Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
FAKTOR RISIKO KEJADIAN STUNTING PADA ANAK USIA 12-36 BULAN DI KECAMATAN PATI, KABUPATEN PATI

Latar Belakang: . Tahun 2007, prevalensi stunting pada balita di kabupaten Pati adalah 42,2%. Stunting dapat berakibat pada penurunan produktivitas, peningkatan risiko penyakit degenaratif dan peningkatan kelahiran bayi dengan berat badan lahir rendah di masa mendatang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor risiko kejadian stunting pada balita usia 12-36 bulan di Kecamatan Pati, Kabupaten Pati. Metode: Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan rancangan kasus kontrol pada 29 kasus ( stunting ) dan 29 kontrol (normal). Kriteria stunting ditentukan berdasarkan skor z indeks TB/U <-2 SD menurut WHO child growth standart . Data panjang badan lahir, berat badan lahir, usia kehamilan, lama ASI eksklusif, usia pengenalan MP-ASI dan skor pemberian MP-ASI usia 6-12 bulan diperoleh melalui wawancara menggunakan kuesioner terstuktur. Analisis dilakukan dengan Pearson Chi-Square untuk mengetahui faktor risiko kejadian stunting . Hasil: Pada kelompok stunting : 55,2% ayah bekerja sebagai sebagai buruh pabrik, kuli dan petani serta 6,9% tidak bekerja. Ibu dengan pendidikan tamat akademi/perguruan tinggi adalah sebanyak 17,24% pada kelompok normal dan 6,9% pada kelompok stunting . Penelitian ini menunjukkan, faktor risiko kejadian stunting pada balita 12-36 bulan adalah prematuritas (p=0,025; OR=10,67) dan panjang badan lahir rendah (p=0,000; OR=2,81). Berat badan lahir (p=0,112), lama pemberian ASI eksklusif (p=0,195), usia makan pertama (p=0,113) dan skor MP-ASI (p=1,000) bukan merupakan faktor risiko kejadian stunting pada penelitian ini. Simpulan: Faktor risiko kejadian stunting pada anak usia 12-36 bulan di kecamatan Pati, kabupaten Pati adalah prematuritas dan panjang badan lahir rendah (pendek).
Primary Intramedullary Tumors of the Spinal Cord and Filum Terminale

Many years ago, Cushing pointed out that it is not enough to know the natural history of individual histological types of tumor. What is required is knowledge of each one in a specific location. Cushing himself contributed notable articles and monographs toward this objective. By 1940, others had produced further works of permanent value. Since then, relatively few large publications have appeared, largely because journals are reluctant to accept very long articles, and monographs of this sort are unlikely to be profitable to publishers. The present monograph is therefore doubly welcome. It is based on 301 cases at the Mayo Clinic, a series hardly to be duplicated elsewhere. For the statistical portion of the book, this material is combined with carefully evaluated cases in the literature. It thus is an authoritative source of information on incidence, location, and frequency of histological types. This section by itself would make the book
A Cross-Sectional Study to Find Out Prevalence of Anaemia among Adolescent Girls in an Urban Slum Area of South India. -

Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional problem in the world to-day affecting more than 700 million persons. In India, anemia affects an estimated 50% of the population . The consequences of anemia in infants and children are impaired motor development and co-ordination, impaired language development and scholastic achievement, psychological and behavioral effects as well as decreased physical activity. Adolescent girls are highly susceptible to anemia which is responsible for unwanted happening following delivery. So the present study was undertaken with the objective of identification of factors responsible for anemia in adolescent girls. Materials and methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted in one randomly selected urban slum area Shrinivasrao Thota which is urban field practice area of Dept of Community Medicine, Katuri Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The study group was formed of 234 adolescent girls who were from this area. Results: Out of the total 234 adolescent girls ,141(60.26%) were in the age group of 10-14 yrs followed by 93(39.74%) in the 15-19 yrs. 19 (8.12%) adolescent girls were married, who were in the age group of 15 – 19 yrs. Out of 234 adolescent girls, 81(34.62%) were anaemic. Association between anaemia and menstrual cycle, history of menorrhagia and B.M. I . was found to be statistically significant Conclusion: Improvement of literacy status is needed to reduce the prevalence of anemia. All post menarcheal girls should be supplemented with Iron and Folic acid tablets. Annual examination of blood for haemoglobin percentage and stool for helminthes infestation should be undertaken to rule out these problems in high risk group, with periodic deworming.
Hormone receptor expression in breast carcinoma at our hospital: An experience

Background: Breast carcinoma is the most common cancer among women in the urban Indian population and second only to cervical cancer in the rural population based on cancer registry data. Prognosis and management of breast cancer are influenced by classic variables such as histologic type, grade, tumor size and lymph node status. More recently hormone receptor (HR) status of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER-2/neu expression have opened a new gateway in the field of adjuvant hormonal and/or chemotherapeutic regimen. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the ER, PR, and HER-2/neu reactivity pattern in breast carcinomas at our hospital. Materials and Methods : A study of 100 patient samples of breast carcinoma was carried out from June 2011 to June 2014 in the Department of Pathology, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, ESIC Model Hospital, Rajaji Nagar, Bengaluru. Brief demographic and clinical data were obtained. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was done by peroxidase antiperoxidase technique for detection of ER, PR, and HER-2/neu receptor status. Details regarding histopathological diagnosis, pathological grading, staging, and HR status of breast carcinoma were collected. Obtained parameters were evaluated using descriptive statistical analysis and presented in terms of percentage. Results : The age of the patients ranged from 24 to 75 years. Majority of tumors were infiltrating ductal carcinomas-not otherwise specified and predominantly histological grade 2. By IHC 52% were ER+/PR+, 25% were HER-2/neu positive and 20% of triple negatives. Conclusion : Detection of hormone expression is of paramount importance since these are one among the classic variables needed for providing suitable adjuvant hormonal and/or chemotherapeutic options, targeted treatment, and predicting prognosis.
Telehealth and information society: a critical study of emerging concepts in policy and practice

This thesis explores a number of interrelated factors that influence the development of telehealth. Telehealth refers to health-related services that can be provided in electronic form over various telecommunications networks, including applications beyond clinical settings and reaching out to communities and homes. As such this study encompass different disciplines and draws not only on the medical tradition but also on information systems, social theory and ideas of information society. The study is based on the fundamental claim that technology does not follow a pre-determinate path but is shaped by people, who in turn are constrained by historical conditions and current structures. The research takes into consideration a number of such defining structures, including the organisation of healthcare in Britain, the health policy process, strategies for the employment of information and communications technologies (ICTs), conflicting ethical traditions and their manifestations in evaluation processes, and visions of an information society. The theoretical position and research approach is informed by critical theory. Thus the work focuses on the different, often conflicting, interests of varied stakeholders. It also unveils factors constraining social aims to which telehealth could aspire, e.g. reducing social exclusion and supporting empowerment of patients and citizens. Insights into these concepts and their practical manifestations are explored through a set of linked case studies, which investigate a variety of telehealth projects and initiatives in the London Borough of Lewisham. The thesis' contribution is twofold - practical and theoretical. The practical contribution is aimed at those who work in and study telehealth, offering a new approach and focus that is not substantially found in other telehealth studies. In this the thesis makes a contribution to the ongoing debates about telehealth's potential implications for the healthcare process. The theoretical contribution is found in the thesis' re-affirmation of the applicability of critical theory to the development of ICT-based social and organisational innovations, re-conceptualised in the light of post-modern and information society theories.
Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness among Schizophrenic Patients and Their Families (Comparative Study).

This study was a comparative study aiming to assess the extent of internalized stigma of mental illness among patients with schizophrenia& Identify stigma as perceived by family members caring schizophrenic patients. The study was conducted in two settings 1 st clinic was outpatient clinic for psychiatric patient affiliated to Abbasia hospitals which provided care for all sectors in Egyptians community.2nd clinic was out patients clinic for psychiatric patient affiliated to Abha psychiatric hospitals which providing care for all psychiatric patients at Asser region. 4 instruments were used for collecting the data, interviewing questionnaire, Insight scale, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale and Stigma Impact Scale: Caregiver (SIS) . The main result revealed that, there were highly statistically significant differences between patients regarding level of internalizing stigma and the most of family caregivers in both group have moderate impact of internalizing stigma. The study recommended that further research to assess impact of mental illness stigma upon schizophrenic quality of life. Keywords: stigma – mental illness - perceived discrimination –devaluation - Internalized stigma
The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances

List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Baby or the Egg? Birth Weight and the Gene-Environment Divide 2. John Henry, Black Mayors, and Silver Spoons: Race and the Inheritance of Birth Weight 3. What Money Can and Can't Buy: Income and Infant Health 4. Is Biology Destiny? Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, and Educational Achievement 5. Reconsidering Risk: Biosocial Policy Implications Appendix A: Data, Variables, and Methods Appendix B: Tables Notes Bibliography Index Figures
Essays on prescription drug benefits in Medicare managed care

In this thesis, I estimate a structural demand model for prescription drug benefits by Medicare beneficiaries using data from the Medicare HMO program. I then use the utility parameter estimates to explore other questions of interest relating to the elderly's demand for prescription drug benefits. In Chapter 1, I study the question of how much Medicare beneficiaries value prescription drug benefits. Using data from the Medicare HMO program, I find that Medicare beneficiaries are willing to pay $33 to increase their brand-name coverage limit by $100. I also estimate marginal cost for each HMO and regress it on prescription drug benefits. I find that raising brand-name coverage by $100 costs $30. These estimates suggest that Medicare HMO enrollees are less than average prescription drug users and the results give a lower bound for the welfare derived by the elderly from prescription drug benefits. Chapter 2 addresses the question of how Medicare HMOs' choices of premiums and benefits affect selection. Changes in demographic factors (a measure of risk based on beneficiaries' characteristics) and risk scores (a measure based on beneficiaries' inpatient diagnoses) in the fee-for-service sector are regressed on changes in premiums and benefits in the HMO sector. The results show that increasing premiums and lowering benefits raise the demographic factor but have no effect on the risk score, suggesting that beneficiaries in more expensive demographic categories switch out of HMOs when premiums rise and benefits fall but these beneficiaries are healthy for their demographic category. Chapter 3 measures the welfare loss from the withdrawals from the HMO program following the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, using the utility parameter estimates from Chapter 1. The changes to the Medicare HMO program in the Balanced Budget Act triggered many plan withdrawals from the program. The welfare and costs are calculated under two counterfactual scenarios. The results show that the Medicare HMO program generates more welfare than costs and that the withdrawals resulted in a net loss for society. The estimates of the loss range from $4.3 billion to $16.6 billion. Acknowledgments This thesis would not have been possible without the support and contributions of many people and I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge them in print. My advisors, Jon Gruber and Jerry Hausman, both gave helpful advice and feedback throughout all stages of researching and writing this thesis. I am deeply appreciative of the time and effort they both …
A study on female circumcision in Nigeria.

A total of 181 women were randomly chosen from the women attending the family planning clinic of the Department of Community Health College of Medicine University of Lagos from February-September 1984. Of these 84.7% were between 25-44 years of age and most of them were Yorubas (70.7%). A high proportion (56.4%) claimed to have been circumcised by examination revealed that 24.5% had no clinical evidence of circumcision. The Edo tribe had the highest proportion circumcised among the respondents 76.75 followed by the Ibos 61% and lastly the Efiks 20%. Age at circumcision revealed that most had their circumcision as infants (78.8%) and only 5.9% has theirs when adult; the Ibos and Yorubas had the highest rates of infant circumcision. Some of the respondents were aware of the associated side effects and it was found that the more educated women were less likely to circumcise their daughters. All circumcised daughters were from circumcised mothers with the exception of 1 and she circumcised her daughter in conformity with her husbands tribal practice. Accurate statistics of morbidity and mortality from female circumcision will be difficult to gather as circumcision is performed mostly in the houses. Nevertheless complications are severe enough to merit authoritative intervention. It is recommended that public awareness of female circumcision its complications and other attendant health hazards should be issues dealt with by health authorities especially among the tribes who practice it. (authors modified) (summaries in Eng FRE)
Reactive Problem Solving and Proactive Development in Infrastructure Projects

The Swedish Transport Administration (STA) is by far the largest public client of transport infrastructure in Sweden. In addition to the responsibility of planning, construction, and operation and maintenance of public roads and railways, the STA has also been commissioned by the Swedish government to be responsible for the overarching and long-term planning of the infrastructure sector development, including promoting innovation and productivity development. This broad mission comprises major challenges, not least in the planning and execution of large infrastructure projects where a variety of different actors and technical systems are to be coordinated and deliver a sustainable project result. In this article, we discuss that these challenges require project participants to use their creative ability for both proactive and reactive development work to be able to deliver satisfactory project outcome. Further, we argue that these two types of development work can either hamper or support each other, depending on how they are managed. The arguments put forward in this article are based on results from several years of research in the fields of procurement, inter-organizational collaboration, innovation and organizational learning in the infrastructure sector.
Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes

Research has shown a strong connection between birth weight and future outcomes. We ask how health problems after birth affect outcomes using data from public health insurance records for 50,000 children born between 1979 and 1987 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. We compare children to siblings born an average of three years apart. We find that health problems in early childhood are significant predictors of young adult outcomes. Early physical health problems are linked to outcomes primarily because they predict later health. Early mental health problems have additional predictive power even conditional on future health and health at birth.
ANALISIS KINERJA KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR SERTA PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis apakah kinerja keuangan utama perusahaan yaitu WCTA, RETA, ROI, BVETL dan TATO, sampel adalah 15 perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu analisis regresi berganda, analisis korelasi (PPM), asumsi klasik, uji hipotesis menggunakan adjusted koefisien determinasi, uji-F dan uji-t.Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa variabel dependen (harga saham) dapat dipengaruhi oleh WCTA, RETA, ROI, BVETL dan TATO sebesar 11,35%. Nilai rasio keuangan yang diperoleh masih jauh di bawah standar industri untuk menunjukkan kinerja keuangan masih belum optimal dan efisien. Dari hasil regresi berganda variabel independen yaitu WCTA, RETA, ROI dan TATO memiliki korelasi positif terhadap harga saham, kecuali BVETL memiliki pengaruh negatif, dari perhitungan analisis korelasi terhadap WCTA, RETA, BVETL dan TATO memiliki dampak yang sangat rendah.
Spatial Analysis and Correlates of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among College Students in the United States

Financial Accounting; Instructor of Record, Park University, MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Spring 2005-2012 Course introduces financial accounting, including the concepts, procedures and terminology of modern accounting. Generally accepted accounting principles are applied to various business concerns.  Accounting Student, Feedback SurveyBecause I had taken this course with the University of Maryland twice before and learned absolutely nothing and struggled from beginning to end, I had a preconceived notion of how much I was going to struggle this semester. Taking this course with this instructor has given me a new outlook on Accounting. This semester I actually learned something and did not struggle with learning the concepts he presented each class. I would like to thank him for a truly rewarding semester.
PREVALENCE OF Rh AND ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN HIV SEROPOSITIVE PREGNANT WOMEN IN ENUGU, NIGERIA

HIV status and blood groups determination (Rhesus and ABO groups) in 3691 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a Mission Hospital and Maternity and 1199 non-pregnant women visiting the same institution for marriage-related matters, or blood donation, or out-patient department between 1999 – 2002 were studied. Blood sample from each subject was screened for HIV using the quick test kits and tested for blood group types with anti-sera A, B, AB, and D. Overall, the prevalence of blood group O+ was higher than in the general population with highest rate of 62.9% in HIV+ pregnant women followed by 58.4% in HIV- pregnant women and 58.0% in non-pregnant women. No difference was observed in groups A+, B+, AB+, O- for the three categories of subjects studied. Blood groups B-, AB- were conspicuously absent in HIV+ pregnant women but non-significant in HIV- pregnant women and the control. A- was very few in all the categories. Rh –ve accounted for 3.16% (HIV+), 3.46%(HIV-) and 2.67% (Control) while Rh +ve were 96.84%(HIV+), 96.06% (HIV-) and 97.33%(Control). Thus, the higher than normal prevalence of group O+ in HIV+ pregnant women is indicative of the population size for this group. The very low prevalence of Rh –ve in type A- suggests that incompatibility could be higher than in this population and protective in HIV infection contrary to the previous report in apparently healthy population. The obvious absence of Rh- in AB group suggests that AB may have a higher percentage of protection against immunization. Hence in group B, less incidence of Rh incompatibility and haemolytic disease of the young in the mothers in blood group AB will occur. Key words: Rhesus genes, ABO blood groups, prevalence, Pregnant women, HIV seropositive. Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences Vol.19(1&2) 2004: 7-9
Acesso aos cuidados de saúde secundários numa extensão do Centro de Saúde de Serpa: 10 anos depois

Objectivo: 1) Caracterizar o acesso aos Cuidados de Saude Secundarios (CSS) dos doentes de uma extensao rural do Alentejo interior; 2) Comparar os resultados com os de outro estudo semelhante feito 10 anos antes. Tipo de estudo: Descritivo e transversal. Local: Extensao de Vale de Vargo do Centro de Saude de Serpa. Populacao: Os utentes referenciados aos CSS pelo Medico de Familia. Metodos: O Medico de Familia preencheu, durante a consulta, uma ficha por cada doente referenciado aos CSS, durante o ano de 1997, completada posteriormente com a data da marcacao da consulta, a sua efectivacao e existencia de informacao de retorno. Resultados: Referenciaram-se 105 doentes a 134 consultas. A taxa de referenciacao foi de 5,87%. As especialidades mais frequentes foram, Oftalmologia (36%), Ginecologia (9%) e Cirurgia (8%). As instituicoes mais solicitadas foram os hospitais de Beja (39%), de Serpa (32%) e o Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Lisboa (8%). Das consultas referenciadas apenas 76% foram marcadas e 68% realizadas. A demora media das consultas marcadas foi de 82,5 dias (DP±95,7 dias). Aos 8 dias esperavam por consulta 94% dos doentes e 47% as 12 semanas. Nao foi possivel marcar consulta em 24% dos casos. Apenas 27% dos doentes trouxeram informacao de retorno ao seu MF. Estes valores sao piores que os verificados em estudo semelhante do autor ha 10 anos e que os de outros estudos europeus. Conclusoes: O acesso dos doentes estudados e pior que os estudos nacionais conhecidos, que, por sua vez, sao os piores da Europa. E imperioso mais estudos de avaliacao sobre a articulacao entre Cuidados de Saude Primarios (CSP) e CSS de modo a identificar causas de ineficiencia, sendo necessario envolver os profissionais dos dois niveis numa estrategia de mudanca claramente assumida pela gestao dos servicos.
ELECTRON SELF-ENERGY IN PSEUDO-HERMITIAN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS WITH A MAXIMAL MASS M

The electron self-energy (self-mass) is calculated on the basis of the model of quantum field theory with maximal mass M, developed by V. G. Kadyshevsky et al. within the pseudo-Hermitian quantum electrodynamics in the second order of the perturbation theory. In theory, there is the natural cut-off of large transmitted momentum in intermediate states because of presence of the universal mass M. As a result, the electron self-mass is finite and depends on the transmitted maximum momentum . Two interpretations of the obtained results are possible at defined M and A. The first interpretation allows confirming quantitatively the old concept of elementary particle mass sources defined by interaction of particles with self-gauge fields. The second interpretation results in the possibility not to renormalize the mass (at least in the second order of perturbation theory) owing to the zero mass operator ∑(p).
1/f noise and pulse‐like events in the tropical atmospheric surface variabilities

This study discusses the 1/f ‐noise behaviour and its connection with pulse‐like events in tropical surface meteorological data. The 1/f noise, withf being frequency, refers to the unique spectrum shape of signals that represents the same degree of variability for a whole spectrum range with very long lag‐correlations. The pulse‐like events are characterized by their high localizations in time and a lack of a distinct spectrum peak.