Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Passion trumps pay: a study of the future skills requirements of information professionals in galleries, libraries, archives and museums in Australia

Introduction: This paper explores the current and future skills and knowledge requirements of contemporary information professionals in a converged gallery, library, archive and museum sector (also referred to as the GLAM sector) in Australia. This research forms part of a larger study that investigated the education needs of information professionals who will work in a converged environment. Method: A relatively unknown method called the grounded Delphi method was used. Data was collected in rounds as for a Delphi study, with the data analysis incorporating elements of grounded theory. Analysis: Focus groups were audio recorded and recordings transcribed. Coding techniques were then applied allowing for similarities and differences in the data to be identified. Results: While common skills and knowledge across all four sectors were identified, including problem solving, critical thinking, critical analysis, written and oral communication, adaptability and leadership, the two most emphatically endorsed by all participants were a passion for and an understanding of the sector. Conclusions: This paper provides the first empirical evidence of skills and knowledge required of information professionals in galleries, libraries, archives and museums in Australia. This can be used to inform what these professionals should be learning in an information management education programme.
Communicating in Silence : The complexities of deaf identities

Possessing a disability such as deafness, can result in a perception that an individual differs from what is considered the “normal“ part of the society and could subject a person to possible stigmatization and discrimination. The experience of stigmatization and discrimination can, in turn, have important consequences on individual’s self-esteem and the way they perceive themselves. The purpose of this study was to examine the interplay between deaf individual’s identities and their experience of deafness-related stigmatization and discrimination by answering the question: In what way do deaf individuals in the Netherlands experience deafness-related stigmatization and discrimination by the Dutch hearing society and how does the experience of discrimination exert influence on deaf individual’s construction of identities? For this purpose, a convergent parallel research design was employed. Quantitative data was collected via a selfcompletion online survey which was filled in by 45 deaf individuals living in the Netherlands. The qualitative data were gathered via in-depth interviews, life histories, participant observations and social network analyses. The results of this study indicate that stigma is clearly an issue for deaf people and stigma-related discrimination is primarily experienced on the labour market. In addition, participant’s also revealed that deaf individuals experience discriminatory behaviour by health professionals as the latter often sustain the medical model of deafness. This model views deafness as a disease or handicap, rather than as a distinct cultural sub-group. Furthermore, the qualitative study revealed that the experience of stigma-related discrimination differ between younger and older deaf participants mainly due to two recent developments: (1) the acceptance of Dutch Sign Language and (2) the establishment of new residential schools for deaf. Furthermore, it was found that the confrontation with the perceived boundary between the hearing and deaf world has important implications for how deaf individuals develop their own (deaf) identity. Among my participants, the experience of stigmatization and discrimination often led to a withdrawal into the deaf community. The results, however, have also shown that deaf individuals do not only experience negative, but also positive discrimination by people with normal hearing. Concerning the use of coping strategies, the quantitative study revealed three main management tactics that were used by deaf individuals, namely (1) the development of bicultural skills, (2) covering or passing as an individual with normal hearing and (3) normalizing or withdrawal into the deaf community. The qualitative findings corroborated with the quantitative one’s, but revealed two additional coping strategies. First, deaf people are actively involved in resisting labels that have been put on them by questioning the ‘naturalness’ of the negative labels people with normal hearing hold about deafness. Secondly, deaf people develop and hold a positive attitude towards their deafness.
Anterior knee pain: a long-term follow-up.

OBJECTIVE To assess the long-term outcome of anterior knee pain diagnosed in childhood. METHOD Forty-eight patients diagnosed with anterior knee pain in childhood were contacted by postal questionnaire 4-18 yr after initial presentation. RESULTS The 22 respondents comprised 16 women and six men, with mean age at follow-up of 22 yr. Twenty of 22 (91%) still had knee pains, eight daily, two weekly and 10 occasionally. In 10 (45%) the pain affected their daily life and in eight (36%) it restricted their physical activities. Twelve (54%) used painkillers. Ten (45%) had developed other diagnoses: four had psoriasis and six arthritis, of whom one had ankylosing spondylitis. Fifteen (68%) had symptoms in other joints at follow-up. CONCLUSION These results suggest that anterior knee pain that occurs in childhood may not be so benign a condition as thought.
Dying‐back oligodendrogliopathy: A late sequel of myelin‐associated glycoprotein deficiency

Ultrastructural analysis of myelin from 8‐month‐old mice deficient in the myelin‐associated glycoprotein revealed pronounced and characteristic alterations of the periaxonal oligodendrocyte processes, consisting of intracytoplasmic deposition of vesicular material, multivesicular bodies, mitochondria, and lipofuscin granules, as well as granular or paracrystalline inclusions. These alterations are similar to those described before as “dying‐back oligodendrogliopathy” in diseases of toxic or immune‐mediated demyelination including multiple sclerosis. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss Inc.
Early developmental trajectories of males with fragile X syndrome.

Findings from a prospective longitudinal study of 46 boys with fragile X syndrome between the ages of 24 and 72 months were reported. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to construct and evaluate overall developmental trajectories and scores in five domains: Cognition, Communication, Adaptive, Motor, and Personal-Social. The children varied widely, with significant differences across individuals in both mean rate and level of performance. Overall development was significantly delayed, with a slope of . 48--approximately half the rate expected for typically developing children. No differences were found in rates of growth across the five domains. Significant differences were found, however, in mean levels of performance. At every age tested, Motor and Adaptive scores were higher than Communication and Cognitive.
Relationship Between Corpus Callosum Abnormalities and Schneiderian First-Rank Symptoms in Antipsychotic-Naı̈ve Schizophrenia Patients

The corpus callosum (CC), has been hypothesized to be implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia; however, the findings from magnetic resonance imaging studies are conflicting. Moreover, the relationship between first-rank-symptoms (FRS) and CC abnormalities in schizophrenia is yet to be examined. The authors examined CC morphometry, based on Witelson’s method, in antipsychotic-naı̈veschizophrenia patients in comparison with matched healthy-control subjects. Patients had significantly smaller CC, splenium, and isthmus areas than control subjects. A novel finding of the study is that only those without FRS differed from control subjects, but not those with FRS. Study findings support a neuro-developmental hypothesis and possible connectivity abnormalities in symptom-genesis. (The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2011; 23:155–162)
Comparison of Down's Syndrome Screening Strategies in Asians combining Serum Free Beta‐hCG and Alpha‐fetoprotein with Maternal Age

High free beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β‐hCG) and low alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) levels were found in 47 Asian Down's syndrome pregnancies (median values 2·79 and 0·77 MOM, respectively). At a 5 per cent false‐positive rate, free β‐hCG alone would identify 46·8 per cent of Down's syndrome pregnancies, age alone detected 34·5 per cent of affected cases, whilst AFP alone detected 17 per cent and free β‐hCG/AFP MOM ratios detected 48·9 per cent of Down's syndrome cases. When combined with maternal age‐specific risk, free β‐hCG could achieve a 59·6 per cent detection rate, with AFP achieving 42·6 per cent, free β‐hCG/AFP MOM ratios 61·7 per cent, and combined free β‐hCG and AFP a detection rate of 63·8 per cent for a 5 per cent false‐positive rate. Down's syndrome screening at an early gestational age (before 18 weeks) could achieve a 68 per cent detection rate with a 5 per cent false‐positive rate, compared with a 59·1 per cent detection rate for a 5·2 per cent false‐positive rate when screening at a late gestational age. The use of free β‐hCG in Down's syndrome screening programmes can yield an improved efficacy in the detection of Down's syndrome in an Asian population. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Oral Lichen Planus: Relation with Transaminase Levels and Diabetes

Erasmus Wilson (1869) described lichen planus for the first time.1 It is relatively common dermatological disorder occurring on skin and oral mucous membrane.2 It refers to lace like pattern produced by symbolic algae and fungal colonies on the surface of rocks in nature (Lichens). Prevalence of lichen planus in general population is about 0.9 to 1.2% and prevalence of oral lichen planus is reported to between 0.1 to 2.2%. Lichen planus is a disease of adulthood but occasionally children are also affected.3-5 70 to 77% cases present oral lesions who have dermatologic involvement.6 Lichen planus presents with characteristic violaceous, polygonal, pruritic papules on skin. The disease may affect mucosa, hair and nails as well. Lichen planus exhibits in various types like reticular, papular, plaque, atrophic, classical, erythematous, ulcerative, erosive, bullous, hypertrophied, annular, actinic, follicular and linear. Erosive lichen planus has been documented to be of premalignant nature but premalignant potential is thought to be controversial.7,8 Oral lichen planus can predispose to opportunistic infection by fungal microbes, Candida albicans have been thought to affect the patients with OLP.9,10 Erosive lichen planus is stated to appear in association with chronic liver diseases.11,12 In one study out of 187 patients, 40 showed increase of transaminase levels.13 It is important to look for any impairment in liver function tests in case of erosive oral lichen planus as elevation of transaminase levels was reported in many studies conducted earlier.14,15 The present study was taken up to look for any notable relation between transaminase levels and diabetes and oral lichen planus. PATIENTS AND METHODS
Photonic integrated circuits : a new approach to laser technology

In this work a brief review on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is presented with a specific focus on integrated lasers and amplifiers. The work presents the history of development of the integration technology in photonics and its comparison to microelectronics. The major part of the review is focused on InP-based photonic integrated circuits, with a short description of the potential of the silicon technology. A completely new way of fabrication of PICs, called generic integration technology, is presented and discussed. The basic assumption of this approach is the very same as in the case of electronic circuits and states that a limited set of standard components, both active and passive, enables designing of a complex, multifunctional PIC of every type. As a result, functionally advanced, compact, energy efficient and cost-optimized photonic devices can be fabricated. The work presents also selected examples of active PICs like multiwavelength laser sources, discretely tunable lasers, WDM transmitters, ring lasers etc.
Xenobiotics in Vitro: The Influence of L-Cystine, Pantothenat, and Miliacin on Metabolic and Proliferative Capacity of Keratinocytes

ABSTRACT To investigate the effect of cell growth-stimulating agents on human epidermal keratinocytes, we exposed monolayers of normal human keratinocytes derived from foreskin to different concentrations of the amino acid L-cystine, the member of the vitamin B family D-pantothenat, the phytosterol miliacin, and a combination thereof in keratinocyte growth medium. As a test system for the metabolic capacity, we used the activity of mitochondrial deyhdrogenases as measured by XTT, and for the cell proliferation, we determined the BrdU-uptake. The additives, active ingredients of the hair growth drug PRIORIN®, were added in the presence of fully supplemented keratinocyte growth medium or a deficient medium without L-cystine, L-methionine, L-histidin, D-pantothenat, epidermal growth factor, and bovine pituary gland extract. Deficient medium itself reduced the metabolic capacity of keratinocytes to 35% compared with keratinocytes in fully supplemented growth medium. In deficient medium cell, proliferation was not measurable. Increasing doses of L-cystine restored the reduced metabolic capacity from 46% (0.009 mg/L) to 54% (0.09 mg/L) and 92% (0.45 mg/L) in deficient medium. Addition of D-pantothenat (0.43 mg/L) enhanced the metabolic capacity to 150% only in fully supplemented growth medium, compared with untreated controls with growth medium. Miliacin (6 mg/mL) increased not only the metabolic capacity (162%) but also stimulated cell proliferation (215%) as measured by BrdU-uptake in growth medium. The combination of all three additives increased the metabolic capacity (245%) synergistically in growth medium. We were able to show effects of D-panthenol, L-lysine, and miliacin on proliferation and metabolic capacity of keratinocyte monocell culture, which was further increased by combination of the three substances. These basic results suggest a beneficial effect on keratinocyte growth and stimulation by products combining these substances (e.g., Priorin®). Furthermore, this work emphasizes the suitability of keratinocyte monolayers for pharmacological testings.
The Influence of Corporate Front-Group Stealth Campaigns

This research examined corporate front-group stealth campaigns. An experiment was conducted to examine the influence of front-group stealth campaigns on a variety of measures. It was anticipated that corporate front-group stealth campaigns, which feature names that mask the true interests of sponsors, positively affect public opinion, unless they are exposed as intentionally misleading, in which case they boomerang against sponsors. The experiment examined the potential of the inoculation strategy to preempt the influence of corporate front-group stealth campaigns. The pattern of results supported all of these expectations. Front-group stealth campaigns proved to be effective, at least in the short term. Front-group stealth campaigns eroded public attitudes toward the issue in question and boosted perceptions of the front group, but not the corporate sponsor. However, when front-group stealth campaigns were subsequently exposed, positive effects dissipated and perceptions of corporate sponsors boomeranged. Results revealed that inoculation can protect against the influence of front-group stealth campaigns.
Leveraging Event-Driven IT Architecture Capability for Competitive Advantage in Healthcare Industry: A Mediated Model

The adoption of health information technology (HIT) reveals salient effects on improving the existing operational capabilities of healthcare organizations. One of the important roles of IT is to facilitate the formation of organizational capabilities and, in turn, sustainable competitive advantage in healthcare organizations. In particular, paying greater attention to suitability and capability of IT architecture within firms can directly address current and future business needs. Event-driven architecture (EDA) is one of the emerging IT that has been introduced for real-time enterprises. The software vendors increasingly design health information systems that follow EDA’s design principles. Given such conditions, this study intends to contribute to the existing IS research on proposing (a) EDA capability and (b) specific EDA capabilities: sensing, responding, interoperability and flexibility capability and (c) a conceptual research model presenting the relationships among EDA capabilities, dynamic capability and competitive advantage.
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Anxiety among Patients with Common Skin Disease on follow up at Alert Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background: Anxiety disorders are common in individuals with skin disease. Occurrence of anxiety disorders with skin disease associated with a negative consequence among individuals, families, communities and nations including poor treatment outcomes and reduced productivity. However little is known about prevalence of anxiety disorders in individuals with common skin disease in Ethiopia Objectives: The main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of anxiety among common skin disease in Alert hospital dermatologic clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015. Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted at Alert hospital, May 2015. A total of 618 patients of skin disease who were on regular follow up were recruited to the study. Anxiety was assessed through face to face interviews by trained psychiatry nurses using the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). The data entry, clearance and analysis were carried out using SPSS version 20 statistical software package. p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant in this study. Result: The prevalence of anxiety was 37.4% with 95% confidence interval (33.7, 41.3). Of the study participants being females (AOR=1.58, 95% CI 1.08, 2.32), type of skin disease psoriasis (AOR=1.86, 95% CI 1.07, 3.23) and acne (AOR=1.84, 95% CI 1.04, 3.25), site of infection on facial area (AOR=4.99, 95% CI 1.43, 17.42), duration of illness less than six months (AOR=1.72, 95% CI 1.17, 2.53), poor social support (AOR=4.47, 95% CI 1.56, 12.85) and perceived stigma (AOR=6.99, 95% CI 4.64, 10.53) had statistically significant association of anxiety with p-value <0.05. Conclusion and Recommendation: Prevalence of anxiety was found to be high on people living with common skin problem. Being female, type of common skin infection, site of infection, duration of illness, poor social support and perceived stigma had positive association factors for the development of anxiety disorder. The strengthening of screening and treatment of anxiety symptom in dermatological care unit should be an integral component.
Localization of Porphyrin Fluorescence in Planarians

Two species of planarians were studied by fluorescence microscopy. Red fluorescence of uroporphyrin was observed localized in the epidermal rhabdites and subepidermal rhabdite-containing gland cells. Fluorescence was observed in isolated rhabdites of homogenates, but was not seen in rhabdites of the living animal. The identity of rhabdites was established by their location, shape, size, and acid-ophilic staining properties.
A successive cancellation decoder ASIC for a 1024-bit polar code in 180nm CMOS

This paper presents the first ASIC implementation of a successive cancellation (SC) decoder for polar codes. The implemented ASIC relies on a semi-parallel architecture where processing resources are reused to achieve good hardware efficiency. A speculative decoding technique is employed to increase the throughput by 25% at the cost of very limited added complexity. The resulting architecture is implemented in a 180nm technology. The fabricated chip can be clocked at 150 MHz and uses 183k gates. It was verified using an FPGA testing setup and provides reference for the true silicon complexity of SC decoders for polar codes.
Model Transparency and Validation

Trust and confidence are critical to the success of health care models. There are two main methods for achieving this: transparency (people can see how the model is built) and validation (how well it reproduces reality). This report describes recommendations for achieving transparency and validation, developed by a task force appointed by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM). Recommendations were developed iteratively by the authors. A nontechnical description should be made available to anyone—including model type and intended applications; funding sources; structure; inputs, outputs, other components that determine function, and their relationships; data sources; validation methods and results; and limitations. Technical documentation, written in sufficient detail to enable a reader with necessary expertise to evaluate the model and potentially reproduce it, should be made available openly or under agreements that protect intellectual property, at the discretion of the modelers. Validation involves face validity (wherein experts evaluate model structure, data sources, assumptions, and results), verification or internal validity (check accuracy of coding), cross validity (comparison of results with other models analyzing same problem), external validity (comparing model results to real-world results), and predictive validity (comparing model results with prospectively observed events). The last two are the strongest form of validation. Each section of this paper contains a number of recommendations that were iterated among the authors, as well as the wider modeling task force jointly set up by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and the Society for Medical Decision Making.
Exposure to Refugees and Voting for the Far-Right: (Unexpected) Results from Austria

This paper studies a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of exposure to refugees in the neighborhood on the support for far-right, nationalist, anti-immigration parties. In the state elections in an Austrian state in September 2015 the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOE) doubled its vote share with a fierce anti-asylum campaign. Since only 42 percent of communities hosted refugees at the time of the election, exposure to refugees varied at the local level. To account for the potential endogeneity in the distribution of refugees, I use pre-existing group accommodations as instrumental variable. To cope with the sudden inflow of large numbers of refugees, these buildings were used to accommodate refugees and thus strongly increase the probability of refugee presence in a community. In line with the contact hypothesis I find that hosting refugees dampens the overall trend and decreases FPOE support by 4.42 percentage points. Further analysis using exit poll data reveals a positive effect on the optimism in the population that the integration of refugees can be managed. Placebo tests show that there were no effects in elections prior to 2015.