Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of tumor histology on detection of pelvic and para-aortic nodal metastasis with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography in stage IB cervical cancer

Objective 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) detection of metastatic nodal disease is useful for guiding cervical cancer treatment but the impact of tumor histology is unknown. This study reports the detection of FDG avid pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes in patients with early stage cervical cancer with squamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma tumor histology. Methods Patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2009 stage IB1-2 cervical cancer who underwent pre-surgical FDG-PET between March 1999 and February 2018 were identified in a tertiary academic center database. All patients had radical hysterectomy with pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection. Detection of pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes by FDG-PET versus surgical dissection was compared. FDG-PET sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were determined and stratified by tumor histology. Results We identified 212 patients with early stage cervical cancer (84% FIGO IB1, 16% IB2) who underwent pre-surgical FDG-PET; 137 (65%) patients had squamous carcinoma and 75 (35%) patients had adenocarcinoma. PET/computed tomography was performed in 189 (89%) patients and 23 (11%) had PET only. Surgical dissection revealed positive pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes in 25% and 3.3% of patients, respectively. For squamous carcinoma, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of FDG-PET for pelvic nodal metastasis were 44%, 99%, 95%, and 78%, respectively. For adenocarcinoma, the corresponding results for pelvic nodal metastasis were 25%, 99%, 67%, and 92%, respectively. The overall values for sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of FDG-PET for para-aortic nodal metastasis were 29%, 99%, 67%, and 98%, respectively. Discussion Pelvic nodal metastasis was less likely to be detected by FDG-PET in patients with early stage adenocarcinoma than with squamous carcinoma.
AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION AND NOTE PROCESSING AND INSTRUMENT DISPLAY

: For the past few years ,we have seen many applications related to playing and teaching musical instruments. But most of the apps have their set of songs to play and also some of them may not involve our own choice which is a major limitation of these applications. This proposed system solves this both issues. The main intention of this system is for the user to enjoy the time of usage. In this system, audio as input is fed into the system where piano notes separated from the in put and these notes are highlighted on the screen piano key display along with the music. Many systems have already been developed which generate sheet music by taking song as input. This paper presents one such system that aims to display the corresponding key along with the song with an emission of key as per the piano notes. Improvement is achieved by working on source separation and chord estimation modules of the previous system. There are huge number of artists already present globally in the music industry. Apart from them, music professionals, students, learners and amateurs also form part of this large music community. Virtuo piano is one of the sources for learning and playing songs for these artists and amateurs and also this can be used even by a duff person. Virtuo piano is an aid in the form of a application consisting of keys on display and sheet music with chords lyrics of a song, and is very helpful to piano even for a duff person. It enables players to identify the corresponding key, chords, rhythm, pitch to any song.
Author ' s personal copy

University students walk frequently, and individuals ages 18–22 have among the highest rates of pedestrian injury among any age group in the United States. These injuries are caused by a wide range of individual, interpersonal, and environmental factors, but one factor that has not been previously considered carefully is the influence of wearing a heavy backpack on pedestrian safety. Backpacks are known to slow walking speed and disrupt perception of one’s environment, so it is reasonable to question whether they might also influence safe pedestrian behavior. Ninety-six college students engaged in 20 streetcrossings within a virtual pedestrian environment. Half the crossings were completed while bearing a backpack weighing 12% of their body weight; the other half were completed without any burdens. Results suggest that participants walked more slowly, left less safe time to spare after crossing the virtual street, and experienced more frequent hits or close calls with traffic when crossing while carrying the backpack. They also missed fewer safe opportunities to cross while carrying the backpack. Our tests of several demographic characteristics, pedestrian behaviors, and backpack use, as covariates suggest the finding holds across all subsamples included in our study. Implications for pedestrian safety and future research are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Fire fi ghters ’ absorption of PAHs and VOCs during controlled residential fi res by job assignment and fi re attack tactic

To better understand the absorption of combustion byproducts during firefighting, we performed biological monitoring (breath and urine) on firefighters who responded to controlled residential fires and examined the results by job assignment and fire attack tactic. Urine was analyzed for metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and breath was analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including benzene. Median concentrations of PAH metabolites in urine increased from pre-firefighting to 3-h post firefighting for all job assignments. This change was greatest for firefighters assigned to attack and search with 2.3, 5.6, 3.9, and 1.4-fold median increases in pyrene, phenanthrene, naphthalene, and fluorene metabolites. Median exhaled breath concentrations of benzene increased 2-fold for attack and search firefighters (p < 0.01) and 1.4-fold for outside vent firefighters (p= 0.02). Compared to interior attack, transitional attack resulted in 50% less uptake of pyrene (p= 0.09), 36% less uptake phenanthrene (p= 0.052), and 20% less uptake of fluorene (p < 0.01). Dermal absorption likely contributed to firefighters’ exposures in this study. Firefighters’ exposures will vary by job assignment and can be reduced by employing a transitional fire attack when feasible.
Identification of the occurrence of minor elements in the structure of diatomaceous opal using FIB and TEM-EDS

Abstract The occurrence of minor elements in the structure of biogenic diatomaceous opal-A is an important issue because it is closely related to biogeochemical processes driven by the precipitation, sedimentation, and storage of diatoms, as well as to the properties and applications of diatomite, which is the sedimentary rock composed of diatomaceous opal-A. However, to date, there is no direct microscopic evidence for the existence of minor elements, such as Al, Fe, and Mg, in the structure of diatomaceous opal-A, because such evidence requires observation of the internal structure of frustules to exclude the disturbance of impurity minerals, which is technically challenging using conventional techniques. In this work, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) combined with energy-dispersive X‑ray spectroscopy (EDS) mapping analysis were performed on diatomaceous opal-A from three typical diatomite specimens that were pretreated using focused ion beam (FIB) thinning. This technique produces a slice of a diatom frustule for direct TEM observation of the internal structure of the diatomaceous opal-A. The results of this work clearly indicate that minor elements, such as Al, Fe, Ca, and Mg, conclusively exist within the siliceous framework of diatomaceous opal-A. The contents of these minor elements are at atomic ratio levels of 1 (minor element)/ 10 000 (Si) – 1/100, regardless of the genus of the diatoms. The occurrence of minor elements in the internal structure is likely through biological uptake during biosynthesis by living diatoms. Moreover, surface coatings composed of aluminosilicates on diatom frustules are common, and the contents of elements such as Al and Fe are tens or hundreds of times higher in the coatings than in the internal siliceous structure of diatomaceous opal-A. The discovery of the incorporation of the above-mentioned minor elements in the diatomaceous opal-A structure, both in the internal Si-O framework and on the surface, updates the knowledge about the properties of diatomite.
Spectral unmixing algorithms

This document presents the sparse Bayesian unmixing algorithms recently developed in the framework of the “HSI-MARS” research project. The unmixing process is formulated as a linear regression problem, where the abundance’s physical constraints are taken into account. Based on this formulation, a hierarchical Bayesian model is presented and suitable priors are selected for the model parameters such that, on the one hand, they ensure the non-negativity of the abundances, while on the other hand they favor sparse solutions for the abundances’ vector. To perform Bayesian inference based on the proposed hierarchical Bayesian model, we resort to the variational Bayes methodology. Hence, a computationally efficient variational Bayes algorithm is then presented, where approximating posteriors for all model parameters are derived. Experimental results on both synthetic and real hyperspectral data illustrate that the proposed method converges fast, favors sparsity in the abundances’ vector, and offers improved estimation accuracy compared to other related methods.
15 Reasoning as a Social Competence

Groups do better than individuals at reasoning tasks and, in some cases, do even better than any of their individual members. Here is an illustration. In the standard version of the Wason selection task (Wason 1966), the most commonly studied problem in the psychology of reasoning, only about 10 percent of participants give the correct solution, even though it can be arrived at by elementary deductive reasoning.1 Such poor performance begs for an explanation, and a great many have been offered. What makes the selection task relevant here is that the difference between individual and group performance is striking. Moshman and Geil, for instance (1998), had participants try to resolve the task either individually or in groups of five or six participants. While, not surprisingly, only 9 percent of the participants working on their own found the correct solution, an astonishing 70 percent of the groups did. Moreover, when groups were formed with participants who had first tried to solve the task individually, 80 percent of the groups succeeded, including 30 percent of the groups in which none of the members had succeeded on his or her own. How are such differences between individual and group performance to be explained? Reasoning is quite generally viewed as an ability aimed at serving the reasoner’s own cognitive goals. If so, the contribution of reasoning to “collective wisdom” – for instance, to the collective discovery of the correct solution to the Wason selection task in the study of Moshman and Geil – should be seen
Response to comments from Reviewer #1

We appreciate the time and effort by the Editor and reviewers in reviewing our manuscript and the thoughtful and valuable suggestions offered. We have attempted to address in full all issues raised by reviewers, and we hope that the revised manuscript is now to their satisfaction and can be considered for publication in GMD. In the following reply, the black italic text are the reviewers requests, the black indented text are our responses and the blue text in quotes are revised text in the manuscript.
Seasonal diversity of seed borne micro-fungal flora in storage on Solanum melongena L.

Copyright: © Bhajbhuje MN, This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNo Derivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Environmental seasonal variation pattern, vegetation diversity, preand post-harvest climate determine periodic distribution and concentration of microfungal propagules on seed coats in any geographic area. The seeds play crucial role in crop productivity on the globe and are vulnerable to attack by diverse group of fungal pathogens and spread of diseases, in turns adversely affect the global agricultural economy. Prevalence of enormous, high concentrations of diverse microfungal propagules on stored seeds of Solanum melongena L. , widely considered as some pathogenic, phytotoxic and few carcinogenic, have been investigated in a set of storage climate for a year employing standard blotter paper technique, screening four hundred seeds from mixed samples of diverse geographic location of Vidarbha Region (M.S.) and incubating them for seven days. It has been proposed for an establishment of seasonal variation patterns as well as its possible correlation with climatological factors. Results revealed that out of a total fifty fungal isolates fall under thirty genera, eleven species of Aspergillus are among the most predominant components of mesophilic seed mycoflora. Deuteromycota contributed greater count of isolates followed by Ascomycota while Basidiomycota had least count. Winter season dominated by nearly half of a total population of isolates while summer season had 14 per cent count. Nearly 28 per cent population remained throughout in storage period while 10 per cent isolates occurred frequently. The storage period of winter season belonged to the months of December, January and February was seemed to be supportive for fungal infestation, rapid proliferation and sporulation, exhibiting greater level of percent incidence. Level of infestation for mesophilic isolates declined while it was enhanced for thermo-tolerants in summer season. Fungal count and per cent incidence varied periodically during storage. Report on seasonal diversity provides a basis for estimating functional role of fungal organism in an ecosystem.
Adolescent religiosity and conformity to parents: Is sex a moderator?

ADOLESCENT RELIGIOSITY AND CONFORMITY TO PARENTS: IS SEX A MODERATOR? Rebecca Kim Summers This study examines relations between adolescent reports of conformity to their parents and religiosity and if these are moderated by the sex of the adolescent and parent. Self-report data was collected from 121 ninth and tenth graders enrolled in three nonmetropolitan high schools. Religiosity was measured by Schumm et. al.’s (1991) modified version of Gorsuch and Venable’s (1983) scales. Conformity to Parents was assessed using Peterson’s (Peterson, Rollins, & Thomas, 1985) Conformity to Parents scales. Four regressions were used. Results indicate that females: a) report higher levels of conformity to parents and religiosity than males and b) that when adolescent they report higher levels of conformity to mothers, they also report higher levels of intrinsic religiosity. One unexpected finding was that females who reported higher levels of conformity to fathers also reported higher levels of intrinsic religiosity. Findings and implication are discussed.
User acceptance of Second Life : An extended TAM with hedonic consumption behaviours

Second Life is a 3-D multi-user virtual environment which has gained wide spread popularity amongst academic community in the recent years. However, due to its infancy very little is known about the factors driving users’ intention to use Second Life especially in the educational context. This paper presents findings from an ongoing study about the impacts of using multi-user virtual environments in higher education. In information systems research, several models and frameworks have attempted to predict the acceptance of new technology. However some recent studies suggest that the traditional technology acceptance approaches may not work well with today’s entertainment-oriented technologies such as multi-user virtual environments. They also recommend exploring those facets of human behaviour that are likely to capture the hedonic consumption of such technologies. In this paper, we propose an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) including hedonic consumption behaviours in order to explain the usage and acceptance of Second Life in the educational context. The proposed model is empirically evaluated using survey data collected from 122 users about their perceptions of Second Life. Findings suggest that hedonic consumption behaviours are strong predictors of Second Life usage as compared to traditional motivational constructs of usefulness and ease-of-use.
The Th 1 chemokine MIG in Graves ’ Disease : a narrative review of the literature

Graves’ disease Graves’ disease (GD) is a systemic autoimmune disorder caused by a complex interplay of genetic, environmental and endogenous factors. GD complications affect thyroid and orbital connective tissues. The most common symptoms affecting about fifty% of patients are fatigue, weight loss, palpitations, tremor and heat intolerance. Among extrathyroidal physical signs, in addition to ophthalmopathy, between 1 to 4% of patients can manifest thyroid dermatopathy too (1). It has been shown the dominant role played by the autoimmune response in the development of GD, as well as the pathogenetic role covered by thyroid stimulating autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of this disorder (2).
ESTIMATION OF ( CO ) VARIANCE COMPONENTS FOR AGE AT FIRST FARROWING AND FARROWING INTERVAL IN CZECH LARGE WHITE

1 The research was supported by project QJ1310109 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. This work is dedicated to Dr. Jochen Wolf. 2 Institute of Animal Science, Přátelství 815, 104 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic; e-mail: krupa.emil@vuzv.cz 3 Same address as 2, e-mail: zakova.eliska@vuzv.cz 4 Same address as 2, e-mail: krupova.zuzana@vuzv.cz 5 Same address as 2, e-mail: michalickova.monika@vuzv.cz ABSTRACT We aimed to estimate the variance and covariance components for the original and transformed age at the first farrowing (AFF) and farrowing interval in this study. The data from 25,094 sows (77,544 observations) of the Czech Large White pig breed between January 2000 and December 2015 provided by Czech Pig Breeders Association were used for the analyses. Data higher than the median were only transformed. The farrowing interval was evaluated separately from the first to the fourth parity (FI1–FI4). The heritabilities for the original traits were very low: 0.17, 0.11, 0.07, 0.06, and 0.06 for AFF and FI1–FI4, whereas those for the transformed traits were higher: 0.19, 0.14, 0.11, 0.11, and 0.12 for AFF and FI1–FI4, respectively. The phenotypic correlations between the traits were low, but significant. The estimated genetic correlations between all the farrowing intervals were clearly lower than one, indicating that all the farrowing intervals should be treated as different traits. Using the transformation procedure decreased the skewness and kurtosis of the original data in our study. The heritabilities of the analysed farrowing intervals were only increased owing to the transformation.
P o S ( L H C 0 7 ) 0 3 5 Energy dependence of nuclear effects in hadron-nucleus collisions

The energy dependence of light and heavy particle productio n in hadron-nucleus collisions is discussed. Whereas the production mechanism at lower energ i s can be understood in the Glauber rescattering picture, experimental data at RHIC indicate t hat particles are mostly produced in coherent processes. The importance of energy-momentum con servation is shown to be crucial at forward rapidities for the whole energy range. We also dis cus the behaviour of α(xF) with energy for light particles and J/ψ . Finally, we make predictions for the future LHC experiment .
Arthrography and Arthrosonography of the Friesian cattle ( Bos taurus ) carpus

Abdelhaleem. H. El-kasapy The radiographic, computed tomographic and ultrasonographic of the carpal region of twelve clinically normal Friesian cattle (Bos taurus) was determined. Radiographic examination was performed in dorsopalmar, lateromedial projections. The carpus was ultrasonographically investigated with the help of an 8-MHz linear transducer. Bone windows CT were performed. The bony structures and articulations of the carpal joint were outlined. The extensor tendons were easily identified at the dorsal aspect of the carpus. The flexor tendons were observed at the palmar aspect. Other soft structures examined include the lateral collateral ligament and the medial collateral ligament. The lumina of carpal tendon sheaths and the boundaries of the carpal joint pouches could not be defined. The objective of this study was to define the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the structures of the carpal region in healthy Friesian cattle as well as to state the normal radiography and CT of the same region in order to establish clinically relevant reference data.
Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Beef Cattle Fattening Program in a Selected Area of Bangladesh

The study was conducted to identify the problems and prospects associated with small scale beef cattle fattening program in three upazilas under Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh. Data were collected from sixty (60) respondents involved in cattle farming through questionnaire. The results indicated that majority (66.6%) of the farmers was middle aged (36-55 years) having various degree of education (73.4%) while 60% of the farmers had small sized family (1-4 members) with 38.3% farmers belonged to landless. About 58.3% farmer’s income was between 100,000 to 200,000 BD Taka and 78.3% of the farmers involved in agriculture while all the farmers used their own capital for beef cattle production. Most (93.3%) of the farmers didn’t get any training whereas various level of experiences was observed among the farmers. Majority (63.3%) of the farmers never went to upazila livestock office for getting information about beef cattle production. The current status related to beef cattle production revealed that majority (46.7%) of the farmers used artificial insemination while all of the farmers used male cattle for their fattening program. About 58.3% farmers used cattle of less than 1 year whereas none of them practiced urea molasses straw and silage feeding and growth hormone in the fattening program. Only 26.7% of the farmers provided vaccination and 65% used vitamin and minerals while 90 % used local doctors to treat diseases. Most of the farmers (98%) didn’t isolate disease infected cattle from other healthy cattle and 38.3% farmers used to access their cattle to outdoor while 31.7% in pasture. Only 3.3% farmers used to keep records regularly. Most (73.33%) of the farmers faced low problem while 26.67% faced medium problem in small scale beef cattle fattening program. Lack of training opportunity, high cost of vaccines, limitation of knowledge were the top three problems of the farmers in small scale beef cattle fattening program which might be solved providing proper training, credit facilities, communication media exposure and extension services.