Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of Attachment Styles and Identity Styles in People with Gender Dysphoria Disorder (Operated and Not Operated) and Normal People in Southwest of Iran In 2014

The gender dysphoria disorder is a very rare condition and family is a factor relating to that which is probably effective in its etiology and also at the same time, in its retention. The aim of this study was to compare the attachment style and styles of identity in individuals suffering from this disorder and normal individuals in southwest of Iran. This case control study, was performed to 52 patient from the forensics head office of Fars province who have been diagnosed as suffering from gender dysphoria disorder (the case group) and 150 available people who have been cleared by psychologist of any psychological disorder (witness group). The study tolls include demographic data and Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins and Read) and identity styles questionnaire (ISI) were used in both groups. The gathered data analyzed with the SPSS software (v.18). The statically method’s includes univariate F, Scheffe Poc-Hoc test. A level of significance of (P DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n6s6p381
School Health Services Delivery Scholarship

Much of the literature supporting school nursing practice is based on the medical model. The medical model of scholarship posits a focus on diagnosis, identifies treatment for the problem, and perhaps identifies side effects of the treatment. The model works well in the laboratory where clinical trials are tested, and the outcomes serve as the evidence base for protocols addressing many health problems that school children face (Adams & McCarthy, 2005). When a child arrives at school with a problem and the prescribed treatment, what assurance can the school nurse offer that the protocol will be implemented? What are the factors influencing implementation of the protocols? Given an aggregate of children with health problems, what system adjustments are necessary to assure quality care that enhances learning? Finally, the medical model approach does not address the school population’s needs. What system factors would enhance population care?
Short-term blood pressure variability in relation to outcome in the International Database of Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO)

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring not only provides information on the blood pressure level, but on the diurnal changes in blood pressure as well. The present review summarizes the main fi ndings of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO) with regard to risk stratifi cation based on short-term blood pressure variability. An exaggerated morning surge, exceeding the 90th percentile of the population, is an independent risk factor for mortality and cardiovascular and cardiac events. Conversely, a sleep-through or pre-awakening morning surge less than 20 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure is probably not associated with an increased risk of death or cardiovascular events. Blood pressure variability represented by the average of the daytime and nighttime SD weighted for the duration of the daytime and nighttime interval (SDdn) and by average real variability (ARV24) predicted outcome, but only improved the prediction of the composite cardiovascular events by 0.1%. Overall, results of analyses using the IDACO support the concept that short-term blood pressure variability adds to risk stratifi cation, but 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure level is the most valuable predictor for use in clinical practice.
Compressed domain motion vector resampling for downscaling of MPEG video

Digital video databases in compressed form are becoming widely available. In applications such as video browsing, and picture in picture, for a lower bitrate, there is a need to down-sample the video before transmission. The conventional approach to downscale a compressed video sequence is to decompress it at the video server, perform the down-sampling in the pixel domain and then recompress it for efficient delivery. This process is computationally intensive due to the motion estimation process required during the recompression phase. In the alternative compressed domain approach, the motion vectors of the downscaled video sequence are computed directly from the motion vectors of the original full size stream. In this paper we propose a compressed domain technique that generates a better estimate for the downscaled motion vectors. Simulations suggest that the performance achieved with the proposed method is superior by up to 1 dB to the current compressed domain techniques.
Studies of hydroxyurea administered by continuous infusion. Toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and cell synchronization

Hydroxyurea was administered by means of two schedules designed to provide continuous 72‐hour exposure of tumor cells to therapeutic drug levels. Toxicity and pharmacokinetics were determined for both an oral pulse dose schedule (every 4 hours × 18 doses) and continuous intravenous (IV) infusion for 72 hours. The maximal tolerated dose (MTD) was 800 mg/m2 every 4 hours for the oral route and 3.0 mg/m2/min × 72 hours for IV infusion. Granulocytopenia was dose‐limiting for both schedules and correlated well with plasma‐HU levels. Serial sampling of normal bone marrow (10 patients) and tumor tissue (3 patients) showed a modest degree of synchronization induced by continuous IV infusion of hydroxyurea. Interindividual pharmacokinetic variations severely limit the usefulness of the oral pulse schedule as a potential means of synchronizing cells. Hydroxyurea administered by continuous IV infusion may be useful as a synchronizing agent in humans. Cancer 46:455–462, 1980.
The relative contributions of psychiatric symptoms and AIDS knowledge to HIV risk behaviors among people with severe mental illness.

BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine whether psychiatric symptoms and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge predict human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behavior among people with severe mental illness. METHOD We interviewed 178 psychiatric patients to determine Axis I diagnosis, level of functioning, severity of psychiatric symptoms, knowledge about AIDS, sexual risk behaviors in the previous 6 months, and drug injection since 1978. Severity of psychiatric symptoms was rated on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale within the classification of positive, negative, cognitive, excited, and depressed/anxious symptoms. RESULTS Ninety-two patients (51.7%) reported being sexually active in the previous 6 months. Of sexually active patients for whom data were available, 44 (47.8%) of 92 had multiple sex partners; 32 (35.2%) of 91 used drugs during sex; 27 (29.7%) of 91 traded sex for drugs, money, or other goods; and 50 (58.1%) of 86 never used condoms. Thirty-one patients (17.5%) had drug-injection histories. The median AIDS knowledge score was 23 (82.1%) of 28. Although AIDS knowledge was negatively correlated with cognitive and negative symptoms and positively correlated with excitement, knowledge alone did not predict any risk behavior. However, when AIDS knowledge was taken together with age and excited symptoms, the odds of being sexually active versus abstinent were three times higher among patients with better AIDS knowledge and twice higher among patients with greater excited symptoms. Having multiple sex partners was nearly three times as likely among patients with greater positive symptoms. Trading sex was more than three times as likely among patients with schizophrenia than among those with other diagnoses and more than five times as likely among those with more excitement symptoms. CONCLUSION Patients, particularly those who were sexually active, were well informed about AIDS. Specific psychiatric conditions, including the presence of positive and excited symptoms and a diagnosis of schizophrenia, predicted certain sexual risk behaviors and must be the focus of innovative prevention efforts.
Use of Fine Needle Aspirates and Flow Cytometry for the Diagnosis, Classification, and Immunophenotyping of Canine Lymphomas

Fifty canine lymphomas were classified cytomorphologically using the updated Kiel classification scheme. Aspirates of lymph nodes from dogs with lymphoma were stained using 5 canine-specific antibodies and 3 human-specific antibodies that cross-react with canine lymphocytes. The antibody-stained aspirates were analyzed by flow cytometry. A total of 32 (64%) of the 50 lymphomas were characterized as B-cell origin and 18 (36%) were of T-cell origin. B-cell lymphomas were identified in 12 females and 20 males with a mean age of 8.35 years. T-cell lymphomas were identified in 8 females and 10 males with a mean age of 7.9 years. A minority of the lymphomas were low-grade B-cell and T-cell lymphomas (6/50, 12% and 4/50, 8%, respectively). The most common morphologic types were high-grade centroblastic and unclassifiable plasmacytoid for B- and T-cell lymphomas (18/50, 36% and 7/50, 14%, respectively).
A comparison of phenotype definitions for diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE This study compares the yield and characteristics of diabetes cohorts identified using heterogeneous phenotype definitions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Inclusion criteria from seven diabetes phenotype definitions were translated into query algorithms and applied to a population (n=173 503) of adult patients from Duke University Health System. The numbers of patients meeting criteria for each definition and component (diagnosis, diabetes-associated medications, and laboratory results) were compared. RESULTS Three phenotype definitions based heavily on ICD-9-CM codes identified 9-11% of the patient population. A broad definition for the Durham Diabetes Coalition included additional criteria and identified 13%. The electronic medical records and genomics, NYC A1c Registry, and diabetes-associated medications definitions, which have restricted or no ICD-9-CM criteria, identified the smallest proportions of patients (7%). The demographic characteristics for all seven phenotype definitions were similar (56-57% women, mean age range 56-57 years). The NYC A1c Registry definition had higher average patient encounters (54) than the other definitions (range 44-48) and the reference population (20) over the 5-year observation period. The concordance between populations returned by different phenotype definitions ranged from 50 to 86%. Overall, more patients met ICD-9-CM and laboratory criteria than medication criteria, but the number of patients that met abnormal laboratory criteria exclusively was greater than the numbers meeting diagnostic or medication data exclusively. DISCUSSION Differences across phenotype definitions can potentially affect their application in healthcare organizations and the subsequent interpretation of data. CONCLUSIONS Further research focused on defining the clinical characteristics of standard diabetes cohorts is important to identify appropriate phenotype definitions for health, policy, and research.
'Neutropenia' in black west Indians.

A prospective case control study routine haematological parameters was conducted in 294 healthy Black and White age/sex-matched subjects. The most important finding relevant to clinical practice was a reduction of total white cell count in Blacks due mainly to reduced neutrophil numbers. Twenty-one percent of sickle negative Blacks had white cell counts below the lowest value seen in Whites. The haemoglobin concentration, erythrocyte mean cell volume and monocyte count were also significantly lower amongst Blacks though lymphocyte counts were higher. The racial differences in haemoglobin and white count were not accounted for by differences in smoking and drinking habits. They were also found when Blacks with sickle cell trait were compared to age/sex-matched Whites and in others taking the oral contraceptive pill. Awareness of racial group should aid interpretation of routine tests and avoid unnecessary investigation of normal 'neutropenic' Blacks.
Limited Coalition Formation with Binding Agreements

We study coalition formation in “real time”, a situation in which coalition formation is intertwined with the ongoing receipt of pay-offs. Agreements are assumed to be permanently binding: They can only be altered with the full consent of existing signatories. For characteristic function games we prove that equilibrium processes—whether or not these are history dependent—must converge to efficient absorbing states. For three-player games with externalities each player has enough veto power that a general efficiency result can be established. However, there exist four-player games in which all Markov equilibria are inefficient from every initial condition, despite the ability to write permanently binding agreements.
A note on stable recollements

In this short \'etude, we observe that the full structure of a recollement on a stable infinity-category can be reconstructed from minimal data: that of a reflective and coreflective full subcategory. The situation has more symmetry than one would expect at a glance. We end with a practical lemma on gluing equivalences along a recollement.
Molecular cloning and characterization of WNT3A and WNT14 clustered in human chromosome 1q42 region.

Human WNT3A and WNT14 cDNAs were cloned and characterized. WNT3A and WNT14 encoded WNT family protein of 352 and 365 amino acids, respectively. The 3.0-kb WNT3A mRNA was moderately expressed in placenta, and the 4.4-kb WNT14 mRNA was moderately expressed in skeletal muscle and heart. Although WNT3A mRNA was not detected in 35 human cancer cell lines, WNT14 mRNA was expressed in gastric cancer cell lines TMK1, MKN7, MKN45 and KATO-III. WNT3A and WNT14 genes, clustered in the head to head manner with an interval of about 58.0 kb, were mapped to human chromosome 1q42 region by fluorescence in situ hybridization. WNT3 and WNT15, clustered in human chromosome 17q21 region, are related genes of WNT3A and WNT14, respectively. WNT3A-WNT14 gene cluster and WNT3-WNT15 gene cluster might be generated due to duplication of ancestral gene cluster, just like WNT10A-WNT6 gene cluster and WNT10B-WNT1 gene cluster. Integration sites of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) are located in the mouse chromosomal regions corresponding to these human WNT gene clusters. These results strongly suggest that unidentified nucleotide motif responsible for susceptibility to recombination might exist within the intergenic regions of these WNT gene clusters.
Volumetric MRI differences in treatment-naïve vs chronically treated children with ADHD

Objective: To determine if there are differences in the volume of the caudate and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and controls, and if such differences are related to the subjects’ history of stimulant treatment. Methods: We performed a case-control study in an academic medical center. Twenty-one healthy controls, 16 children with ADHD, combined type with a history of stimulant treatment, and 14 children with ADHD, combined type treatment naïve, underwent structural MRI. All children with ADHD were medication-free at the time of the MRI. Regional hemispheric volumes (in cm3) of caudate and anterior cingulate cortex were determined. Results: There were significant differences bilaterally on caudate volume for both ADHD groups vs controls, with no difference between the ADHD groups on either side. In contrast, the right ACC was significantly smaller for the ADHD-treatment naïve (ADHD/TN) group compared to the ADHD-treated (ADHD/Rx) and control group. The volume of left ACC approached significance contrast between ADHD/RX and ADHD/TN. There were no differences found between the ADHD/Rx and controls on the ACC volumes bilaterally. Conclusions: The results from this study indicate a relationship of previous treatment history with caudate and anterior cingulate volumetric changes in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–combined type.
The 2005 Survey of Information Systems Research in Australia

As part of a study to investigate the state of Information Systems research in Australia, a survey of the heads of all IS discipline groups in Australian universities was conducted in mid 2005. The study revealed a wide range of topics researched (with rapid growth in Electronic Commerce and Knowledge Management), a range of foci, a balance between positivist and interpretivist research, survey was the most frequently used research method, and most research was directed at informing IS professionals. A SWOT analysis identified the growing importance of industry relevance and collaboration.
MT1-MMP Controls Tumor-induced Angiogenesis through the Release of Semaphorin 4D*

The semaphorins are a family of proteins originally identified as regulators of axon growth that recently have been implicated in blood vessel development. The plexins are high affinity receptors for the semaphorins and are responsible for initiation of signaling upon ligation. Emerging evidence indicates that many human cancers overexpress Semaphorin 4D, which promotes neovascularization upon stimulating its receptor, Plexin-B1, on endothelial cells. However, to exert its pro-angiogenic functions, Semaphorin 4D must be processed and released from its membrane bound form to act in a paracrine manner on endothelial cells. Here we show that Semaphorin 4D is a novel target for the membrane-tethered collagenase membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase. We demonstrate that this metalloproteinase, which is not expressed in normal or immortal but non-tumorigenic epithelial cell lines, was present in several head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines and was required for processing and release of Semaphorin 4D into its soluble form from these cells, thereby inducing endothelial cell chemotaxis in vitro and blood vessel growth in vivo. These results suggest that the proteolytic cleavage of Semaphorin 4D may provide a novel molecular mechanism by which membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase controls tumor-induced angiogenesis.
Zirconate coupling agent for bonding resin luting cement to pure zirconium.

PURPOSE To evaluate the shear bond strengths of two dual-cured resin luting cements to pure zirconium and the effect of zirconate coupling agent on the bond strength. METHODS The two different-shaped pure zirconium specimens (99.9%) were untreated or treated with one of the four primers including zirconate coupler and then cemented together with one of the two dual-cured resin luting cements. Half of the specimens were stored in water at 37 degrees C for 24 hours and the other half thermocycled 20,000 times before shear bond strength testing. RESULTS Regardless of the resin luting cement and thermocycling, specimens treated with the mixture of zirconate coupler and resin bonding agent showed the highest shear bond strength among the five treatments. Surface treatment with the mixture of zirconate coupler and resin bonding agent showed significantly greater shear bond strength compared with other treatments at 20,000 thermocycles. The application by the mixture of zirconate coupler and resin bonding agent on the pure zirconium metal surface appears to be effective for bonding between zirconium and dual-cured resin luting cements.
Exploring a Counterintuitive Finding with Methodological Implications Why is 9 > 221 in a Between-subjects Design?

In the present experiment, 107 undergraduates judged the size of 9 or of 221, using either a numerical scale from 1 to 10 or a continuous line, both of which were anchored by the labels low and high. Replicating previous research with the numerical scale and more extreme labels (very very small, very very large), it was found that 9 was rated greater than 221. In addition, from reports of the meaning of the end points of the scales, it was concluded that 9 invoked a smaller context than 221, at least for some participants. These results add to concerns that between-subject designs are not free of context effects that may lead to anomalous outcomes.
The Business Cycle, Financial Performance, and the Retirement of Capital Goods

The neoclassical investment literature assumes that capital is homogenous, lives forever and has a constant depreciation rate. More recent theories of investment have shown that when there are distinct capital vintages with embodied technologies, depreciation and capital retirement become economic decisions and this raises important problems with existing empirical work. Direct testing of these issues, however, has been rare because of the lack of micro data. This paper uses new data on the service lives of individual capital goods in the airline industry to empirically examine the impact that economic factors have on capital retirement. The results strongly support the view that retirement is fundamentally an economic decision. Retirement is much more likely in recessions, when the cost of capital is low, or when a firm has good financial performance. Factor prices and industry regulation are also important. Since many of these factors also influence capital expenditures, the results imply that estimates from the conventional investment literature such as the effect of the cost of capital or financial performance may substantially overstate the case since their impact on net investment may be much more modest than their impact on gross investment. The results also have implications for the measurement of productivity.
HIV infection of primary human T cells is determined by tunable thresholds of T cell activation

HIV infection of primary human T cells requires T cell activation signals. However, how strength, duration, and quality of TCR signals affect susceptibility of resting human T cells to HIV infection remains poorly understood. We found that the same threshold and duration of antigen signals that lead to optimal T cell activation are required for HIV to progress beyond the level of reversetranscription within resting T cells. Remarkably, sustained cytokine signaling from the IL‐2 receptor following TCR triggering was critical in establishing productive infection. While blockade of TCR signaling pathways with inhibitors of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase pathway caused a partial pre‐integration block, another inhibitor, rapamycin, completely suppressed the infection. In contrast, cyclosporin A or FK506, inhibitors of NFAT, failed to block infection if the T cells were pre‐activated. Collectively, these results bring to light significant parallels between successful HIV infection and optimal thresholds of T cell activation. Furthermore, our results underscore the critical role of IL‐2 signaling in establishing productive HIV infection. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the complex interplay of HIV with host factors induced upon T cell activation.