition in Nepal. Complementary feeding practices among the young children also have been found very critical in the rural and urban areas of the country. Early introduction of supplementary feeding is a very common cultural practices in the South Asian region including Nepal which has a historically high burden of under-nutrition. Complementary feeding strategies encompass a wide variety range of interventions designed to improve the quality and quantity of these foods and also improve the feeding behaviors.
Effectiveness of the means of expression in creative problem-solving in design groups

Designers usually work with drawings, especially in the form of sketching, and with very rudimentary objects or models. However, creative problem-solving methodology is predominantly based on sentential, written or spoken, means of expression. Taking one of the best known and most widely used creative methods, brainstorming, as our starting point, we have developed three variants, each of which highlights one of the three forms of expression used in design groups: sentential, visual and objectual (with pieces or rudimentary objects). The effectiveness of the design process according to the means of expression was analysed using the transcription of the protocols. To carry out the evaluation we studied the extent to which the ideas fulfilled the requirements, and the linkography technique was adapted so as to be able to analyse the links between ideas. In all cases the results were validated statistically by repeating the experiment under controlled conditions. A wide range of ideas is produced with sentential brainstorming, although not all of them meet the requirements of the problem. With the objectual variant, fewer ideas are obtained but these have a higher level of resolution and are better suited to the fulfilment of the requirements of the problem. The visual variant is an alternative lying between the other two.
Post Hemi Thyroidectomy Hypothyroidism: Risk Factors and Course

Background: Risk factors for post hemithyroidectomy (HT) biochemical hypothyroidism (BH) and its course are not well understood. The aim of the study was to look at the incidence, risk factors and the course of BH after HTMaterial and Methods: Longitudinal observational study at a tertiary care referral centre. Patients undergoing HT (Jan to Dec 2009), having a follow up for 2 years, with no history of head and neck radiation and euthyroid pre op status were included. Serum TSH, FT4, TPO Ab, Anti Tg Ab, FNAC and USG thyroid are performed pre operatively. Post operatively the residual thyroid volume was assessed using USG at 1 week. TSH was performed at one, three, six, twelve months after surgery.Statistical analysis: SPSS vs. 12 used and appropriate statistical tests appliedResults: Patients (n=92) satisfied the inclusion criteria (14 males and 78 females). The mean age, duration of the goiter, TPO Ab and serum Anti Tg Ab levels were 38.58±9.98 years, 35.08±49.39 months, 43.87 ± 85.7 IU/mL and 2.65 ± 2.28 IU/mL respectively. BH was observed in 43.48% (n=40). Patients who had BH after HT were older, had significantly lower residual thyroid volume and smaller sized involved lobe. Patients with thyroiditis had a relative risk of 1.97 for post operative BH. At one year 23.33% (n=21) had BH.Conclusions: Post hemithyroidectomy BH is common in older patients with lesser amount of residual thyroid volume. 50% of these recover spontaneously within the first year after surgery necessitating monitoring of thyroxine replacement
THE EFFECT OF SELF-CARE EDUCATION ON THE SELF EFFICACY IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN SEYEID AL-SHOHADA EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER, URMIA, 2017

Background & Aims: The prevalence of myocardial infarction in the countries of the world, including Iran, is increasing, and the economic burden and consequences of it are also significant. It has been pointed out that in addition to common therapies, some methods such as patient education can be effective in improving patients' health. Accordingly, it is expected from the nurses as important and influential members of the treatment team to use a variety of methods, including patient education to improve self-efficacy in patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of self-care education on the self efficacy in myocardial infarction hospitalized patients in Seyeid Al-Shohada educational & treatment center, Urmia, 2017, in order to reduce the problems caused by this lethal and costly disease. Materials & Methods : In this quasi-experimental study, the statistical population of was consisted of 70 myocardial infarction patients admitted to the educational and treatment center of the city of Urmia by a random sampling from the target population and randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. Self-care education was done in intervention group during three 30-minute sessions by presenting a self-care educational booklet by face to face educational method. Two months after discharge, the self-efficacy questionnaire was completed again for both groups by telephone contact. Chi-square and independent t-test were used to analyze the data by using SPSS-21 software. Results: The results showed that the mean scores of self-efficacy between intervention and control groups after self-care education program was increased in myocardial infarction patients (P <0.05). It was also found that the mean of self-efficacy scores within the intervention group before and after the self-care program was increased in myocardial infarction patients in intervention group (P <0.05). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicated that self-care education program is effective in increasing the self-efficacy of patients with myocardial infarction admitted to Sayed al-Shohada Hospital
Performance Analysis of Data Mining Algorithms for Diagnosis and Prediction of Heart and Breast Cancer Disease

Heart disease or cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death and they are projected to remain so. An estimated 17 million people died from cardiovascular disease in 2005, representing 30% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, 7.2 million were due to heart attacks and 5.7 million due to stroke. About 80% of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. If current trends are allowed to continue, by 2030 an estimated 23.6 million people will die from cardiovascular disease (mainly from heart attacks and strokes). Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women. The World Health Organization's International estimated that more than 1,50,000 women worldwide die of breast cancer in year. In India, breast cancer accounts for 23% of all the female cancer death followed by cervical cancer which accounts to 17.5% in India. The main objective of this manuscript is to report on a research project where we took advantage of those available technological advancements to develop prediction models for heart disease patients and breast cancer survivability. We used five popular data mining algorithms (Naive Bayes, RBF Network, Simple Logistic, J48 and Decision Tree) to develop the prediction models using a large dataset (270 Heart disease and 683 breast cancer cases). We also used 10-fold cross-validation methods to measure the unbiased estimate of the five prediction models for performance comparison purposes. The results (based on average accuracy of Heart and Breast Cancer data set) indicated that the Naive Bayes is the best predictor with 87.01% accuracy on the holdout sample (this prediction accuracy is better than any reported in the literature), RBF Network came out to be the second with 86.9% accuracy, Simple Logistic came out to be third with 85.65% accuracy, J48 came out fourth with 84.85% accuracy and the Decision table models came out to be the worst of the five with 83.34% accuracy.
ADJACENCY PAIRS AS UTTERED IN THE CONVERSATIONS OF SOFIA COPPOLA’S LOST IN TRANSLATION MOVIE SCRIPT

This paper contains a discussion of the structures of Adjacency Pairs as uttered in the conversations of Lost in Translation movie script in terms of conversational analysis study. A conversation consists of at least two turns and two utterances which contain two acts of speech. Such utterances consisting of a first pair part which is followed by a second pair part form adjacent pairs which can be either preferred or dispreferred responses. Adjacency Pairs in term of preferred responses include twenty eight structures, while those in term of dispreferred responses include fourteen structures. The choice of a variety of responses is influenced by habits and cultures through which speakers convey meaning. Different habits and cultures of the speakers allow them to produce particular utterances which contain particular acts of speech. Subjectivity and intention influence the second speaker to respond the first speaker’s act based on what is intended. This is psychologically subjective rather than illogical. The complex structures of Adjacency Pairs are also caused by noises, unclear voices, and complex sentence patterns. The variations of adjacent pairs are basically contextual and situational which imply that Adjacency Pairs emerge in different structures within different contexts of conversations.
An Introduction To Complex Analysis

c © W W L Chen, 1986, 2008. This chapter originates from material used by the author at Imperial College, University of London, between 1981 and 1990. It is available free to all individuals, on the understanding that it is not to be used for financial gain, and may be downloaded and/or photocopied, with or without permission from the author. However, this document may not be kept on any information storage and retrieval system without permission from the author, unless such system is not accessible to any individuals other than its owners.
Syntactic Process

In computational linguistics, which began in the 1950's with machine translation, systems that are based mainly on the lexicon have a longer t r a d i t i o n than anything e l se f o r these purposes, twenty f i ve years must be allowed to count as a tradition. The bulk of many of the early translation systems was made up by a d ic t ionary whose ent r ies consisted of a rb i t ra ry ins t ruc t ions In machine language. In the early 60's, computational llnsulsts---at least those with theoretical pretentlons---abandoned this way of doing business for at least three related reasons:
Spectrum Prediction for Cognitive Radio System Based on Optimally Pruned Extreme Learning Machine

The Cognitive Radio (CR) technology is an efficient solution to spectrum scarcity by share the spectrum with the secondary users on a non-interfering basis. The spectrum prediction can rationalize the spectrum allocation based on previous information about the spectrum evolution in time. Against previous spectrum prediction algorithm lack of timeliness and accuracy, this paper proposes a novel approach for spectrum prediction based on Optimally Pruned Extreme Learning Machine (OP-ELM) which improved the original Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) algorithm. This method not only takes the advantage of the ELM extremely fast speed and good precision, but also more robust and generic with additional steps compared with ELM. In order to compare its comprehensive properties to other algorithms, some experiments were designed. The results show that the predictive performance of this new algorithm is more satisfaction than others in spectrum prediction problem.
Pattern Of Skin Disorders In Kashmir Valley

A retrospective analysis of 166739 freshly diagnosed cases who had attended the Dermatology, STD and Leprosy outpatient department of SMHS Hospital (Associated teaching hospital of Govt. Medical College, Srinagar) during a period 12 years, was undertaken. Scabies, fungal infections and pyodermas were the major groups of skin diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy followed by cutaneous tuberculosis were the rarest among the skin disorders.
Women in opioid maintenance treatment in Iran: Background characteristics and history of substance use and risk behaviors

ABSTRACT Background: Most studies on addiction in Iran have focused on the men and less attention has been given to women. This study was conducted to survey the epidemiology of substance use in women under opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) in addiction treatment centers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the year 2015. Demographic characteristic such as age, marital status, addiction initiation age, duration of use, history of high-risk behaviors, and lifetime history of suicide attempt, injection drug use, incarceration, and unsafe sex were recorded by psychologists through interviews with patients. Results: The mean age of patients was 44.31 ± 14.83 years. The most abused drugs among participants were opium and opium sap (shireh) with 1179 cases (92.70%), followed by heroin and crack with 75 cases (5.90%). Only 4.08% of the women under OMT had a history of injection drug use. Conclusion: It seems that the demographic characteristics and history of risky behaviors in women undergoing OMT in Iran are different from studies conducted in other countries.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A Review Article

Clinicians have been describing individuals with chronic fatigue states for over 100 years, although chronic fatigue syndrome is often regarded as a modern disease. The aetiology of chronic fatigue syndrome is uncertain. For young individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome there are neither reliable prevalence figures nor scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness of treatments. Information obtained from research into adult individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome may be helpful but is not necessarily directly applicable to children and adolescents. Developmental factors and the influence of other family members on the course of the disorder in young sufferers should be considered. The uncertainties surrounding chronic fatigue syndrome should not deter child and adolescent mental health workers from becoming involved in the assessment and management of individual patients. The mainstay of treatment is rehabilitation with an emphasis on gradually increasing activities. Considerable attention will need to be given to engaging the young people and their families and working effectively with a multidisciplinary team. If mental health workers do not become involved in treating young people with chronic fatigue syndrome there is a risk that psychological factors will not be addressed and that chronic functional impairment will ensue.
Short Communication An evaluation of genesis and impaction of 3 rd molar in Adolescents

In the process of evolution the jaw has become smaller, allowing less room for the 3 rd molars and causing numerous dental problems. Research now indicates that in many of cases there is complete agenesis of 3 rd molars which may be because of environmental influence on human evolutionary process. An objective of this study is to asses genesis and impaction of 3 rd molar in adolescents of Ahmedabad city. This study was done in 100 adolescents (age 15-19 years) of Ahmedabad city during January 2013 to July 2013. Genesis or agenesis and impaction of 3 rd molar was confirmed by Orthopantomogram (OPG) and data was analyzed using Fisher’s exact test in GraphPad Prism software (6.0.3). Out of 100 adolescents, 66 have presence of tooth-buds of all four 3 rd molars, while in 23 cases OPG shows absence of tooth-bud (agenesis) of one of the four 3 rd molars, in 6 cases tooth-buds of two out of the four 3 rd molar were absent, in 3 cases tooth-buds of three out of four were found to be absent and in 2 cases all the four 3 rd molar tooth-buds were absent. Gender difference was not significant. Different pattern of impaction was found in 38 subjects. Agenesis & impaction of 3 rd molar may be a part of evolutionary process which has undergone because of changes in food habits from coarse abrasive diet to soft western diet.
Accurate Arabic Script Language/Dialect Classification

Abstract : Correctly identifying the language/dialect of a text is a critical first step for many natural language processing systems, including machine translation systems. To date, most language identification efforts have focused on distinguishing between European languages. Increasingly, historically-unwrittenArabic dialects are appearing online in social media. This report describes state-of-the-art classifiers for automatically distinguishing between Arabic script languages and between Arabic dialects.
An historical review of the Harvard and the National Cancer Institute food frequency questionnaires: Their similarities, differences, and their limitations in assessment of food intake

Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) are pre-coded forms consisting of selected foods that are usually grouped based on their nutrient constitution. By carefully selecting food items that are most important to the basic diet and by grouping them, a relatively short questionnaire can be developed to estimate nutritional exposure accurately, at a relatively low cost. Two major FFQs, the Harvard University/Willett's Questionnaire and the National Cancer Institute/Block's Questionnaire as well as their modified versions have been used in different studies. In general the contents of two FFQs are similar. However, nuances in structure and cognitive aspects set them apart. The objectives of this paper are three fold. First, to provide a historical review of the process of design and development of each FFQ. Second, to compare their cognitive and structural similarities and differences, and finally, to discuss their limitations and biases associated with estimating food intake.
Heterogeneity of anti-PR3 associated disease in

Thirty seven patients tested positive for antibody against proteinase 3 (anti-PR3) using either one of the two in-house ELISA methods at the Immunology Laboratory, University of Hong Kong. All except three were Chinese. Systemic vasculitis was diagnosed in 13 patients. However, the positive predictive value of anti-PR3 for Wegener’s granulomatosus was low (22%). The commonest presenting feature was respiratory (32%). Both respiratory and renal symptoms were commonly reported in anti-PR3 positive patients as in previous studies. In this largely Chinese population, there is marked variability in the spectrum of diseases associated with anti-PR3; though many had vasculitic diseases, some were diagnosed with other conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases and respiratory infection. In contrast with series in white people, antimyeloperoxidase rather than anti-PR3 associated disease is more prevalent in Chinese patients. (Postgrad Med J 2000;76:287‐288)
Research on the Relationship between the Skin Biophysical Parameters versus Wrinkles of 36–49 Years Old Beijing Female

Copyright c Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research on the Relationship between the Skin Biophysical Parameters versus Wrinkles of 36–49 Years Old Beijing Female