Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Educació Física en anglès: percepcions dels estudiants entorn d'una experiència metodològica en el marc universitari.

L’article presenta una experiencia AICLE en el marc universitari, a traves de l’execucio de dues assignatures de l’area d’educacio fisica dels estudis de Magisteri en llengua anglesa. El projecte suposa una primera experiencia pilot de la introduccio d’assignatures AICLE a la FPCEE Blanquerna (Universitat Ramon Llull), abans de la plena implementacio dels nous plans d’estudi. Es mostra una proposta didactica pel tractament de les assignatures en format AICLE, aixi com, una analisi de les creences dels estudiants participants entorn l’experiencia desenvolupada. La metodologia de la recerca, basada en una investigacio accio, ha utilitzat dues estrategies de recollida de dades: els grups de discussio i el diari de classe. L’analisi qualitativa de les dades s’ha realitzat amb el suport del ATLAS.ti. Els resultats i la discussio permeten introduir nous indicadors d’interes al debat metodologic de les assignatures en format AICLE en el marc universitari.
runjags: An R Package Providing Interface Utilities, Model Templates, Parallel Computing Methods and Additional Distributions for MCMC Models in JAGS

The runjags package provides a set of interface functions to facilitate running Markov chain Monte Carlo models in JAGS from within R. Automated calculation of appropriate convergence and sample length diagnostics, user-friendly access to commonly used graphical outputs and summary statistics, and parallelized methods of running JAGS are provided. Template model specifications can be generated using a standard lme4-style formula interface to assist users less familiar with the BUGS syntax. Automated simulation study functions are implemented to facilitate model performance assessment, as well as drop-k type cross-validation studies, using high performance computing clusters such as those provided by parallel. A module extension for JAGS is also included within runjags, providing the Pareto family of distributions and a series of minimally-informative priors including the DuMouchel and half-Cauchy priors. This paper outlines the primary functions of this package, and gives an illustration of a simulation study to assess the sensitivity of two equivalent model formulations to different prior distributions.
PREOPERATIVE CHEMORADIATION FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED LOW LYING RECTAL CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Optimal management of low lying locally advanced rectal cancer remains a major challenge. This study was performed to evaluate the impact of preoperative external radiation therapy combined with systemic chemotherapy on sphincter preservation and local control in locally advanced low lying (<5 cm from anal verge) rectal cancer. A total of 25 consecutive patients with biopsy proven locally advanced low lying rectal cancer were treated with preoperative 5FU (750 mg/m²/day, first and fifth week of radiation) and external beam radiation (45 GY in 25 fractions over 5 weeks) followed by radical resection. Surgery was performed 4-6 weeks after the end of chemoradiation. There was no major acute toxicity following chemoradiation and all patients completed their scheduled preoperative therapy. A complete pathologic response to preoperative chemoradiation was confirmed in 3 patients (12%). The pathologic tumor stages in the remaining patients were: T3N0 (n = 4, 18%), T3N1 (n = 3,14%), T4N0 (n = 9, 41%), and T4N1 (n = 6, 27%). Eighteen patients (72%) had a sphincter saving surgical procedure but sphincter was finally preserved in 16 patients (64%). A perfect continence was achieved in 85% of cases. There were 2 (8%) perioperative mortality and 9 (36%) perioperative morbidity. In 3 (12%) patients a reoperation was required. At a median follow up of 27 months, local recurrence was observed in 1 patient (4.3%) and distant metastases in 5 patients (21.7%). It seems that preoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer may provide higher rate of sphincter preservation.
Variational Bayesian Approach to Movie Rating Prediction

Singular value decomposition (SVD) is a matrix decomposition algorithm that returns the optimal (in the sense of squared error) low-rank decomposition of a matrix. SVD has found widespread use across a variety of machine learning applications, where its output is interpreted as compact and informative representations of data. The Netflix Prize challenge, and collaborative filtering in general, is an ideal application for SVD, since the data is a matrix of ratings given by users to movies. It is thus not surprising to observe that most currently successful teams use SVD, either with an extension, or to interpolate with results returned by other algorithms. Unfortunately SVD can easily overfit due to the extreme data sparsity of the matrix in the Netflix Prize challenge, and care must be taken to regularize properly. In this paper, we propose a Bayesian approach to alleviate overfitting in SVD, where priors are introduced and all parameters are integrated out using variational inference. We show experimentally that this gives significantly improved results over vanilla SVD. For truncated SVDs of rank 5, 10, 20, and 30, our proposed Bayesian approach achieves 2.2% improvement over a naive approach, 1.6% improvement over a gradient descent approach dealing with unobserved entries properly, and 0.9% improvement over a maximum a posteriori (MAP) approach.
Learning About Foodborne Pathogens: Evaluation of Student Perceptions of Group Project Work in a Food Microbiology Course

This study examined the experiences of students in an active learning group work exercise in an introductory food microbiology course involving the study of foodborne pathogens. Small groups were required to access, analyze, and present information regarding a single food poisoning bacterium. The presentations contained features and epidemiological information of the pathogen and also a review of a research journal article and a real food poisoning outbreak report involving the pathogen. Analysis of responses from a questionnaire that allowed direct comparisons to be made with other published group work studies revealed that this exercise was a positive learning experience. In particular, students noted improvements in communication, interaction, information acquisition, and organizational skills.
Lyme neuroborreliosis presenting chiefly with neuropsychiatric symptoms displaying difficulties in diagnosis: Report of two cases

Abstract Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Its clinical hallmark, erythema migrans, is present only in about two thirds of infected patients. After erythema migrans, Bannwarth's syndrome (meningitis, polyradiculoneuritis, cranial nerve palsies) represents the second most common clinical manifestation of acute Borrelia infection, especially in Europe. We describe here two cases of Lyme neuroborreliosis presenting chiefly with neuropsychiatric symptoms displaying difficulties in diagnosis because the patients had no history of tick bite or erythema migrans. In one of the cases, psychiatric complaints were predominant and she had a preliminary diagnosis of catatonic and psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition. The other patient had a clinical picture of meningitis with a protracted course. They were successfully treated with oral doxycycline. Apropos of these two cases, the relevant literature has been reviewed.
α‐Adrenoceptors and α ‐Adrenoceptor‐Mediated Positive Inotropic Effects in Failing Human Myocardium

Experiments were designed to characterize cardiac α-adrenoceptors and the a-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effects in human myocardial tissue from patients with moderate New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II—III and severe (NYHA class IV) heart failure. The number of cardiac a-adrenoceptors was low but similar in moderate and severe heart failure (NYHA class II—III: 6.7 ± 0.8 fmol/mg protein 3H-prazosin bound, n = 12; NYHA class IV: 7.4 ± 0.9 fmol/mg protein 3H-prazosin bound, n = 9; NS). Correspondingly, the α-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect (phenylephrine in the presence of propranolol) did not significantly differ in both groups. In the same hearts, the number of β-adrenoceptors was measured. The number of β-adrenoceptors was significantly reduced in severe heart failure (NYHA class II — III: 22.0 ± 1.5 fmol/mg protein 3H-CGP 12177 bound, n = 12; NYHA class IV: 11.9 ± 0.8 fmol/mg protein 3H-CGP 12177 bound, n = 9; p < 0.05). The positive inotropic effect of isoprenaline was significantly reduced in NYHA class IV. The positive inotropic effect of Ca2+ was similar in both groups. In conclusion, cardiac β-adrenoceptors and the β-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effects were reduced in severely failing myocardium. Cardiac α-adrenoceptors and the positive inotropic effect resulting from their stimulation is unchanged. Therefore, down regulation in response to increased sympathetic stimulation or a compensatory increase of α-adrenoceptors does obviously not occur in the human heart. Because there is no reduction of cardiac α-adrenoceptors but an increased ratio of α-adrenoceptors to the total amount of adrenoceptors, they might serve to contribute to the maintenance of cardiac contractility in severe heart failure, in which β-adrenoceptor-mediated responses are compromised.
The role of age and life course stage in digital consumption

Kuoppamäki, Sanna The role of age and life course stage in digital consumption Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2018, 99 p. (JYU Dissertations ISSN 2489-9003; 36) ISBN 978-951-39-7608-8 (PDF) Digital technologies are an inherent part of consumer environments today. This dissertation investigates older adults’ usage of digital technologies by focusing on the role of age and life course stage in digital consumption in Finland. The dissertation applies theories of technology adoption and use, generations, and life course to examine older adults as digital consumers, the interrelationship between consumption and digital technologies and the effects of age and life course stage on digital consumption. The study utilises both quantitative and qualitative data from five (5) data sets. The results reveal that between the years 1999 and 2014, older adults reported more ecological and less self-indulgent attitudes towards consumption than young adults. Between 2009 and 2014, these differences were best explained by life course factors, i.e. household type and other socio-demographic variables. The results suggest that older adults are active online shoppers but less active users of mobile-based entertainment media. Online shopping is best explained by life course factors whereas entertainment media may be connected to generational preferences for certain types of media. The results indicate that older adults discuss digital technologies in relation to personal skills, social relationships and security. Older adults utilise electricity company online services more frequently than young adults and report a lack of knowledge regarding online environments less frequently than young adults. Considering digital participation in service environments the study acknowledges that, while the significance of chronological age in digital participation might be decreasing, the role of life course factors persist. As a main outcome of the study, the dissertation presents a comprehension of digital consumption across the life course that considers the role of chronological, generational and biographical age in digital consumption. The study concludes that older adults are selective users of digital technologies, and digital skills, needs and digital interaction transform digital service environments. The dissertation proposes that a generational framework for digital consumption provides an insufficient explanation for digital consumption, and suggests that life stage factors, such as bodily, mental and biographical ageing, transform the individual’s tendency to consume digitally.
Online Dutch L2 learning in adult education: educators’ and providers’ viewpoints on needs, advantages and disadvantages

Abstract This study critically addresses the assumptions made by educators and providers in the field of Dutch second language (L2) acquisition about the online learning of Dutch L2. These include assumptions about advantages and disadvantages of online language learning, such as flexibility, learner autonomy, enhanced opportunities for remediation and differentiation versus disadvantages including the solitary learning mode, delayed feedback or high production costs. Even though stakeholders perceive a clear need for online Dutch L2 learning, and are aware of several advantages of online language learning, the current implementation level is still low. The perceived disadvantages might be a factor hindering the transition to online learning. A reorientation of the current provision of Dutch L2 courses is perceived as desirable, with self-directed, needs-oriented and customised learning as the key concepts. The outcomes shed light on perceptions that foster or hinder the development of online language courses for adult migrants, and could resonate with language professionals worldwide.
Growth at Adolescence

argument is often, if not acrimonious, at least heated. It gives an impression of the fluidity of opinion on many fundamental ideas under discussion and of the urgency with which cardiac cyanosis in the newborn is regarded. When Dr. William Muscott says that the earliest he has operated for pulmonary stenosis is on an infant 3 days old, and Sir Russell Brock agrees that the earlier in the first month that operation is undertaken the better, and when Dr. Varco asks Dr. Senning 'so far as I know they have never yet catheterized any child intrauterine in Sweden, but they have done it through the delivery canal sometimes-would you tell us the indications of the Scandinavian group for catheterization in the immediate newborn period? ', one is indeed being kept up with the times. But that was two years ago and already some of the questions then debated have since been answered. This beautifully printed and well-illustrated stiff paperbacked volume is, and will for a few years yet remain, an invaluable companion to a full-scale textbook on congenital heart disease.
EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELD IN TREATMENT OF LOWER BACK MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Introduction: Low back pain affects about 60% to 90% of the working-age population in modern industrial society. Myofascial pain syndrome is a condition characterized by muscles shortening with increased tone and associated with trigger points that aggravated with activity of daily living. Aim of work: To examine the effects of magnetic field therapy in patients with lower back myofascial pain syndrome. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients were assigned randomly into 2 groups. Subjects in the experimental group (n=15)with main age of 36.73(±2.52) received traditional physical therapy program (infrared radiation, ultrasonic, stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles) as well as magnetic field , and control group (n = 15) with main age of 37.27(±2.52) received traditional physical therapy only. The following parameters including pain severity, functional disability and lumbar range of motion (flexion, extension, right side bending and left side bending) were measured before and after 4 weeks of treatment. Results: The results showed significant improvement in all parameters in experimental group compared with those of control group. Conclusion: On the basis of the present date, it is possible to conclude that a magnetic field is effective as a method of treatment for lower back myofascial pain syndrome patients with the parameters used in the present study.
Brownian Agents and Active Particles: Collective Dynamics in the Natural and Social Sciences

"This book lays out a vision for a coherent framework for understanding complex systems'' (from the foreword by J. Doyne Farmer). By developing the genuine idea of Brownian agents, the author combines concepts from informatics, such as multiagent systems, with approaches of statistical many-particle physics. This way, an efficient method for computer simulations of complex systems is developed which is also accessible to analytical investigations and quantitative predictions. The book demonstrates that Brownian agent models can be successfully applied in many different contexts, ranging from physicochemical pattern formation, to active motion and swarming in biological systems, to self-assembling of networks, evolutionary optimization, urban growth, economic agglomeration and even social systems.
Uso de rejeito da dessalinização na solução nutritiva da alface, cultivada em fibra de coco

A escassez de agua de boa qualidade na regiao semiarida leva ao uso de agua salobra para a irrigacao. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito do uso de rejeito da dessalinizacao na solucao nutritiva, sobre a producao da alface (Lactuca sativa L.), cultivada em sistema hidroponico com o substrato fibra de coco. O ensaio foi desenvolvido em um ambiente protegido do Departamento de Ciencias Ambientais, da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Arido, em Mossoro-RN, instalado em delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial com cinco x dois tratamentos e tres repeticoes, testando-se cinco niveis de salinidade da solucao nutritiva, obtidos com ou sem a necessidade de diluicao da agua de rejeito da dessalinizacao (CE 1,1; 2,4; 3,6; 4,7 e 5,7 dS m-1) e dois cultivares de alface (Veronica e alface roxa, cv. Quatro Estacoes). As plantas cresceram bem em todos os niveis de salinidade, mostrando que as aguas residuarias do processo de dessalinizacao podem ser usadas como fonte potencial de agua para a producao hidroponica de alface, embora as perdas de producao tenham aumentado com a salinidade, (6 a 8% por unidade de condutividade eletrica) , chegando a 28-35% para a solucao totalmente preparada com agua de rejeito. O cv. Quatro Estacoes mostrou maior tolerância a salinidade do que Veronica.
Evolutionary medicine: The impact of evolutionary theory on research, prevention, and practice

We review recent evidence for a growing number of discrepancies between our contemporary existence and evolutionary history which have the potential to impair and undermine features of human mental and physical health. Included in this review are health issues related to bottle feeding, caesarian section, infection, cleanliness, fever, exercise, diet, mate choice, contraception, semen sampling, and body odor suppression.
APERÇU SUR LA FAUNE ARTHROPODOLOGIQUE DES PALMERAIES D’EL-KANTARA

Au cours de notre etude de la faune arthropodologique de la region de Biskra, nous avons choisi deux stations d’experimentation dans la zone d’El- Kantara. Deux types de palmeraies existent, moderne et traditionnelle. Notre inventaire revele la presence de 48 especes invertebres, les memes observees dans chaque site mais avec des effectifs differents, signalons toujours que la palmeraie traditionnelle est la plus dominante avec un taux global de 67,87%. La classe des insectes est la plus peuplee par 46 especes, soit 95,84% de la totalite. Elle est suivie par celle des crustacees et celle des arachnides par une seule espece et un pourcentage de 2,08% chacune. Suivant l’ordre systematique les orthopteres sont classes en premiere position avec un taux de 18,75 %, suivis par les coleopteres 16,67 %, enfin l’ordre des lepidopteres et celui des hymenopteres avec un taux de 14,58 % chacun. En fonction du regime alimentaire nous avons note cinq groupes dont les phytophages sont les plus representes avec un taux de 56,25 %. Ils sont suivis par les predateurs avec 20,83 %, les saprophages avec 18,78 % et enfin les parasites et les polyphages avec un taux de 2,08 % chacun. During our study of the arthropodologic fauna of the area of Biskra we have chose two test centers in the zone of El- Kantara. Two types of palm plantations exist, modern and traditional. Our inventory reveals the presence of 48 species invertebrates, same ones observed in each site but with different manpower, always let us announce that the traditional palm plantation is most dominant with a total rate of 67,87%. The class of the insects is populated by 46 species, that is to say 95,84% of totality. It is followed by that of crustacean and that of Arachnida by only one species and a percentage of 2,08% each one. According to the systematic order the orthoptera are classified in first position with a rate of 18,75 %, followed by the Coleoptera 16,67%, the Lepidoptera and the hymenoptera with 14,58 % each one. According to the food mode we noted five groups whose Phytophagous ones are represented with a rate of 56,25 %, followed by the predatory ones with 20,83 %, the Saprophagous with 18,78 % and finally the parasites and the Polyphagous ones with a rate of 2,08 % each one
Statistical Analysis of Questionnaires: A Unified Approach Based on R and Stata

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User satisfaction-are we really measuring system effectiveness

Drawing upon attribution theory, the effects are examined of performance outcomes on users' judgments about an information system at the conclusion of a computer-based business game. Results indicate that those users who successfully performed the task attributed their performance outcomes to their own effort and understanding, while those who were unsuccessful tended to blame their poor performance on luck and/or the quality of the system. The relationship between user expectations and actual outcomes is also linked to performance attributions. It is concluded that the patterns of causal reasoning observed raise serious questions about the validity of using user satisfaction ratings as measures of system effectiveness. <<ETX>>