Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Improvement Rates between Distance and Near Visual Acuity in Children with Unilateral Amblyopia

Purpose: To compare the improvement rates of distance visual acuity (VA) with that of near VA in amblyopic eyes of children with unilateral amblyopia. Methods: The medical records of children with unilateral amblyopia successfully treated with patching were reviewed. During subsequent visits for amblyopia treatment, subjects had best-corrected VA measured at 4 meters and 1/3 meters every 2 months. Duration of treatment to achieve equal VA between both eyes and improvement rates were compared between distance and near, and analyzed according to the cause and severity of amblyopia, or age. Results: A total of 76 children with amblyopia due to anisometropia and/or strabismus started amblyopia treatment at a mean age of 5.8 years and were followed up during a mean period of 16.4 months. Baseline VA was better at near than at distance in 52 children (68.4%), and better at distance than at near in 4 (5.3%). The mean duration of treatment was 5.4 months at distance and 3.9 months at near. However, the improvement rate considering the amount of improvement of VA was faster at distance; 0.11 log MAR/month at distance, and 0.08 log MAR/month at near (p = 0.016). The improvement rate differences between distance and near did not differ based on the cause of amblyopia, or age, whereas in mild amblyopia the improvement rate of distance VA was significantly faster than near. Additionally, children with better initial near VA tended to have a faster improvement rate of distance VA. Conclusions: Although baseline VA was better at near than at distance in more patients, the improvement rate was faster at distance than at near. Children with better initial near VA appeared to have a faster improvement rate of distance VA. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2015;56(9):1432-1438
The Relationship between Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Happiness

For the important role of happiness in our life, the aim of this study was to investigate empirically the relationship between the consumption of energy, economic growth and happiness. A distinction is drawn between the direct and indirect impact of consumption of energy on happiness which functions throughout the impact of consumption of energy on per capita income and the resulting impact of income on happiness. Using panel data analysis of 47 different countries over 14 years covering the period from 2001 to 2014, both direct and indirect effects of consumption of energy on happiness are estimated. We remedy the potential endogeneity problem when estimating the indirect effect by instrumenting the variable “consumption of energy”. Our results show that the consumption of energy has a significant positive direct impact and indirect effects on happiness resulting in an overall positive effect of consumption of energy on happiness for all countries
N A ] 4 J un 2 01 5 Minimal Geršgorin tensor eigenvalue inclusion set and its numerical approximation

For a complex tensor A, Minimal Geršgorin tensor eigenvalue inclusion set of A is presented, and its sufficient and necessary condition is given. Furthermore, we study its boundary by the spectrums of the equimodular set and the extended equimodular set for A. Lastly, for an irreducible tensor, a numerical approximation to Minimal Geršgorin tensor eigenvalue inclusion set is given. Mathematics subject classification: 15A69, 15A18.
ElEctrical EnginEEring and industrial ElEctronics

Проведено порівняння різних моделей металлоксидних обмежувачів перенапруг нелінійних. Пропонується досліджувати моделі обмежувачів перенапруг нелінійних як при впливі імпульсів струму, так і імпульсів напруги різної амплітуди і форми. При остаточному виборі обмежувача перенапруг нелінійного рекомендується використовувати модель, яка дає максимальні значення залишкової напруги при впливі на модель тестових імпульсів напруги. Ключові слова: моделі обмежувачів перенапруг нелінійних, імпульс струму, імпульс напруги, вольт-амперна характеристика. Brzhezitsky V. , trotsenko ye. , haran ya.
TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF Ti–Si BASED IN SITU COMPOSITES UNDER SLIDING

Development of titanium matrix composites (TMCs) appeared to be an effective way to improve wear and friction properties of titanium, especially though the melting route approach. In this case, the reinforcements are formed during phase transformations, obtaining a good interfacial strength with the matrix. System Ti–Si enables to create in situ reinforced composites due to phase transformations occurring under solidification and subsequent cooling. Our previous studies showed an improved wear resistance for the hypo-eutectic Ti–6Si–5Zr based alloy in comparison with commercial Ti–6Al–4V alloy under sliding. The object of present work was to evaluate tribological behavior of selected Ti-Si based in situ composites under lubricated sliding conditions using a commercial ball-on-disk rig. Measurements of the coefficients of friction and evaluation of the wear factors were performed along with examinations of the wear track appearances using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis.
FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER OF PROPANE IN MPE TUBE

The local heat transfer coefficient and flow patterns were studied experimentally during flow boiling of R-290 (propane) inside multiport extruded (MPE) mini channel tube made up of 7 channels with hydraulic diameter of 1.47 mm. The tests analyzed the effects of heat flux, mass velocity and vapor quality. The study were performed with heat fluxes from 5.3 to 20 kW/m, mass velocities varying from 35 to 170 kg/m and vapor quality between 0.07 to 0.98. As result, heat transfer coefficients between 1-18 kW/mK were obtained. Five types of flow patterns were observed, with predominance of plug and slug and churn. The results unveil the significant effect of flow patterns on heat transfer characteristics.
The Interdependency of Elemental and Amino Acid Composition of Blood Serum Among the Physically Challenged Athletes

The aim of research was to study the interdependency between the elemental and amino acid composition of blood serum among the sledge hockey athletes. Determination of the elemental and amino acid composition of blood was performed using an Elan 9000 mass spectrometer and an Optima 2000 V atomic emission spectrometer. The data processing was performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. The interdependency between the parameters were estimated using the Spearman rank correlation method. An increase in the content of Fe, Zn, α-aminobutyric acid, taurine and lower values of Mg, methionine and tyrosine has been established.
A Low-Complexity Hybrid Readout Circuit for Lidar Receiver

This brief presents a low-complexity hybrid readout architecture that can extract both timing and amplitude information of the return pulse concurrently for a light detection and ranging radar (Lidar) receiver. To reconstruct the short return pulse, the core circuit of one sampling and storage array with an embedded time-to-digital converter (SSA-TDC) is proposed. Instead of relying on the conventional power-hungry high-speed ADC, it selectively samples the interested return pulse with high speed and stores the voltages for later quantization in the long idle interval. In the preceding stage of the SSA-TDC, the analog front-end circuit cascaded of a narrow-bandwidth transimpedance amplifier, a voltage amplifier, and an equalizer circuit is included. The prototype chip of the eight readout channels is designed and fabricated with the 0.18-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CMOS process. The active circuit occupies an area of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1200\,\,\mu \text{m}\,\,\times 2100\,\,\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and the power consumption of one single channel is 45 mW with 3.3-V supply. The proposed SSA-TDC has achieved a dynamic error of 180 ps in the experimental study.
Investigating teachers’ adoption of MOOCs: the perspective of UTAUT2

ABSTRACT The number of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) around the globe is on the rise. Despite the popularity of MOOCs, they have received less attention from faculty members around the globe compared to other less-traditional and digital education models. MOOCs can be challenging for teachers to use. As such, understanding how to facilitate teachers’ adoption of MOOCs is very important to better promote their use. The aim of this research paper is to investigate the drivers of teachers’ acceptance and use of MOOCs from the perspective of the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2). An online survey was used to collect responses from university faculty in Taiwan. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized for data analysis. The findings reveal that performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and price value facilitated teachers’ behavioral intention to adopt MOOCs. Furthermore, facilitating conditions and behavioral intention determined teachers’ adoption of MOOCs. However, effort expectancy and hedonic motivation failed to drive teachers’ adoption of MOOCs. Based on the findings, several important theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Rural Entrepreneurship in India: Challenges and problems

Rural development is more than ever before connected to entrepreneurship. Institutions and individuals promoting rural development now see entrepreneurship as a strategic development intervention that could increase the rural development process. This paper makes an attempt to find out the Problems and Challenges for the importance of Rural Entrepreneurship. It also focuses on the major problems faced by rural entrepreneurs mainly in the fields of M a r k e t i n g o f p r o d u c t s , f i n a n c i a l f a c i l i t i e s a n d o t h e r p r i m a r y f a c i l i t i e s , i . e . a v a i l a b i l i t y o f e l e c t r i c i t y , wa t e r s u p p l y , t r a n s p o r t facili ties and required energy etc. Rural entrepreneurship that are beginning to deliver on the expected benefits of inclusive economic growth that helps in improving standard of living in rural areas in general and at the bottom of the pyramid in particular. T h e m a j o r i t y o f r u r a l e n t r e p r e n e u r s i s f a c i n g m a n y p r o b l e m s d u e t o n o t a v a i l a b i l i t y o f p r i m a r y f a c i l i t i e s i n r u r a l a r e a s o f d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r y l i k e I n d i a . L a c k o f e d u c a t i o n , f i n a n c i a l p r o b l e m s , i n s u f f i c i e n t t e c h n i c a l a n d c o n c e p t u a l a b i l i t y i t i s t o o d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e r u r a l e n t r e p r e n e u r s t o e s t a b l i s h industries in the rural areas.
Thom spectra, higher THH and tensors in
∞–categories

Let $f:G\to \mathrm{Pic}(R)$ be a map of $E_\infty$-groups, where $\mathrm{Pic}(R)$ denotes the Picard space of an $E_\infty$-ring spectrum $R$. We determine the tensor $X\otimes_R Mf$ of the Thom $E_\infty$-$R$-algebra $Mf$ with a space $X$; when $X$ is the circle, the tensor with $X$ is topological Hochschild homology over $R$. We use the theory of localizations of $\infty$-categories as a technical tool: we contribute to this theory an $\infty$-categorical analogue of Day's reflection theorem about closed symmetric monoidal structures on localizations, and we prove that for a smashing localization $L$ of the $\infty$-category of presentable $\infty$-categories, the free $L$-local presentable $\infty$-category on a small simplicial set $K$ is given by presheaves on $K$ valued on the $L$-localization of the $\infty$-category of spaces. If $X$ is a pointed space, a map $g: A\to B$ of $E_\infty$-ring spectra satisfies $X$-base change if $X\otimes B$ is the pushout of $A\to X\otimes A$ along $g$. Building on a result of Mathew, we prove that if $g$ is etale then it satisfies $X$-base change provided $X$ is connected. We prove that, under some hypotheses, the Thom isomorphism of Mahowald cannot be an instance of $S^0$-base change.
The Effect of Behavior on Short-Term Memory Capabilities

The study was conducted because several theories say physical activity can provide a positive influence on cognitive function. The research method uses Ex Post Facto with an intactgroup comparison approach. The research sample is a member of the bike to work community, which is between 20 and 35 years old with 30 people. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling. The instrument used is a Letter Test or Number Test. Independent samples t-test to see the effect of cycling activity on the ability of short term memory by looking at the difference in average scores sample group. The results showed that the average score of the cycling group's ability was better than the motorized group (control). In other words, cycling activity has a positive influence on the ability of short term memory. Keywords—cycing activity; short term memory; the effect of behavior
Joint Inference for Aspect-Level Sentiment Analysis by Deep Neural Networks and Linguistic Hints

The state-of-the-art techniques for aspect-level sentiment analysis focused on feature modeling using a variety of deep neural networks (DNN). Unfortunately, their performance may still fall short of expectation in real scenarios due to the semantic complexity of natural languages. Motivated by the observation that many linguistic hints (e.g., sentiment words and shift words) are reliable polarity indicators, we propose a joint framework, SenHint, which can seamlessly integrate the output of deep neural networks and the implications of linguistic hints in a unified model based on Markov logic network (MLN). SenHint leverages the linguistic hints for multiple purposes: (1) to identify the easy instances, whose polarities can be automatically determined by the machine with high accuracy; (2) to capture the influence of sentiment words on aspect polarities; (2) to capture the implicit relations between aspect polarities. We present the required techniques for extracting linguistic hints, encoding their implications as well as the output of DNN into the unified model, and joint inference. Finally, we have empirically evaluated the performance of SenHint on both English and Chinese benchmark datasets. Our extensive experiments have shown that compared to the state-of-the-art DNN techniques, SenHint can effectively improve polarity detection accuracy by considerable margins.
Navigating equity work in engineering: contradicting messages encountered by minority faculty

ABSTRACT The lack of diversity in engineering and perpetuation of inequities through engineering designs have motivated the rise of new curricula centred on the integration of traditional technical content with social aspects of technology. However, the ‘revolutionizing’ of curricula has primarily been spearheaded by junior faculty, women and faculty of colour. This article uses an autoethnographic approach to explore the development of social justice-oriented curricula within engineering from the perspectives of junior women and faculty of colour. Drawing on feminist and critical race theory, we discuss how power dynamics within the school, university and engineering more broadly have shaped the development and teaching of justice-oriented engineering. Through the lens of our experiences, we show that, despite the support from some institutional allies and administrators, stereotypes, hegemonic norms and microaggressions can undermine efforts for social and structural change in engineering education, even as such changes are supported and promoted by the institution.
Parents’ Attitude Toward Child Abuse Conducted in the Health Centers of Tabriz

BACKGROUND: Attitudes are very important in the formation of behaviors. Parents' attitudes toward children and behaviors with them are the main causes of child abuse. Identifying these attitudes and their related factors can be the primary basic action for prevention of child abuse. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the parents' attitudes toward child abuse in the health centers of Tabriz. Patients and Methods: In this cross-sectional study 384 parents with children 2 to 12 years old, filled a questionnaire about parents' attitude toward child abuse in the 13 health centers of Tabriz. Data was analyzed using SPSS (version 16.0). Results: The results showed that the mean score of total attitude toward child abuse was significantly higher than the middle (P Conclusions: The results showed that the parents' attitudes toward child abuse were negative, but because of the relationship between parents' attitudes with some of their demographic characteristics, parents should be supported economically and socially to prevention of child abuse. Keywords: Parents; Child Abuse; Language: en
Innovation in financial governance reforms: for better or for worse?

The global financial crisis has put public budgets throughout the European Union under severe pressure. Government responses to the financial crisis have mainly focused on cutbacks to balance the budget. In this paper, we focus on a specific case of innovation in financial governance in Italy that aimed to minimize the severe effects of financial constraints on local government, while managing deficit control goals at the central level. The regulatory innovation consisted in a system of agreements between levels of government based on the ability to exchange fiscal deficit permits. While this system keeps the aggregate government-wide deficit unchanged, it allows individual local governments to deviate from their initial fiscal balance targets by obtaining deficit permits from governments that have a surplus. This paper critically analyzes this innovation from three perspectives: the governance model inherent to this mechanism, the new financial management practices emerging at the local level, and the effectiveness of the mechanism with regard to declared goals and objectives. Findings from this study show that a critical element limiting innovation in fiscal governance seems to be connected to the simplistic observation that the overall budgetary position of the country’s government results from the algebraic sum of all individual government bodies’ financial results. At the core of this understanding are collateral effects that occur when local priorities are distorted by the need to achieve detached fiscal targets set in a top-down manner by the central government, as exemplified by the unexpected investment crunch in Italy induced by fiscal targets calculated on a mixed accrual-cash basis. Keywords – innovation, governance, local government, deficit control, austerity, financial management
CMAR_A_198959 9107..9119

*These authors contributed equally to this work Objective: Prognostic performance of inflammation-based prognostic scores, including the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR), Prognostic Index (PI) and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) has been explored in patients with varied types of cancer, though little data is available in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). This study sought to evaluate the impact of systemic inflammation on the overall survival (OS) of ICC patients, and to identify more optimal prognostic indices. Patients and methods: The prognostic power of all the scores mentioned above was compared in 123 patients underwent curative surgery for ICC using Kaplan–Meier curves, COX regression models and the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves. The results were validated in a cohort of 95 ICC patients. Results: Multivariate analysis identified LMR as the only independent inflammation-based predictor for OS in the training cohort (P=0.007, HR 2.082, 95% CI 1.218–3.558). More importantly, the combined score of LMR and pTNM designated the inflammation-based pathological stage (IPS) outperformed other established scores in terms of discriminatory ability, monotonicity and homogeneity in the training and validation cohorts. Conclusion: This study reveals that preoperative LMR is an independent predictor of OS in ICC patients after hepatectomy, and the IPS can be applied as a novel prognostic indicator in these patients.
Effects of task type on morphosyntactic complexity across proficiency

This study investigates the effect of instructional design on (morpho)syntactic complexity in second language (L2) writing development. We operationalised instructional design in terms of task type and empirically based the investigation on a large subcorpus (669,876 writings by 119,960 learners from 128 tasks at all Common European Framework of Reference for Languages levels) of the EF-Cambridge Open Language Database (EFCAMDAT; Geertzen, Alexopoulou and Korhonen 2014). First, the 128 task prompts were manually categorised for task type (e.g. argumentation, description). Next, developmental trajectories of syntactic complexity from A1 to C2 were established using a variety of global (e.g. mean length of clause) and specific (e.g. non-third person singular present tense verbs) measures extracted using natural language processing techniques. The effects of task type were analysed using the categorisation from the first step. Finally, tasks that showed atypical behaviour for a measure given their task type were explored qualitatively. Our results partially confirm earlier experimental and corpus-based studies (e.g. subordination associated with argumentative tasks). Going beyond, our large-scale data-driven analysis made it possible to identify specific measures that were naturally prompted by instructional design (e.g. narrations eliciting wh-phrases). We discuss which measures typically align with certain task types and highlight how instructional design relates to L2 developmental trajectories over time.
Psychophysiological Measures of Reactance to Persuasive Messages Advocating Limited Meat Consumption

Persuasive interventions can lose their effectiveness when a person becomes reactant to the persuasive messages—a state identified by feelings of anger and perceived threat to freedom. A person will strive to reestablish their threatened freedom, which is characterized by motivational arousal. Research suggests that the motivational state of psychological reactance can be observed in physiology. Therefore, the assessment of physiological reactions might help to identify reactance to persuasive messages and, thereby, could be an objective approach to personalize persuasive technologies. The current study investigates peripheral psychophysiological reactivity in response to persuasive messages. To manipulate the strength of the reactant response either high- or low-controlling language messages were presented to discourage meat consumption. The high-controlling language condition indeed evoked more psychological reactance, and sympathetic arousal did increase during persuasive messaging in heart rate and heart rate variability, although no clear relationship between physiological reactivity and self-reported psychological reactance was found. However, the evaluation of multiple linear models revealed that variance in self-reported psychological reactance was best explained by initial intentions in combination with cardiovascular reactivity. To conclude, considering physiological reactivity in addition to motivational state can benefit our understanding of psychological reactance.