Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adaptation and evaluation of Chinese version of eHEALS and its usage among senior high school students

Objective To validate eHealth Literacy Scale(eHEALS)instrument Chinese version,and assess influencing factors of eHealth Literacy among senior high school students.Methods eHEALS was translated into Chinese version and revised.110 senior high school students were investigated by using the scale.Data were input by Epi Data 3.02 and analyzed by SPSS 13.0. Results Cronbach' s α coefficients of the Chinese version was 0.913 and factor load coefficients were between 0.692 and 0.869. Average score of respondents was(28.58±7.00)point.Region,educational level of mother,attitude on health and evaluation of personal health condition were influencing factors(P0.05). Conclusion The eHEALS Chinese version had acceptable reliability and validity in the surveyed sample.Senior high school students had much confidence in searching and applying health information and service online.
Do resistant organisms affect success of two-stage reimplantation for prosthetic hip infections?

Background Infected total hip arthroplasty (THA) generates substantial personal, social, and economic burden. Revision procedures for infection are associated with longer operative times, more blood loss, and more complications compared with revisions for aseptic loosening or primary THA. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 44 patients who had THA and underwent a two-stage revision for prosthetic hip infection with methicillin-resistant or vancomycin-resistant organisms between 1995 and 2005. The minimum follow-up was 24 months (average, 45.2 months; range, 24–130 months). Treatment was considered a failure if a two-stage procedure failed to control the infection and required repeat surgery. Results A two-stage revision procedure with culture-specific antibiotics controlled the infection in 29 of the 44 patients (66%). Of the remaining 15 patients, 10 (23%) had a reinfection, and five (11%) had a relapse with the same organism. Conclusions Infection was controlled in two-thirds of the patients with resistant infections using a two-stage approach. These data highlight the importance of considering the virulence of infecting organisms when treating prosthetic hip infections. The likelihood of controlling the infection with a single two-stage procedure is inferior to that reported in the literature for susceptible organisms.
Similarities and Differences between Entropy and Enmorphy: An Attempt to Define the Enmorphy

Introduction The interdisciplinary researches continuing, as before, the centre of the interest of many scientific activities. Medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, geosciences, agronomy, social sciences, arts and other related areas, demonstrate strong interest for interdisciplinary projects. It is impossible to understand interdisciplinary research without informatics. In the last two decades many authors published different works in interdisciplinary areas, [1-6] mainly in the area of medicine. In geosciences some recent publications like [7-9] are worth to remember, among other publications. In a previous study [10] was discussed about the thermodynamics, the conception of Matter Energy Entropy as they were proposed by Clausius, Boltzmann, Gibbs [11-14] and the other authors who have contributed for the development of Thermodynamics, versus the conception of Matter Information Enmorphy as it was proposed for the informatics theories [10]. The notion of entropy was elucidated and the new term of
PENGARUH GENDER, MOTIVASI EKSTERNAL DAN INTERNAL TERHADAP PERSEPSI MAHASISWA AKUNTANSI DALAM MEMILIH KARIER SEBAGAI AKUNTAN PUBLIK

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh gender, motivasi internal, motivasi eksternal terhadap persepsi mahasiswa akuntansi Dalam Memilih karier sebagai akuntan publik pada fakultas ekonomi jurusan akuntansi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif analisis. Populasi penelitian adalah mahasiswa semester 7 dan 9 jurusan akuntansi fakultas ekonomi sebanyak 72 orang dan keseluruhannya dijadikan sampel. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah studi lapangan melalui angket (kuesioner) dan wawancara. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan untuk menjawab hipotesis penelitian ini adalah analisis statistik dengan model regresi berganda. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan nilai DW sebesar 2,115, dengan alpha 5%, (melalui tabel Durbin-Watson). Nilai DW (2,115) lebih besar dari du (1,579) dan lebih kecil dari 2,421 (4-du), maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa tidak terjadi autokorelasi. Nilai sig sebesar 0,005 yang lebih kecil dari alpha (0,05) disimpulkan bahwa secara simultan Gender, Motivasi Eksternal dan Motivasi Internal berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Persepsi. Nilai sig untuk masing-masing variabel penelitian, Gender didapat nilai sig sebesar 0,089 karena lebih besar dari alpha (0,05) maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa Gender tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Persepsi, Motivasi Internal. Nilai sig sebesar 0,013 lebih kecil dari alpha maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa Gender berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Persepsi, maka dapat disusun persamaan regresi P = 18,674 + 0,517G + 0,670MI + 0,446ME. Kata Kunci: Gender, Motivasi Internal, Eksternal, Persepsi, Karier.
Behaviour of the temperature field around pool fires in controlled experiment and numerical modelling : Comportamento do campo de temperaturas ao redor de incêndios em poça em experimentos controlados e modelagem numérica

Trustful description and prediction of a fire scenario has a major importance in safety engineering and risk analysis. Among the available CFD software for fire simulation, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) has been receiving great attention in the safety community and it has been applied in a broad range of applications. The present study evaluates how FDS correlates with experimental flame heights and temperature profiles around a small scale pool fire, with three liquid fuels largely used in industry: commercial hexane, hydrous ethanol and type C gasoline. The evaluation explores the tools available on FDS such as the software substance library, the turbulence models, the Liquid Pyrolysis Model and the CO and Soot yields, which are tested and discussed. The results demonstrate that the gasoline description based on FDS substance library yields poor agreement with the temperature profiles. For commercial hexane and hydrous ethanol simulations, even when quantitative agreement with experimental data is not good, the trends are well reproduced in the simulations.
The Case-control Study on Influence Factors of Leukoaraiosis

Aim To investigate the risk factors of leukoaraiosis(LA) in hospitalized patients. Methods Between January 2010 to June 2010 in our hospital 509 patients diagnosed by brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) as leukoaraiosis were the case group,and 509 cases with no-leukoaraiosis were the control group during the corresponding period.The risk factors of the two groups were inquired according to case-control study design.A database was used and statistical analysis was undergone by SPSS 12.0. Results The unconditional multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that:female [OR and 95% CI:7.857(5.139-12.011)],old age,drink,hypertension in diastolic pressure,cerebral infarction [OR and 95% CI: 5.591(3.660-8.541)],metabolic syndrome were independent risk factors of leukoaraiosis,significantly increasing the risk of leukoaraiosis(all P0.05). But in these patients,the risk of leukoaraiosis [OR and 95% CI: 0.699(0.599-0.815)] was decreased in patients with increased total cholesterol. Conclusion The causes of hospitalized patients with leukoaraiosis are various,as a result,early intervention should be aimed at different risk factors to prevent the occurrence of leukoaraiosis.
Alternative Over-identifying Restriction Tests in the GMM Estimation of Panel Data Models

A new over-identifying restriction test in the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation of panel data models is proposed. In contrast to the conventional over-identifying restriction test, where the sample covariance matrix of the moment conditions is used in the weighting matrix, the proposed test uses a block diagonal weighting matrix constructed from the efficient optimal weighting matrix. It is shown that the proposed test statistic asymptotically follows the weighted sum of the chi-square distribution with one degree of freedom. A detailed local power analysis is provided for dynamic panel data models, and it is demonstrated that the new test has a comparable power to the conventional J test in many cases. The Monte Carlo simulations reveal that the proposed test has a substantially better size property than the conventional test does.
THE DUAL ROLE OF YAP IN DRIVING TGFß-MEDIATED ENDMT

12 Chapter 1 Introduction 13 1.1 Vascular Endothelium 13 1.1.1 Vascular development and remodeling 13 1.1.2 Vascular differentiation 17 1.1.3 Endothelial heterogeneity 19 1.2 Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) 24 1.2.1 General characteristics of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition 24 1.2.2 Canonical TGFβ signaling pathway 26 1.2.3 TGFβ signaling in ECs 31 1.2.4 TGFβ-driven EndMT 34 1.2.5 Physiological EndMT 36 1.2.6 Pathological EndMT 38 1.2.6.1 EndMT during fibrosis in the heart, kidneys and lungs 38 1.2.6.2 EndMT in cancer, FOP and CCM diseases 40 1.3 Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) 44 1.3. 1 The discovery of YAP as a target of the Hippo signaling pathway 44 1.3. 2 YAP protein structure and main functions 46 1.3. 3 YAP and the Hippo pathway in mammals: regulators of development, tissue homeostasis, tissue regeneration, and cancer 49 1.3. 4 Upstream regulators of Hippo pathway and other YAP regulatory pathways 53 2 1.3. 4.1 Cell density and cell polarity 54 1.3. 4.2 GPRC receptors 56 1.3. 4.3 Mechanotransduction 58 1.3. 5 Crosstalk with other signaling pathways 59 1.3. 5.1 YAP and canonical Wnt signaling 59 1.3. 5.2 YAP and canonical TGFβ and BMP signaling 61 1.3. 6 YAP in the vascular endothelium 67 1.3. 6.1 Total-YAP and EC-specific YAP KO mice display vascular defects 67 1.3. 6.2 YAP is regulated differently in static and under-flow conditions 68 1.3. 6.3 YAP contributes to different biological processes to determine a proper vascular network formation 72 Chapter 2 Materials and Methods 76 2.1 Cell culture 76 2.1.1 ECs isolation and culture 76 2.1.2 Culture of HEK 293T 77 2.2 Cell treatments 77 2.3 siRNA transfection 77 2.4 Lentiviral infections 78 2.5 Western Blotting 78 2.6 Nuclear-cytoplasmic (N/C) fractionation 79 2.7 Immunoprecipitation (IP) 79 2.8 IP from N/C fractionation 80 2.9 Transcription factor binding site analysis 80 2.10 Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) 80 2.11 Antibodies 82 2.12 Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis 83
Two Different Methods of Botulnium Toxin A Injection for Releasing of Hip Adductor Spasticity in Diplegic Children

Aim: To compare the effects of Botulnium Toxin A injection of hip adductor muscles (adductor longus and brevis) and gracilis muscle on motor function, balance and gait parameters of the children with diplegic gait parameters were evaluated before and after three successive months of treatment. Results: Significant differences were observed in both groups when comparing their pre and post treatment mean values of all measuring variables (P <0.05) except non significant differences of mediolateral stability index in group I was recorded (P > 0.05). Also, significant differences were recorded when comparing the post treatment mean values of all measuring variables of both groups in favor of group II (P <0.05). Conclusion: Botulnium Toxin A injection of the gracilis muscle is an excellent supplement to regularly scheduled physical therapy intervention for children with diplegic cerebral palsy.
Some global causal properties in certain classes of spacetimes

Causality is a specific tool of Lorentzian Geometry, with a clear physical motivation, which has played a central role in proving important theorems about the global structure of spacetimes. Causality conditions are classified in terms of the so called causal ladder, whose steps determine how these conditions are logically related. Each of these levels presents some specific properties, standing out at the top one, which is occupied by the condition of global hyperbolicity. In fact, it is believed that any physical spacetime must be globally hyperbolic (roughly, this is the content of the strong cosmic censorship hypothesis), and then, will admit a global splitting in terms of a Cauchy surface, on which the Einstein equations can be posed as an initial value problem. Causality theory also provides a boundary construction for the very general class of strongly causal spacetimes, namely, the so-called causal boundary or just c-boundary. This boundary is less commonly used in General Relativity than the conformal one, because some classical spacetimes present a simple conformal boundary with quite a few of interesting properties. However, beyond such examples, there is no a general way to ensure that the conformal boundary exists. In contraposition, the c-boundary is not only conformally invariant but also intrinsic and it can be computed systematically; such properties make it more suitable in general situations. This includes the holographic principle, which original started at a restricted situation concerning the conformal boundary of Anti-de Sitter spacetime for the AdS/CFT correspondence. The main purpose of this memory is to improve our knowledge about the c-boundary and the causal ladder of some important classes of spacetimes. Concretely, we have studied systematically the c-boundary in quotients of spacetimes under the action of groups of isometries (Chapter 1) and in the class of multiwarped spacetimes (Chapter 2); then, we have focused on spacetimes with a timelike boundary, including its causal ladder and the globally hyperbolic ones (Chapter 3).
Coaching, Touching, and False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Canada

Whether in sports training or in physical education contexts, touching is an integral component of the coaches’ tasks. However, recent evidence suggests that touching has become a significant concern for coaches in Canada and elsewhere, maybe due to the increased sensitivity toward child protection discourses. In fact, it appears that some coaches are concerned that touching children while coaching can potentially lead to false allegations of abuse by young people in their care or by the young person’s parents. These apprehensions are pushing some coaches to protect themselves by adopting various strategies or by avoiding certain situations, like touching. Recent evidence suggests that fears of false allegations can represent an obstacle for the prevention of sexual abuse. Moreover, these fears can have a significant impact on the victims of these crimes. Throughout this article, we explore the question of touching in coaching and the fears of false allegations of sexual abuse sometimes associated. The authors focus on understanding the foundations of these fears and offer some answers to the difficult questions that arise from this situation from a Canadian perspective.
The Effect of the 3-step Health Education and Tele-coaching Program for the Disabled People with Hypertension in Rural Regions

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the 3-step health education and tele-coaching program for the disabilities with hypertension in rural regions. Method: The interrupted time series/quasi-experimental study of one group was conducted for 15 months at the rural community health center. The 3-step health education and telecoaching program was given to participants during 15months. Results: There were significant changes in self–management (F = 3.406, p < .01) and preferred salt concentration (F = 6.388, p < .001) between baseline assessment and other time points. No significant changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure were found between each time point and these physiological indicators were within a normal range over time. Conclusion: The tailored program for disabled people with hypertension is very effective in improving healthrelated behaviors regarding salt restriction and self-management of hypertension.
Systems of Ergodic BSDEs Arising in Regime Switching Forward Performance Processes

We introduce and solve a new type of quadratic backward stochastic differential equation systems defined in an infinite time horizon, called \emph{ergodic BSDE systems}. Such systems arise naturally as candidate solutions to characterize forward performance processes and their associated optimal trading strategies in a regime switching market. In addition, we develop a connection between the solution of the ergodic BSDE system and the long-term growth rate of classical utility maximization problems, and use the ergodic BSDE system to study the large time behavior of PDE systems with quadratic growth Hamiltonians.
Diagnosis and Management of the Postpericardiotomy Syndrome

The present review is aimed at the presentation of recent updates on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of the postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) according to more recent publications in the last 24 months. Potentially relevant studies published were searched in BioMedCentral, the Cochrane Collaboration Database of Randomised Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, EMBASE, Google Scholar, MEDLINE/PubMed, and Scopus. The PPS is a complication of cardiac and thoracic surgery that affects 10% to 40% of patients. The etiopathogenesis is incompletely understood and it is supposed to be immune mediated following pleuropericardial trauma and bleeding. There are no standardized criteria for the diagnosis although a combination of clinical criteria have been proposed in clinical trials for PPS prevention and include fever without alternative causes, pericardial or pleuritic chest pain, pericardial or pleural rubs, and pericardial and/or pleural effusion. Treatment is empiric and based on aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and/or corticosteroids plus colchicine. Prevention of the PPS has been demonstrated possible and safe with the use of colchicine for 1 month. Although PPS may be responsible for a prolongation of hospital stay and readmissions, the overall prognosis is generally good with low risk of recurrences and cardiac tamponade. The risk of developing constrictive pericarditis has been reported in 2% to 3% of cases in a long-term follow-up. PPS is a common postoperative complication, generally occurring in the first 3 months after surgery. Severe complications are not common, but the syndrome is responsible for hospital stay prolongation and readmissions.
Why Does it Matter?

Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that causes significant physical and emotional burden for the patient who experiences the disease. For dermatology care providers, it poses numerous challenges including determining the severity of the disease and its impact on the patient. Understanding psoriasis disease severity is important to provide appropriate treatment modalities and to educate patients about their risk for significant comorbidities. Determining psoriasis severity also becomes important when one is participating or reviewing psoriasis clinical trials, attempting toobtain FoodandDrugAdministrationapproval for psoriasis treatments, or whenobtaining health insurance reimbursement. Despite the importance and usefulness of determining psoriasis disease severity, there is no widely accepted standard or tool that is used to determine psoriasis disease severity. This article provides a review of the most common tools and methodologies used to determine psoriasis severity and discusses the potential positive impact that severity categorization may have on the patient’s disease management. Documenting psoriasis severity is important for the patient in that it may enable the patient to qualify for important clinical trial studies. Itmayalso enable thepatient to obtainmuchneeded therapies through insurance companies, many of whom require disease severity categorization to approve payment for these often costly medications. In addition, categorizing and documenting the severity of psoriasis can be meaningful for the provider in that it provides a framework to indicate improvement (or lack thereof) of currently prescribed therapies.
Affine Approximation of Parametrized Kernels and Model Order Reduction for Nonlocal and Fractional Laplace Models

We consider parametrized problems driven by spatially nonlocal integral operators with parameter-dependent kernels. In particular, kernels with varying nonlocal interaction radius $\delta > 0$ and fractional Laplace kernels, parametrized by the fractional power $s\in(0,1)$, are studied. In order to provide an efficient and reliable approximation of the solution for different values of the parameters, we develop the reduced basis method as a parametric model order reduction approach. Major difficulties arise since the kernels are not affine in the parameters, singular, and discontinuous. Moreover, the spatial regularity of the solutions depends on the varying fractional power $s$. To address this, we derive regularity and differentiability results with respect to $\delta$ and $s$, which are of independent interest for other applications such as optimization and parameter identification. We then use these results to construct affine approximations of the kernels by local polynomials. Finally, we certify the method by providing reliable a posteriori error estimators, which account for all approximation errors, and support the theoretical findings by numerical experiments.
Collaboration and followership: a stochastic model for activities in bipartite social networks

In this work we address the following question: given a system of agents, how are their future actions influenced by the previous ones? We are not interested in modeling the process of link formation between the agents themselves, we instead describe the activity of the agents, providing a model for the formation of the bipartite network of actions and their features. Therefore we only require to know the chronological order in which the actions are performed, and not the order in which the agents are observed. Moreover, the total number of possible features is not specified a priori but is allowed to increase along time, and new actions can independently show some new entry features or exhibit some of the old ones. The choice of the old features is driven by a degree-fitness method. With this term we mean that the probability that a new action shows one of the old features does not solely depend on the "popularity" of that feature (i.e. the number of previous actions showing it), but is also affected by some individual traits of the agents or the features themselves, synthesized in certain quantities, called "fitnesses" or "weights", that can have different forms and different meaning according to the specific setting considered. We show some theoretical properties of the model and provide statistical tools for the parameters' estimation. The model has been tested on three different datasets and the numerical results are provided and discussed.