Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON REVISION STRATEGIES: THE CASE OF FOUR MALAYSIAN NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH IN A MAINSTREAM E.S.L. CLASSROOM

This case study explored the revision strategies of four Malaysian native speakers of English when they composed aloud while writing an argumentative essay. Think aloud verbal protocols were analysed using the grounded theory approach in conjunction with written texts. The findings suggest that contextual factors influenced classroom practices. The contextual factors included a teacher who was not provided with adequate training, administrative policies which did not provide support for the development of writers based on their abilities, writing instruction which viewed revision as a process of error correction and public assessment practices which were non-transparent. These classroom practices influenced the participants‟ beliefs about revision. These beliefs affected the quality of their essays as judged by Malaysian public examiners. Additionally, the findings suggest a mismatch between classroom instruction and public examination. Suggestions are made to address these concerns by considering the theoretical underpinnings of the cognitive process, socio-cultural and community of practice models of writing and learning. These include instruction on revision strategies, considering alternative assessment practices, providing formative feedback, ability streaming, focussing on critical reading skills and providing adequate support to the teacher.
Job Satisfaction and Race Among Military Officers.

Abstract : This thesis investigated the extent of variation in levels of job satisfaction among military officers that could be attriguted to race. The data came from the 1978 Department of Defense Survey of Officers and Enlisted Personnel conducted by the Rand Corporation. The population analyzed was black and white officers in all four services, with the ranks of 01 through 03, who were still within their initial period of obligated service. Factor analysis was performed on a set of job characteristics to determine if differences existed between the black and white officers in the ranking and relative importance of these characteristics. The results of the factor analysis were used to formulate two multivariate models that explain job satisfaction for black and white officers separately. Knowledge of the aspects of work that are important to these officers can provide manpower planners with information that can improve that attainment of recruiting and retention goals in the future.
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of IL1B Gene (rs16944) in a Sample of Rheumatoid Arthritis Iraqi Patients

Cytokines play a prominent role in etiology and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and one of these cytokines is interleukin-1β (IL-1β). The association between IL1B gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP: rs16944) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a sample of Iraqi patients was investigated. Fifty-one RA patients (21 males and 30 females) were enrolled and their age range was 20 - 63 years (44.9 ± 1.5 years). In addition to patients, 45 apparently healthy control subjects were also enrolled in the study. They matched patients for ethnicity (Iraqis), gender (14 males and 31 females) and age (41.3 ± 1.3 years). Analysis of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in RA patients and controls revealed that the IL1B genotypes were consistent with the equilibrium, and no significant differences ( p > 0.05) were observed between the observed and expected genotype frequencies. Inspecting IL1B genotype and allele frequencies in RA patients and controls revealed that there were no significant variations between these frequencies, although a decreased frequency of T allele (67.7 vs . 73.3%) and an increased frequency of C allele (32.3 vs . 26.7%) were observed in patients compared to controls. In conclusion, the results are in favor of no association between IL1B gene SNP (rs16944) and RA in Iraqi population.
Outcome assessment of primary ventral versus incisional hernia repair by laparoscopic approach

INTRODUCTION: The superiority of laparoscopic approach for a ventral and incisional hernia has been well documented over the traditional open repair. However, there is a paucity of literature comparing the outcomes of laparoscopic repair of primary ventral hernias versus incisional hernias. The objective of our study was to compare the operative variables and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic repair of primary ventral hernia as compared to incisional hernia in our setup. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the clinical data of 159 patients who underwent laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair from January 2014 to December 2015. Demographics, operative variables, and short-term outcomes were compared between the two groups. Comparison of outcome variables was done using independent sample t- test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables. RESULTS: Of 159 patients, 90 (57%) had primary ventral hernia repair and 69 (43%) underwent incisional hernia repair. Both groups were similar in terms of age, body mass index, comorbid conditions, and high preponderance of females. The number (P < 0.006) and size (P < 0.000) of the hernia defect were significantly higher in the incisional hernia group. The operating time (P < 0.000) and extent of adhesiolysis (P < 0.011) were significantly higher in patients with incisional hernia. There was no statistically significant difference in intraoperative and postoperative complications in the two groups. The duration of postoperative hospital stay was longer in the incisional hernia group (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The patients in the incisional hernia group had higher frequency of complex and large hernias. Laparoscopic repair of incisional hernia was associated with extensive adhesiolysis, longer operating time, and longer hospital stay as compared to primary ventral hernias.
Comprehension Processes in Reading

Contents: K. Rayner, Comprehension Processes: Introduction. Section 1:Comprehension of Words. D.A. Balota, The Role of Meaning in Word Recognition. M.S. Seidenberg, Lexical Access: Another Theoretical Soupstone? D. Besner, Does the Reading System Need a Lexicon? A.M.B. deGroot, The Locus of the Associative-Priming Effect in the Mental Lexicon. R. Schreuder, M. Grendel, N. Poulisse, A. Roelofs, M. van de Voort, Lexical Processing, Morphological Complexity and Reading. A. Pollatsek, K. Rayner, Eye Movements and Lexical Access in Reading. Commentary on Section 1: O. Neumann, Lexical Access: Some Comments on Models and Metaphors. P. Hudson, What's in a Word? Levels of Representation and Word Recognition. Section 2:Syntactic Proceses in Comprehension. C.A. Perfetti, The Cooperative Language Processors: Semantic Influences in an Autonomous Syntax. R. Taraban, J.L. McClelland, Parsing and Comprehension: A Multiple-Constraint View. C. Clifton, M. DeVincenzi, Comprehending Sentences with Empty Elements. D.C. Mitchell, F. Cuetos, D. Zagar, Reading in Different Languages: Is There a Universal Mechanism for Parsing Sentences? L. Frazier, Parsing Modifiers: Special Purpose Routines in the HSPM? Commentary on Section 2: D. Norris, Connectionism: A Case for Modularity. G.B. Flores d'Arcais, Parsing Principles and Language Comprehension During Reading. Section 3:Comprehension of Discourse. J.L. Myers, Causal Relatedness and Text Comprehension. J.M. Keenan, G. R. Potts, J.M. Golding, T.M. Jennings, Which Elaborative Inferences are Drawn During Reading: A Question of Methodologies. G. McKoon, R. Ratcliff, Textual Inferences: Models and Measures. P. van den Broek, The Causal Inference Maker: Towards a Process Model of Inference Generation in Text Comprehension. W. Vonk, L. Noordman, On the Control of Inferences in Text Understanding. S. Garrod, A. Sanford, Referential Processes in Reading: Focussing on Roles and Individuals. N.E. Sharkey, A Connectionist Model of Text Comprehension. Commentary on Section 3: A. Sanford, On the Nature of Text Driven Inference. Section 4:Comprehension Failures and Reading. S. Crain, D. Shankweiler, Explaining Failures in Spoken Language Comprehension by Children with Reading Disability. F.A. Conners, R.K. Olson, Reading Comprehension in Dyslexic and Normal Readers: A Component Skills Analysis. P.H. K. Seymour, Semantic Processing in Dyslexia. J. Rispens, Comprehension Problems in Dyslexia. Commentary on Section 4: A. van der Leij, Comprehension Failures. General Commentary. K. Rayner, G.B. Flores d'Arcais, D.A. Balota, Comprehension Processes in Reading: Final Thoughts.
Teneligliptin: a review on cardio-renal safety -

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Various drugs including DPP4 inhibitors with different pharmacologic profile are being used in patients with type 2 diabetes for improving glycaemic control. Cardiovascular (CV) safety is one of the important aspects while selecting the glucose lowering therapies. In addition, DPP-4 inhibitors differ in their mode of excretion and degree of accumulation, which require dose/frequency modification in patients with impaired renal function. Therefore, understanding the cardio-renal safety profile of DPP4 inhibitors is of great importance. Teneligliptin is a DPP4 inhibitor, approved recently for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The purpose of the present review is to integrate published literature and evaluate the cardio-renal safety of teneligliptin in type 2 diabetic patients. As per the available evidence, teneligliptin has apparently positive effects on CV safety markers like no QT prolongation at clinically relevant dose, small but significant improvement in left ventricular (LV) function, improvement in adiponectin levels and improvement in endothelial dysfunction. These findings support the cardiovascular safety of teneligliptin in T2DM patients. Dual route of excretion makes teneligliptin suitable (no dose adjustment required) for T2DM patients with renal failure. Available clinical evidence suggests that teneligliptin exerts cardiovascular safety in T2DM patients. This drug can be used in T2DM patients with CKD including end stage renal disease patients without any major safety concern.
Multicultural Issues in Software Engineering Processes

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master’s Degree Programme in Information Technology STATKAITYTE, RASA: Multicultural Issues in Software Engineering Processes Master of Science Thesis, 120 pages, 22 Appendix pages May 2011 Major: Software engineering Examiners: Professor Hannu Jaakkola Researcher Petri Linna
Imager les zones de formation des planètes autour des étoiles jeunes dans le cadre de reconstruction d'images pour le VLTI

Les planetes se forment tres probablement dans les disques de gaz et de poussiere detectes autour des etoiles jeunes en cours de formation. L'etude de ces disques circumstellaires est donc indispensable pour comprendre la formation des planetes et l'origine de notre systeme solaire. Au vu des distances des regions de formation stellaires les plus proches, observer la partie des disques situees entre 0.1 et 10 UA correspond a des echelles spatiales de l'ordre de la milli-arcseconde. L'interferometrie infrarouge est un outil adapte pour atteindre de telles echelles spatiales et, par consequent, pour etudier l'environnement proche des etoiles jeunes. Cependant, un interferometre ne produit pas une image directe de l'objet observe. Les donnees obtenues jusqu'a present sont peu nombreuses et utilisees uniquement pour contraindre des modeles theoriques. Avec l'arrivee de nouveaux instruments, les donnees interferometriques peuvent etre utilisees pour reconstruire des images independamment de modeles parametriques, comme il est habituellement fait dans le domaine radio. Le present travail vise a appliquer la methode de reconstruction d'images a des donnees interferometriques en infrarouge proche d'objets jeunes. Dans un premier temps, une etude systematique de la methode de reconstruction d'images est realisee sur l'algorithme MiRA et des regles pratiques pour les utilisateurs en sont extraits. Il est egalement demontre qu'il vaut mieux augmenter la couverture du plan (u; v), et ce de maniere la plus homogene possible, plutot que de diminuer les barres d'erreur sur les donnees. Dans un deuxieme temps, la methode est appliquee a une Herbig Ae, MWC275, donnant lieu a la premiere image de l'environnement proche d'une etoile jeune complexe. Suite a la pauvrete de la couverture (u; v), une image evidente a interpreter n'est pas realisable malgre l'utilisation de parametres adequats. Une methodologie impliquant l'utilisation d'un modele de l'objet est donc indispensable afin de ne pas sur-interpreter les structures dans l'image reconstruite. Finalement, la technique est appliquee a d'autres objets jeunes. Ces nouvelles applications renforcent l'interet d'utiliser la reconstruction d'images comme technique d'analyse mais confirment egalement la prudence a avoir lors de l'analyse des images reconstruites.
A scheduling problem for N competing queues with finite capacity

We consider a scheduling problem for a pull manufacturing system with constant demand rates. The system comprises a reliable single machine which can provide service to N different part types, with negligible set-up times and costs. Back-logged requests and finite goods incur a cost, linear in the backlog and inventory levels which must be minimized over an infinite time interval. While the solution for the infinite buffer case is well known, this paper explores the case of finite buffers. A symmetry assumption is considered and the optimal policy is analytically derived. An example is reported to illustrate the policy obtained. The analysis of the relation between cost and throughput optimization in the case of finite buffers is also included in the paper.
Incidence of student registered nurse anesthetists in the United States who own and use smartphones as supplemental learning tools

ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . iv LIST OF TABLES . viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . x CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION . 1 Problem Statement . 1 Purpose of Project . 1 Background and Significance . 2 Advantages of Smartphones for Students . 3 Text Messages . 3 Applications . 3 Clinical Advantages . 5 Disadvantages . 5 Literature Review. 7 Search Method . 8 Desirability of Smartphone Usage . 8 Ownership and Usage of Smartphones . 9 Benefits of Smartphones . 10 vi Smartphone Effectiveness . 11 Conclusion . 12 Theoretical Framework . 13 CHAPTER II – METHODOLOGY. 15 Design . 15 Population . 15 Data Collection . 16 Data Analysis . 17 Limitation . 18 Assumption . 18 CHAPTER III RESULTS . 19 CHAPTER IV – DISCUSSION. 23 CHAPTER V – CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION . 26 Conclusion . 26 Future Studies . 26 APPENDIX A – Literature Matrix . 27 APPENDIX B – Questionnaires . 34 APPENDIX C – Survey Result . 39 APPENDIX D – Data Analysis . 48 APPENDIX B Variable. 48 vii APPENDIX E– DNP Essentials . 58 APPENDIX F– Permission Letter . 61 APPENDIX G – IRB Approval Letter. 62 REFERENCES . 63
Journal cross-citation matrices reconsidered. Tracing the role of individual journals in the communication network

This study aims at uncovering structural patterns of information flow among scientific journals on basis of bibliometric means and statistical methods of data analysis. Beyond measuring the individual journals position within the communication network, we shed light on their cognitive background as well. Language barrier and lacking internationality proved one of the main hindrances for integration into the communication network, and on the other hand, it was the document type that hinders journals from establishing self-links. Against our expectations, we have found a clear divergence between strongly interlinked and high-entropy journals.
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E IgG antibodies among Voluntary Blood Donors in a tertiary hospital

Background: Transfusion safety is a major concern in medical practice. Hepatitis E is a potential threat among transfusion-transmitted infections. In resource poor settings and in endemic countries, parenteral transmission can occur at an increased rate and leads to subclinical infection. Currently Hepatitis E virus screening is not mandatory in many countries. This can possibly endanger the population. Methods: We aimed at estimating the seroprevalence of HEV antibodies (IgG) among healthy blood donors in Chennai, South India. A prospective study was conducted among 142 blood donors from January 2016 to November 2016 in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Serum anti HEV IgG antibody was detected by Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA). Results: Out of 142 samples, 19/142 (13.38%) showed positivity for IgG antibodies for HEV. Conclusion: This study showed the importance of screening for HEV, as there is increased rate of positivity among the blood donors in our study population. DOI: 10.21276/APALM.1370
Clinic for integral care of the abused child: implementation of a national strategy in education, research and treatment

The importance related to the topic of child abuse and neglect is considered. We focus here on the medical, social and legal aspects of this problem. It is easily understandable that the World Health Organization sees it as a global public health problem in view of its consequences: physical and emotional for the child and economic and social for the family and the community. In order to address this situation, the authorities for the pediatric community must develop
Factores relacionados con la dinámica del dengue en Guayaquil, basado en tendencias históricas

Introduction: Guayaquil population has an endemic – epidemic presence of dengue and there are few studies on the historical trend of the factors that influence its behavior. Objective: To establish the historical trend of factors relate to the dynamics of dengue in the city of Guayaquil during the period 2008 - 2013. Design. Non-experimental study, longitudinal trend. Setting: City of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Material: Cases of dengue. Methods: Information on cases of Dengue, temperature, humidity and wind, Breteau index and circulating viruses were obtained. Main outcome measures: Historical trend of the factors that influence the dynamics of dengue. Results: The trend with the most cases occurred in weeks 10-24 in 2010 and 2012, with scattering points compared to the trend line. Environmental variables showed findings of moisture above 70% with high and low winds that can cause conditions that may increase the transmission of the disease. The study also showed that there are epidemiological periods when the transmission decreases that may be related to lower temperatures, relative humidity and presence of wind. The 4 serotypes of dengue were present, with simultaneous movement of DEN1, DEN2 serotypes, and DEN4 serotypes for the past 3 years. Conclusions: The historical trend of dengue throughout the year has periods and years of variability. Environmental factors like temperature, humidity, winds and Breteau index accounted for more cases in the first 2 periods of each year. The polynomial trend was 63.3% which can be considered reliable on the increase in cases for the projection for 2017. It is important to continue the studies of the historical behavior of dengue with an integrated approach.
Comprehensive retinal image analysis: image processing and feature extraction techniques oriented to the clinical task

Medical digital imaging has become a key element of modern health care procedures. It provides a visual documentation, a permanent record for the patients, and most importantly the ability to extract information about many diseases. Ophthalmology is a field that is heavily dependent on the analysis of digital images because they can aid in establishing an early diagnosis even before the first symptoms appear. This dissertation contributes to the digital analysis of such images and the problems that arise along the imaging pipeline, a field that is commonly referred to as retinal image analysis. We have dealt with and proposed solutions to problems that arise in retinal image acquisition and longitudinal monitoring of retinal disease evolution. Specifically, non-uniform illumination, poor image quality, automated focusing, and multichannel analysis. However, there are many unavoidable situations in which images of poor quality, like blurred retinal images because of aberrations in the eye, are acquired. To address this problem we have proposed two approaches for blind deconvolution of blurred retinal images. In the first approach, we consider the blur to be space-invariant and later in the second approach we extend the work and propose a more general space-variant scheme. For the development of the algorithms we have built preprocessing solutions that have enabled the extraction of retinal features of medical relevancy, like the segmentation of the optic disc and the detection and visualization of longitudinal structural changes in the retina. Encouraging experimental results carried out on real retinal images coming from the clinical setting demonstrate the applicability of our proposed solutions.
The GPSTk: GLONASS, RINEX Version 3.00 and More

The GPS Toolkit (GPSTk) project is an attempt to bring the power of the open source world to the satellite navigation community. The GPSTk is intended to help eliminate the “black box” nature of many commercial applications, and to enable rapid prototype development for data analysis applications. It is also intended to support software development and systems engineering associated with GNSS data collection systems. Because satellite navigation is ubiquitous, its users employ practically every computational architecture and operating system. Therefore the GPSTk suite is intended to be as platform-independent as possible. This is achieved through use of ISO-standard C++. The principles of objectoriented programming are used throughout the GPSTk code base in order to ensure that it is modular, extensible and maintainable. The software suite consists of a core library, auxiliary libraries, and a large set of advanced applications. The libraries provide the wide array of common functions that applications use to handle data processing associated with GPS. Furthermore, programmers can also access the library code to develop new processing applications. The GPSTk was initially designed and developed in a highly collaborative environment of software engineers and scientists in the Space and Geophysics laboratory (SGL) at the Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin (ARL:UT). SGL decided in 2003 to opensource much of their basic GPS processing software as the GPSTk under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1. The GPSTk’s source code and documentation are now hosted on public servers so that project members from multiple academic and commercial institutions can freely collaborate in development. In the last two years, a number of new applications and library capabilities have been added to the GPSTk. New applications have been added to characterize clock stability. New library capabilities have been added to process GLONASS observations and to fully support the Receiver INdependent EXchange (RINEX) version 3 file format. New library code also provides the ability to generate highly customizable plots compatible with LATEX and web browsers. A new library has been added that provides a framework for precise point positioning (PPP).