Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Level of Awareness on Breast Cancer and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Market Women in Ido Community, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Aim: The study assessed the level of awareness on breast cancer and practice of breast selfexamination among market women in Ido community, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Study Design: It made use of a descriptive research design. Place of Study: The study was conducted at the King’s market arena, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Methodology: A sample size of hundred market women was used using a purposive sampling technique. Hundred questionnaires were printed and distributed. The instrument for data collection used for this study was a self-designed questionnaire consisting of closed and open-ended questions both in English and Yoruba languages. In cases of market women who are illiterate, the questions were read out to them. All questionnaires were collected at the spot to avoid loss and a hundred percent of distributed questionnaires were retrieved. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics i.e. the use of tables and representation in percentages, frequency count, bar chart, pie chart and histogram, thereby summarizing the data into more understandable forms. This was followed by interpretation of data. Results: It was revealed that majority (60%) of the market women claimed to be aware of breast cancer with medical personnel (51%) being the highest source of awareness with a recorded low Original Research Article Ajayi and Faleti; JCTI, 5(2): 1-11, 2017; Article no.JCTI. 32464 2 history (32%) of breast cancer. Meanwhile, majority are not aware of the causes and symptoms of breast cancer but declared it can endangered the self image of women with majority (42%) not knowing their risk of developing breast cancer. Majority (70%) has heard about breast selfexamination but only few (40%) practices it regularly. Conclusion: Despite several studies done on breast cancer in Nigeria, there is still need for urgent optimization and remodeling of practices towards the prevention of breast cancer. There should be continuous awareness program on breast cancer nationwide. Breast self-examination should also be encouraged for early detection.
The impact of individual and organisational factors on engagement of individuals with intellectual disability living in community group homes: a multilevel model.

BACKGROUND Being engaged in daily activities is a strong indicator of quality of life for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) who live in small community group homes. This study aimed to identify individual and organisational factors that predict high levels of engagement. METHOD Individuals with ID (n = 78), direct support professionals (DSPs; n = 174) and supervisors (n = 21) from 21 US group homes participated in the study. For each individual with ID, we conducted 80 min of observation at the person's residence. Information was also gathered regarding demographic characteristics, DSP competence, supervisor years of experience and management practices. Data were analysed using multilevel modelling. RESULTS On average, individuals were engaged in social activities 12% of observed time and non-social activities 35% of the time. Individuals with greater adaptive skills who were supported by more competent staff showed significantly higher levels of social engagement. Individuals with less severe deficits in adaptive behaviours and less challenging behaviour showed higher levels of non-social engagement. Although none of the factors related to group homes were significant, 24% of the variance in non-social engagement existed among group homes. CONCLUSION These results suggested that engagement is a dynamic construct. The extent to which an individual with ID is engaged in daily life is a result of interplay between the individual's characteristics and the group home environment. Future research is needed to investigate the influence of variables specific to the group home on the engagement level of individuals with disabilities.
Early implant loading in the atrophic posterior maxilla: 1-stage lateral versus crestal sinus lift and 8 mm hydroxyapatite-coated implants. A 5-year randomised controlled trial.

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of long implants (10-16 mm) inserted in maxillary sinuses augmented according to a lateral approach versus short (8 mm) implants placed in crestally augmented sinuses, early loaded after 45 days. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty partially or fully edentulous patients having 3 to 6 mm of residual crestal height and at least 4 mm in thickness below the maxillary sinuses were randomised according to a parallel group design to receive either one to three 10 to 16 mm-long hydroxyapatite-coated implants (20 patients) after lateral sinus lifting with 50% an organic bovine (Bio-Oss) and 50% autogenous bone, or 8 mm implants (20 patients) after crestal sinus lifting with autogenous bone. Implants were submerged and left healing for 45 days before loading the implants. Within 1 week after abutment connection, implants were loaded with screw-retained full acrylic provisional prostheses. Definitive metal-ceramic prostheses were provisionally cemented 45 days after abutment connection. Outcome measures were prosthesis and implant failures, any complications, and radiographic periimplant marginal bone level changes. In addition, the stability of individual implants was assessed with Osstell and Periotest at abutment connection (baseline), and at 1 and 5 years after loading by blinded outcome assessors. All patients were followed up to 5 years after loading. RESULTS One patient dropped out (death) from the longer implant group. One implant failed in the short implant group versus 5 implants in 3 patients of the longer implant group. The difference was not statistically significant. Four complications occurred in 4 patients of the short implant group versus 8 complications in 7 patients of the long implant group, the difference being not statistically significantly different. However, the 2 major postoperative complications occurred in the longer implant group: 1 abscess, and 1 sinusitis that led to the complete failure of the treatment in 2 patients (4 implants lost). A total of 0.72 mm of peri-implant marginal bone was lost after 5 years at long implants and 0.41 mm at short implants, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.028). Osstell values increased and Periotest decreased over time and there were no differences between groups at any time points. CONCLUSIONS In atrophic maxillary sinuses with a residual bone height of 3 to 6 mm, 8 mm short implants placed in a simultaneously crestally lifted sinus might be a preferable choice than a 1-stage lateral sinus lift for placing longer implants since they appear to be associated with less morbidity. If these implants are placed with an insertion torque >35 Ncm and are joined together under the same prosthesis, they can be early loaded at 6 weeks.
Brief hospital treatment of schizophrenia--early results of a multiple-hospital study.

IN SUMMARY, our early findings seem to justify the following tentative conclusions: • Intensive time-limited treatment is feasible. Compared with routine hospital treatment, it results in a modest reduction in florid symptoms in a larger number of patients. • Despite their shorter stay, patients in the brief-treatment group showed no greater rate of readmission, nor was their mean time outside significantly different from that of controls who had received normal hospital care. • Regardless of the actual number of days of hospitalization, an intensive aftercare program seems to play an important role in reducing or preventing readmissions. • In trying to determine just how brief a brief inpatient treatment program should be, we must consider a number of reality factors, such as individual differences between patients, patient-staff ratios, difficulties in establishing maximally effective drug dosages, and the availability of community aftercare facilities.
Hysterectomy prevalence by Hispanic ethnicity: evidence from a national survey.

OBJECTIVES We investigated hysterectomy prevalence among Hispanic women. METHODS We obtained data from 4684 Hispanic women and 20 604 non-Hispanic White women from the 1998-1999 National Health Interview Survey. We calculated nationally representative odds ratios of previous hysterectomy, controlling for confounders. RESULTS Compared with non-Hispanic White women, the odds ratio for hysterectomy was 0.36 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.30, 0.44) for Hispanic women with no high school diploma, 0.57 (95% CI = 0.44, 0.74) for high school graduates, and 0.67 (95% CI = 0.42, 0.87) for college attenders. Country of origin had little influence on hysterectomy prevalence. Hysterectomy was positively associated with acculturation. CONCLUSIONS Hispanic women undergo fewer hysterectomies than do non-Hispanic White women. The reasons for this, as well as information on ethnicity-specific appropriateness of hysterectomy, should be explored.
WEAKLY LOCALLY THERMAL STABILIZATION OF BRESSE SYSTEMS

Fatori and Rivera [7] studied the stability of the Bresse system with one distributed temperature dissipation law operating on the angle displacement equation. They proved that, in general, the energy of the system does not decay exponentially and they established the rate of t−1/3. In this article, our goal is to extend their results, by taking into consideration the important case when the thermal dissipation is locally distributed and to improve the polynomial energy decay rate. We then study the energy decay rate of Bresse system with one locally thermal dissipation law. Under the equal speed wave propagation condition, we establish an exponential energy decay rate. On the contrary, we prove that the energy of the system decays, in general, at the rate t−1/2.
Signalling mechanisms in sphingosine 1‐phosphate‐promoted mesangial cell proliferation

Background: The bioactive sphingolipid sphingosine 1‐phosphate (S1P) is formed by the activation of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) in diverse stimuli, such as platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF). S1P acts not only as an extracellular mediator but also as an intracellular second messenger, resulting in the proliferation of various different types of cells. However, the signal transduction mechanism in S1P‐induced proliferation of mesangial cells is poorly known.
Indirect Echoes and verbal Humour

L'A. considere que la capacite a faire de l'humour resulte de l'interpretation automatique d'un stimulus, conformement au principe de pertinence developpe par Sperber et Wilson, et de la possession d'une theorie superieure de l'esprit. Dans cet article, il se concentre sur un type d'humour verbal dans lequel le locuteur amene son interlocuteur a admettre des representations mentales attribuables a quelqu'un d'autre que le locuteur au moment de l'enonce, tout en exprimant simultanement une attitude de dissociation envers de telles representations. Il explique en detail le processus d'interpretation sous-jacent et montre que cet emploi particulier des representations est tres proche de ce que l'on appelle dans la theorie de la pertinence l'emploi en echo. Toutefois, etant donne que, dans ces cas, l'enonce lui-meme n'est pas utilise en echo, il suggere de les considerer comme des echos indirects
New Q waves after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Unmasking of an old infarction.

Abstract Review of records of 48 patients, who had had aortocoronary bypasses and preoperative and postoperative catheterizations, showed that 11 had new Q waves after operation. Seven of these had new infarctions immediately before or during operation as determined by evidence of deterioration on postoperative ventriculograms. Four cases had no deterioration, suggesting an alternative explanation for abnormal Q waves. These four patients with new Q waves, all in the inferior leads, had inferior-wall dysfunction before operation, with an inferior scar at surgery. After operation, anterior-wall function improved, without change inferiorly. These observations are consistent with unmasking of pre-existing infarction, rather than development of new infarction, and suggest that before operation, anterior ischemia electrically canceled inferior infarction. After operation, with relief of anterior ischemia by left-descending-coronary-artery bypass, anterior electrical force was augmented, and pre-existing inferi.
Cognitive subdivisions in outdoor navigation

Navigation aids provide users with a route as a sequence of turn by turn instructions, each of which guides the user from one decision point to the next. Along the extensive research on enriching navigation aids with the elements of spatial cognition, this research provokes the idea of including cognitive subdivisions of space in outdoor navigation. As the first step, we present the results of a field study to investigate the influence of cognitive subdivisions on human navigation process.
Children’s use of referring expressions: what can it tell us about theory of mind?

This paper presents results of investigations of children’s use of referring expressions in spontaneous conversation with adults, and considers possible implications of this work for questions relating to development of a theory of mind. The study further confirms previous findings that children use the full range of referring forms (definite and indefinite articles, demonstrative determiners, and demonstrative and personal pronouns) appropriately by age 3 or earlier. It also provides support for two distinct stages in mind-reading ability. The first, which is implicit, includes the ability to assess non-propositional cognitive states such as familiarity and focus of attention in relation to the intended referent; the second, which is representational and more conscious, includes the ability to assess epistemic states such as knowledge and belief. Distinguishing these two stages supports attempts to reconcile seemingly inconsistent results concerning the age at which children develop a theory of mind. It also makes it possible to explain why children learn to use 73 Children’s use of referring expressions referring forms in ways consistent with the cognitive statuses they encode before they exhibit the pragmatic ability to consider and calculate quantity implicatures, which require assessment of how much information is relevant for the addressee.
Appraising Qualitative Research in Health Education: Guidelines for Public Health Educators

Research studies, including qualitative studies, form the basis for evidence-based practice among health professionals. However, many practicing health educators do not feel fully confident in their ability to critically appraise qualitative research studies. This publication presents an overview of qualitative research approaches, defines key terminology used in qualitative research, and provides guidelines for appraising the strengths and weaknesses of published qualitative research. On reading, health educators will be better equipped to evaluate the quality of the evidence through critical appraisals of qualitative research publications.
Atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance (congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries): echocardiographic features, associations, and outcome in 34 fetuses

Objective: To identify fetal echocardiographic features, associations, and outcome of atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance. Design: Retrospective analysis of videotape recordings of fetal echocardiograms and examination of departmental database and patient records to establish outcome. Setting: Tertiary centre for fetal cardiology. Patients: 34 consecutive fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of double discordance seen between January 1993 and December 2003. Main outcome measures: Echocardiographic features including reversed differential insertion, identification of the right ventricle through the moderator band, and the origin and orientation of the great arteries. All associated cardiac abnormalities and outcome. Results: Reversed differential insertion was identified in 26 fetuses. The right ventricle could be identified by the moderator band in 30 fetuses and was left sided in all but one. A parallel or abnormal orientation of the great arteries was seen in all fetuses. Only five of 34 cases were isolated from a cardiac viewpoint. There was a ventricular septal defect in 21, Ebstein’s anomaly in 8, pulmonary stenosis in 12, coarctation of the aorta in 6, tricuspid atresia in 2, congenital heart block in 2 fetuses prenatally, and dextrocardia in 6. Nineteen babies survived; one baby died in the neonatal period and three in infancy. Eleven pregnancies were interrupted. Conclusions: A left sided or posterior right ventricle, identified by reversed differential insertion or the moderator band, in association with abnormal orientation of the great arteries should alert a sonographer to the diagnosis of double discordance. Isolated cases are rare prenatally (14%) but the short term survival in our fetal series is good. Where pregnancy was continued, 19 of 23 babies (82%) remained alive.
NOVASearch at TREC 2017 Real-Time Summarization Track

The rise of large data streams introduces new challenges regarding the delivery of relevant content towards an information need. This information need can be seen as a broad topic of information. One possible strategy to tackle the delivery of the most relevant documents regarding this broader topic is summarization. TREC 2017 Real-Time Summarization (RTS) provides a testbed for the development of stream based real-time summarization systems. Leveraging on the social media network, Twitter, the participants are challenged to deliver the most relevant and diverse information in two main scenarios. The real-time push notifications scenario, or Scenario A, focuses on the identification and delivery of relevant information in near real-time. Whereas the daily-digest scenario, or scenario B, strives for the daily delivery of the most relevant and diverse documents. This paper presents the participation of the NOVASearch group at TREC 2017 Real-Time Summarization (RTS). Our work was developed for tackling the scenario B, after an analysis of the proposed systems for the TREC RTS 2016. In our approach we explore document filtering methods; vocabulary expansions; and the identification of subtopics through the aggregation of documents based on their textual similarity.
DMMFast: a complexity reduction scheme for three-dimensional high-efficiency video coding intraframe depth map coding

Abstract. We present a complexity reduction scheme for the depth map intraprediction of three-dimensional high-efficiency video coding (3-D-HEVC). The 3-D-HEVC introduces a new set of specific tools for depth map coding, inserting additional complexity to intraprediction, which results in new challenges in terms of complexity reduction. Therefore, we present the DMMFast (depth modeling modes fast prediction), a scheme composed of two new algorithms: the simplified edge detector (SED) and the gradient-based mode one filter (GMOF). The SED anticipates the blocks that are likely to be better predicted by the traditional intramodes, avoiding the evaluation of DMMs. The GMOF applies a gradient-based filter in the borders of the block and predicts the best positions to evaluate the DMM 1. Software evaluations showed that DMMFast is capable of achieving a time saving of 11.9% on depth map intraprediction, considering the random access mode, without affecting the quality of the synthesized views. Considering the all intraconfigurations, the proposed scheme is capable of achieving, on average, a time saving of 35% considering the whole encoder. Subjective quality assessment was also performed, showing that the proposed technique inserts minimal quality losses in the final encoded video.
Radiation enhances cisplatin-sensitivity in human cervical squamous cancer cells in vitro.

UNLABELLED PURPOSE AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION: Cisplatin (CDDP) is regularly used in concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced cervical cancer although an effective protocol of chemoradiotherapy with CDDP has not yet been established. In search of a better chemoradiotherapy protocol, we investigated both CDDP effects on radiosensitivity and irradiation effects on CDDP-sensitivity using the radiosensitive human cervical squamous cell carcinoma cell line ME180. RESULTS We found that CDDP did not affect cellular radiosensitivity, and that irradiation significantly enhanced CDDP-sensitivity. Moreover, all the four post-irradiation surviving subclones obtained from repetitively irradiated ME180 cells showed significantly higher CDDP sensitivities than those of the non-irradiated parent cells. CONCLUSION These results suggest that an effective protocol would involve the concurrent administration of CDDP with radiotherapy and further administration following completion of radiotherapy in order to achieve higher CDDP-sensitivities.
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome associated agranulocytosis: a benign disorder?

Objective: To report on an uncommon association of agranulocytosis in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). Methods: The clinical, haematological, and immunological features of seven patients with primary SS associated with a chronic (>6 months) agranulocytosis, and the outcome of the patients, were analysed. Results: Patients were white women with an unexplained agranulocytosis. They all had non-erosive arthritis and three had a thrombocytopenia or Evan’s syndrome. In three patients, transient or durable expansion of T lymphocytes was present in the peripheral blood or in the bone marrow, but evolved independently from neutrophil counts. There was no paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria clone or antibodies to neutrophil surface antigens. In vitro bone marrow culture was normal (four patients) or showed a decrease in colony forming unit-granulocyte monocyte (CFU-GM) and colony forming unit-erythroblast (CFU-E) (one patient). Serum levels of soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) were normal, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) concentrations were either normal or raised. One patient was treated with steroids associated with intravenous immunoglobulins and achieved a lasting response. Two other patients were treated with steroids and methotrexate, with poor efficacy. Short courses of subcutaneous G-CSF produced a transient and mild response in all three patients. Complete recovery of the neutrophils occurred temporarily during pregnancy in two patients. After a mean follow up of 34.8 months (range 6–139) all patients were alive and none developed serious infections. Conclusion: A subset of patients with primary SS and non-destructive arthritis may develop a chronic but well tolerated agranulocytosis that is usually poorly responsive to steroids and oral methotrexate.