Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors related to wife-battering; a medico-legal analysis

Introduction: Wife-battering has not been adequately studied from a medico-legal aspect in Sri Lanka. This study was carried out to describe the types of abuses as well as to explore the consequences, management strategies and impact on criminal justice system. Methods: Adescriptive study involving 4838 Medico-Legal Examination Forms (MLEFs) reported to a tertiary care hospital in Colombo from January 2011 to December 2012 was conducted. Out of 4838 MLEFs, 116 reports of wife battering were studied. The judicial responses of all cases were studied from relevant police records. Results: Forty one percent of victims were less than 30 years of age. Majority (87%) had faced repeated incidents. All had been abused verbally and psychologically. All had physical, psychological or sexual consequences. Majority (60%) had head injuries. Eighty seven percent were non-grievous injuries. Twenty eight percent who directly reported to hospital, refused informing police. The judicial responses were completed in all except two attempted murder cases. Conclusions: Wife-battering is not uncommon in Sri Lanka and many have faced repeated events. The pattern of injuries and their consequences are significant and the vigilance of clinicians is needed to identify them. The victim's choice in taking legal action should be retained. Activation of criminal justice system was mainly based on interpretation of injuries. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.4038/gmj.v19i1. 6958 Galle Medical Journal 2014 19(1):6-10
Exclusive breastfeeding experiences among mothers in Bangkok, Thailand : findings from a mixed-methods study

Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Bangkok is relatively low and below national targets. The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to investigate knowledge, attitude and EBF practice, while illuminating facilitators and barriers to EBF in Bangkok. This cross-sectional study used a quantitative questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude and practice, as well as, qualitative in-depth interviews. 208 women completed the questionnaire and 7 postpartum women and 2 breastfeeding experts, the interview. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multivariable analyses. 14% of women did EBF for some duration of time, with 10.1% EBF for 6 months. Number of times breastfeeding was discussed during antenatal visits was statistically significant to EBF (2 times: OR=3.798; CI 1.039-13.879 and More than 2 times: OR=3.374; CI 1.034-11.016). Qualitative data provided context for the quantitative findings, highlighting antenatal care and doctor/midwife knowledge as major facilitators to EBF, while low milk supply, working and giving water primary barriers. Increased discussions regarding EBF and its barriers during antenatal appointments could greatly increase EBF prevalence.
Secure network coding

Recent work on network coding renders a new view on multicasting in a network. In the paradigm of network coding, the nodes in a network are allowed to encode the information received from the input links. The usual function of switching at a node is a special case of network coding. The advantage of network coding is that the full capacity of the network can be utilized. In this paper, we propose a new model which incorporates network coding and information security. Specifically, a collection of subsets of links is given, and a wiretapper is allowed to access any one (but not more than one) of these subsets without being able to obtain any information about the message transmitted. Our model includes secret sharing as a special case. We present a construction of secure linear network codes provided a certain graph-theoretic sufficient condition is satisfied.
Mi mama es bonito: Acquisition of Spanish Gender by Native English Speakers

For an adult, learning a second language can be a complex and demanding task. Differences between one’s native language and the target language can contribute to the complexity of the task. One significant way in which languages can differ is the system of gender. The difference between gender in English and Spanish provides a challenge for adult native English speakers learning Spanish as a second language. The aim of the current study is to examine gender marking on a variety of tasks by adult NS of English as beginning learners of Spanish, with hopes that such examination will provide insight into the nature of their acquisition. This paper will first examine differences in gender in English and Spanish and then review previous research in acquisition of gender in a second language before presenting the current study.
Avaliação das idades óssea e dental de crianças e adolescentes portadores de Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1

The diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) is considered the metabolic-endocrine disturb most common during childhood and youth ages with consequentes that can affect their development. Besides this, it is a disease that demonstrates an increase in the incidence more and more in younger ages. The goal of this project was to evaluate the bone and dental ages of children and teenagers with DM1. For this, it was done a transversal study case-control composed of two groups: Group 1) 41 carpal radiographs and 41 panoramic radiographs of children and teenagers with DM1 treated at the Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology of the Hospital das Clinicas of the Universidade Federal do Parana and Group 2) 41 carpal radiographs and 41 panoramic radiographs of children and teenagers without DM1 and other systemic diseases, obtained from the records of the college of Odontology of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica of Rio Grande do Sul. The groups were paired by sex, each composed by 15 boys and 26 girls of close ages, between the ages of 5 and 15 years old. All the radiographs were obtained in similar equipments, masked and digitalized in an appropriated scanner. The bone age was measured by the Greulich and Pyle method and the dental age, by the Nolla method. Each image was evaluated 3 times by 3 observers previously trained and calibrated, with the interval of 3 days in between the readings (Interobserver intraclass correlation coefficient over 0.81) Afterwards it was done an average rating of each observer and, from these, a final average of the bone and dental ages of each individual. These characteristics were compared to the chronological age to verify if there was a delay, an advance or if it didn't show alterations. The results showed that the bone and dental ages didn't show differences when compared between the groups with and without DM1 (p=0.71 and p=0.10, respectively. Test of the chi-square). However, the girls with DM1 demonstrated an advance in the bone age when compared to the boys of the same group (p=0.005). It is possible to conclude that the DM1 didn't provoke alterations in the development of children and teenagers affected by the disease.
Disorders of Peripheral Nerves

Inevitably, reading is one of the requirements to be undergone. To improve the performance and quality, someone needs to have something new every day. It will suggest you to have more inspirations, then. However, the needs of inspirations will make you searching for some sources. Even from the other people experience, internet, and many books. Books and internet are the recommended media to help you improving your quality and performance.
Reading the Material Theatre

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Theory and Practice: 1. Theory: towards a materialist semiotics 2. Practice: conditions of production and reception Conclusion to Part I Part II. Case Studies: 3. The Stratford Festival 4. Tarragon Theatre 5. The Wooster Group 6. The English Shakespeare Company 7. International festivals Conclusion Index.
SINGLY DIAGONALLY IMPLICIT RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS COMBINING LINE SEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION

There exists a strong connection between numerical methods for the integration of ordinary differential equations and optimization problems. In this paper, we try to discover further their links. And we transform unconstrained problems to the equivalent ordinary differential equations and construct the LRKOPT method to solve them by combining the second order singly diagonally implicit Runge-Kutta formulas and line search techniques.Moreover we analyze the global convergence and the local convergence of the LRKOPT method. Promising numerical results are also reported.
Relationship between knowledge management processes and performance: critical role of knowledge utilization in organizations

ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between knowledge management processes and its impact on knowledge management performance. A structural model of knowledge management processes showing the relationship of knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, knowledge storage, and knowledge utilization and its subsequent impact on organizational KM performance is proposed. The model is tested using data collected from 1068 individuals working in primarily service based organizations in Turkey. A split-sample methodology is used to validate our measurement model and to further test the structural model. The results indicate that knowledge utilization mediates the relationship between rest of the knowledge management processes and organizational knowledge management performance. Knowledge generation is found to directly impact knowledge management performance, in addition to having a mediated impact through knowledge utilization. The results also provide support for the hypothesized relationship that suggests that the impact of knowledge generation and knowledge sharing on knowledge utilization is mediated by knowledge capture.
Vers una escola segura i saludable: creació, validació i aplicació d'un instrument per a l'enregistrament i estudi dels danys no intencionats a l'escola

L'objectiu principal de la investigacio present es l'estudi dels danys no intencionats a l'escola, que es constitueixen com un problema per a la salut i la seguretat de l'alumnat.Aquest estudi s'aborda amb una orientacio que contempla la complementarietat de les metodologies qualitativa i quantitativa.La investigacio s'inicia a partir del disseny d'una serie de categories per descriure i analitzar els factors mes rellevants d'aquest fenomen. En segon lloc, s'ha construit i validat un instrument per enregistrar les dades mes importants dels danys no intencionats.En tercer lloc, s'ha aplicat aquest instrument al llarg d'un curs academic, en 22 centres escolars i sobre una poblacio total de 17494 alumnes. Finalment, els resultats obtinguts han permes identificar les caracteristiques principals dels danys no intencionats a l'escola i fer una proposta per a la seva prevencio.
Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling for Image Processing Inverse Problems

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master’s Degree Programme in Science and Engineering JÄRVENPÄÄ, MARKO: Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling for Image Processing Inverse Problems Master of Science Thesis, 67 pages, 2 Appendix pages March 2013 Major: Mathematics Examiners: Prof. Robert Piché and D.Tech. Simo Ali-Löytty
Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC): avaliação da aplicabilidade e resultados

Estudo descritivo de abordagem quanti-qualitativa, cujo objetivo foi avaliar a aplicacao do Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) e seus resultados junto aos profissionais de equipes da Estrategia Saude da Familia, em Campo Grande (MS). A amostra constituiu-se de 30 profissionais em 5 equipes, e a coleta de dados foi realizada em maio e junho de 2014, por meio do instrumento ACIC. A media das equipes resultou em capacidade razoavel para atencao as condicoes cronicas, sendo o sistema de informacao clinica a principal fragilidade e o desenho do sistema de prestacao de servicos de saude, o maior potencial.
Analysis of implementation Augmented Reality (AR) introduction of temple and ancient objects based on android to increasing student learning outcomes

Malang is one of the tourist areas in Indonesia which has many tourist attractions, among them the form of the temple. The temple and the Archaeological Museum of history that cannot be eliminated from our country, this time temples and Archaeological Objects rarely known or even visited by the public. This is particularly worrying given the duty as good citizens, especially the younger generation successor to the nation is to maintain and preserve the cultural heritage of their ancestors. distance and time is a major obstacle that makes the temples and archaeological objects are less attractive to the younger generation especially school students, therefore designed an application that implements Augmented Reality to support the introduction of interactive learning Temples and Archaeological Objects based on Android. A questionnaire was developed using the USE Questionnaire with modifications as needed research. While the analysis of data using Likert scale calculations. Based on the results of the analysis of the implementation of the game as a learning medium can be concluded that the application can be applied and get approval from the user of 85.85%. Based on the result of student learning result test, it can be concluded that the application with Augmented Reality technology helps them to study the temples and ancient objects, with the increase of Student Learning Result of 36.67%
First-generation college seniors navigating tension between home and school at a four-year, residential institution: A narrative study

FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE SENIORS NAVIGATING TENSION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL AT A FOUR-YEAR, RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION: A NARRATIVE STUDY by Elizabeth Buffy Stoll Turton One in six students at American four-year universities is a first-generation student. Firstgeneration students, defined in this study as those whose parents did not attend a four-year university, encounter unique tensions as they navigate the disparate worlds of home and school. This constructivist narrative study of first-generation student experiences explores the success stories of eight diverse first-generation seniors at Miami University – a selective, four-year, residential institution in Oxford, Ohio. The study resists a deficient perspective on firstgeneration students, instead telling the stories of participants who have successfully navigated tension between the worlds of home and school, and accomplished their goal of graduating from college. Though nearly all research in this area focuses on first-generation students’ transitions to college, this study found that tension between home and school persisted throughout participants’ college experiences. This persistent tension is identified and described in three non-linear realms: tension of transition, tension of identity, and tension of success. The study describes how participants experienced a temporal dimension of tension between their past and future worlds within these realms, and identifies participants’ commitment to a college future as a powerful source of motivation for persistence amidst home/school tension. Implications for practice underscore the importance of validation for first-generation students from campus peers, faculty, and staff; the value of safe space for building authentic connections with others in their college world; and the responsibility of four-year institutions to transform institutional culture in order to provide such validation and support for first-generation students as they negotiate tension between the worlds of home and school. Particular implications for practice include targeted outreach for first-generation students in the areas of pre-semester transition programs, career exploration and development, and study abroad. FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE SENIORS NAVIGATING TENSION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL AT A FOUR-YEAR, RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION: A NARRATIVE STUDY
Patient satisfaction in outpatient healthcare services at secondary level vs. tertiary level.

SUMMARY Introduction Patients satisfaction is a very important part of any clinical practice both for evaluation and improvement of healthcare services. Objective The aim of this study was to determine patient satisfaction with public outpatient healthcare services at secondary and tertiary level and to assess possible differences between the two levels. Methods In a quantitative cross-sectional study, a convenient sample of 646 patients who experienced public outpatient healthcare services at the secondary and tertiary level during the last two months were interviewed. Patient satisfaction questionnaires, with statements regarding various aspects of satisfac- tion, were completed during face-to-face interviews (response rate 84.6%). The research instrument was tested for internal consistency using the Cronbach's coefficient alpha estimate. Results The patients were significantly more satisfied in tertiary than in secondary outpatient health- care facilities in almost all aspects of assessment related to general settings, nurse/administrative staff performance and physician performance (p<0.001). The patients in the secondary healthcare services (SHCS) were more satisfied than in the tertiary healthcare services (THCS) but only regarding the infor- mation on location (83.9% vs.78.3%) and possibilities to enter and move inside the department (88.8% vs. 83.3%). Analysis of data for SHCS and THCS showed that there was no significant difference between the mean overall satisfaction scores with regard to patients' gender, age, marital status, educational level, employment and number of visits. Conclusion There is a need to improve the current level of patient-provider relationship and commu- nication, as well as that of hospital environment, while special efforts should be made to address the problem of patient waiting time and hospital bureaucracy.
A Retrospective Study of Luxation Injuries in Primary Teeth: Prognosis with Splinting

This study investigated the prognosis of luxation injuries in primary teeth treated with splinting. This study retrospectively analyzed 92 children with luxation injuries to their primary teeth who were treated with splints between 2010 and 2015. Prognoses were analyzed in patients who had been followed for more than 6 months. The prognoses with splinting were based on clinical and radiographic evaluations performed during the follow-up examinations. The mean patient age was 42.1 months, and 67.4% were male. The most common cause of luxation injury was falling, and the mean splint duration was 2.4 weeks. The success rate of splinting was 58.9%. The highest rate of success was achieved following subluxation, while repositioning and splinting of lateral luxation had the lowest rate of success. Pulp necrosis was the most common unfavorable prognosis in the luxation injuries. Depending upon the type of luxation, splint therapy had acceptable prognoses and might be a feasible treatment option. Abstract
How to optimize cognitive load for learning from animated models

Animated models explicate the procedure to reach a problem solution as well as the rationale behind this procedure. For abstract cognitive processes, animations might be beneficial especially when explanations are provided by a supportive pedagogical agent. We argue that animated models can be an effective instructional method provided that they are designed in such a way that cognitive capacity is optimally employed. This review proposes three sets of design guidelines based on cognitive load research. The first set aims at managing the complexity of subject matter. The second set focuses on preventing activities -due to poor designthat obstruct learning. The last set of guidelines incites learners to engage in active and relevant processing of subject matter. Finally, an integrative framework is presented for designing effective animated models. The current focus on lifelong learning and flexibility in task performance increasingly emphasizes the mastering of complex cognitive skills (Jonassen, 1999). Instructional methods, such as modeling and vicarious learning, in which learners observe how experts perform problem-solving tasks and simultaneously explain the reasoning underlying their actions, fit this focus on complex learning. At the same time, rapid developments in computer and software technology in the last decades have enabled the use of animations to illustrate abstract cognitive processes or concepts (Casey, 1996; Chee, 1995; Collins, 1991) and programmable pedagogical agents to support learners. We refer to the combined use of animations and pedagogical agents in modeling as animated models. These animated models illustrate the solving of problems such as scientific problems (e.g., solving a problem about gravity), mathematical problems (e.g., probability calculation problems), or search problems (finding information on the Internet). The pedagogical agent functions as a social model and guides the learner through the animation, for example, by moving around the screen and guiding the learner’s attention to specific parts of the animation, by addressing the learner in a personalized style and/or by showing which errors typically may occur and how they may be avoided by the learner. For example, in solving a problem in the domain of probability calculation, it is important to know whether it is a ‘drawing with or without replacement’. For novices this concept may be rather abstract and difficult to understand. An animation can visualize the concept by showing what is happening in, for instance, a running contest. Imagine that a learner has to calculate the probability that
Language Model Techniques in Machine Translation

Automatic translation from one language to another is a highly ambituous task, and there is already a long history of people trying to solve this problem (Weaver, 1955). Yet there is no answer to this problem, but since Brown et al. (1993) Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) emerged as a promising candidate and is until now of primary research interest. Many work has been spent on components like the translation model and subtleties of this. Less work has been spent on language models, which are needed to derive well formed sentences in the target language. Hence the leading idea of this thesis is to integrate and evaluate language modeling techniques to capture long term context dependencies. An excellent source of inspiration for this is the field of speech recognition. The reason is that language models have been studied thoroughly for speech recognition, where language models play a similar role. However, few of the numerous approaches for speech recognition language models have been evaluated with respect to machine translation. After analyzing the literature the following three approaches seemed promising and have been chosen to become investigated: class base language models, cache language models and sentence mixture language models. Each of these techniques is at least evaluated regarding perplexity and translation scores. The structure of the paper is the following. At first an introduction to the area of machine translation is given. Then a literature review highlights different approaches for language models. In the next three sections, the actual experiments are described, starting with a short description of the implementation of the different models, continuing with the results of experiments performed and ending with an analysis of the results. Finally some conclusions are drawn and suggestions for future work are made.