Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of the effects of cryotherapy and placebo on reducing the pain of arteriovenous fistula cannulation among hemodialysis patients: A randomized control trial

Background and Purpose: Pain perception with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) cannulation is a major concern among patients undergoing hemodialysis. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of cryotherapy and placebo in the reduction of AVF puncture-related pain in hemodialysis patients. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 50 patients undergoing hemodialysis selected via random sampling. Patients were randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control. Patients in the intervention group received cryotherapy using ice cubes wrapped in latex gloves, which were placed on the back of the hands without AVF (between the index finger and thumb). The same process was performed on the patients of the control group by using wooden cubes as placebo instead of ice cubes. Pain perception of the patients was recorded during two consecutive hemodialysis sessions using a visual analogue scale. Data analysis was performed in SPSS V.13 using Chi-square and independent T-test. Results: With cryotherapy, scores of AVF puncture-related pain significantly reduced from 5.9±0.96 in session one (routine care) to 3.2±1.71 in session two of hemodialysis. However, no significant difference was observed between the two sessions in patients of the control group (P=0.07). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, cryotherapy, as a non-pharmacological and complementary approach, could be effective in the prevention of the pain associated with AVF cannulation. Therefore, it is recommended that nurses apply this method before AVF cannulation in order to alleviate pain intensity in hemodialysis patients.
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE

ni cs . c om An obstetric brachial plexus lesion (OBPL) is thought to be caused by traction to the brachial plexus during labour. In most cases, delivery of the upper shoulder is blocked by the mother’s symphysis (shoulder dystocia). If additional traction is applied to the child’s head, the angle between neck and shoulder may be forcefully widened, further stretching the ipsilateral brachial plexus. The incidence of OBPL varies from 0.42 to 2.9 per 1000 births in prospective studies. Risk factors that have been identified for the occurrence of OBPL reflect the disproportion between the child and the birth canal. The main fetal risk factor is macrosomia; maternal factors include gestational diabetes and multiparity. Shoulder dystocia and assisted delivery by forceps or vacuum cup are well-known risk factors for the development of OBPL. A less common delivery pattern concerns infants, usually with low birth weight, born in a breech position. This pattern carries a high risk for root avulsion. The debate is ongoing about whether OBPL is preventable and whether the obstetrician can be held responsible. This debate is fed by numerous malpractice suits in which large sums of money are compensated. Case reports of spontaneous deliveries without traction applied to the child during labor with the occurrence of brachial plexus injury have been reported, suggesting that these injuries may occur in the absence of negligently performed delivery maneuvers. The upper brachial plexus is most commonly affected, resulting in paresis of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, deltoid, and biceps muscles, as first described by Erb and Duchenne. Typically, in the C5-C6 lesion type, the affected arm is resting on the
A Theory for the Surface Atlantic Response to Thermohaline Variability

Abstract The response of the upper, warm limb of the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic to a rapid change in deep-water formation at high latitudes is investigated using a reduced-gravity ocean model. Changes in deep-water formation rate initiate Kelvin waves that propagate along the western boundary to the equator on a timescale of months. The response in the North Atlantic is therefore rapid. The Southern Hemisphere response is much slower, limited by a mechanism here termed the &ldquo=uatorial buffer. ” Since to leading order the flow is in geostrophic balance, the pressure anomaly decreases in magnitude as the Kelvin wave moves equatorward, where the Coriolis parameter is lower. Together with the lack of sustained pressure gradients along the eastern boundary, this limits the size of the pressure field response in the Southern Hemisphere. Interior adjustment is by the westward propagation of Rossby waves, but only a small fraction of the change in thermohaline circulation strength is commun.
Food Additives & Contaminants : Part A

Fusarium verticillioides from finger millet in Uganda Amgad A. Saleh a b , J.P. Esele c , Antonio Logrieco d , Alberto Ritieni e & John F. Leslie a a Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center , Kansas State University , Manhattan , KS 66506-5502 , USA b Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Food and Agriculture Sciences , King Saud University , Riyadh 11451 , Saudi Arabia c Serere Agriculture and Animal Production Research Institute, NARO , Soroti , Uganda d Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR , Bari , Italy e Department of Food Science , Federico II University , Naples , Italy Accepted author version posted online: 18 Jul 2012.Published online: 23 Aug 2012.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mice Overexpressing Deer Prion Protein to Assessing the Susceptibility of Transgenic

Published Ahead of Print 20 November 2013. 2014, 88(3):1830. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02762-13. J. Virol. Simmons and John Spiropoulos Mark P. Dagleish, Stuart Martin, Glenn C. Telling, Marion M. Schneider, Paul Holden, Peter C. Griffiths, Jane M. Plater, Dexter, Angela Norman, Emma Popescu, Amanda Denyer, John Sheehan, Sarah Marsh, Paul R. Webb, Ian Leigh Thorne, Katy E. Beck, Christina Wilson, Margaret Christopher M. Vickery, Richard Lockey, Thomas M. Holder, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mice Overexpressing Deer Prion Protein to Assessing the Susceptibility of Transgenic
Constructing and Validating a Multiple-Indicator Construct of Economic Hardship in a National Sample of Adolescents with Disabilities

The purpose of the current study was to develop a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship among adolescents with disabilities (N = 9,230) participating in the National Longitudinal Transition Study–2, the largest, most comprehensive investigation of adolescents with disabilities ever conducted. Five theoretically relevant indicators (i.e., family income, head-of-household education, head-of-household employment, participation in social programs, and lack of resources) contributed to the formation of an economic hardship latent construct. Scores on this factor were validated through associations with demographic, tangible-resource, school, and family factors. The implications of these findings for continued efforts to understand and respond to economic hardship among adolescents with disabilities are discussed.
Advanced Metastatic Carcinoid Tumors I-MIBG 131 Long-Term Outcome and Toxicity After Dose-Intensified Treatment with

Published online: October 7, 2013. 2013;54:2032-2038. J Nucl Med. Frank Grünwald and Hans-Jürgen Biersack Samer Ezziddin, Amir Sabet, Timur Logvinski, Khaled Alkawaldeh, Charlotte J. Yong-Hing, Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, for Advanced Metastatic Carcinoid Tumors I-MIBG 131 Long-Term Outcome and Toxicity After Dose-Intensified Treatment with http://jnm.snmjournals. org/content/54/12/2032 This article and updated information are available at: http://jnm.snmjournals. org/site/subscriptions/online.xhtml Information about subscriptions to JNM can be found at: http://jnm.snmjournals. org/site/misc/permission.xhtml Information about reproducing figures, tables, or other portions of this article can be found online at:
Performance measurement by small and medium enterprises in Cape Metropolis, South Africa

High failure rate of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been partly attributed to the use of inappropriate performance measures. This study seeks to determine the types of performance measures employed by SMEs, purpose for which performance measures are used, perceived effectiveness of performance measures used and factors that may inhibit SMEs from using both financial and non-financial performance measures. Data are collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of this study reveal that most of the sampled SMEs measure their performance using both financial and non-financial performance measures, albeit financial performance measures are used more frequently than the non-financial ones. Of the financial performance measures, the most popular ones are sales growth, cash flows, operating income and net profit margin. The most popular non-financial measures are customer focused. These include response time, customers’ satisfaction, percentage of repeat customers and customers’ complaints. The findings also reveal that performance measurement reports are used by the sampled SMEs mostly for monitoring the business, gauging the performance of the business, improving business processes, identifying problems and optimizing the use of resources. The findings further reveal that the performance measures used are perceived to be effective but that the lack of awareness, qualified personnel, top management support, required resources such as computers, had, to some extent, inhibit SMEs from using the appropriate performance measures. This study not only fills in the gap in the literature on performance measurement by SMEs, but also provides invaluable insights on the extent to which these entities use different performance measures. These insights could inform future government interventions meant to avert the high failure rates of these entities and also aid SMEs to gauge their performance measurement practices with a view to adopt the best practices or avoid factors that could inhibit them from using these practices.
Perceived Attributes of Music Teaching Effectiveness Among Kindergarten Teachers: Role of Personality

Musical activity has been found to be beneficial to young children’s all-round development in kindergartens. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between kindergarten teachers’ perceived attributes of music teaching effectiveness and personality. Eighty-eight in-service kindergarten teachers rated themselves using a set of Attributes of Music Teaching Effectiveness (AMTE) and the sensing-intuitive dimension of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Results showed that 75% (66 of 88) and 25% (22 of 88) of the teachers were sensing types and intuitive types, respectively. The former prefers a directive approach in music teaching to children, whereas the latter prefers a non-directive approach. While teachers’ personalities and work experience significantly predicted music teaching effectiveness, intuitive teachers rated themselves higher than did sensing teachers on the AMTE. Furthermore, the teachers of both personality types varied in their ratings of the importance of most effective attributes. Implications of these findings in relation to job allocation and professional development in effective music teaching for kindergarten teachers are discussed.
Mechanisms of Orientation Selectivity in the Primary Visual Cortex

Creating realistic three-dimensional (3D) experiences has been a very active area of research and development, and this article describes progress and what remains to be solved. A very active area of technical development has been to build displays that create the correct relationship between viewing parameters and triangulation depth cues: stereo, motion, and focus. Several disciplines are involved in the design, construction, evaluation, and use of 3D displays, but an understanding of human vision is crucial to this enterprise because in the end, the goal is to provide the desired perceptual experience for the viewer. In this article, we review research and development concerning displays that create 3D experiences. And we highlight areas in which further research and development is needed. 397 Click here to view this article's online features: • Download figures as PPT slides • Navigate linked references • Download citations • Explore related articles • Search keywords ANNUAL REVIEWS Further A nn u. R ev . V is . S ci . 2 01 6. 2: 39 743 5. D ow nl oa de d fr om a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g A cc es s pr ov id ed b y U ni ve rs ity o f C al if or ni a Sa n D ie go o n 01 /2 1/ 17 . F or p er so na l u se o nl y. VS02CH18-Banks ARI 8 September 2016 20:35
Thermophysical Characteristics of OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Abstract In this work, we investigate the thermophysical properties, including thermal inertia, roughness fraction and surface grain size of OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu by using a thermophysical model with the recently updated 3D radar-derived shape model (Nolan et al., 2013) and mid-infrared observations (Müller et al. 2012, Emery et al., 2014). We find that the asteroid bears an effective diameter of 510+6−40 m, a geometric albedo of 0.047+0.0083−0.0011, a roughness fraction of 0.04+0.26−0.04, and thermal inertia of 240+440−60 Jm−2s−0.5K−1 for our best-fit solution. The best-estimate thermal inertia suggests that fine-grained regolith may cover a large portion of Bennu's surface, where a grain size may vary from 1.3 to 31 mm. Our outcome suggests that Bennu is suitable for the OSIRIS-REx mission to return samples to Earth.
Capital Structure and Firm Performance in the Financial Sector: Evidence from Australia

How does capital structure affect firm performance of Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) using explicitly Australian data? This paper investigates the relationship between capital structure and firm performance of Australian ADIs. Our findings show a significant and robust quadratic relationship between capital structure and firm performance of Australian ADIs. At relatively low levels of leverage an increase in debt leads to increased profit efficiency hence superior bank performance, at relatively high levels of leverage increased debt leads to decreased profit efficiency as well as bank performance. This can most likely be attributed to financial distress outweighing any gains made from managerial performance improving.
Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation

Recent legal research on statutory interpretation has raised questions about the usefulness of legislative history-committee reports, hearings, floor debates-in assisting judges in interpreting the intent of legislation. Many legal scholars have expressed skepticism on the grounds that majority rule decisionmaking is chaotic (the Arrow Impossibility Theorem) and that members of the legislature may shirk their responsibilities or engage in strategic misrepresentation of their preferences and expectations. This article applies the economics of information and organization to examine the structure of the legislative process in order to identify how legislators solve the problem of instability of majority rule and to identify the activities in which members have an incentive to reveal
Unanticipated Political Events and Stock Returns: An Event Study

The study focuses on market reaction to announcements of new unanticipated political events using the event analysis methodology. The findings of the study provide a consistent conclusion regarding the existence of information content hypothesis in the Nepalese stock market. The study reveals that good-news (badnews) political announcements generate positive (negative) abnormal returns in the post-event period. The data present important evidence on the speed of adjustment of stock prices to new political information, i.e., in as many as 2 to 3 days from the announcement date. Thus, this paper finds that the Nepalese stock market is inefficient at a semi-strong level, but there is a strong linkage between political uncertainty and common stock returns.
CHAPTER 1 Epidemiology of the Comorbidity between Depression and Heart Disease

The relationship between mood states and the heart has been known since antiquity. Across various cultures, statements in present-day languages such as ‘my heart aches’ are used to communicate depressive emotions. Over the past three decades, a large body of evidence has emerged that documents the adverse impact of depressive disorders on cardiovascular disease. This confirms the early suspicion of astute clinicians that psychological factors play a significant role in the genesis and the course of heart disease, as well as the ancient belief in a mind–body connection in general and humanmoods and the heart in particular. This chapter examines epidemiological studies that have investigated the relationship between depression and heart disease, with specific focus on the prevalence of depression in different populations
Transfer : How ( in-) efficient are French universities ?

This paper presents the first assessment of the eff iciency of the technology transfer operated by the French university system and its main determinants. The analysis is based on a detailed and original database of 51 TTOs, categorized by type of univers ity they belong to, over the period 2003-2007. Overall, we find a low level of efficiency and both intra-category and inter-categories efficiency variation. The analysis of determinants showed that French TTOs efficiency depends extensively on the nature of the category (with universities speci alised in science and engineering being the most efficient ones), on institutional and environmental characteristics. We found that both the seniority of TTO and size of the university have a positive e ff ct. In terms of environmental variables, the intensity of R&D activity (both private and public) has a positive impact; however, in terms of growth rate, only the Private R&D activity seems to be the main driver. Lastly, we find that the presence of a university-related hospital is detrim ental for the efficiency. An extended discussion of the results within the existing literature is also offered.
Infected Human T Cells Conferring Episomal Stability in Latently Herpesvirus Saimiri Are Involved in / LANA Promoter Region of orf 73 the The Insulator Protein CTCF Binding Sites in

Published Ahead of Print 30 November 2011. 2012, 86(3):1862. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06295-11. J. Virol. Armin Ensser Schmidt, Ingrid Müller-Fleckenstein, Barbara Alberter and Katrin Zielke, Florian Full, Natascha Teufert, Monika Infected Human T Cells Conferring Episomal Stability in Latently Herpesvirus Saimiri Are Involved in /LANA Promoter Region of orf73 the The Insulator Protein CTCF Binding Sites in
Continuous-time quantum walks on planar lattices and the role of the magnetic field

We address the dynamics of continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW) on planar 2D lattice graphs, i.e. those forming a regular tessellation of the Euclidean plane (triangular, square, and honeycomb lattice graphs). We first consider the free particle: on square and triangular lattice graphs we observe the well-known ballistic behavior, whereas on the honeycomb lattice graph we obtain a sub-ballistic one, although still faster than the classical diffusive one. We impute this difference to the different amount of coherence generated by the evolution and, in turn, to the fact that, in 2D, the square and the triangular lattices are Bravais lattices, whereas the honeycomb one is non-Bravais. From the physical point of view, this means that CTQWs are not universally characterized by the ballistic spreading. We then address the dynamics in the presence of a perpendicular uniform magnetic field and study the effects of the field by two approaches: (i) introducing the Peierls phase-factors, according to which the tunneling matrix element of the free particle becomes complex, or (ii) spatially discretizing the Hamiltonian of a spinless charged particle in the presence of a magnetic field. Either way, the dynamics of an initially localized walker is characterized by a lower spread compared to the free particle case, the larger is the field the more localized stays the walker. Remarkably, upon analyzing the dynamics by spatial discretization of the Hamiltonian (vector potential in the symmetric gauge), we obtain that the variance of the space coordinate is characterized by pseudo-oscillations, a reminiscence of the harmonic oscillator behind the Hamiltonian in the continuum, whose energy levels are the well-known Landau levels.
A precise calculation of power system frequency and phasor

A series of precise digital algorithms based on discrete Fourier transforms (DFT) to calculate the frequency and phasor in real-time are proposed. These algorithms, called the smart discrete Fourier transforms (SDFT) family, not only keep all of the advantages of DFT but also smartly take frequency deviation and harmonics into consideration. These make the SDFT family more accurate than the other methods. Besides, the SDFT family is recursive and very easy to implement, so it is very suitable for use in real-time. The authors provide the simulation results compared with conventional DFT method and second-order Prony method to validate the claimed benefits of SDFT.
Reflections on Using the Digital Portfolio in Academic Writing in a Philippine University: Problems and Possibilities

This case study reports the use of social networking sites as a means to create digital portfolios for an academic reading and writing class in a tertiary level institution in the Philippines. Three aspects are highlighted in this case study. First, the use of digital portfolios documents the growth of students as writers, working for a particular audience and purpose. Second, since the institution in which the study was conducted advocates the use of technology in teaching and learning, this case study imparts reflections in improving the teaching of writing as seen in the context of a transformative form of education. Third, the case study also shares the upcoming projects to be pursued by the department wherein the author is part of. The data from the digital portfolios are rich areas for exploration in different strands in applied linguistics and technology which can be used for future research.
Effect of meteorological factors on progression of Alternaria leaf blight of mustard and comparison of Logistic and Gompertz growth models in predicting disease severity

The step down multiple regression analysis (MRA) was carried out to determine the meteorological parameters influencing in variation of disease severity of Alternaria leaf blight ( Alternaria brassicae and A. brassicicola ) of mustard. Disease severity estimates (Y) was considered as dependent variable, where as other weather parameters like maximum (T max ) and minimum temperature (T min ); maximum (RH max ) and minimum relative humidity (RH min ); total rainfall (RT); wind velocity evening (WV evening ) and morning (WV morning ); vapour pressure noon (VP noon ) and morning(VP morning ); and bright sunshine hour (BSH) were used as independent variables. The weather variables were found to influence the disease severity differently when crops were shown at different dates of five sowing time for the two consecutive years, 2007-08 to 2008-09. The Gompertz equation was best linearized with the disease progress data followed by the logistic and the untransformed data sets. The linear prediction equations are (1) Y= 3.203-0.356 ( T min ) + 0.015 (RH min ) for 20 th October sowing; (2) Y = - 1.929 + 1.634 (WV morning ) + 0.067 (RT) for 5 th November sowing; (3) Y = - 121.91 + 1.57(T min ) + 1.083(RH max ) + 0.29(RH min ) - 2.27(VP noon ) - 0.61(VP morning ) - 17.17(WV evening ) + 17.83(WV morning ) + 1.65(BSH) + 0.113(RT) for 20 th November sowing; (4) Y = - 5.131 + 0.25 (VP noon ) + 0.256 (BSH) + 0.057 (RT) for 5 th December sowing; (5) Y = - 3.19 + 0.235(T min ) for 20 th December sowing. Gompertz transformation is best for linerizing and prediction of disease severity in all dates of sowing and in early sowing T min , RH min and WV morning influenced the disease progression.