Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Chapter 2 Repeatedly measured material and behavioral factors changed the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality

Objective We examined whether using repeatedly measured material and behavioral factors contributed differently to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality compared to one baseline measurement. study design and setting Data from the Dutch prospective GLOBE cohort were linked to mortality register data (1991 – 2013; N=4,851). Socioeconomic position was measured at baseline by educational level and occupation. Material factors (financial difficulties, housing tenure, health insurance) and behavioral factors (smoking, leisure time physical activity, sports participation and body mass index) were self-reported in 1991, 1997 and 2004. Cox proportional hazards regression and bootstrap methods were used to examine the contribution of baseline-only and time-varying risk factors to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality. results Men and women in the lowest educational and occupational groups were at an increased risk of dying compared to the highest groups. The contribution of material factors to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality was smaller when multiple instead of baseline-only measurements were used (25%–65% versus 49%–93%). The contribution of behavioral factors was larger when multiple measurements were used (39%–51% versus 19%–40%). conclusion Inclusion of time-dependent risk factors contributes to understanding socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but careful examination of the underlying mechanisms and suitability of the model is required. 2 Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
HUBNESS-AWARE OUTLIER DETECTION FOR MUSIC GENRE RECOGNITION

Outlier detection is the task of automatic identification of unknown data not covered by training data (e.g. a new genre in genre recognition). We explore outlier detection in the presence of hubs and anti-hubs, i.e. data objects which appear to be either very close or very far from most other data due to a problem of measuring distances in high dimensions. We compare a classic distance based method to two new approaches, which have been designed to counter the negative effects of hubness, on two standard music genre data sets. We demonstrate that anti-hubs are responsible for many detection errors and that this can be improved by using a hubness-aware approach.
AD-4 / ACE Biological Effectiveness of Antiproton Annihilation

Background and purpose: Antiprotons travel through tissue in a manner similar to that for protons until they reach the end of their range where they annihilate and deposit additional energy. This makes them potentially interesting for radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to conduct the first ever measurements of the biological effectiveness of antiprotons. Materials and methods: V79 cells were suspended in a semi-solid matrix and irradiated with 46.7 MeV antiprotons, 48 MeV protons, or Co c-rays. Clonogenic survival was determined as a function of depth along the particle beams. Dose and particle fluence response relationships were constructed from data in the plateau and Bragg peak regions of the beams and used to assess the biological effectiveness. Results: Due to uncertainties in antiproton dosimetry we defined a new term, called the biologically effective dose ratio (BEDR), which compares the response in a minimally spread out Bragg peak (SOBP) to that in the plateau as a function of particle fluence. This value was 3.75 times larger for antiprotons than for protons. This increase arises due to the increased dose deposited in the Bragg peak by annihilation and because this dose has a higher relative biological effectiveness (RBE). Conclusion: We have produced the first measurements of the biological consequences of antiproton irradiation. These data substantiate theoretical predictions of the biological effects of antiproton annihilation within the Bragg peak, and suggest antiprotons warrant further investigation. c 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Radiotherapy and Oncology xx (2006) xxx–xxx.
Prophetic Chemo is the Safest , Cheapest and Most Effective Therapy for the Cure of Breast Cancer-A Review

Like all other great Prophets (as) of God (Allah) statements of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are divinely inspired and true. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) never spoke a single lie in his lifetime of 63 years. Concerning his statements and utterances Allah (God) says in the Qur'an: “He does not speak anything on his own. It is but a Revelation, which is sent down to him. ” (Qur’an, An-Najm 53:3-4). Therefore, although the Prophet’s arrival was not as a physician or pharmacist, he was inspired by God to make nearly 1000 statements on healing for the benefit of humankind because man needs to remain well free from sickness to fulfill his brief mission on earth. Companion Abu Hurayrah (ra) narrates that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “Hold on (use this black seed regularly)! Because it is a remedy (cure) for every disease except death. ” (Sahih Al Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Ibn Mâjah and Aḥmad). This amazing statement generated tremendous interest on the plant seed among the world’s scientific community. The scientists’ concern was, how an unlettered man of the desert without having any pen and paper, could make such a wonderful statement on medical science? The Prophet (pbuh) did not have to carry out any laboratory research to make this statement. Moreover, the Prophet (pbuh) made the statement at a time when scientific concept about the use of plants for the treatment of human illness was not formed until many centuries later. The statement finally led the global scientific community to carry out extensive phytochemical and biological investigations on Nigella sativa seed and its oil. However, the researchers after having carried out hundreds of scientific researches around the globe finally came to the conclusion that this tiny plant seed can effectively cure 129 different types of ailments including 17 types of cancer, AIDS, hypertension and diabetes. This large number of diseases curable by Nigella sativa demonstrates the authenticity of the Prophet’s statement. In this paper the learned readers will be informed about the recent findings of modern scientific researches about how Prophetic chemo isolated from Nigella sativa seeds can effectively cure various forms of cancers, particularly breast cancer without causing any side effects.
Chapter 1 Predicting Behavior on the Basis of Arguments From Consequences

People reason about the preferences of others when they seek to win them to a course of action, or when they seek to predict their behavior. In order to win others to a course of action, one has to design arguments from consequences, showing others how their preferences will be satisfied. Since this persuasive use of preferences is already well described in the argumentation literature, this chapter offers a survey of the other kind of reasoning about preferences, which occurs when reasoners use arguments from consequences to predict the behavior of others. I will describe what inferences people derive from arguments from consequences, how they fit ambiguous arguments into templates, how they resolve ambiguity in the causal structure of these arguments, how they react to behavior that violates their predictions, and how they use expected affect to predict behavior based on complex arguments from consequences which impact several agents.
Present-biased preferences and academic achievements

This study measures students’ degree of present-biased preferences, as captured by “the number of days delayed,” or “delay. ” “Delay” is the difference between the day that a student indicated that he or she would start working on a homework assignment, and the day that he or she actually started working on that assignment. Regression results demonstrate that “delay” is negatively associated with homework score, grade in principles of micro-and-macroeconomics, and cumulative GPA. In addition, students do not update their priors about their own behavior. JEL classification: D90, I20
Factors Influencing Level of Awareness and Compliance with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection Control among Nurses in Intensive Care Units

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection control among nurses in intensive care units. Method: Data were collected from August 15 to October 14, 2007 from 188 nurses working in intensive care units. The nurses answered a 26 item-questionnaire, which included management of the cohort (14 items), hand washing (6 items) and management of the environment (6 items). Descriptive statistics, t or F test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis were used with SPSS PC+ 14.0 to analyze the data. Results: The participant's level of awareness of Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection control was 3.87; that of compliance was 3.74. Significant factors influencing the level of compliance with Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection control were'the level of the awareness' and 'the type of intensive care unit'. These two variables accounted for 21.0% of variance for compliance with the Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection control among the participants. Conclusion: In order to develop a strategy to increase the compliance with Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection control, it is necessary to be concerned about 'the level of the awareness', 'the type of intensive care unit;', and 'experiences of caring for patients with Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus'.
Multiple face- and limb-selective activations are consistent over a span of three years, voxel sizes, and visualizations

voxel sizes, and visualizations We scanned subjects in the same localizer experiment longitudinally while varying the voxel size and visualization to examine whether the organization we report is visible with other resolutions and visualizations. To relate the data we show in Figure 6 to volume-based and inplane visualizations, as well as to data acquired with other voxel sizes, we illustrate data from the same subject (S3) across visualizations.
Bott-Chern forms , and singular sets for the Yang-Mills flow on Kähler manifolds by Benjamin Sibley

It is shown that the singular set for the Yang-Mills flow on unstable holomorphic vector bundles over compact Kähler manifolds is completely determined by the Harder-NarasimhanSeshadri filtration of the initial holomorphic bundle. We assign a multiplicity to irreducible top dimensional components of the singular set of a holomorphic bundle with a filtration by saturated subsheaves. We derive a singular Bott-Chern formula relating the second Chern form of a smooth metric on the bundle to the Chern current of an admissible metric on the associated graded sheaf. This is used to show that the multiplicities of the top dimensional bubbling locus defined via the Yang-Mills density agree with the corresponding multiplicities for the Harder-Narasimhan-Seshadri filtration. The set theoretic equality of singular sets is a consequence.
The molecular profile of microglia under the influence of glioma

Microglia, which contribute substantially to the tumor mass of glioblastoma, have been shown to play an important role in glioma growth and invasion. While a large number of experimental studies on functional attributes of microglia in glioma provide evidence for their tumor-supporting roles, there also exist hints in support of their anti-tumor properties. Microglial activities during glioma progression seem multifaceted. They have been attributed to the receptors expressed on the microglia surface, to glioma-derived molecules that have an effect on microglia, and to the molecules released by microglia in response to their environment under glioma control, which can have autocrine effects. In this paper, the microglia and glioma literature is reviewed. We provide a synopsis of the molecular profile of microglia under the influence of glioma in order to help establish a rational basis for their potential therapeutic use. The ability of microglia precursors to cross the blood–brain barrier makes them an attractive target for the development of novel cell-based treatments of malignant glioma.
In-Vivo Anticoccidial Activity of Crude Leaf Powder of Psidium guajava in Broiler Chickens

DOI: 10.21276/sajp.2018. 7.12. 1 Abstract: Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria species is one of the major factors militating against profitable poultry production globally because of its serous economic consequences. Continuous and misuse of synthetic anticoccidial drugs over the years had led to the emergence of resistant Eimeria strains necessitating the search of alternative, effective safe and locally available coccidiostat. Thus, the anticoccidial activity of crude leaf powder of Psidium guajava was tested against Eimeria tenella in 120 broiler chicks infected through the oro-pharygeal route with sporulated oocysts of the parasite. The experimental birds were allotted to four groups designated 1 to 4 each having 3 replicates with 10 birds per replicate in a completely randomize fashion. Groups 1 and 2 were fed diet containing 100g and 50g of the test plant per every Kg of feed respectively. Group 3 was treated with a preventive dose of Amprolium (0.3g per liter of drinking water) and group 4 was left untreated. The test material incorporated at 100g per Kg of feed compared appreciably with the Amprolium in suppressing oocysts excretion, alleviating caecal damage, reducing severity of diarrhoea, minimizing blood loss, morbidity and mortality of chicks. The 100g of the test substance was more effective against the parasite than the 50g but both the levels of inclusion had some negative effect on feed intake and weight gain. Purification of the test substance could enhance its efficacy thereby comparing favorably with the drug. Nevertheless, the evaluated plant is still recommended for prophylactic treatment of coccidiosis. The unpalatable taste of the test material which probably reduced the intake of the experimental diet with correspondingly decreased weight gain could be substantially improved through some appropriate measures one of which could be addition of molasses
Effect of Buds Load on Growth , Yield and Fruit Quality of Superior grapevines

A two year trial was conducted during 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 experimental seasons in a private vineyard at El-Nubaria, Behaira Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the effect of different cane bud load (8, 10 and 12 buds/cane) on vegetative growth, yield and quality of "Superior" grapevines. There were insignificant differences among the investigated treatments in relation to shoot length and number of leaves/shoot whereas, 8 buds/cane treatment was the superior treatment in enhancing shoot diameter and leaf area as compared with the other two investigated treatments during both seasons of study. Moreover, the highest yield and number of clusters/vine were achieved with the highest load of buds/cane (12 buds/cane) while, the greatest clusters weight was recorded by 8 buds/cane treatment. In addition, 8 buds/cane treatment produced the highest value of 100 berries weight and volume with the greatest total soluble solids content (%) and T.S. S/Acidity and lowest total acidity content.
A Review of Fronto-Limbic Structural and Functional Connectivity in Neuroticism

Background: The five-factor model is the most prominent theory in personality science which aspire to understand the thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals, determined by five relatively stable domains. Neuroticism, defined as a higher threat reactivity and susceptibility to negative affect, is one domain which has proven problematic for well-being, and has estimated societal costs of approximately 2.5 times that of common mental disorder per 1 million inhabitants. Problem: The neural correlates of neuroticism could supply research with a fundamental base of understanding the trait, however, due to scattered founding’s of segregated activity in brain structures relative to neuroticism, meta-analyses argue that increased understanding of global rather than local organization, could be more fruitful for the investigation. Methodology: Since neuroticism is convergent with emotional instability, two structures of interest with regards to global organization are the amygdala, crucial for emotion generation, and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), responsible for emotion interpretation and emotion regulation. Reviewing brain imaging research conducted with emphasis on integrative communication between the amygdala and the PFC in individuals with high trait neuroticism has therefore been the main objective of this thesis. Results/conclusion: According to the investigated research there is compromised structural integrity correlated with neuroticism, while the research on functional communication between the structures explored is not yet sufficiently covered to supply a satisfactory answer. Some of these neurobiological findings are in line with personality science observation in neuroticism, and could hence contribute to the investigation. However, more research is warranted in this field of neuroscience.
/ aiht-2018-69-3204 Sodium-glucose cotransporters : new targets of cancer therapy ?

Glucose, the key source of metabolic energy, is imported into cells by two categories of transporters: 1) facilitative glucose transporters (GLUTs) and 2) secondary active sodium-glucose cotransporters (SGLTs). Cancer cells have an increased demand for glucose uptake and utilisation compared to normal cells. Previous studies have demonstrated the overexpression of GLUTs, mainly GLUT1, in many cancer types. As the current standard positron emission tomography (PET) tracer 2-deoxy-2-(18F)fluoro-D-glucose (2-FDG) for imaging tumour cells via GLUT1 lacks in sensitivity and specificity, it may soon be replaced by the newly designed, highly sensitive and specific SGLT tracer α-methyl-4-(F-18)fluoro-4-deoxy-Dglucopyranoside (Me-4FDG) in clinical detection and tumour staging. This tracer has recently demonstrated the functional activity of SGLT in pancreatic, prostate, and brain cancers. The mRNA and protein expression of SGLTs have also been reported in colon/colorectal, lung, ovarian, head, neck, and oral squamous carcinomas. So far, SGLTs have been poorly investigated in cancer, and their protein expression and localisation are often controversial due to a lack of specific SGLT antibodies. In this review, we describe current knowledge concerning SGLT1 and SGLT2 (over)expression in various cancer types. The findings of SGLTs in malignant cells may help in developing novel cancer therapies with SGLT2 or SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitors already used in diabetes mellitus treatment.
General Fragmentation Trees Robin Stephenson

We show that the genealogy of any self-similar fragmentation process can be encoded in a compact measured R-tree. Under some Malthusian hypotheses, we compute the fractal Hausdorff dimension of this tree through the use of a natural measure on the set of its leaves. This generalizes previous work of Haas and Miermont which was restricted to conservative fragmentation processes.
Macroeconomic Influences on Cyprus House Prices : 2006 Q 1-2014 Q 2

This paper attempts to explain the determinants of intertemporal variations in housing prices in Cyprus over the last nine years. The analysis focuses on explaining quarterly percentage changes in the House Price Index published by the Central Bank of Cyprus. After estimating several alternative specifications we were able to explain about 70% of the quarterly percentage changes in Cyprus house prices. Our findings indicate that nominal GDP per capita, and, alternatively, nominal GDP, have the largest impact on prices followed by construction costs and the number of households. Interest rates were found to have the smallest effect. The results provide also indications of an asymmetric effect of GDP on house prices before and after the Lehman Brothers collapse. We believe that the considerably stronger effect of GDP on house prices during the pre-crisis period was due to the abundance of both equity and debt capital for house purchases.
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LASER-TREATED FINEMET

The positive influence of the laser treating on the decrease of power losses of many soft magnetic materials (as well as nanocrystalline FINEMET) is well known. The surface defects can cause refinement of the domain structure producing small domains with movable domain walls. Such a refinement is one of the ways how to reduce dynamic loss at higher frequencies which is dominant in the total power loss. What is the role of surface defects caused by the excimer laser treatment on the bulk and surface-layer coercivity, domain structure and anisotropy, that is the question which we would like to answer in this article.
Red eyes in the necropsy floor : twenty cases of hyphema in dogs and cats 1

Martins T.B. & Barros C.S. L. 2015. Red eyes in the necropsy floor: twenty cases of hyphema in dogs and cats. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 35(1):55-61. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Camobi, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil. E-mail: claudioslbarros@uol.com. br Hyphema (hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye) can be caused by several mechanisms and can easily be detected in routine ophthalmic or necroscopic examination as discolored red eye(s). The purpose of this study is to report the cause of hyphema diagnosed as a postmortem finding in dogs and cats. Twenty cases, 14 dogs and six cats of several ages and breeds and of both sexes were included in the study. Hyphema presented as a unilateral (14 cases out of 20) or bilateral (6/20) disorder in dogs and cats and extension of hemorrhage varied from minimal to diffuse. Hyphema was secondary to systemic disease (15/20) or occurred as a primary ocular lesion (5/20) in four dogs and one cat. Primary hyphema was always unilateral. In four of these cases, the cause of hyphema was trauma and remaining case was caused by phacoclastic uveitis in a dog with bilateral hypermature cataract. Various causes of bleeding disorders were found related to secondary hyphema: in decreasing order of frequency, they included vasculitis (8/15), systemic hypertension (5/15), and acquired coagulopathies (2/15). Vasculitis due to feline infectious peritonitis accounted for half of the cases (n=3) of systemic hyphema in cats. The various pathological aspects and pathogenesis of hyphema in dogs and cats are described and discussed.
The Effect of Upper Extremity Immobilization Following Surgical Rotator Cuff Repair on Balance in Elderly Individuals

The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between upper extremity immobilization following surgical rotator cuff repair and balance in elderly individuals. Twenty-eight healthy volunteers (nine with rotator cuff repair, nineteen without) aged 53 to 74 participated in the study. Balance was measured using the Berg Balance Measure, Modified Berg Balance Measure, Functional Reach Test, and force plate analysis. Results were analyzed using t-tests for paired and independent samples, Mann Whitney U (Wilcoxon Rank Sum W) tests and Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs SignedRanks tests. Significant differences were found between the post-rotator cuff surgery and control groups for performance on the Berg (p=0.0125) and Modified Berg (p=0.019, p=0.0120), as well as between the sling and no-sling block for two measures of posterior maximal lean (p=0.0249, p=0.0179). Results suggest that long and short term immobilization have some effect on balance. A need for balance training may exist in this