Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Serum 25‐Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Congenital Craniotabes

Dosage du taux de 25-OHD dans le serum du cordon mixte arterio-veineux de 22 bebes a terme ayant un craniotabes et dans le serum de leur mere; dosage de Ca, P et des phosphatases alcalines dans les serums mere-enfant. Le craniotabes congenital est apparu dans certains cas associe a un etat limite des reserves de vitamine D materno-fœtales
Salivary Urease and ADS Enzymatic Activity as Endogenous Protection against Dental Caries in Children.

UNLABELLED The aim of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the ureolytic and arginolytic activities of saliva in children and associate them with their caries status. STUDY DESIGN 65, 8 year old children, were randomly selected. The ureolytic and arginolytic activity of non stimulated saliva was studied and associated with DMFT and dmft index. Saliva of children were sampled under fasting conditions; Children refrained from any oral hygiene procedures during the 12 hours that preceded the sample collection. Caries activity was scored and divided in 3 groups: Group A: Index zero: without lesions; Group B: Moderate Index: 1 to 3 enamel caries lesions; and Group C: High Index: more than 4 dentin caries lesions. RESULTS DMFT scores were moderate: 0.4(±0.79) and dmft: 2.78(±2.45). Results expressed in μmol/min/mg/protein, for urease activity were statistically significant (p=0.048): Group A= 0.69 (±0.7); Group B= 0.45 (±0.43); and Group C= 0.39 (±0.55). The arginine deiminase activity was not statistically significant (p=0.16): Group A= 2.53 (±1.42), Group B= 2.31 (±1.57) and Group C= 1.97 (±2.0). CONCLUSION Higher levels of ureolytic (statistically significant) and arginolytic activity (trend) in saliva were associated with lower DMFT/dmft scores in 8 year old children. There was a higher production of ammonia from the arginine deiminase system than the urease enzyme in saliva (p>0.05).
Crisis of trust: Socio-economic determinants of Europeans’ confidence in government

Europeans’ confidence in political institutions has dropped precipitously since the onset of the Euro-crisis in 2009. The decline in trust in government varies across countries and occupational and educational groups. Economic factors explain much of the cross-national and over-time variation. The baseline level of trust is influenced by a person’s position in the labor market: across European countries, citizens with more education and higher levels of skills trust government more than those educational and occupational groups that have benefited less from European integration. Residents of debtor countries with high unemployment rates are also much less likely to trust national government than those in creditor countries that have fared better during the economic crisis, while the unemployed have lost faith in government to a greater degree than other parts of the population. Cultural, ideational, and political factors remain important for baseline levels of trust, but cannot explain the acute, asymmetrical decline in citizen trust observed over the last decade.
System-Justifying Beliefs and Psychological Well-Being: The Roles of Group Status and Identity

This research examined the relationship between endorsing system-justifying beliefs and psychological well-being among individuals fromethnic groups that vary in social status. Systemjustifying beliefs are beliefs that imply that status in society is fair, deserved, and merited; examples of system-justifying beliefs in the United States include the beliefs that hard work pays off and that anyone can get ahead regardless of their group membership. We found that endorsing system-justifying beliefs was negatively related to psychological well-being among members of lowstatus groups who were highly identified with their group but positively related to well-being among members of low-status groups who were not highly identified with their ethnic group. In addition, we found that endorsing system-justifying beliefs was positively related to well-being among members of high-status groups, especially among members of high-status groups who were highly identified with the group.
Pregnancy and epilepsy: a retrospective study of 151 pregrancies

Objective– We studied the course of pregnancy in women with epilepsy to identify possible risk factors which might complicate the epilepsies and pregnancy outcomes. Material and methods– Data were collected retrospectively from the records of 151 pregnancies in 124 women with epilepsy from 1978–1992. Epilepsy variables were compared with that of non‐pregnant women with epilepsy mached for age. Obstetric and neonatal variables were compared with those of all deliveries in the same unit from 1979–1992 (n=38.983). Results– Pregnancy among patients with epilepsy was more likely to occur in women with relatively mild epilepsy. In 12% of the pregnancies, the women were untreated while 71% were on monotherapy. Twenty‐one percent had increased seizure frequency during the pregnancy. Perinatal deaths among newborns of epileptic mothers (1.3%) was more frequent but not significantly increased compared to the background population of 0.5% (95% CI 0.2–4.7). A total of 5.3% had congenital malformations compared to 1.5% in the controls (95% CI 2.3–10.3). No neural tube defects were observed. Maternal treatment with phenytoin was significantly related to the occurrence of congenital malformations, P=0.04. Conclusions– Most women with epilepsy have an uncomplicated pregnancy and normal healthy offsprings. Maternal treatment with phenytoin might be associated with congenital malformations. No other risk factors could be identified.
Decreased hippocampal volume asymmetry on MRIs in nondemented elderly subjects carrying the apolipoprotein E ϵ4 allele

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Evaluation and Mitigation of Soft-Errors in Neural Network-Based Object Detection in Three GPU Architectures

In this paper, we evaluate the reliability of the You Only Look Once (YOLO) object detection framework. We have exposed to controlled neutron beams GPUs designed with three different architectures (Kepler, Maxwell, and Pascal) running Darknet, a Convolutional Neural Network for automotive applications, detecting objects in both Caltech and Visual Object Classes data sets. By analyzing the neural network corrupted output, we can distinguish between tolerable errors and critical errors, i.e., errors that could impact on real-time system execution.Additionally, we propose an Algorithm-Based Fault-Tolerance (ABFT) strategy to apply to the matrix multiplication kernels of neural networks able to detect and correct 50% to 60% of radiation induced corruptions. We experimentally validate our hardening solution and compare its efficiency and efficacy with the available ECC.
Attacking your partners: Strategic alliances and competition between partners in product markets

Research Summary: This study contributes to the literature on strategic alliances by examining the impact of collaboration on competition between partners in product markets. We integrate the alliance learning and social network perspectives to examine how different combinations of exploratory and exploitative alliances between a firm and its partner influence the firm’s competition against its partner in product markets. Using a longitudinal dataset collected in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (1984–2003), we find an inverted U‐shaped relationship between relative exploration (i.e., the proportion of exploratory alliances in the collaborative portfolio between a firm and its partner) and the firm’s competition against its partner. This relationship is negatively moderated by firms’ relational and structural embeddedness, but positively moderated by their positional embeddedness. Managerial Summary: This study examines how different combinations of exploratory and exploitative alliances between two firms affect their competition in the product market. Using a 20‐year dataset collected in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, we find that the proportion of exploratory alliances (i.e., joint development of critical innovations) in the alliance portfolio between a firm and its partner increases the firm’s competition against its partner, up to a tipping point at which such competition starts to decline. Given a certain combination of the two types of alliances, such competition is stronger if the firm has more alternative allies than its partner but weaker if the firm and its partner have previously collaborated or share common allies in their networks.
Noise, Amplification, and Compression: Considerations of Three Main Issues in Hearing Aid Design

This paper deals with the following three topics: (1) interfering noise (voice babble, single competing speaker) as the main problem of many hearing-impaired listeners, (2) the amplitude-frequency response of the hearing aid, and (3) the benefit of frequency-dependent compression. Research by the author and his coworkers has shown that: (1) persons with impaired hearing typically need 3 to 6 dB higher speech-to-noise ratios than do normal-hearing listeners–a technically very difficult problem to solve; (2) within a relatively ample range, the speech-reception threshold in noise is independent of the amplitude-frequency response; and (3) the small time constants of syllabic compression deteriorate the speech signal. Multichannel amplification (24 channels) with automatic gain control for each channel is recommended, optimally adjusted to keep the (variable) speech signal within the impaired ear's limited dynamic range as well as to preserve the intensity differences of successive speech phonemes.
The Optimization of a Symbolic Execution Engine for Detecting Runtime Errors

In a software system, most of the runtime failures may come to light only during test execution, and this may have a very high cost. To help address this problem, a symbolic execution engine called RTEHunter, which has been developed at the Department of Software Engineering at the University of Szeged, is able to detect runtime errors (such as null pointer dereference, bad array indexing, division by zero) in Java programs without actually running the program in a real-life environment. Applying the theory of symbolic execution, RTEHunter builds a tree, called a symbolic execution tree, composed of all the possible execution paths of the program. RTEHunter detects runtime issues by traversing the symbolic execution tree and if a certain condition is fulfilled the engine reports an issue. However, as the number of execution paths increases exponentially with the number of branching points, the exploration of the whole symbolic execution tree becomes impossible in practice. To overcome this problem, different kinds of constraints can be set up over the tree. E.g. the number of symbolic states, the depth of the execution tree, or the time consumption could be restricted. Our goal in this study is to find the optimal parametrization of RTEHunter in terms of the maximum number of states, maximum depth of the symbolic execution tree and search strategy in order to find more runtime issues in a shorter time. Results on three open-source Java systems demonstrate that more runtime issues can be detected in the 0 to 60 basic block-depth levels than in deeper ones within the same time frame. We also developed two novel search strategies for traversing the tree based on the number of null pointer references in the program and on linear regression that performs better than the default depth-first search strategy.
Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice “Yes They Can?”-An Empirical Study on the Effect of Slogans in Brand Awareness

Slogans are a verbal or written expression of the brand marketing positioning and, consequently, should aim to benefit the brand. The brand equity concept includes several dimensions, and those might be developed or reinforced by each branding marketing action. Brand awareness is a component of brand equity and, therefore, might be influenced by marketing communications, which includes the slogan. The main research question addressed in this paper is to analyse if slogans might influence brand awareness. To achieve that goal, an empirical quantitative study was conducted among a sample of three hundred and seventy mobile telecom service consumers, gathering primary data via an on-line questionnaire. The variables considered were slogan recall, slogan recognition and spontaneous brand awareness for three different mobile telecom brands. The results obtained reveal a positive association between slogan recall and brand awareness in two of the brands in study. The results also show that those two brands were the ones with the highest awareness levels.
Protection of Insects against Viral Infection by Apoptosis-Dependent Phagocytosis

We investigated whether phagocytosis participates in the protection of insects from viral infection using the natural host–virus interaction between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila C virus (DCV). Drosophila S2 cells were induced to undergo apoptotic cell death upon DCV infection. However, UV-inactivated virus was unable to cause apoptosis, indicating the need for productive infection for apoptosis induction. S2 cells became susceptible to phagocytosis by hemocyte-derived l(2)mbn cells after viral infection, and the presence of phagocytes in S2 cell cultures reduced viral proliferation. Phagocytosis depended, in part, on caspase activity in S2 cells, as well as the engulfment receptors Draper and integrin βν in phagocytes. To validate the in vivo situation, adult flies were abdominally infected with DCV, followed by the analysis of fly death and viral growth. DCV infection killed flies in a dose-responding manner, and the activation of effector caspases was evident, as revealed by the cleavage of a target protein ectopically expressed in flies. Furthermore, hemocytes isolated from infected flies contained DCV-infected cells, and preinjection of latex beads to inhibit the phagocytic activity of hemocytes accelerated fly death after viral infection. Likewise, viral virulence was exaggerated in flies lacking the engulfment receptors, and was accompanied by the augmented proliferation of virus. Finally, phagocytosis of DCV-infected cells in vitro was inhibited by phosphatidylserine-containing liposome, and virus-infected flies died early when a phosphatidylserine-binding protein was ectopically expressed. Collectively, our study demonstrates that the apoptosis-dependent, phosphatidylserine-mediated phagocytosis of virus-infected cells plays an important role in innate immune responses against viral infection in Drosophila.
Food Stamp Participation Rate Down in Urban Areas But Not in Rural

The Food Stamp Program is a cornerstone of America’s federally administered nutrition assistance to those in need. While the program serves a predominantly urban population, nearly a quarter of food stamp recipients live in rural areas and they receive just under a quarter of all food stamp benefits. In a recent study of rural-urban differences in food stamp participation, researchers found that the number of people eligible to receive food stamps declined in both urban and rural areas between 1996 and 1998. However, the participation rate—the proportion of people eligible for food stamps who participate in the program—declined in urban areas, but not in rural areas. Urban and rural food stamp participants differ in demographic and economic characteristics. Rural households that receive food stamps are less likely to have children and more likely to include an elderly person than their urban counterparts. Most food stamp recipients in rural areas are White, non-Hispanic. In contrast, most food stamp recipients in urban areas are Black or Hispanic. Rural food stamp households have slightly higher average incomes than urban food stamp households. The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) completely overhauled the cash welfare system. While PRWORA, or welfare reform as it is more commonly known, decentralized the cash welfare system and moved from a cash entitlement to a work focus, it made relatively small changes to the Food Stamp Program. The most important change to the Food Stamp Program was to restrict food stamp eligibility for two groups: permanent resident noncitizens and ablebodied adults without children. As a result, many noncitizens are now ineligible for food stamps, and ablebodied adults without children are restricted to 3 months of benefits in every 36 months unless they work or participate in a qualifying employment and training program. In fiscal 1995, before welfare reform, these two groups made up less Food Stamp Participation Rate Down in Urban Areas But Not in Rural
ECAWsoft: A Web based Climate and Weather Data Visualization for Big Data Analysis

Purpose: In Tanzania, data for climate and weather are normally analyzed by Meteorological Agency and then are published through TV, website and radio. Different stakeholders normally obtain the weather and climate data / information in a generalized way. This calls for a need of a system which allows data to be shared openly to different stakeholders so that they can analyze those data as per their specific needs. The paper presents the overview of the developed system, ECAWsoft. Also, it gives some few interfaces showing different outputs from the system. Findings: The goal of this paper has been attained by developing a working data visualization tool for climate and weather called ECAWsoft. The system is current operational and is providing open data for different stakeholders. It is user friendly and interactive with capability of displaying visualization of data as per fine granularity required by user. Development of open data system for data visualization has lead to a transparency system which is helping farmers, researchers, policy makers (etc.) to make informed decision on weather and climate. Practical implications: The system presented in this paper need to be scaled up so that more data from all weather stations in Tanzania can be populated in real time. Originality/value: The development and adoption of open systems for visualizing weather and climate data remains seriously lacking in many countries including Tanzania. This paper provides an overview of some initiative to fill such a research gap.
Cellular ‘neurothekeoma’: an epithelioid variant of pilar eiomyoma? Morphological and immunohistochemical analysis of a series

Cellular neurothekeoma is a recently recognized benign cutaneous neoplasm, which is currently regarded as being of nerve sheath origin and is thought to represent a variant of conventional neurothekeoma (dermal nerve sheath myxoma). Nine new cases presenting predominantly in adolescents or young adults are described. Morphologically they were characterized by short fascicles or small nests of palely eosinophilic epithelioid or spindle‐shaped cells which ramified in an ill‐defined manner between dermal collagen bundles. Myxoid matrix was absent or sparse. Scattered normal mitoses and multinucleate giant cells were often present. Immunohistochemically all nine cases were strongly NK1/C3 positive, seven were weakly NSE positive and three were smooth muscle actin positive. Staining for S‐100 protein, PGP 9.5, epithelial membrane antigen and desmin was negative in all cases. In view of its distinctive architecture and immunophenotype, both of which are totally different from conventional neurothekeoma, it is proposed that cellular ‘neurothekeoma’ is a separate discrete entity which may represent an epithelioid variant of pilar leiomyoma.
Oncogene Activation in Pituitary Tumors

Pituitary tumors constitute 10% of intracranial neoplasms and are mostly benign, monoclonal adenomas derived from single mutant cells. Pituitary oncogenes have been intensively studied and three of them, gsp, ccnd1, and PTTG are abundant in significant numbers of cases. gsp is present in ∼40% of Caucasian patients with GH‐secreting tumors and results from a mutated, constitutively active α sub‐unit of Gs protein. Persistent activation of the cAMP‐PKA‐CREB pathway may lead to uncontrolled cell proliferation and GH secretion. ccnd1 is overexpressed cyclin D1, and cyclin D1 gene is amplified in some pituitary tumors. PTTG is expressed in most pituitary tumors. PTTG is localized to both the nucleus and cytoplasm and interacts with several protein partners. At least three tumorigenesis mechanisms are proposed for human PTTG. 1) PTTG and FGF form a positive feedback loop and stimulate tumor vascularity. 2) PTTG transactivates c‐myc or other pro‐proliferation genes. 3) PTTG overexpression causes aneuploidy. PTTG expression activates p53 and causes p53‐dependent and ‐independent apoptosis. Due to lack of functional human pituitary cell cultures and appropriate animal models for pituitary tumors, many of the results reviewed here are obtained from heterologous systems.
The effects of financial literacy, financial management and saving motives on financial well-being among working women

The increased cost of living for Malaysians has made individuals and households more aware of the importance of managing their finances. The purpose of this study is (1) to identify the levels of financial literacy, financial management, saving motives and financial well-being of working women; (2) to explore the differences in financial well-being based on demographic characteristics of working women; (3) to identify the determinants of financial well-being among working women. The sample consisted of 447 women working in public agencies located in four states in Peninsular Malaysia, selected through the multi stage sampling technique. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. The results of this study show that respondents with moderate levels of financial literacy and financial well-being score a high level of financial management. There are statistically significant differences in financial well-being between married and single respondents (marital status), and between those with different educational levels (total years of education). There are significant relationships between financial literacy, financial management and saving motives with financial well-being. Demographic characteristics (age, educational level and marital status), financial literacy, financial management, and saving motives have significant influence on financial well-being as saving motives are a major contributing factor to financial well-being in terms of independent variables. Overall, age is the greatest predictor of financial well-being among working women.