Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
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Titin Andri Wihastuti 1 Fitria Nugraha Aini 2,3 Cholid Tri Tjahjono Yuni Hendrati Sulfia Zuhrotus Sholichah Teuku Heriansyah 5 1Department of Basic Science in Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia; 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Islam Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia; 3Master Programme of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, Indonesia; 4Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, Indonesia; 5Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia Purpose: The aim of this study is to prove that type 2 diabetes mellitus can induce increasing inflammation marker in renal and that the provision of darapladib as Lp-LA2 Inhibitor agents can inhibit inflammation that were measured from the expression of IL-1B and IL-6type cytokine in renal. This study also discusses the correlation between IL-1B and IL-6type cytokine expression in renal. Methods: Thirty Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into three main groups; those are negative control group (NC), Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus group (T2DM) given high fat diet (HFD) with streptozotocin intraperitoneal injection (35mg/kg BW) and diabetes mellitus + darapladib group (DM + DP). Each group was treated within two serial treatment time: 8 weeks and 16 weeks. Expressions of IL-1B and IL-6type cytokine in renal were the markers that we measured by immunofluorosense method. Results: The administration of darapladib can significantly decrease the expression of IL1Btype cytokine (p ANOVA = 0.029, p < 0.005) measured in rats’ renal both at weeks 8 and 16 in the T2DM group. The Expression of IL-6type cytokine also showed a significant difference after treated with darapladib both at weeks 8 and 16 in T2DM group with p-value of ANOVA = 0.033, p < 0.005. The Pearson correlation showed a strong correlation (linear regression value was r = 0.743). Conclusion: Our results show that atherosclerosis caused by inflammation in renal T2DM SD rats could be inhibited by the administration of darapladib.
Exploring the ability of CNN s to generalise to previously unseen scales over wide scale ranges

The ability to handle large scale variations is crucial for many real world visual tasks. A straightforward approach for handling scale in a deep network is to process an image at several scales simultaneously in a set of scale channels. Scale invariance can then, in principle, be achieved by using weight sharing between the scale channels together with max or average pooling over the outputs from the scale channels. The ability of such scale channel networks to generalise to scales not present in the training set over significant scale ranges has, however, not previously been explored. We, therefore, present a theoretical analysis of invariance and covariance properties of scale channel networks and perform an experimental evaluation of the ability of different types of scale channel networks to generalise to previously unseen scales. We identify limitations of previous approaches and propose a new type of foveated scale channel architecture, where the scale channels process increasingly larger parts of the image with decreasing resolution. Our proposed FovMax and FovAvg networks perform almost identically over a scale range of 8, also when training on single scale training data, and do also give improvements in the small sample regime.
Binary Golay Spreading Sequences and Reed-Muller Codes for Uplink Grant-Free NOMA

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is an emerging technology for massive connectivity in machine-type communications (MTC). In code-domain NOMA, non-orthogonal spreading sequences are uniquely assigned to all devices, where active ones attempt a grant-free access to a system. In this paper, we study a set of user-specific, non-orthogonal, binary spreading sequences for uplink grant-free NOMA. Based on binary Golay complementary sequences, each spreading sequence provides the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of at most 3 dB for multicarrier transmission. Exploiting the theoretical connection to Reed-Muller codes, we conduct a probabilistic analysis to search for a permutation set for Golay sequences, which presents theoretically bounded low coherence for the spreading matrix. Simulation results confirm that the maximum PAPR of transmitted multicarrier signals via the spreading sequences is significantly lower than those for random bipolar, Gaussian, and pseudo-random sequences. Thanks to the low coherence, the performance of compressed sensing (CS) based joint channel estimation and multiuser detection using the spreading sequences turns out to be superior or similar to those for random bipolar, Gaussian, pseudo-random, and Zadoff-Chu sequences. The binary Golay spreading sequences have only two phases regardless of the sequence length, which can make them suitable for low cost MTC devices.
A novel uterine stent for preventing intrauterine adhesion: not only gynecologic but also obstetric significance

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Correspondence to: Shigeki Matsubara, MD, PhD. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. Email: matsushi@jichi.ac. jp. Provenance: This is an invited article commissioned by the Editorial Office of Annals of Translational Medicine. Comment on: Huang H, Xu B, Cheng C, et al. A novel intrauterine stent for prevention of intrauterine adhesions. Ann Transl Med 2020;8:61.
Empirical Analysis of Macroprudential Policies in Peru: The effects of Dynamics Provisioning and Conditional Reserve Requirements

In the last decade, the banking credit has grown significantly and reaches its maximum annual percentage growth during 2008 when it was five times the GDP growth. In a partial dollarized economy, this could represent a serious risk to financial stability. Therefore, during 2008 the Peruvian Financial Supervision Authority (SBS) implemented the dynamic provisioning scheme whose goal was to mitigate the risk of excessive credit growth on the real economy, and during 2013 the Central Reserve Bank of Peru launched a Conditional Reserve Requirements scheme in foreign currency, in order to limit the risk of currency mismatches on financial stability. Thus, this article tries to assess the effect of dynamic provisioning (implemented in 2008) on credit growth and the effect of conditional reserve requirements (implemented in 2013) on the ratio of dollarization and the non-performing loans ratio for mortgage loans. Using a novel credit register data set over a long period, we have found evidence that supports that dynamic provisioning has a negative effect on commercial loans, mortage dollarization has declined more rapidly after the Conditional Reserve Requirement scheme was implemented, but there is no clear evidence with respect to the mortage non-perfoming loans. Furthermore, in the case of dynamic provisioning, its effect is assymetric.1 ∗Economist, Monetary Programming Department †Senior Economist, Financial Stability Department Division ‡Head of Financial Stability Department The authors would like to thank to Leonardo Gambacorta, Paul Castillo, Huvo Vega de la Cruz and all the participants of CGDFS Working Group for their useful comments and suggestions during all the stages of the project. The usual disclaimer applies.
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Blood Donors in Middle Eastern Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Context: HepatitisCvirus(HCV)hasbeenthemaincauseof posttransfusionhepatitis. Long-termhepatitiscanultimatelyresultin cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Viral hepatitis, especially HCV infection, is a major health concern in the Middle East. The current study carried out a systematic search concerning HCV seroprevalence among blood donors in Middle Eastern countries. Evidence Acquisition: Articles were identiﬁed through searching databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. We reviewed systematically all studies reporting HCV seroprevalence among blood donors in Middle Eastern countries. Results: A total of 5662 relevant records were identiﬁed by the electronic search, of which a total of 47 studies were identiﬁed as eligible papers that were meta-analyzed for the pooled seroprevalence of HCV among blood donors. Overall, HCV seroprevalence among blood donors in Middle Eastern countries was estimated 0.88% (95%CI = 0.79% - 0.97%). The highest pooled HCV seroprevalence rate was related to Egypt (5.76% [95%CI = 3.30% - 8.22%]), Libya (1.56% [95%CI = 0.99% - 2.13%]), and Yemen (1.09% [95%CI = 0.69% - 1.50%]) while the lowest pooled seroprevalence rate was in Iran and Israel with the rates of 0.14% (95%CI = 0.12% - 0.17%) and 0.16% (95%CI=0.06% -0.25%),respectively. Resultsof annualHCVseroprevalencesuggestthatthereisadecreaseinseroprevalencerateof HCV over time among blood donors in Egypt, Iran, Oman, Lebanon, Libya, and Saudi Arabia. Conclusions: Ourresultsshowedthatthetrendof HCVseroprevalenceovertimeamongMiddleEasternblooddonorswasdecreas-ing. It suggests that recent safety measures implemented in Middle Eastern countries have been eﬀective.
COVID-19 and Iranian Medical Students; A Survey on Their Related-Knowledge, Preventive Behaviors and Risk Perception.

BACKGROUND Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began its journey around the world. Medical students, as frontline healthcare workers, are more susceptible to be infected by the virus. The aim of this study was to assess COVID-19 related knowledge, self-reported preventive behaviors and risk perception among Iranian medical students within the first week after the onset of the outbreak in Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted from 26th to 28th of February, 2020. Participants were Iranian medical students (5th-7th year) whose knowledge, preventive behaviors and risk perceptions of COVID-19 were assessed using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 26 questions including 15 items about COVID-19 related knowledge, 9 items regarding preventive measures and 2 items about COVID-19 risk perception. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were shown to be satisfactory. RESULTS A total of 240 medical students completed the questionnaire. The mean age of participants was 23.67 years. The average of correct answers of knowledge was 86.96%; and 79.60% had high level of related knowledge. The average rate of practicing preventive behaviors was 94.47%; and 94.2% had high level of performance in preventive behaviors. The cumulative score of risk perception was 4.08 out of 8 which was in moderate range. Risk perception was significantly different between stagers and interns and between those being trained in emergency room (ER) and non-ER wards. There was a significant negative correlation between preventive behaviors and risk perception. CONCLUSION We found a high level of COVID-19 related knowledge and self-reported preventive behaviors and moderate risk perception among Iranian medical students.
Learners in a Tight Corner: An Investigation of Figurative Idiomatic Competence and Learner-related Factors

Idioms play an indispensable role in communication. Knowledge of idioms is considered an indicator of proficiency. This study is aimed at investigating English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ knowledge of frequently used idioms and the effect of learner-related factors. The participants were 218 female EFL college students at the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait. A test was designed and used as the data collection instrument to assess the students’ knowledge of frequent idioms. The test scores reveal a substantially low overall knowledge in this area. The results show that Kuwaiti EFL learners have difficulty comprehending common idiomatic expressions. Additionally, the study is aimed at determining whether students’ knowledge of idioms is linked to age, year of study, and/or Grade Point Average (GPA). A statistically significant difference in knowledge of frequently used idioms is evident when GPA is taken into account.
Local Diagnostics to Measure the Efficiency of the Ensemble in Representing the Error Space

This paper employs local, in physical space, diagnostics to analyze the contribution of model errors to the forecast uncertainty in experiments with a reduced (T62L28) resolution version of the NCEP GFS model. It is shown that in the extratropics the effect of model errors on the dominant patterns of medium range forecast uncertainty is secondary compared to their effects on the magnitude of the errors. It is argued, that this result strongly supports the development of post-processing techniques, which operate on the space of the local ensemble perturbations, and the further development of Stochastic Kinetic Energy Backscatter (SKEB) schemes.
Kinetic and equilibrium studies of the adsorption of lead (II) ions from aqueous solution onto two Cameroon clays: Kaolinite and smectite

The efficiency of the adsorbents; kaolinite (MY22s) and smectite (Sa01) for the removal of lead (II) ions from aqueous solution was investigated. Parameters such as contact time (t) and initial concentration (Co) with a particle size of 80 μm were studied by using a batch scale adsorption technique. This is with the intension of optimising appropriate conditions to be utilised on a commercial scale to decontaminate industrial effluents. Adsorption equilibrium was reached within 60 min for the 50, 70, 90, 110 and 130 ppm initial concentration (Co), of lead (II) ions with a 500 mg weight adsorbent. The adsorption capacity (Qt) of lead ion removal increases with increasing initial concentration, Co of lead (II) ions in solution. The adsorption efficiency or percentage of removal reached 92% for 130 ppm initial concentration, Co, of lead (II) ions with Sa01. Kinetic modelling analysis using the linear correlation coefficient (R 2 ) values showed that the adsorption mechanism follows the pseudo-second order model for the adsorption of lead (II) ions on Kaolinite (MY22s) and smectite (Sa01). The adsorption data were also modelled by using both the Langmuir and Freundlich classical adsorption isotherms. These experimental data fitted the Langmuir isotherm for kaolinite (MY22s) and Freundlich isotherm for smectite (Sa01).
Artificial Neural Estimator and Controller for Field Oriented Control of Three-Phase I.M.

Speed control for an I.M is a few what complex strategies; the complexity is regularly increasing in line with the required system achievement. The main forms of control strategies are scalar, direct torque, adaptive, sensorless, and vector or Field Oriented Control (FOC). The FOC method is the most efficient technique in which machine parameters: Rotor flux, unit vector, and electromagnetic torque, usually are estimated by means of using Digital Signal Processing (DSP). The Artificial Neural Network (ANN) becomes an effective tool for controlling nonlinear device in present time. This paper proposes the using of ANN instead of DSP to estimate the machine parameters in order to reduce the hardware complexity and the Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) impact. Also, it presents the PI-NN controller which is based totally on ANN. The systems simulations for both DSP and ANN are depicted. The performance of the ANN-based system gives excellent results: overshot less than 0.5%, rise time 0.514 s, steady state error less than 0.2%, settling time 0.7 s. in conjunction with that of DSPbased performance: overshot about 2%, rise time 0.64 s, steady state error less than 0.4%, settling time 0.75 s.
Level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Sudanese Dentists toward Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Khartoum City

Background: Health care workers are at increasing risk to occupational exposure to blood borne infections. Although avoiding contact with blood is the optimum way to prevent these exposures, still appropriate postexposure management is an important element in work place safety. Objectives: To evaluate level of knowledge, attitude and practice toward post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among Sudanese dental practitioners. Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 161 dental practitioners from Khartoum dental teaching hospital (KDTH) and Academy Dental Teaching hospital (ADTH) self-administered questionnaire including demographic data and questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of postexposure prophylaxis. Comparison between different variables by Chi-Square test with level of significance set at P value of <0.05. Results: Majority 122 (75.2%), had inadequate knowledge about post exposure prophylaxis. But in case of PEP for HIV/HBV; majority 144 (89.4%) had a positive attitude. A high proportion of the respondents, 140 (87.0%), had been vaccinated against HBV. Among all of the respondents, 102 (63.4%) had previous exposure to needle stick injury and 145 (90.1 %) did not take PEP. Among the respondents who did not take PEP, 30 (27.8%) of them stated that their reason was absence of PEP service while 30 (27.8%) said because of lack of support and encouragement to report. Conclusion: Inadequate level of knowledge and practice among Sudanese dental practitioners regarding postexposure prophylaxis, while majority had good attitude. Previous exposure to needle stick injury was considered high (63.4%). Training and implementation of PEP protocol is highly recommended.
Is TAM Still Valid? A Test of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) In Software Usage

The widely accepted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) developed by Davis et al. (1989) is an excellent model to predict system usage. This study attempted to see if the earlier results of TAM are still valid after recent advances in systems and technology affecting systems usage. Data were collected from a company in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. From the 250 employees who received the questionnaire via e-mail, 118 returned usable responses. The results indicated that management support and system quality does not affect usage and TAM was supported substantially well.
The Moderating Effect of Intrinsic Motivation on the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

The present study was conducted to measure the intrinsic motivation effects on the relationship between psychological capital (PsyCap) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Data were gathered from (335) employees working in Telecom Egypt Company in Cairo. The factual examination confirmed that the estimation scales utilized met the worthy gauges of validity and reliability analysis. Our results revealed that psychological capital is significantly correlated to organizational citizenship behaviors. Moreover, there are mediating effects of intrinsic motivation on the relationship between Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Thus, the intrinsic motivation of the individual as a mediator – may have a significant effect on the relationship between psychological capital Management Review: An International Journal, 14(2): 4-32 (December 31, 2019) 5 of the individual and organizational citizenship behaviors in the studied companies. Additionally, it was concluded that the vital role of psychological capital (PsyCap) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) in attracting and up regulating the work environment conditions concerned with psychological capabilities and power of individuals outcomes, relation to their jobs, productivity, and desire to provide more tasks than that required in their basic role and defined in their job description.
The Effects of Corporate Ownership Structure on Environmental Information Disclosure—Empirical Evidence from Unbalanced Penal Data in Heavy-pollution Industries in China

This paper empirically examines the content and degree of environmental information disclosure for 671 corporate in eight heavy-pollution industries in the period from 2008 to 2012. The means and standard deviations of corporate EID exhibit an increasing trend, and corporate in heavy-pollution industries have greater divergent standpoint in voluntary environmental information disclosure. Corporate with more institutional investors-owned ownership and ownership concentration have significantly positive effects on voluntarily environmental information disclosure at the 95%confidence level. Our empirical results exhibit that Corporate with greater institutional owners-owned ownership and ownership concentration should voluntarily disclose more environmental information, should communicate with institutional owners and minority controlling shareholders firms’ environmental achievements and then strengthen their investment confidence and improve shareholders’ interests. Key-Words: environmental information disclosure; ownership structure; ownership concentration; institutional owner; top managers
An Update on Feeding by Bowhead Whales near an Offshore Seismic Survey in the Central Beaufort Sea

Aerial surveys were conducted in the Central Beaufort Sea during late summer and early autumn of 2006-8 to monitor bowhead whale distribution during periods with and without seismic exploration. During some of the 2007-8 surveys large numbers of feeding bowhead whales were seen in an area where feeding has been recorded in the past, but has not been common. Feeding bowheads appeared to remain in the same general area in the West sub-area of our Camden Bay survey grid for 16d in 2007 and for 6d in 2008 while seismic surveys were conducted 10-50km east of them. During feeding and travelling periods, averages of ~2,500 and ~350 bowhead whales were present in our survey area. The mean distance from the centre of the seismic survey area was not significantly different between periods with (51.4km) and without (49.6km) seismic during feeding periods, but the mean distance was significantly greater with seismic during travelling periods (51.5 vs 27.3km, respectively). During feeding periods, the highest sighting rates were recorded in the West sub-area in areas where seismic sounds were estimated to have been ≥120dB re 1 μPa (rms). During the travelling period, sighting rates in the sub-area that included the seismic operation declined as seismic exposure increased suggesting localized avoidance of seismic operations, but sighting rates were not significantly different among the East, Central and West sub-areas. Based on aerial sightings and observations from vessels, feeding bowheads appeared to tolerate seismic sounds until levels approached ~160dB but some feeding whales appear to have tolerated higher levels. One group of three whales tolerated received levels of seismic sounds ~180dB re 1 μPa (rms) and eight groups (12 individuals) tolerated levels >170dB. The latter levels are much higher than the 120-30dB threshold for avoidance by migrating bowhead whales observed during seismic operations near the same location in 1996-98. Detections of bowhead calls via acoustic recorders during the same period had similar distribution patterns during seismic and non-seismic periods, suggesting that bowheads did not divert 50-75km around seismic operations. The latter distances correspond to the ~120dB distances from the two seismic survey areas. Thus, it appears that bowhead whales will tolerate higher levels of seismic sounds when feeding than when travelling. Similar tolerance to seismic has been seen in the summer feeding areas in Canadian waters.
SPWID 2017

—Solid waste collection is one of the fundamental services provided by local governments in support of our daily lives. In this paper, we describe a basic framework for estimating the amounts of solid waste and propose a method for detecting the time required for garbage collection with a view to realizing smart waste management. The proposed method recognizes garbage collection duration by using motion sensors mounted on a garbage truck. We also report a preliminary evaluation of the proposed method using actual motion sensor data.