Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Incidence and Patterns of Acute Poisoning Cases in an Emergency Department of A Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai

Acute poisoning is a medical emergency. It is important to know the incidence, patterns and outcome of acute poisoning cases in order to take up appropriate planning in prevention, safety measures and management. This study aimed to assess the incidence and patterns of poisoning and drugs used in the management of poisoning in a tertiary care hospital located in Chennai catering to urban & semi urban population. This was a retrospective observational study. Data was collected from the medical records of the emergency department of the hospital. The study included 218 cases and data regarding age, sex, Mental health history, Name/type of poisoning agent, Drugs administered, Duration of hospital stay, Outcome of the treatment were collected in a prestructured proforma. Among the total 218 patients, males were 113 (51%) and females were 105 (49%). Patients consumed Organophosphorous poisoning were 64 (29%), Tablet overdose were 74 (34%) and rest like mosquito repellant, rat killer poison, kerosene, acid etc., were 80 (37%). Intention of these poisoning episodes was suicidal in 198 (91%) patients and accidental in 20 (9%) patients. Among 0-18 yrs age group of patients those who reported Organophosphorous compound poisoning was 1, tablet overdose was 2 and the rest (mosquito repellent, kerosene, rat killer) were 6 especially in children. In the age group of 19-30, the patients with OPC were 31, tablet overdose was 33 and remaining (mosquito repellent, rat poison and acid) were 32 patients. After intervention and management 203 (93%) patients recovered and 15 (7%) patients died. The common drugs used apart from first aid measures were Atropine, Oximes, Vitamin K, and Flumazenil. Other adjuvant drugs used are Ondansetron, Pantoprazole, Antibiotics, Antiepileptics and Antacids. The female patients tend to consume tablets and mosquito repellent poison more than the OPC poisoning. From this study, we analyzed the incidence and patterns of acute poisoning in patients reporting to emergency medicine department. The incidence of Tablet poisoning is highest followed by Organophosphorous compound poisoning in our study. In our study we found the incidence of mosquito repellent poison consumption has increased considerably. The drugs most commonly used were Flumazenil and Atropine. The easy availability of the pesticides and the over the counter prescription drugs might be one of the major reasons for the increased incidence of poisoning among urban and semi rural general population especially among younger adults.
Effect of the aggregation of multi-cohort mixed stands on modeling forest ecosystem carbon stocks

Studies of the carbon sink of forest ecosystems often stratify the studied stands by the dominating species and thereby abstract from differences in the mixed-species, multi-cohort structure of many forests. This case study infers whether the aggregation of forestry data introduces a bias in the estimates of carbon stocks and their changes at the scale of individual stands and the scale of a forest district. The empirical TreeGrOSS-C model was applied to 1616 plots of a forest district in Central Germany to simulate carbon dynamics in biomass, woody debris, and soil. In a first approach each stand was explicitly simulated with all cohorts. In three other approaches the forest inventory data were aggregated in several ways, including a stratification of the stands to 110 classes according to the dominating species, age class, and site conditions. A small but significant bias was confirmed. At stand scale the initial ecosystem carbon stocks by the aggregated approach differed from that of the detailed approach by 2.3%, but at the district scale only by 0.05%. The differences in age between interspersed and dominant cohorts as well as differences in litter production were important for the differences in initial carbon stocks. The amounts of wood extracted by thinning operations were important for the differences in the projection of the carbon stocks over 100 years. Because of the smallness of bias, this case study collects evidence that the approaches, that represent stands or stratums by a single cohort, are valid at the scale of a forest district or larger.
Children with rampant caries in the primary dentition: oral health situation one year after total dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia

Aim. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the dental status of children with rampant caries in their primary dentition, one year after full-mouth rehabilitation, and to assess the impact of a follow-up program on the clinical outcome. Method. A longitudinal follow-up study was undertaken at the paediatric dental clinic of the Catholic University of Leuven. Children younger than six years of age, with rampant caries in the primary dentition (more than 6 active lesions) and treated under general anaesthesia, were randomly allocated to two different programs. A first group received standard preventive instructions on one single occasion while the test group returned for 4 additional preventive sessions (at 2, 4, 6 and 9 months post-treatment). All children were re-examined after 12 months. Caries experience, level of plaque accumulation, degree of gingival inflammation, and mutans streptococci and Lactobacilli counts were determined at baseline and one year later. Results. A considerable drop-out rate was noted in both groups of children (± 40%, no difference between groups). Although oral cleanliness and gingival condition improved and microbial load decreased, caries experience showed an important increase with a dmfsincrement of 5.6 and 3.9 in standard and test-group, respectively. Failure rates of restorations were considerable (33.0 and 26.1% of restorations in standard and test-group, respectively). Differences between both groups were statistically not significant. Conclusion. It was concluded that caries activity remained a problem in most of the children studied. Restorations failed in a considerable number of cases and the proposed follow-up program could not significantly influence the outcome. More adapted restorative techniques should be used and/or developed, a specific follow-up strategy needs to be worked out and the primary prevention of rampant caries should receive more attention.
Overvaluation of the Real Exchange Rate and the Dutch Disease: The Colombian Case

In this study, we estimate the impact of the 2004-2012 energy and mining boom on the real effective exchange rate in Colombia and the sectoral composition of its economy. To this end, we introduce the new “extended Dutch Disease” concept, according to which a currency appreciation may not only occur due to traditional “spending” and “relocation” effects but also due to exports and massive inflows of external capital that finances the booming sector. The empirical results indicate that Colombia experienced an overvaluation of its real exchange rate, which in turn negatively affected the competitiveness of its manufacturing and agricultural sector.
Genetic Structure of Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Fagaceae) from the Species to the Local Scale: A Review of Our Knowledge for Conservation and Replanting

Abstract Tanoak, Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Manos, Cannon & S. H. Oh (Fagaceae), is an important component of mixed-evergreen forests and woodlands in coastal California and Oregon, with incursions into the Sierra Nevada and the Klamath Ranges. Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is causing severe dieback and mortality in tanoak and could transform these ecosystems in areas where the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum S. Werres, A.W. A.M. de Cock can become established. Knowledge of genetic diversity within the species is important for both disease resistance screening, conservation and replanting in sites with high mortality. Here we review what has been learned about the genetic structure within tanoak since SOD has caused disease epidemics in the species. We review published work on genetic structure at the species level and provide some re-analyses of these data that show divergence across the geographic range. We also review recently published data on genetic structure at a fine spatial scale that provides some guidelines for the selection of trees as seed sources. Finally, we interpret a range of seed provenancing strategies in the light of our knowledge of tanoak genetic diversity.
Effect of Algae Extract and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates on Growth and Productivity of Peas

This study was conducted during the winter seasons of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 at El-Khattara Experimental Farm, Fac. Agric. , Zagazig Univ., Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, to select the suitable dose of mineral nitrogen fertilizer and the optimum algae extract concentration to minimize the quantity of mineral N fertilizer as well as maximizing yield and improving seeds quality of pea plants grown under sandy soil conditions.This experiment included twelve treatments which were the combinations between three rates of mineral nitrogen fertilizer (50, 75 and 100% of recommended mineral N rate ) and four concentrations of algae extract (0,5, 10 and 15% W/V). The results showed that spraying pea plants with algae extract at 10 or 15 % increased significantly the vegetative growth characters and yield and its components as well as seed content of nitrogen, phosphorus and protein content as well as leaf chlorophyll content compared to the other algae extract concentrations. Also, fertilizing pea plants with 75 and 100 % of the nitrogen recommended rate (NRR) enhanced significantly plant growth, yield and its components as well as seeds quality compared to fertilizing with 50% of NRR. The recommended 75 and 100 % NRR combined with foliar application with 10 or 15% algae extract were the favourable interaction treatments for maximizing yield and improving seeds quality without significant differences among them.
Shear strengthening of RC beams by means of vertical prestressed reinforcement

Strengthening RC elements critical to shear with prestressed transversal reinforcement can be an efficient method to increase the shear resistance of structures, allowing the development of the full flexural capacity. However, research on the performance of this technique is very scant, and methods for designing the optimum amount of prestressed transversal reinforcement and assessing the retrofitted structure have not been produced yet. Nonlinear FE models are an important tool regarding predicting the efficiency of these interventions. In this paper a shear-sensitive fibre beam formulation is extended in order to account for the effects of unbonded vertical external prestressed reinforcement in the structural response of RC beams. The model is validated with experimental tests available in literature, succeeding in capturing the gain of shear strength brought by different strengthening solutions. A parametric study is performed to find the optimal quantity of transversal reinforcement that ensures flexural failure mechanism in a beam with insufficient internal shear reinforcement. The relative simplicity of the numerical model makes it suitable for engineering practice.
Electrically Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response over Round Window by Bipolar Stimulation.

OBJECTIVES Auditory brainstem potentials can be elicited by electrical stimulation of the round window (RW). In this technique, extracochlear stimulation is objectively used in the selection of cochlear implant (CI) candidates to avoid cochlear damage. However, until now, its use is limited due to the large artifacts generated by electrical stimulation. Our objective was to obtain reliable and reproducible electrically evoked auditory brainstem responses (eEABRs) using a new method of stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective study including subjects who underwent electrical stimulation on RW during CI surgery between 2013 and 2016. A "Stimulator Box," which produces electric stimuli identical to those provided by a CI, and an evoked potential recording equipment were used. The results obtained with monopolar and bipolar electrodes were compared. RESULTS RW eEABR recordings of 49 subjects (mean age, 34 years) were characterized by their stability and by having wave V between 3 and 5.5 ms. A higher percentage of responses were obtained on increasing the phase duration instead of the pulse amplitude. A significantly greater percentage of positive responses were obtained using bipolar stimulation than using monopolar stimulation (p<0.001). CONCLUSION Using extracochlear electrical stimulation technique, described herein, and bipolar electrical stimulation probe allows for reliable and reproducible eEABR recordings in CI candidates.
Copulas and Long Memory

This paper focuses on the analysis of long-memory properties of copula-based time series. We show via simulations that there exist Clayton copula-based stationary Markov processes that exhibit long memory on the level of copulas. This long memory is captured by an extremely slow hyperbolic decay of copula-based dependence measures between lagged values of the processes. In contrast, Gaussian and Eyraud-Farlie-Gumbel-Mongenstern copulas always produce short-memory stationary Markov processes. Application of copula-based Markov processes to volatility modeling captures both nonlinear conditional time variation as well as long memory, thus providing an attractive generalization of GARCH models.
Educational Model of Physical Training of Students of Bio-technological Profiles

In modern socio-economic conditions professional training of students in higher educational institutions is of great importance, which most concretely represents the principle of organic connection of physical education with the practice of work. The assistance in the preparation of harmoniously, highly skilled specialists is the purpose of physical education in educational institutions. In the process of training from the course of physical education, the tasks are to be solved: education of students of high moral, volitional and physical qualities, readiness for highly productive work; preservation and strengthening of health, assistance in the correct formation and comprehensive development of the organism, support of high working capacity throughout the period of training; comprehensive physical training of students; their profile physical training taking into account the peculiarities of future labor activity; acquisition of students the necessary knowledge on the basics of theory, methodology and organization of physical education and sports training; education of students convinced of the need to regularly engage in physical education and sports. Ukraine has a wide range of activities that create the necessary working and living conditions, improve the external environment, including the production environment, the further development of health care. At the same time, human activity, physical culture and sports are important factors for improvement, health promotion, which ultimately enhances the creative activity of man and his ability to work. Physical culture is an integral part of human life. Physical exercises play a significant role in the ability of members of society, which is why knowledge and skills in physical culture should be laid out in educational institutions of different levels in stages. Despite the scientific achievements in the physical education and sport system, most of the issues of professional training were left out of the attention of domestic and foreign physicists and sports scientists. Taking into account this, we faced the task of developing an educational model of the professional physical training of students of the specialty of production and processing of livestock products and to identify the main components of the content of profiling physical training. We have developed the content of the curriculum for students of the specialization of the production and processing of livestock products, which consisted of two blocks: physical education and physical training.
Parametric models of the resize distribution

This paper characterises the size distribution of wild res in the boreal mixedwood forests of Alberta Canada, for the interval 1980{1998. For res exceeding 2:5 ha, the logarithm of re size is exponentially distributed, according to standard tests. This result is motivated by an apparent exponential distribution of re durations (in days) and an empirical power law relating duration to size. However, computer simulations using the estimated distribution would seriously over-predict the frequency of large res. A truncated exponential distribution can be used to model re with bounded sizes. This upper bound can not be estimated from the data by standard methods, including the statistical analysis of extremes. A nonparametric bootstrap method combined with least squares estimation produces a satisfactory estimate. Parametric modelling of the re size data using forest inventory data as covariates shows that the expected size of a re is positively related to the abundance of pine forest in the vicinity of the point of detection, and negatively related to the abundance of recently logged or burnt areas. Variation in forest structure and disturbance history impose marked spatially variability on the re size distribution.
Absorption coefficient for the intraband transitions in quantum dot materials

In this paper, we present calculations of the absorption coefficient for transitions between the bound states of quantum dots grown within a semiconductor and the extended states of the conduction band. For completeness, transitions among bound states are also presented. In the separation of variables, single band k·p model is used in which most elements may be expressed analytically. The analytical formulae are collected in the appendix of this paper. It is concluded that the transitions are strong enough to provide a quick path to the conduction band for electrons pumped from the valence to the intermediate band. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Integrating On-line And Off-line Measurement For Assessment Of Potential Human Exposure To Particle-bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (pPAHs) In Bangkok, Thailand

A photoelectric aerosol sensor (PAS), which provides continuous signal in relation to the total particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pPAHs) concentration, was used to measure the real-time concentrations in the vicinity of road in Bangkok (Thailand). The measurements at roadside and general areas were carried out for approximately seven consecutive days in March and in August 2001. Potency equivalency factors (PEFs) of classified carcinogenic PAHs, which have been developed by the California EPA, was applied to assess the lifetime cancer risk of potential human exposure to these substances from the real-time measurement. A satisfactory linear correlation was obtained between the total amount of pPAHs detected by the PAS and the total PEF-weight concentration of seven carcinogenic PAHs determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). At roadside, no large difference in average pPAHs concentration were observed between both periods studied, whereas larger difference was found at the general area, giving the ratio of the average concentration of the former to that of the latter a value of 2:1. This suggests that pPAHs more dispersed during the second campaign, due to stronger wind flow observed. As a result, the background cancer risk estimated at the general area of the second period was about 1.5 times higher than that of the first period. At roadside areas, including at ground and 4-storey height levels, an additional cancer risk due to road traffic was 1.2 x 10 -6 and 7.1 x 10 -7 , respectively. In addition, the additional risk of the motorized road user during workday was estimated as 1.8 x 10 -6 . This approach could then give a simpler way to assess the potential risk associated with human exposure to pPAHs.
Evaluation of a School Program Aimed at the Prevention of Obesity in High School Girl Students: A Theory Based Intervention Study

This paper describes the development, application and evaluation of a school based intervention to prevent obesity in high school girl students aged 13-14 years. In addition, the efficacy of three different behaviors which prevent obesity was assessed. Children aged 13-14 years (n 154) were recruited from four high schools in Shahr-e-kord city and randomly allocated to a control group or intervention group: Physical Activity, fruits & vegetables consumption and Sugar free-sweetened Beverages consumption. The setting for the interventions was schools. The intervention lasted for 12 weeks. Knowledge, Attitude and diet and physical activity were assessed at baseline and at the end of the intervention. Significant improvements in nutrition and physical activity knowledge were seen in all students (p < 0.001) between baseline and post-intervention, Overall, fruit and vegetable intake increased significantly (p < 0.001 and <0.001, respectively), also Sugar free-sweetened Beverages consumption increased significantly (p < 0.001). Physical activity in students increased significantly (p<0.001). This study has demonstrated that school may be a suitable setting for the promotion of healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents, but requires replication in other social settings. Future initiatives should be long-lasting, multi-faceted and sustainable, involving all children in a school and should goal the whole environment and be behaviorally focused. The final goal of any such program is to lead to positive behavior change which will have a useful effect on long-term health.
An exploration of undergraduate students’ self-reported academic dishonesty at Addis Ababa and Jimma Universities

Academic dishonesty is a global phenomenon that exists almost in every country. Its effect has been long-lasting and catastrophic in many instances and its impediment for growth is largely looming. This study attempted to investigate students’ self reported academic dishonesty in Ethiopian University settings. The findings show that 96.4% of respondents admitted in engaging on assignment-related dishonesty while 82.1% and 82% on research-related and exam-related ones, respectively. Scores on performance avoidance and mastery orientation, Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), awareness of academic rules and regulations, assessment practices, faculty, and university attended predicted the different types of academic dishonesty with varying levels of significance.
Title The Outcome of Cochlear Implantation for MitochondrialDisease Patients With Syndromic Hearing Loss

Right This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in [Yamamoto Norio, Okuyama Hideaki, Hiraumi Harukazu, Sakamoto Tatsunori, Matsuura Hitomi, Ito Juichi. The Outcome of Cochlear Implantation for Mitochondrial Disease Patients With Syndromic Hearing Loss. Otology & Neurotology, 36(8), September 2015, p e129‒e133]; The fulltext file will be made open to the public on 1 October 2016 in accordance with publisher's 'Terms and Conditions for SelfArchiving'. ; この論文は出版社版でありません。 引用の際 には出版社版をご確認ご利用ください。 This is not the published version. Please cite only the published version.