Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A prospective randomized study to compare levobupivacaine and ropivacaine in ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block for forearm orthopedic surgery

Background: Brachial plexus block utilizing ultrasound imaging has now become either adjuvant to general anesthesia (GA) or as a mainstay anesthesia modality. There are fewer studies comparing the effects of ropivacaine and levobupivacaine for supraclavicular brachial plexus block. This prospective randomized study compared 0.5% Levobupivacaine and 0.5% Ropivacaine in patients undergoing forearm orthopedic surgeries under Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block. Methodology: A total of 56 patients were enrolled and randomized into two groups of 28 patient each. Group R was given 30ml of 0.5% Ropivacaine and Group L was given 30 ml of 0.5% Levobupivacaine in supraclavicular block under ultrasound guidance. Parameters assessed were onset and duration of sensory and motor block, duration of analgesia, and any adverse events. After administration of block, the block characteristics were assessed every 5 min till onset of complete blockade, then hourly till the effect of block. Data between the groups were analyzed using with SPSS 25.0 software. Results: The study shows that there was statistically significant difference in onset of sensory and motor block between Levobupivacaine and Ropivacaine (7.54 min 2.10 vs 8.55 min 2.08) and (12.95 min 2.30 vs 14.07 min 2.22) respectively. The duration of analgesia was more in Levobupivacaine group (9.98 hours 4.88) as compared to Ropivacaine (8.03 hours 3.58). Conclusion: The onset of action of sensory and motor was early with Levobupivacaine and can be a better choice when postoperative analgesia is prime concern. However, where faster recovery of motor function is required Ropivacaine is preferred choice.
EFFECT OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION ON UNILATERAL NEGLECT FOLLOWING ACUTE STROKE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Little is known about the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on unilateral neglect following acute stroke. The stimulatory effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation may helpful in perceiving touch sensation in case of perceptual dysfunction like Unilateral neglect. Objective was to determine the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on unilateral neglect over the standard care following acute stroke.Eighty stroke patients were screened for eligibility. Twenty four patients were randomized equally into intervention and control group. Both the group received standard care treatment for twenty minutes once a day. Intervention group received transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for twenty minutes once a day for five days. The line bisection test, Catherine Bergego scale and Barthel index were measured on first and fifth day of treatment session.Between the group differences in Line bisection test, Catherine Bergego scale and Barthel index for the intervention group were 2.49 ± 0.97, 9.08 ± 1.56, 21.25 ± 4.82 respectively and for the control group were 0.40 ± 0.17, 3.33 ± 1.15, 10.00 ± 4.76. Between the group comparison of Line bisection test, Catherine Bergego scale and Barthel index were found to be statistically significant (p<0.001). Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation coupled with the standard care shows improvement in reduction in presence and severity of unilateral neglect, and improvement in functional independence in acute stroke patients.
Health Risk in Hot Springs: A Literature Review

Natural hot spring is one of the recreational water. The public used it for recreation, relaxation, and therapy. The water quality should meet standards, such as free from microorganisms to prevent the onset of health complaints. This paper aimed to identify the pathogenic microorganisms and recreational water illness in natural hot spring users from worldwide studies. Method: This systematic review analysis use PRISMA Protocol as a guide to provide this article and PEO Framework to specified the criteria. Various database used to find those article is NCBI, Google Scholar, and Science Direct. In total of 10 eligible articles to analyse from 2010 -2020. Discussion: The result showed that hot spring users experienced health complaints after using hot springs contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms. The microorganisms identified were Naegleria spp, Naegleria fowleri, Legionella pneumophila, Vittaforma corneae, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium phocaicum. Recreation water illnesses identified were Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), Legionella pneumonia, Pseudomonas foliculitis, Pseudomonas mastitis, Microsporidial keratitis, Hot tub lung (HTL), and P. aeruginosa pneumonia. Besides the water quality, age, comorbid, and frequency of visiting hot springs were risk factors of recreational water illness. Conclusion: The onset of recreational water illness in users of hot springs was influenced by the quality of water microbiology and age.
A Novel Alignment Technique in Wafer-Level Packaging of MEMS Components

In recent years, assembling and packaging methods of Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) components have been profoundly studied. The focus of this paper is presenting a novel alignment technique in wafer-level packaging. In conventional wafer-level strategies, either an Alignment Template (AT) must have special receptor sites according to the microchip geometry and its material, or the microcomponents should be additionally featured by circular and cross pegs for shape recognition stage. In this article, we have developed electrothermal microclamps (ETMCs) to hold and locate six microchips of 360×360×20 micrometers in a microfixturing cell. This is to provide accurate preliminary positioning for final flip-chip bonding process of wafer-level packaging on a main assembly board (MAB). The new approach enjoys the advantages of omitting special AT with receptor sites and using identical ETMCs for diverse assembly configurations. Being applicable for different types of microcomponent materials, it does necessitate no surface treatment on microcomponents such as Semidry uniquely orienting self-organizing parallel assembly (Semi-DUO-SPASS) technique. Comparing nickel and polysilicon as fabrication materials, corresponding values of input voltage to reach 3 micrometers displacement of the ETMC arm are estimated via finite element analysis to ascertain positioning and holding of microchips. Nickel showed to be a better choice for fabrication due to requiring lower input voltage and lower maximum resulting temperature. The simulation results are verified with published experimental measurements.
The effect of adding magnesium sulfate to low dose rocuronium on neuromuscular blockade and anesthesia for direct laryngoscopy: A randomized controlled trial

Background: Direct laryngoscopy is a day case procedure used for diagnosis and sometimes in treatment of laryngeal tumors. It is a short procedure that requires complete relaxation and rapid recovery. Rocuronium emerged as a good alternative to succinylcholine with better profile. Adding magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) to rocuronium can accelerate its onset of action with better relaxation. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of MgSO4 when added to low dose of rocuronium on neuromuscular blockade and anesthetic profile. Methodology: Sixty ASA I-II patients, scheduled for direct laryngoscopy were randomly allocated to group R: received rocuronium dose of 0.6 mg/kg and group RM: low dose rocuronium 0.4 mg/kg and MgSO4 50 mg/kg. Results: RM group showed shorter onset, and less time to achieve deep level of neuromuscular blockade but prolonged duration when compared to R group (P value = 0.035, <0.001 and <0.001 respectively). Heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure and BIS values were lower in RM group compared to R group. Conclusions: Adding MgSO4 to low dose rocuronium hastens its onset of action and shorten the time needed to achieve deep blockade but with prolonged duration. It had a favorable anesthetic profile when compared to conventional anesthesia.
Iron Supplement-Enhanced Growth and Development of Hydrangea macrophylla In Vitro under Normal and High pH

Hydrangea macrophylla is a popular perennial ornamental shrub commercially grown as potted plants, landscape plants, and cut flowers. In the process of reproduction and production of ornamental plants, the absorption of nutrients directly determines the value of the ornamental plants. Hydrangea macrophylla is very sensitive to the content and absorption of the micronutrient iron (Fe) that affects growth of its shoots. However, the physiological activity of Fe as affected by deficiency or supplementation is unknown. This work aimed at preliminary exploring the relationship between Fe and photosynthesis, and also to find the most favorable iron source and level of pH for the growth of H. macrophylla. Two Fe sources, non-chelated iron sulfate (FeSO4) and iron ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Fe-EDTA), were supplemented to the multipurpose medium with a final Fe concentration of 2.78 mg·L−1. The medium without any Fe supplementation was used as the control. The pH of the agar-solidified medium was adjusted to either 4.70, 5.70, or 6.70, before autoclaving. The experiment was conducted in a culture room for 60 days with 25/18 °C day and night temperatures, and a 16-hour photoperiod provided at a light intensity of 50 mmol·m−2·s−1 photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) from white light-emitting diodes. Supplementary Fe increased the tissue Fe content, and leaves were greener with the medium pH of 4.70, regardless of the Fe source. Compared to the control, the number of leaves for plantlets treated with FeSO4 and Fe-EDTA were 2.0 and 1.5 times greater, respectively. The chlorophyll, macronutrient, and micronutrient contents were the greatest with Fe-EDTA at pH 4.70. Furthermore, the Fe in the leaf affected the photosynthesis by regulating stomata development, pigment content, and antioxidant system, and also by adjusting the expression of genes related to Fe absorption, transport, and redistribution. Supplementation of Fe in a form chelated with EDTA along with a medium pH of 4.70 was found to be the best for the growth and development of H. macrophylla plantlets cultured in vitro.
Morphologically-Guided Segmentation For Translation of Agglutinative Low-Resource Languages

Neural Machine Translation (NMT) for Low Resource Languages (LRL) is often limited by the lack of available training data, making it necessary to explore additional techniques to improve translation quality. We propose the use of the Preﬁx-Root-Postﬁx-Encoding (PRPE) subword segmentation algorithm to improve translation quality for LRLs, using two agglutinative languages as case studies: Quechua and Indonesian. During the course of our experiments, we reintroduce a parallel corpus for Quechua-Spanish translation that was previously unavailable for NMT. Our experiments show the importance of appropriate subword segmentation, which can go as far as improving translation quality over systems trained on much larger quantities of data. We show this by achieving state-of-the-art results for both languages, obtaining higher BLEU scores than large pre-trained models with much smaller amounts of data.
Hybrid Extractive/Abstractive Summarization Using Pre-Trained Sequence-to-Sequence Models

Typical document summarization methods can be either ex-tractive, by selecting appropriate parts of the input text to include in the summary, or abstractive, by generating new text with basis on a meaningful representation of the source text. In both cases, the current state-of-the-art involves the use of pre-trained neural language models based on the Transformer architecture. Most of these approaches are unable to process input text beyond a limited small number of tokens. This paper advances a hybrid summarization approach based on a single T5 model, which ﬁrst selects important sentences from the source text, and subsequently produces an abstractive summary from the selected sentences. In doing this, we reduce the overall computational requirements associated to the use of Transformer models, and mitigate the eﬀects of their input size limitations, while ensuring a good performance. Through experiments with diﬀerent datasets, we show that our method achieves comparable results to current state-of-the-art models, while maintaining relatively low computational requirements.
Vernacular Architecture of Buginese: The Concept of Local-Wisdom in Constructing Buildings Based on Human Anatomy

Purpose: Several studies have been conducted on the concept of Bugis community house construction to understand its macroand micro-cosmology. This study was, however, conducted to complement the multi-perception research on the relationship between architecture and local wisdom by disclosing the formation of residential space plans. This involved the use of the Bugis house as the subject and the application of the horizontal and vertical philosophies’ perspectives based on the anatomical dimensions of a lying human body as its traditional architectural uniqueness. Research Design & Methodology: The study was conducted qualitatively in Talungeng Village, Bone Regency, Indonesia, for a period of one year, 2018–2019, using the case study approach, phenomenology, and ethnography model. Data were collected through several eligible informants and analyzed using the Discovering Cultural Themes method by associating studies with architecture. Results & Findings: This study showed the horizontal spatial organization and relations in the Bugis house plan derive from the philosophy and function of human body parts in a lying position, which is believed to be a means to provide protection and comfort for residents, while the vertical aspect involves the use of the house frame as the central pillar in proportion to the whole structure. The adoption of the human body as the framework is usually to provide mutual support for the building structure and to ensure it has enough strength to mitigate against earthquakes, floods, and strong winds.
LINC00261 Inhibits Esophageal Cancer Radioresistance by Down-Regulating microRNA-552-3p and Promoting DIRAS1

Objective: Esophageal cancer (EC) represents a life-threatening tumor with an ever-increasing incidence rate. Long intergenic non-protein coding RNAs (LINCs) have also become a topic of interest in EC. In a similar light, the current study aimed to investigate the role of LINC00261 in EC radioresistance. Methods: Firstly, radioresistant EC cell lines TE-1-R and TE-5-R were established using TE-1 and TE-5 cells. Subsequently, LINC00261, microRNA (miR)-552-3p, and DIRAS1 expression patterns in EC tissues and adjacent normal tissues and EC cells were evaluated. In addition, survival fraction (SF), colony formation, apoptosis, and γ-H2AX levels were analyzed, followed by the detection of the binding relation between LINC00261 and miR-552-3p and between miR-552-3p and DIRAS1. Lastly, xenograft transplantation was carried out to confirm the effects of LINC00261 on EC radioresistance in vivo. Results: LINC00261 and DIRAS1 were poorly-expressed in EC tissues and cells, but miR-552-3p was over-expressed. In EC cells with X-ray radiation, over-expression of LINC00261 reduced SF and cell viability, strengthened γ-H2AX levels, and promoted apoptosis, while all these trends were counteracted by miR-522-3p over-expression or DIRAS1 silencing. Mechanistic investigation further validated the binding relation between LINC00261 and miR-552-3p, and between miR-552-3p and DIRAS1. Moreover, LINC00261 over-expression suppressed tumor growth and reduced EC radioresistance in vivo. Conclusion: Altogether, our findings indicated that LINC00261 exerts a suppressive effect on EC radioresistance via the competing endogenous RNA network to sponge miR-552-3p and up-regulate DIRAS1 transcription.
Therapeutic Results of Rituximab Combined with CHOP-Type Chemotherapy in Diffuse Large-Cell B Lymphomas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case of Cote d’Ivoire

B lymphoproliferative pathologies are the most frequent malignant hemopathies in Africa. Among them, diffuse large B cell lymphomas represent 30% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas [1]. The use of CHOP-type chemotherapy (Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisolone) has long been the gold standard in the treatment of LBDGC for the past 40 years. The addition of Rituximab along with CHOP-type chemotherapy has significantly improved the survival of patients with diffuse large-cell B-cell lymphoma (LBDGC). The first randomized study comparing CHOP versus RCHOP-type chemotherapy was reported by the Adult Lymphoma Study Group (GELA) in the LNH-98.5 trial [2]. These preliminary results were obtained after a median follow-up of 2 years with significant improvement in the therapeutic response and survival of patients treated with the RCHOP protocol.Indeed, the overall survival probability at 5 years confirmed the benefit of the combination Rituximab with CHOP-type chemotherapy [3]. Several other randomized studies have demonstrated the benefit of RCHOP in the treatment of LBDGC and other subtypes of B lymphoma [4]. Despite the significant progress made by monoclonal antibodies in lymph proliferations in the West, very few studies in sub-Saharan Africa reports the contribution of rituximab associated with chemotherapy in B lymphoproliferative pathologies and particularly LBDGC. Chemotherapy using the CHOP protocol remains the standard treatment for two main reasons: the first remains the unavailability of Rituximab, and the second happens to be the high cost of this immunotherapy, the unit box of which is estimated at £ 1,800 in a country in the process of development with a modest GDP per capita (1521 USD), with an HDI index of 0.452. Note the lack of health coverage. Despite these facts, some populations have private insurance that allowed access to rituximab. The objective of the present study was therefore to evaluate the results of Rituximab associated with CHOP in LBDGC in our country.
High-current characterization of dual-damascene copper interconnects in SiO/sub 2/- and low-k interlevel dielectrics for advanced CMOS semiconductor technologies

The ESD robustness of copper (Cu) interconnects in low-k interlevel dielectrics (ILD) is shown for the first time. Critical-current density to failure J/sub crit/, high-current resistance change /spl Delta/R/R/sub o/, and thermal impedance /spl theta//sub TH/ are determined for Cu-based interconnects with silicon dioxide (SiO/sub 2/) and low-k interlevel dielectrics. Experimental results indicate that ESD robustness of Cu-based interconnects in low-k ILD (k=2.9) is affected by low-k material (compared to Cu wires in SiO/sub 2/ ILD), yet have superior ESD robustness compared to Al-based interconnects.
Experiencing Educational Leadership Preparation Program Redesign in Alabama

Calls for changing educational leadership preparation have led many state policy makers to initiate program redesign efforts; the governor of Alabama constituted a working group to examine the situation and develop recommendations. This article details the school leadership preparation program redesign process in Alabama from the perspective of faculty at one university. The article presents an overview of the design process, basic program tenets, and manner in which one set of university faculty engaged in this endeavor. It also presents facilitating and hindering factors, compares redesigned program with previous program, and aligns the redesigned program with best practices.
Feasibility of Collecting Pathogens in Wastewater During Outbreaks

This research seeks to link gastrointestinal illnesses in communities to the concentrations of the causal pathogens in the community wastewater. We focus on three pathogens that are critical for potable reuse, namely human norovirus, human adenovirus, and Cryptosporidium spp. Specifically, the major goals of this work were to 1) review the readily available public health data on gastrointestinal disease prevalence and outbreaks in the state of California, 2) describe the state of the literature on linking public health data with actual prevalence in a community, 3) characterize pathogen shedding rates and establish shedding distributions expected for the three pathogens, and 4) develop models that link disease prevalence, pathogen shedding rates, and wastewater concentrations. Ultimately, this feasibility study identifies the major information gaps that limit the feasibility of predicting wastewater concentrations from prevalence and vice versa.
Proposal for Possibilities of Increasing Production Productivity of Thermosets Compression Molding with Using Process Simulation Software

Simulation is a tool for the diagnosis of widespread use of the intention to streamlining production processes and operations. The article deals with a proposal to increase manufacturing productivity through software process in thermosetting molding industry. We focused on the reorganization of work and analysis of processes in it. Suggest improvements that lead to an increase production productivity and simulate it. Using simulation software PLANT SIMULATION we obtained information about proposed improvements and evaluate them.
Supplementary Materials for Separable Flow

Features are extracted from the input images using a convolutional network. We use the feature encoder network from RAFT [7]. The network is applied to both I1 and I2 and maps the input images to dense feature maps at a lower resolution. As detailed in Table 1, our encoder outputs features at 1/8 resolution, F ∈RH×W×D where H and W are one eighth the height and width of the input image, and we set D = 256. The feature encoder consists of 6 residual blocks, 2 at 1/2 resolution, 2 at 1/4 resolution, and 2 at 1/8 resolution. We additionally use a context network, again identical to the one used in RAFT [7]. The context network extracts features only from the first view I1. The architecture of the context network is similar to the feature extraction network. The only differences are that the feature encoder uses instance normalization while the context encoder uses batch normalization, and the context network also outputs the weight w1, . ,w4 for the cost aggregation net.
Real-time daily flow forecasting using black-box models, diffusion processes, and neural networks

The purpose of this study is to compare three modeling approaches used for the prediction of daily natural flows 1-7 days ahead. Linear black-box models, which have been commonly used for modeling flows, constitute the first approach. The second approach, a linear type in the context of our application, is less known in the water resources field and is identified by the term diffusion process. The third approach uses models called neural networks, which have gained interest in many fields. All these approaches were tested on 15 watersheds from the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean hydrographic system, located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Because the watersheds possess different physical characteristics, the models were tested under several runoff conditions. In this article, the focus is on results; all approaches along with their conditions of use have been detailed elsewhere in the literature. The results obtained showed that neural networks constitute, for almost all the watersheds studied, the best appr.