Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictors of Infertility Stress among Couples Diagnosed in a Public Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology

Background: All around the world, infertility, in many ways, is recognized as a stressful and a critical experience that can have impact on social and marital life of a couple. Infertility stress may affect the treatment and its outcome for such couples. The objective of the present study is to assess the predictors of high stress of infertility among married couples. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 couples (240 patients) who were diagnosed with primary and secondary infertility from June 2017 to June 2018. A psychological self-assessment questionnaire (Perceived Stress Scale-10) was used as a tool to evaluate the presence of high infertility stress among couples after obtaining their consent. Furthermore, other socioepidemiological data of patients were collected. Statistical Analysis: Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 20). Univariate statistical analysis was used followed by multiple logistic regressions between high infertility stress and the predictor variables. Results and Discussion: The prevalence of high infertility stress was 53.3% among women and 40.8% among men. For women, multivariate analysis showed leading associations of high infertility stress with level of education, infertility type, infertility duration, and etiologies of infertility. However, for men, multivariate analysis showed leading associations between high infertility stress and alcohol status and inadequate sleep and infertility type.
Factors of Micromanipulation Accuracy and Learning

Micromanipulation refers to the manipulation under a microscope in order to perform delicate procedures. It is difficult for humans to manipulate objects accurately under a microscope due to tremor and imperfect perception, limiting performance. This project seeks to understand factors affecting accuracy in micromanipulation, and to propose strategies for learning improving accuracy. Psychomotor experiments were conducted using computer-controlled setups to determine how various feedback modalities and learning methods can influence micromanipulation performance. In a first experiment, static and motion accuracy of surgeons, medical students and non-medical students under different magnification levels and grip force settings were compared. A second experiment investigated whether the non-dominant hand placed close to the target can contribute to accurate pointing of the dominant hand. A third experiment tested a training strategy for micromanipulation using unstable dynamics to magnify motion error, a strategy shown to be decreasing deviation in large arm movements. Two virtual reality (VR) modules were then developed to train needle grasping and needle insertion tasks, two primitive tasks in a microsurgery suturing procedure. The modules provided the trainee with a visual display in stereoscopic view and information on their grip, tool position and angles. Using the VR module, a study examining effects of visual cues was conducted to train tool orientation. Results from these studies suggested that it is possible to learn and improve accuracy in micromanipulation using appropriate sensorimotor feedback and training.
[Overweight and obesity prevalence among children and adolescents from Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil].

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of obesity and overweight among children and adolescents from Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil. METHODS Data was collected form Life Pattern Research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 1997. A sample of 3,317 children and 3,943 adolescents was studied according age groups. Overweight (adolescents) and obesity (adolescents and children) were defined according to World Health Organization recommendations. Z-test was used to compare prevalence among age groups, sex and geographic region. The cut-off point for statistical significance was 0.05. RESULTS Overweight prevalence in adolescents was 1.7% in Northeast and 4.2% in Southeast. Obesity prevalence in adolescents was 6.6% and 8.4% in children and 8.2% and 11.9% in Northeast and Southeast, respectively. Considering both regions prevalence of obese female children was 10.3%, the rate of obese adolescents was 9.3% and overweight adolescents represented 3.0%. Among males prevalence was 9.2%, 7.3% and 2.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Obesity prevalence is lower in Northeast than Southeast among children with age from 2 to 17 years old. Overweight prevalence among adolescents was also lower in Northeast than in Southeast. The prevalence of obesity among younger than 2 and older than 18 years old was the same. Obesity prevalence is higher among breast-fed females. Among other age groups prevalence of obesity and overweight was the same for males and females. It is difficult to compare these results with other studies, since there are few populational studies and the criteria used to define overweight and obesity in children and adolescents varies in each study.
Changing the Way We Prepare Educational Leaders: The Danforth Experience

Genesis of the Danforth Preparation Program for School Principals - Donn W Gresso Taking Stock - Paula A Cordeiro et al Learnings Gleaned From Universities Participating in the Danforth Program There Must Be a Better Way University of Alabama From a Minimal Program to the Renaissance University of Central Florida Out of the Jaws of Defeat University of Connecticut The Pied Piper Creates a Vision California State University at Fresno A Prize Winner Improves University of Washington Learnings Across the Terrain Pushing the Edge - Peter T Wilson
Study and modeling of multi‐gate transistors in the context of CMOS technology scaling

L’escalat dels transistors MOSFET convencionals ha portat a aquests dispositius a la nanoescala per incrementar tant les seves prestacions com el nombre de components per xip. En aquest process d’escalat, els coneguts “Short Channel Effects” representen una forta limitacio. La forma mes efectiva de suprimir aquests efectes i aixi estendre l’us del MOSFET convencional, es la reduccio del gruix de l’oxid de porta i l’augment de la concentracio de dopants al canal. Quan el gruix d’oxid de porta es redueix a unes quantes capes atomiques, apareix l’efecte tunel mecano-quantic d’electrons, produint un gran augment en els corrents de fuita, perjudicant la normal operacio dels MOSFETs. Aixo ha fet obligatori l’us de materials d’alta permitivitat o materials high-? en els dielectrics de porta. Tot i les solucions proposades, la reduccio de les dimensiones fisiques del MOSFET convencional no pot ser mantinguda de forma indefinida i per mantenir la tendencia tecnologica s’han suggerit noves estructures com ara MOSFETs multi-porta de cos ultra-prim. En particular, el MOSFET de doble porta es considerat com una estructura multi-porta prometedora per les seves diverses qualitats i avantatges en l’escalat. Aquesta tesi s’enfoca en la modelitzacio de dispositius MOSFET de doble porta i, en particular, en la modelitzacio del corrent tunel de porta que afecta criticamente al consum de potencia del transistor. Primerament desenvolupem un model quantic compacte tant per al potencial electrostatic com per a la carrega electrica en el transistor de doble-porta simetric amb cos no dopat. Despres, aquest model quantic s’utilitza per proposar un model analitic compacte per al corrent tunel directe amb SiO2 com dielectric de porta, primerament, i despres amb una doble capa composta de SiO2 com a capa interfacial i un material “high-? ”. Finalment se desenvolupa un metode precis per calcular el corrent tunel de porta. El metode es basa en l’aplicacio de condicions de frontera absorbents i, mes especificament, en el metode PML. Aquesta tesi esta motivada per les recomanacions fetes pel “International Technology Roadmap of Semiconductors” (ITRS) sobre la necessitat existent de modelatge i simulacio d’estructures semiconductores multi-porta.
Towards petabit per second optical long-haul transmission links using space-division multiplexing technology

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Litter And Air Quality In Different Broiler Housing Conditions [qualidade Da Cama E Do Ar Em Diferentes Condições De Alojamento De Frangos De Corte]

The objective of this work was to assess the initial conditions of poultry housing for one-day-old chicks regarding the quality of reused bedding and of the air in commercial broiler houses with different types of minimum ventilation and typology, using geostatistical analysis. The experiment was carried out in four broiler houses: Blue House I (T1) and Blue House II (T2), Dark House (T3), and Conventional (T4). The following variables were evaluated: pH, moisture, surface temperature, and ammonia concentration, and samples were collected at bird height at 80 equidistant points in the brooding areas. Geostatistical analysis helped to identify the environmental critical control points. The management of minimum ventilation is not sufficient to guarantee air quality in the brooding area. The reused coffee and rice husk beds (T1 and T2) show better quality than the reused wood shaving beds (T3 and T4). The minimum ventilation system, in T2 and T4, is the most efficient regarding air renovation inside the brooding areas.
Benign Parapharyngeal Tumours: Surgical Intricacies by Transcervical Approach

Introduction: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) is one of potential confined fascial planes of head and neck that may be involved by various pathological processes. Being rare, they represent an ominous challenge in its clinical assessment and appropriate surgical intervention. Material and methods: A study of 14 cases of parapharngeal space tumors (PPST) which presented to our tertiary care Institute from January 2013 to January 2015, were included in this study. All cases were studied by their clinical examination, fine needle aspiration cytology, radiology (computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging), extent of excision, postoperative complications and definitive biopsy. All patients underwent surgery by transcervical approach and were followed up for a minimum period of 6 months. Results: The most common tumour of the parapharyngeal space was pleomorphic adenoma (n=7), followed by schwannomas (n=5), and carotid body tumour (paraganglioma) (n=2). Twelve patients were operated via extracapsular dissection (ECD), and two patients with intracapsular dissection (ICD). Post-operative complications were vocal cord palsy in two cases, marginal mandibular palsy, horner’s syndrome, hypoglossal palsy in one case respectively. Conclusion: The transcervical approach is a versatile approach for complete excision of tumours with excellent surgical exposure and minimum morbidity. It can also be combined with excision of submandibular gland in order to improve exposure. In cases of large schwannomas, ICD is recommended to favor a complete excision.
Rehabilitative Challenges in Working with the Late-Deafened Adult

The nature of rehabilitation continues to change, with evolving types of devices available as the means of treatment as well as alterations in attitudes toward therapeutic benefit. The late-deafened adult has become the focus, in an unprecedented manner, of efforts to develop and refine sensory aids. Further, this group, previously beyond the reach of conventional hearing aids and often removed from the mainstream of adult society, is now the focus of much intensive counseling and audiological research. The late-deafened adult has experienced severe to profound hearing loss at any age after acquisition of language. Other terms used to describe this group are adventitiously impaired, adult-onset deafened, postlingually or postlinguistically hearing-impaired. This group is distinct from other hearing-impaired individuals, not only because of the degree of hearing loss, but due to the exceptional barriers posed to the social and communicative demands of family, work, or school. Based on their intact language structure, most often, this group maintains strong oral/verbal communication skills and a drive to remain integrated in the hearing society. Generally, a late-deafened adult maintains an identification with the hearing mainstream and desires to return to hearing status, in contrast to many congenitally impaired deaf. Despite this frequently powerful drive to communicate, the late-deafened adult often suffers knowledge deficits regarding the ramifications of severe or profound hearing loss as well as what rehabilitative advances have become available. Given the impediments encountered in daily communication, withdrawal is a frequent response. When confronted with new information about opportunities to improve their situation, they may not be able to act constructively. It is still difficult to determine when a hearing-impaired person is ready to accept and act on rehabilitative recommendations. Our definitions of the structure and type of therapy continue to be refined. Perhaps the greatest impact technology has had on aural rehabilitation of late-deafened adults is in the definition of a successful outcome, where our expectations, as well as those of our clients, have become progressively higher. In this vein, in the field of cochlear implants, we formerly defined a successful result as enhanced lipreading ability in combined modality (audio-visual stimulation) trials; we now seek outcomes of open-set speech discrimination in trials using only acoustic stimulation. Uncoded communication on the tele-
Trend in malaria prevalence among children under-five years of age in Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia: a five year retrospective study

Background. About 75% of the land and 60% of the population is exposed to malaria in Ethiopia. Malaria persists as a major health problem in the Misrak Badawwacho districts of the Hadiya Zone. In children under five years of age, malaria admissions and deaths fell by 81% and 73% respectively between 2001 and 2011. Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and trend in malaria parasite infection among pediatric patients treated in the Konga health Center, Hadiya Zone, Misrak Badawwacho District, southern Ethiopia. Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of pediatric patients’ records was conducted between September 2011 and June 2015. The data was analyzed to determine malaria morbidity and trend in malaria prevalence among children under five years of age. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 20. Results. A total of 5,210 medical records were retrieved and reviewed; the analysis showed that 2,459 patients (47.2%) were positive for malaria infection, of which 57% were due to Plasmodium falciparum and 43% due to P. vivax. The analysis demonstrated that the cumulative prevalence of malaria has been decreasing, with the exception of 2012, when it was found to increase rapidly. Conclusions. The prevalence of malaria in southern Ethiopia was found to be high and firmly associated with the closeness of potential mosquito breeding sites. The high incidence of the disease in this age group shows that malaria is endemic in the area. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations engaged in malaria campaigns should cooperate to raise awareness in the community and scale up the delivery of resources used for malaria control.
Evaluation of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit due to neurological problems

Objective: The principal objective of this study was to produce a profile of the patients hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit due to neurological problems and to identify the major etiologies most commonly leading to mortality. Methods: We detected that 293 of 2843 patients hospitalized in our hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit over the 3-year period between 2011 and 2013 were admitted for neurological reasons Patients’ etiologies, comorbidities, and dates of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit and of discharge were evaluated. Results: The most frequently seen neurological morbidity was convulsion in 39% (n=114) of the cases. Neurological problems were the sole cause of admission in 186 (63.7%) cases, while 106 (36.3%) patients had a comorbid condition in addition to neurological problems. The most common of these comorbidities was infection in 68.8% (n=73) of the cases. One hundred and sixteen (39.7%) patients were discharged in a healthy condition, while abnormal neurological findings were present in 131 (44.9%) patients. While 28 (9.6%) patients exited during admission. Respiratory problems were the most common cause of death. Mortality, and hospitalization rates in patients under 3 years of age were found to be higher when they are compared with other groups. They are an important cause of admissions to the particularly pediatric intensive care unit and of mortality. Conclusion: Neurological problems constitute a significant group in admissions in pediatric intensive care. They constitute an important cause of admission into the pediatric intensive care unit and of mortality, particularly children under 3 years of age. Effective treatment of infections may reduce mortality rates.
Many Labs 5: Testing Pre-Data-Collection Peer Review as an Intervention to Increase Replicability

Replication studies in psychological science sometimes fail to reproduce prior findings. If these studies use methods that are unfaithful to the original study or ineffective in eliciting the phenomenon of interest, then a failure to replicate may be a failure of the protocol rather than a challenge to the original finding. Formal pre-data-collection peer review by experts may address shortcomings and increase replicability rates. We selected 10 replication studies from the Reproducibility Project: Psychology (RP:P; Open Science Collaboration, 2015) for which the original authors had expressed concerns about the replication designs before data collection; only one of these studies had yielded a statistically significant effect (p < .05). Commenters suggested that lack of adherence to expert review and low-powered tests were the reasons that most of these RP:P studies failed to replicate the original effects. We revised the replication protocols and received formal peer review prior to conducting new replication studies. We administered the RP:P and revised protocols in multiple laboratories (median number of laboratories per original study = 6.5, range = 3–9; median total sample = 1,279.5, range = 276–3,512) for high-powered tests of each original finding with both protocols. Overall, following the preregistered analysis plan, we found that the revised protocols produced effect sizes similar to those of the RP:P protocols (Δr = .002 or .014, depending on analytic approach). The median effect size for the revised protocols (r = .05) was similar to that of the RP:P protocols (r = .04) and the original RP:P replications (r = .11), and smaller than that of the original studies (r = .37). Analysis of the cumulative evidence across the original studies and the corresponding three replication attempts provided very precise estimates of the 10 tested effects and indicated that their effect sizes (median r = .07, range = .00–.15) were 78% smaller, on average, than the original effect sizes (median r = .37, range = .19–.50).
Prevalence of various oculo-respiratory allergic conditions and their comorbid association: A cross-sectional observational study in children (6–18 years) from Jaipur

Context: There is very little literature available on prevalence of pediatric oculo-respiratory allergies. Aims: This study aims to study the prevalence and to determine the association of allergic rhinitis (AR), bronchial asthma (BA), and allergic conjunctivitis (AC) as comorbidities in children of Jaipur district. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional observation study was done among school going children (6–18 year) from 13 schools of urban and rural areas of Jaipur district chosen randomly. Subjects and Methods: This study included 5002 children out of them 61.04% were male. A predesigned validated questionnaire containing various questions pertaining to oculo-respiratory allergies were distributed. Students and parents filled questionnaire and labeled as BA, AR, or AC according to their answers. Statistical Analysis Used: Qualitative data were expressed in the form of percentage and proportion measured by Chi-square test. Quantitative data were expressed in mean and standard deviation scale measured by unpaired t-test. Results: In our study, population 1883 (37.64%) of children were suffering from one or more of the allergic morbidities. About 21.99%, 10.67%, and 16.04% of children were suffering from AR alone, BA alone, AC alone, respectively. Nearly 12.37% of children were suffering from both BA and AR, 8.71% of children were suffering from both BA and AC, and 12.48% of children were suffering from both AR + AC, 17.74% of children were suffering from all three (BA, AR, and AC). Conclusions: The study showed a high prevalence of children was suffering from one or more of the allergic diseases and there was a significant association between them.
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Consider a given dynamical system, described by ẋ = f(x) (wheref is a nonlinear function) and [x0] a subset ofR. We present an algorithm, based on interval analysis, able to show that there exists a unique equilibrium statex∞ ∈ [x0] which is asymptotically stable. The effective method also provides a set[x] (subset of[x0]) which is included in the attraction domain of x∞.
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Endoscopic Treatment for Gastric Cancer Considered in Terms of Long‐term Prognosis

Abstract: A comparative evaluation was made between the efficacy of endoscopic treatment in 116 cases with that of surgical treatment in 59 cases. Both groups were treated at Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital during a period from July 1978 up until December 1989. All of the patients had single mucosal adenocarcinoma of a well differentiated type which were not accompanied by ulcer or ulcerative scar with their maximum diameter of foci being less than 20mm. A curve of the survival rate of both groups as of June 30, 1990 was prepared using the Kaplan‐Meier method, and significance in the statistic difference between the two groups was examined using the logrank test. There was no significant difference noted in the results of both groups. This demonstrated that endoscopic treatment can bring about a long‐term prognosis which is comparable to that of surgical treatment.
Mussels Mytilus edulis: significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton

This study tested the hypothesis that mesozooplankton, particularly crustaceans, inhaled by mussels Mytilus edulis (L.) would be killed by ingestion, or by incorporation into pseudofaeces. Crustaceans were expected to be vulnerable because they cannot rid themselves of mucus. Field and laboratory evidence is presented to show that mussels ingest most mesozooplankton present in inhaled sea water, that some of the material is triturated in the stomach between crystalline style and gastric shield, and that energy can be extracted from a diet of Artemia sp. indicating a degree of carnivory. Gastric processing of 'prey' animals is rapid (<40 min at 15 to 20°C). Molluscs and crustaceans are commonest 'prey'. Animals <3 to 6 mm length are ingested. Inhaled but non-ingested crustaceans become mucus-bound and are expelled in pseudofaecal particles; such animals are dead or moribund.