Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Co-expression of CXCR 4 and CD 133 proteins is associated with poor prognosis in stage II-III colon cancer patients

Although CXCR4 and CD133 have been implicated in the metastatic process of malignant tumors, the clinicopathological significance of their expression in human colon cancer is not fully understood. The present study aimed to examine the expression of the CXCR4 and CD133 proteins in cases of stage II or III colon cancer and the related lymph nodes and to investigate the clinical and prognostic significance of these proteins in colon cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed to examine CXCR4 and CD133 protein expression in paraffin-embedded stage II or III primary colon cancer tissues and matched lymph nodes. The correlation between the expression of the two proteins and clinicopathological parameters and the patient 5-year survival was analyzed. CXCR4 expression was detected in 74 of the 125 tumors (59.2%) and CD133 expression was detected in 45 (36.0%). The co-expression of CXCR4 and CD133 (both CXCR4 and CD133 were positive) was detected in 29 of the 125 tumors (23.2%). Compared with the other combinations, the co-expression of the CXCR4 and CD133 proteins was significantly associated with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage (P=0.029) and lymph node status (P=0.020). Log-rank analysis revealed that AJCC stage (P=0.014), lymph node status (P=0.011), CXCR4 expression (P=0.023), CD133 expression (P=0.034) and the co-expression of the CXCR4 and CD133 proteins (P=0.003) were significant prognostic indicators for the overall survival of patients. The results of the present study show that the co-expression of the CXCR4 and CD133 proteins is a risk factor for poor overall survival in stage II or III colon cancer patients, indicating that the co-expression of the CXCR4 and CD133 proteins contributes to the progression of colon cancer.
Merced Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Title Empirical investigation on spatial templates for a diagonal spatial term Permalink

The meaning of spatial relations have been intensively studied in cognitive science research. A spatial template is one of the typical representations of spatial relations, which maps a position of a located object to its acceptability for the corresponding spatial term. Spatial templates have been investigated for several orthogonal spatial relations. However, diagonal spatial relations have attracted less attention. The present study aims at empirically determining the spatial template for a Japanese diagonal spatial term, “migiue (upper right)”. The data was collected with various geometrical conditions changing the size of objects and the aspect ratio of the background. The analysis of the data revealed that the reference axis for “migiue (upper right)” was the direction of 45◦, and the acceptability of the diagonal relation could be affected by the acceptable regions of the adjacent orthogonal relations.
TITLE Vulnerability and Resiliency : A Longitudinal Study of Asian Americans from Birth to Age 3 J

AUTHOR Werner, Emmy E. TITLE Vulnerability and Resiliency: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Americans from Birth to Age 3J. SPONS AGENCY Grant (W.T.) Foundation, New York, N.Y. PUB DATE 15 Jul 87 NOTE 39p. ; Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (9th. Tokyo, Japan, July 15, 198'). Research also supported by the Sidney S. Stern Foundation, Los Angeles. PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143) -Speeches /Conference Papers (150)
Il Mulino-Rivisteweb

This paper introduces the educational project for debate in high schools called ‘A Suon di Parole’. The project started in 2010 following a collaboration between the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, IPRASE (Provincial Institute of Research and Didactic Experimentation of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy), the city of Trento and the city of Rovereto. In the present essay, some learning models are briefly discussed and analysed to introduce the theoretical framework on which this project was built. We especially highlight how dialectical confrontation, experienced as a sportive competition, promotes the desire and the ability to compare reasoning with others and promotes autonomy. The aim of this ‘educational game’, indeed, is not to impose specific rules of thinking or speaking, but rather to develop the students’ autonomous thinking and, at the same time, increase their ability to compare their reasoning with others to self-evaluate and to increase their interaction and social cohesion.
The Impact of Education on Performing Postpartum Exercise Based on Health Belief Model

Introduction Modern life threats the social and mental health of women by involving them in different forms of unhealthy life style, without social support for education of health manners. Therefore, it will lead to physical inactivity, Depression and weight gain. Regarding the application of theories and models of health education, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of education, based on health belief model, on performing postpartum exercise in Iranian primipara women. Materials and Methods This experimental study was carried out with the participation of 195 primipara women who were referred to health centers of Bandar Abbas, a city in central south of Iran, in the years of 1391-92. The Participants are primiparous women, coming to be visited to health centers, and will be randomly divided into three groups of 65 participants (1 intervention group an 2 control groups). Participants were interviewed using the HBM questionnaire. Education was given in four sessions on the basis of Health Belief Model for intervention group, while one session was held for second control group. First control group received the routine care of postpartum. Eventually, the collected data were analyzed by Frequency Distribution, Chi-Square Test and Anova. Results Mean scores of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, guide for action, self- efficacy in the intervention group before and after education showed a significant difference in comparison with control groups (p<0.0001). Conclusion Health Belief Model-based education has positive impacts on behavioral improvement. Â Â Â Â Â Acknowledgment: This paper IRCT201211179463N6 code is recorded in the clinical trial system.
Preventing , Correcting , and Anticipating Female Infidelity Three Adaptive Problems of Sperm Competition

EOFFREY PARKER INTRODUCED the idea of sperm competition in 1970. Based on his work on insects, PARKER defined sperm competition as the competition between the sperm of two or more males for the fertilization of one or more ova (PARKER 1970a, 1970b). In the decades since PARKER’s groundbreaking work, sperm competition has been documented or inferred to exist in many species, including humans and birds (BAKER/BELLIS 1995; BIRKHEAD/MØLLER 1998; SHACKELFORD/LEBLANC 2001; SHACKELFORD et al. 2002; SMITH 1984). Sperm Competition Theory provides the framework for a body of work that examines the adaptations in males and in females that evolved to solve problems associated with sperm competition. In this article, I review work inspired by Sperm Competition Theory suggesting that male humans and paternally investing, socially monogamous male birds have a psychology that includes mechanisms designed to solve at least three specific adaptive problems of a female partner’s infidelity. Over the evolutionary history of humans and paternally investing, socially monogamous birds, males faced the adaptive problems of (1) preventing a partner’s infidelity, (2) correcting a partner’s infidelity, and (3) anticipating a partner’s infidelity. Although there are likely other adaptive problems concerning sperm competition, such as detecting infidelity or evaluating the timing of a female’s infidelity, I limit the discussion to preventing, correcting, and anticipating female infidelity. The discussion of these specific adaptive problems highlights several directions for future work that may clarify our understanding of male psychology and behavior as it relates to female infidelity and sperm competition in birds, humans, and other socially monogamous, paternally investing species.
SIRE-DP-2015-82 Revisiting Shiller ’ s excess volatility hypothesis

One of the cornerstone of financial anomalies is that there exists money making opportunities. Shiller’s excess volatility theory is re-investigated from the perspective of a trading strategy where the present value is computed using a series of simple econometric models to forecast the present value. The results show that the excess volatility may not be exploited given the data available until time t. However, when learning is introduced empirically, the simple trading strategy may offer profits, but which are likely to disappear once transaction costs are considered.
Noise Levels in the New Zealand Health Industry

The aim of this study was to investigate noise levels in the New Zealand health industry. The goal was to investigate the room acoustics and the characteristics of the noise sources along with noise exposure of health care workers, in New Zealand, in dental clinics and orthopaedic cast clinics and assess whether they are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). A literature review was conducted to determine the definition, cause, and ways to prevent NIHL in relation to the dental clinics and orthopaedic cast clinics. Also determined from a review of the literature were ways to assess and monitor the acoustics of these spaces. Initially room acoustic measurements of background noise levels as well as reverberation times were made and frequency information on the major noise sources was obtained. This was followed by measurement of the daily noise dose exposure of staff working in the participating dental clinics and orthopaedic cast clinics. It was found that noise dose levels did not exceed the damage risk criterion set by The New Zealand Occupational Safety and Health Service of Leq8h of 85 dBA and therefore staff were considered to not be at risk of NIHL. However, the background noise levels measured may be putting healthcare workers at risk of non-auditory related effects of noise exposure, affecting work performance, cognitive abilities and vital communication between staff and patients. Healthcare workers may also be at risk of non-auditory health effects due to increased noise annoyance leading to raised stress levels, which may ultimately lead to pathophysiological changes in the myocardium. Future research in the area of noise levels in the New Zealand health industry should be performed to obtain noise data on a larger sample and look further at the non-auditory health effects of exposure to noise in the health industry.
Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer among Women in Warri and lbadan, Nigeria

Ojectives Breast cancer is a common cause of death among Nigerian women. Identifying some of the risk factors is vital to strategic intervention in breast cancer control. This study was carried out to determine risk factors associated with breast cancer among women in two referral hospitals in Nigeria. Methods A case control study was carried out among 266 women aged 20-80 years. The participants with breast cancer and the comparison group (controls) were matched in the ratio of 1:3 respectively for age and duration of stay in the area of residence. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, family history of breast cancer, dietary pattern, nutritional status, physical activity and environmental factors. Results The mean age of the respondents was 48. 7±11.8 years. Family history of breast cancer was reported by 6.2% of the cases and 5.0% of control group. Dietary pattern revealed that the cases (69.2%) significantly had high risk consumption pattern for high calorie containing foods than the controls (54. 7%). Significantly more of the controls than cases had engaged in good physical exercise (17.9% versus 6.2%). The odds of developing breast cancer was four times higher among women who reported daily exposure to fumes from automobiles and electricity generating plants than those who were rarely exposed (0R=4.40, C/=1.25-15.57) and seven times higher among women who reported occasional exposure to wastes from operating industries than those who were rarely exposed (0R=6.91, C/=2.87- 16.66). Conclusion Major risk factors for breast cancer among women in this study were lack of exercise,high calorie intake, and environmental pollutants. Health education to improve knowledge of self-protection against pollutants and healthy dietary habits may reduce risk of breast cancer. Keywords : Breast cancer; Risk factors; Environmental pollutants; Dietary pattern; Nigeria.
TO IMPROVE INFORMATION TRANSFER FOR MULTI-TRAUMA PATIENTS

The aim of this multi-phase mixed-method study was to improve access, flow and consistency of information transfer for multi-trauma patients leaving the Emergency Department. Methods included literature review, focus group interviews, chart audits, staff surveys and a review of international trauma forms to inform an intervention developed with a researcher-led, clinician stakeholder group. Analysis included descriptive and inferential statistics. Baseline data revealed variability existed in patient care documentation, showing little standardisation. Improvement strategies implemented included a gold standard for information embedded in handover tools, raising staff awareness of complexities for information transfer. Improvement was seen in communication between wards coordinating transfer; improved documentation; decreased information duplication; improved legibility, and increased ease and efficiency in navigating to key information. Improvement in communication at patient transition is essential to continuity of safe effective care, and is impacted by complex interactions between multiple factors. Difficulty increases for patients with
Post Graduate Students Readiness for Elearning ( A Case Study at the College of Distance Education , University of Cape Coast )

The use of eLearning is changing teaching and learning processes from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side approach. Students can easily access their study materials on an eLearning platform regardless of time and space through digital means. In this research, Post Graduate students of the College of Distance Education (CoDE) of the university of Cape Coast, offering Business and Education programmes were assessed on their readiness for the use of the College of Distance Education’s eLearning platform. A total number of 60 students enrolled for the 2015-2016 Academic Year using the eLearning platform were sampled for the study. A questionnaire was administered to all of the students to assess their perceived self efficacy in the use of ICT tools, their attitude towards eLearning and the perceived barriers to the use of an eLearning platform. Research findings showed that most students had a positive attitude towards the use of ICT tools and were ready to use the eLearning platform.
Effects of pilates method in low back pain Efeitos do método pilates na lombalgia

Introduction: Back pain is all pain conditions, located in the lower back, between the last rib and the gluteal fold. The main goal of Pilates is to strengthen the center of the body, improving spinal stabilization. Objective: This study aimed to examining the effects of Pilates on low back pain, checking their effect on low back pain, using a visual analog pain scale, assess the quality of life through the Quality of Life Questionnaire - WHOQOL Bref and measure flexibility by Test FINGER-FLOOR. Method: This study was submitted to the ethics committee of a private college in Teresina, PI (no. 18441813.0.0000.5211). The sample was not random type, consisting of six participants with low back pain. They were assessed before and after treatment by means of an evaluation form (age, weight, height, BMI, visual analog pain scale - EVA Test and finger-floor) and the Quality of Life Questionnaire - WHOQOL Bref. 10 individual sessions were conducted with the Pilates method, often two weekly visits lasting one hour each. Data were analyzed using parametric test “t” test, with significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: The results showed that treatment significantly reduced pain, with p = 0. 0048. Regarding quality of life, we can observe significant improvements in the Physical Domain with p = 0.0288, and p = Psychological Domain. 0.0477. Already in Social Domains, Domain Environment and overall quality of life, the results were not significant with p = 0.2894, p = 0.6357 and p = 0.0830, respectively. Flexibility in the analysis of observed significant improvement, with p = 0.0039. Conclusion: Therefore, the Pilates Method can be an effective treatment option in the treatment of lumbago, acting globally.
Effect of elevation and canopy condition on morphological traits and leaf fluctuating asymmetry of a bamboo, Chimonobambusa utilis in Jinfo Mountain Nature Reserve, Southwest China

Due to widespread distribution of dwarf bamboo, Chimonobambusa utilis, in mountain environment, the effects of elevation (low and high) and canopy condition (forest understorey and forest edge) on the clonal morphology and leaf fluctuating asymmetry were investigated in an evergreen broadleaves forest of Jinfo Mountain Nature Reserve. Elevation and canopy condition were significant for all morphological traits of C. utilis (except for effect of elevation on node number under branch). Traits of clonal morphology such as height, basal diameter, height under branch tended to be higher in forest understorey and in high elevation. Forest understorey in high elevation was favour of shooting number. Interaction of elevation and canopy conditions had a significant effect on growth of node. Single leaf area (SLA) and all indices of fluctuating asymmetry were significantly higher in low elevation than that in high elevation of forest understorey. Thus, elevation and canopy condition formed environmental stress that lead to the adaptation of morphological traits and leaf fluctuating asymmetry of C. utilis populations to mountain forest habitats.
Assessment of Serum Levels of Magnesium and Manganese among Pregnant Women at Central Hospital, Agbor, South-South Nigeria

Pregnant women in developing countries have been reported to consume diets with low density of minerals and essential trace elements. Therefore, this study aims to assess the serum levels of magnesium and manganese and its trimester correlates among pregnant women in Ika community of Delta state, Nigeria. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the serum levels of magnesium and manganese among 64 apparently healthy pregnant and age matched 25 healthy non-pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at obstetrics and gynaecology unit of central hospital Agbor. The mean serum levels of manganese increased with increase in gestational age while hypomagnesaemia 12.24ug/dl was observed in 60 (93.8%) of the pregnant women with a larger preponderance in the second trimester There was significant difference between the serum level of manganese in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women (p<0.001). There were no statistical significance between the serum levels of these trace elements and occupation, nature of dietary intake, age of participants and trimester of pregnancy. We observed an increase in the mean serum levels of manganese with trimester progression while a high prevalence rate (93.8%) of magnesium deficiency among pregnant women was noted in this study. Maximal awareness (advocacy) should therefore be given to pregnant women on the need for adequate dietary intake and supplementation to avoid the complications associated with deficiency of this nutrient. Keywords: Magnesium, Manganese, Pregnant, Women, Agbor, Nigeria
A P ] 2 3 M ar 2 01 8 Semiclassical analysis of dispersion phenomena

Our aim in this work is to give some quantitative insight on the dispersive effects exhibited by solutions of a semiclassical Schrödinger-type equation in Rd . We describe quantitatively the localisation of the energy in a long-time semiclassical limit within this non compact geometry and exhibit conditions under which the energy remains localized on compact sets. We also explain how our results can be applied in a straightforward way to describe obstructions to the validity of smoothing type estimates.
Two key parameters for the El Niño continuum: Zonal wind anomalies and Western Pacific subsurface potential temperature !

Different types of El Niño (EN) events have recently been discussed. Based on NCEP-NOAA 12 reanalysis data this analysis explores a number of key parameters that cause a range of EN types over the period 1980-2013. EN events are divided into three types depending on the spatial and temporal evolution of the sea 14 surface temperature anomalies (SSTA): Central Pacific (CPEN), Eastern Pacific (EPEN), and Hybrid (HBEN). We find that EN is a continuous spectrum of events with CPEN and EPEN as the end members. This spectrum 16 mainly depends on two key parameters: the 130ºE-160ºE Western Pacific 5m-250m subsurface oceanic potential temperature anomaly (PTA) about one year before the EN peak (typically January and February), and 18 the 140ºE-160ºW cumulative zonal wind anomaly (ZWA) between onset and peak of the EN event. Using these two parameters, about 70% of the total variance of the maximum SSTA realised in different Niño regions can 20 already be explained up to six months before the maximum SSTA occurs. This offers a rather simple potential for ENSO prediction. 22 A necessary condition for the evolution of an EPEN, the Western Pacific is in the recharged state. Strong and sustained westerly wind anomalies in Western Pacific can then trigger a Kelvin wave propagating to 24 the eastern Pacific. Both parameters, potential temperature and zonal wind anomaly, constructively interfere. For a CPEN, these parameters are much less important. Kelvin wave propagation is not involved in the 26 evolution of the event. Instead, the Central Pacific warming is caused locally by a zonal advection feedback and local air-sea interaction as already demonstrated in previous studies. The HBEN occurs when both parameters 28 interfere in different ways: (1) Western Pacific is weakly charged, but strong westerly ZWA are observed that reduce the equatorial upwelling in the Central Pacific while the triggered Kelvin wave is too weak to have a 30 significant effect; (2) Western Pacific is strongly charged but only weak westerly ZWA develop, so that the resulting Kelvin wave cannot fully extend into the eastern-most Pacific. 32