Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessing E-Excise Sucess with Delone and McLean's Model

The proliferation of e-commerce in the private sector and of Internet usage by the public has stimulated global e-government initiatives. The Thailand e-government initiative is based on the government's long-term strategic policy that aims to reform and overhaul the Thai bureaucracy. This study attempted to identify the e-excise success factors by employing the IS success model. The study focused on finding the factors that may contribute to the success of the e-excise initiative. The Delphi Technique was used to investigate the determinant factors for the success of the e-excise initiative. Three-rounds of data collection were conducted with 77 active users from various industries. The results suggest that by increasing Trust in the e-government website, Perceptions of Information Quality, Perceptions of System Quality, and Perceptions of Service Quality will influence System Usage and User Satisfaction, and will ultimately have consequences for the Perceived Net Benefits.
Computer modeling and simulation techniques for computer vision problems

Verification of computer vision theories is facilitated by the development and implementation of computer simulation systems. Computer simulation avoids the necessity of building actual systems; they are fast, flexible, and can be easily duplicated for use by others. Development and implementation of computational models in computer vision are both interesting and challenging. It involves research in diverse areas and requires integration of both science and technology. This dissertation addresses the computer modeling and simulation techniques for two computer vision problems: object recognition and image sensing process. Image sensing process investigates how an image is sensed by specifying the input characteristics of the object and the imaging devices, while object recognition is a high level processing of the sensed image. We present a neural network model to solve the problem of 3-D object identification and pose estimation. The network is divided into two stages, namely Feature Extraction Stage and Feature Detection Stage to extract the feature vectors and to identify the objects, respectively. 3-D moments are used as input feature vectors to the network. Therefore, unoccluded objects are required. We also present a useful computational model to explore the image sensing process. This model decouples the photometric information and the geometric information of objects in the scene. Therefore, it is computationally tractable. Finally, we extend the proposed image sensing model to simulate the formation of moving objects and stereo imaging applications. All the models presented here have been implemented and the implementations are efficient, modular, extensible, and user-friendly so that others can easily reproduce and/or verify their experiments on a broader set of computer vision theories.
Report of a case of cavernous haemangioma of the cavernous sinus

Cavernous haemangioma of the cavernous sinus is a rare vascular malformation. It's often confused with other parasellar masses. Here, we report a case of a female with a left parasellar mass which was misdiagnosed as schwannoma vs meningioma using CT and MRI. The patient was operated via the pterional approach but resection had been halted due to severe haemorrhage and only tumour biopsy could be obtained. The diagnosis of cavernous sinus haemangioma was established by histopathology and confirmed by subsequent digital subtraction angiography. The patient refused second surgery or adjuvant radiosurgery and the treatment strategy was observation and follow-up. Retrospectively, we included the key radiographic features of cavernous sinus haemangioma which would facilitate pre-operative diagnosis and avoid unforeseen operative complications. Diagnostic radiographic features include a well-defined mass in the cavernous sinus which shows isodense to slightly hyperdense attenuation on non-contrast CT scan with possible adjacent pressure bone remodelling. On MRI, it shows remarkable high T2 signal; intense homogenous enhancement or characteristic progressive contrast enhancement on sequential enhanced images. On digital subtraction angiography, it may demonstrate a vascular blush.
Effect of acupressure on knee osteoarthritis symptoms in the elderly: a double-blind randomized clinical trial

Background: Knee osteoarthritis is known as one of the common causes of disability worldwide. Despite the elderly tendency towards the use of traditional medicine, there is no clear consensus regarding acupressure efficacy to manage symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of acupressure on knee osteoarthritis symptoms in the elderly. Methods: This double-blind randomized clinical trial was performed from February 2017 to July 2018. Ninetysix patients were selected from comprehensive health care centers in Rafsanjan, Iran, according to inclusion criteria and then equally allocated into three groups (acupressure, sham and control) randomly, by the minimization method. The acupressure group received acupressure bilaterally at 6 points in 10 sessions for two minutes for each point in 10-seconds pressure and 2-seconds rest periods. Subjects In the sham group received only touches without any pressure with the same pattern as the acupressure group and the control group received no intervention. The osteoarthritis symptoms were measured before, immediately and one month after intervention on WOMAC scale. Data was analyzed by IBM-SPSS version 22 using Chi-square goodness of fit and repeated measure ANOVA at 0.05 level of significance. Results: There were no significant differences between-groups regarding demographic characteristics. The mean of WOMAC score were significantly different between the three consecutive measurements (the time effect), (p=0.001, effect size = 0.082). But there was no significant difference between-groups (group effect) (p=0.852, effect size = 0.003). There was a significant difference in the interaction between time and group (p=0.001, effect size = 0.106). Conclusion: The study showed that acupressure was able to correct the WOMAC and pain scores in long and short term and improve physical function in short term in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Accordingly, acutherapy as an effective approach can be applied in self-care programs for knee osteoarthritis symptom management in the elderly, but in the sham groups, the selection of acupoint positions could be a crucial factor. http://www.ephysician. ir Page 7490 Trial registration: This trial was registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials with clinical trial registration number: IRCT20180114038366N1. Funding: This study was financially sported by Deputy of Research and Technology of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (Ref: 20.1056).
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight in Rafsanjan, Iran; 2017: A cross-sectional study

Background: Low birth weight is an effective factor in neonatal mortality and morbidity. Growth retardation and subsequent chronic diseases are other complications of LBW. The goal of the present study was to determine the prevalence and related factors of LBW in Rafsanjan city in 2016. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated existing data of all live births born in Niknafas Rafsanjan Maternity Hospital, the main maternity hospital in the city, and other delivery centers, from March 2016 to 2017. The information was analyzed in two stages using univariable, and multivariable logistic regression model, to control the effect of confounding variables. Results: The prevalence of LBW was 9.7% in Iranian population of which 4.5% had a gestational age of 37 weeks and more. In non-Iranian population (Afghan), the prevalence of LBW was 13.8%, and the percent of gestational age of 37 and more with weight under 2500 gram was 6.7. The main risk factor was gestational age under 37(OR= 38.38). Other important variables in this study that had significant effects after controlling for the confounding were age over 35 years (OR= 1.485), addiction (OR= 4.057), Abortion history (OR= 1.2), Place of living (Village vs. city) (OR=0.93), Maternal educational Level (OR= 1.85), infant’s gender (Boy vs. girl) (OR= 0.74), and delivery type (OR=1.39) Conclusion: Despite the provided health services, there was found a high prevalence of LBW, so delivering quality healthcare for all pregnant women and screening for high-risk pregnancies, such as, prevention of premature delivery, educational interventions, and quality healthcare for high risk groups and beside, more research on the recognition of other risk factors can have important role in LBW prevention.
Assessment of Hyaluronic Acid Gel Injection in the Reconstruction of Interdental Papilla: A Randomized Clinical Trial

BACKGROUND: Various techniques have been implemented to reconstruct the deficient interdental papilla. AIM: The present trial was conducted to assess the effect of injection of hyaluronic acid gel for the reconstruction of deficient interdental papilla. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-six deficient interdental papilla sites in ten patients were randomly allocated into two equal groups; intervention group who received the injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) gel and control group who received the injection of saline solution as a placebo. Each deficient papilla received three injections. The first injection was given one week following the re-evaluation period (four weeks after performing full mouth supra-gingival scaling and sub-gingival debridement). The second and third injections were given after three and six weeks, respectively. The height and surface area of black triangles were recorded at baseline before the injection procedures. The participants were recalled after three and six months from the first injection for re-measuring the recorded parameters. At 6 months, patients’ satisfaction was also assessed. RESULTS: After three and six months from baseline, the results revealed a statistically significant higher mean decrease in height and surface area of black triangles in favour of the HA group. From three to six months, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in both parameters. At 6 months, the HA group showed a statistically significant higher mean satisfaction score than the saline group. CONCLUSION: The use of hyaluronic acid gel for the reconstruction of interdental papillary deficiency was effective with promising levels of patients’ satisfaction.
This version contains an evaluation that is slightly update d and corrected from the version appearing at ISCA 2004. iWatcher: Efficient Architectural Support for Software Deb ugging

Recent impressive performance improvements in computer architecture have not led to significant gains in ease of debugg ing. Software debugging often relies on inserting run-time software checks. In many cases, however, it is hard to find the root caus e of a bug. Moreover, program execution typically slows down significantly, often by 10-100 times. To address this problem, this paper introduces the Intelligent Watcher (iWatcher), novel architectural support to monitor dynamic execution with minimal overhead, automatically, and flexibly. iWatcher associates program-specified monitoring fu nctions with memory locations. When any such location is accessed, the monitoring function is automatically triggered with low overhead. To further reduce overhead and support rollback, iWatcher can leverage Thread-Level Speculation (TLS). To test iWatcher, we use applications with various bugs. Our results show that iWatcher detects many more software bugs than Valgrind, a well-known opensource bug detector. Moreover, iWatcher only induces a 4-80% execution overhead, which is orders of magnitude less than Valgrind. Even with 20% of the dynamic loads monitored in a program, iWatcher adds only 66-174% overhead. Finally, TLS is effective at reducing overheads for programs with substantial monitoring.
Causal modeling and prediction over event streams

In recent years, there has been a growing need for causal analysis in many modern stream applications such as web page click monitoring, patient health care monitoring, stock market prediction, electric grid monitoring, and network intrusion detection systems. The detection and prediction of causal relationships help in monitoring, planning, decision making, and prevention of unwanted consequences. An event stream is a continuous unbounded sequence of event instances. The availability of a large amount of continuous data along with high data throughput poses new challenges related to causal modeling over event streams, such as (1) the need for incremental causal inference for the unbounded data, (2) the need for fast causal inference for the high throughput data, and (3) the need for real-time prediction of effects from the events seen so far in the continuous event streams. This dissertation research addresses these three problems by focusing on utilizing temporal precedence information which is readily available in event streams: (1) an incremental causal model to update the causal network incrementally with the arrival of a new batch of events instead of storing the complete set of events seen so far and building the causal network from scratch with those stored events, (2) a fast causal model to speed up the causal network inference time, and (3) a real-time top-k predictive query processing mechanism to find the most probable k effects with the highest scores by proposing a run-time causal inference mechanism which addresses cyclic causal relationships. In this dissertation, the motivation, related work, proposed approaches, and the results are presented in each of the three problems. Citations Material from this dissertation has been published in the following form: Acharya, S. , Lee, B.S. (2013). Fast Causal Network Inference over Event Streams, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK), Prague, Czech Republic, August 26-29. Acharya, S. , Lee, B.S. (2014). Incremental Causal Network Construction over Event Streams, Information Sciences, Elsevier, Volume 261, Pages 32-51, March. Material from this dissertation has been accepted for publication with minor revisions in Transactions on Large Scale Data and Knowledge Centered Systems, Springer in the following form: Acharya, S. , Lee, B.S. (2014). Enhanced Fast Causal Network Inference over Event Streams, Transactions on Large Scale Data and Knowledge Centered Systems, Springer. Material from this dissertation has been submitted for publication to Information Sciences, Elsevier in the following form: Acharya, S. , Lee, B.S., Hines, P. (2014). Real-time Top-k Predictive Query Processing over Event Streams, Information Sciences, Elsevier.
EFFICACY OF ENDURANCE TRAINING ON DEEP CERVICAL FLEXOR MUSCLES USING PRESSURE FEEDBACK IN MECHANICAL NECK PAIN

Background: Mechanical neck pain is most prevalent in middle age and a common condition affecting 22 % to 70% of the general population. While the exact aetiology of the pain is unknown, most of the mechanical pain is due to mechanical factors such as sprains and strains of the neck muscles or ligaments.Methods: 60 subjects (male 33, female 27) with mechanical neck pain who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were chosen. After baseline evaluation of history, NPRS, cervical range of motion and Deep Cervical Flexor Endurance (DCF), thesubjects were allocated into three groups which received DCF training by modifying the use of pressure biofeedback. Group 1 received DCF Training with Visual Pressure Biofeedback 10 repetition for three sets. Group 2 received DCF training without Visual Pressure Biofeedback 10 repetition three sets. And Group 3 received DCF training with Pressure Biofeedback (without visual input) 3 set of 10 repetitions. After 15 days of intervention, post-intervention measures of the variables were obtained.Results: Data were analyzed using SPSS 1 version. Between-group analyses showed that subjects in Group 1 have a statistically and clinically significant improvement (p-value< .005), pain (NPRS), cervical ROM, DCF endurance andNeck Disability Index when compared to the Group 2 and 3. The pre and post values for all the three groups within the group analysis showed a statistical and clinically significant difference.Conclusion: Deep Cervical Flexor Training with Visual Pressure Biofeedback provides better clinical improvement in terms of pain reduction, cervical flexion and extension ROM, DCF endurance, and Neck Disability Index score.
Validation of distinct pathogenic patterns in a cohort of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis patients by cluster analysis

Abstract Background A novel data-driven cluster analysis identified distinct pathogenic patterns in C3-glomerulopathies and immune complex-mediated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Our aim was to replicate these observations in an independent cohort and elucidate disease pathophysiology with detailed analysis of functional complement markers. Methods A total of 92 patients with clinical, histological, complement and genetic data were involved in the study, and hierarchical cluster analysis was done by Ward method, where four clusters were generated. Results High levels of sC5b-9 (soluble membrane attack complex), low serum C3 levels and young age at onset (13 years) were characteristic for Cluster 1 with a high prevalence of likely pathogenic variations (LPVs) and C3 nephritic factor, whereas for Cluster 2—which is not reliable because of the small number of cases—strong immunoglobulin G staining, low C3 levels and high prevalence of nephritic syndrome at disease onset were observed. Low plasma sC5b-9 levels, decreased C3 levels and high prevalence of LPV and sclerotic glomeruli were present in Cluster 3, and patients with late onset of the disease (median: 39.5 years) and near-normal C3 levels in Cluster 4. A significant difference was observed in the incidence of end-stage renal disease during follow-up between the different clusters. Patients in Clusters 3–4 had worse renal survival than patients in Clusters 1–2. Conclusions Our results confirm the main findings of the original cluster analysis and indicate that the observed, distinct pathogenic patterns are replicated in our cohort. Further investigations are necessary to analyse the distinct biological and pathogenic processes in these patient groups.
No Association between Estrogen Receptor-Β Rs4986938 and Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: The association between estrogen receptor-β (ESR2) rs4986938 polymorphism and the risk of various types of cancer have been investigated in previous studies. However, the results remained disputable. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the association between ESR2 rs4986938 polymorphism and the risk of cancer. Methods: We searched for relevant articles collected by the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library up to March 30, 2018. The association was assessed using Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: The meta-analysis involved a total of 23 studies in 20 papers, including 24,334 cases and 31,707 controls. No significant association was detected between the rs4986938 polymorphism and cancer risk in the additive model (A compared with G: OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.92–1.02, P=0.20), dominant model (AA+AG compared with GG: OR=0.96, 95% CI=0.93–1.03, P=1.00), recessive model (AA compared with AG + GG: OR=0.94, 95% CI=0.86–1.03, P=0.18), heterozygous model (AG compared with GG: OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.94–1.01, P=0.14), and homozygous model (AA compared with GG: OR=0.96, 95% CI=0.87–1.06, P=0.39). Results of subgroup analysis stratified by ethnicity and cancer types further validated the results. Conclusion: We found no evidence of an association between rs4986938 and the risk of overall cancer.
Study of Some Biochemical Parameters of Tuberculosis Patients InThi-Qar Province/Iraq

The current study was designed,to estimate of, serum sugar, serum urea and lipid profile of tuberculosis patients in comparison with healthy subjects . Twenty eight TB patients (15 men and 13 female) random, and twenty three healthy subjects(13 men and 10 female) (control group) were used in this study. The results showed that serum sugar was non significantly (p<0.89) higher than control group, serum sugar value was raised with increase of age , and it was no significantly increased (P<0.909) in Women compared with Men. While, the serum urea was significantly lower (P<0.000) than control group , serum urea level was decreased with increase of age and it was no significantly increased (p<0.189) in Men compared with Women. Serum cholesterol in TB patients were no significantly (P<.00.0) higher than healthy subjects , TC level was decreased with increase of age and it was no significantly increased (P<0.418) in Women compared with Men . Tiglycerides (TG) was no significantly (P<.0.0) lower than healthy subjects,. TG level was no differences with the age, and it was non significantly increased (P<0.394) in Women compared with Men. High density lipoproteins (HDL) was no significantly lower (P<0.154 ) than healthy subjects,. HDL level was no differences with the age, and it was no significantly increased (P<0.019) in Women compared with Men. Low density lipoproteins LDL in TB patients were no significantly (P<0.634) higher than healthy group, LDL level was significantly decreased with increase of age and it was no significantly increased (P<0.577) in Men compared with Women. very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) was no significantly lower (P<0.89) than healthy subjects,. VLDL level was no differences with the age, and it was no significantly increased (p< 0.394)in Women compared with Men.
Histopathological and microbiological evaluation of uterus in repeat breeder cows shipped to slaughterhouse

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine endometritis in repeat breeder cows by histopathological examination and to investigate the bacteria that may cause endometritis. Materials and Methods: A total of 63 uterus specimens taken from 53 repeat breeder cows brought to the slaughter houses in Konya province for slaughtering and from 10 cows without any reproductive problem were examined by macroscopic, histopathological and microbiological methods. Results: Histopathological examination showed that 22 out 63 samples were diagnosed as endometritis The types of the endometritis were determined which that 5 catarrhal endometritis, 5 purulent endometritis, 5 chronic nonpurulent endometritis, 6 chronic purulent endometritis and 1 granulomatous endometritis were found. In the microbiological examination, it was found that while bacteria were isolated in 11 uteri, mostly Streptococcus spp. and Escherichia coli were isolated. According to the antibiogram results, all of the identified bacteria were determined to be susceptible to Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid and Florfenicol. It is also found that isolated bacteria were foud as increased penicillin G resistance. Conclusion: It has been determined that endometritis is major causing factor in the etiology of repeat breeder in cows. Histopathological exams are key to diagnose endometritis causing repeat breader. It has been concluded that when clinical findings are combined with histopathological and microbiological findings, the effective treatment protocol can be established
Status of international normalized ratio control and treatment patterns in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation taking vitamin K antagonist with or without antiplatelet therapy: Results from KORAFII registry

Studies have shown that the concomitant use of a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and an antiplatelet (APL) drug increased the bleeding risk and was less effective at preventing ischemic events. This study aimed to investigate the control status of international normalized ratio (INR) and the discontinuation rate of a VKA in patients taking VKA plus an APL drug compared with those taking a VKA alone.