Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Frequency of Hyperthyroidism among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Presenting at Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar

Objective: To determine the frequency of hyperthyroidism among patients with congestive heart failure presenting at tertiary care hospital, Peshawar. Design of the Study: The study design was descriptive cross sectional. Study Settings: The study was conducted at Cardiology Department, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from 18 Sept, 2019 to 18 Mar, 2020. Material and Methods: 5cc of venous blood was taken and sent to hospital laboratory for screening of the hyperthyroidism. All the laboratory investigations were carried out by single experience pathologist having minimum of five years of experience. Results of the Study: As per frequencies and percentages for hyperthyroidism, only 08 (4%) patient presented with CHF were recorded with hyperthyroidism Conclusion: In my study I have come to this conclusion that hyperthyroidism can cause high cardiac output and left ventricular hypertrophy, therefore, early and effective treatment of hyperthyroidism is highly recommended in preventing thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy. Keywords: Hyperthyroidism, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, subclinical hyperthyroidism
Analysis of defenses against code reuse attacks on modern and new architectures

Today, the most common avenue for exploitation of computer systems is a control-flow attack in which the attacker gains direct or indirect control of the instruction pointer. In order to gain remote code execution, attackers then exploit legitimate fragments of code in the executable via techniques such as return-oriented-programming or virtual table overwrites. This project aims to answer fundamental questions about the efficacy of controlflow-integrity (CFI), a defensive technique which attempts to prevent such attacks by ensuring that every control flow transfer corresponds to the original intent of the program author. Although this problem is in general undecidable, most programs running on modern operating systems adhere to standard conventions which allow inferences from static analysis to set a specification for allowable runtime behavior. 1. By examining extremely large, complex real-world programs such as web browsers, this project will characterize the fundamental limits of CFI techniques. We find that it is possible for a program in which CFI is perfectly enforced to be exploited via a novel control flow attacks. 2. We examine the potential for hardware support for CFI and other techniques via generalized tagged architectures, and explore the tradeoff between the compatibility, performance, and security guarantees of hardware-assisted policies on tagged architectures. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Hamed Okhravi Title: Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Howard Shrobe Title: Principal Research Scientist and Director of Security, CSAIL
Manager Attributes, Firm Characteristics, and Audit Committee Independence: Evidence from the Canadian Context

To improve the information quality and defend investors’ interests, the current challenge is no longer only to set up an audit committee, but also to ensure its independence. Nevertheless, this independence is not always guaranteed and it depends on several factors. The study aims to identify the determinants of the audit committee independence. We identify factors linked to the manager attributes and factors linked to the firm characteristics. The empirical study is drawn on a sample of Canadian firms over a period of five years. The results show that the independence of the audit committee is negatively related to the size of the board of directors and to the presence of the manager within the remuneration committee. Furthermore, independence of the audit committee seems to be positively linked to the independence of the board of directors and the existence of intangible assets.
Slow-Pathway Visualization by Using Panoramic View: A Novel Ablation Technique for Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

(1) Background: The panoramic view of a novel wide-band dielectric mapping system could show the individual anatomy. We aimed to compare the feasibility, efficacy and safety of the panoramic view guided approach for ablation of AVNRT with the conventional approach. (2) Methods: Ablation distributions in eight patients were retrospectively analyzed using the panoramic view. The para-slow-pathway (para-SP) region was divided into three regions, and the region that most frequently appeared with the appropriate junctional rhythm or eliminated the slow-pathway was defined as the adaptive slow-pathway (aSP) region. Twenty patients with AVNRT were then ablated in the aSP region under the panoramic view and compared with 40 patients using the conventional approach. (3) Results: Thirty ablation points were analyzed. The majority of effective points (95.0%) were located in the inferior and anterior portions of the para-SP region and defined as the aSP region. Baseline characteristics, fluoroscopic duration, and mean number of ablations were similar among the two groups. The panoramic view group had a significantly higher percentage of appropriate junctional rhythm (81.9% ± 26.0% vs. 55.7% ± 30.5%, p = 0.002) than the conventional group. (4) Conclusions: The use of the panoramic view for AVNRT ablation achieved similar clinical endpoints with higher ablation efficiency than the conventional approach.
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Cs DATING OF LAMINATED SEDIMENTS IN SWEDISH ARCHIPELAGO AREAS OF THE BALTIC SEA

In deep off-shore areas of the Baltic Sea, sediment accumulation rates are typically on the order of one or a few millimeters per year, and even less in consolidated sediments, based on lamina counts and radiometric dating (Ignatius 1958, Jonsson et al. 1990, Jonsson 1992). In lacustrine and marine basins, the highest sedimentation rates are usually found in the deepest part, since sediments and associated contaminants are known to be gradually "focused" from shallow to deep areas by resuspension. Accordingly, net sedimentation in coastal areas is usually low or absent due to strong erosion forces. On the other hand, coastal sediments are likely to be important in controlling the fate and turnover of contaminants that are released into coastal waters. Since little is known about the turnover of coastal sediments, in particular for heterogeneous semi-enclosed areas such as the Baltic archipelagos, we recently have initiated a study of sediment accumulation rates, with a focus on areas where erosion is likely to be minimal. The study is part of a project focusing on the relationship between eutrophication and contaminant cycling (EUCON).
Effectiveness of the Existing Regulatory Framework for Biosecurity Preparedness Atgarissa Level Five Hospital, Garissa County, Kenya

Biosecurity is an emerging global security threat in the 21st century affecting public health and natural security in equal measures. This study assessed the effectiveness of the existing biosecurity regulatory framework for biosecurity preparedness and response at Garissa Level Five Hospital, Garissa County, Kenya. The study was guided by protection motivation theory. It adopted a descriptive survey design with a target population of 202, divided into five strata on medical officers, clinical officers, nurses, laboratory staff and hospital administrators. Simple random sampling was thereafter used for each stratum to select a sample of 139 respondents. A questionnaire was the main tool for data collection and key informant interviews were used to corroborate the findings from the questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed using percentages and frequencies while qualitative data analyzed using thematic analysis. From the study findings, there were general health laws in Kenya including the Public Health Act, Biosecurity guidelines, 2014, Biosafety Act 2009, Biosafety Regulations 2011 and Health Amendment Act 2019. In addition, specific biosecurity laws were limited hence effectiveness and implementation of such laws was poor. The study recommends the enactment specific biosecurity laws and biosecurity guidelines be distributed to all health facilities.
Investigation of Structural Capacity of Geogrid-Reinforced Aggregate Base Materials in Flexible Pavements

Investigation of Structural Capacity of Geogrid-Reinforced Aggregate Base Materials in Flexible Pavements Eric J Sweat Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, BYU Master of Science The installation of geogrid as a means of extending the service life of a roadway or reducing the required base course thickness of a pavement structure has become increasingly popular. The realization of these benefits depends largely on the degree to which the geogrid reinforcement leads to an increase in the stiffness of the aggregate base course layer. The objective of this research was to investigate the structural capacity of geogrid-reinforced aggregate base materials in flexible pavements through full-scale testing. The scope involved field testing at two sites in northern Utah that each included five different geogrid-reinforced sections and five accompanying unreinforced control sections. Five different geogrid types were utilized to ensure that the experimentation was representative of the geogrid products available in the industry at the time of the study. At each of the two field sites, 10 test sections were established, and several field tests were conducted during and following construction of the two pavements to characterize the in-situ structural properties of the subgrade, base, and hot mix asphalt layers of each geogrid-reinforced and unreinforced test section. The procedures involved nuclear density gauge, soil stiffness gauge, Clegg impact soil tester, dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP), portable falling-weight deflectometer, and falling-weight deflectometer testing of each test section. Samples of the subgrade and base materials were also obtained from both field sites for laboratory testing, which included dry and washed sieve analyses, Atterberg limits testing, and material classification. An analysis of covariance (ANOCOVA) was conducted on the results of each field test to determine if the structural capacity of the geogrid-reinforced sections was different than that of the accompanying unreinforced control sections. Among the 24 ANOCOVA models developed for the two field sites, only four indicated that geogrid presence was statistically significant. Of these four models, three indicated that the presence of geogrid reinforcement led to higher values of the given measurement of structural capacity compared to the unreinforced condition; however, in none of the cases was the difference practically important as defined in this research and would therefore not result in a different input in the pavement design process. Notably, in all three of these models, the same testing procedure, namely the DCP, was used for the testing. A measurable increase in the structural capacity of the reinforced layer may not be immediately observable using standard pavement testing procedures. Further field research is recommended to investigate the duration of the required conditioning period and also the extent of the zone of influence of geogrid reinforcement in aggregate base courses.
University of Southern Denmark Zygosity Differences in Height and Body Mass Index of Twins From Infancy to Old Age

Jelenkovic, Aline; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sund, Reijo; Honda, Chika; Bogl, Leonie H; Aaltonen, Sari; Ji, Fuling; Ning, Feng; Pang, Zengchang; Ordoñana, Juan R; Sánchez-Romera, Juan F; Colodro-Conde, Lucia; Burt, S Alexandra; Klump, Kelly L; Medland, Sarah E; Montgomery, Grant W; Kandler, Christian; McAdams, Tom A; Eley, Thalia C; Gregory, Alice M; Saudino, Kimberly J; Dubois, Lise; Boivin, Michel; Tarnoki, Adam D; Tarnoki, David L; Haworth, Claire M A; Plomin, Robert; Öncel, Sevgi Y; Aliev, Fazil; Stazi, Maria A; Fagnani, Corrado; D'Ippolito, Cristina; Craig, Jeffrey M; Saffery, Richard; Siribaddana, Sisira H; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Spector, Timothy; Mangino, Massimo; Lachance, Genevieve; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Freitas, Duarte L; Maia, José Antonio; Harden, K Paige; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M; Kim, Bia; Chong, Youngsook; Hong, Changhee; Shin, Hyun Jung; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten O; Derom, Catherine A; Vlietinck, Robert F; Loos, Ruth J F; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E; Mack, Thomas M; He, Mingguang; Ding, Xiaohu; Chang, Billy; Silberg, Judy L; Eaves, Lindon J; Maes, Hermine H; Cutler, Tessa L; Hopper, John L; Aujard, Kelly; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Pedersen, Nancy L; Aslan, Anna K Dahl; Song, Yun-Mi; Yang, Sarah; Lee, Kayoung; Baker, Laura A; Tuvblad, Catherine; Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten; Beck-Nielsen, Henning; Sodemann, Morten; Heikkilä, Kauko; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Swan, Gary E; Krasnow, Ruth; Jang, Kerry L; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Mankuta, David; Abramson, Lior; Lichtenstein, Paul; Krueger, Robert F; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Tynelius, Per; Duncan, Glen E; Buchwald, Dedra; Corley, Robin P; Huibregtse, Brooke M; Nelson, Tracy L; Whitfield, Keith E; Franz, Carol E; Kremen, William S; Lyons, Michael J; Ooki, Syuichi; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Inui, Fujio; Watanabe, Mikio; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M; Wardle, Jane; Llewellyn, Clare H; Fisher, Abigail; Rebato, Esther; Martin, Nicholas G; Iwatani, Yoshinori; Hayakawa, Kazuo; Sung, Joohon; Harris, Jennifer R; Willemsen, Gonneke; Busjahn, Andreas; Goldberg, Jack H; Rasmussen, Finn; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Boomsma, Dorret I; Sørensen, Thorkild I A; Kaprio, Jaakko; Silventoinen, Karri
Identification and Characterization of Marine Microorganisms by Tandem Mass Spectrometry Proteotyping

The vast majority of marine microorganisms and their functions are yet to be explored. The considerable diversity they encompass is an endless source of knowledge and wealth that can be valued on an industrial scale, emphasizing the need to develop rapid and efficient identification and characterization techniques. In this study, we identified 26 microbial isolates from coastal water of the NW Mediterranean Sea, using phylopeptidomics, a cutting-edge tandem mass spectrometry proteotyping technique. Taxonomical identification at the species level was successfully conducted for all isolates. The presence of strains belonging to the newly described Balneolaeota phylum, yet uncharacterized at the proteomics scale, was noted. The very first proteomics-based investigation of a representative of the Balneolaeota phylum, Balneola vulgaris, is proposed, demonstrating the use of our proteotyping workflow for the rapid identification and in-depth molecular characterization, in a single MS/MS analytical run. Tandem mass spectrometry proteotyping is a valuable asset for culturomic programs as the methodology is able to quickly classify the most atypical isolates.
INTEGRATING INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) INTO ENTERPRISES: SOCIO-TECHNICAL ISSUES AND GUIDELINES

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are cyber-physical devices that can operate in any context by its sensing, communicating and processing capability. The increase in the use of IoT devices and internet of things started to revolutionize our daily life. Use of IoT devices in enterprises may help increase business effectiveness. However, organizations face many challenges in integration of these devices into the legacy ecosystems. In this study, we conducted a broad literature review to identify the socio-technical issues related to integrating IoT into enterprise information systems. We provide guidelines, strategies, and best practices for IT staff and managers to integrate IoT devices into the enterprise information systems successfully. Keywords : Internet of Things, IoT, Business Processes, Enterprise Information Systems, Management of Information Systems
Income Dynamics in the UK and the Impact of the Covid-19 Recession

In this paper we use an employer-based survey of earnings and hours to set out the key patterns in UK earnings dynamics from 1975 to 2020, with a particular focus on the most recent recession. We demonstrate that (log) earnings changes exhibit strongly procyclical skewness and have become increasingly leptokurtic, and thus less well approximated by a lognormal distribution, over the period of study. This holds across genders and sectors. Exploiting the long duration of our panel, we then explore the responsiveness of earnings and hours to aggregate and firm-level shocks, finding ample heterogeneity in the exposure of different types of workers to aggregate shocks. Exposure is falling in age, firm size, skill level and permanent earnings, and is lower for unionized and public sector workers. The qualitative patterns of earnings changes across workers observed in the Covid-19 recession of 2020 are broadly as predicted using the previously estimated exposures and size of the shock. Firm-specific shocks are important for wages given the variation in within-firm productivity and the patterns of heterogeneity are markedly different than for aggregate shocks.
Antibacterial Activity of Polyaniline Coated in the Patterned Film Depending on the Surface Morphology and Acidic Dopant

We have fabricated poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) films with flat and honeycomb-patterned (HCP) structures to coat polyaniline (PANI) on the film surface. In addition, the effect of chemical modification of PANI by sulfuric acid (H2SO4) was also studied for antibacterial activity. The flat and HCP PCL films were obtained by simple evaporation of the solvent and via the breath figure (BF) method, respectively. The morphology and chemical composition of PANI coated on the film surface were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) were obtained to identify the PANI coating. The wettability and conductivity of the films were also measured. Applicational aspects were evaluated by assessing antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The EDX, TGA, and FT-IR findings indicated chemical modification of PCL film by PANI and H2SO4. The conductivity of the films was increased by the coating of PANI to the patterned surface and additionally increased by the chemically modified PANI. The antibacterial activity was 69.79%, 78.27%, and 88% against E. coli, and 32.73%, 62.65%, and 87.97% against S. aureus, for flat PANI, HCP PANI, and H2SO4-treated HCP films, respectively. Likewise, the PANI coated flat, HCP, and H2SO4-treated HCP films inhibited E. coli biofilm formation by around 41.62%, 63%, and 83.88% and S. aureus biofilm formation by 17.81%, 69.83%, and 96.57%, respectively. The antibacterial activity of the HCP film was higher than that of flat PANI films, probably due to the higher coating of PANI on the HCP surface. Moreover, sulfonation of the HCP film with H2SO4 might have improved the wettability, thereby enhancing the antibacterial and antibiofilm properties. Our results showed that topographical changes, as well as doping, offer simple and cost-effective ways to modify the structural and functional properties of films.
The Relationship between Social Support, Self-Efficacy and PTSD Symptoms among Trauma Survivors in Nigeria's Niger Delta region

: It is widely acknowledged that trauma exposure is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but not much is understood about the role of social support and self-efficacy in influencing survivors' experience of PTSD symptoms. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the association between social support, self- efficacy, and PTSD symptoms among trauma survivors. Two hundred and eighty-one (281) adults comprising 131(46.6%) males and 150 (53.4%) females within the age of 18 to 64 years (M=29.62, SD=7.05), all inhabitants of communities in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria volunteered to participate. A cross-sectional design was adopted and measures used include the Social Support Scale (SPS), Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C). Multiple regression analysis of data indicated a positive relationship between social support and PTSD symptoms, and a negative association of self-efficacy with PTSD symptoms. High level of social support was shown to increase PTSD symptom severity, whereas high self-efficacy reduced PTSD symptoms in trauma survivors. Clinical implication of the findings for mental health professionals in the Nigerian context in particular, and other relevant contexts globally was discussed.
Higher Order Risk Preferences: Novel Method, New Measures, Determinants and Field Behavior

We present and use a novel method to elicit and measure the intensities of higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment with 658 adolescents. In line with theory, we nd that higher order risk preferences are strongly related to adolescents' eld behavior, including prevention, health-related, and addictive behavior, involving amongst others excessive smartphone usage, or nancial decision making. Most importantly, we illustrate how ignoring prudence and temperance might yield largely misleading conclusions about the relation of risk preferences to eld behavior. Thus we can put previous work that ignored higher order risk preferences into an encompassing perspective.
Effects of Varying Levels of Dietary DL-Methionine Supplementation on Breast Meat Quality of Male andFemale Broilers

This study evaluated the effects of feeding varying levels of dietary DL-methionine (MET) supplementation on breast meat (BM) quality of broilers of different sex. The 1-day-old, sexed chicks (Ross 708, 1552) were randomly allocated into four groups (each with 4 replicates) and were raised with diets supplemented with 0, 0.5, 1, or 2 g MET/kg of feed to a common weight (2.72 kg). Color, pH, drip loss (DL), water-holding capacity, moisture uptake, cooking yield (CY), texture, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and lipid oxidation (LO) were determined using BM samples harvested 24 h postmortem. The male BM had higher redness, TAC, firmness, and toughness but lower yellowness (p < 0.01) than the female BM. In both sexes, birds fed 0.5 g/kg MET had lower DL (p < 0.01) than those fed 1 and 2 g/kg MET. For storage up to 3 days, MET suppressed LO in cooked BM (p < 0.01) and suppression increased as MET increased. CY for 1 and 2 g/kg MET were higher (p < 0.01; 79.04 and 78.60%, respectively) than CY for 0 and 0.5 g/kg MET (66.18 and 68.03%, respectively). These results suggest that MET supplementation at 1 g/kg or higher for broilers can improve oxidative stability, muscle functionality, and breast meat CY.