Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Intelligent e-Health System for Patient and Elderly People Monitoring Using Multi Agents System

In this paper, an intelligent e-Health system for patients and elderly people monitoring using multi agents system is designed and developed. The developed system is highly needed in rural areas because of the inadequate number of available specialized physicians or nurses. The proposed system will enhance the process of health condition monitoring compared with the existing system which relies on patients themselves. The proposed system can save patients life through continuous online monitoring of their medical conditions by specialized physicians not necessarily available in the same geographical areas. The monitoring system is based on a multiagent system which consists of Physician Agents and Elderly Agents. Both agents are supported with a fuzzy decision mechanism that makes initial diagnosis regarding the medical condition of the patient/elderly. The issue of how physician and elderly agents, located in different places, are working collaboratively and proactively communicate with each other has been addressed in this paper. We have described the architecture, design and implementation of an elderly agent and a physician agent. To evaluate the performance of the system, we have implemented a four-agent system: two Elderly Agents and two Physician Agents. We also generated simulation results. We choose four agents because the size is representative enough while computing time is still reasonable. From the software standpoint, the four agents collaboratively worked one another as designed. Two physicians on our research team independently reviewed the fuzzy decision mechanism performance. Evaluation shows excellent agreement between physicians and the fuzzy decision mechanism. Having such e-health system will speed up and improve communication between different medical units in the health system and drive healthcare costs down for the benefit of patients. Keywords— Confidence level, GSM, Fuzzy logic, Monitoring system, Multi-agent system, Patient, SMS.
Exercise for older adults : ACE's guide for fitness professionals

Exercise for Older Adults: ACE's Guide for Fitness Professionals (Second Edition) offers a timely update of this go-to resource for the fitness industry. Original authors have added new information to their chapters, and four new contributors lend their expertise to the book. Each chapter provides comprehensive guidelines for fitness professionals who serve the older adult population, covering subjects such as physiology, health challenges, communication and motivation techniques, exercise modes and techniques, basic strength training guidelines, and more.
Multi-Epitope Cluster Ep 85 B within the Mycobacterial Protein Ag 85 B Elicits Cell-Mediated and Humoral Responses in Mice Ag 85 B

Introduction: Epitope-based vaccines present a rational alternative to conventional concepts of vaccine design, particularly for combating complex infectious agents such as tuberculosis (TB). We have previously identified the multi-epitope cluster Ep85B, a linear 28 amino acid peptide within the mycobacterial Ag85B protein, which is capable of eliciting CD4+ and memory CD4+CD45RO+ T-cell populations in vitro in human whole blood cells. In this report, we investigated the suitability of Ep85B for animal immunizations, and endeavored to demonstrate whether this epitope harbors the potential to induce both cell-mediated and humoral immune responses in vivo.
Organoleptic acceptability of value added products using drumstick leaves powder

Developed drumstick leaves powder was incorporated in various products i.e., khakhra, panjiri, vadi, gatta premix, dahi vada premix, spread premix and soup premix by various proportions (5% and 7%) in laboratory and evaluated by panel of semi-trained judges for sensory characteristics like colour, appearance, aroma, texture, taste and overall acceptability on nine point hedonic ranking scale. All the developed products were ranged between “liked moderately” to “liked very much” on the organoleptic parameters as judged on 9 point hedonic ranking scale. Results of sensory evaluation of products indicated that khakhra found to be most acceptable and scored 8.8 on 9 point hedonic ranking scale as compared to other products i.e. panjiri (8.6), vadi (8.5), gatta premix (8.6), dahi vada premix (8.4), spread premix (8.6) and soup premix (8.4). The mean score for overall acceptability of developed and control samples ranged from 8.4 to 8.8 on nine point hedonic ranking scale.
Assessing Glycaemic Control in Cystic Fibrosis

Assessing Glycaemic Control in Cystic FibrosisJennifer Helm, University of Manchester, Doctor of Medicine (MD) thesis submission, June 2011Four studies investigating the assessment of glycaemic control in cystic fibrosis are presented within this thesis.The first was a validation study of continual glucose monitoring (CGM) in cystic fibrosis (CF). 50 stable adults with CF underwent home CGM for 3 days, during which time they attended the CF centre for OGTT. Gold standard fasting (0 hour) plasma glucose and 2 hour plasma glucose values during OGTT were compared with concurrent CGM sensor glucose values using a ? limits of agreement? analysis. CGM was found to be valid in adults with CF, with its accuracy being consistent with that published in non-CF populations.The next investigation compared OGTT with CGM with several objectives: to determine whether OGTT is a relevant and adequate measure of glycaemia in CF, find out whether CGM could offer a superior alternative to OGTT and explore whether OGTT and CGM results are associated with prior change in lung function and weight in adults with CF. Data from the first study was used to show that the OGTT can only identify abnormal glycaemic control in CF at a late stage, and that CGM is a more relevant reflection of everyday glycaemia in CF. No correlation was found between prior change in lung function and nutritional status in CF and glycaemia measured by OGTT or CGM. The subsequent study investigated whether CGM could identify early abnormal glycaemic control in CF. This involved ten non-CF healthy controls undergoing the same study protocol as the 50 stable adults with CF, to determine ? normal? glycaemic control parameters. Of 25 CF patients with normal glucose tolerance by OGTT, 19 (76%) had significantly higher mean and/or variability of CGM levels than healthy controls. This lead to changes in their management, including 2 subjects being commenced on insulin therapy.The final investigation was a questionnaire study, asking the 50 CF patients to provide information on their experience of undergoing CGM. 58% of patients responded, with replies indicating that they found CGM broadly acceptable, interfering little in their lives and that their experiences were generally positive. This insight into patients? experiences of CGM can be used to guide future clinical and research roles for this tool.These studies have provided novel data regarding the assessment of glycaemic in CF. Information captured by CGM has greater relevance to CF patients? daily lives than OGTT. CGM can identify early problems with glycaemic control leading to changes in management that may not be detected by conventional measures. CGM offers potential in further clinical application and research to improve the lives and outcomes for adults with CF.
Family Therapy: Models and Techniques

PART I: Introduction and Background 1. The History of Family Therapy: Conceptual and Clinical Influences 2. The Ecology of Families: A Systems/Developmental Perspective 3. Ethnicity and Family Life Part II: Models of Family Therapy 4. Communications/Humanistic Family Therapy 5. Family of Origin Family Therapy 6. Structural Family Therapy 7. Strategic Family Therapy 8. Solution-Focused Family Therapy 9. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy 10. Narrative Family Therapy Part III: Clinical Issues in Family Therapy 11. Phases of Family Therapy 12. Families in Transition: Alternative Family Patterns 13. Family Stress, Crisis, and Trauma: Building Family Resilience 14. Family Therapy Research: Implications for the Practicing Family Therapist AAMFT Code of Ethics About the Authors
Decentralized LTL Monitoring

Users wanting to monitor distributed or component-based sy stems often perceive them as monolithic systems which, seen from the outside, exhibit a uniform beha viour as opposed to many components displaying many local behaviours that together constitute the system’s glo bal behaviour. This level of abstraction is often reasonabl e, hiding implementation details from users who may want to spe cify the system’s global behaviour in terms of an LTL formula. However, the problem that arises then is how such a s pecification can actually be monitored in a distributed system that has no central data collection point, where all t he components’ local behaviours are observable. In this case, the LTL specification needs to be decomposed into sub-f ormulae which, in turn, need to be distributed amongst the components’ locally attached monitors, each of which se es only a distinct part of the global behaviour. The main contribution of this paper is an algorithm for distr ibuting and monitoring LTL formulae, such that satisfaction or violation of specifications can be detected by local m onitors alone. We present an implementation and show that our algorithm introduces only a minimum delay in detect ing satisfaction/violation of a specification. Moreover, our practical results show that the communication overhead introduced by the local monitors is considerably lower than the number of messages that would need to be sent to a cent r l data collection point.
Efficacy of tank mixed herbicides with insecticides in growth and yield of soybean ( Glycine max . ( L . ) Merrill )

The study entitled “Efficacy of Tank Mixed Herbicides with Insecticides in Growth and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max. (L.) Merrill)” was conducted in rainfed condition under “All India Co-ordinated Research Project on soybean at R.A. K. College of Agriculture, Sehore (M.P.), during Kharif 2014.Experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The treatments included rynaxypyre 20SC 120g a.i./ha, indoxacarb14.5SC 87g a.i./ha, quinalphos 25EC 150ga.i. /ha, imazethapyr10SL 100g a.i./ha, quizalofop-p-ethyl 5EC 50g a.i./ha, rynaxypyre 20SC120g a.i./ha + imazethapyr10SL 100 ga.i/ha, rynaxypyre 20SC120g a.i/ha + quizalofop-p-ethyl5EC50ga.i. /ha, indoxacarb14.5SC 87g a.i./ha+imazethapyr10SL 100g a.i./ha, indoxacarb14.5SC 87g a.i./ha +quizalofopp-ethyl 5EC 50g a.i./ha, quinalphos 25EC150g a.i./ha + imazethapyr10 SL100 g a.i./ha, quinalphos 25EC150g a.i./ha + quizalofop-p-ethyl 5EC 50g a.i./ha and untreated check. Among the monocot weeds Echinochloacrusgalli Link, Degiteriasanguinalis, Dinebraarabica, Cyperusrotundus Linn. And Commelinabenghalensis while the dicot weeds Acalypha indica Linn, Eclipta alba, Caesuliaaxillaris Roxb. , Digeraarvensis, Corchorousacutangulus and Phyllanthusniruriwere observed in the field. Application of indoxacarb14.5SC 87g ai/ha + imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha gave lowest weed dry weight and higher weed control efficiency(75.03%). Application of imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha alone or in combination with insecticides viz. indoxacarb, rynyxypyre and quinolphos recorded less weed dry biomass and increased weed control efficiency, imazathapyr controlled both dicot and monocot weeds. Application of quizalofop-p-ethyl5EC 50g ai/ha alone and in combination with insecticides effectively controlled the monocot weeds especially grasses viz. Echinochloa crus Galli Link. Degiteriasanguinali and Dinebraarabica. In growth attributing characters of plants application of indoxacarb 14.5SC87g ai/ha + imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha gave significantly higher plant height, branches per plant, plant dry weight, at all observation stages of crop. The pods per plant, seeds per pod, grain yield per plant and seed index were higher in combined application of indoxacarb14.5SC 87g ai/ha + imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha followed by rynyxypyre20SC 120g ai/ha + imazathapyr 10SL 100g ai/ha. The seed yield (1.89t/ha) was significantly higher with application of indoxacarb14.5SC 87g ai/ha +imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha than all treatments except application of rynyxypyre20SC 120g ai/ha + imazathapyr10SL 100g ai/ha (1.69t/ha).
Clinical Study Detection of Autoantibodies against Recombinant Desmoglein 1 and 3 Molecules in Patients with Pemphigus vulgaris : Correlation with Disease Extent at the Time of Diagnosis and during Follow-Up

The recent availability of cDNA clones for pemphigus antigens has allowed the production of recombinant desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 molecules and the development of an ELISA approach in order to determine levels of antibodies to them. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between autoantibodies levels and the extent of both mucosal and skin lesions in 20 patients with pemphigus vulgaris at the time of diagnosis and during follow-up. For the detection of autoantibodies by ELISA we used the recombinant proteins expressing overlapping sequences with the entire extracellular desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 domains. We showed that in presence of mucosal lesions there was a correlation between extension of mucosal involvement and autoantiboidies titres against both desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3, whereas in presence of skin lesions there was a statistically significant correlation between extension of skin lesions and autoantibodies titres against desmoglein 3, but not against desmoglein 1. A not negligible number of patients showed variations of the desmoglein 3 autoantibodies titre which did not correlate with the severity of both cutaneous and mucosal involvement. Similar results were obtained analyzing autoantibodies titres against desmoglein 1. In conclusion, we believe that the utilization of recombinant desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 proteins by ELISA should be used with caution to monitor disease severity and response to therapy, although it remains a high specific test for the initial diagnosis of pemphigus and the identification of a change in the clinical phenotype of this condition.
Ambiguous Growth and Asset Prices in Production Economies

We propose a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with production, where productivity growth follows a Markov-switching process with a hidden state, and households have generalized recursive smooth ambiguity preferences. The utility preferences allow for a three-way separation of risk aversion, ambiguity aversion, and the attitude toward intertemporal substitution. Our calibrated model can match the mean equity premium, the mean risk-free rate, the volatility of equity premium and the volatility of the risk-free rate. Our results also demonstrate that ambiguity about a hidden state governing the regimes of productivity growth is important to generate a variety of dynamic asset pricing phenomena, including predictable equity returns over long horizons, procyclical variation of the price-dividend ratio and countercyclical behavior of equity premia and the volatility of equity returns. JEL Classification: C61; D81; G11; G12.
TO EVALUATE EFFECTS OF CATTLE SLURRY AND DAIRY SLUDGE APPLICATION TO SOIL ( 1 )

The application of organic wastes to agricultural soils is not risk-free and can affect soil invertebrates. Ecotoxicological tests based on the behavioral avoidance of earthworms and springtails were performed to evaluate effects of different fertilization strategies on soil quality and habitat function for soil organisms. These tests were performed in soils treated with: i) slurry and chemical fertilizers, according to the conventional fertilization management of the region, ii) conventional fertilization + sludge and iii) unfertilized reference soil. Both fertilization strategies contributed to soil acidity mitigation and caused no increase in soil heavy metal content. Avoidance test results showed no negative effects of these strategies on soil organisms, compared with the reference soil. However, results of the two fertilization managements differed: Springtails did not avoid soils fertilized with dairy sludge in any of the tested combinations. Earthworms avoided soils treated with sludge as of May 2004 (DS1), when compared with conventional fertilization. Possibly, the behavioral avoidance of earthworms is more sensitive to soil properties (other than texture, organic matter and heavy metal content) than springtails
of Bank Marketing Measuring customer based corporate reputation in banking industry : Developing and validating an alternative scale

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a reliable and valid alternative scale to measure customer-based corporate reputation (CBCR) specific to the banking industry only, where high risks and uncertainties of choosing a service provider exist. Design/methodology/approach – Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to develop and validate an alternative scale to measure CBCR in the banking industry. Following Churchill’s (1979) paradigm and other prominent scale development studies, a scale development procedure was generated, which consists of three main stages: scale generation and initial purification, scale refinement and scale validation. Findings – As a consequence of the current study, a reliable and valid multidimensional scale was obtained, consisting of 20 items and four dimensions to measure CBCR in banking industry: financial performance and financially strong company, customer orientation, social and environmental responsibility and trust. Practical implications – This study provides insight to managers to comprehend and manage their CBCR. Since this study has empirically demonstrated that the four dimensions of the CBCR are associated with the five important customer outcome variables, the study provides further support toward the importance of corporate reputation in strategic marketing decisions in the banking industry. Originality/value – Numerous different disciplines have focused on corporate reputation measurement by adapting different perspectives and approaches. However, a reliable and valid measurement tool has been proposed here to evaluate corporate reputation from customers’ perspective specific to banking industry.
Increase in PD-L 1 expression after pre-operative radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma

© 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC © 2018, © Kirtesh R. Patel, Anthony Martinez, John M. Stahl, Suzanna J. Logan, Adam J. Perricone, Matthew J. Ferris, Zachary S. Buchwald, Mudit Chowdhary, Keith A. Delman, David K. Monson, Shervin V. Oskouei, Nicholas B. Reimer, Kenneth Cardona, Mark A. Edgar and Karen D. Godette. This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Second Opinion: Supporting Last-Mile Person Identification with Crowdsourcing and Face Recognition

As AI-based face recognition technologies are increasingly adopted for high-stakes applications like locating suspected criminals, public concerns about the accuracy of these technologies have grown as well. These technologies often present a human expert with a shortlist of high-confidence candidate faces from which the expert must select correct match(es) while avoiding false positives, which we term the “last-mile problem. ” We propose Second Opinion, a web-based software tool that employs a novel crowdsourcing workflow inspired by cognitive psychology, seed-gather-analyze, to assist experts in solving the last-mile problem. We evaluated Second Opinion with a mixed-methods lab study involving 10 experts and 300 crowd workers who collaborate to identify people in historical photos. We found that crowds can eliminate 75% of false positives from the highest-confidence candidates suggested by face recognition, and that experts were enthusiastic about using Second Opinion in their work. We also discuss broader implications for crowd–AI interaction and crowdsourced person identification.
Preparation of α-Amylase Inhibitor from Seeds of White Kidney Bean Using a Novel and Scalable Process Based on Enzymatic Hydrolysis

This study proposed and evaluated a novel and scalable process based on enzymatic hydrolysis for the preparation of α-amylase inhibitor (α-AI) in seeds of white kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). The process mainly involved heat treatment (70°C/30 min), enzymatic hydrolysis, isoelectric precipitation and 70% ethanol precipitation. The optimal preparation parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis and isoelectric precipitation were as follows: Flavourzyme 500MG was used for enzymatic hydrolysis and the ultimate hydrolysate was obtained at 180 min, followed by isoelectric precipitation at pH 3.6. The loss of miscellaneous proteins and purification fold in the novel process were relatively low (85.84% and 4.74, respectively), while the α-AI activity yield (67.12%) was much higher than the values obtained by chromatography. Combined with the SDS-PAGE analysis, enzymatic hydrolysis proved to have modified the pI and alcohol-solubility of the miscellaneous proteins, which has a favorable influence on isoelectric precipitation and ethanol precipitation for the preparation of the α-AI.
An organizational economics approach on the pursuit of socioemotional and financial wealth in family firms Are these competing or complementary objectives ?

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the contribution of the paper by Martin and Gomez-Mejia and propose complementary approaches and ways to test their hypotheses. Design/methodology/approach – This study compares different theoretical approaches that complement socioemotional wealth to explain manager’s decisions and firm performance. Findings – The authors of this study argue that progress could be achieved by combining Martin and Gomez-Mejia’s propositions with elements of existing organizational theories that are grounded on economics such as the resource-based view, transactional cost and property rights. Originality/value – This study provides a new perspective of the work of Martin and Gomez-Mejia published in this issue.
MLH 1 and MSH 2 Gene Mutations and Polymorphisms in Six Malay Families with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer

and high rates of multiple primary cancers; colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, stomach, hepatobiliary, urinary, small bowel, brain/central nervous system and sebaceous tumors. Genetic factors may contribute to the predisposition of HNPCC, an autosomal dominantly inherited genetic condition, caused by germline mutations in any of the common mismatch repair (MMR) genes; MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2, which produce the MMR proteins. These genes play a significant role in the repair of DNA errors in one or a few base pairs, resulting in the loss of MMR function which leads to various mutations including microsatellite instability. Mutations in MLH1 and MSH2 account for almost 90% of the identified cases.