Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER AMONG OFFICE WORKERS IN LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI KUALA LUMPUR

ABSTRACT Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are considered an important occupational health problem with consequences for workers, employers, and society. Musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs) are on the rise in Malaysia as the country moves towards industrialization coupled with the rising average age of workers. Staffs working in Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) are considered as office workers and play roles either in the administration or support system and high accident reported under the public administration and defence/compulsory social security compared to manufacturing. Disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue were the second top cause from 45 lists of diseases for invalidity scheme under SOCSO. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers in Lembaga Tabung Haji Kuala Lumpur. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 393 office workers who are working at the Lembaga Tabung Haji during the duration of the study. Sampling was conducted using universal sampling from the name lists obtained from the headquarters. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic factors, individual factors, occupational characteristics, work physical factors and psychosocial factors. Data were analysed using SPSS version 22. Results: The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers was 82.3%. The results found that the highest prevalence of MSDs for the last twelve months was on the shoulder (68.1%), followed by neck (63.8%), lower back (56.0%), upper back (54.3%), knee (39.7%), wrist/hand (30.6%), hip (24.6%), ankle (22.0%), and elbow (15.5%). Shoulder (25.4%), upper back (22.4%), lower back (20.3%) and neck (18.5%) were identified as body parts which restricted the respondents’ activities in the past 12 months. Conclusion: In conclusion, the office workers at LTHare exposed to the risk of musculoskeletal disorders especially on the upper limbs proved by the high prevalence of MSDs. The study provides insight in developing the ergonomic intervention module in reducing the musculoskeletal disorders among office workers. Keywords: prevalence, musculoskeletal disorders, office workers
P 1 . 2 DISPLAYING THE LATEST CHANGES IN THE TREND OF MIDWEST PRECIPITATION AND IN THE TREND OF LOW-LEVEL FLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO

It has long been established that most of the summer precipitation over the Midwestern United States comes from moisture that originates over the Gulf of Mexico. Information about the daily precipitation outlook is less important from a crop’s perspective than information about the weekly precipitation outlook. The precipitation in the Midwestern United States is related to the Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ) (e.g., Blackadar 1957; Bonner 1968; Helfand and Schubert 1995; Higgens et al. 1996, 1997; Mitchell et al. 1995) and to the consistent flux of moist air into the central United States. Schubert et al. (1998) studied moisture transport with the GEOS-1 Data Assimilation System (DAS) (Schubert et al. 1993) and found the LLJ preconditions the Great Plains boundary layer for thunderstorms by providing a major contribution to the time-mean moisture influx. Precipitation was linked to the LLJ on timescales of synoptic or longer because the diurnal scale does not allow enough time for moisture to reach the central United States and be involved in the day’s thunderstorms (Schubert et al. 1998). This direct link, on a synoptic or longer timescale, establishes a basis for monitoring the LLJ flow in order to anticipate changes in central United States precipitation. Changes in the trend of precipitation over the central United States have the potential to change the outlooks for central United States crops and thus have great economic importance. Because of the strong relationship between low-level southerly flow and central United States precipitation, the precipitation trend should change soon after a change in the trend of the low-level flow. Climatologies of low-level flow and precipitation seem to support this, so following trends of low-level flow should be useful for evaluating future growing season precipitation fluctuations and subsequent crop outlook.
REGIONAL POWERS ’ CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIPS : TURKS AND SAUDIS IN THE ARAB SPRING

Regional powers, their roles, and places in the future configuration of the new world order have been burning debates in academia. Yet, studies on regional powers’ projections in certain regions are quite rare both empirically and theoretically. Needless to say, regional powers have been gaining increasing importance in their respective regions that are gradually becoming autonomous. This creates an environment for them to assert their regional projections. Yet, in this responding region, there might be more than one regional power whose regional projections would possibly contradict each other due to their foreign policy considerations. In this thesis, I demonstrate how two different foreign policy oriented regional powers approach crucially important unfolding regional developments, by examining Saudi Arabia and Turkey during the Arab Spring. By accepting their leadership roles at that period, their intentions and implementations are compared and analyzed in the context of regional powers. BÖLGESEL GÜÇLERİN AYKIRI LİDERLİKLERİ: ARAP BAHARI’NDA TÜRKİYE ve SUUDİ ARABİSTAN
Program Encountered among Patients Undergoing Hyestercetomy and Nursing Implications 176

Background: Hysterectomy, which is the surgical removal of the uterus and cervix, is the commonest major gynecological operation in both developed and developing countries. The aim of the study was to estimate the types, indications, complications of hysterectomy and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions program on patients undergoing hysterectomy operation. A prospective descriptive Research design was used to investigate the current research problem over a one-year period between June 2015 to the end of May 2016 and patients number was235 &quasi-experimental for the implemented nursing intervention program (20) nurse. The research was conducted in the department of gynecology, at Zagazig University hospital. Results the prevalence of hysterectomy was 33.5% according to 2016 hospital record. The mean age and parity were 48.7 ±9.6 years and 4.3 ± 2.3respectively, 77.9 % of the studied patients underwent AH, the rest had vaginal and laparoscopic approach (11.5% &10.6% respectively). The most common indications were leiomyomata (62.6%) & bleeding disorders (60.0%) and complications were present in 27.7%, A statistically significant improvements were observed at the posttest in all areas of tested nurses' knowledge & practices related to hysterectomy (p= 0.000*). The study group received adequate and significant preoperative counseling concerning hysterectomy, in terms of clearing up misconceptions, alleviating fear and physical preparation of the patient compared to those in the control group. The program had resulted in an average reduction in length of stay of 3.29±1.56 days and a decrease in complications by as much as 5%. Meanwhile, earlier return of gastrointestinal function (65%), mild to moderate pain scores (25% to 45%), early ambulation (80%) as well as early removal of the urinary catheter (2.2±0.8 day), were also observed. It also significantly improved patient’s satisfaction. Conclusion, the prevalence of hysterectomy was 33.5% with abdominal hysterectomy constituting the most common type. The intervention nursing program resulted in shorter hospital stay, less postoperative pain and an increase of patients’ satisfaction compared to the control group. Recommendation: Maternity nurses should use these guidelines to help integrate existing knowledge into practice, align perioperative care, and encourage future investigations of optimal preoperative and postoperative care for patients undergoing gynecologic/oncology
Counts of (tropical) curves in $E\times \mathbb{P}^1$ and Feynman integrals

We study generating series of Gromov-Witten invariants of $E\times\mathbb{P}^1$ and their tropical counterparts. Using tropical degeneration and floor diagram techniques, we can express the generating series as sums of Feynman integrals, where each summand corresponds to a certain type of graph which we call a pearl chain. The individual summands are - just as in the case of mirror symmetry of elliptic curves, where the generating series of Hurwitz numbers equals a sum of Feynman integrals - complex analytic path integrals involving a product of propagators (equal to the Weierstrass-$\wp$-function plus an Eisenstein series). We also use pearl chains to study generating functions of counts of tropical curves in a tropical sum of tropical Hirzebruch surfaces.
Futures Hedges under Basis Heteroscedasticity Subhankar Nayak

Minimum variance and mean-variance optimizing hedges are developed when basis risk exhibits heteroscedasticity; that is, the variance of the difference between spot and futures prices is not constant but rises with the level of spot prices. Two different hedging objectives are modeled and optimized. The resulting optimality conditions are then interpreted both analytically and intuitively. Simulations are run to determine whether the model proposed here is superior to the traditional model in terms of minimizing the hedger’s terminal wealth. The resulting hedge ratios are shown to differ from those that are obtained for the traditional homoscedastic basis case, but consistent with the extant theoretical paradigm, the demand for futures contacts is dichotomized into pure hedging and pure speculative components. The simulations demonstrate that, under the statistical assumptions invoked, the proposed model implies uniformly less hedging and a lower variance of terminal wealth compared with the traditional model.
Immigration Law and Mobility of Inventors Sampsa Samila National University of Singapore Business

Attracting talent is an issue of central concern for small entrepreneurial firms. But prior research has contradictory findings regarding the conditions that make recruitment easier. In particular, findings regarding the opportunity cost of working for a start-up have been contradictory. One line of findings suggest that increases in the range of available alternatives for employees increase their opportunity cost and makes recruitment of talent to younger firms harder. On the other hand, increases in the range of available alternatives also ? cushion? the potential employee in case the young firm fails and might thus make recruitment of talent easier. We focus here on how immigration law influenced the mobility of innovators. Our findings suggest that increasing the range of alternatives by making mobility easier leads to a greater flow of talent to smaller and younger firms. Our findings thus support the cushioning hypotheses.
Draft 1 1 Using vertical distribution to separate fish from crustaceans in a mixed species trawl fishery 2 3

Journal: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Manuscript ID cjfas-2018-0313.R1 Manuscript Type: Article Date Submitted by the Author: 02-Dec-2018 Complete List of Authors: Karlsen, Junita; Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Krag, Ludvig; Technical University of Denmark Herrmann, Bent; SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Fishing Gear Technology Lund, Henrik; Danish fishermen P.O, Keyword: horizontally divided codend, mixed fish-crustacean fisheries, lengthbased separation efficiency, vertical distribution, vertical preference Is the invited manuscript for consideration in a Special Issue? : Not applicable (regular submission)
Spatial Partitioning Strategy for Parallelization of MLFMA with Reduced Communication

─ The bottleneck of the spatial partitioning for parallelizing the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) lies in higher levels of the tree, at which boxes are usually fewer than parallel processors, yielding a serious load imbalance. To solve the bottleneck, the higher levels of the tree are truncated to generate plenty of subtrees, which are distributed among processors to facilitate balancing the work load. At the coarsest level, the communication volume during translation between far-away processors is drastically reduced by adopting the far-field approximation. Therefore, the communication mainly occurs between nearby processors, which is favorable for modern computing clusters. In comparison with the parallel strategies that hybridize the spatial partitioning with the k-space partitioning, the proposed approach is more straightforward and shows good scalability. Index Terms ─ Multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA), parallelization, reduced communication, spatial partitioning, subtrees.
The usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in cervical carcinomaassessment - a preliminary report

A i m . The aim of diagnostic imaging is not so much the detection of cervical carcinoma, but the evaluation of its stage. In view of this the aim of this study included: 1) comparison of MR results with the results of histological examinations after operations with reference to the dimensions of cervical carcinoma; 2) assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of MRI in the evaluation of parametrium infiltration; 3) analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of MRI in the evaluation of infiltration of the vagina and uterus; 4) assessment of the usefulness of this method in the detection of metastases to lymph nodes. M a t e r i a l a n d m e t h o d. The material consisted of pelvic MRI, obtained with 2T Elscint unit in 15 patients with cervical carcinoma, aged 37 to 73 years. All patients underwent surgical treatment within 30 days after MR. During the MR examination the following sequences were performed: SE (spin echo) T1 (longitudinal relaxation time) in axial projection before administration of gadolinium (Gd-DTPA); SE T1 in axial, frontal and sagittal projections after contrast injection and FSE (fast spin echo) T2 (transversal relaxation time) in axial, frontal and sagittal projections. Re s u l t s. 1) in the assessment of cervical carcinoma dimensions MRI results are highly concordant with the results of postoperative histological examination (p=0.9389); 2) in the assessment of parametrium infiltration sensitivity and specificity of MRI are 75% and 100% respectively; 3) in the assessment of the infiltration of the vagina and uterine corpus the sensitivity and specificity of MR imaging were respectively 100% and 85%; 100% and 100%; 4) in the detection of lymphnode metastases MRI sensitivity was 67% and its specificity 100%. C o n c l u s i o n. In patients with cervical carcinoma MRI is a valuable method for the assessment of tumour dimentions, parametrium infiltration, infiltration of the vagina and uterine corpus.
Confusion of Danish consonants in white noise

Several classical studies have investigated how the perception of consonants is affected by interfering noise. The present study is aimed at developing a consonant confusion test, considering fifteen frequently used Danish consonants presented in initial position in combination with the vowels [æ], [i] and [u] and spoken by ten speakers. Consonant recognition was measured in the presence of a white-noise masker at a number of signal-tonoise ratios. The presented data were obtained in eight normal-hearing listeners. The results were analyzed in terms of recognition rates and formation of confusion groups. It was hypothesized that the confusion groups are similar to those found in English, but that consonants that are common in Danish would fall into specific groups. The results showed that there iss a large asymmetry in the confusions, and that the confusion groups are not as clear as in other languages. Additionally, this study introduces the “wheel of confusions” (WoC) which is a new graphical representation of consonant confusion data. The results will be used as reference data in ongoing studies on consonant perception in listeners with hearing impairment and will address the individuality of consonant perception with and without hearing instruments.
Coagulation parameters in children with acute immun e thrombocytopenic purpura

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is one of the most common causes of hemorrhagic diathesis during childhood. In this study, we investigated whether there is a change in the coagulation parameters and the effects of different treatment regimens on these parameters in children with acute ITP. Twenty one acute ITP patients were enrolled in the study. Patients were treated randomly with either intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) or intravenous pulsemethylprednisolone (PMP). Bleeding time (BT), prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor: ristocetin cofactor activity (vWF:RCoF) were tested at diagnosis. Protein C (PC), freeprotein S (f-PS), antithrombin (AT), D-dimer (DD), prothrombin fragment 1+2 (PF 1+2) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) were measured in the patients at diagnosis and after the treatment. Adequate platelet levels were obtained more rapidly in patients treated with IVIG than with PMP. At diagnosis, while AT and PF 1+2 levels were found significantly higher (p=0.0001) in the patients, DD level was significantly lower (p=0.0001). Nine patients (41 %) had LA positivity at diagnosis. After treatment, levels of PC, f-PS and AT increased significantly in PMP group when compared to IVIG group (p=0.004, 0.001, 0.017 respectively). These data show that there are some reactive changes in coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in addition to thrombocytopenia in acute ITP. Different therapy modalities may affect these parameters differently.
Disordered monitored free fermions

Scrambling of quantum information in unitary evolution can be hindered due to measurements and localization, which pin quantum mechanical wavefunctions in real space suppressing entanglement in the steady state. In monitored free-fermionic models, the steady state undergoes an entanglement transition from a logarithmically entangled critical state to area-law. However, disorder can lead to Anderson localization. We investigate free fermions in a random potential with continuous monitoring, which enables us to probe the interplay between measurement-induced and localized phases. We show that the critical phase is stable up to a finite disorder and the criticality is consistent with the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless universality. Furthermore, monitoring destroys localization, and the area-law phase at weak dissipation exhibits power-law decay of single-particle wave functions. Our work opens the avenue to probe this novel phase transition in electronic systems of quantum dot arrays and nanowires, and allow quantum control of entangled states.
Effect of osmotic stress and sodium nitroprusside pretreatment on proline metabolism of wheat seedlings

Effect of osmotic stress and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO donor) pretreatment on growth and proline metabolism of wheat seedlings was investigated. Polyethylene glycol 6000 treatment for 2, 4 and 6 d could be termed as mild, moderate and severe stress, respectively, according to decrease in the relative water content. Severe osmotic stress significantly decreased the growth and photochemical efficiency, and increased proline content due to activation of its synthesis. 0.2 mM SNP pretreatment enhanced growth of wheat seedlings, increased variable to maximum fluorescence ratio (Fv/Fm) and fluorescence yield, while decreased proline content. However, 2 mM SNP retarded the seedlings growth and chlorophyll a fluorescence, and increased proline accumulation. Our results showed that NO might be involved in the regulation of osmotic stress in a concentration-dependent manner. Additional key words: chlorophyll a fluorescence, exogenous nitric oxide, Triticum aestivum L.
University of Dundee Dynamical Behavior of Nonautonomous Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Neural Network

This brief paper investigates nonautonomous stochastic reaction-diffusion neural network models with S-type distributed delays. First, the existence and uniqueness of mild solution are studied under the Lipschitz condition without the linear growth condition. Due to the existence of a nonautonomous reaction-diffusion term and the infinite dimensional Wiener process, the criteria for the well-posedness of the models are established based on the evolution system theory. Then, the S-type distributed delay, which is an infinite delay, is handled by the truncation method and sufficient conditions for the global exponential stability are obtained by constructing a simple Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional candidate. Finally, neural network examples and an illustrative example are given to show the applications of the obtained results.
University of Dundee A mobile phone intervention to reduce binge drinking among disadvantaged men

Background: Socially disadvantaged men are at a substantially higher risk of developing alcohol-related problems. The frequency of heavy drinking in a single session is high among disadvantaged men. Brief alcohol interventions were developed for, and are usually delivered in, healthcare settings. The group who binge drink most frequently, young to middle-aged disadvantaged men, have less contact with health services and there is a need for an alternative method of intervention delivery. Text messaging has been used successfully to modify other adverse health behaviours. This study will test whether text messages can reduce the frequency of binge drinking by disadvantaged men. Methods/design: Disadvantaged men aged 25 to 44 years who drank >8 units of alcohol at least twice in the preceding month will be recruited from the community. Two recruitment strategies will be used: contacting men listed in primary care registers, and a community outreach method (time-space sampling). The intended sample of 798 men will be randomised to intervention or control, stratifying by recruitment method. The intervention group will receive a series of text messages designed to reduce the frequency of binge drinking through the formation of specific action plans. The control group will receive behaviourally neutral text messages intended to promote retention in the study. The primary outcome measure is the proportion of men consuming >8 units on at least three occasions in the previous 30 days. Secondary outcomes include total alcohol consumption and the frequency of consuming more than 16 units of alcohol in one session in the previous month. Process measures, developed during a previous feasibility study, will monitor engagement with the key behaviour change components of the intervention. The study will incorporate an economic evaluation comparing the costs of recruitment and intervention delivery with the benefits of reduced alcohol-related harm. Discussion: This study will assess the effectiveness of a brief intervention, delivered by text messages, aimed at reducing the frequency of binge drinking in disadvantaged men. The process measures will identify components of the intervention which contribute to effectiveness. The study will also determine whether any benefit of the intervention is justified by the costs of intervening. Trial registration: ISRCTN07695192. Date assigned: 14 August 2013.
Graphs without a Rainbow Path of Length 3

In 1959 Erd\H os and Gallai proved the asymptotically optimal bound for the maximum number of edges in graphs not containing a path of a fixed length. We investigate a rainbow version of the theorem, in which one considers $k \geq 1$ graphs on a common set of vertices not creating a path having edges from different graphs and asks for the maximum number of edges in each graph. We prove the asymptotically optimal bound in the case of a path on three edges and any $k \geq 1$.