Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Course evaluation scores: valid measures for teaching effectiveness or rewards for lenient grading?

ABSTRACT Course Evaluation Instruments (CEIs) are critical aspects of faculty assessment and evaluation across most higher education institutions, but heated debates surround the value and validity of such instruments. While some argue that CEI scores are valid measures of course and instructor quality, others argue that faculty members can game the system, most notably with lenient grading practices to achieve higher student ratings. This article synthesizes the literature on course evaluation instruments as they relate to student grades to assess the evidence supporting and refuting the major theoretical frameworks (i.e. leniency hypothesis and validity hypothesis), explores the implications of research design and methods and proposes practical recommendations for colleges and universities. This paper also goes beyond the CEI-grade relationship and provides a framework that illustrates the relationships between teaching quality and CEI scores, and the potential confounding factors and omitted variables which may significantly deteriorate the informativeness of the CEI score.
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CURCUMIN AND DICLOFENAC COMBINATION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate pain relief and safety of the combination of curcumin and diclofenac versus diclofenac alone in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: 140 patients of knee OA meeting inclusion criteria were randomized to receive either curcumin 500 mg with diclofenac 50 mg twice daily or diclofenac 50 mg tablet al. one twice daily for 28 d. Patients were assessed at baseline, Day 14 and Day 28. Primary efficacy measure was severity of pain (VisualAnalogue Scale) at day 14 and day 28. Safety after treatment was evaluated by recording side effects and laboratory investigations. Results: Patients receiving curcumin plus diclofenac showed significantly superior improvement in severity of pain at each study visit (p<0.001) when compared to diclofenac. Adverse effects were significantly less in the curcumin plus diclofenac group (p<0.001). Conclusion: Combination of curcumin and diclofenac showed a significant improvement in pain on the basis of VAS when compared to diclofenac which may be due to the synergistic effect between curcumin and diclofenac
Data Philanthropy: Corporate Responsibility with Strategic Value?

ABSTRACT Data philanthropy is a corporate gift of data, data resources such as analysts, and/or data technologies such as software, computing power, and storage. Yet data philanthropy is unlike other corporate philanthropy because data assets are non-rivalrous and can be shared without diminishment. Data can even become more valuable through sharing and collaboration. This paper explores data philanthropy and how it can benefit both donor firms and society through a model and several propositions.
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome

Thousands of interactions assemble proteins into modules that impart spatial and functional organization to the cellular proteome. Through affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we have created two proteome-scale, cell-line-specific interaction networks. The first, BioPlex 3.0, results from affinity purification of 10,128 human proteins – half the proteome – in 293T cells and includes 118,162 interactions among 14,586 proteins; the second results from 5,522 immunoprecipitations in HCT116 cells. These networks model the interactome at unprecedented scale, encoding protein function, localization, and complex membership. Their comparison validates thousands of interactions and reveals extensive customization of each network. While shared interactions reside in core complexes and involve essential proteins, cell-specific interactions bridge conserved complexes, likely ‘rewiring’ each cell’s interactome. Interactions are gained and lost in tandem among proteins of shared function as the proteome remodels to produce each cell’s phenotype. Viewable interactively online through BioPlexExplorer, these networks define principles of proteome organization and enable unknown protein characterization.
A unique finding of normal aldosterone level in Bartter’s syndrome

Background: Bartter’s syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder characterized by hypokalemia, hypochloremia, metabolic alkalosis, hyperreninemia and hyperaldosteronemia with normotension. Bartter syndrome has five types; type 1 (mutation in sodium/potassium chloride transporter), type 2 (mutation in voltage gated potassium channel), type 3 (mutation on chromosome 1 that encodes Barttin and makes only kidney-specific chloride channel B non-functional), type 4 ( mutation in BSND gene encoding Barttin and makes both kidney-specific chloride channels A & B non-functional) and type 5 (L125P gain in function mutation in calcium-sensing receptor). Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male was hospitalized for evaluation of nausea, vomiting, generalized weakness and persistent chronic hypokalemia. Bartter’s syndrome was suspected based on clinical and laboratory evidence, however serum aldosterone level was normal. Further genetic testing confirmed the diagnosis of Bartter’s syndrome type 3. Conclusions: We report a case of Bartter’s syndrome type 3 with a unique finding of normal aldosterone level.
Self‐Organizing Maps for Evaluation of Biogeochemical Processes and Temporal Variations in Water Quality of Subtropical Reservoirs

Water quality in reservoirs is often compromised in many regions worldwide by nutrients and trace metals. This demands continuous monitoring; however, analyses of large data sets collected during regular monitoring remain a difficult task. Multivariate techniques offer a fast and robust approach for interpreting complex results. The objective of this study was to check the efficacy of self‐organizing maps (SOMs) as a tool to investigate biogeochemical processes. This tool can also help to illustrate influences of land use patterns on the water quality of reservoirs. Here we use the Itupararanga Reservoir in Brazil as a subtropical example. Vertical profiles were sampled from seven sites in the reservoir in a total of seven campaigns over 24 months. Next to physicochemical parameters in the water column (dissolved oxygen, Eh, pH, and temperature), levels of nutrients (NO3−, NH4+, and PO43−), transition and trace metals (Al, Ba, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, and Zn), and chlorophyll‐a (Chla) were measured. These variables were correlated with land use using SOM. With this technique samples were classified into 17 distinct groups that showed distinct influences of spatial heterogeneity and seasonality. The analyses helped to reveal a seasonal stratification period, where Fe, Mn, and P were released from sediments. Nutrients and some metal inputs (Al and Fe) were related to agricultural, urban, and grass/pasture areas around the reservoir. Our approach also helped to explain physical and biogeochemical seasonality in the reservoir.
Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Turkey before and after the Adoption of Inflation Targeting Regime

The impact of exchange rate change on the domestic price level which is called as exchange rate pass through has long been of interest in international economics literature. Along with the application of inflation targeting regime widely, the focus of this interest has also evolved to examine the changes in degree and speed of exchange rate pass through under inflation targeting regime. Turkey, adopted Inflation Targeting (IT) as a monetary regime between 2001 and 2006 implicitly and then explicitly, exhibits which was a genuine experience to be analyzed in this respect. From this point of view, the goal of the study is to provide a time-series analysis of exchange rate pass-through for Turkish economy based on single equation Error Correction Model estimation using the monthly data under pre-IT period 1995-2000 and post-IT period 2006-2014. Thus, we try to clarify the effectiveness of inflation targeting regime as monetary policy on the exchange rate pass-through. The findings of the study indicate that the exchange rate pass-through decreased in the post-IT period compared to preIT period. Accordingly, it can be argued that the implication of inflation targeting regime reduced exchange rate pass through in Turkey.
The Moderator Role of Individual Goal Clarity in the Relationships between Career Goal Discrepancies and Distresses

Abstract Discrepancies between individuals and their parents regarding career goals often present as inevitable conditions that have the potentials to influence individual career distress and also parental career distress from the perspective of the individual. This study aimed to investigate the moderating role of individual goal clarity on the relationships between individual-parent career goal discrepancies and individual and parental career distresses. We collected data from 205 freshmen of an university in Semarang, Indonesia, M age = 18.35 years, SD age = . 64, 68.3% female. We used the Individual-Parent Career Goal Discrepancies Scale (α = .93), Goal Clarity Scale (α = .84), Career Distress Scale (α = .87), and Parental Career Distress Scale(α = .81). Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that as discrepancies increased, individual and parental career distress increased for high goal clarity and low goal clarity groups. However, those variables increased more markedly for the low goal clarity group. Our results highlight the important role of individual goal clarity in the consequences of individual-parent career goal discrepancies on young people’s and parental distresses. Recommendations for students, parents, and practitioners are discussed. Keywords : career, discrepancies, distress, goal clarity, parents
Teacher Merit Pay: A Meta-Analysis

Empirical research investigating the association between teacher pay incentives and student test scores has grown rapidly over the past decade. To integrate the findings from these studies and help inform the debate over teacher merit pay, this meta-analysis synthesizes effect sizes across 37 primary studies, 26 of which were conducted in the United States. Among the U.S. based studies, the results suggest that the effect of teacher merit pay on student test scores is positive and statistically significant (0.043 standard deviation). This summary effect varies by program design and study context, suggesting that teacher merit pay has the potential to improve student test scores in some contexts but researchers and policymakers should pay close attention to program design and implementation.
Facilitating Injustice

Social workers were involved in all aspects of the removal, incarceration, and resettlement of the Nikkei, a history that has been forgotten by social work. This study is an effort to address this lacuna. Social work equivocated. While it did not fully endorse mass removal and incarceration, neither did it protest, oppose, or explicitly critique government actions. The past should not be judged by today’s standards; the actions and motivations described here occurred in a period rife with fear and propaganda. Undergoing a major shift from its private charity roots into its public sector future, social work bounded with the rest of society into “a patriotic fervor. ” While policies of a government at war, intractable bureaucratic structures, tangled political alliances, and complex professional obligations all may have mandated compliance, it is, nevertheless, difficult to deny that social work and social workers were also willing participants in the events, informed about and aware of the implications of that compliance. In social work’s unwillingness to take a resolute stand against removal and incarceration, the well-intentioned profession, doing its conscious best to do good, enforced the existing social order and did its level best to keep the Nikkei from disrupting it.
Effect of Feed-Borne Fusarium Mycotoxins on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

EFFECTS OF FEED-BORNE FUSARIUM MYCOTOXINS ON EQUINE GASTRIC ULCER SYNDROME Melissa Mortson Advisor: University of Guelph, 2012 Trevor K. Smith Consumption of feedstuffs contaminated by Fusarium mycotoxins and the development of equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) affect the overall health of horses. A study was conducted to determine if feed-borne mycotoxins have an effect on EGUS, and the efficacy of a glucomannan mycotoxin adsorbent (GMA) was determined. Feed intake was decreased with the GMA diet compared to control horses. Body weight, ulcer score and gastrin concentration were unaffected by diet. Some significant changes in blood parameters potentially indicate liver damage and inhibition of protein synthesis. Histological evaluation showed an increase in mononuclear cells in the glandular region of the contaminated group likely indicating signs of gastritis. The incorporation of the GMA may reduce these negative effects on the horse based on our findings. It can be concluded that horses are susceptible to Fusarium mycotoxins with a possible effect on EGUS, as seen in the cells of the gastric glandular mucosa.
Tourists’ perceptions of the tour guides: the case of gastronomic tours in Istanbul

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study is to understand tourists’ perceptions of the professional tour guides in gastronomic tour experiences. This study adopted a qualitative case study approach utilizing user-generated content by analysing travellers’ comments on the TripAdvisor website. The data was collected between 28 February-18 April 2019 from travellers’ reviews of experiences they had between January 2017 and February 2019. The findings reveal four core themes: attributes, knowledge, communication skills (educators, involving tour members and maintaining their attention) and value-added experience. Moreover, a model explaining the relationship between the themes is also provided. Since no previous empirical studies exist on the tourists’ perceptions of the tour guides in gastronomic tour experiences, with providing an in-depth understanding of the subject, this study fills a gap in the current literature.
Supraclavicular Regional Anaesthesia Revisited

ii Preface and Acknowledgments v Summary of Chapters ix List of Tables xii List of Figures xiii CHAPTER 1: Let’s Start at the Very Beginning . 1 1.1 An introduction to the anatomy of the sensory innervation of the upper extremity . 2 1.2 Why has supraclavicular block been so favoured, and yet so feared? 5 1.3 Other matters to consider . 9 1.3. 1 Phrenic nerve block . 9 1.3. 2 Nerve injury . 11 1.3. 3 Interscalene block or supraclavicular block for shoulder surgery? 14 1.3. 4 The sheath of the brachial plexus . 15 CHAPTER 2: Revisiting Supraclavicular Block . 17 2.1 Anatomy revisited: an alternative anatomic explanation for the clinical reputation of the supraclavicular block . 17 2.2 Where is the lung, and can a needle reach the brachial plexus without threatening the lung? 20 2.3 Do we regard the clavicle as a hindrance or as helpful in accessing the brachial plexus? 22 2.4 Unmasking the first rib . 37 2.5 An analysis of the spatial relationships of the brachial plexus using magnetic resonance imaging . 40 CHAPTER 3: The Initial Experience with the Bent Needle Technique . 44 CHAPTER 4: Is Predictable Avoidance of Phrenic Nerve Block Achievable using the Bent Needle Technique? 49 CHAPTER 5: The Axillary Tunnel . 56 CHAPTER 6: The Sheath of the Brachial Plexus: Fact or Fiction? 63 CHAPTER 7: Incorporating and Converting to Ultrasound . 73
RESOLUTION OF METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES DURING PREGNANCY IN A PATIENT WITH GORDON SYNDROME AND KLHL3 MUTATION

Objective: To report the case of a female patient who was diagnosed with Gordon syndrome causing chronic hyperkalemia with normal renal function and clinical implications during pregnancy. Methods: The pertinent clinical features, laboratory data, and clinical course of the patient, both during and after pregnancy, are reported along with a brief literature review. Results: The patient was a 28-year-old female who had a history of multiple visits to the emergency department due to muscle twitching and generalized weakness since 2007. During these visits, she was found to have hyperkalemia without apparent cause. She was not on any culprit medications. Laboratory work-up showed hyperkalemia ranging between 5.5 to 6.4 mmol/L and hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis but normal renal function. Adrenal insufficiency was ruled out with normal morning cortisol and appropriate cortisol response to a stimulation test with 250 μg adrenocorticotropic hormone. Renin was low at 2.5 ng/L (normal range is 3.2 to 59.3 ng/L).
Is there a relationship between delivery mode and serum irisin levels in pregnant women?

Abstract Background: The aim of our study was to find out whether exercise of the pelvic muscles during vaginal delivery increases maternal and cord blood irisin levels. Methods: This prospective study included 20 patients who vaginally delivered their babies and 20 patients that underwent elective cesarean section. In the vaginal delivery group, delivery occured either spontaneously or by induction. In the other group, the patients were electively operated before uterine contractions started. We compared serum irisin levels of the two groups and cord blood irisin levels of the babies of these mothers. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in maternal serum irisin levels between the two groups (p>0.05). We also found no statistically significant difference in cord blood irisin levels (p>0.05). The positive correlation between maternal and cord blood irisin levels was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). We also detected a significant positive correlation between maternal irisin levels and BMI in our study (p<0.05). Conclusions: Irisin is a challenging molecule. Although we did not find a significant difference in the irisin levels of women according to the method of delivery, we feel that further investigations are warranted.
Effectiveness of Educational Program on Nurses Knowledge Toward Rehabilitation for Patients with Cardiac Heart Attack

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing education program on the nurses knowledge toward cardiac rehabilitation phase one for patients with heart attack Methodology: A quasi-experimental design study was carried out at AL-Shaiq Ziad; AL-Sader; Al-Karkh ;AL-Karama; Imamein kadhimein medical city and Baghdad hospital in Baghdad city in 1st September 2013 to 10 September 2014. The program and instrument were constructed and developed by the researcher for the purpose of the study were: Random sample comprised of (80) nurses was divided in to two groups, study group consisted of (40) nurses exposed to the nursing educational program and control group consisted of (40) nurses were not exposed to the program. The measurement of the effectiveness of educational program through the nurses knowledge includes (33) items concern knowledge related Heart Anatomy; Coronary artery disease and risk factors; diagnostic procedures; medication and treatment; activities of daily living; nutritional status to patients; life style; nursing care. Reliability of instrument was determined through the use of test and retest and the instrument validity was determined through the use of test and retest and the instrument validity was determined through a panel of experts. The analysis of data was use descriptive statistic (Frequencies, Percentage, and Cumulative Percentages , Mean of Score , Standard Deviation and Inferential statistical (Contingency Coefficients, Chi-Square test, Fisher topresent the differences between the study and control groups. Results: The results of the study showed that the effectiveness of educational program regarding nursesknowledge toward cardiac rehabilitation phase one for patients with heart attack. Conclusions: The study concluded that the nurses working in Coronary Care Unit having the minimum level ofinformation toward cardiac rehabilitation phase one for patients with cardiac attack. Recommendations: The study recommended that all nurses in the coronary care unit should be involved in theapplication of educational program was developed in this study.
Evaluation of Calf circumference as a procedure to screen low birth weight babies: a hospital based cross sectional study

Background: In spite of the interventions being taken, low birth weight still persists as a public health problem in low and middle-income countries. World Health Organization defines low birth weight as birth weight less than 2500 gm. There is a constant search to find newer methods to detect low birth weight babies so that early methods can be instituted. This study was conducted to evaluate calf circumference as procedure to screen low birth weight babies in tertiary care hospital in Nagpur. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital of Nagpur, Maharashtra for a period of 4 months. The study subjects were babies delivered at the hospital. Birth weight was recorded using a digital weighing scale within 24 hours of the delivery. Length, calf circumference, head and chest circumference were measured according to standard guidelines. Results: Majority of mothers were in the age group of 20 to 24 years of age group, were educated up to primary school and belonged to Hindu religion. The mean calf circumference of low birth weight babies was 9.64±1.13 cm and was 10.96±1.01 cm in normal weight babies. The mean values of calf circumference were significantly lower in low birth weight babies (p <0.001). The sensitivity and specificity for the best cut off of calf circumference was found to be 89.97% and 42.86% respectively. Conclusions: Measuring calf circumference was found to be a good test with higher sensitivity but lower specificity. Hence, calf circumference can be used as an alternative method to screen babies born in remote areas, where the facility of weighing the baby at birth is not available.
Micro-shear bond strength of bioactive cement to translucent zirconia after thermocycyling: a comparative in-vitro study

Objective: the purpose of the study was to evaluate the micro-shear bond strength of different cements to translucent zirconia before and after thermocycling aging. Material and methods: Twelve translucent zirconia ceramic discs were used in the study. Specimens were sandblasted using 50 ‎μm aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) particles. The specimens were divided into three groups (n = 4) according to the cement type: Panavia resin cement (control group), resin modified glass ionomer (RMGI), and Activa bioactive cement. Each group was further sub-divided into two equal subgroups (n = 2) according to whether the specimens were subjected to thermocycling or not. Thermocycling was performed in distilled water at 5000 cycles between 5 o C - 55 o C. The micro-shear bond strength test (μSBS) was measured using universal testing machine. Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare between the three cements. Dunn’s test was used for pair-wise comparisons when Kruskal-Wallis test is significant. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare between micro-shear bond strength before and after thermocycling P ≤ 0.05. Results : In non-aged subgroups, there was no significant difference between Panavia and Activa; both showed significantly the highest mean μSBS values (22.9 MPa, 31.3 MPa respectively). While, RMGI showed the lowest μSBS values (4.7 MPa). In thermocycled subgroups, Panavia showed significantly the highest mean μSBS values (32.2 MPa). There was no significant difference between RMGI and Activa; both showed the lowest significant mean μSBS values (3.2 MPa and 8.7 MPa respectively). Conclusions : RMGI and Activa couldn’t be considered long-term reliable materials for cementing zirconia. However, Panavia provided the most durable bond to zirconia. KEYWORDS Bioactive cement; Micro-shear bond strength; Resin cement; Translucent zirconia.