Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multiple Kinect Sensor Fusion for Human Skeleton Tracking Using Kalman Filtering

Kinect sensors are able to achieve considerable skeleton tracking performance in a convenient and low-cost manner. However, Kinect sensors often generate poor skeleton poses due to self-occlusion, which is a common problem among most vision-based sensing systems. A simple way to solve this problem is to use multiple Kinect sensors in a workspace and combine the measurements from the different sensors. However, this method creates a new issue known as the data fusion problem. In this research, we developed a human skeleton tracking system using the Kalman filter framework, in which multiple Kinect sensors are used to correct inaccurate tracking data from a single Kinect sensor. Our contribution is to propose a method to determine the reliability of each tracked 3D position of a joint and then combine multiple observations based on measurement confidence. We evaluate the proposed approach by comparison with the ground truth obtained using a commercial marker-based motion-capture system.
An R-ISMA integrated voice/data wireless information system with different packet generation rates

To realize wireless multimedia communication networks, new MAC (medium access control) protocols are required and the MAC protocols for the integration of voice/data are now being studied. This paper proposes a MAC protocol called R-ISMA (reserved idle signal multiple access) for the integration of voice/data in wireless information networks. To meet the requirements of wireless multimedia communication, the R-ISMA protocol can handle both voice traffic and data traffic from various sources, i.e., from terminals with different generation rates. We describe this protocol, then evaluate the system performance by using the TFA (transient fluid approximation) analysis. The R-ISMA is shown to perform better than the I-ISMA (ISMA for integrated services) protocol.
Not Every Fat-Containing Lesion on Mammogram is a Benign Finding: Case Report and Review of Breast Malignant Phyllodes Tumor with Heterologous Liposarcomatous Differentiation

Phyllodes tumors (PTs) are a rare fibroepithelial tumor of the breast. Histopathological confirmation of stromal and epithelial component is required for making the diagnosis of PT, and stromal component carries an increased risk of sarcomatous transformation. We present imaging findings of a histologically proven case of malignant PT with heterologous liposarcomatous transformation of the breast.
Review of Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Techniques

Many corneal surgeons have adopted posterior lamellar keratoplasty (PLK) as a substitute for penetrating keratoplasty in eyes with endothelial dysfunction. Different surgical techniques introduced by the pioneers of keratoplasty have led to advances in PLK over the last decade. Although many patients have experienced restoration of near-normal vision and histological structure of the cornea with modern PLK techniques, there remains a long way to go toward a perfect standard of care for the treatment of endothelial decompensation. Here, we review PLK techniques and provide a comprehensive overview of the trends and advances in these procedures. *Corresponding author: Farid Daneshgar MD, Fellowship of the Cornea, Anterior Segment Department, Imam Hospital, Kermanshah Eye Research Center, Naghlyeh Avenue, Kermanshah 6714415333, Iran, Tel. 098 831 7283254; Fax: 098 831 7224516; E-mail: daneshgar@razi.tums. ac.ir Received September 26, 2011; Accepted October 31, 2011; Published November 03, 2011 Citation: Daneshgar F, Ziagharib H (2011) Review of Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Techniques. J Transplant Technol Res S2:002. doi:10.4172/21610991.S2-002 Copyright: © 2011 Daneshgar F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Arabic Speech Audiomentry

Phonetically balanced monosyllabic word lists have been constructed from classical (literary) Arabic. These readily afford a means of determining speech hearing ability for Arabic-speaking subjects. The normal speech audiometric curve obtained on normally curve obtained with English monosyllabic word lists on English-speaking subjects. The threshold of intelligibility for this Arabic test material was also found to be similar to English monosyllabic word lists presented over the same speech audiometric equipmentThe form of the speech audiometric curve is that of a cumulative distribution and this feature makes the presentation of the data on arithmetical probability Paper convenient. Consideration of other reports showes that an ogive function for normal speech audiometic curves is of general application
Diagnostic value of CT and MRI of Temporal Bone in Cochlear Implantation Candidates

Background Cochlear implantation is an approved treatment which can be used to treat severe to profound hearing loss. Imaging before cochlear implant surgery is very important in decision making and assessing the temporal bone anatomy for surgery. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of high resolution CT scan (HRCT), and MRI of temporal bone in candidate patient for cochlear implantation and compared with surgical results. Materials and Methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 34 patients aged under 5 years with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) undergoing cochlear implantation (CI) in Ahvaz cochlear implant center, Ahvaz, Iran. All patients were assessed via temporal bone HRCT and MRI before surgery. In addition, the radiological findings were analyzed and compared with surgical results. Results Obstruction of cochlear patency was found in 7 patients. The mean sensitivity/specificity of CT and MRI assessments were 100/94% and 100/96.3%, respectively. Associated anomalies were found in 4 patients. The mean sensitivity/specificity of CT and MRI assessments were 50/100% and 75/100%, respectively. Conclusion Based on the results, since CT scans are more accessible and cost less for the patient, it is recommended to perform CT scan as a primary method for assessment before surgery, while the MRI is only applied when the initial findings are unclear.
Mycotoxin Hazard in Meat and Meat Products

Mikotoksinler; insan ve hayvan sagligini tehdit eden sorunlardan birisidir. Mikotoksinlerin insan sagligi uzerine hepatotoksik, norotoksik, mutajenik, kanserojenik ve ostrojenik gibi etkileri bulunmaktadir. Aflatoksin, okratoksin A, zearalenon, fumonisinler ve trikotesenler tarimsal ve ekonomik onemi olan mikotoksinlerdir. Bu toksinler uzerine yapilan arastirmalarda et ve et urunlerinin toksinleri insanlara ulastirmada onemli bir rol aldigi gorulmektedir. Bunlar arasinda aflatoksin ve okratoksinin sentezlenebilmesi icin gerekli olan cevresel kosullarin et ve et urunleri tarafindan olusturuldugu gorulmektedir. Et ve et urunlerinin islenmesinde sekonder kontaminasyonun onlenmesi adina hijyen kosullarinin iyilestirilmesi bu konuda personelin bilgili ve bilincli olmasi etlerde mikotoksin tehlikesinin ortadan kaldirilmasi icin bir onlem olarak dusunulebilir. Et ve et urunlerinin primer kontaminasyonun onlenmesi icin hayvanlarin kontamine yemlerle beslenmesi engellenmelidir.
Availability of Essential Medicines for Pediatric Oncology in Armenia

Background: One of the main contributors in low survival rate in LMIC is the lack of availability of cancer medications for curative, supportive and palliative care. In many developing countries access to cytotoxic medicine is a major challenge. The information about the availability of essential medicines for pediatric cancer in the country is not known. The main objective of this study was to determine whether the medications used during the treatment of pediatric cancer are available in Armenia. Methods: In summer 2016 we conducted a survey in the 3 main pharmacies in Yerevan, which import pediatric cancer medications to Armenia to evaluate whether medications used during cancer treatment are officially registered and available in the country. In addition, the information on official registration was cross-checked with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia (MOH). Simultaneously, detailed information about the drugs, on type of produced drug company, doses and price intervals was confined from the price lists of the national drug importer companies. Results: The survey included 64 agents in three classes of medication: anti-neoplastics, anti-microbials, and drugs used in supportive care. All of these medications were included in the recent version of the WHO model list of essential medicines. From 30 anti-neoplastic medications on the essential medicines list 22 (73%) were officially registered in Armenia; from 19 anti-microbial drugs all were registered except caspofungin and from 15 supportive care agents 13 (87%) were registered. From registered anti-neoplastic drugs 18% and from antimicrobial drugs 33% were not available in the drug stores. Conclusion: This study showed that not all the drugs from the SIOP PODC Essential Medication list for pediatric oncology are officially registered and available in Armenia, and effective drug regulation focusing on the childhood cancer care medicine is needed for improving the situation in the country.
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: 2019 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaa.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common finding in many populations, including healthy women and persons with underlying urologic abnormalities. The 2005 guideline from the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommended that ASB should be screened for and treated only in pregnant women or in an individual prior to undergoing invasive urologic procedures. Treatment was not recommended for healthy women; older women or men; or persons with diabetes, indwelling catheters, or spinal cord injury. The guideline did not address children and some adult populations, including patients with neutropenia, solid organ transplants, and nonurologic surgery. In the years since the publication of the guideline, further information relevant to ASB has become available. In addition, antimicrobial treatment of ASB has been recognized as an important contributor to inappropriate antimicrobial use, which promotes emergence of antimicrobial resistance. The current guideline updates the recommendations of the 2005 guideline, includes new recommendations for populations not previously addressed, and, where relevant, addresses the interpretation of nonlocalizing clinical symptoms in populations with a high prevalence of ASB.
Cellular automata modeling of pedestrian movements

An approach is taken to modeling pedestrian movements which attempts to capture the behaviors of pedestrians at the micro level while attaining realistic macro level activity. This approach is based on a cellular automata (CA) rule set that emulates actual pedestrian goals such as minimizing distance traveled and avoidance of conflicts with others. The emergent group behavior is an outgrowth of the interaction of the rule set in simulation. The approach taken is for pedestrians in a large open space such as a rail or bus terminal, shopping mall, or office lobby where conflicting movements at high volumes would tend to cause congestion and reduce overall flows of persons. A particular rule set is examined for emergent group behavior which is examined as a hypothetical model for actual pedestrian flow patterns in crowds. The approach is also applicable to pedestrians on sidewalks. At street corners, and in traffic crossing lanes. The modeling effort to date has enhanced the investigation of what behaviors to look for in determining the important rules for pedestrian decisions and movements.
Analyse av søkelogger for bedre søkemuligheter i elektroniske ordbøker

Analysis of search logs from on-line dictionaries can provide valuable insights into the behaviour, strategies and competence of dictionary users. This article presents a closer look at the search log for the electronic version of Bokmalsordboka from 11 months in 2007. We studied the logs by manually classifying random samples of unsuccesful queries. The data indicate that many users do not separate between dictionaries and other kinds of reference sources. Several of the unsuccessful queries would succeed if a spell cheque were added to the search interface. On the other hand, log files give valuable information to the lexicographers: identifying shortcomings in the lemma list and organising the information types in the dictionary.
The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Life Satisfaction in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most debilitating diseases that affects all aspects of person’s life. Researches have indicated that life satisfaction in these patients is lower than that of others. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of life skills training on life satisfaction in patient with spinal cord injury. This study, having a quasi-experimental design, was performed with pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of patients with spinal cord injury (only men) that is covered by the home health care team of the Kahrizak Charity Foundation of Tehran. To do research, 30 patients of the center were selected by availability sampling and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, 10 sections of life skills training were performed, while no intervention was used for the control group. The research tool used in this study was a Self-Life Satisfaction Questionnaire and a univariate analysis of covariance was used to test results. Findings from the analysis of covariance showed that there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups (p< 0,05). This indicated that life skills training improved the life satisfaction in patients with spinal cord injury.
Socio-educational factors associated to perception of research among stomatology students in a Cuban university.

Introduction: Conducting research at the undergraduate level is essential to prepare future professionals for the process of properly channeling their scientific interest and provision of care. However, the factors influencing the degree of participation of students in research are unknown. Aim: To determine the socio-educational factors associated with the perception of research among stomatology students in a Cuban university. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study conducted on 166 stomatology students. Participants received an anonymous, validated and self-administered questionnaire designed to collect information on the perception of scientific research within the educational spectrum, which included elements related to writing, participation, scientific publication and the interest of pursuing a career in research. Using associative statistics, those who had an overall positive perception of research were considered interested and were assessed according to socio-educational variables. Results: Students showed a positive perception of scientific research; however, when asked if they wanted to pursue a career in research, only 61.4% responded affirmatively. This positive perception increases with the progression of academic years (p<0.04), is higher in males (p=0.030) and in students who perform assistantships in core courses (p=0.001). Conclusions: There is a positive perception of scientific research, which tends to be intensified by academic progression and other factors. This must be considered by educational institutions in order to generate strategies as a response.
OPPORTUNITY LOSS ANALYSIS OF DISCHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE (DAMA) AT INPATIENT UNIT OF TYPE A HOSPITAL IN SURABAYA

Background: Patients who Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) will experience the opportunity loss. DAMA will result in opportunity loss for patients to get treatment and cure their illness. For hospitals, DAMA patients will cause the opportunity loss for hospitals to provide services to patients.Aim: The purpose of this research was to analyze the opportunity loss as the result of DAMA patient. Methods: The method used in this research was a descriptive research. The samples were chosen from the total sample of inpatient population who did DAMA as many as 77 medical records. The inclusive samples were doctors who were responsible for other doctors and dentists as well as inpatient medical records. Meanwhile, the exclusive samples were doctors who are not responsible for other doctors and dentists as well as inpatient medical records. Data analysis used Microsoft Excel to see the total and percentage of DAMA patients.Results: The number of DAMA patients was 77 patients. The highest number of DAMA patients was those in grade 3 as many as 25%. It happened because the grade 3 was cheaper than others. As many as 65% of DAMA patients paid hospital fees using general payments. Patients felt free to discharge themselves from the hospitals because they funded on their own. The majority of DAMA patients were type 2 DM patients amounted to 12% because they assumed they could carry out self-care at home.Conclusions: DAMA patients caused opportunity loss and no Social Security Agency for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) guarantees. Therefore, the hospital has to form a policy to prevent patients from DAMA, notify and ask patients’ reasons of doing DAMA, so the hospital can use these as information for hospital service evaluation. Keywords: Opportunity loss, DAMA, Hospital.
EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB : FROM WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0

The World Wide Web as the largest information construct has had much progress since its advent. This paper provides a background of the evolution of the web from web 1.0 to web 4.0. Web 1.0 as a web of information connections, Web 2.0 as a web of people connections, Web 3.0 as a web of knowledge connections and web 4.0 as a web of intelligence connections are described as four generations of the web in the paper.
Retinopatia da prematuridade: análise de uma tentativa de redução de danos Retinopathy of prematurity: analysis of a damage reduction attempt

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of an oxygen saturation reduction protocol used to supplement preterm newborns (PTNB) hospitalized in a neonatal ICU to prevent the onset of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods: This is a cohort study performed in a single Neonatal ICU. The first group (pre-protocol, n = 30) used oxygen with hemoglobin saturation > 95%. Since the institution of a new oxygen therapy protocol that maintained hemoglobin saturation between 90% and 95%, the second group was obtained (post-protocol n = 28). All included preterm infants had a gestational age of less than or equal to 32 weeks and / or birth weight of 1500 g or less, retinal mappings from 28 days of life and follow up for up to 45 weeks of corrected gestational age. Results: 58 cases were studied, excluding those who died (15/58; 26.8%), ROP was diagnosed in 15/43 patients (34.9%). The lower gestational age significantly influenced the appearance of ROP (p = 0.002). Regarding the number of ROP cases and deaths, no statistically significant difference was observed between groups. Oxygen therapy time was significantly associated with the presence of ROP in both groups. Boys were six times more affected by ROP than girls. Conclusion: Reduction of oxygen saturation was not effective in reducing the number of cases of ROP.
The Physical Correlates of Variety in Work

The level of variety in work in four shop floor work situations was investigated by means of semi-structured interviews with the workers. Variety was found to occur mainly at the level of batches (that is work units of one to two hours duration) and was generally unimportant in other periods of time. Discretion in work enabled the job occupants to possess more variety in work through allowing different responses to the same stimuli of the work situation. Preferences for different levels of variety were affected by such features of the work situation as bonus earnings and individual levels of skill on particular tasks.
9. PEER-PEER DIALOGUE AS A MEANS OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

From the theoretical perspective of a sociocultural theory of mind, cognition and knowledge are dialogically constructed. Embedded in this theoretical framework, this chapter reviews research studies in which peer-peer dialogue is linked to second language learning as students engage in writing, speaking, listening and reading activities. The review takes the stance that the type of dialogue of particular significance in the language learning process is collaborative dialogue, or that which occurs when learners encounter linguistic problems and attempt to solve them together. In such conditions language is used both as a communicative and cognitive tool. From the studies reviewed, we conclude that peer-peer collaborative dialogue mediates second language learning. We also conclude that although the studies reported few adverse effects of peer collaboration, teaching learners how and why to collaborate may be important to enhance peer-mediated learning. The chapter calls for more research which provides clear evidence of the connections between peer-peer dialogue and second language learning and more studies which investigate longer term learning. Such studies linking peer-peer dialogue to language learning can be instructive for teachers, researchers, and learners, and make us all more aware of the process of learning a second language.
Fatores associados ao tabagismo em idosos: Inquérito de Saúde no Estado de São Paulo (ISA-SP)

This article reports on smoking prevalence and associated factors in the elderly, based on a population-based cross-sectional study with multi-stage sampling including 1,954 individuals 60 years or older living in four areas of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Overall smoking prevalence was 12.2%, and higher rates were associated with male gender, age 60-69 years, not belonging to an Evangelical church, lower income, low body weight, lack of leisure-time physical activity, depression/anxiety, and hypertension. There was a high prevalence of smokers among individuals with a history of stroke, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The results point to the need for effective interventions in healthcare services to promote smoking cessation among the elderly, since many are unable to stop on their own, even when they have tobacco-related illnesses. Special attention should be paid to individuals that depend on the National Health System, since smoking prevalence is higher in underprivileged socioeconomic groups.