Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Results of the European Glaucoma Prevention Study The European Glaucoma Prevention Study ( EGPS ) Group *

Objective: The European Glaucoma Prevention Study (EGPS) seeks to evaluate the efficacy of reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) by dorzolamide in preventing or delaying primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in patients affected by ocular hypertension (OHT). Design: Randomized, double-masked, controlled clinical trial. Participants: One thousand eighty-one patients (age, 30 years) were enrolled by 18 European centers. The patients fulfilled a series of inclusion criteria, including: IOP 22 to 29 mmHg; 2 normal and reliable visual fields (on the basis of mean deviation and corrected pattern standard deviation or corrected loss variance of standard 30/II Humphrey or Octopus perimetry); normal optic disc as determined by the Optic Disc Reading Center. Intervention: Patients were randomized to treatment with dorzolamide or placebo (the vehicle of dorzolamide). Main Outcome Measures: Efficacy end points were visual field, optic disc changes, or both. A visual field change during follow-up had to be confirmed by 2 further positive tests. Optic disc change was defined on the basis of the agreement of 2 of 3 independent observers evaluating optic disc stereo slides. The safety end point was an IOP of more than 35 mmHg on 2 consecutive examinations. Results: During the course of the study, the mean percent reduction in IOP in the dorzolamide group was 15% after 6 months and 22% after 5 years. Mean IOP declined by 9% after 6 months and by 19% after 5 years in the placebo group. At 60 months, the cumulative probability of converting to an efficacy end point was 13.4% in the dorzolamide group and 14.1% in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.58–1.26; P 0.45). The cumulative probability of developing an efficacy or a safety end point was 13.7% in the dorzolamide group and 16.4% in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.51–1.06; P 0.1). Conclusions: Dorzolamide reduced IOP by 15% to 22% throughout the 5 years of the trial. However, the EGPS failed to detect a statistically significant difference between medical therapy and placebo in reducing the incidence of POAG among a large population of OHT patients at moderate risk for developing POAG, because placebo also significantly and consistently lowered IOP. Ophthalmology 2005;112:366–375 © 2005 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
EFFECTS OF STRATEGY-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ON ENGLISH READING ABILITY AND READING SELF-EFFICACY OF LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาผลของการสอนอ่านแบบเน้นกลวิธีท่ีมีผลต่อความสามารถด้านการอ่าน ของนักเรียน 2) ศึกษาผลของการสอนอ่านแบบเน้นกลวิธีที่มผีลต่อการรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการอ่านของ นักเรียน และ 3) ศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความสามารถด้านการอ่านและการรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการอ่าน ของนักเรียน กลุ่มตัวอย่างประกอบด้วยนักเรยีนช้ันมัธยมศึกษาปีท่ี 3 ภาคเรยีนที่ 2 ปีการศึกษา 2556 โรงเรียนกระเทียม วิทยา จังหวัดสรุินทร์ จ านวน 30 คน การทดลองใช้เวลาทั้งสิ้น 10 สัปดาห ์ ไดร้วบรวมข้อมูลเชิงปรมิาณ โดยสถิติที่ใช้ใน การวิเคราะห์คือ paired sample t-test และ correlation coefficient ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1) คะแนนเฉลี ย่จากแบบทดสอบการอ่านหลังการทดลองของนักเรียนสูงกว่าคะแนนเฉลี่ยก่อน การทดลองอย่างมีนัยส าคญัทางสถิติที่ระดับ p<0.05 2) คะแนนเฉลี่ยจากแบบรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการอ่าน หลังการทดลองของนักเรียนสูงกว่าคะแนนเฉลี่ยก่อนการทดลองอย่างมีนัยส าคญัทางสถิติที่ระดับ p<0.05 และ 3) ความสามารถดา้นการอ่านและการรับรู ค้วามสามารถของตนเองดา้นการอ่านของนักเรียนมีความสมัพันธ์กันในระดับสูง ผลการวิจัยยังพบอีกว่านักเรยีนทุกกลุ่มที่มผีลสัมฤทธ์ิด้านการอ่านแตกต่างกันมีคะแนนด้านการอ่านภาษาอังกฤษสูงขึ้นหลัง การทดลอง โดยสรุปพบว่าการสอนอ่านแบบเน้นกลวิธีช่วยพัฒนาความสามารถด้านการอ่านภาษาอังกฤษและการรับรู้ ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการอ่านภาษาอังกฤษของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้น
Automated Assessment of Website Credibility

Evaluating the credibility of information available on the Web is important given that anyone can publish anything and reach millions of people. So what are the components of a website that make it credible (or not)? How can these be determined, analysed, and verified? There are many possibly useful factors, not just the veracity of the information. This paper reviews previous research into website credibility and proposes a design for DIOGENES, an end-to-end system that assists users in evaluating websites. As part of the review, high level categories of website characteristics and the different approaches to assessing credibility are discussed. Also analysed is how the type of website and the larger goal in establishing credibility both affect the evaluation process.
ect of insecticide-treated bed nets on house-entry by malaria mosquitoes : The fl ight response recorded in a semi-fi eld study in Kenya

Insecticide-treated nets are currently a major tool to reduce malaria transmission. Their level of repellency affects contact of the mosquito with the net, but may also influence the mosquito’s entry into the house. The response of host-seeking malaria mosquitoes approaching the eave of an experimental house was recorded within a large screen house. We compared entryand exit rates in relation to the presence in the house of different insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) with an untreated net. Mosquitoes were lured towards the house by dispensing a synthetic host-odour blend from within the net in the house. Complementary WHO bioassays revealed that the treated nets caused high knock-downand mortality responses to the Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto strain tested. The proportion of mosquitoes that came into view of the cameras and subsequently entered the house did not differ between treated nets and the untreated net. Treated nets did not affect proportions of mosquitoes that exited the house and departed from view around the eave. However, the percentage of house-leaving and reentering mosquitoes when an insecticidetreated net was present, was lower than in the presence of an untreated
Therapist-patient discrepancy in illness explanations and early outcome in intercultural psychotherapy

Illness attributions are culturally shaped views on illness causation, which may affect psychotherapy process and outcome. Poor quality of mental health care among members of ethnic minorities is thought to result from disparities between illness attributions of patients and therapists. The present study aimed to examine whether (a) higher therapist-patient discrepancies in different types of illness attributions are associated with poorer psychotherapy outcome, and (b) greater discrepancy predicts worse outcome due to patients’ lower psychotherapy attendance rates. A sample of 66 participants was recruited among patients from Turkish or Moroccan origins who received outpatient treatment for mood and anxiety disorders. Symptom severity, and illness attributions of patients and therapists across different categories of causes were assessed at the beginning (time 1) and after three months of psychotherapy (time 2). Results indicated that higher therapist-patient discrepancies in psychological attributions at time 1 and time 2 were both significantly associated with poorer outcome. Moreover, greater discrepancy in psychological attributions at time 1 was a significant predictor of lower psychotherapy attendance. However, attendance itself was not significantly associated with outcome. In conclusion, discrepancies between patients and their therapists in psychological attributions were associated with worse outcome, although psychotherapy attendance did not seem to mediate this relationship. Early assessment of patients’ illness attributions and strategies, aimed at enhancing therapist-patient attributional congruence, are important steps in the provision of adequate mental health care to ethnic minorities.
The Relationship of Attitude , Subjective Norm , Perceived Behavioral Control on Halal Food Purchasing Behavior in Jakarta

Indonesia is most populous Muslim-majority country and its the world's 14th-largest country in terms of land area and world's 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea and land area. Nevertheless, based on Thomson Reuters data of 2016, the score of Islamic economic indicators Indonesia is ranked 10th, while Malaysia is ranked first. This research is implemented TPB theory with the aim of expanding some previous research in term of examining halal food purchasing behavior in muslim-consumers. Data are collected via questionnaires with purposive sampling technique. This research uses structural equation model (SEM) analysis to identify the impact of three independent variables on halal food purchasing behavior. The result shows that there is a positive relationship between attitude and purchase intention. Attitude is an important factor in influencing consumer intention in purchasing Halal products. Secondly, subjective norms is important in influencing consumers’ purchase intention, especially in Indonesian context. Furthermore, this study also reveals that perceived behavioral control has a significant correlation on intention and satisfaction, because in collectivistic cultures like Muslim culture, people tend to perceive themselves as interdependent with their group and tend to strive for in group rather than personal goals. Last but not least, there is a positive relationship or impact of purchase intention on satisfaction. This research contributes to gain a new insight of understanding halal food purchasing behavior in Indonesia and provide some data for managerial/ entrepreneurship practitioners to make a decision. One of the limitations is this study only covered Halal consumers in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta City. Despite its limited sample, the findings from this study can be used to better undestand the purchasing behavior which related to purchasing and level of satisfaction of Halal products.
The asymmetric effect of review valence on numerical rating

PurposeThe basic assumption is that there is a symmetric relationship between review valence and rating, but what if review valence and rating were linked asymmetrically? There are few studies which have investigated the situations in which positive and negative online reviews exert different influences on ratings. This study considers brand strength as having an important moderating role because the average rating of existing reviews for a particular product is a heuristic cue for decision makers. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to argue that an asymmetric relationship between review content valence and numerical rating will depend on brand strength.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have conducted a sentiment analysis via text mining, using self-developed computer programs to retrieve a data set from the TripAdvisor website.FindingsThis study finds there is an asymmetric relationship between review valence (verbal) and numerical rating. The authors further find brand strength to have an important moderating role. For a stronger brand, negative review content will have a greater impact on numerical ratings than positive review content, while for a weaker brand, positive review content will have a greater impact on numerical ratings than negative review content.Practical implicationsMarketers could adopt sentiment analysis via text mining of online reviews as a valid measure or predictor of consumer satisfaction or numerical ratings. Strong brands should direct more attention to negative reviews, because in such reviews the negative impact transcends the positive. In contrast, weak brands should aim to exploit as many positive reviews as possible to minimize the impact of any negative reviews.Originality/valueThis study finds there is an asymmetric relationship between review valence (verbal) and numerical rating and considers brand strength to play an important moderating role. The authors have used real data from the TripAdvisor website, which allow people to express themselves in an unsolicited manner, and linked these with the results from the sentiment analysis.
Enabling the Mobile IoT: Wake-up Unmanned Aerial Systems for Long-Lived Data Collection

Networking and robotics are increasingly coming together to meet the requirements of applications that only advances in both fields can enable. This paper explores one of these joint applications, namely, using a robotic platform such as an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to wirelessly retrieve data produced by the devices of a sensor network. For energy conservation purposes devices operate according to a set duty cycle, or are endowed with wake-up radio transceivers allowing them to transmit and receive data only when needed. We define two simple UAS-aided data collection strategies depending on whether the devices use duty cycling or can be woken up by the visiting UAS. The performance of the two strategies is evaluated by using GreenCastalia, an open source simulator extended to model duty cycles, wake-up radio capabilities and the mobility of the UAS. We compare the two strategies with respect to the amount of data the UAS can collect in its visit, the energy consumption of the devices and the corresponding network lifetime. Our results show the key role of low-cost, low-energy consumption wake-up receivers in providing ways of collecting all data from the sensing devices while consuming a negligible fraction of the energy required to devices operating with a duty cycle. As a result, the lifetime of wake-up radio-based networks is orders of magnitude higher than that afforded to networks with duty cycling: Many decades vs. the very few years of networks with extremely low duty cycles.
Correlation between Serum Hyaluronic Acid Level and Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B : A Study in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University , Dhaka , Bangladesh ”

Original Research Article Introduction: Bangladesh is an intermediate endemic country for hepatitis B, with a huge burden of CHB patients. Early diagnosis and treatment can reduced the adverse sequlae of CHB. The aim of the study was carried out to evaluate the serum hyaluronic acid level as a non-invasive marker of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B. Objective: To find out Correlation between serum hyaluronic acid level and liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods: Enrolled patients for study were divided into two groups, Group-1, 40 patients with chronic hepatitis B. Group -2, thirty age and sex matched patients without fiver disease was served as control. Study was done in the department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, during the period of July 2007 to June 2009. We included patients with chronic hepatitis B characterized by, HBsAg positive for more than 6 months, HBeAg positive or negative, serum HBV DNA in PCR (more than 10 5 copies/ml in HBeAg positive or more than 10 4 copies/ml in HBeAg negative case), serum ALT normal or elevated and excluded the patients who were decompensated cirrhosis, co-infection with hepatitis C virus, with history of alcoholism, with anti HBV therapy, drug induced hepatitis, sonologic evidence of NAFLD and patients with rheumatological disorder. 5 ml of peripheral blood was taken from each subject in tasting state in complete rest for measurement of serum hyaluronic acid by using the Corgenix HA Test Kit. Liver biopsy was done each patient of group-1 for complete histopathological examination including HAI and Knodell score. Results: Mean age of the healthy subjects was (26.6±6.37) years and of the patients was a (27.67±6.85) years. There were 33% patients were minimal necro inflammation (HAM-3), 50% were mild (HA! =4-8), 17% were moderate (HAI= 9-12). Among the patients stage -1 fibrosis was 56.7% and stage -3 was 43.3%. in our study, Serum HA in CHB was (Mean ± SD), 70.3 ± 42.7 ng/ml and control patients was (Mean ± SD), 18.3 ± 9.0 ng/ml. Mean level of HA in different grades of histological activity index are shown that HA level is higher in moderate HAI score than mild and minimal. We found there was positive correlation between hyaluronic acid and HAI score (P < 0.005). So this test can be done to detect and assess the severity of different grades of histological activity. The mean HA level in stage -1 fibrosis is 38.5 ng/ml and stage -3 fibrosis is 111.95 ng/ml. We found there was highly significant correlation between hyaluronic acid and fibrosis (P < 0.001). Conclusion: There was strong positive correlation between serum hyaluronic acid levels and degree of liver fibrosis Serum hyaluronic acid can be used for assessment of liver fibrosis in patients of chronic hepatitis B during diagnosis and follow up. So it is concluded that hyaluronic acid may be a useful marker of hepatic fibrosis as well as histological activity.
Chapter 2 Russian datives again : On the ( im ) possibility of the small clause analysis

In this paper I use the interpretation of the repetitive adverb opjat’ ‘again’ in Russian to argue that ditransitive structures in this language do not involve a small clause structure (Kayne 1984; Beck & Johnson 2004; a.o.). Under the syntactic approach to the semantics of repetitives that I adopt (von Stechow 1996; Beck 2005; a.o.), the interpretation of repetitives is determined by their attachment in the syntactic representation. I show that in Russian ditransitives, unlike in English ones (Beck & Johnson 2004), only the repetitive reading of ‘again’ is possible, and argue that no reason other than a difference in the syntactic structures of ditransitives in two languages can account for that. I also observe that unlike datives that are found in ditransitives, “higher” dative arguments and locative applicatives in Russian can occur in constructions where there is a syntactic constituent denoting the resultant state, and thus the restitutive reading of repetitives is available.
Determination of Development and Ripening Stages of Whole Tomato Fruit using Portable Infrared Spectroscopy and

Background: Development and ripening of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit are important processes for the study of crop biology related to industrial horticulture. Versatile uses of tomato fruit lead to its harvest at various points of development from early maturity through to red ripe, traditionally indicated by parameters such as size, weight, colour, and internal composition, according to defined visual ‘grading’ schemes. Visual grading schemes however are subjective and thus objective classification of tomato fruit development and ripening are needed for ‘high-tech’ horticulture. To characterize the development and ripening processes in whole tomato fruit (cv. Moneymaker), a biospectroscopy approach is employed using compact portable ATR-FTIR spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics. Results: The developmental and ripening processes showed unique spectral profiles, which were acquired from the cuticle-cell wall complex of tomato fruit epidermis in vivo. Various components of the cuticle including Cutin, waxes, and phenolic compounds, among others, as well as from the underlying cell wall such as celluloses, pectin and lignin like compounds among others. Epidermal surface structures including cuticle and cell wall were significantly altered during the developmental process from immature green to mature green, as well as during the ripening process. Changes in the spectral fingerprint region (1800–900 cm ) were sufficient to identify nine developmental and six ripening stages with high accuracy using support vector machine (SVM) chemometrics. Conclusions: The non-destructive spectroscopic approach may therefore be especially useful for investigating in vivo biochemical changes occurring in fruit epidermis related to grades of tomato during development and ripening, for autonomous food production/supply chain applications.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports Resolving “ Too Big to Fail ”

Using a synthetic control research design, we find that “living will” regulation increases a bank’s annual cost of capital by 22 basis points, or 10 percent of total funding costs. This effect is stronger in banks that were measured as systemically important before the regulation’s announcement. We interpret our findings as a reduction in “too big to fail” subsidies. The size of this effect is large: a back-of-the-envelope calculation implies a subsidy reduction of $42 billion annually. The impact on equity costs drives the main effect. The impact on deposit costs is statistically indistinguishable from zero, representing a good placebo test for our empirical
Mechanical stretch has contrasting effects on mediator release from bronchial epithelial cells , with a rho-kinase-dependent component to the mechanotransduction pathway

ee front matter & 2006 med.2005. 12.008 ing author. Institute for ess: aw24@le.ac. uk (A. Summary Introduction: In vivo, the airway epithelium stretches and relaxes with each respiratory cycle, but little is known about the effect this pattern of elongation and relaxation has on bronchial epithelial cells. We have used a model of cell deformation to measure the effect of stretch on inflammatory cytokine release by the BEAS 2B cell line, and to examine the method of mechanotransduction in these cells. Methods: BEAS 2B cells were cyclically stretched using the Flexercell system. IL-8 and RANTES protein and RNA levels were measured after different elongations, rates and duration of stretch. An inhibitor of Rho (Ras Homologous)-associated kinases was used, to assess the effect of blocking downstream of integrin signalling. Immunofluorescent staining of paxillin was used to study the effect of stretch on the distribution of focal contacts and the organisation of the actin cytoskeleton. Results: IL-8 release by BEAS 2B cells was increased by cytokine stimulation and stretch, whereas RANTES levels in the cell supernatant decreased after stretch in a dose-, timeand rate-dependent manner. Thirty percent elongation at 20 cycles/min for 24 h increased IL-8 levels by over 100% (Po0:01). Blocking rho kinase using Y-27632 inhibited the effect of stretch on IL-8 release by the BEAS 2B cells. Immunofluorescent staining demonstrated that stretch caused dramatic disassembly of focal adhesions and resulted in the redistribution of paxillin to the peri-nuclear region.
Influence of fertility levels and weed management practices on yield and yield attributes of rain-fed maize

Investigating the response of rain-fed maize to fertility levels and weed management practices, a field trial was undertaken in 2012 and 2013 at Experimental Farm, D(K)ARS, SKUAST-Kashmir, (J&K). The experiment consisted of 3 fertility levels and 4 weed management practices. The results revealed that fertility levels F3 and F2 at par with one another recorded significant increase in cob length, number of cobs plant -1 , number of grains cob -1 , 100-seed weight, grain yield, and stover yield as against F1 during both the years, however, number of rows cob -1 , cob diameter showed significant and consistent improvement with increase in fertility level from F1 to F3 during both years of study. Further, fertility levels F3 recorded significant increase in biological yield over F1, however, increase in fertility level from F1 to F2 increased the harvest index significantly during both years of study. Weed management practices W2 being at par with W3 recorded significant improvement in all yield contributing characters over W1 and W0. Both grain and stover yields were significantly higher with W2 over W1 and W0, however, it was at par with W3 during 2012 and 2013. W3 and W2 at par with one another recorded significantly higher biological yield and harvest index over W1 and W0 during both the years of experimentation.