Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Imaging of the lingual thyroid: Case report and management

Lingual thyroid is a rare developmental abnormality characterized by the failure of the thyroid gland, or remnants, to descend from anywhere along its embryologic path of origin at the foramen cecum to its normal eutopic pretracheal position. Awareness of the anatomic course of the embryologic thyroid primordium and typical and atypical locations of ectopic thyroid tissue may aid in diagnosis. The reported incidence of lingual thyroid is 1 in 100,000, and it is more common in females, with a female:male ratio ranging between 3:1 and 7:1. Lingual thyroid located at the base of tongue often present with hypothyroidism, usually asymptomatic but may cause dysphonia, dysphagia, upper airway obstruction, and hemorrhage. In the current case report, we present the imaging characteristics of lingual thyroid occurring in a 12-year-old female patient. Partial endoscopic removal of lingual thyroid was performed, followed by substitutive exogenous thyroid hormone therapy. The purpose of this article is to discuss the radiological characteristics and therapeutic issues in the management of lingual thyroid.
La Place de l'Étoile

Raphael Schlemilovitch is a hallucinating protagonist and narrator. In a troubled phantasmagorie, a thousand existences he might have lived pass and repass through him on delirious trajectories. Exchanging a thousand contradictory identities, he suffers through the wanderings of a verbal folly, in which the Jew is sometimes king, sometimes martyr, and tragedy is con cealed beneath a huge and modest farce. Thus we see a prom enade of real and imaginary characters belonging to the au thor's personal mythology: Maurice Sachs and Otto Abetz, Levy-Venddme and Doctor Louis-Ferdinand Bardamu, Brasillach and Drieu la Rochelle, Marcel Proust and the killers of the French Gestapo, Captain Dreyfus and the Petainist admirals, Freud, Rebecca, Hitler, Eva Braun and many others, like figures in a carousel spinning crazily in space and time. But the place of the etoile, of the star, the closed book, is inscribed in the exact center of the "capital of sadness. "
Permeability of cerebral blood vessels in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis studied by radioactive iodinated bovine albumin

THE PURPOSE of these experiments was to study vascular permeability in the nervous system during the development of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) and the temporal and spatial relationship of any changes in permeability to the histologic lesions of this disease. This information might be expected to shed light upon one aspect of the pathogenesis of this disease, namely the site of the primary lesion, which at present is not known. Should it be in the wall of the vessels, the vascular permeability might be increased before other signs of inflammation can be seen; should it be in the surrounding parenchyma, the increase in permeability could appear simultaneously with-or perhaps slightly later than-the inflammatory reaction around the vessel wall. Barlow2 has investigated cerebral vascular permeability in EAE, using trypan blue, and found increased permeability in regions with perivascular infiltration but not in those with perivascular cuffing. We have studied the permeability with iodinated radioactive bovine albumin, employing an autoradiographic method for its detection. This method gives a more precise localization than trypan blue and a greater intensity of staining. In addition, we can expect that study of the changes of protein permeability may be more relevant to the problem of pathogenesis of EAE, which is considered to be a manifestation of a hypersensitive reaction.
A novel VLSI architecture for clustering analysis

This paper presents a novel VLSI architecture for the squared-error clustering algorithm. The proposed architecture reduces the huge number of processing elements (PEs) required by the other previous architectures. The system uses only local communication between adjacent PEs, and it is modular, regular, and expandable. The VLSI implementation of high speed clustering analysis can be realized with significantly less circuit complexity based on the proposed architecture.
Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology, Protocols, and Applications

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks. Chapter 2. Commercial and Scientific Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks. Chapter 3. Basic Wireless Sensor Technology. Chapter 4. Wireless Sensors Networks Protocols: Physical Layer. Chapter 5. Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks. Chapter 6. Sensors Network Protocols: Routing Protocols. Chapter 7. Transport Control Protocols for Wireless Sensors Networks. Chapter 8. Middleware for Sensor Networks. Chapter 9. Network Management for Wireless Sensor Networks. Chapter 10. Operating Systems for Sensor Networks. Chapter 11. Performance and Traffic Management Issues. Appendix A: Analysis. Appendix B: Discussions. Index.
Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India

"The book is as vital today as it was the year it was written, still unmatched for the eloquence of its recognition and celebration of this inspiration of Indian art." --From the forewordThis pioneering work opened C. G. Jung's eyes to the psychological and spiritual significance of the Indian mandala, and it remains the clearest introduction to the essence of Indian art and yoga for both the specialist and general reader. Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943) was the first to identify the radical difference between Western classical and Indian art. His revolutionary approach to understanding the stylized, often sexual, sacred symbols of India was simply to take them on their own terms as techniques of spiritual transformation.
PENGARUH PERILAKU BELAJAR DAN KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL TERHADAP STRES KULIAH MAHASISWA AKUNTANSI(Studi Kasus: Mahasiswa Akuntansi Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya)

Perilaku belajar didefinisikan sebagai kebiasaan belajar. Kebiasaan belajar yang jelek disebabkan oleh kurangnya kesadaran mahasiswa mengenai makna belajar di perguruan tinggi, sehingga mahasiswa tersebut merasa frustasi dalam menjalankan proses belajar. Proses belajar mengajar berkaitan dengan kecerdasan emosional mahasiswa. Kecerdasan emosional ini mampu melatih kemampuan mahasiswa tersebut, yaitu kemampuan untuk mengelola perasaannya, memotivasi dirinya, tegar dalam menghadapi frustasi, mengendalikan dorongan dan menunda kepuasan sesaat, mengatur suasana hati yang reaktif, serta mampu berempati dan bekerja sama dengan orang lain. Kecerdasan emosi berkembang sejalan dengan usia dan pengalaman. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada 75 mahasiswa akuntansi Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya angkatan tahun 2008 dan 2009 dengan data primer berupa kuesioner. Alat analisis yang digunakan adalah regresi. Hasil analisis kemudian di analisis dengan uji asumsi klasik serta uji F dan uji t statistik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perilaku belajar dan kecerdasan emosional tidak memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap stres kuliah responden. Variabel perilaku belajar mempunyai pengaruh negatif terhadap stres kuliah yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai koefisien regresi sebesar -0,038. Pengaruh negatif ini menunjukkan pengaruh yang terbalik, artinya jika perilaku belajar meningkat mengakibatkan stres kuliah menurun, begitu pula sebaliknya. Sedangkan variabel kecerdasan emosional mempunyai pengaruh positif terhadap stres kuliah yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai koefisien regresi sebesar 0,023. Pengaruh positif ini menunjukkan terjadinya perubahan yang searah dari variabel kecerdasan emosional terhadap variabel stres kuliah. Pernyataan ini tidak memiliki makna karena nilai signifikansi > 0,05, yang berarti pengaruh kecerdasan emosional terhadap stres kuliah tidak terbukti kebenarannya. Kata Kunci : perilaku belajar, kecerdasan emosional, stres kuliah.
Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches

Nova edicao do conhecido livro sobre metodologia de pesquisa de Creswell. Originalmente pensado no campo da Educacao, o autor ficou muito conhecido tambem em Administracao. Nesta nova edicao, ele procura sair da dicotomia metodos quantitativos x qualitativos, com uma otima discussao adicional sobre metodos mistos. Como um todo, e uma obra excelente de referencia para cursos introdutorios de metodologia de pesquisa em programas de pos-graduacao.
Treatment of eclampsia with magnesium sulphate in Aba, South-Eastern

Context : Eclampsia is a major contributor to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. While it has been widely reported that its prognosis can be greatly improved by effective treatment with magnesium sulphate, experience with this drug for the treatment of eclampsia in Nigeria has been scantily reported. Objective : To determine the effectiveness and safety of magnesium sulphate in the control of eclamptic convulsion and its influence on maternal and perinatal outcome. Design, Setting and Subjects : A prospective descriptive study carried out at Nigerian Christian Hospital, Aba, Nigeria from 1 January, 2002 to 29 February, 2004. The study group consisted of 40 consecutive cases of eclampsia seen at the maternity unit during the study period. They were given magnesium sulphate as the only anticonvulsant. Results : The incidence of eclampsia was 1 in 41 deliveries (2.45%). Magnesium sulphate effectively controlled eclamptic convulsions as 87.5% of cases did not have any further fits after commencement of the drug. There was no incidence of severe adverse reactions to the drug. The only complications of magnesium sulphate observed was depression of deep tendon reflexes which occurred in two patients. There was 1{2.5%} maternal death and a high perinatal mortality of 55.26%. Conclusion : Magnesium sulphate is effective in the control of eclamptic fits and has a good maternal outcome. These findings support the use of magnesium sulphate as the drug of choice for control of convulsions in eclamptic women. Keywords : eclampsia, magnesium sulphate, South Eastern Nigeria Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Vol. 23(1) 2006: 20-22
Major Animal Health Constraints of Market Oriented Livestock Development in Sidama Dale District Southern Region Ethiopia

Background: Knowing the status of major problems that constrain livestock development no doubt contributes to initiating projects that can help improve productivity and market success of Ethiopian farmers; aiming at contributing to reduction in poverty of the rural poor through market oriented agricultural development. The objective of this study is to characterize the livestock production system and investigating the major livestock health problems in the area. Methodology: Purposive sampling method was used to select 60 households from four peasant association (PA). A structured questionnaire was prepared and the heads of selected households were interviewed to collect data on production system characteristics and the importance of livestock health problems. Focus group discussion was also made with key respondents from each PA and the participants described the major husbandry problems in their area. Results: The results revealed that mixed crop-livestock production system is the predominant system and animals are kept in very limited grazing land. The livestock herd was dominated by poultry (36.4%), goat (19.51%), sheep (19.13%) and cattle (18.94%) while the cattle herd was dominated by cows (39.27%) and oxen (12.87%). The main roles of poultry in the area are for egg production (43.79%), sale (29.76%) and meat production (26.43%). The main role of cattle in the farming system is as a source of traction power (41.7%) for crop production while small ruminants as source of income (100%). Equines were used as pack and transport animals. The livestock feeding was mainly based on natural pasture (100%). In cattle; blackleg, mastitis, Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and calf diarrhea were the most important diseases. Ectoparasite and GIT parasitosis were the most important diseases in small ruminants. Colic and respiratory problems were considered important in equine. In poultry, Newcastle disease was the most devastating disease. Most of the respondents complained that animal feed followed by water shortage is serious problem in the livestock sector. Modern veterinary medicaments (95%) were known and used by most of the farmers, but traditional medicines were also used to a considerable extent (5%). Conclusion: Emphasis should be given in the animal health delivery to maximize health service coverage of the area and Detail epidemiological studies on major economically important diseases of livestock is recommended to be under taken.
Correlation of Quantitative Assay of HBsAg and Hepatitis B Virus DNA Levels Among Chronic HBV Patients Attending Pathologist Lancet Laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya

Background: HepatitisBVirus(HBV)viralloadmeasurementsisrecommendedfordiagnosisandmonitoringof patientsontreat-ment for Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB). However, these diagnostic techniques are molecular-based and expensive and unavailable to majority of the Kenyan population. Quantitation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by automated chemiluminescent micro-particle immunoassay has been proposed as a surrogate marker. Objectives: This study showed the correlation between HBsAg and HBV DNA levels among patients with CHB attending a referral Laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: Onehundredandseventy-three(173)patientswereenrolledwhileexcludingHepatitisCVirus(HCV)andHepatitisDVirus (HDV) positive patients. Results: The mean age of the study patients was 37.2 years, 112 (64.7%) were male, and 142 (82.1%) were hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negativewhile31/173(17.9%)wereHBeAgpositive. ThemeanHBVDNAlevelwas2.89log10IU/mLand41(23.7%)hadabaselineHBVDNA levelof > 2000IU/mL.ByMann-Whitneytest,HBVDNAlevelsdiﬀeredsigniﬁcantlybetweenHBeAgpositiveandnegativepatients(P = 0.001), as did HBsAg titer (P = 0.032). Unfortunately, according to the Spearman test, there was a weak correlation between HBsAg and HBV DNA levels (P = 0.024 and r = 0.171). Conclusions: PatientswithHBeAgnegativetestresultshadlowerlevelsof HBsAgandlowerlevelsof HBVDNA.Serumquantitation of HBsAg may not replace serum HBV DNA levels among patients with CHB in Nairobi Kenya. P = 0.443, respectively). This mirrors the et al. (9) signiﬁcant correlation HBsAg HBV DNA levels (r = 0.53; P 0.606), HBeAg negative
Dysarthric Speech Recognition and Offline Handwriting Recognition using Deep Neural Networks

Dysarthric Speech Recognition and Offline Handwriting Recognition using Deep Neural Networks Suhas Pillai, M.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, 2017 Supervisor: Dr. Raymond Ptucha Millions of people around the world are diagnosed with neurological disorders like Parkinsons, Cerebral Palsy or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Due to the neurological damage as the disease progresses, the person suffering from the disease loses control of muscles, along with speech deterioration. Speech deterioration is due to neuro motor condition that limits manipulation of the articulators of the vocal tract, the condition collectively called as dysarthria. Even though dysarthric speech is grammatically and syntactically correct, it is difficult for humans to understand and for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems to decipher. With the emergence of deep learning, speech recognition systems have improved a lot compared to traditional speech recognition systems, which use sophisticated preprocessing techniques to extract speech features.
Ankara’da intihar girişimleri üzerine bir çalışma

Turkiye'de intiharlar (1989'da 2.5/100.000) simdilik bir sorun gibi gozukmese de intihar girisimlerine iliskin guvenilir sayisal veriler mevcut degildir. Bu soruna en azindan bir buyuk kentte aciklik kazandirmak amaciyla bu arastirma planlanmistir. Arastirmamizda Ankara'daki tum acil servislere 1990 yili icinde intihar girisimi ile yapilan basvurular retrospektif olarak kayitlardan taranarak belirlenmistir. Sonuclar olgulara ait demografik ozellikler, buyuk kent yasami dikkate alinarak ve literatur bulgulari dogrultusunda tartisilmistir.
Simple evolving connectionist systems and experiments on isolated phoneme recognition

Evolving connectionist systems (ECoS) are systems that evolve their structure through online, adaptive learning from incoming data. This paradigm complements the paradigm of evolutionary computation based on population based search and optimisation of individual systems through generations of populations. The paper presents the theory and architecture of a simple evolving system called SECoS that evolves through one pass learning from incoming data. A case study of multi-modular SECoS systems evolved from a database of New Zealand English phonemes is used as an illustration of the method.
The grammatical acquisition of wh-questions in early English multi-word speech

Recent studies of wh-question acquisition have tended to come from the nativist side of the language acquisition debate with little input from a constructivist perspective. The present work was designed to redress the balance, first by presenting a detailed description of young children's wh-question acquisition data, second, by providing detailed critiques of two nativist theories of wh- question acquisition, and third, by presenting a preliminary account of young children's wh-question development from a constructivist perspective. Analyses of the data from twelve 2 to 3 year old children collected over a year and of data from an older child (Adam from the Brown corpus, 1973) are described and three conclusions are drawn. First it is argued that the data suggest that children's knowledge of how to form wh-questions builds up gradually as they learn how to combine lexical items such as wh-words and auxiliaries in specific ways. Second, it is concluded that two nativist theories of grammatical development (Radford, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, Valian, Lasser & Mandelbaum, 1992) fail to account successfully for the wh-question data produced by the children. Third, it is asserted that the lexically-specific nature of children's early wh-questions is compatible with a lexical constructivist view of development, which proposes that the language learning mechanism learns by picking up high frequency lexical patterns from the input. The implications of these conclusions for theories of language development and future research are discussed.
El mapuche hablado en Lonquimay: Fonemas segmentales, fonotaxis y comparación con otras variedades

espanolEste articulo presenta los fonemas segmentales y respectivas realizaciones alofonicas del mapudungun hablado en Lonquimay, region de La Araucania, Chile. Es una investigacion de caracter descriptivo, realizada de acuerdo con el formato estandar del descriptivismo norteamericano. Se conto con el apoyo de doce hablantes adultos, bilingues de mapudungun-castellano. Se realizo un registro de audio y visual con apoyo externo. El instrumento utilizado fue una lista lexica ad hoc que permitio determinar los fonemas, variantes alofonicas y diferencias que se pueden establecer con el mapuche central y el pehuenche del Alto Bio-Bio. Los resultados mas prominentes fueron: el estatus fonologico de las interdentales; el predominio de las realizaciones sonoras de las consonantes fricativa labiodental e interdental; el estatus de [∫] como alofono de /t∫/ y la escasa presencia de interferencias atribuibles al espanol. EnglishThis paper presents the segmental phonemes and its respective allophonic realizations of the spoken Mapudungun in Lonquimay, Araucania region, Chile. It is a descriptive study, conducted in accordance with the standard format of American descriptivism. Twelve adults, bilingual speakers of Mapudungun-Spanish, were interviewed. An audio and visual record with external support was performed. The instrument used was an ad hoc lexical list which identified the phonemes, allophonic variations and differences that can be set with the central Mapuche and pehuenche of Alto Bio-Bio. The most prominent findings were: the phonological status of interdental; the predominance of voiced realizations of the labiodental and interdental fricative consonants; the status of [∫] as an allophone of /t∫/, and the limited presence of interferences attributable to Spanish.
Impact of Cold Exposure on the Reproductive Function in Female Rats

Female reproductive system diseases caused by exposure to a cold environment are widely considered as important human health challenges. Although the projection of female reproduction in cold temperature has been studied, a holistic view on the probable effects of cold exposure on the functions of the female reproductive system has not been achieved. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of cold exposure to the functions of the ovary and uterus in female rats. For this purpose, female rats were randomly grouped as follows: (1) the cold group was exposed to -10°C, 4 h per day for 2 weeks, and (2) the normal temperature (23 ± 1°C) group was used as control. Alterations were observed in different parameters, including body weight gain, organ coefficients, estrus cycle, and pathology of the cold-exposed female rats. Similarly, the serum reproductive hormones and mRNA expression were evaluated. Cold exposure induced estrus cycle irregularity and some alterations in the morphology of the ovary. Cold exposure impairs the function of the ovary probably by changing the level of serum LH and increasing LHR expression. Cold exposure induced a significant reduction of uterine epithelium height. Cold exposure causes alterations in the morphology of the uterus probably because of the effect of progesterone, the increase in the PR level, and the decrease in the ER level.
Clinical Significance of Serum Hemeoxygenase-1 as a New Biomarker for the Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia

Background Serum hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1) has been proposed to be a biomarker of lung disease activity and prognosis. The present study aimed at evaluating whether HO-1 could be a useful marker for evaluating disease activity and predicting prognosis in patients with interstitial pneumonia (IP). Materials and Methods Serum HO-1 levels of newly diagnosed or untreated patients with IP were measured at hospitalization. We evaluated the relationships between serum HO-1 and other serum biomarkers, high resolution CT (HRCT) findings, and hospital mortality. Results Twenty-eight patients with IP, including 14 having an acute exacerbation (AE) and 14 not having an AE, were evaluated. The patients having an AE had significantly higher HO-1 levels than those not having an AE (53.5 ng/mL vs. 24.1 ng/mL; p < 0.001), and the best cut-off level to discriminate between having an AE or not having an AE was 41.6 ng/mL. Serum HO-1 levels were positively correlated with serum levels of surfactant protein-D (r=0.66, p < 0.001) and the ground glass opacity score (calculated from HRCT; r=0.40, p=0.036). Patients who subsequently died in hospital had presented with significantly higher HO-1 levels than those who did not die in hospital (64.8 ng/mL vs. 32.0 ng/mL; p=0.009). Conclusion Serum HO-1 may serve as a useful biomarker for detecting AE or predicting hospital mortality in patients with IP.