Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance Optimization Using Variable-Latency Design Style

In many designs, the worst-case delay of a critical path may be activated infrequently. Traditional optimization approaches assume the worst-case conditions, which could lead to an inefficient resource usage. It is possible to improve the throughput of such designs by introducing variable latency. One existing realization of the variable-latency design style is based on telescopic units. The design of the hold logic in telescopic units influences the circuit's throughput. In this paper, we show that the traditionally designed hold logic may be inaccurate. We use the short path activation conditions to obtain more accurate hold logic and improve the efficiency of telescopic units. To reduce the overhead for large circuits, we propose an efficient heuristic methodology of constructing non-exact hold logic. We also discuss how to choose the telescopic unit's timing constraint. On average, our approach achieves the performance gain of 21.67% compared to 13.99%, reported in the previous work.
Experimentally testing Taylor's stress, coping and adaptation framework

Abstract Taylor (1995) constructed a comprehensive framework of stress and adaptation, which considers internal and external resources/impediments as moderators, based on previous studies and models. However, most past research used correlation designs and has not taken into account all of the framework's components within one study. This study tested the effects of the event (minor, major), primary appraisal (benign, severe), coping (problem-focused coping (PFC) versus emotion-focused coping), external resources (with/without social support), and internal impediments (hostility), on estimated distress (dependent variable) in written imagined stressful daily scenarios. All components except hostility were experimentally manipulated within subjects in the scenarios. The scenarios were rated by 281 Dutch students. The variables event, appraisal, and social support significantly and independently affected estimated distress. Event and appraisal synergistically interacted in relation to estimated distress. Finally, appraisal interacted with coping such that the distress-reducing effects of PFC occurred only in benign events, while coping did not affect estimated distress in severely appraised events. This study experimentally tested most components of Taylor's framework, and showed that events, appraisal, and social resources were independent determinants of estimated distress, and that appraisal interacts in a complex manner with the event and with coping.
Customer brand identification, affective commitment, customer satisfaction, and brand trust as antecedents of customer behavioral intention of loyalty: An empirical study in the hospitality sector

ABSTRACT The current study presents an integrated model that explores how customer brand identification (CBI), affective commitment, customer satisfaction, and brand trust influence the development of customer behavioral intention of loyalty (CBIL) in the hospitality sector. The underpinning theories of this study are social identity theory and relationship marketing theory. Data were collected in the form of a survey from 345 customers staying at different hotels across six cities in India. The data were analyzed by using confirmatory factor analysis, followed by structural equation modeling. The findings illustrated that the influence of CBI on CBIL is direct as well as mediated by affective commitment, customer satisfaction, and brand trust. The latter three constructs were also direct predictors of CBIL while the influence of customer satisfaction and brand trust on CBIL was found to be mediated by affective commitment as well. These matters have received little attention in marketing generally and hospitality research particularly, and knowledge of the proposed relationships may lead to further research on this topic.
Single-Precision Multiplier with Reduced Circuit Complexity for Signal Processing Applications

When two numbers are multiplied, a double-wordlength product is produced. In applications where only the single-precision product is required, the double-wordlength result is rounded to single-precision. Hence, in single-precision applications, it is not necessary to compute the least significant part of the product exactly. Instead, it is only necessary to estimate the carries generated in the computation of the least significant part that will ripple into the most significant part of the product. This will produce a single-precision multiplier with significantly reduced circuit complexity. Three novel methods for realizing this class of reduced complexity single-precision multipliers are introduced and their performance analyzed. >
Pengaruh Kredit Terhadap Perilaku Ekonomi Rumahtangga Petani Padi Sawah:Aplikasi Model Ekonomi Rumahtangga Usahatani

This research aims to analyze the effect of credit on farm household economic behavior and evaluate the impact of access to credit sources and reduction of lending rates on farm household economic behavior. This research used survey method. Data analysis using the simultaneous model (2SLS) and simulation model. Data were collected through a survey of household lowland rice farmers in the district of Sumedang, West Java Province. The results showed that farm household as a unit of production and consumption respond positively to the amount of credit. The amount of credit, led to the increased use of production inputs, output and farm income, which in turn will lead to the increased of consumer spending and demand for hired labor . This indicated that the farm household as a family farming is essentially a household production and household consumption as well, so that production and consumption decisions are not separate, but closely related. Access to sources of credit is more important than a low lending rates.
Investigating automation and AGV in healthcare logistics: a case study based approach

ABSTRACT In France, as in numerous countries, healthcare organisations are undergoing major transformations, leading them to rationalise their resources and optimize their flows. In this context, automation can play an important role, enabling value creation and patient satisfaction. Previous research has mainly focused on the technological aspects of automation, neglecting the organisational issues related to the implementation of this innovation and particularly the management of the hospital staff, including logistics personnel, involved within the organisational change process. The aim of this article is, at least, to partly address this gap within the literature, and to propose, based on an exploratory case study, an analysis grid of the challenges and changes in terms of logistics flows (pharmaceutical, waste, laundry, etc.) that impact staff involved in managing these flows in a hospital context. Our results highlight the importance and necessity of anticipating the building and deployment of new knowledge and skills in order to efficiently and effectively design and manage automated logistics flows with AGV system.
Measuring nasal nitric oxide in allergic rhinitis patients.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare two sampling methods for nasal nitric oxide in healthy individuals and allergic rhinitis patients, and to examine the within-subject reliability of nasal nitric oxide measurement. METHODS The study included 23 allergic rhinitis patients without concomitant asthma and 10 healthy individuals. For all participants, nitric oxide levels were measured non-invasively from the lungs through the mouth (i.e. the oral fractional exhaled nitric oxide) and the nose. Nasal nitric oxide was measured by two different methods: (1) nasal aspiration via one nostril during breath holding and (2) single-breath quiet exhalation against resistance through a tight facemask (i.e. the nasal fractional exhaled nitric oxide). RESULTS Compared with healthy participants, allergic rhinitis patients had significantly higher average oral and nasal nitric oxide levels. All methods of nitric oxide measurement had excellent reliability. CONCLUSION Nasal nitric oxide measurement is a useful and reliable clinical tool for diagnosing allergic rhinitis in patients without asthma in an out-patient setting.
What explains student’s intentions to pursue a certified professional accountancy qualification?

Purpose This study examines the factors that explain Ghanaian business students’ intentions to pursue a Certified Professional Accounting (CPA) qualification. Design/methodology/approach The study uses survey method of research and mainly used questionnaires as data collection instrument to elicit information from the respondent group. Using a total of 641 business students from the University of Ghana Business School, a mixture of factor analysis and logistic regression analysis techniques was used in investigating the study objectives. Findings Results from the regression analysis demonstrate that students’ preference and beliefs about accounting professional qualification, academic major and grade point average are significantly associated with their intentions to pursue a CPA qualification. Moreover, majority of the sampled respondents (47.9 per cent) with the desire to pursue a CPA qualification prefer to be affiliated with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 27.2 per cent prefer the Institute of Charted Accountant Ghana qualification, while only 7 per cent of the students prefer to be affiliated with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant. Research limitations/implications The findings from this study have important implications for the various professional accountancy bodies, accounting educators and other stakeholders interested in promoting the choice of accounting as a career path among university students. Practical implications The results indicate that, as part of the broader strategy to increase the number of professional accountants in Ghana, there is the need to promote the study of accounting at the undergraduate level in the various universities in the country. Originality/value This study uniquely uses the behavioral decision theory to explain the dominant factors associated with students’ intentions to pursue a CPA qualification.
Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Outcomes in Patients Presenting With Congestive Heart Failure Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine treatment and outcomes in patients admitted to the hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND Although cardiogenic shock complicating AMI has been studied extensively, the hospital course of patients presenting with CHF is less well established. METHODS The Second National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI-2) was analyzed to determine hospital outcomes for patients with ST-elevation AMI admitted with CHF (Killip classes II or III). RESULTS Of 190,518 patients with AMI, 36,303 (19.1%) had CHF on admission. Patients presenting with CHF were older (72.6 12.5 vs. 63.2 13.5 years), more often female (46.8% vs. 32.1%), had longer time to hospital presentation (2.80 2.6 vs. 2.50 2.4 h), and had higher prevalence of anterior/septal AMI (38.8% vs. 33.3%), diabetes (33.1% vs. 19.5%), and hypertension (54.6% vs. 46.1%) (all p 0.0005). Also, they had longer lengths of stay (8.1 7.1 vs. 6.8 5.3 days, p 0.00005) and greater risk for in-hospital death (21.4% vs. 7.2%; p 0.0005). Patients with CHF were less likely to receive aspirin (75.7% vs. 89.0%), heparin (74.6% vs. 91.1%), oral beta-blockers (27.0% vs. 41.7%), fibrinolytics (33.4% vs. 58.0%), or primary angioplasty (8.6% vs. 14.6%), and more likely to receive angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (25.4% vs. 13.0%). Congestive heart failure on admission was one of the strongest predictors of in-hospital death (adjusted odds ratio 1.68; 95% confidence interval 1.62, 1.75). CONCLUSIONS Patients with AMI presenting with CHF are at higher risk for adverse in-hospital outcomes. Despite this, they are less likely to be treated with reperfusion therapy and medications with proven mortality benefit. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:1389–94) © 2002 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
Defective myogenic response to posture change in retinal vessels of well-controlled type 1 diabetic patients with no retinopathy.

PURPOSE The current approach to the prevention of diabetic retinopathy relies on intensive anti-diabetes treatment and is only partially successful. A marker of retinopathy risk would enable strategies of surveillance, screening of adjunct drugs, and targeted drug interventions. The authors sought to identify early abnormalities of retinal vessels that are not prevented by the current therapeutic approach. METHODS Retinal thickness (an informer of vascular permeability) and hemodynamic parameters at baseline and longitudinally were measured in 27 subjects (age, 32 ± 9 years [mean ± SD]) with well-controlled type 1 diabetes of 12.4 ± 6.4 years' duration and no retinopathy, and in 27 control subjects. In a subset of 17 patients and 11 controls, the hemodynamic response to reclining, a postural change that increases retinal perfusion pressure, was measured. RESULTS Baseline foveal thickness and hemodynamic parameters were similar in the diabetic and control subjects. Foveal thickness increased over 12 months in the diabetic subjects, from 217 ± 22 μm to 222 ± 20 μm (P = 0.0036), remaining however within the normal range. Reclining uncovered in 47% of diabetic subjects (P = 0.016 compared with controls) an absent myogenic response (i.e., unchanged or increased arterial diameter instead of the normal decrease). The patterns were repeatable. Only the diabetic group with defective vasoconstriction showed widening arterial diameter over 12 months, a change presaging vascular dilatation in diabetic retinopathy. CONCLUSIONS Defective myogenic response to pressure was the first detectable abnormality of retinal vessels in subjects with well-controlled type 1 diabetes. Because of its selective occurrence, interpretability in individual patients, and pathogenic potential, the abnormality deserves evaluation as a risk marker for retinopathy.
Teaching Versus Active Learning: A Computational Analysis of Conditions that Affect Learning

Researchers have debated whether instructional-based teaching or exploration-based active learning is better for decades with unsatisfying results. A main obstacle is the difficulty in precisely controlling and characterizing the pedagogical methods used and the learning conditions in empirical studies. To address this, we leveraged existing computational models of teaching and active learning to formalize the methods and the learning process. We compared the two pedagogical methods in a concept-learning framework and investigated their effectiveness under various scenarios. Our results show that when the learner and teacher are conceptually aligned, teaching is at least as effective as, and often much more effective than active learning, but when the alignment is broken, active learning can yield moderate improvement over teaching. We conclude by discussing our results’ implications for the debate and the prospects of bringing computational models to bear on complex real-world problems that are resistant to simple experimental investigation.
Evidence Base for the Use of Ultrasound for Upper Extremity Blocks: 2014 Update

Abstract This article reviews and summarizes randomized, controlled studies that have assessed ultrasound (US) guidance for brachial plexus blocks in comparison with other nerve localization methods as well as those that have compared different US-guided brachial plexus block techniques. Both PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched using the MeSH terms anesthetic technique, brachial plexus, and ultrasound. Studies were included if they had randomized allocation comparing US with another conventional nerve localization technique or if they compared 2 different US-guided techniques, such as single versus multiple injections. Each study was classified as a categorical outcome as being supportive, unclear, or negative for the use of US. These were compared with &khgr;2 analysis with the null hypothesis that US provides no benefit for brachial plexus blocks. Forty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria, and 29 compared US guidance to landmark or peripheral nerve stimulation techniques. Our analysis of the literature supports the use of US over other nerve localization techniques as being beneficial for several block performance outcomes including block performance time, reducing the number of needle passes and the incidence of vascular puncture, shortening sensory block onset time, and improving block success.
USE OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING IN SUPRATENTORIAL ARACHNOID CYSTS

Congenital supratentorial arachnoid cysts are large lesions that tend to cause severe distortion and compression of the brain, particularly in infants and children. Diagnosis of such cysts has often been delayed and uncertain in the past, but development of computerized tomography (CT) has greatly improved the ease and accuracy of their identification, helping to provide for earlier surgical treatment and better care of patients. The authors report 24 cases of congenital supratentorial arachnoid cysts, 18 of which were studied with CT scanning; this method proved very valuable in pre- and postoperative assessment in all cases, and far superior to other diagnostic methods.
Overweight, obesity, and incident asthma: a meta-analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies.

RATIONALE Although obesity has been implicated as an asthma risk factor, there is heterogeneity in the published literature regarding its role in asthma incidence, particularly in men. OBJECTIVES To quantify the relationship between categories of body mass index (BMI) and incident asthma in adults and to evaluate the impact of sex on this relationship. METHODS Online bibliographic databases were searched for prospective studies evaluating BMI and incident asthma in adults. Independent observers extracted data regarding annualized asthma incidence from studies meeting predetermined criteria, within defined categories of normal weight (BMI < 25), overweight (BMI, 25-29.9), and obesity (BMI >or= 30). Data were analyzed by inverse-variance-weighted, random-effects meta-analysis. Stratified analysis between BMI categories and within sex was performed. RESULTS Seven studies (n=333,102 subjects) met inclusion criteria. Compared with normal weight, overweight and obesity (BMI >or= 25) conferred increased odds of incident asthma, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.51 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.27-1.80). A dose-response effect of elevated BMI on asthma incidence was observed; the OR for incident asthma for normal-weight versus overweight subjects was 1.38 (95% CI, 1.17-1.62) and was further elevated for normal weight versus obesity (OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.43-2.59; p<0.0001 for the trend). A similar increase in the OR of incident asthma due to overweight and obesity was observed in men (OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.05-2.02) and women (OR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.45-1.94; p=0.232 for the comparison). CONCLUSIONS Overweight and obesity are associated with a dose-dependent increase in the odds of incident asthma in men and women, suggesting asthma incidence could be reduced by interventions targeting overweight and obesity.
The Effect of Purpose of Budget Use on Budgetary Slack with Budget Participation and Budget Emphasis As Mediating Variable

ABSTRACT This study to examine the effect of purpose of budget use on the budgetary slack, where budget participation and budget emphasis as a mediating variable. The sample in this study was 70 managers consisting of the financial managers, marketing managers and other managers. This study is an empirical research with quantitative approach using primary data. The analytical tool used in this research is descriptive and inferential statistics with SmartPLS version 3.0. This results of this study indicate that the purpose of budget use has a positif effect on budgetary slack. The effect of purpose of budget use on budgetary slack also positively mediated by budget participation and budget emphasis.
Visual Hallucination of the Self*

From remote times philosophers have been struck by a most unusual phenomenon which until recently remained unexplained and almost unbelievable: the vision of one's double, the visual hallucination of the self. This experience is a sensation the patient has of seeing his body image as reflected in a mirror. As you know, this strange phenomenon has been interpreted in many different ways and has also brought forth many literary works, particularly in Germany during the Romantic period of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Thanks to the knowledge we have acquired about our body image and its distortions through diseases, deep research work on this phenomenon has become possible. That is why I have chosen the visual hallucination of the self, or autoscopy, as the theme of this lecture. Let me first remind you of the meaning to be given to this word "hallucination. " For the founder of psychiatry, Esquirol, hallucination means a perception Without object. Any man who believes he can see his own image appear in front of him when there is no mirror to reflect it is therefore subject to a visual hallucination of an autoscopic character. A great number of strange and quaint features go to make up this phenomenon of autoscopy.
Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: a clinicopathologic multicenter study of 71 cases.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of uterine leiomyosarcomas in relation to their clinical and pathologic features and to identify possible prognostic factors. METHODS Seventy-one patients with histologically proven uterine leiomyosarcoma were included in the analysis. Leiomyosarcomas were defined as uterine smooth-muscle tumors with five or more mitoses per 10 high-power fields and cytologic atypia. Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to identify independent prognostic factors. RESULTS The median follow-up time was 108 months; 5-year overall survival rate was 65%. Evaluating the correlation between several clinicopathologic parameters, tumors with vascular space involvement had a statistically significantly higher stage than tumors without vasular space involvement (P = 0.015). In a univariate Cox model early tumor stage (P < 0.0001), age <50 years (P < 0.0001), low mitotic count (P = 0.05), and the absence of vascular space involvement (P < 0.0005) were associated with good prognosis. In a multivariate analysis age (P = 0.002), tumor stage (P = 0.004), vascular space involvement (P = 0.003), and mitotic count in stage I tumors (P = 0.002) were found to be independent parameters for good prognosis in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma. CONCLUSION Early tumor stage, age <50 years, and absence of vascular space involvement were independently associated with good prognosis. Mitotic count was detected to be a strong prognostic parameter in early tumor stage, but failed to act as an independent prognostic parameter in patients with tumor stage II-IV disease.