Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MEASURING SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONDING

The aim of this research was to devise a short version of the BIDR 6 scale, a well-known measure of the two main dimensions of socially desirable responding: self-deceptive enhancement and impression management. Three correlational studies are described, all conducted with Italian respondents. In the first, a sample of non-student adults and a sample of university students were involved. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and reliability analysis were applied. Invariance of the factor structure was tested via the multi-sample procedure. A 16-item reliable version was achieved and the factor structure, comparing both non-student adults vs. university students and male vs. female samples, turned out to be invariant. Differences for age, gender, and level of education were addressed. In the second study, data were collected by means of a Web-based questionnaire. Factorial structure and reliability of the BIDR 6 short version scale found support. Gender differences were addressed and discussed. In the third study the scale was administered in an organizational context along with internal Locus of Control, Self-Efficacy, Alienation, Hopefulness scales, and a short version of the Crowne and Marlowe’s Social Desirability scale. Again, the 16-item BIDR 6 turned out to be reliable, the twolatent factor structure was endorsed by data, and the correlations with all the other measures supported its validity.
Injury rates in children participating in taekwondo competition.

OBJECTIVE To report rates of injuries sustained during Junior taekwondo competitions. DESIGN Prospective. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collected with simple check-off forms that describe the athlete, nature, site, circumstances, and severity of the injury at three major taekwondo tournaments involving a total of 3,341 boys and 917 girls. MAIN RESULTS No difference was found between boys (58.34/1,000 athlete-exposures) and girls (56.57/1,000 athlete-exposures) in total injury rate (p > 0.05). Collapsed over gender, significant differences (p = 0.013) in injury rates of body parts were found with the lower extremities (21.83/1,000 athlete-exposures) ranked first. Unblocked attacks are the major cause of injury in both boys and girls. CONCLUSIONS Coaches are advised to work on the blocking skills of their Junior taekwondo athletes. No head contact for children in taekwondo competition should also be considered.
Risk factors for anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Jimma University Hospital, southwest Ethiopia.

OBJECTIVE to determine anemia and its risk factors among pregnant women METHODS A cross-sectional analytic study was carried out among pregnant women who came for antenatal care follow up for the first time to Jimma University hospital, Jimma town, southwestern Ethiopia from May-June 2005. RESULTS A total of 168 pregnant women who came for their first antenatal care visit to Jimma University hospital were enrolled in the study. A structured and interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect data on the socio-demographic variables, dietary habit and other gynecologic and obstetric history. Dietary data were collected using food frequency questionnaire prepared for assessing nutritional factors for anemia. Sahli hemoglobinometer and a microscope were used for assessing hemoglobin level and stool for hookworm infection, respectively. Data were cleaned, edited and entered in to a computer and analyzed using SPSS for windows, version 11.0. Statistical tests were performed at the level of significance of 5%. The prevalence of anemia was 64/168 (38.2%) and the mean hemoglobin level was 11.3 mg/dl. Anemic cases were 4 times likely to have history of excess menstrual bleeding prior to the index pregnancy 2 times likely to have hook worm infection and 3 times likely not to have shoe wearing habit, 3 times likely to have birth intervals less than 24 moths between the previous pregnancy and index pregnancy (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION This finding suggests the need for strengthening of interventions related to child spacing and raising awareness about family planning methods. All ANC attendants should be screened for anemia and hookworm infection at first visit and those anemic mothers and infected with hookworm should be treated appropriately. Health education should be given to pregnant mothers on family planning, and the need to gynecologic evaluation before pregnancy and the importance of wearing shoes to decrease hook worm infection and subsequent anemia.
Tracing the Consequences of Economic Crisis in Rural Areas – Evidence from Greece

Rural areas play a vital role in the European Union (EU), as they cover more than 90 percent of the European territory, and host about half of its population and economic activity. Diversity is the main characteristic of rural areas, with both decline and dynamism present. Notwithstanding their diversity, rural areas in the EU share some common characteristics and evolution patterns. There are no significant differences between rural and urban areas, in terms of the age structure of the population, as well as employment/unemployment rates. The income per inhabitant in rural areas is 25-30% lower, coupled with a different social structure. Besides, the economic importance of agriculture in rural areas is declining, while the services sector is continually gaining momentum.
Ultrasound of transitional cell carcinoma

The ultrasonic diagnosis of renal transitional cell carcinoma has been difficult. Several appearances have been reported. The most common appearance is as a discrete solid mass with an echogenicity similar to renal cortex separating the central echo Less common appearances are disruption of a portion of the central echo complex with normal surrounding parenchyma3 or an appearance superficially resembling hydronephro-s ~ s . ~ We wish to report a case showing amputation of the central echo complex and loss of normal parenchymal architecture due to tumor infiltration.
Greenspace in urban neighbourhoods and residents' health: adding quality to quantity

Background Previous research shows a positive link between the amount of green area in one's residential neighbourhood and self-reported health. However, little research has been done on the quality of the green area, as well as on quantity and quality of smaller natural elements in the streetscape. This study investigates the link between the objectively assessed quantity and quality of (1) green areas and (2) streetscape greenery on the one hand and three self-reported health indicators on the other. Methods 80 Dutch urban neighbourhoods were selected, varying in the amount of nearby green area per dwelling, as determined by Geographic Information System analysis. The quality of green areas, as well as the quantity and quality of streetscape greenery, was assessed by observers using an audit tool. Residents of each neighbourhood were asked to complete a questionnaire on their own health (N=1641). In multilevel regression analyses, we examined the relationship between greenspace indicators and three health indicators, controlling for socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Results Both indicators for the quantity of greenspace were positively related to all three health indicators. Quantity and quality indicators were substantially correlated in the case of streetscape greenery. Nevertheless, the quality indicators tended to have added predictive value for the health indicators, given that the quantity information was already included in the model. Conclusions The quantity and also the quality of greenspace in one's neighbourhood seem relevant with regard to health. Furthermore, streetscape greenery is at least as strongly related to self-reported health as green areas.
Single-Carrier Dual-Polarization 328-Gb/s Wireless Transmission in a D-Band Millimeter Wave 2 × 2 MU-MIMO Radio-Over-Fiber System

Next generation wireless communication systems face many challenges to increase the capacity and spectral efficiency of current solutions. The worldwide mobile data traffic increased 4000-fold over the last decade, and is forecast a 7-fold increase between 2016 and 2021. To cope with these stringent demands, prospective solutions are millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology and ultradense small cell networks, given that today most of the mobile traffic is offloaded from mobile networks, i.e., most of mobile users are connected to fixed networks. In addition, enabled by the fast development of electronics, digital signal processing has become essential to enhance the capacity and the performance of current communication systems. In this paper, by using the benefits of multiband modulation schemes and independent sideband (ISB) modulation, high-speed mmWave wireless transmissions in the D-band (110–170 GHz) are reported. D-band radio frequency carrier is generated by means of optical heterodyning, and ISB modulation is applied by means of the Hilbert transform and a double-nested Mach–Zehnder modulator. Total data rates up to 352 Gb/s and spectral efficiencies up to 7.7 bit/s/Hz are experimentally achieved in a single 2 × 2 multiuser multiple-input multiple-output system.
Teduglutide ([Gly2]GLP‐2) protects small intestinal stem cells from radiation damage

Abstract. Glucagon‐like peptide‐2 and its dipeptidyl peptidase (DP‐IV) resistant analogue teduglutide are trophic for the gastrointestinal epithelium. Exposure increases villus height and crypt size and results in increased overall intestinal weight. As these effects may be mediated through stimulation of the stem cell compartment, they may promote intestinal healing and act as potential anti‐mucositis agents in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. A study was initiated to investigate the protective effects of teduglutide on the murine small intestinal epithelium following gamma‐irradiation using the crypt microcolony assay as a measure of stem cell survival and functional competence. Teduglutide demonstrated intestinotrophic effects in both CD1 and BDF1 mouse strains. In BDF1 mice, subcutaneous injection of GLP‐2 or teduglutide (0.2 mg/kg/day, b.i.d.) for 14 days increased intestinal weight by 28% and resulted in comparable increases in crypt size, villus height and area. Teduglutide given daily for 6 or 14 days prior to whole body, gamma‐irradiation significantly increased crypt stem cell survival when compared with vehicle‐treated controls. The mean levels of protection over a range of doses provided protection factors from 1.3 to 1.5. A protective effect was only observed when teduglutide was given before irradiation. These results suggest that teduglutide has the ability to modulate clonogenic stem cell survival in the small intestine and this may have a useful clinical application in the prevention of cancer therapy‐induced mucositis.
Dying for a tan.

A third of Swedish young adults with dysplastic naevus syndrome (DNS) are at high risk of developing malignant melanoma, but are ignoring medical advice and continuing to strive for a tanned look. Studies of 87 DNS patients by nurses at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm showed that 35 per cent used sun beds.
Cerebral Blood Flow in the Acute Phase After Head Injury: Part 1: Correlation to Age of the Patients, Clinical Outcome and Localisation of the Injured Region

In 40 comatose patients with severe head injury, a total of 114 rCBF studies were performed with the intraarterial 133xenon washout technique over the most severely injured hemisphere. All patients were subjected to respirator treatment, and mildly sedated with diazepam, chlorpromazine or meperidine. The average values of the regional flow were corrected for changes in Paca by simultaneous measurements of CO2 reactivity. A Paco2 value of 30 mmHg (4 Pa) was chosen as the reference value. The results indicate that hyperaemiafollowinghead injury is a common phenomenon, especially in young victims with supratentorial cortical lesions. The hyperaemic phase can last from some days to several weeks and is of no prognostic significance. In elderly patients with supratentorial cortical lesions, and in patients with mainly brain‐stem lesions or diffuse brain lesions a persistent low flow state was observed in the acute phase (first 1–3 days after the injury). This low flow state was also observed 1–2 weeks after the injury if loss of consciousness persisted, but it was of no prognostic significance, as CBF values between 15 and 20 m1/100 g/min were associated with a good recovery.
Evolutionary dynamics of grass genomes

Summary The grass family (Poaceae) has been the subject of intense research over the past decade. Although other angiosperm families contain more species and more genera, the Poaceae exceed all other families in ecological dominance and economic importance. Research has focused on the evolutionary relationships among grasses as well as the structure of grass genomes. Here I examine the evolutionary dynamics of grass genomes in a phylogenetic framework. It is clear that grass genomes are evolutionarily labile for many characteristics, including genome size and chromosome number. Variation in genome size among grasses probably reflects fluctuations in the amount of repetitive DNA per genome, but the history and causes of chromosome number changes remain unclear. Despite substantial variation among genomes, comparative maps suggest that grass genomes retain extensive regions of colinearity. By reanalyzing some comparative map data and also by reviewing comparative sequence data, I argue that the current colinearity paradigm requires reassessment.
Supporting information needs of senior citizens in community aged care

To address the challenge of an ageing population in an information society, it is important to introduce information systems to assist the aged people in maintaining and improving their quality of life. An understanding of what information aged people need, how they seek and use information, and how they adopt Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is required. This paper reports the findings of an empirical study undertaken in Australia to understand the information needs of senior citizens who reside in the community. The study aims to understand how ICT can support the independent living of senior people in the community from both the social and health perspectives. We offer a new understanding of the information needs of aged people in the community and extend the information systems research in aged care. This research also contributes to the development of innovative ICT enabled aged care service solutions in community aged care.
Investigator characteristics as moderators of personnel selection research: a meta-analysis

Surrogate measures of original authors' reward context, primary motivation for doing the research, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) were examined for their affect on criterion-related validities reported in the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology between 1964 and 1992. Number of years of experience (a surrogate KSA measure) displayed no moderating relationship. Type of organizational need (equal employment opportunity compliance, augmenting existing selection system, etc.) and investigator interests (e.g., theory testing) were related to criterion-related validities. Place of authors' employment (i.e., reward context) also displayed a moderating relationship (authors in private industry reported higher average validities in comparison with academics)
Adaptive probabilities of crossover and mutation in genetic algorithms

In this paper we describe an efficient approach for multimodal function optimization using genetic algorithms (GAs). We recommend the use of adaptive probabilities of crossover and mutation to realize the twin goals of maintaining diversity in the population and sustaining the, convergence capacity of the GA. In the adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA), the probabilities of crossover and mutation, p/sub c/ and p/sub m/, are varied depending on the fitness values of the solutions. High-fitness solutions are 'protected', while solutions with subaverage fitnesses are totally disrupted. By using adaptively varying p/sub c/ and p/sub ,/ we also provide a solution to the problem of deciding the optimal values of p/sub c/ and p/sub m/, i.e., p/sub c/ and p/sub m/ need not be specified at all. The AGA is compared with previous approaches for adapting operator probabilities in genetic algorithms. The Schema theorem is derived for the AGA, and the working of the AGA is analyzed. We compare the performance of the AGA with that of the standard GA (SGA) in optimizing several nontrivial multimodal functions with varying degrees of complexity. >
Exploring soft errors (SEUs) with digital imager pixels ranging from 7 to 1.3 μm

When high-energy cosmic particles hit pixels in digital imagers (cameras) they deposit charges as in CMOS digital circuits. In regular ICs this charge deposition sometimes changes a flip-flop's state, creating a short lived Soft Error or a Single Event Upset (SEU). SEUs are hard to study in ICs as the error is buried within the chip. By comparison in digital camera CMOS Active Pixel Sensor pixels the deposited charge is captured, appearing like illuminated pixel(s) whose value is related directly to the deposited charge. Thus a series of dark field (unilluminated) images records SEU information. Digital camera SEU analysis provides important information about the nature and charge deposited by particle hits, their occurrence rate, and the charge spread area. In this paper we extend the study from 7 μm–4 μm (DSLR cameras) down to 1.2 μm (cell phone) to better understand the SEU process in both digital imagers and regular ICs. As the smallest pixels are found in cell phone imagers special techniques were developed to test these. Tests on multiple phones of 1.34 μm pixels showed SEU rates/cm2/s which were ∼10X that of the larger pixel imagers. SEUs were mostly confined to single pixels indicating the charge spread was less than 1.34 μm.
Guard time requirements for SOA-based electro-optical space switches and AM signals

The transient and steady state performances of optical space switches based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) switching an optical carrier modulated in amplitude through several switching techniques and operating parameters were characterized. The analysis was focused on the switch's guard time, resulting from the sum of its rise time and ringing time, and the switching amplitude, related with the modulated bits vertical opening when the switch is at on or off operating states and the switching pulse optical amplitude. The results point to the SOA optimum operating region, in relation to the analyzed parameters, which is defined by low bias current (between 60 mA and 80 mA) and high step amplitude (above 2 V).
Distributed randomized PageRank computation based on web aggregation

The so-called PageRank algorithm has been used at Google for properly ranking search results. It quantifies the importance of each page by the structure of links in the web. In our recent work, we have proposed a distributed randomized approach for the PageRank computation, where the pages find their own values by communicating with linked pages. This paper builds upon this approach to improve the computation and communication load for the algorithm by systematically aggregating the webpages while maintaining performance.
A review of the potential impact of increased use of housing on the health and welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand

Abstract AIM: To assess the likely impact on the health and welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand of increased use of housing. METHODS: Published data on the effect of housing on the welfare of dairy cattle were reviewed to determine whether, under New Zealand conditions, housing was likely to increase or reduce welfare. The focus of this review was on permanent housing, and the welfare outcomes assessed were primarily those associated with biological function rather than behaviour. The five areas of focus were shelter, feeding, calving, lameness, and other diseases, and were based on the welfare concerns expressed by dairy farmers of large herds. RESULTS: The shelter provided by housing dairy cattle would appreciably improve welfare under a relatively small range of conditions. For feeding and calving, both advantages and disadvantages of housing were identified. For lameness and mastitis, published research and comparisons of disease levels in New Zealand with those in other developed dairying countries strongly suggest that increased use of housing will increase the risk of these diseases. CONCLUSIONS: Under New Zealand conditions, housing dairy cattle is likely to have both significant welfare benefits (protection from environmental conditions) and drawbacks (increased risk of mastitis and lameness). New Zealand-based research suggests that in most areas of the country the benefits of protection from extremes of temperature and wind and rain are likely to be apparent on only a few days a year, insufficient to justify the costs associated with housing cattle. Thus, dairy cattle are likely to be housed for longer than required for shelter purposes, increasing the risk of deleterious effects without a balancing welfare advantage from environmental protection. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Increases in lameness and mastitis are likely to be associated with the increased use of housing and are likely to be accompanied by changes in the aetiology and presentation of these diseases, requiring better detection techniques, such as measurement of comfort or locomotion score, and new preventive regimes, such as pre-milking teat spray and routine corrective hoof-trimming.
Symptom experience and regaining normality in the first year following a diagnosis of head and neck cancer: A qualitative longitudinal study

Abstract Introduction: Symptom experiences and their interference with life are not well-researched in head and neck cancer patients. The aim of the study was to explore and understand the experience of receiving treatment for head and neck cancer with particular focus on symptom experiences over a one year period from diagnosis. Methods: A qualitative study design was used with a heterogeneous sample of 16 patients with head and neck cancer. Interviews, conducted at four time points over 12 months, provided a total of 50 interview datasets. Results: Key themes derived include nutritional concerns, tiredness, and experiences related to the radiotherapy mask and regaining normality. These data highlight issues of importance in the first year of living with head and neck cancer: impact of nutritional changes on the lives of patients, including weight loss, dysphagia, xerostomia and taste changes; debilitation from ongoing fatigue; unpreparedness for and distress from the radiotherapy mask; and attempts to maintain a normal life amidst the interference of symptoms. Conclusion: Multitude of symptoms impact the patients' life, particularly nutritional symptoms and fatigue, and interfere with the patients' survivorship and quality of life. The changing nature of symptoms over the first year from diagnosis in head and neck cancer patients and the identified issues in the attempt to normalize their lives need to be incorporated more fully into the supportive care of head and neck cancer patients in order to improve their experience and enhance their survivorship.