Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
IMMUNOHISTOCYTOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF AMINE-CONTAINING NEURONS RELATED TO CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGANS IN THE FROG BRAIN

The circumventricular organs of the frog Rana c(n‘esbefan(1 were studied at the light and electron microscopic levels with antisera against catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes (tyrosine hydroxylase: TH, dopamine-fi-hydroxylase: DBH, phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase: PNMT) and serotonin (5-HT). The present study is the first to demonstrate the presence of three groups of neuronal vesicles in the liquorcontacting neurons which are either TH or 5-HT-positive. The neurons contacting the preoptic recess liquor were TH-positive but DBH-negative. Amounts of THimmunoreactive product were localized not only in the cytoplasm but also in the granules (90-100, 120-150, and 170-200 nm in diameter). This suggests that dopamine (DA) synthesis occurs in the cytoplasm as well as in cored vesicles. A few 5HT-positive, TH-negative serotonergic neurons were scattered in the preoptic recess organ. In the paraventricular organ, subependymal liquor-contacting neurons were shown to be serotonergic. In immunoelectron microscopy, 5-HT-immunoreactivity was localized both in the cytoplasm and in the cored vesicles (90~l20, 130-170, and 200-210 nm in diameter). I11 the rneclullospinal liquor-contacting neurons, the fourth ventricular organ, TH-positive and DBH-positive, but PNMT-negative and 5-I-IT-negative reactions were observed in the granules (70-80, 90-100, and 110-130 nm in diameter). Noradrenaline (NA) seemed also to be present in the cored vesicles. It is concluded from the above results that cored vesicles may contain DA and 5-HT besides NA. Studies on the aminergic system of the amphibian brain to date (1, 2, 7, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25) have been performed by the histofluorescence method. Since the studies of Vigh er al. (23), VighTeichmann er 01. (25) and Peute (18, 19), the circumventricular organs of the frog have been examined by light and electron microscopy (2, 7, 15, 24). The histofluorescent cells were believed to contain monoamines, which Braak (1) identified as catecholamines and serotonin (5HT). Braak ( 1) reported that both monoamines were localized in the nucleus reticularis mesencephali, but that only catecholamines were localized in the organum vasculosum hypothalami and in the area praeoptica. Later, Parent (16) and other researchers described catecholamine neurons in the frog paraventricular organ and preoptic recess organ. On the other hand, Prasada Rao and Hartwig (21) found both catecholamine and 5-HT in frog paraventricular organ by microspectrofluorirnetry. In formaldehyde-induced histofluorescent studies, differentiating between dopamine (DA) E
Long-term Results of Ranibizumab, Dexamethasone Implant, and Triamcinolone in Macular Edema due to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

Objectives: The present study aims to compare the long-term efficacy and safety results of intravitreal ranibizumab (RAN), dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX) and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) injections in macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods: In this retrospective study, one eye each of 43 patients who were treated with intravitreal injections for macular edema secondary to BRVO was recruited into one of the study groups: RAN group (n=17), DEX group (n=16) and IVTA group (n=10). All patients were followed-up for 12 months. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) at month 1, 3, 6, and 12 were compared with baseline. Results: The BCVA increased significantly in the RAN and DEX groups at all visits (all p<0.05). BCVA increase in the IVTA group was significant only at month 1 and 6. CMT decreased significantly in all groups at the end of one year of follow-up (p=0.007; p=0.001; p=0.044, respectively). SFCT significantly decreased in all groups at month 1 (all p<0.05). IOP significantly increased in none, 18.8%, 30% of the patients in the RAN, DEX and IVTA groups, respectively. Cataract surgery was performed in none of the patients, 6.3%, and 30% of the patients in the RAN, DEX, and IVTA groups, respectively. Conclusion: BCVA increase was more prominent in both of the RAN and DEX groups than in the IVTA group. DEX may decrease the injection burden; however, ranibizumab may be a safer choice.
The Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Life Satisfaction: Faculty of Sport Sciences Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between smartphone addiction and life satisfaction of sport sciences faculty’ students and to determine whether these parameters differ in terms of various variables. In the study, the Smartphone Addiction Scale, which was developed by Kwon et al. (2013) and adapted to Turkish by Noyan et al. (2015) was applied to determine the level of smartphone addiction of the participants. Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Diener et al. (1985) and adapted to Turkish by Koker (1991) was used to measure the life satisfaction levels of the participants. Conventional sampling method was preferred for sample selection and face-to-face survey method was used for data collection. In the analysis of the obtained data, descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t-test, One-way ANOVA and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used. A total of 554 volunteers participated in the study: 276 males (49,8 %) and 278 females (50,2%). According to the results of the research, smartphone addiction and life satisfaction parameters differ statistically significant according to various variables. In addition, there was a significant negative correlation between life satisfaction and smartphone addiction. As a result, it was found that life satisfaction levels increased as smartphone addiction levels of participants decreased.
The Neuropsychological and Functional Outcomes of Primary Intracerebral Haemorrhage (ICH) at 6 and 12 Month Follow Up: A Population-Based Study

This exploratory population-based study examined the short-term (6-month) and longterm (12-month) mood, cognitive, and functional outcomes of Intracerebral Haemorrhage (ICH). Previous research has tended to use hospital-based samples; examine stroke outcomes generally rather than specific to stroke subtype; assess outcomes only in the acute phase post-stroke; and favour functional outcomes, while neglecting neuropsychological outcomes. The aims of the current study, therefore, were: to compare 6and 12-month outcomes of ICH survivors to matched controls; to describe the natural course of recovery of mood, cognitive, and functional outcomes over the first year post-ICH; to examine the interrelationships between mood, cognitive, and functional outcomes of ICH; and to determine if there are characteristics of the ICH survivor at baseline that predicts good versus poor functional and cognitive outcomes at 12 months. The study used a sample of 35 ICH survivors drawn from the Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) IV Study and 34 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and ethnicity who were recruited from the Auckland community. Both the ICH group and the control group were administered a series of measures assessing their mood, cognition, and functioning (independence in activities of daily living [ADLs] and health related quality of life [HRQoL]). The ICH group were assessed, where possible, at three timeframes: baseline (within 2 weeks of ICH), 6 months post-ICH, and 12 months post-ICH. The results indicate that cognitive impairment following ICH is common, widespread, and persisting. Mood difficulties, particularly mild depression, were also present for ICH survivors over the study period. The ICH group had significantly less independence in ADLs, although improvement over the 12 months was observed. There were mixed findings when it came to HRQoL. Physical HRQoL post-ICH was impaired but not necessarily mental HRQoL. Younger age was found to correlate with poorer mood outcomes. Given the exploratory nature of the study, and limited power due to a small sample size, the findings are not considered conclusive. However, the results highlight the need for a greater focus on cognition and mood in rehabilitation of ICH survivors and on future research in these areas.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS REGARDING COLOSTRUM FEEDING TO NEWBORNS IN RURAL PAKISTAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

ABSTRACT:OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding colostrum feeding to newborns in North of Sindh province, Pakistan.METHODS: This cross-sectional study involving nursing mothers who are having any children under 2 years, conducted in three districts (Larkana, Qamber Shahdadkot and Dadu) of Sindh province, Pakistan from September-2015 to January-2016. Systemic random sampling technique was used and every third woman was selected. Self-made questionnaire translated in Urdu and Sindhi language was used to assess socio-demographic status, knowledge, attitude and practice about colostrum from pregnant and nursing women. Data was analysed by SPSS-20.RESULTS: Of the 384 mothers, 269 (70.1%) nursing mothers had some knowledge about health benefits of colostrum while 115 (29.9%) had no knowledge about health benefits of colostrum. About 72.1% (n=277) mothers offered colostrum feeding while 27.9% (n=107) discarded colostrum believing that colostrum as non-milk, non-nutritious and causing diarrhea. The mothers who discarded colostrum offered honey (n=80/107; 74.8%); water (n=19/107; 17.7%) and herbal preparation (n=8/107; 7.5%) to babies as pre-lacteal feeding. The practice of discarding colostrum is more prevalent among the mothers aging ≤20 years (n=94/107; 87.9%), illiterate (n=89/107; 83.2%), experienced first pregnancy (n=70/107; 65.4%) and delivered their child at home (n=85/107;79.4%). Out of 384 mothers, 109 (28.4%) started breast-feeding in first hour after delivery & 231 (60.2%) mothers received guidance about benefits of colostrum feeding from the healthcare professionals. CONCLUSION: More than a quarter mothers don’t know about the health benefits of colostrum and offered pre-lacteal feeding to babies. Majority received guidance from health-professionals. KEY WORDS: Colostrum (MeSH); Immunoglobulins (MeSH); Enzymes (MeSH); Cytokines (MeSH); Growth Factors (MeSH); Bilirubin (MeSH); Knowledge (MeSH); Attitude (MeSH); Pre-lacteal feeding (Non-MeSH); Mothers (MeSH)
Social Media Resources as Strategic Determinants of Social Media Marketing Effectiveness

Recent research details some meaningful uses of digital marketing instruments but not the internal organizational antecedents of social media marketing performance. Drawing on resource-based theory, the concept of dynamic capabilities, and social media research, this article identifies social media–specific resources and dynamic capabilities that can enhance social media marketing performance, as well as a theoretically developed and validated scale to measure it. The empirical investigation of the impacts of these resources and capabilities on performance relies on data pertaining to consumer brands, including results of manager surveys, brands’ financial statements, Facebook fans, Instagram followers, YouTube subscribers, and brand image measures. The proposed social media resources and capabilities improve social media performance directly and brand perception indirectly. The impact of social media measurement also is moderated by firm size, such that it is more relevant for larger firms. A profile deviation analysis reveals that the gap in interrelated social media capabilities between top-performing benchmarks and other brands explains significant variance in social media performance.
Graduate Radiographers' Perceptions of Their Transition Period from a Student to a Radiographer

Poster: "ECR 2018 / C-0596 / Graduate Radiographers' Perceptions of Their Transition Period from a Student to a Radiographer " by: " C. Bellizzi 1, M. K. Williamson2, P. Bezzina1, J. G. J. C. Couto1; 1MALTA/MT, 2WALES/UK"
Discrete Modulation for Interference Mitigation

This paper analyzes the performance of discrete input distributions (coded modulation) in interference channels. This approach is motivated in part by the necessity of using coded modulation in practical systems, and in part by the potential of discrete distributions for interference alignment as well as the importance demonstrated by Dytso <italic>et al.</italic> of discrete input distributions for transmission over the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2\times 2$ </tex-math></inline-formula> interference channel when treating interference as noise. The contribution of this work includes the establishment of achievable rates subject to discrete modulations. In the process, new bounds involving the minimum distance of the sum of discrete modulations have been developed that are useful for facilitating further work in this area. These bounds are then used for finding achievable rates for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3\times 3$ </tex-math></inline-formula> interference channels. It is also shown that interference alignment can be efficiently employed with discrete modulations at finite SNR even with imperfect channel state information at the transmitter.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Iranian Women towards Breast Cancer Screening Methods

Female breast cancer is the second leading cause of death due to cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women after lung cancer. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of women about breast cancer’s screening methods in order to offer more appropriate training programs if necessary. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a population comprised of women who had referred to public health centers in Sanandaj in 2008. The results of this study do provide some understanding on the topic and suggest that although the majority of Iranian women seem to be quite knowledgeable about breast cancer and screening methods. They need more education on breast cancer, SBE and other methods of early detection. We recommend the establishment of an institutional framework and policy guidelines that will enhance adequate and urgent information dissemination about breast cancer and screening methods to all women in Iran. Since women’s beliefs and behaviors may impact young women, designing training courses for this group seems to be essential.
A USER-SPECIFIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP AN ADAPTIVE VR EXERGAME FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI

Patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) have limited time with supervised therapy in rehabilitation hospitals. This makes it imperative for them to continue regular therapy at home so they can maximize motor recovery especially for performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL). However, physical therapy can be tedious and frustrating leading to a lack of motivation. A novel upper extremity movement measurement tool was developed using a commercial VR system to rapidly and objectively measure an individual’s range of motion, velocity of movement on an individual gesture basis, and frequency of movements in a three-dimensional space. Further, an exergame with varied and customizable gameplay parameters was developed. Through the analysis of participant interaction with the exergame, we identified gameplay parameters that can be adjusted to affect the player’s perceived and physiological effort. We observed that VR has a significant motivational effect on range of motion of upper limbs in individuals with tetraplegia. The motion data and kernel density estimation is used to determine areas of comfort. Moreover, the system allowed calculation of joint torques through inverse kinematics and dynamics to serve as an analysis tool to gauge muscular effort. The system can provide an improved rehabilitation experience for persons with tetraplegia in home settings while allowing oversight by clinical therapists through analysis of mixed reality videos or it could be used as a supplement or alternative to conventional therapy.
Latency-Driven Parallel Task Data Offloading in Fog Computing Networks for Industrial Applications

Fog computing leverages the computational resources at the network edge to meet the increasing demand for latency-sensitive applications in large-scale industries. In this article, we study the computation offloading in a fog computing network, where the end users, most of the time, offload part of their tasks to a fog node. Nevertheless, limited by the computational and storage resources, the fog node further simultaneously offloads the task data to the neighboring fog nodes and/or the remote cloud server to obtain the additional computing resources. However, meanwhile, the offloaded tasks from the neighboring node incur burden to the fog node. Moreover, the task offloading to the remote cloud server can suffer from limited communication resources. Thus, to jointly optimize the amount of tasks offloaded to the neighboring fog nodes and communication resource allocation for the offloaded tasks to the remote cloud, we formulate a latency-driven task data offloading problem considering the transmission delay from fog to the cloud and service rate that includes the local processing time and waiting time at each fog node. The optimization problem is formulated as a quadratically constraint quadratic programming. We solve the problem by semidefinite relaxation. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed strategy is effective and scalable under various simulation settings.
A multi-group modelling investigation of pharmacy practice training on the learning approach of Japanese pharmacy students

Background: The newly implemented six-year pharmacy course entails pre-clinical training and clinical rotation for fourth- and fifth-year students, respectively. Therefore, sustained learning motivation is crucial and is reflected through observed changes in the students’ learning approach. Objective: To investigate the effect of pharmacy practice training (PPT) programmes on the learning approach of fourth to sixth-year Japanese pharmacy students. Methods: A revised two-factor study process questionnaire was administered to fourth- to sixth-year pharmacy students at the Josai International University. Changes in students’ deep and surface learning approaches pre- and post-PPT were investigated using multi-group modelling. Results: The ‘deep approach’ mean score significantly increased in sixth-year students. The effect size of the difference was medium (Cohen’s d =0.51). The ‘surface approach’ mean score decreased with no significance per school year. Conclusion: The PPT programmes raised students’ ‘deep approach’ learning; thus, students could create meaning in their learning and construct ideas independently during PPT.
Planning Our Future: Institutionalizing Youth Participation in Local Government Planning Efforts

ABSTRACT There is a growing recognition globally that young people are under-represented or excluded from planning processes, and that this exclusion could have lasting impacts on their development as citizens and their interaction with the built environment. This article focuses on the extent to which youth participation is institutionalized in local government planning efforts in the United States and what explains this institutionalization. Consequently, what are the barriers and local attitudes towards youth participation? The primary data collection for this study is through an online survey that was sent to the census of California local governments. Results show that institutionalization of youth participation in local governance, through local prioritization of youth participation and emphasis of such participation in master plans, is low. Multiple linear regression is used to isolate the factors affecting institutionalization. Anticipated benefits are many, and barriers are primarily capacity related.
Appraising ‘professional learning communities’ (PLCs) for Malaysian schools through the lens of sociocultural theory: A critical review of literature with implications for research and practice

In this article, I scrutinise the theory and practice of professional learning communities (PLCs), focussing on their implementation for the Malaysian context, seen mainly through the lens of sociocultural theory. PLCs in Malaysia are a relatively new development over the past decade and have been affirmed as a key strategy under the Ministry of Education’s ‘New Narrative of Educational Practice’ in 2019. Here, I consider both theoretical and empirical literature to argue that, in theory as well as practice, PLCs can be a sustainable and viable model for professional learning; however, important caveats apply. The arguments put forward here are primarily from the perspective of sociocultural learning theory, which draws attention to (1) dialogue as the primary mechanism for learning in PLCs and (2) sociocultural context as influential for enabling or constraining said mechanism. Building on these, I review some of the specifics of the Malaysian context, drawing possible connections to practice and positioning them as ‘foreshadowed problems’ (Malinowski, 1922). The paper concludes by issuing a call to action for practitioners and researchers, inviting further work to clarify and better understand PLCs in Malaysia and internationally.
The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) Activity for Continental Shallow Convection

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility recently initiated the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity focused on shallow convection at ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma. LASSO is designed to overcome an oft-shared difficulty of bridging the gap from point-based measurements to scales relevant for model parameterization development, and it provides an approach to add value to observations through modeling. LASSO is envisioned to be useful to modelers, theoreticians, and observationalists needing information relevant to cloud processes. LASSO does so by combining a suite of observations, LES inputs and outputs, diagnostics, and skill scores into data bundles that are freely available, and by simplifying user access to the data to speed scientific inquiry. The combination of relevant observations with observationally constrained LES output provides detail that gives context to the observations by showing physically consistent connections between processes based on the simulated state. A unique approach for LASSO is the generation of a library of cases for days with shallow convection combined with an ensemble of LES for each case. The library enables researchers to move beyond the single-case-study approach typical of LES research. The ensemble members are produced using a selection of different large-scale forcing sources and spatial scales. Since large-scale forcing is one of the most uncertain aspects of generating the LES, the ensemble informs users about potential uncertainty for each date and increases the probability of having an accurate forcing for each case.