Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What Determines Progress in State MFP Transition Programs

This report, the eighth in Mathematica's Money Follows the Person series, identifies key factors that have contributed to and hindered state efforts to transition Medicaid enrollees to community living and rebalance their long-term care systems. Three crucial program elements are (1) effective transition coordinators, (2) ability to cover one-time moving expenses, and (3) extra support from transition coordinators or extra home and community-based services beyond what regular Medicaid programs typically cover. The report cites lack of affordable, accessible housing as the single greatest barrier to transitions. The report also identifies strategies states use to transition and maintain participants successfully in the community.
Evaluation of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography With Histopathologic Correlation in the Initial Staging of Head and Neck Cancer

ObjectiveTo prospectively evaluate the use of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the initial staging of squamous cell head and neck carcinoma. Summary Background DataThe status of cervical lymph nodes is an important prognostic factor and determinant of management approach in squamous cell head and neck cancer. MethodsFDG-PET findings were compared with those of computed tomography (CT) before removal of the primary tumor and/or neck dissection. Histopathologic analysis was used as the gold standard for assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of these modalities. ResultsFDG-PET correctly identified the primary tumor in 35 of 40 patients in whom the site of the primary was known clinically and still present (sensitivity 88%). None of four unknown primaries were detected. Tumors not detected by FDG-PET were generally superficial, with depths of less than 4 mm. CT correctly identified 18 of the 35 primary tumors (sensitivity 51%). Eleven of 17 CT false-negative tumors were detected by FDG-PET. The sensitivity and specificity for the presence of metastatic neck disease on FDG-PET were 82% and 100%, respectively; those for CT were 81% and 81%, respectively. FDG-PET was true positive for metastatic neck disease in two of the three CT false-negative patients. ConclusionsFDG-PET shows promise in the initial staging of head and neck cancer and provides additional accuracy to a conventional staging process using CT.
Evaluation of research strategies applied to Workplace Health Promotion

Introduction: Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) is conceptualized as a set of strategies and interventions to help people change their lifestyles and the environment where they develop their activities seeking to reach an optimum state of health. Objective: To present the results of a critical literature review about the more used research strategies and themes studied related to health promotion at workplace. Methods: We conducted a bibliographical research on the American Journal of Health Promotion. This journal was chosen because it contained important studies about WHP. We only included observational and interventional studies published from 2005 to 2009. Results: Thirty-two articles were included in this research. The observational studies were the most cited design than interventions studies. The measurement procedures most used were questionnaire (n= 14; 44%) and telephone survey (n=6; 19%). The two themes more recurrent in the analyzed control (n=5;15.5%). Dental health (n=1;3%) and the stress management (n=1;3%) were the two themes less present among the articles analyzed. Final considerations: WHP was exploited in various ways and the studies analyzed presented different types of evaluation. These data can support the planning and the actions with intersectoral and multidisciplinary approaches when implementing strategies to WHP.
Modelling Control Systems Using IEC 61499

IEC 61499 is a standard for modelling distributed control systems for use in industrial automation, and is already having an impact on the design and implementation of industrial control systems that involve the integration of programmable logic controllers, intelligent devices and sensors. Modelling Control Systems Using IEC 61499. 2nd Edition provides a concise and yet thorough introduction to the main concepts and models defined in the standard. Topics covered include defining applications, systems, distributing applications on the system's devices, function blocks, structuring applications, service interface function blocks, event function blocks, and examples of industrial applications. This second edition has been significantly updated to reflect the current second release of IEC 61499, including changes in the function block model, its execution, and the newly standardized XML exchange format for model artefacts, and to reflect lessons learned from the author's teaching of IEC 61499 over the last ten years. This book will be of interest to research-led control and process engineers and students working in fields that require complex control systems using networked based distributed control.
Patient Transportation Delays and Effects on Operation Theatres' Efficiency: A Study for Problem Analysis and Remedial Measures

Background and Aims: Delay in patients’ transportation to the operating theater (OT) is a globally recognized phenomenon, leading to delay in the subsequent processes (anesthesia induction, surgery, and patient turnover). This observational study was conducted to evaluate the common reasons for delay in transporting patients to the neurosurgery OT complex and its consequent effects and how the elimination of these reasons by application of feasible measures can influence the after effects. Settings and Design: This was an anesthesiologist-based audit of transportation process of patients to the OT complex of a tertiary care teaching hospital to identify the impediments and effects of delay, suggest and implement remedial measures, and assess the outcomes. Materials and Methods: The movement process of successive 551 patients was studied. In the evaluation phase, common reasons for transportation delays were identified. The incidences of consequent effects such as second-case cancellations and overrunning of OTs beyond scheduled hours were noted. In the implementation phase, corrective measures were instituted and the incidences of delays and the consequent effects were again noted. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0. Results: In the evaluation phase (303 patients), common reasons for delays included porter-associated delays (15), unavailable lifts (7), and pediatric patients (6). The incidences of case cancellation (20) and overrunning of OTs (9) were high. In the implementation phase, after remedial measures were enforced, the incidences of delays due to porter, lifts, and pediatric patients dropped to 1, 6, and 0, respectively. Simultaneously, a decrease in second-case cancellation (2) and overrunning of OTs (7) also reduced. As an additional finding, a significant reduction in OT turnover times was also observed (16.31 ± 9.29 min vs. 11.70 ± 5.78 min). Conclusions: Analysis of common reasons of patient transportation delays and removal of these impediments can markedly improve the efficiency in OT functioning.
Comparison between SOS and HOS methods for blind equalization of microwave radio channels

We present a comparison study between three SOS-based methods, namely the least squares, subspace and cross-spectrum, and one recently proposed HOS-based technique, for the blind linear equalization of channels measured in actual microwave radio experiments. The algorithms considered are used from a cold start-up, until the "eye" is sufficiently open, to enable transfer to a decision-directed mode of operation. Our study shows that: (a) with the exception of the cross-spectrum method, the SOS-based methods are very sensitive to the length of the channel-model used, and exhibit significant performance losses if this length is not correctly chosen; (b) the HOS method is quite robust with respect to channel-model lengths, but at the expense of a higher computational complexity.
A Principled Account of the Older Adult in ACT-R: Age-Specific Model Human Processor Extensions in a Mobile Phone Task

In previous research, Jastrzembski & Charness (2007) estimated weighted mean values for nine information processing parameters for older adults using the Card, Moran, & Newell (1983) Model Human Processor (MHP) model, and successfully validated a subset of those parameters with age-specific GOMS models for two mobile phone tasks across two mobile phone devices. The current research extends the mapping of MHP parameters to the ACT-R cognitive architecture (e.g., Anderson, 2007), and transitions age-specific MHP parameters into theoretically-plausible ACT-R models of older adult performance. We argue that the incorporation of theoretically-motivated MHP parameters into ACT-R will produce better fits to empirical data than default ACT-R parameters, and the use of those theoretically-principled parameter values will provide designers with more precise insight concerning why hardware/software designs/devices work or fail as a function of age. We test these hypotheses in the same mobile phone domain used to validate the age-specific MHP parameters in previous research and our findings demonstrate that age-specific ACT-R models using elemental MHP parameter values achieve better fits than default ACT-R parameters. This research may provide designers and human factors engineers the ability to inspect details of human performance at a finer grain of resolution than is currently available, help determine the cause of specific errors resulting from hardware/software design, cognitive workload, or user characteristics, and support the development of age-sensitive technologies.
PERAN MEDIA GAMBAR BERSERI DALAM MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI KEMAMPUAN MENULIS KARANGAN BAHASA ARAB

Penelitian yang berjudul peningkatan motivasi dan kemampuan menulis kara-ngan bahasa Arab dengan menggunakan media gambar berseri bagi siswa Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah At-tahdzibiyah Kecamatan Babat Kabupaten Lamongan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah penggunaan media gambar berseri dapat meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam menyusun cerita menjadi karangan yang utuh sesuai dengan rangkaian gambar yang urut, bagaimana penerapan media gambar berseri dalam pembelajaran menulis bahasa Arab di Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah At-Tahdzibiyyah Kecamatan Babat Kabupa-ten Lamongan. Untuk memperoleh hasil penelitian tersebut, peneliti melakukan penelitian tindakan kelas dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Untuk meningkat-kan kemampuan siswa dalam menulis karangan bahasa Arab, peneliti mengambil tindakan pembelajaran melalui pengguna-an media gambar berseri yang dilakukan dengan dua siklus. Model penelitian tinda-kan kelas yang digunakan yaitu model Kurt Lewin. Dimana dalam satu siklus terdiri dari empat komponen, meliputi: perencanaan (planning) , tindakan (action) , pengamatan (observation) , dan refleksi. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang di-gunakan adalah wawancara, observasi, catatan lapangan dan tes. Adapun data yang diperoleh di analisis secara deskriptif dan di analisis dengan menggunakan ru-mus nilai rata-rata dan persentase ketunta-san belajar.
Teachers' Perceptions of Their Job Satisfaction and Turnover: A Case Study of Some Schools in Sultanate of Oman

This research investigates if there is any significant relationship between Basic School teachers' job satisfaction (salary, promotion, recognition, teaching itself, teaching loads and other issues related to teaching) and teachers' turnover in Al-Dahirah, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat. Besides, it studies what could be the main reasons for teachers leaving teaching profession at this particular moment at those regions. Besides, this research has designed a model that could help Omani Ministry of Education generally and specifically at Al-Dahirah, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat regions in improving issues related to teachers such as knowing what motivate teachers, what could improve teaching and learning; teacher's welfare; voices; concerns and why teachers tend to leave teaching profession. For data collection, questionnaires were distributed to 223 selected teachers at Basic Education Schools at Al-Dahirah, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat regions. For the data analysis, this research has used different advanced statistical analyses such as Principle Component Analysis (PCA) for construct validity. Besides, Measurement Model or Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to determine each factor indicator and predictor that leads to teacher's job satisfaction and the causes of turnover amongst some teachers in Al-Dahirah, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The findings of this research show that teachers at Al-Zahira, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat were overwhelmed with teaching and workloads. Their income or salary is less than what they deserved. A strong relationship was found between issues related to teaching and teaching overloads. Therefore, teaching, workloads, salary or income and issues related to teaching were found to be the reasons behind teacher leaving profession or turnover at Al-Dahirah, Al-Dakhelya and Muscat.
Gastrointestinal helminthic infection in animals of Nandankanan Zoological Park

Examination of faecal samples from 341 animals reared at Nandankanan Zoological Park, Orissa revealed 51.57% overall prevalence rate of gastrointestinal helminthic infections. The intensity of infection was maximum during monsoon (57.49%) followed by post-monsoon (49.10%) and pre-monsoon (47.62%). Highest degree of parasitic burden was recorded in carnivores (89.77%). Nematode parasites comprising Toxocara sp. , Ancylostoma sp. , Strongyle sp. , Trichuris sp. and Strongyloides spp. , either single or mixed, were recorded in 97.03% animals.
A Population-Based Study of Bacterial Spectrum in Febrile Neutropenic Patients

Background: Because of great concerns about mortality and morbidity of infection in febrile neutropenic patients, the appropriate empirical antibiotic should be started immediately. Although there are established guidelines for the use of empirical therapy, local microbiological pattern and antibiotic susceptibility should be considered. Objectives: The current study aimed to identify the etiological pathogens in febrile neutropenic cancer patients in Isfahan, Iran. Patients and Methods: This single-centre population-based study was conducted on 81 febrile neutropenic patients referring to Sayed-Al- Shohada hospital, the only referral malignant care center in Isfahan, Iran. Demographic data, duration and kind of malignancy, duration from last chemotherapy, duration of fever, and also physical exam were recorded for each patient. Moreover, procalcitonin, CRP, ESR, white blood cells, hemoglobin, platelet, and absolute neutrophil count were measured. BACTEC and E-test were used for blood culturing and determining the antibiotic susceptibility. Results: Out of 81 participants, 28.4% had positive blood cultures which mostly consisted of Gram-positive microorganisms. In addition, Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most isolated Gram positive bacteria (39.1%). ESR, CRP, and procalcitonin were significantly higher in patients with positive blood culture. The risk of infection increased with raise in duration of hospital stay, catheterization, increased pulse rate, increased oral temperature, low level of oxygen saturation, decreased systolic blood pressure, and low absolute neutrophile count. However, in this case, no relationship was found among the patients’ age, diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, duration of diagnosis, duration from last chemotherapy, duration of fever, white blood cells, hemoglobin, platelet, and finally the type of malignancies. Conclusions: It was concluded that Gram-positive bacteria were more prevalent as a cause of infection in the patients with malignancy and the most common pathogen was S. epidermidis. Larger studies are needed to determine the bacterial susceptibility of this center.
Intensive Care Unit Nurse Perceptions of Caring for the Dying: Every Voice Matters

Focus groups were completed as preliminary work to prepare for a formative evaluation project to design a palliative care program in adult intensive care units (ICUs). Twenty-two ICU staff nurses from the medical ICU (n = 10), surgical ICU (n = 6), and neuroscience ICU (n = 6) participated in focus groups to elucidate nurses' viewpoints of caring for critically ill and dying patients in ICUs. Five major themes were identified in the analysis: (1) helping the patient through, (2) telling bad news, (3) grieving as a process, (4) family as the patient, and (5) the dying patient's effect on the nurse. Nurses also identified how palliative care was currently being used in the ICU. Findings support the need to build strong collegial relationships between members of the healthcare team in order to effectively support communication about end-of-life decision making in the ICU setting.
High origin of radial artery: a comparative, anatomical and embryological consideration

Background: Radial artery is one of the terminal branches of the brachial artery arising in the cubital fossa about 1 cm below the bend of the elbow. Diversions of the radial artery from its normal anatomical pattern as regards to its origin or its course constitute the largest group of vascular variations of the upper extremity. Unusual origin of the radial artery may cause failure of transradial approach for percutaneous coronary angiography and difficulty in the reconstructive surgery of the upper limb. Methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy at LLRM Medical College on 16 formalin fixed cadavers (12 male and 4 female) of adult age group i.e. 32 upper limbs. Axilla and arm was carefully dissected. Axillary artery and brachial artery were dissected and its branching pattern was observed to note the origin of radial artery. The course of radial artery was noted in each case. Results: Radial artery took origin from the third part of the axillary artery in 3.12%. It arose 2 cm above the lower border of teres major, coursed superficial to median nerve in the arm and continued in the forearm as such. The brachial artery after giving its branches continued as ulnar artery in the forearm. In 96.88%, radial artery arose normally in cubital fossa. Conclusions: High origin and superficial course of the radial artery may be hazardous and vulnerable to injury during venepuncture and surgical procedures. This type of anomaly is due to failure of formation of the communicating branch between superficial brachial artery and axial artery at level of elbow. Awareness about details and topographic anatomy of such variations may help to prevent diagnostic errors, influence surgical tactics and interventional procedures.
Using Wikis for Online Group Projects: Student and Tutor Perspectives.

This paper presents a study of the use of wikis to support online group projects in two courses at the UK Open University. The research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a wiki in supporting (i) student collaboration and (ii) tutors’ marking of the students’ collaborative work. The paper uses the main factors previously identified by the technology acceptance model (TAM) as a starting point to examine and discuss the experiences of these two very different user groups: students and tutors. Data was gathered from students via a survey and from tutors via a range of methods. The findings suggest that, when used in tandem with an online forum, the wiki was a valuable tool for groups of students developing a shared resource. As previous studies using the TAM have shown, usefulness and ease of use were both important to students’ acceptance of the wiki. However, the use of a wiki in this context was less well-received by tutors, because it led to an increase in their workload in assessing the quality of students’ collaborative processes. It was possible to reduce the tutor workload by introducing a greater degree of structure in the students’ tasks. We conclude that when introducing collaborative technologies to support assessed group projects, the perceptions and needs of both students and tutors should be carefully considered.
Subspace based direct adaptive ℋ︁∞ control

This paper presents extensions of the model free subspace based ℋ︁∞ control approach. In particular, a fast algorithm for computing a subspace predictor from experimental data is introduced. The paper also describes a fast algorithm for updating the subspace predictor when new experimental data are available. These algorithms can be applied in conjunction with model free subspace based ℋ︁∞ control in order to create a novel adaptive control law. A defining feature of this control law is that an estimate of achievable performance is maintained throughout the operation of the closed‐loop system. These algorithms are used to demonstrate the closed‐loop control of a flexible structure. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Malaria prevalence and treatment seeking behaviour of young Nigerian adults

Background/Objective: Method: During a high transmission period in Ibadan, questionnaires on malaria management and treatment practices were administered to 307 undergraduate science majors. Follow up questionnaires were also administered to some of the students. Microscopy was done to determine parasitaemia, and antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum MSP 1 were measured by ELISA. Results: In this population, malaria prevalence was 17 % (19/109) and parasite burden was generally low. Anti malaria antibodies present in 93.6% of the volunteers confirmed malaria exposure. Analysis of data from questionnaires administered to the volunteers revealed that self treatment at home was common; approximately 25% of the volunteers self treated the initial symptoms at home and this included the use of herbal remedies. The use of multiple drug types to treat a single episode of malaria was common practice and chloroquine® and maloxine® (Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine) were most often used in treatment. The study showed that 97.5% of the respondents had malaria at least once in the preceding three months. There was no significant difference in malaria prevalence and antibody levels between those living on the university campus and non-residents. Conclusion: Most of the volunteers had been exposed to the malaria parasite during transmission, but did not translate into illness. This may be due to their knowledge of malaria transmission and prophylactic use of antimalarial medication. We show that many episodes of malaria are treated outside the formal health system. Keywords: Malaria, treatment seeking, behaviour, young adults Annals of African Medicine Vol. 5(2) 2006: 82-88