Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Signal processing in the context of chaotic signals

Signals generated by chaotic systems represent a potentially rich class of signals both for detecting and characterizing physical phenomena and in synthesizing new classes of signals for communications, remote sensing, and a variety of other signal processing applications. Since classical techniques for signal analysis do not exploit the particular structure of chaotic signals there is both a significant challenge and an opportunity in exploring new classes of algorithms matched to chaotic signals. The authors outline a variety of signal processing issues associated with the analysis and synthesis of chaotic signals. In addition two examples are described in detail, illustrating some possible ways in which the characteristics of chaotic signals and systems can be exploited. One example is a binary signaling scheme using chaotic signals. The second example is the use of synchronized chaotic systems for signal masking and recovery. <<ETX>>
Performance of Viterbi Decoding With and Without ARQ on Rician Fading Channels

In this paper, we investigate the performance of the Viterbi decoding algorithm with/without Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) over a Rician flat fading channel with unlimited interleaving. We show that the decay rate of the average bit error probability with respect to the bit energy to noise ratio is at least equal to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_{f}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at high-bit energy to noise ratio for both cases (with ARQ and without ARQ), where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_{f}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is the free distance of the convolutional code. The Yamamoto-Itoh flag helps to reduce the average bit error probability by a factor of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4^{d_{f}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with a negligible retransmission rate. We also prove an interesting result that the average bit error probability decays exponentially fast with respect to the Rician factor for any fixed bit energy per noise ratio. In addition, the average bit error exponent with respect to the Rician factor is shown to be <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_{f}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.
Cross-Sectional Study on Prevalence, Risk Factors and Major Bacterial Causes of Bovine Mastitis in and Around Wolaita Soddo, Southern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2014 to March 2015 on lactating dairy cows to determine the overall prevalence of bovine mastitis, assess concomitant risk factors and isolate the major bacterial agents involved in causing mastitis in and around Wolaita Soddo. A total of 320 lactating cows were examined for mastitis using clinical examination and California mastitis test (CMT). Bacteriological methods were also done to isolate the causative bacteria. An overall 26.25% prevalence of mastitis was recorded in the area of which 12/84 (3.75%) were clinical and 72/84 (22.50%) subclinical cases. About 125 bacterial isolates belong to 5 species were identified from mastitic milk samples. The isolates based on their relative frequency of occurrence were Staphylococcus aureus (39.85%), Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus (CNS) (20.30%), Streptococcus dysgalactiae (13.53%), Streptococcus agalactiae (12.03%), Escherichia coli (8.27%). In this study risk factors like parity, lactation stage, and body condition were shown association with mastitis. Animals with many parity Odds Ratio (OR: 3.55, 95% CI: 1.64 – 7.67, P value: 0.001), moderate (OR: 1.49, 95% CI: 0.76 – 2.91, P: 0.242) were at higher risk than animals with few parity. Animals with early lactation (OR: 3.93, 95% CI: 2.02 -7.66, P: 0.001), mid lactation (OR: 1.63, 95% CI: 0.75 – 0.54, P: 0.214) were at higher risk than animals with late lactation. Animals with poor body condition (OR: 3.53, 95% CI: 1.58 – 7.85, P: 0.002), medium body condition (OR: 1.51, 95% CI: 0.68 – 3.35, P: 0.308) were at risk than animals with good body condition. Generally, the study showed that mastitis was a serious problem for dairy production in the study area. Therefore, appropriate control measures targeting the specific causative agents should be in place to reduce the impact of the disease. The farmers should also be aware of the impact of the disease and practice hygienic milking, culling of chronic mastitis carriers and treating of clinically infected cows. Keywords : Dairy cattle, Mastitis, Milk, Risk factor, Wolaita Soddo
Access to Healthcare and its Effect on Educational Outcomes: A Case Study of Kenya

This paper investigates whether access to healthcare is a major factor affecting educational outcomes in Kenya. Using ordinary least squares and probit analysis, I estimate the impact of mosquito bed nets, health insurance, vaccinations, and distance to the nearest health facility (hospital, health centre and dispensary) on total years of schooling and school enrollment of children ages 6-18. The key finding of this paper is that access to healthcare plays a significant role, greater than that of even building a new school, on the child’s level of education. The main conclusion of this paper is that building more lower level health facilities, specifically dispensaries, may be one of the most effective policies to improve educational outcomes in Kenya.
O Início do Desmame Precoce: Motivos das Mães Assistidas por Serviços de Puericultura de Florianópolis/SC para esta Prática Early weaning: motives for this practice of mothers attending an infant welfare service in Florianopolis/SC, Brazil

Objetivo: Identificar as razoes das maes de criancas de 6 a 12 meses de idade, em acompanhamento de puericultura na cidade de Florianopolis/SC, para a interrupcao do aleitamento materno exclusivo (AME) antes do sexto mes pos-parto (inicio do desmame precoce). Metodo: Estudo transversal de caracteristicas descritivas, realizado a partir de entrevistas guiadas por um questionario, aplicado a 100 maes que realizaram consultas de puericultura no Hospital Universitario da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (HU UFSC) e em outras 100 mulheres que o fizeram na Unidade de Saude do Saco Grande II (USSGII), entre janeiro e abril de 2005, totalizando uma amostra de 200 maes. Os dados foram analisados e as variaveis classificadas em categorias atraves da analise do significado e reducao das respostas. Em seguida foram organizados com o programa Epi Info 3.5 e apresentados por meio da estatistica descritiva (distribuicoes absolutas e percentuais). Resultados: O aleitamento materno foi realizado por 98% da amostra; entre as maes que amamentaram, 18,4% realizaram aleitamento materno exclusivo ate o sexto mes de vida do seu filho. O desmame foi iniciado de forma precoce por 81,6% das participantes, sendo que 46,2% dessas maes o fizeram motivadas por conceitos pessoais, 35,6% relataram algum problema relacionado a saude do bebe, 27,5% em funcao dos multiplos papeis desempenhados pela mulher-mae, 19,4% alegaram algum problema orgânico pessoal e 18,7% o realizaram por orientacao de alguem. Conclusao: A influencia cultural e familiar, o trabalho materno e problemas de saude da mae e do bebe foram determinantes para o inicio do desmame precoce.
The Design of Mainstream Housing for Downsizers

ABSTRACT In the United Kingdom, the supply of new homes to the housing market tends to be focused either on “general-needs” housing on the one hand, or on special-needs housing for the elderly on the other, with relatively few people moving into homes that will support their independence as they age. Against the backdrop of the UK's chronic housing shortage and the UK government's recent Housing Standards Review, this case study of a mainstream housing development—which meets so-called “Lifetime Homes” in “Lifetime Neighborhoods” standards—identifies specific design and locational features that have attracted “downsizers” to buy into it, as well as those they subsequently found problematic.
Examination and Comparison of the Relationships Between Strength, Balance, Fall History, and Ambulatory Function in Older Adults

Purpose: This study assessed the relationships between strength and ambulatory function, and balance and ambulatory function in community‐dwelling older adults. Subjects: One hundred adults over the age of 65, with or without a history of 2 or more falls in the previous year, participated. Method: Measurements from hand‐held dynamometry of ankle dorsiflexion strength, the Berg Functional Balance Scale, and the Timed Up and Go (ambulatory function) were collected. Data Analysis: Pearson correlations were used to analyze the data. Results: The correlation between balance and ambulatory function was moderate for the nonfaller (r = −0.574, p < 0.001) and faller (r = −0.611, p < 0.001) groups. A t‐test between the r‐coefficients revealed no significant difference in this relationship between the 2 groups. In both groups, the correlations between ankle strength and ambulatory function were weak. Conclusion: The moderate relationship found between balance and ambulatory function in older adults with or without a fall history suggests that assessment of balance may be a more predictive tool for screening fall risk and functional decline than ankle strength measurement.
Intensity of Integrated Primary and Specialist Home-Based Palliative Care for Chronic Diseases in Northeast Italy and Its Impact on End-of-Life Hospital Access.

Abstract Background: Hospital admissions at the end of life (EOL) represent an established indicator of poor quality of care. Objective: To examine the impact of intensity of integrated primary and specialist home-based palliative care for chronic diseases (HPCCD) plans of care on EOL hospital access. Methods: Retrospective population-based study using linked mortality, hospitalization, and home care data. Intensity of HPCCD was measured 90–31 days before death; outcomes were hospital death and prolonged hospital stay for medical reasons in the last month of life. Outcomes were modeled through Poisson and quartile regressions. Adults aged 65–84 years with at least an ordinary hospitalization and a drug treatment in the year before death, who died from nononcological chronic diseases in the Veneto Region, January 2012–December 2013, were included. Results: Among 2087 patients, 1016 (48.7%) did not receive any HPCCD homecare visit; 860 (41.2%), 152 (7.3%), and 59 (2.8%) had <2, 2–4, and 4–7 homecare visits/.
Population-Based Sentinel Surveillance as a Means of Elucidating the Epidemiology of Campylobacter Infection

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The role of anatomic ACL reconstruction in ACL revision surgery

Revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a technically demanding procedure with more challenges than primary ACL reconstruction. The etiology of primary ACL reconstruction failure is most commonly due to technical error. Determining the cause of ACL failure is the primary objective, and careful preoperative planning is of the utmost importance. It is imperative to incorporate anatomic revision ACL reconstruction principles to restore rotatory stability. This article reviews anatomic revision ACL reconstruction, including preoperative evaluation, surgical technique, pitfalls, and outcomes.
A situation-based flipped classroom to improving nursing staff performance in advanced cardiac life support training course

ABSTRACT The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training aims to help nurses establish the basic competence of the comprehension of electrocardiograms (ECG/ EKG). However, learners usually have difficulty memorizing the meanings of different EKG waveforms, which could represent clinical symptoms or even the feeling of dying, via traditional instruction. Some serious problems could lead to death if the nursing staff do not make correct judgments and provide timely treatment. Thus, this paper reports an explorative study investigating the effects of a flipped classroom approach on nursing staffs’ ACLS learning achievement. A 2-week experiment was conducted to compare the learning achievement of the nursing staff who learned with the ACLS situation-based flipped classroom approach to those who learned with the ACLS traditional flipped approach. The experimental results show that the nursing staff who learned with the proposed approach had better learning achievements, motivation, and satisfaction than those who learned with the ACLS traditional flipped approach.
Bali in Brazil: perceptions of ‘otherness’ by the ‘other’*

This article explores the experiences and observations of an Italian performer/academic teaching Balinese mask dance-drama (topeng) in Brazil. Expatriate status, living between Australia, Indonesia and Italy yet teaching in Brazil, provided a means to critically reflect upon the process of representing ‘otherness’ (Balinese topeng) by being the ‘other’ (a foreigner) in another country (Brazil). A Brazilian trip (October‒November 2013) resulted in a feeling of self-doubt and underlying guilt for not being the ‘original other’ (Balinese). This sensation would not completely disappear even when it became clear that the invitation was for ‘a mission’ to change the discourse on Balinese dance-drama in theatre training in Brazil. This discourse of the ‘exotic other’ was not new to the author, as it was the same one that had stimulated an interest in Balinese dance, drama and music. The imagined Bali of the Brazilian interlocutors had once been the author’s imagined Bali, until it had changed through the experience of living and learning on the island. In the same way, some of them had already had a similar experience, albeit of much shorter duration, which had enabled them to also see beyond the exotic, decontexualised, imagined Bali. In teaching and performing practice the author aims to re-contextualise and ground the imagined other into a familiar reality. This article details the process and insights gained during the Brazilian journey and to reflect upon the multiple voices encountered along the way, which mediated the sense of ‘otherness’.
Daredevils on social media: A comprehensive approach toward risky selfie behavior among adolescents

Risky selfies are recent, but worrying phenomena in which adolescents take pictures of themselves during the act of risk behavior. By applying the principles of the prototype willingness model, the current cross-sectional study among adolescents (N = 686) aged 15–18 years old examined the relation between social media use and adolescents’ risky selfie behavior. A structural equation modeling indicated that adolescents’ general social media use was positively related to descriptive norm estimations of risky selfie takers and favorable prototype perceptions of risky selfie takers. Moreover, attitudes toward the taking of risky selfies and prototype perceptions of risky selfie takers were found to positively relate to adolescents’ willingness to engage in risky selfie taking and their actual risky selfie behavior. Furthermore, no support was found for the moderating roles of gender, developmental status, narcissism, and sensation seeking in the reported relations with social media use.
Discourses of Russian-speaking youth in Nazarbayev’s Kazakhstan: Soviet legacies and responses to nation-building

ABSTRACT Research into post-independence identity shifts among Kazakhstan’s Russian-speaking minorities has outlined a number of possible pathways, such as diasporization, integrated national minority status and ethnic separatism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with young people in Almaty and Karaganda, I examine how Russian-speaking minorities identify with the state and imagine their place in a ‘soft’ or ‘hybrid’ post-Soviet authoritarian system. What is found is that Russian-speaking minorities largely accept their status beneath the Kazakh ‘elder brother’ and do not wish to identify as a ‘national minority’. Furthermore, they affirm passive loyalty to the political status quo while remaining disinterested in political representation. Russian-speaking minorities are also ambivalent towards Kazakh language promotion and anxious about the increasing presence of Kazakh-speakers in urban spaces. This article argues that two factors are central to these stances among Kazakhstan’s Russian-speaking minorities: the persistence of Soviet legacies and the effects of state discourse and policy since 1991.
Familiarization through Ambient Images Alone

The term “ambient images” has begun to show up in much of the current literature on facial recognition. Ambient images refer to naturally occurring views of a face that captures the idiosyncratic ways in which a target face may vary (Ritchie & Burton, 2017). Much of the literature on ambient images have concluded that exposing people to ambient images of a target face can lead to improved facial recognition for that target face. Some studies have even suggested that familiarity is the result of increased exposure to ambient images of a target face (Burton, Kramer, Ritchie, & Jenkins, 2016). The current study extended the literature on ambient images. Using the face sorting paradigm from Jenkins, White, Van Montfort, and Burton (2011), the current study served three purposes. First, this study captured whether there was an incremental benefit in showing ambient images. Particularly, we observed whether performance improved as participants were shown a low, medium, or high number of ambient images. Next, this study attempted to provide a strong enough manipulation that participant would be able to perform the face sorting task perfectly, after being exposed to a high number (45 total) of ambient images. Lastly, this study introduced time data as a measure of face familiarity. The results found support for one aim of this study and partial support for another aim of this study. Time data were found to be an effective quantitative measure of familiarity. Also, there was some evidence of an incremental benefit of ambient images, but that benefit disappeared after viewing around 15 unique exemplar presentations of a novel identity’s face. Lastly, exposing participants to 45 ambient images alone did not cause them to reach perfect performance. The paper concludes with a discussion on the need to extend past ambient images to understand how to best mimic natural familiarity in a lab setting. Table of
Orbital Complications of Acute Sinusitis in Children

Purpose. Acute sinusitis with orbital complications is an ambiguous disease. Without timely diagnosis and appropriate management, it may lead to ocular squela and even become a life-threatening disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and outcome of orbital complications of acute sinusitis in children treated at our hospital over a 10-year period. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed 23 children with orbital complications of acute sinusitis who were admitted to our hospital from January 1995 to July 2004. The clinical presentation, laboratory examination, radiological examination, bacteriology, and treatment method were analyzed. Results. The mean age of the patients was 5.0 years, and 65% of patients were younger than 5 years. The mean hospitalization was 8.0 days. Computerized tomography confirmed medial subperiosteal abscess in six children and orbital abscess in three children. Six children underwent surgical intervention. One child had the same blood and pus results: Staphylococcus haemolyticus. Neither cavernous sinus thrombosis nor intracranial infection was noted. No sequela was found in these 23 patients during a follow-up period of 1 to 2 months. Conclusions. Orbital inflammation is the most common complication of acute sinusitis in children. Computerized tomography is very useful for staging orbital inflammation and guiding surgical intervention.
Perancangan Buku Infografis Sejarah dan Ornamen Simbolik pada Masjid Kajen

Masjid selain sebagai tempat shalat juga berfungsi sebagai tempat pendidikan dalam hal ini menyampaikan ajaran-ajaran Islam. Percampuran antara kebudayaan Islam dengan kebudayaan Indonesia asli ini memunculkan seni bangunan Masjid khas Nusantara. di Kabupaten Pati - Jawa Tengah terdapat Masjid yang bersejarah bernama Masjid Kajen, masjid ini sudah berusia ratusan tahun tepatnya pada abad ke XVII dan mempunyai keunikan simbol-simbol pada ornamen bangunanya, simbol yang tertulis dan terukir di dalam masjid Kajen banyak mengandung makna filosofis yang dalam dari ajaran pendiri masjid tersebut yang bernama Syekh Mutamakkin. Kurangnya media informasi yang bisa menjelaskan mengenai nilai sejarah masjid Kajen. sebab selama ini yang berkembang di masyarakat cerita sejarah dan makna ornamen masjid Kajen hanya dapat diketahui melalui budaya lisan. maka diperlukan sebuah sebuah perancangan suatu media komunikasi visual yang dapat memberi informasi mengenai seputar masjid Kajen, media informasi yang mudah difahami dan menarik untuk dibaca maupun dilihat secara visual. Buku Infografis akan mengemas suatu yang kuno bahkan pembahasan yang rumit menjadi mudah dengan visual yang menarik dan mudah difahami. dengan hadirnya buku Infografis ini harapanya dapat menumbuhkan kepedulian pada pengetahuan sejarah bangunan kuno dan menjadi sarana pendidikan sejarah dan pembelajaran bagi pelajar di Kajen dan pelajar Indonesia pada yang umumnya. Kata Kunci : Infografis, Sejarah dan Simbol, Masjid Kajen.
Epidemiological Correlates Of Unmet Need For Contraception In Urban Slum Population

This study was undertaken to find out magnitude and identifying the different variables, which are associated with unmet need for contraception among married women in the age group of 15-44 yrs in an urban slum of Karad, Maharashtra. A cross-sectional community based study was carried out among married women aged 15-44 yrs. Personal interview method with house-to-house visit was adopted as the study method. In this study unmet need for contraception was found in 59 (45.1%) women, need for spacing in 25 (19.1%) and need for limiting birth in 34 (26%) women. About 81.3% of women in the unmet group belong to the age 15-29 yrs. There was significant association between prevalence of unmet need and age, number of living children, education. There was no significant association found between occupation, religion and unmet need for contraception. The present study revealed that lack of information about contraceptive method and its sources (57.6%) were the common reasons for non-acceptance of contraception. It can be concluded that health education campaigns are necessary to increase awareness and counseling of eligible couples on importance of small family norm is essential.
The Role of U.S. Monetary Policy in Global Banking Crises

We examine the role of U.S. monetary policy in global financial stability by using a cross-country database spanning the period from 1870-2010 across 69 countries. U.S. monetary policy tightening increases the probability of banking crises for those countries with direct linkages to the U.S., either in the form of trade links or significant share of USD-denominated liabilities. Conversely, if a country is integrated globally, rather than having a direct exposure, the effect is ambiguous. One possible channel we identify is capital flows: If the correction in capital flows is disorderly (e.g., sudden stops), the probability of banking crises increases. These findings suggest that the effect of U.S. monetary policy in global banking crises is not uniform and largely dependent on the nature of linkages with the U.S.