Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Women Drug Users: An Ethnography of a Female Injecting Community

The book provides an account of the lives and experiences of a group of female intravenous drug users in Glasgow. Based on participant observations of the women in their own setting and in-depth interviews, it is the first full ethnographic account of the lifestyle of female drug users. It charts their entry into drugs, the various ways in which they provide for their drug use, their relationships with friends, partners, family members, and children as well as attitudes towards professionals such as social workers with whom they come into contact by virtue of their status as drug-using mothers. Finally, the efforts the women make to give up their use of drugs is examined, along with the reasons which make these endeavours difficult. The evidence suggests that, ironically, the lifestyle which evolves around their use of drugs offers an arena in which the women are able to find a degree of independence and purpose otherwise lacking in their lives and which makes their drug-using lifestyle attractive even when disadvantages become apparent.
Chvostek's sign in childhood headache

Abstract Chvostek's sign (CS) was examined in 590 consecutive children with headache. A positive CS was found in 186/590 (31.5%) patients (111 mild; 75 marked). Forty-two percent of patients with migraine with aura, 5% migraine without aura and 0.85% patients with non-migraine headaches had a markedly positive CS. Trousseau's sign and biochemical investigations were negative. Within each headache diagnostic group, there were no significant differences in demographic data, headache characteristics or psychosocial issues between patients with negative or positive (mild or marked) CS. Our findings provide further evidence that the pathophysiology of migraine and specially migraine with aura may differ from that of other headaches.
User Interface design for open data platforms

Open data can become available by open data infrastructures. In recent years, different governmental and private organizations have published their data through open data platforms to accelerate knowledge and information sharing. They are open data platforms, which are not particularly developed by any public or private organization. These universal open data platforms facilitate combining data various data types from different data resources. The aim of this study is to create integrated user interfaces for different groups of users, which stimulate services for users Open Data (OD), including the processes of importing, curating, processing and visualizing OD. The process of Open Data consists of following steps; Data production, publish data, Look for data, use data, feedback. The process focuses on providing data that are not accessible, to be published. For this research, various research methods were used: literature research has been conducted. Next we followed requirements engineering approach to elicit and analyze requirements by using scenario and use case techniques. We have created prototypes by visualizing use case flows in BPMN diagram. Finally, we have conducted an evaluation by user testing in the scenario-based environment, and walk-through technique. In this research, we focus on technological barrier of open data. Many technological impediments restrict users to have easy access to open data. The most significant impediments are Data deposit, Data access and Data use, impediments. Also, different requirements are identified for open data platforms. These requirements are categorized in five subcategories. Namely, Standardization, API, Materialization, Policies and integration. Data publishers usually only make data available and often do not consider the user perspective. One aspect of the user perspective that has received very little attention is the user interface of open data platforms. We have performed requirements analysis by using scenario and use case techniques. We have designed 6 scenarios that cover all steps of open data process. Next, we have created BPMN diagram to represent the flow of use cases. Finally, we have created UI mockups for Open Data platform. This research contributes in adding more benefits from open data by designing the user interface to increase the user’s contribution, as well as contributing into studies in the field of open data. This research involved a usability test in scenario-based environment as well as inspection. A total of 16 usability tests was conducted. The usability test was intended to verify the proposed UI. Participants were selected from different age ranges, countries, and study fields. Therefore, we conclude that users’ success rates (performing tasks correctly) with the all the three scenarios were considerably high. However, a disadvantage regarding the dataset extension is reported. Lastly, most of the tasks were performed correctly and according to users most of the tasks were easy to perform.
Gebelerde uyku kalitesi ve yorgunluk düzeyi

Amac: Bu calismanin amaci, gebe kadinlarin uyku kalitesi ve yorgunluk duzeylerini belirlemektir. Gerec ve Yontem: Bu calisma 198 gebe kadin uzerinde yurutulen kesitsel ve tanimlayici bir calismadir. Calismanin verileri Manisa merkezinde iki hastaneden, Ekim 2007- Temmuz 2008 tarihleri arasinda toplanmistir. Verilerin toplanmasinda kullanilan soru formu uc bolumden olusmustur. Ilk bolum sosyo-demografik ozellikler ile obstetrik ozelliklerden olusmaktadir. Ikinci bolumde Anderson Kanser Merkezi tarafindan gelistirilen Kisa Yorgunluk Envanteri kullanilmistir. Ucuncu bolumde ise Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi Indeksi (PSQI) kullanilmistir. Verilerin toplanmasinda kurumlardan gerekli izinler alinmis ve yuz yuze gorusme yontemi kullanilmistir. Katilimcilara calisma ile ilgili bilgi verilmis ve sozlu onamlari alinmistir. Bulgular: Gebe kadinlarin yas ortalamasi 26.5±4.7 yil ve yarisinin ilkokul mezunu oldugu bulunmustur. Gebe kadinlarin PSQI puan ortalamasi 6.38±3.46 olarak belirlenmistir. Toplam PSQI puanlari 0-21 arasinda degismektedir. Arastirmaya katilan gebelerin %54'unun uyku kalitesinin kotu oldugu (>5) saptanmistir. Genel olarak uykusunu yeterli bulan ve gun icerisinde uzanarak dinlenen gebelerin uyku kalitelerinin daha iyi oldugu saptanmistir. Gebe kadinlarin yas gruplari ve egitim seviyeleri ile uyku kalitesi duzeyleri arasinda fark bulunmamistir. Gebe kadinlarin yorgunluk puan ortalamalari 5.58±1.97 olarak belirlenmistir. Gun boyunca oturularak gecen sure ile genel yorgunluk duzeyleri arasinda pozitif iliski belirlenmistir. Sonuc: Gebelerin genel uyku bozuklugu arttikca yorgunluk duzeyleri de artmaktadir.
Effect of sildenafil citrate on women affected by sexual dysfunction referred to health clinics

1 department of Midwifery, School of nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz university of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, iran 2 Maternal – Fetal Medicine research Center, department of Midwifery, School of nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz university of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, iran 3 Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4 Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, iran
The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World

Joan Bybee and her colleagues present a new theory of the evolution of grammar that links structure and meaning in a way that directly challenges most contemporary versions of generative grammar. This study focuses on the use and meaning of grammatical markers of tense, aspect and modality and identifies a universal set of grammatical categories. The authors demonstrate that the semantic content of these categories evolves gradually and that this process of evolution is strikingly similar across unrelated languages. Through a survey of 76 languages in 25 different phyla, the authors show that the same paths of change occur universally and that movement along these paths is in one direction only. This analysis reveals that lexical substance evolves into grammatical substance through various mechanisms of change, such as metaphorical extension and the conventionalization of implicature. Grammaticization is always accompanied by an increase in frequency of the grammatical marker, providing clear evidence that language use is a major factor in the evolution of synchronic language states.
Comparison of Serum Lipid and Thyroid Profiles Before and After Scaling and Root Planning in Periodontitis Subjects

Background: Hyperlipidemia and Thyroid disorders are considered to be related with systemic inflammation. Periodontitis has been found to release inflammatory cytokines to systemic circulation. So, it could be related with these two systemic conditions. Aim: Determination of effect of changes in periodontal status obtained by scaling and root planing on serum lipid and thyroid profiles. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 30 subjects with chronic periodontitis. Subjects with history of periodontal treatment in the past six months, diabetes and on anti hyperlipidemic/thyroid drugs or active tobacco smoking were excluded. Periodontal parameters (gingival index, plaque index, bleeding on probing, probing pocket depth) and metabolic parameters, like, fasting serum lipid profile and thyroid profiles were taken at baseline and 90 days. At baseline, conventional periodontal therapy i.e., full mouth scaling and root planing was performed without any prescription of antibiotics or mouthwashes. Results: There were significant improvement (p<0.05) in all periodontal parameters. Correspondingly, there were significant (p<0.05) decrease in the levels of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), Triglycerides and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). There was significant (p<0.05) increase in HDL levels, but no significant changes in cholesterol, VLDL and triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) levels. Conclusion: The improvement in periodontal status is reflected in improvement of serum lipid profile. This effect is not very obvious on thyroid status.
Chemotherapy with erlotinib or chemotherapy alone in advanced NSCLC with acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI).

7524 Background: EGFR-mutant NSCLC has an oncogene-addicted phenotype that confers sensitivity to EGFR TKIs. Prior data suggests EGFR addiction persists after development of TKI resistance, leading many clinicians to continue TKI along with chemotherapy (chemo); however, this strategy has not been formally evaluated. Methods: An institutional database was reviewed to identify patients (pts) with advanced NSCLC and acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs by Jackman criteria. Pts were included if they subsequently received chemo. Objective response rate (RR) to chemo/erlotinib or chemo alone was assessed by blinded radiographic review and compared by Fisher’s exact test and multivariable logistic regression. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from TKI failure (defined as chemo initiation date) were compared by log-rank test and multivariable Cox analysis. Results: 78 pts were eligible (34 chemo/erlotinib, 44 chemo alone). 70 pts (90%) had a documented EGFR mutation and were on TKI for a medi.
Determination of Creatinine in PETs and Laboratory Calculations of the Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy

Since our Department for Dialysis performs the Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET) to monitor peritoneal dialysis adequacy, our Laboratory has been asked to collaborate on calculating clearances and transport characteristics of patients. This collaboration is ongoing since 2003, despite the Baxter-PD Adequest software having appeared. Our aim is to emphasize the importance of the laboratory in the selection of formulas and specifically in solving the problem of determining creatinine concentration in PETs, and to recommend the cooperation between the laboratory and the dialysis department. Since creatinine determination is encumbered by recommendations for correcting elevated creatinine levels because of the influence of glucose in PETs, we compared results of dialysates determined as serum and as urine. Until now we had 86 patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Method for determining patients' creatinine remains Jaffe kinetic uncompesated although the analyzers and the corresponding reagenses were changed in the laboratory. We have achieved the complete cooperation and confidence in the result, and with the PET test performed strictly according to the protocol, increasingly better results for clearences, Kt/V and transport characteristics. All this helps with treatment planning and analyzing patients' quality of life.
STUDIES OF DISPLAY SYMBOL LEGIBILITY

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to determine the effects on the legibility of capital alphabetic letters of: (a) two simulated TV rasters with horizontal, linear scan constructions of 11 and 5 lines per letter height and a solid (continuous) construction of infinite lines per letter height, (b) two visual exposure times of 0.03 and 0.003 second, and (c) two letter strokewidths of 16% and 28% of letter height. Four subjects identified the letters presented singly in a tachistoscope under all combinations of these conditions. Legibility was measured three ways: by information transmitted (in bits), by errors in identification, and by verbal reaction time. The results showed that for the 0.03second exposure time, the letters constructed with 11 lines were as legible as solid (continuous stroke) letters, but the line construction was less legible at 0.003-second exposure. At both exposure times, the 5-line construction was less legible than the solid construction. With 5-line construction and 0.003-second exposure, the wide stroke-width gave better legibility than the narrow width. Confusion between specific letters varied for both line constructions and stroke-widths. The possible effects on legibility of changes in brightness, contrast and letter geometry introduced by the experimental conditions are discussed. It was concluded that the legibility of letters generated by a horizontal kinear scan construction is highly dependent upon apparently minor differences in letter geometry. (Author).
Comparing the use of full text search between a conventional IR System and a DBMS

Although database management systems (DBMS) and information retrieval systems (IRS) are typically used for problem solving in distinct domains, in the last decade they have been given internal functions allowing them to perform full text indexing and search by relevance from the best-match IR model. However, when searching for similar studies in the Capes Portal, with terms in both Portuguese and English, no related work was found in any of the scientific research databases. Within this context, this article aims to analyze the characteristics of implementation and use of full text indexing in a DBMS by comparing it with an IRS. The DBMS chosen to perform the experiments was Postgres 9.4 while the IRS selected was the Terrier IR Platform V. 3.6, developed and maintained by the School of Computing Science University of Glasgow. The corpus used is composed of 1,260 scientific articles in PDF, which were first transformed into plain text using the Apache Foundation’s Tika application. This was done so that both tools worked with the same textual content. The objective was to evaluate comparatively the advantages and disadvantages of using these platforms which serve to help search for information contained in collections of textual documents. As a result, it was demonstrated that in the DBMS context, the use of keyword search in unstructured textual attributes can be used in an integrated way with other structured attributes, having the advantages of simplicity of use and efficiency in response time. This strategy can thus be better applied in information systems that work on such hybrid content.
PENGARUH KEMANDIRIAN BELAJAR DAN LINGKUNGAN BELAJAR SISWA TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR AKUNTANSI SISWA KELAS XI IPS SMA NEGERI 1 SEWON BANTUL TAHUN AJARAN 2010/2011

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) pengaruh Kemandirian Belajarterhadap Prestasi belajar Akuntansi Siswa Kelas XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Sewon BantulTahun Ajaran 2010/2011, (2) pengaruh Lingkungan Belajar Siswa terhadap PrestasiBelajar Akuntansi Siswa Kelas XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Sewon Bantul Tahun Ajaran2010/2011, (3) pengaruh Kemandirian Belajar dan Lingkungan Belajar Siswa secarabersama-sama terhadap Prestasi Belajar Akuntansi Siswa Kelas XI IPS SMA Negeri 1Sewon Bantul Tahun Ajaran 2010/2011.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian expost-facto dan penelitian sampel karenasebagian atau wakil populasi yang diteliti sebagai subyek penelitian yaitu siswa kelas XIIPS SMA Negeri 1 Sewon Bantul Tahun Ajaran 2010/2011 yang berjumlah 85.Pengumpulan data dengan metode kuesioner atau angket dan metode dokumentasi.Metode kuesioner atau angket untuk mengumpulkan data Kemandirian Belajar danLingkungan Belajar Siswa sedangkan metode dokumentasi untuk mengetahui nilaiPrestasi Belajar Akuntansi. Uji coba instrumen penelitian dilakukan terhadap 30 siswa diSMA Negeri 1 Sewon Bantul. Uji validitas instrumen dengan teknik analisis productmoment, sedangkan uji reliabilitas dengan koefisien alpha. Analisis regresi sederhanadigunakan untuk mengetahui mengetahui pengaruh Kemandirian Belajar dan LingkunganBelajar Siswa secara sendiri-sendiri dengan Prestasi Belajar Akuntansi, sedangkan untukmengetahui pengaruh kedua variabel bebas secara bersama-sama dengan variabel terikatdigunakan analisis regresi ganda dua prediktor. Sebelum menganalisis data, terlebihdahulu digunakan pengujian prasyarat analisis meliputi uji linearitas, uji multikolinearitasdan uji normalitas.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikanKemandirian Belajar terhadap Prestasi Belajar Akuntansi, dibuktikan rx1y = 0.359, r2x1y =0,129, thitung = 3.509 lebih besar dari ttabel = 1,98; (2) terdapat pengaruh positif dansignifikan Lingkungan Belajar Siswa terhadap Prestasi Belajar Akuntansi, dibuktikandibuktikan rx2y = 0.377, r2x2y = 0,142, thitung = 3.711 lebih besar dari ttabel = 1,980; (3)terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan Kemandirian Belajar dan Lingkungan Belajar Siswa secara bersama-sama terhadap Prestasi belajar Akuntansi Siswa kelas XI IPS SMANegeri 1 Sewon Bantul Tahun Ajaran 2010/2011, dibuktikan dengan Ry(1,2) = 0.494,R2y(1,2) = 0.244, Fhitung = 13.264 lebih besar dari Ftabel = 3,11. Dengan demikiankeseluruhan hasil analisis ini mendukung hipotesis yang diajukan.
Process Control Simulation Research in Monitoring Analog and Digital Displays

I n t h e p a s t decade w e have w i t n e s s e d n o t on ly t h e development of t h e most g e n e r a l and complex p r o c e s s c o n t r o l environments b u t t h e most g e n e r a l and complex t o o l f o r d e a l i n g w i t h them, t h e computer. Although a l l i n d u s t r i a l p r o c e s s i n g is b e n e f i t t e d by more g l o b a l and s o p h i s t i c a t e d c o n t r o l , t h e most n o t a b l e example of c u r r e n t environments is t h e n u c l e a r power p l a n t . With t h e complexi ty n e c e s s i t a t i n g s ix by s i x t y f o o t p a n e l s u s i n g p rev ious t echno logy , few examples can s e r v e as a b e t t e r c o n t r o l int e r f a c e case s t u d y . t i o n s ( e . g . , I E E E P roceed ings , 1975; W i l l i a m s , S e i d e n s t e i n , & Goddard, 1980) and u n f o r t u n a t e h i s t o r i c a l e x p e r i e n c e ( e .g . , TMI) have emphas i z e d t h e need f o r development of e f f e c t i v e computer d i s p l a y i n t e r f a c e s . Both d e s i g n recommenda-
Comparison of Blood Counts in Capillary and Venous Blood in Children

Background: Obtaining a venous blood sample from infants and children can be a painful and traumatic procedure. It has been suggested that capillary blood samples can serve as substitutes for venous blood samples to diagnose anemia. However, few data exist about the correlation between the laboratory results obtained using capillary and venous blood samples. This study was performed to determine if the results from the LC-178CRP TM are the same as the results from a conventional hematology analyzer using venous blood. Methods: After informed consent was obtained, paired venous and capillary blood sample were collected simultaneously from 104 children (M:F=50:54). The capillary blood was analyzed using the LC- 178CRP TM , and venous blood was analyzed using an automatic hematology analyzer. The following were compared from capillary and venous samples: CBC, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), red cell distribution width (RDW), and platelet count. The results were analyzed by Pearson's correlation and the Bland Altman Plot method. Result: The hemoglobin values were similar between the two groups of samples and had a high coefficient correlation (r=0.877). White blood cells, hematocrit, MCV, and MCH also had a significant correlation between capillary and venous blood samples. Based on the Bland-Altman method, the agreement between the two methods was considered good. Conclusion: The hematologic results from the capillary blood had a close correlation with the conven- tional venous method, including white blood cell count, and hemoglobin, MCV, and MCH levels. The LC-178CRPTM should be considered as an alternative for venous blood sampling for the tested parameters
Wakanki Ewastepikte: An Advance Directive Education Project With American Indian Elders

Many American Indian tribes' traditional philosophy of death is one of realism; death is a part of the cycle of life. Yet, health care professionals harbor misperceptions regarding beliefs about death and dying in American Indian tribes, fearing that it is inappropriate to broach the subject. These fears hamper end-of-life discussions, which are crucial for advance care planning and completion of advance directives. This community-based participatory project was conducted on an American Indian reservation in the Northern Plains, where American Indian elders and a nurse researcher developed and implemented a culturally specific advance directive program. At program completion, the 2 elders visited 11 different communities, conducted 270 face-to-face educational sessions, and traveled more than 1000 miles across the reservation. Of those attending the educational sessions, nearly 93% had never heard of a living will, with roughly 7% indicating some knowledge of living wills; 1 person reported having a living will. This community-based, American Indian, elder-led project demonstrates that this population is concerned about its care at end of life and wishes to receive more information. Improving American Indian awareness regarding palliative/end-of life care options and the need for advance directives can help to ensure that their end-of-life wishes will be honored.
Vision-based navigation using multi-rate feedback from optic flow and scene reconstruction

Abstract Vision-based control is being aggressively pursued for autonomous systems. Such control is particularly valuable for path planning to achieve mission objectives like target tracking and obstacle avoidance. This paper presents a multi-rate strategy that utilises a fast-rate optic flow approach and a slow-rate scene reconstruction approach. The vehicle uses scene reconstruction to generate an accurate map for path planning; however, optic flow is used to avoid obstacles while the scene reconstruction is computed. A switch element is used in the feedback path to determine whether information relating to the reconstructed map or the optical flow should be used for navigation. The resulting controller is able to generate flight trajectories and perform obstacle avoidance within a computational cost which is reasonable given performance demands and computational resources on a wide range of aircraft. A simulation demonstrates the performance of an aircraft that uses the multi-rate controller to avoid an obstacle which is only observed after a turn. Essentially, the fast-rate optic flow indicates the presence of the obstacle during the time that slow-rate scene reconstruction is being performed. The resulting flight path is able to follow mission objectives and avoid a collision.