Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evidence that birth weight is decreased by lead at maternal blood levels below 5 μg / dl in 1 male but not in female newborns 2 3 4

26 To assess the association between birth weight and maternal blood lead (BPb) levels, 27 386 pregnant women and their newborn offspring were surveyed. Mean ± SD (range) 28 maternal BPb concentrations were 0.98 ± 0.55 (0.10–3.99), 0.92 ± 0.63 [<0.09 (limit of 29 quantification) 3.96], and 0.99 ± 0.66 (<0.09–3.96) μg/dl at 12, 25 and 36 weeks’ gestation, 30 respectively. Mean ± SD (range) gestational age at delivery was 38.9 ± 1.3 (35–41) weeks. In 31 male newborns, a significant correlation between birth weight and logBPb at 12 weeks’ 32 gestation was observed (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient = 0.145, p < 0.05). Multiple 33 regression analysis indicated that birth weight was significantly inversely associated with 34 logBPb at 12 weeks’ gestation, controlling for possible confounding variables. These results 35 suggest that low-level exposure to lead in early gestation could be a risk factor for reduced 36 birth weight in male offspring. 37 38
Moment maps and isoparametric hypersurfaces in spheres-an introduction

Our expectation is that all isoparametric hypersurfaces in spheres with four distinct principal curvatures are related to the moment maps for certain Hamiltonian actions. In this expository paper, as an introduction to our project, we describe some necessary materials such as isoparametric hypersurfaces in spheres, Cartan-Münzner polynomials, moment maps, and linear isotropy representations. We also explain our results that our expectation is true for Hermitian case, that is, the case of isoparametric hypersurfaces obtained from the orbits of the linear isotropy representations of Hermitian symmetric spaces.
Correcting for effective area ﬁshed in ﬁshery-dependent depletion estimates of abundance and capture efﬁciency

Correcting for effective area ﬁshed in ﬁshery-dependent depletion estimates of abundance and capture efﬁciency. – ICES Journal Marine Science 64: 1760–1771. Depletion methods are widely used to estimate capture efﬁciency and abundance. However, they are highly dependent on the depletion area assumed. In open-ocean depletion studies, it is difﬁcult to determine the true area of depletion. Satellite vessel monitoring systems (VMS) offer the potential to determine the area effectively ﬁshed. Observer-collected catch-and-effort data from the 1999 Atlantic sea scallop ﬁshery in Georges Bank Closed Area II were used to obtain spatially-explicit DeLury depletion estimates of dredge efﬁciency and abundance, with corrections for ﬁshed area made using VMS data. Non-area-corrected efﬁciency estimates often had theoretically impossible values, indicating that the naı¨vely assumed ﬁshed area was likely too big. Fine-scale spatial analyses on individual depletion cells conﬁrmed this result. Corrected-area efﬁciency estimates exhibited reduced variability and more plausible efﬁciencies, with 70% of 289 individual depletion estimates falling between 20% and 55%, with a mean of 46%. Abundance estimates from individual depletion studies matched maps of abundance from a preseason survey. Results indicated a total abundance of (cid:2) 17 million pounds of scallop meat weight in the ﬁshed area, of which 6 million pounds were landed, providing an overall exploitation rate of 35%.
2 0 M ay 2 00 9 Measurement of the Slope Parameter α for the η → 3 π 0 decay with the Crystal Ball detector at the Mainz Microtron ( MAMIC )

S. Prakhov, B. M. K. Nefkens, P. Aguar-Bartolomé, L. K. Akasoy, J. R. M. Annand, H. J. Arends, K. Bantawa, R. Beck, V. Bekrenev, H. Berghäuser, B. Boillat, A. Braghieri, D. Branford, W. J. Briscoe, J. Brudvik, S. Cherepnya, R. F. B. Codling, E. J. Downie, P. Drexler, L. V. Fil’kov, D. I. Glazier, R. Gregor, E. Heid, D. Hornidge, O. Jahn, T. C. Jude, V. L. Kashevarov, J. D. Kellie, R. Kondratiev, M. Korolija, M. Kotulla, A. Koulbardis, D. Krambrich, S. Kruglov, B. Krusche, M. Lang, V. Lisin, K. Livingston, I. J. D. MacGregor, Y. Maghrbi, D. M. Manley, M. Martinez, J. C. McGeorge, E. F. McNicoll, D. Mekterovic, V. Metag, S. Micanovic, A. Nikolaev, R. Novotny, M. Ostrick, P. B. Otte, P. Pedroni, F. Pheron, A. Polonski, J. Robinson, G. Rosner, M. Rost, T. Rostomyan, S. Schumann, M. H. Sikora, D. I. Sober, A. Starostin, I. M. Suarez, I. Supek, C. M. Tarbert, M. Thiel, A. Thomas, M. Unverzagt, D. P. Watts, I. Zamboni, and F. Zehr
Twins born in Pattani Hospital: 1996-2005

This study aimed to measure the prevalence of twins among all conceptions and to identify demographic factors for twinning in Pattani province of southern Thailand. The sex distribution of the twins was also investigated. Data on demographics and reproductive history of the mother were obtained from Pattani Provincial Hospital. From 1 October 1996 to 30 September 2005, 22,906 infants including 221 twin pairs were delivered to 19,126 mothers on 22,685 occasions. Triplets (4 occasions) and referral mothers (3,433 occasions) were excluded from this study. The prevalence of twins was 9.7 per 1,000. Based on the fact that 186 of these pairs were of the same sex, the estimated proportion of identical twins was found to be 0.68 (95% CI: 0.59-0.78). After preliminary analysis of demographic factors, logistic regression was used to model prevalence. The only statistically significant determinants of twinning found were the mother's age and religion. No associations were found between the sex distribution of the twins and any demographic factors. A more extensive study would need to be done to examine possible associations between prevalence of same-sex twins and ethnic factors in the region.
Variation among heritage speakers: Sequential vs. simultaneous bilinguals

This study examines the differences in the grammatical knowledge of two types of heritage speakers of Korean. Early simultaneous bilinguals are exposed to both English and the heritage language from birth, whereas early sequential bilinguals are exposed to the heritage language first and then to English upon schooling. A listening comprehension task involving relative clauses was conducted with 51 beginning-level Korean heritage speakers. The results showed that the early sequential bilinguals exhibited much more accurate knowledge than the early simultaneous bilinguals, who lacked rudimentary knowledge of Korean relative clauses. Drawing on the findings of adult and child Korean L1 data on the acquisition of relative clauses, the performance of each group is discussed with respect to attrition and incomplete acquisition of the heritage language. Introduction A heritage speaker refers to a bilingual who grew up listening to and/or speaking a minority language in the US (Valdés, 2000; Montrul, 2011). The use of the heritage (or home) language is normally limited to home settings, as opposed to the use of English, a socially dominant (majority) language in the US. Even with a child who was dominant in the heritage language in early childhood, his/her language use gradually shifts from the heritage language to the majority language of the wider society once schooling begins (Montrul, 2008). As the child begins to use the majority language more than the heritage language, the majority language takes dominance over the heritage language in proficiency and use. As a result, some features of the heritage language may not be fully acquired or be lost by the time adolescence is reached. One of the characteristics of heritage speakers is that a considerable amount of individual variation is found in their linguistic competence (Polinsky & Kagan, 2007; Kondo-Brown, 2005; to just
METHODOLOGY FOR PASS-BY MEASUREMENTS ON CARS WITH BEAMFORMING

Traffic noise is one of the most important noise sources in industrialized countries. In order to control this kind of noise, it is important to identify and to quantify the noise sources during the pass-by of a car. Standardised methods for vehicle and tyre/road noise measurements only provide results about the time history of the sound, the sound pressure level emitted or the spectrum, but it is impossible to identify the main noise sources. Other advanced measurement methods, as sound intensity, identify the noise source but have the problem of positioning the transducers during the pass-by measurements. In this paper, a new methodology to apply Beamforming for pass-by measurements on cars is described. To define this methodology, simulations were performed in order to design the array, the measurement scenario and to choose the beamforming algorithm most suited to process the pass-by measurement data. Once the methodology was established, it was applied to a real measurement. The results obtained were similar to other published in the literature and therefore, the applicability of the new methodology was confirmed.
Austin Biomarkers & Diagnosis QX-314 Induces Analgesia to Nociceptive Thermal Stimulus by Co-Application with Capsiate or Anandamide

Recently, N-ethyl-lidocaine (QX-314) was demonstrated to pass through a nociceptor membrane when the drug was co-applied with capsaicin, thereby leading to analgesia due to selective blockade of a sodium channel associated with the excitability in nociceptors. However, capsaicin induces a pain in the case of injection with QX-314. Therefore this good idea is unfavorable for a clinical therapy. Then, we examined whether non pungent capsiate (CST) and arachidonylethanolamide (anandamide: AEA) can deliver QX-314 into nociceptive neurons through the pores of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and contribute to the antinociceptive effect. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), CST, QX-314, a mixture (combination) of CST and QX-314 (CST/ QX-314), and a combination of AEA and QX-314 (AEA/QX-314) were injected into the hind paws of rats to evaluate anti-noxious heat effect. A long-lasting sensory nerve block (analgesia) was induced by CST/QX-314 or AEA/QX-314. Especially, the CST/QX-314 caused more effective than our previous studies with the combination of capsaicin and QX-314 (CAP/QX-314). The present results also indicate that CST can induce analgesia by itself. The study aimed at developing a new method with substances distinct from capsaicin to eliminate the action-potential firing in nociceptors (but effective only for pain sensation). As a result, CST is likely to be a potent candidate for pain relief.
Behavioral Facilitation of a Transition to Energy Efficient and Low-Carbon Residential Buildings

Reducing carbon emissions from the building sector is an international policy priority, as a consequence of the Paris Climate Accord obligations. The challenge for policy makers is to identify and deploy effective policy instruments targeting this sector. Examining the mechanics of policy operation in the residential sector is particularly instructive, because of the high level of building activity, diverse stakeholders, and complex policy considerations—involving both consumers and industry stakeholders. Energy policy initiatives undertaken by the European Union provide pertinent case studies; as does the operation of Australia’s national building code. The paper builds upon earlier research examining the application of socio-economic transition theory to the regulation of the building sector. Here, building policy options are examined from a behavioral economics perspective, where stakeholder actions in response to strategic initiatives are considered in socio-psychological terms. The application of behavioral economics principles to building policy has the potential to impact all of the stages of the building lifecycle, from design through construction to operation. The analysis reveals how decision-making by building industry stakeholders diverges substantially from the assumptions of conventional economics. Significant implications then arise for the framing of building sector climate and energy policies, because behavioral economics has the potential to both contribute to the critical re-appraisal of current policies, and also to provide innovative options for refining interventions at key stages in the building lifecycle.
Maternal Behavior Factors Related to the Incidence of Diarrhoea in Infants in RW 06 Pamulang District, South Tangerang in 2018

Diarrhoea is a condition of defecation (BAB) more than three times a day with watery consistency. Diarrhoea is a very dangerous disease that often attacks children or infants, and can cause death. Pamulang Primary Health Care data in 2017 has occurred as many as 6,863 cases of diarrhoea and in the West Pamulang District as many as 911 cases. Throughout the beginning of 2018 there were 74 diarrhoea cases. This study used a cross sectional study design with a population of 200 infants and a sample of 102 respondents with random sampling cluster data collection techniques. Data analysis performed was univariate analysis and bivariate analysis using the chi-square test. The results showed that 77.5% of children under five experienced diarrhoea. Bivariate analysis results obtained by hand washing behavior with a P value of 0.001 and the use of milk bottles with a P value of 0.021 had a significant relationship with the incidence of diarrhoea in infants. It is expected that the community maintains the cleanliness of their home environment and keeps themselves clean by washing their hands before and after activities and always maintaining the cleanliness of milk bottles that children will use.
J an 2 01 6 On the weak ∗ continuity of LUC ( G ) ∗-module action on LUC ( X , G ) ∗ related to G-space X

Associated with a locally compact group G and a G-space X there is a Banach subspace LUC(X ,G) of Cb(X ), which has been introduced and studied by Lau and Chu in [4]. In this paper, we study some properties of the first dual space of LUC(X ,G). In particular, we introduce a left action of LUC(G)∗ on LUC(X ,G)∗ to make it a Banach left module and then we investigate the Banach subalgebra Z(X ,G) of LUC(G)∗, as the topological centre related to this module action, which contains M(G) as a closed subalgebra. Also, we show that the faithfulness of this module action is related to the properties of the action of G on X and we extend the main results of Lau [14] from locally compact groups to G-spaces. Sufficient and/or necessary conditions for the equality Z(X ,G) =M(G) or LUC(G)∗ are given. Finally, we apply our results to some special cases of G and X for obtaining various examples whose topological centres Z(X ,G) are M(G), LUC(G)∗ or neither of them. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). 46H25, 43A05, 43A10, 43A85.
R A ] 1 2 D ec 2 01 5 A GEOMETRIC INVARIANT OF 6-DIMENSIONAL SUBSPACES OF 4 × 4 MATRICES

Let R be a 6-dimensional subspace of M4(k), the ring of 4× 4 matrices over an algebraically closed field k. We associate to R a closed subscheme XR of the Grassmannian of 2-dimensional subspaces of k. To define XR we write M4(R) as V ⊗ V ∗ where V is a 4-dimensional vector space. The reduced subscheme of XR is the set of 2-dimensional subspaces Q ⊆ V such that (Q⊗ V ) ∩ R 6= 0. Our main result is that if dim(XR) = 1, the minimal possible dimension, then the degree of XR as a subscheme of the ambient Plücker P 5 is 20. We give twol examples of XR that involve elliptic curves: in one case XR is a P -bundle over an elliptic curve; in the other it is a curve having 7 irreducible components, three of which are elliptic curves, and four of which are smooth conics.
MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Bin Hu,a Ming Hu,b Yi Yangc, * aKenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599; bRotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada; c School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China ∗Corresponding author. Contact: bin_hu@unc.edu (BH); Ming.Hu@rotman.utoronto. ca (MH); yangyizju@zju.edu. cn (YY)
Cuidando al cuidador: efectos de un programa educativo

El presente estudio muestra los resultados de la investigacion "Efectos del programa `Cuidando al cuidador´" en un grupo de cuidadores familiares de los municipios de Girardot y Flandes vinculados a la Universidad de Cundinamarca, adelantada en un periodo de 12 meses. Objetivo: evaluar la efectividad del programa desarrollado por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, en cuidadores familiares de personas con enfermedad cronica, en las citadas ciudades de los departamentos de Cundinamarca y Tolima, Colombia. Metodo: se utilizo el Inventario de Habilidad de Cuidado (CAI -Care Ability Inventory) propuesto por Ngozi O. Nkongho, y se aplico como pre y posprueba. El estudio es cuasiexperimental y se realizo con 72 cuidadores familiares, que se distribuyeron en dos grupos; uno de control, formado por 35 personas, y otro experimental, integrado por 37 cuidadores. Resultados: los hallazgos senalan la efectividad del programa para desarrollar las dimensiones de conocimiento y paciencia en el grupo experimental. La dimension de valor permanecio inmodificable tanto en el grupo de control como en el experimental, lo cual indica que el programa no fue efectivo para incrementar el valor como dimension de cuidado
Clothing-integrated RFID-based Interface for Human-Technology Interaction

In this paper, we present a new type of passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID)-based user interface for human-technology interaction. Our system is controlled with a shirtsleeve-integrated electro-textile antenna. The other part of the system consists of small identification (ID) ring antennas, each with a unique ID, embedded into our environment. Each ID ring has an RFID integrated circuit (IC) and can thus be “activated” by placing the shirtsleeve next to the specific ID ring. The shirtsleeve-integrated antenna has bands going around the wrist, thus increasing the read range even when the ring is behind the wrist. This cost-effective and maintenance-free solution can be seamlessly integrated into our everyday clothing, as well as into furniture, textiles, and items around us. The presented first prototype of this system, which can be used when sitting by a table, allows wireless controlling of technology by simple hand movements. The achieved read ranges are very promising, allowing activation of ID rings from distances of around 0.5–1 meters from a mobile RFID reader placed on a table.
Evaluation of Alternative Pre-trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Winter Road Surface Condition Monitoring

Real-time winter road surface condition (RSC) monitoring is of critical importance for both winter road maintenance operators and the travelling public. Accurate and timely RSC information during snow events can help maintenance operators to deliver better maintenance services, such as plowing and salting, for reduced costs and salt usage and improved level of service. With this information, the traveling public can make more informed decisions on whether or not to travel, where to go, and which highways to drive on. In our previous effort we have shown the potential of applying a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) for automatically detecting winter road surface conditions based on images from fixed traffic/weather cameras or in-vehicle devices. This paper focuses on comparing the performance of four most successful CNN models available from the leaders of this technology, namely, VGG16 (Oxford University), ResNet50 (Microsoft), Inception-V3 (Google) and Xception (Google), for solving the RSC classification problem. The models were first customized with additional fully-connected layers of neurons for learning the specific features of the RSC images. The extended models were then trained with a low learning rate for fine-tuning by using a small set of RSC images. The models were tested using a hold-out set of images from cameras installed at different locations, showing highly encouraging results.
Conditional knockout of TGF-βRII /Smad2 signals protects against acute renal injury by alleviating cell necroptosis, apoptosis and inflammation

Rationale: TGF-β/Smad signaling is the central mediator for renal fibrosis, however, its functional role in acute kidney injury (AKI) is not fully understood. We previously showed Smad2 protects against renal fibrosis by limiting Smad3 signaling, but details on its role in acute phase are unclear. Recent evidence showed that TGF-β/Smad3 may be involved in the pathogenesis of AKI, so we hypothesized that Smad2 may play certain roles in AKI due to its potential effect on programmed cell death. Methods: We established a cisplatin-induced AKI mouse model with TGF-β type II receptor or Smad2 specifically deleted from renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs). We also created stable in vitro models with either Smad2 knockdown or overexpression in human HK2 cells. Importantly, we evaluated whether Smad2 could serve as a therapeutic target in both cisplatin- and ischemic/reperfusion (I/R)-induced AKI mouse models by silencing Smad2 in vivo. Results: Results show that disruption of TGF-β type II receptor suppressed Smad2/3 activation and attenuated renal injury in cisplatin nephropathy. Furthermore, we found that conditional knockout of downstream Smad2 in TECs protected against loss of renal function, and alleviated p53-mediated cell apoptosis, RIPK-mediated necroptosis and p65 NF-κB-driven renal inflammation in cisplatin nephropathy. This was further confirmed in cisplatin-treated Smad2 knockdown and overexpression HK2 cells. Additionally, lentivirus-mediated Smad2 knockdown protected against renal injury and inflammation while restoring renal function in established nephrotoxic and ischemic AKI models. Conclusions: These findings show that unlike its protective role in renal fibrosis, Smad2 promoted AKI by inducing programmed cell death and inflammation. This may offer a novel therapeutic target for acute kidney injury.
Thresholds versus fractional expectation-thresholds

Proving a conjecture of Talagrand, a fractional version of the 'expectation-threshold' conjecture of Kalai and the second author, we show for any increasing family $F$ on a finite set $X$ that $p_c (F) =O( q_f (F) \log \ell(F))$, where $p_c(F)$ and $q_f(F)$ are the threshold and 'fractional expectation-threshold' of $F$, and $\ell(F)$ is the largest size of a minimal member of $F$. This easily implies several heretofore difficult results and conjectures in probabilistic combinatorics, including thresholds for perfect hypergraph matchings (Johansson--Kahn--Vu), bounded-degree spanning trees (Montgomery), and bounded-degree spanning graphs (new). We also resolve (and vastly extend) the 'axial' version of the random multi-dimensional assignment problem (earlier considered by Martin--M\'{e}zard--Rivoire and Frieze--Sorkin). Our approach builds on a recent breakthrough of Alweiss, Lovett, Wu and Zhang on the Erd\H{o}s--Rado 'Sunflower Conjecture'.
Comparative Study of Ondansetron and Acupressure For Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Background : Nausea and vomiting is the most common postoperative complication of anaesthesia. We compared the efficacy of acupressure technique(non-pharmacological method) and ondansetron (pharmacological method) for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting.Methods: One hundred and fifty ASA I patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were included in a randomized, prospective, double blind, controlled study. Patients were divided into three groups of fifty each. In group A acupressure wrist bands applied at P6 point. In group B, ondansetron 4 mg intravenously given after induction of anaesthesia. Group C patients were the control and receive 4ml normal saline. Anaesthesia was standardized. Episodes of PONV were recorded at 0-2 hrs, 2-6 hrs, and 6-24 hrs and evaluated separately as none, minimal , moderate and severe. Rescue antiemetic was given to those patients who had episode of vomiting. Results: The incidence and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting is significantly lower in group A & B as compared to group C. Group A patients showed least incidence of PONV Conclusion: Ondansetron is a better drug for prophylaxis of PONV but acupressure being non-invasive has better patient acceptability and can be effectively used as an adjuvant for antiemesis.