Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A retrospective study to assess and correlate maternal periodontal status with term of pregnancy and weight of newborn

Preterm birth is defined by WHO as all the births complet ed before 37 weeks of gestation or fewer than 259 days, since the first day of last menstrual cycle. Low birth weight infants are those that weigh less than 2500gm at the time of birth. This is of special interest for public health because these are major causes of neonatal mortality and ample long term morbidity such as intellectual, learning and visual disability. Maternal factors such as age, tobacco use, poor oral health, education level, socioeconomic status and BMI play an important role in preterm low birth weight babies. Periodontal disease is a complex infectious disease caused by multiple micro-organisms like anaerobic, gramnegative and microaerophilic bacteria colonizing at sub gingival area. This results because of plaque deposition on the tooth and root surfaces. Dental plaque is nothing but the biofilm made up of periodontopathic microorganisms. These organisms trigger inflammatory mediators such as interlukin-1β, interlukin-6, prostaglandin E2, TNF-α. These inflammatory mediators act on hard and soft tissues and destroy the periodontal structures which support the tooth.
Evaluation of the Level of HBV Antibody Titer after HBV Vaccination among Children in Tehran, Iran

Background and Aims: Hepatitis B infection is a serious public health problem worldwide. It has been shown that the levels of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) decrease after vaccination. The main objective of this study was to assess the level of anti-HBs among children after primary vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Tehran, Iran. Methods: The study was conducted in four selected healthcare centers in Tehran during a 6-month period from September 2005 to March 2006 in Tehran. Blood samples collected from 165 healthy, 1- to 5-year-old children who had been vaccinated against HBV were tested for anti-HBs using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: Approximately 47.9 % of the cases were male. Among the cases, the minimum and maximum titers of hepatitis B surface antibodies (HBsAb) were zero and 1000 m IU, respectively. The mean level of HBsAb titer in this study was 232.64 m IU, with a standard deviation of 278.711 m IU. Conclusions: The results showed that HBsAb titer may decrease over time after vaccination. Finally, along with prevention and control strategies, ongoing investigation and monitoring of antibody levels against HBV in children and other age ranges is recommended.
Economic effects of an E-mobility scenario – input structure and energy consumption

The development of a strong domestic market for E-mobility is given a high priority and it is counted as an impulse for the transformation towards a Green Economy in Germany. Replacing the combustion engine by alternative drives can trigger a variety of macroeconomic effects. The paper presents the results of a model-based analysis. In particular, effects on the value chain of the automotive industry and the demand for consumer goods are explicitly modelled. An E-mobility scenario that meets the six million E-vehicles by a 2030 target is compared with a reference scenario. Assuming a substitution of inputs within the automotive industry by inputs from the electrical engineering sector, negative effects in vehicle production are offset by positive effects in energy technology production. For the macroeconomic effects, the development of imports and exports is crucial. In the scenario comparison presented here, short- to medium-term employment effects are slightly positive.
Accommodative Insufficiency: A Literature and Record Review

Background: Accommodative Insufficiency (AI) is a condition in which a patient has an inability to focus or sustain focus at near. Several management options are available including plus lenses for near, optometric vision therapy, and monitoring. Methods: A database of patients evaluated at the Nova Southeastern University Eye Institute between 1/03 and 6/04 diagnosed with accommodative dysfunction was reviewed. A total of 504 charts were identified via an electronic database search. A manual chart review was performed of the identified charts. Results: Fifty-four cases met the eligibility criteria for AI as defined in this paper. Myopia (56%) was most commonly found refractive condition in this group followed by emmetropia (37%), and hyperopia (7%). The most frequently encountered chief complaint was distance blur (n=20 subjects) followed by headaches (n=8), both distance and near blur (n=7) and near vision blur only (n=5). Optometric vision therapy was prescribed in 27.8 % of the cases, while plus at near was given in 74% of the cases. Of 40 patients issued plus at near, bifocals (40.7%) were most commonly prescribed, followed by reading glasses (29.6%) and progressive addition lenses (3.7%). Conclusions: This study finds that the most common treatment of accommodative insufficiency in an academic health center is prescribing a near
Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention

All chapters end with "Conclusion. " Preface. I. INTRODUCTION. 1. A Functional Language Approach. Role of Pragmatics in Intervention. Role of Generalization in Intervention. 2. Language Impairments. Diagnostic Categories. II. COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT. 3. Assessment of Children with Language Impairment. Psychometric versus Descriptive Procedures. Psychometric Assessment Protocols. Descriptive Approaches. An Integrated Functional Assessment Strategy. Presymbolic and Minimally Symbolic Children. 4. Assessment of Children with Language Difference. State of Service Delivery. An Integrated Model for Assessment. 5. Language Sampling. Planning and Collecting a Representative Sample. Recording the Sample. Transcribing the Sample. Collecting Samples of Written Language. 6. Analysis Across Utterances and Partners and by Communication Event. Across Utterances and Partners. Communication Event. Conversational Partner. 7. Analyzing a Language Sample at the Utterance Level. Language Use. Content. Form. Presymbolic and Minimally Symbolic Children. 8. Narrative Analysis. Development of Narratives. Collecting Narratives. Narrative Analysis. CLD Children. III. INTERVENTION. 9. A Functional Intervention Model. Principles. Generalization Variables. 10. Manipulating Context. Nonlinguistic Contexts. Linguistic Contexts. 11. Specific Intervention Techniques. Pragmatics. Semantics. Syntax and Morphology. CLD Children. Use of Microcomputers. Presymbolic and Minimally Symbolic Children. 12. Classroom Functional Intervention. Background and Rationale: Recent Educational Trends. Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist. Elements of a Classroom Model. Instituting a Classroom Model. 13. Literacy Impairments: Language in a Visual Mode. Reading. Writing. APPENDICES. A. Definitions of Illocutionary and Semantic Functions. B. Considerations for CLD Children. C. Forms for Reporting the Language Skills of CLD Children. D. Language Analysis Methods. E. Selected English Morphological Prefixes and Suffixes. F. Indirect Elicitation Techniques. G. Intervention Activities and Language Targets. H. Analyzing Classroom Communication Breakdown. I. Use of Children's Literature in Preschool Classrooms. J. Thematic Unit on Listening. Glossary. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
Re-admissions to hospital within 30 days of hospital discharge with rotavirus gastroenteritis: a UK study on children under 5 years of age

Aims To compare the duration of re-admissions in children <5 based on the diagnosis at their prior admission, and examine the impact of co-morbidities. Methods UK hospital inpatient data were obtained from the Capse Healthcare Knowledge Systems (CHKS) database from 01/04/2000 to 31/03/2008, for children aged <5 years, with a diagnosis of rotavirus (RVGE) (ICD-10 A08.0) or non-rotavirus gastroenteritis (NRV) (A09*, A08.3-5). The first diagnosis with a seasonal infection, during that admission, was taken as the patient's main infection. Patients were classified as a primary or secondary patient dependent on whether the infection was the primary or secondary (co-morbid) cause of admission. Admission numbers were based on unique admissions, generated from finished consultant episodes. Patients admitted with RVGE or NRV were tracked backwards for 30 days to identify prior hospital admissions with any cause. Results 167,576 admissions with NRV and 19,227 admissions with RVGE occurred; 21,174 (12.6%) and 4,374 (22.7%) were re-admissions respectively. 47.6% of those with NRV were re-admitted within 5 days, and 74.7% of those with RVGE within 5 days. Children re-admitted with RVGE were re-admitted to hospital for a mean period of 5.4 days (SD 20.6), and with NRV for 1.7 days (SD 7.5), co-morbidities increased this length of stay (LOS) by 11.0 days (SD 7.1 p<0.001). Children previously admitted with RVGE or NRV had a significantly shorter hospital LOS (p<0.001 – p=0.002) on readmission than patients previously admitted with any other diagnosis. Children admitted with RVGE or NRV had a significantly longer LOS if their prior diagnosis was a neoplasm (p<0.001). Of those re-admitted with RVGE or NRV, 26.9% had previously been admitted with another gastrointestinal condition (ICD-10 chapter 11 code), and 32.4% with an ICD-10 chapter 18 code (all other category). Conclusion Re-admission occurs more frequently with RVGE than with NRV, while also incurring increased LOS. Children re-admitted with co-morbidities have a more complicated clinical course with RVGE and NRV. Universal rotavirus vaccination would substantially benefit vulnerable children through direct or indirect protection and reduce the healthcare resource use resulting from hospital readmissions.
Using Intelligent Approach to Predict Blast-induced Ground Vibration

Blast-induced ground vibration is an enormous hazardous event in the mining industry. Prediction of peak particle velocity (PPV) is very complicated due to the number of influencing parameters affecting seism wave propagation. In this paper, artificial neural network (ANN) is implemented to develop a model to predict PPV in a blasting operation. Based on the measured parameters of maximum explosive charge used per delay and distance between blast face to monitoring point, a three-layer ANN was found to be optimum with architecture 2-5-1. To investigate the suitability of this approach, ANN predictions are compared with Sodev’s predictions. Through the analysis of coefficient of determination (CoD) and mean absolute error (MAE) between monitored and predicted values of PPV, it indicates that the forecast data by the ANN model are closer to the actua1 values than Sodev’s predictor.
Serum levels of sFas and sFasL in subjects with type 2 diabetes — the impact of arterial hypertension

AimTo evaluate the serum levels of sFas and sFasL in normotensive subjects with different degree of impairment of glucose tolerance as well as in type 2 diabetic patients with treated and treatment-naïve hypertension (AHT). Material and methods124 subjects (63 males and 61 females), of mean age 46,31±10,78 years are included in the study, divided in 5 age-matched groups: 19 subjects with type 2 diabetes (DM) and drug-controlled AHT; 30 subjects with type 2 DM and drug-naïve AHT; 30 normotensive subjects with type 2 DM; 26 normotensive subjects with prediabetes and 19 healthy controls. Serum sFas and sFasL levels are determined by highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay technique.ResultsNo significant differences in sFas are observed among the studied groups. The levels of sFasL are decreased in normotensive subjects with type 2 DM (p<0,05), while subjects with prediabetes have intermediate values. In both hypertensive groups with DM sFasL levels are further decreased.ConclusionsSerum sFas levels probably are not associated with the presence of impairment of glucose tolerance or AHT. Serum sFasL values tend to be decreased in subjects with impairment in glucose tolerance; further decrease is observed in hypertensive subjects with type 2 DM. Antihypertensive treatment does not influence the levels of sFasL.
Estudio de la motivación de logro y orientación motivacional en estudiantes de educación física

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la motivacion de logro y la orientacion motivacional en funcion del sexo y el nivel educativo del alumnado. La muestra de la investigacion estuvo compuesta de 228 estudiantes (121 chicos y 107 chicas), con edades comprendidas entre los 10 y los 15 anos (M = 12,31; D.T. = 1,61). Se administro el Test AMPET de motivacion de logro y la escala de las orientaciones de meta en el ejercicio. Los resultados obtenidos han mostrado unos niveles superiores de orientacion hacia el ego y competencia motriz percibida, en los chicos y en los estudiantes de secundaria; asi como unos mayores niveles de orientacion a la tarea y ansiedad ante el fracaso y el estres en las chicas y en los estudiantes de primaria. Ademas, una mayor orientacion hacia el ego producira unos niveles mayores de competencia percibida mientras que una orientacion hacia la tarea producira mayores niveles de compromiso y entrega en el deporte.
Incorporating Accessibility Elements to the Software Engineering Process

The expansion of web is a phenomenon that brings several challenges in different segments of the society. Accessibility is one of these challenges and it is related to the digital inclusion and social welfare of the population. Thus, making accessible software available can contribute to solution of problems that currently exist in relation to access to information and services by all citizens. The purpose of this article is to present an approach that integrates accessibility to the Software Engineering process. We also present the Acero tool, which provides computational support to the proposed approach. Results were evaluated and we concluded that the use of the proposal reached the objectives, supporting different stages of the development process and contributing to obtain accessible software products.
Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis “Resistant” to Topical Treatment Responds Rapidly to Topical Desoximetasone Spray

Purpose: Topical corticosteroids (TS) are a treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis (Ps). We assessed whether use of a TS under conditions designed to enhance adherence would be effective in patients who “failed” TS in the outpatient setting. Methods: Individuals with treatment-resistant Ps or AD were recruited (AD, n = 12; Ps, n = 12). Six participants were randomized to each of 2 groups of desoximetasone 0.25% spray alone (n = 6) or desoximetasone spray plus twice-daily phone call reminders to use the medication. Disease severity was assessed. Results: In treatment-resistant Ps patients, desoximetasone spray, with reminders, resulted in statistically significant improvement in all outcome measures. In treatment-resistant AD patients, there was statistically significant improvement in some assessments. Despite the very small sample size and short evaluation time, statistically significant changes were detected in this cohort. This is evidence of the large effect size of TS for Ps and AD when the treatment is used. Conclusions: Patients with “treatment-resistant” Ps and AD generally responded well to the use of desoximetasone spray in the trial setting. This may be due to better adherence in the study environment or patients’ preference for the spray vehicle. Patient reminders contributed to improved clinical outcomes in Ps and AD patients with “treatment-resistant” disease.
FACE RECOGNITION FROM FINGERPRINTS

As many approaches and algorithms for biometric recognition techniques have been developed and proposed in the literature in details, the relationships among biometric features have not been studied yet. This study presents an analysis of existence of any relationship among biometric features like fingerprints and faces. A new and novel approach based on artificial neural networks was designed and introduced to generate faces from fingerprint images. Experimental results have shown that faces were recognised with high accuracy from only fingerprints. Although the proposed system was an initial work on this topic, the results were very encouraging and promising for the future studies even if any post-processing was not applied.
Prevalence of Energy-Drink and Supplement Usage in a Sample of Air Force Personnel

Abstract : This study was implemented to determine the prevalence of energy drink consumption and the factors influencing energy drink usage in a U.S. Air Force population. In addition, vitamin intake and nutritional-supplement intake data also were collected. The reported prevalence for the study population exceeded that of the general population. However, the frequency with which the studied Air Force population consumes such beverages is low. Despite the low frequency of reported energy-drink consumption, several negative and positive side effects were reported. Mass availability of energy drinks both on base and Air Force work installations were also reported. A low level of vitamin and nutritional supplement intake was reported in comparison to an earlier study suggesting that energy drink usage may be taking the place of vitamins and nutritional supplements. It is recommended that careful studies be performed to investigate safety and efficacy of energy drinks. Also recommended is that the research community and the military leadership should endeavor to correct whatever problems underlie the prevalence of energy drink consumption. Finally, it is recommended that a similar survey be administered to other military populations in order to compare the prevalence rate and influencing factors of energy drink consumption across the U.S. military.
Veterinary Medicine and Human Health

According to the preface, this work is designed to explore for the benefit of the veterinary student and veterinarian the interface between veterinary medicine and human medicine and to help construct a bridge between medicine and agriculture. The two objectives seem somewhat disparate but the author has done justice to both. For material he has drawn extensively on many other scientific disciplines. The book should therefore be of interest to those engaged in the fields of epidemiology, public health and tropical medicine and hygiene. The material is divided into four sections. Section 1, the “Practice of Population Medicine,” deals with the implications of veterinary practice, veterinary interests in public health, and the role of the veterinarian in the public health team. It is pointed out that in the past the veterinarian has been mainly concerned with practice in relation to the monetary value of the domestic animal, an activity which has obscured his relationship to public health and preventive medicine, as well as his contributions to agricultural development.
Isokinetic evaluation of the ankle plantar and dorsiflexion strength to determine the dominant limb in basketball players

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate limb dominance normative strength values (peak torque, relative peak torque, work and relative work) for the plantar and dorsiflexion muscles in professional basketball players, using the Cybex 1200 isokinetic dynamometer. Paired t-tests showed no significant differences between the two limbs, except for peak torque and relative peak torque during plantar flexion at 60°/s (p < 0.05). The ratio plantar/dorsiflexion was also analyzed, with no significant difference between the two limbs. The results of this research study provide very useful information about the level of strength in this particular area, and are useful for prescribing proper rehabilitation programs for injured basketball players.
Integrated photonic beamformer employing continuously tunable ring resonator-based delays in CMOS-compatible LPCVD waveguide technology

In this paper a novel CW laser-compatible, squint-free, continuously tunable ring resonator-based optical beamformer mechanism for a phased array receiver system is proposed and partly demonstrated. When the optical delay elements and optical signal processing circuitry are integrated on a chip, a single-chip optical beam forming network (OBFN) is obtained. The optical delay elements are ideally continuously tunable to achieve continuous control of the beam direction, and should have a flat delay and magnitude response over the signal band, to avoid distortion. In the proposed system architecture, filter-based optical single-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation and balanced coherent optical detection are used. Such architecture has significant advantages over a straightforward architecture using optical intensity modulation and direct optical detection, namely reduced complexity of the OBFN chip, and enhanced dynamic range. Measurements on an actual 1×8 OBFN chip and an optical sideband filter chip are presented. Both are realized in CMOS-compatible planar optical waveguide technology (TriPleX).
The Effects of Demographics, Technology Accessibility, and Unwillingness to Communicate in Predicting Internet Gratifications and Heavy Internet Use Among Adolescents

Despite the fact that research examining Internet gratifications is over two decades old, it has still failed to provide conceptual links depicting the relationships among Internet gratification, Internet users’ characteristics, and heavy Internet use. To address these gaps, a survey-based study was conducted with a total of 1,914 adolescent Internet users (aged 12–18 years). The study results indicate that heavy Internet use is likely to be displayed by older male adolescents with more Internet use experience. In comparison, adolescents exhibiting higher reward seeking and improved academic performance are not likely to also exhibit heavy Internet use. Furthermore, adolescents seeking higher connecting gratification are likely to exhibit heavy Internet use, but an increase in their information-seeking gratification is associated with a reduction in their Internet use. In terms of predicting Internet gratifications, it was found that older female adolescents with higher academic performance, higher reward seeking, and lower daily Internet use tend to seek higher content gratification. Similarly, adolescents exhibiting higher approach avoidance and reward seeking tend to seek higher social and content gratifications. The study concludes with the theoretical and practical implications for various stakeholders, including Internet researchers and practitioners, educational researchers, and technology designers and developers.
COMPARISON OF SERUM LEVELS OF CRP, RF AND CIC BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN AHVAZ-IRAN

Comparison of serum levels of CRP, RF and CIC before and after treatment in hospitalized patients with infective endocarditis in AhvazIran Alavi SM (MD)*, Ahmadi F (MD), Nashibi R (MD) Associate Professor, Department of Infectious diseases, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious diseases, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Resident of Infectious diseases, Razi Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran. _______________________________________________________________________ Abstract