Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Religiosity, Health, and Well-Being among Kuwaiti Personnel

In a sample of 424 Kuwaiti personnel (219 men, 205 women; M age = 37.6 yr., SD = 8.9; M age = 33.4 yr., SD=7.9, respectively), self-ratings of religiosity were significantly and positively correlated with the self-ratings of physical health, mental health, and happiness, as well as the Oxford Happiness Inventory, the Love of Life Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale among men and women. Principal components analysis of the correlation matrix yielded only one salient factor labeled “Well-being, health and religiosity” that explained 52.7% and 56.5% of the variance for men and women, respectively. Religiosity is an important element in the lives of the majority of the present sample of Kuwaiti Muslim employees.
Changes in renal blood flow reserve after angioplasty of renal artery stenosis in hypertensive patients.

BACKGROUND Intra-arterial Doppler is a recent technique which allows assessment of distal vascular disease using measurements of intrarenal blood flow velocities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate intrarenal hemodynamics and renal blood flow reserve before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in hypertensive patients with unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis using intra-arterial Doppler. METHODS Intra-arterial Doppler was performed during arteriography in 19 hypertensive patients (12 men; mean age, 64 +/- 8 years) in "normal" and in "stenotic" kidneys at baseline, on isosorbide dinitrate, and after selective intra-renal papaverine injection, before, and after PTA. Doppler parameters analyzed were average peak velocity, maximum peak velocity, end diastolic velocity, and renal blood flow (RBF). Changes in Doppler parameters after papaverine injection were also analyzed. RESULTS The major results were (1) the significant reduction in RBF distal to the stenosis, (2) the lack of arteriolar reactivity in response to papaverine distal to the stenosis, (3) the immediate recovery of arteriolar reactivity after PTA, associated with restoration of RBF in the revascularized kidneys, and (4) no change in arteriolar reactivity in response to papaverine in the "normal" kidneys following PTA. CONCLUSION Ours results highlighted the benefit of endovascular Doppler to evaluate (1) RBF reserve, and (2) the repercussion of the stenosis on the distal vascularization.
ERYTHEMA AND MELANOGENESIS ACTION SPECTRA OF NORMAL HUMAN SKIN *

Abstract The action spectra for delayed erythema and melanogenesis in Caucasian human skin are determined for wavelengths between 250 and 435 nm. The untanned skin of very fair volunteers was observed after single exposures to a range of fluences of monochromatic radiation. At wavelengths longer than 300 nm the two action spectra are indistinguishable, and at wavelengths shorter than 300 nm, they are of similar shape despite a distinct separation. This suggests a common or similar chromophore for initiation of the vascular and pigmentary responses to UV. A broad minimum in the action spectra occurs near 280 nm, a maximum near 296 nm, and for wavelengths longer than 300 nm, increasingly larger fluences of radiation are required to induce delayed erythema and melanogenesis. Between 304 and 334 nm both action spectra exhibit a rapid decrease of almost three orders of magnitude. In contrast, between 334 and 405 nm the spectra decrease by only one order of magnitude, and there is a suggestion of a small maximum at or near 365 nm. Different chromophores, sites of damage, or response mechanisms may be responsible for induction of delayed erythema at these longer wavelengths. After spectral corrections for the optical effects of the stratum corneum, the shape and magnitude of the action spectra are grossly consistent with a mechanism in which DNA is the primary chromophore initiating the response pathways for wavelengths less than 313 nm. Whatever the actual basis for these action spectra may be, they are of practical significance in predicting skin response to sources of ultraviolet radiation.
A revised version of Kremen and Block's Ego Resiliency Scale in an Italian sample.

The revision of the Ego Resiliency Scale (ER89) is described based on the self-reports of 754 Italian young adults. The dimensionality of the original instrument was explored through EFA and CFA; different factor structures across both gender and two random half-samples were investigated. Results provide evidence for a second-order model, based on two first-order factors (Optimal regulation and Openness to life experiences) and for invariance across gender. Internal consistency and longitudinal measurement stability was also adequate. Initial evidence for correspondence between Ego Resiliency and the higherorder factors of the Big Five (De Young, 2005; De Young, Peterson, & Higgins, 2002) was also provided.
Targeted therapy for renal cell carcinoma: focus on 2nd and 3rd line

ABSTRACT Introduction: Second- and third-line treatments are more and more frequently administered to metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients. Areas covered: Here we discuss the various levels of evidence supporting presently available recommendations, trying to address a number of as yet unanswered issues, and also to take a glowing glance at the future. To do this, we interrogated the Medline database, as well as the proceedings of the main Oncological and Urological conferences for relevant studies. Expert opinion: Until recently, with regard to choosing the second line treatment after the failure of therapy with vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs), the continued inhibition of the VEGF/VEGR pathway, or else the switch to an mTOR inhibitor, is recommended. These two options are characterized by partly different targets, completely different toxicity profiles, but a comparable efficacy. This scenario will change soon, after the publication of two randomized, controlled, phase III trials in which cabozantinib and nivolumab proved to be superior as compared to everolimus. As regards third line treatment, where a sequence of two VEGFR-TKIs has been used beforehand, the choice is represented by the mTOR inhibitor everolimus, whilst if a VEGFR-TKI followed by everolimus has been chosen, a return to VEGF pathway inhibition is suggested.
THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Of all the forms of tuberculous infections those of the central nervous system, particularly the disseminated form, offered the greatest test of therapeutic agents. Since this form of disease was so nearly 100 per cent fatal assessment of results could be measured a t first in terms of survival. Only as effective therapv was developed has it become necessary to utilize the more critical type of controlled experiments to ascertain optimal therapy. Because of the severity of this type of illness such studies have not been done, but for the most part new drugs, when toxicity was relatively low, have been added to pre-existing therapv. This practice, plus the peculiar pharmacologic situation created by the penetration problems encountered a t the blood brain and blood cercbrospinal fluid barriers, have made generalizations from the experiences in the treatment of meningitis difficult. However the outstanding effectiveness of isoniazid was most clearly demonstrated here. In the control of many communicable diseases the long range trends have often made it difficult, if not impossible, to demonstrate by vital statistics any effect from a specific therapy. On the other hand, the assessment of the current status of a problem, such as central nervous system tuberculosis, can be furthered by consideration of these data. For example TABLE 1 compares the crude death rates from various types of tuberculosis in the United States from 1946 to 1957. I t can be seen that the decline in respiratory tuberculosis was continuous throughout this period but from 1947 to 1953 the rate of fall was greater than it has been since. Thus it appears that the impact of isoniazid is difficult to measure in respiratory tuberculosis by the use of vital statistics. The deaths from nonrespiratory infections have been less than 10 per cent of the pulmonary forms but the curves of decline have been roughly parallel. Among the three major components of the nonrespiratory forms the nature of decline has been less regular. The localized forms other than pulmonary or meningitic (nonrespiratory nongeneralized), which constituted about 40 per cent of the total in 1946, declined in a manner similar to the pulmonary form with a rapid drop prior to 1952. The number of deaths from meningitis, however, were little changed until 1951 with the most rapid decline occurring in the four years from 1951-1955 whereas the curve for the other generalized forms is between these two. Recause of the fact that much of the decline in all of the groups reflects decreased exposure, the interpretation is not clear. However the delay in decline of meningitis deaths compared to other generalized types of the disease suggest that the former was not accomplished until improved treatment was available. The per cent decrease in each year as shown in TABLE 2, illustrates this point. TABLE 3 compares the changes in respiratory and non-respiratory tuberculosis deaths from 1948 through 1957. The percentage of the deaths from respiratory disease increased among white
Six Design Theories for IS Security Policies and Guidelines

The unpredictability of the business environment drives organizations to make rapid business decisions with little preparation. Exploiting sudden business opportunities may require a temporary violation of predefined information systems (IS) security policies. Existing research on IS security policies pays little attention to how such exceptional situations should be handled. We argue that normative theories from philosophy offer insights on how such situations can be resolved. Accordingly, this paper advances six design theories (the conservative-deontological, liberal-intuitive, prima-facie, virtue, utilitarian and universalizability theories) and outlines the use of their distinctive application principles in guiding the application of IS security policies. Based on the testable design product hypotheses of the six design theories, we derive a theoretical model to explain the influence of the different normative theories on the “success” of IS security policies and guidelines.
The use of different doses of metamizol for post-operative analgesia in dogs.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the post-operative analgesic effect of metamizol (dipyrone) administered intravenously at three different doses (15 mg kg(-1), 25 mg kg(-1) and 35 mg kg(-1)) compared to placebo in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, comparative, randomized, blinded trial. ANIMALS Forty healthy bitches, aged 1-6 years, weighing 10-35 kg METHODS The animals were randomly divided into four groups and received their respective treatments immediately after surgery: placebo group (0.9% saline solution), D15 group (metamizol 15 mg kg(-1) IV), D25 group (metamizol 25 mg kg(-1) IV), D35 group (metamizol 35 mg kg(-1) IV). The following variables were measured: sedation, pulse rate (PR), respiratory rate (f(R)), arterial blood pressure (ABP), plasma catecholamines, serum cortisol, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine metabolites, albumin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), hemogram, platelet counts and level of analgesia which was assessed by visual analog (VAS), descriptive and behavioral scales. Patients were monitored for 48 hours after the administration of the analgesic agent. Rescue analgesia (tramadol, 2 mg kg(-1), intramuscularly) was provided for animals with pain scores ≥4, as determined by the VAS or descriptive scale. RESULTS The D25 and D35 groups showed equivalent post-operative analgesia, as shown by decreased pain scores, according to the three different pain scales, and fewer animals that required rescue analgesia. Significantly lower serum cortisol concentrations were observed in the D25 and D35 groups when compared to the placebo and D15 groups. No hematologic, renal, hepatic or clinical adverse effects were observed during the treatment. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Metamizol administered intravenously at 25 or 35 mg kg(-1) can provide adequate post-operative analgesia in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy.
Adore-able not adorable? Orthographic underspecification studied with masked repetition priming

This paper reports three masked priming experiments examining morphological priming with nonword primes, using targets that were incompletely represented in the primes due to a missing “e” at the morpheme boundary (e.g., adorage-adore). Primes were constructed with a vowel-initial suffix (e.g., adorage) in the first experiment and with a consonant-initial suffix (e.g., adorly) in the second experiment. Priming was observed in both experiments relative to an orthographic control condition. Experiment 3 was a control experiment designed to show that targets in the morphological and orthographic form conditions of the first two experiments were equally susceptible to priming. Overall, our findings provide support for a form of morphemic decomposition that is based on the mere appearance of morphological complexity (e.g., Rastle, Davis, & New, 2004), and demonstrate that this form of morphemic decomposition is robust to regular orthographic alterations that occur in morphologically complex words.
Cost Effectiveness of Wearing Head Protection on All-Terrain Vehicles

ABSTRACT The use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) has increased in the United States and elsewhere over the last three decades, along with an increased frequency of incidents resulting in serious injuries, among which have been head injuries. ATVs are designed for motorized off-highway work and recreation, can weigh up to 600 lbs (272 kg), and may reach speeds as high as 75 mph (120 km/h). ATV crashes, including collisions and overturns, were responsible for 8104 fatalities from 1982 to 2006. One third of those killed were youth under 16 years of age. Helmets may reduce risk of death by 42% and nonfatal injury by 64%. In this study, a decision analysis was applied to determine the potential reduction in the rate of fatal and nonfatal head injuries associated with crashes, based upon the universal wearing of head protection while riding on ATVs. In addition, based upon this reduction in injury rate, a cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted to determine the savings per injury averted among ATV riders with head protection. The authors found that 238 head injuries, including 2 fatalities per 100,000 ATV drivers with an average of 145 hours of annual operation, could be averted by the universal wearing of head protection while riding on ATVs. Taking into account the social direct and indirect costs of fatal and nonfatal head injuries at a 5% discount rate, US$364,306 could be saved per injury averted over a 50-year period if there were universal wearing of head protection by ATV drivers. If the exposure is adjusted to 2000 hours per year for an equivalent work year, 3276 head injuries could be averted including 23 fatalities per 100,000 at a social cost savings of US$509,172.
Neurocognitive Dysfunction and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Medically Naïve Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Previous research characterizes obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a complex neurobehavioral disorder that may have multiple etiologies (den Braber et al., 2008). This study analyzed neurocognitive function and change in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) to characterize OCD. Neurocognitive function and rCBF were examined in medically naïve patients with OCD and contrasted with controls. Results of this study indicated that the neurocognitive functions impaired in OCD are memory, attention, and executive function, which are primarily associated with the frontal and occipital lobes. Dysfunction in the basal ganglia and occipital lobes were associated with OCD and may be an etiological factor in the disorder.
Adaptive management of energy consumption, reliability and delay of wireless sensor node: Application to IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor node

Designing a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) to achieve a high Quality of Service (QoS) (network performance and durability) is a challenging problem. We address it by focusing on the performance of the 802.15. 4 communication protocol because the IEEE 802.15. 4 Standard is actually considered as one of the reference technologies in WSNs. In this paper, we propose to control the sustainable use of resources (i.e., energy consumption, reliability and timely packet transmission) of a wireless sensor node equipped with photovoltaic cells by an adaptive tuning not only of the MAC (Medium Access Control) parameters but also of the sampling frequency of the node. To do this, we use one of the existing control approaches, namely the viability theory, which aims to preserve the functions and the controls of a dynamic system in a set of desirable states. So, an analytical model, describing the evolution over time of nodal resources, is derived and used by a viability algorithm for the adaptive tuning of the IEEE 802.15. 4 MAC protocol. The simulation analysis shows that our solution allows ensuring indefinitely, in the absence of hardware failure, the operations (lifetime duration, reliability and timely packet transmission) of an 802.15. 4 WSN and one can temporarily increase the sampling frequency of the node beyond the regular sampling one. This latter brings advantages for agricultural and environmental applications such as precision agriculture, flood or fire prevention. Main results show that our current approach enable to send more information when critical events occur without the node runs out of energy. Finally, we argue that our approach is generic and can be applied to other types of WSN.
Self spread-spectrum and successive interference cancellation for broadband wireless transmissions [UMTS example]

We propose a multiuser wireless access scheme based on a self spread-spectrum (SE-SS) technique, where the spreading sequence is obtained as a function of past transmitted bits. At the receiver, an improved detector refines the data estimation with a soft estimate of the data-dependent spreading chips, while a successive interference cancellation (SIC) scheme reduces the multiuser access interference. Performance is evaluated in an uplink UMTS transmission and we show that SE-SS with SIC and improved detection outperforms significantly classical CDMA, thus being a promising technique for high-rate transmissions of the next generation of broadband multiuser communications.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT AND INFREQUENT HIV TESTING

Drug user treatment clients with 5 or more HIV tests (frequent testees—N = 43) and 0–2 HIV tests (infrequent testees—N = 56) were compared on demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, perceived risk of HIV infection to self, involvement with family members, and psychological functioning. Extreme groups of HIV testees did not differ on any variables other than an index of perceived vulnerability to HIV infection (e.g., “You think that you really could get AIDS”). That measure of felt vulnerability was not correlated significantly with needle or sexual risk behaviors, family involvement, psychological functioning or other measures of perceived risk. It was reasoned that, in a community in which both dangers and protective behaviors are widely understood, frequent testees experience a generalized and heightened concern unrelated to specific behaviors or characteristics.
Gentamicin effects on urinary electrolyte excretion in healthy subjects

Symptomatic hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypokalemia caused by renal electrolyte wasting occasionally develop in patients treated with aminoglycosides. This phenomenon has been attributed to aminoglycoside tubular injury. However, rats administered a single dose of gentamicin show immediate dose‐related calcium and magnesium renal wasting without sodium or potassium wasting days before other evidence of tubular dysfunction or structural injury can be shown. The mechanism is undefined but transient and is not dependent on the presence of parathyroid hormone.
High‐Dose Interleukin‐2: Evaluation of a standardized order set for biotherapy in an intensive care unit

BACKGROUND: Life‐threatening toxicity may result from administration of high‐dose (HD) interleukin‐2 (IL‐2). Patients receiving HD IL‐2 treatment often experience severe adverse side effects, which result in the interruption of treatment. OBJECTIVES: A standardized order set (SOS) was developed for patients with melanoma or renal cell carcinoma receiving HD IL‐2. The aims of the study were to determine compliance of clinicians to the SOS, report the completed doses and major side effects of HD IL‐2, and document the satisfaction level of clinicians. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 40 health records of patients with melanoma or renal cell carcinoma who were treated with HD IL‐2 was conducted to determine compliance to the SOS. Staff satisfaction with the SOS was surveyed. FINDINGS: The SOS was successfully implemented with a provider compliance rate of 90%. Cardiovascular side effects were the most common. Clinicians found the SOS very satisfactory or superior in guiding care and treatment of side effects.
Multi-stress aging of stator bars with electrical, thermal, and mechanical stresses as simultaneous acceleration factors

Accelerated aging tests have been carried on stator bars under simultaneous electrical, thermal and mechanical multi-stress conditions, using a simulated three-phase model stator. Over each thermal load cycle, the partial discharge activity has been found to be a strong function of temperature. Tests at twice rated electrical stress did not result in any bar specimen failures up to a total of 1500 load cycles. However, when the three phase load current was increased above its rated value, current-limited type failures were observed to occur below 1000 load cycles, thereby indicating a marked influence of thermal and mechanical stresses associated with the elevated three phase load current.