Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Finding the pieces of the cultural jigsaw : a study of sixth form culture within Lawrence Sheriff School

This study seeks to explore school culture through an examination of Sixth Form culture within a West Midlands secondary school. Problems in differentiating between the terms ‘culture’ and ‘climate’ are acknowledged, and the methodologies associated with each term are explored. Through this process the need to make use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods in cultural analysis is identified. Exploration of earlier research also highlights the dangers of focusing upon the perceptions o f teachers and disregarding the views of students. The study addresses these issues by making use of surveys, interviews, observation and documentary analysis to examine student perceptions of Sixth Form culture. Examination o f earlier research leads to the identification of the typology developed by Deal and Kennedy (1988) as the model of cultural analysis that can be most easily operationalised within the school context. Chapter four of the study demonstrates that this model can be readily used to analyse the ‘internal culture’ of an institution. However, the chapter also makes it clear that even this model addresses only one aspect of school culture. For this reason, chapter five proposes a new model of cultural analysis, one that explores the remaining jigsaw pieces of school culture: subcultures, leadership and culture, culture and society and cultural change. The study argues that only when these five pieces are fitted together can school culture be fully understood. The study concludes by highlighting the need for further research making use of this new model o f cultural analysis. It also argues that current national educational policy is based upon assumptions about school culture that are not be supported by the findings of this research.
Remodeling of the pulmonary circulation - a novel response to allergic airway inflammation

Asthma is characterized, not only by inflammation but also by airway and vascular remodeling. Airway remodeling is established early in disease, structural alterations have been found in children, and is thought to contribute to asthma symptoms. Unfortunately, airway remodeling is considered difficult to reverse and it seldom resolves completely. Studies of vascular involvement in asthma have mainly focused on the tracheal and bronchial microcirculation, as these vessels are relatively easy to obtain. Some scattered studies have investigated bronchial and pulmonary arteries, using autopsy specimens. The overall aim of the project was to investigate vascular remodeling by utilizing two different animal models of allergic airway inflammation (where chicken egg albumin (OVA) or house dust mite (HDM) extract were used as allergens). More specifically the structural alterations of remodeling, the time frame of development and the resolution were investigated. The studies show that vascular remodeling is a feature of allergic airway inflammation, despite which allergen used to initialize the inflammatory response. Both the systemic tracheal microvessels as well as all parts of the pulmonary circulation undergo changes. The structural alterations of vascular remodeling induced by allergic airway inflammation, was similar to features as seen in airway remodeling. Vascular remodeling appears to be only partially reversible, as some structural alterations seem to remain even when the allergic inflammation is resolved. In summary this thesis describes the involvement of the vasculature in airway inflammation, characterizes vascular remodeling and shows that similar structural alterations are induced by two different allergens. (Less)
Intra‐ and interreader reproducibility of PI‐RADSv2: A multireader study

The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI‐RADSv2) has been in use since 2015; while interreader reproducibility has been studied, there has been a paucity of studies investigating the intrareader reproducibility of PI‐RADSv2.
Optimal Accuracy-Privacy Trade-Off for Secure Computations

The purpose of secure multi-party computation is to enable protocol participants to compute a public function of their private inputs while keeping their inputs secret, without resorting to any trusted third party. However, opening the public output of such computations inevitably reveals some information about the private inputs. We propose a measure generalizing both Rényi entropy and $g$ -entropy so as to quantify this information leakage. In order to control and restrain such information flows, we introduce the notion of function substitution, which replaces the computation of a function that reveals sensitive information with that of an approximate function. We exhibit theoretical bounds for the privacy gains that this approach provides and experimentally show that this enhances the confidentiality of the inputs while controlling the distortion of computed output values. Finally, we investigate the inherent compromise between accuracy of computation and privacy of inputs and we demonstrate how to realize such optimal trade-offs.
Immunotherapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, intra- and extra-biliary ductal, hepatocellular, and colorectal cancers) are an important cause of cancer incidence and mortality in the US and globally. GI cancers account for 15.4% and 23.8% of incident cancers and cancer-related deaths respectively in the US alone. Although earlier diagnosis and treatment advances have improved outcomes for some GI malignancies, the need for improved therapies in all disease phases (adjuvant, neoadjuvant and advanced) is paramount. Utilization of monoclonal antibodies targeting against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has shown the success in selected colorectal carcinoma patients. More investigations of immunotherapy are on going in the treatment of GI malignances with different mechanisms and methods. In this article, we review data for established and evolving immunotherapy-related treatment options in GI malignancies.
Calf health before and after change in housing system – isolated barn vs. hutches

Calf health is of importance both from a financial perspective and from an animal welfare point of view. Housing system and environment are factors affecting the calves’ health. The objective of this project was to make a review of literature on calf health and housing and to perform an observational study on calf health at Notcenter Viken, Research Dairy Farm, Lantmannen Sweden that changed calf housing system; from a traditional indoor system (Group IN) to outdoor hutches (Group OUT). It was only the housing system that was changed; the routines and feed were the same in both systems. Frequencies of pneumonia and diarrhoea, and the use of antibiotics in the different systems were compared in this study. Pneumonia was the most common registered disease followed by diarrhoea. More than twice as many diagnoses of pneumonia were registered in Group IN (255 diagnoses) compared to Group OUT (114 diagnoses). The percentage of calves diagnosed with pneumonia in Group OUT was still high compared to earlier Swedish studies. There was a significant difference in diarrhoea between the groups (p=0.0016), although the difference was not as large as in pneumonia (30.5% of the calves in Group IN was diagnosed with diarrhoea compared to 21.3% in Group OUT). Diarrhoea as well as pneumonia was diagnosed in a higher proportion of calves compared to earlier Swedish studies. One reason for the higher percentage of registered diarrhoea could be the problem with coccidian parasites that exists on the farm, but the same proportion of treated and untreated calves was later diagnosed with diarrhoea. More antibiotics were used for treatments in Group IN than in Group OUT; 63% and 37% respectively of the total use of antibiotics during the study period. Most of the antibiotics were used for treatment of pneumonia. Age at diagnosed diarrhoea was usually between 5 and 18 days of age with the highest number of calves at 9 days of age in Group IN and 11 days in Group OUT. Age at diagnosed pneumonia was more evenly spread in ages and did not have a peak at a specific age, but both groups seemed to follow a similar trend.
Umbilical cord blood : advocating donation and comparing public versus private UCB banking

Objective. Umbilical cord blood is a relatively new and experimental therapy, yet, it shows great potential for the future. Currently, healthcare providers and the public lack sufficient knowledge on this subject. Condensed, practical literature review of the many studies involving UCB, its uses, and banking. Method. Research articles regarding UCB were found using MEDLINE, PubMed, EBSCO, OHIOLINK, and Mulford Library. Results. A literature review of the uses, benefits, and banking of umbilical cord blood. Conclusion. Umbilical cord blood appears to be a promising therapeutic option on the rise as time and knowledge progress. Research has supported the many benefits to UCB and recognized its downfalls. Now is the time for refinement and recruitment. In spite of the challenges which the industry faces, the support of healthcare providers, as well as the public, UCB will likely become a more well-known topic in many offices, hospitals, and households.
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Among First-year College Students

Although any new undertaking is exciting because of the opportunities it may bring, the transition to college life also brings new pressures and uncertainties. From the shelter of home, young people emerge into a new culture, with a new environment for success. Here they are their own masters, often far from the vigilance of parents and the strictures of tightly scheduled school days. As they take this step toward independence, they face the temptation to celebrate their newfound freedom, test limits, and perhaps escape from new pressures through alcohol and other drugs.
Knowledge and attitude towards stroke among workers in Cairo University Hospitals

Background Stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Poor knowledge of stroke risk factors, symptoms and appropriate response to stroke are possible causes of poor outcome. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards different aspects of stroke in a sample of Cairo University Hospitals' workers. Patients and methods A structured self-administered questionnaire was administered by 111 workers who were classified into clinical workers (physicians, house officers, nurses, laboratory technician and pharmacists) and nonclinical workers (administrative, sanitary and security workers). Results Out of 111 participants, 92 completed the questionnaire. Most participants had heard of stroke (91.3%), mostly through encountering a family member with a stroke rather than through mass media (10.9%). Hypertension was the most common identified stroke risk factor (66.3%). Clinical workers were more likely to identify risk factors. The most common identified stroke symptoms were slurring of speech (38.5%) and elevated blood pressure (38.5%). Clinical workers were more likely to identify symptoms such as slurring of speech (P = 0.042) and altered state of consciousness (P Conclusion Knowledge and perception of stroke in Cairo University Hospitals' workers appear to be poor, especially among nonclinical workers. Planning educational programs for raising the level of knowledge and awareness of stroke, both on the level of hospital workers and on the public level, is important to improve stroke management and outcome.
Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States, 1978

The geothermal resource assessment presented is a refinement and updating of USGS Circular 726. Nonproprietary information available in June 1978 is used to assess geothermal energy in the ground and, when possible, to evaluate the fraction that might be recovered at the surface. Five categories of geothermal energy are discussed: conduction-dominated regimes, igneous-related geothermal systems, high-temperature (> 150/sup 0/C) and intermediate-temperature (90 to 150/sup 0/C) hydrothermal convection systems, low-temperature (< 90/sup 0/C) geothermal waters, and geopressured-geothermal energy (both thermal energy and energy from dissolved methane). Assessment data are presented on three colored maps prepared in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Separate abstracts were prepared for papers on these five categories.
Lateral costal branch of the internal thoracic artery

The lateral costal branch (LCB) of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) was studied because its presence sometimes may reduce the blood flow of the ITA when it is used for myocardial revascularization (Singh and Sosa, 1981). The ITA of 90 cadavers of adults of both sexes, whose ages ranged from 20 to 84 years, was studied after neoprene latex injection to determine its incidence, its relation to the phrenic nerve and first rib, its diameter, and the distance between the origin of the ITA and the origin of the LCB. We found the LCB in 16.6% of the cases, with bilateral presence in 5.5%. Unilateral rightside incidence was 11.1%, and left unilateral incidence was not observed. The LCB originated from the ITA in all cases, with a distance of origin along the ITA of 23.7 + 6.7 mm on the right side and 29.5 ± 6.4 mm on the left side. The mean diameter of the LCB was 1.7% ± 0.8 mm. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Graph Based Algorithms for Scene Reconstruction from Two or More Views

In recent years, graph cuts have emerged as a powerful optimization technique for minimizing energy functions that arise in low-level vision problems. Graph cuts avoid the problems of local minima inherent in other approaches (such as gradient descent). The goal of this thesis is to apply graph cuts to a classical computer vision problem—scene reconstruction from multiple views, i.e. computing the 3-dimensional shape of the scene. This thesis provides a technical result which greatly facilitates the derivation of the scene reconstruction algorithm. Our result should also be useful for developing other energy minimization algorithms based on graph cuts. Previously such algorithms explicitly constructed graphs where a minimum cut also minimizes the appropriate energy. It is natural to ask for what energy functions we can construct such a graph. We answer this question for the class of functions of binary variables that can be written as a sum of terms containing three or fewer variables. We give a simple criterion for functions in this class which is necessary and sufficient, as well as a necessary condition for any function of binary variables. We also give a general-purpose graph construction for functions that satisfy our criterion. Using this result, we develop several algorithms for the scene reconstruction problem. We formulate this problem in an energy minimization framework. The energy that we minimize encodes all the constraints of the problem: it treats the input images symmetrically, handles visibility properly, and imposes spatial smoothness while preserving discontinuities. We discuss several smoothness terms that we can use. Experimental results show that our algorithms for two views are among the top performers, and that the accuracy of the reconstruction is greatly improved when more views are used. In the last chapter of the thesis we address the issue of the efficiency of min-cut/max-flow algorithms for computer vision applications. We compare the running times of several standard algorithms, as well as a new algorithm that we have recently developed. We benchmark these algorithms on a number of typical graphs arising in vision. In many cases our new algorithm works several times faster than other methods.
Salient features of contextual interference and knowledge of results

Salient Features of Contextual Interference And Knowledge of Results by Morgan Steven Kearney Dr. Mark Guadagnoli, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Kinesiology University of Nevada, Las Vegas The current study investigated the relationship between the contextual interference effect and knowledge of results manipulations. Specifically, three variations of a relative timing task were presented in either a blocked or random schedule, and participants were either required to error estimate or given no instruction concerning estimation. A 2 (Acquisition Context) X 2 (Error Estimation Frequency) ANOVA was used to analyze absolute error (AE), variable error (VE) and a relative timing measure (AE(prop.)). The main effects that there was a blocked advantage during retention. In addition, a 100% estimation advantage existed for AE and VE, but was not present for AE(prop.). These results indicate that the relative difficulty of the task may have been too high to produce a random group advantage and that error estimation of relative timing may have been too much for the participant to process. In conclusion, it was proposed that the two factors may interact, but relative difficulty of the task needs to be taken into account.
Performance Analysis for Recursive Passive Adaptive Controllers

Computable /spl Lscr/sub 2// and /spl Lscr/sub /spl infin// performance bounds are derived for a recently proposed class of adaptive systems which show that, in addition to global stability and asymptotic tracking, a systematic improvement of transient performance can be achieved. The underlying linear nonadaptive controller is shown to possess a parametric robustness property, but for large parameter uncertainty it requires high gain. A comparison between the adaptive and the nonadaptive performance bounds demonstrates that adaptation improves the overall performance without the undesirable effects of high gain.
Linear FMCW radar techniques

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar uses a very low probability of intercept waveform, which is also well suited to make good use of simple solid-state transmitters. FMCW is finding applications in such diverse fields as naval tactical navigation radars, smart ammunition sensors and automotive radars. The paper discusses some features of FMCW radar which are not dealt with in much detail in the generally available literature. In particular, it discusses the effects of noise reflected back from the transmitter to the receiver and the application of moving target indication to FMCW radars. Some of the strengths and weaknesses of FMCW radar are considered. The paper describes how the strengths are utilised in some systems and how the weaknesses can be mitigated. It also discusses a modern implementation of a reflected power canceller, which can be used to suppress the leakage between the transmitter and the receiver, a well known problem with continous wave radars.
Helicobacter pylori: A Brief History of a Still Lacking Vaccine

Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa of more than half of the human population worldwide. Soon after its discovery, the causative relationships between H. pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma were evidenced. Then, a significantly increased risk of developing gastric cancer was found to be associated with H. pylori infection. The efficacy of the treatment for H. pylori, based on a proton pump inhibitor plus antibiotics, has dropped below 80%, mainly due to antibiotic resistance. Vaccination would overcome antibiotic resistance and would lead to the eradication of this pathogen; however, in spite of almost twenty-five years of investigation on H. pylori vaccine candidates and good protective results obtained in animal models, no vaccine is currently licensed. This review focuses on the studies on the efficacy of those H. pylori vaccine candidates that underwent clinical trials. Efficacy trials have given unsatisfactory results, so far, with bacterial colonization remaining unaffected by vaccination. However, a vaccine able to counteract H. pylori-induced diseases, such as gastric cancer, even without providing sterilizing immunity, could be considered valuable.
Recombinaison et diffusion des ions gazeux

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Recombinaison et diffusion des ions gazeux M. Langevin
Pain Control and Its Relationship with Histopathological Outcome in TRUS-Guided Prostate Needle Biopsy: A Prospective Non-Randomized Trial

ÖZET insertion in group 3 was not different from that in group 1. There was no significant difference in pathological results between group 1 and groups 2 and 3. Pain scores in patients with chronic prostatitis were statistically higher than those in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and Pca in groups 2 and 3 (p<0.05).
PENGGUNAAN MEDIA VIDEO UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEAKTIFAN SISWA PADA LAYANAN INFORMASI DI SMP NEGERI 2 NGORO

ABSTRAK Layanan informasi berupaya memenuhi kekurangan seseorang akan informasi yang dibutuhkan. Dalam layanan ini diberikan berbagai informasi yang akan digunakan oleh individu untuk kepentingan hidup dan perkembangannya. Layanan informasi yang masih bersifat tradisional atau menggunakan metode ceramah saja, membuat tingkat keaktifan siswa dalam mengikuti layanan informasi menjadi menurun karena siswa merasa bosan dan jenuh. Sebagai bentuk komunikasi, layanan bimbingan dan konseling sangat membutuhkan peran media untuk lebih meningkatkan tingkat keefektifan pencapaian tujuan. Media dapat mewakili apa yang kurang mampu guru ucapkan melalui kata-kata atau kalimat tertentu. Agar menunjang kemudahan siswa dalam memahami berbagai informasi yang disampaikan oleh konselor atau guru BK melalui layanan informasi, dapat digunakan media video. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji penggunaan media video untuk meningkatkan keaktifan siswa pada layanan informasi di SMP Negeri 2 Ngoro. Jenis penelitian yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini ialah pre-experimental dengan one group pre-test post-test. Alat pengumpul data yang di pakai adalah angket untuk mendapatkan data keaktifan siswa yang rendah pada layanan informasi, observasi dan dokumentasi sebagai data pelengkap. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII-A SMP Negeri 2 Ngoro yang berjumlah 6 siswa dan memiliki keaktifan yang rendah pada layanan informasi. Pemilihan subyek penelitian dengan menggunakan teknik nonprobability sampling jenis purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah statistik non parametrik dengan menggunakan uji tanda. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa nilai ρ = 0,016 lebih kecil dari α = 0,05. Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbedaan keaktifan siswa sebelum dan sesudah pemberian layanan informasi dengan menggunakan media video. Berdasarkan hasil penghitungan di atas mean pre-test sebesar 170,3 mean post-test sebesar 203,1, dan selisih antara mean pre-test dan post-test sebesar 32,8. Dengan demikian ditolak dan diterima. Dan hipotesis yang diajukan dalam penelitian ini yang berbunyi “ada peningkatan keaktifan siswa pada layanan informasi antara sebelum dan sesuadah penggunaan media video dapat diterima. ” Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan media video dapat meningkatkan keaktifan siswa pada layanan informasi di SMP Negeri 2 Ngoro. Kata Kunci: Penggunaan Media Video, Keaktifan Siswa Pada Layanan Informasi.