Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ÇOK KESİTLİ BİLGİSAYARLI TOMOGRAFİ İLE AKUT RİNOSİNÜZİTİN KRONİK RİNOSİNÜZİTTEN AYIRT EDİLMESİ Differentiation of Acute Rhinosinusitis From Chronic Rhinosinusitis Using Multidetector Computed Tomography

OZET Amac: Akut rinosinuziti kronik rinosinuzitten klinik olarak ayirt etmek zordur ve bugune kadar her iki durumda da benzer gorunen hava-sivi seviyesi veya opaklasma ile radyolojik olarak degerlendirilebilirler. Amacimiz, klasik radyolojik yaklasimlarla birlikte hava dansitesinin analizinin, akut ve kronik rinosinuzit arasinda ayrim yapmak icin yeni bir arac olarak kullanilip kullanilamayacagini incelemekti. Yontem: Bu retrospektif calisma paranazal sinus cok kesitli bilgisayarli tomografi (CKBT) yapilan 550 hastada toplam 2419 sinus icermekteydi. Hastalar sinus durumlarinin klinik tanisina gore uc gruba ayrildi: grup 1 (n = 176) akut enfeksiyonlu, grup 2 (s = 191) kronik rinosinuzitli hastalarin olusturdugu ve grup 3 (s = 181) saglikli sinuslerin olusturdugu gruptur. Herbir gruptaki paranazal sinusler icerisindeki ortalama hava yogunlugu ve standart sapma, hava ile dolu sinusun merkezindeki 0.5 cm2 lik ilgili alan (ROI) sinus duvari haric olmak uzere hesaplandi ve olcum takip eden 4-6 BT kesitinde tekrarlandi. Bulgular: Ortalama hava dansitesi grup 1'de grup 2 ve 3 ile karsilastirildiginda anlamli olarak yuksekti (sirasiyla - 810 HU, -973 HU ve -1010 HU; p <0.05) ve SD (89.3 HU, 21.1 HU ve 20.9 HU sirasiyla; p <0.05). Sonuc: Paranazal sinuslerde artmis hava yogunlugu akut rinosinuzitin kronik rinosinuzitten ayrilmasinda yardimci olabilir. Anahtar Sozcukler: Cok kesitli bilgisayarli tomografi; Rinosinuzit, hava yogunlugu. ABSTRACT It is difficult to differentiate acute from chronic rhinosinusitis clinically, and to date they are assessed radiologically via air-fluid level or opacification, which can appear similar in both cases. Our purpose was to examine whether air density analysis combined with classical radiological approaches can be used as a new tool to differentiate between acute and chronic sinusitis. This retrospective study included a total of 2419 sinuses in 550 patients who underwent paranasal sinus multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Patients were divided into three groups according to clinical diagnosis of sinus status: acutely inflamed as group 1 (n=176), the chronic sinusitis as group 2 (n=191) and healthy sinuses (n=183) as group 3, the control group. The mean air density and standard deviations (SD) within the paranasal sinuses in each group were calculated by the measurements of air density with a region of interest (ROI) of 0.5 cm2, located in the center of the air-filled sinus avoiding the sinus wall, and repeated the measurement in 4-6 consequent CT slices, where available. The mean air density was significantly higher in group 1 compared with group 2 and 3 (- 810 HU,-973 HU and -1010 HU respectively; p < 0.05), as well as SD (89.3 HU, 21.1 HU and 20.9 HU respectively; p < 0.05). In conclusion; increased air density in paranasal sinuses may aid in distinguishing acute from chronic rhinosinusitis. Keywords: Multidetector computed tomography; Rhinosinusitis, air density.
Response of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) and Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) towards chilling temperature

Studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of storability of S. cerealella and T. chilonis at zero and control temperature for different time interval i.e. (2, 6, 12, and 24) h. Research reveals that different tem, time interval effect the parameters like incubation, emergence, hatching and longevity. Three different sets of experiments were conducted to observe hatching (%) and incubation period of S. cerealella, emergence (%) and adult longevity of T. chilonis from parasitized pupae and parasitism of S. cerealella eggs, subsequent emergence (%) of T. chilonis from the parasitized eggs and their adult longevity. Interpretation of findings unravels that eggs stored for shorter period of time i.e. 2 hours resulting in higher hatching (85.33%) and incubation period (8.13 days). Higher pupal emergence (82.66%) of T. chilonis and adult longevity (6.23 days) for storage period of 2 hours and an increase in duration decline was recorded. Significantly higher parasitism (86.66%) of S. cerealella, emergence (92.71%) and adult longevity (6.13 days) was recorded for storage period of 2 hours and with increase in duration the declension was recorded in parameters under study.
Investigation of students’ level of leadership and creativity studying at the School of Physical Education and Sports

The aim of the study is to investigate students’ level of leadership and creativity studying at the School of Physical Education and Sports. The research group was made up of 115 females and 85 males, 200 in total, studying at the Physical Education and Sports School of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University. To achieve the purpose of the research, ‘A Scale of Achievement Leadership’ and ‘Adaptation-Innovation Inventory (KAI)’ were applied to the students who were participated in the research. In the analysis and assessment of the data, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, t-test and one-way ANOVA test were used, and the significance was taken as p < 0.05. In the evaluation of the data and the determination of the calculated values, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences package program was used. At the end of the study, it is revealed that it is important to develop creative thinking skills through successive remediation and creative reaction so that students’ level of leadership gets higher. Keywords: Leadership, creativity, student.
Grazing significantly increases root shoot ratio but decreases soil organic carbon in Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau grasslands: A hierarchical meta‐analysis

The Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is the most expansive area of alpine grasslands worldwide, which have been grazed for thousands of years. Distinct environmental conditions render QTP grasslands vulnerable to disturbances. Intensified grazing in the area has led to its degradation in recent decades. However, the effects of grazing on grassland production, soil carbon, and nitrogen contents, their relationships and the factors influencing the grasslands of QTP have yet to be determined. In this study, we evaluated the effect of grazing by using a hierarchical meta‐analysis, and explored relation of response variables by structural equation modeling. In all, grazing significantly decreased the aboveground biomass (−38%), total biomass (TB) (−14%), litter (−63%), soil organic carbon (SOC) (−20%), and total nitrogen (TN) (−15%). The root shoot ratio was increased (75%). Grazing intensity exerted significant effects, and mean annual temperature and altitude influenced the responses to a certain degree. Specifically, the response of the root shoot ratio, which can affect the responses of SOC and TN, was significantly higher in the QTP grasslands. Our findings elucidated the response patterns, specialties, relationships, and factors influencing the QTP grasslands, which need to be considered in the development of process‐based models and the sustainable use of alpine grasslands on QTP in the future.
Antecedents of Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives: Empirical Evidence from the S&P 500

Prior research on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has almost exclusively focused on environmental aspects (GSCM&#8212;green supply chain management) and the study of its external drivers and consequences. Framing our study within the &#8220;strategy&#8208;conduct&#8208;performance&#8221; paradigm, we consider the focal firm's role in the implementation of sustainable supply chain initiatives, social as well as environmental. We use data on the S&amp;P 500 Index retrieved from Bloomberg, including variables for two relevant focal firm strategies: (a) reducing the environmental footprint of the supply chain and (b) reducing social risks in the supply chain (SRSS). Hierarchical logit modeling is carried out to examine the sequential impact of governance board characteristics and the focal firm's adoption of related internal policies and practices on the likelihood of implementing these initiatives along the supply chain. Controlling for industry, firm size, and resources, we find that board structure and diversity influence the implementation of sustainable supply chain initiatives by increasing organizational commitment to environmentally friendly and socially responsible policies and practices. Consequently, empirical evidence exists for the importance of strategic factors, namely a proactive corporate stance on sustainability associated with governance board characteristics, as antecedents of sustainable (environmental and social) supply chain initiatives.
Visual Thinking Strategies: Experiences of an arts-based curriculum in an Irish University Medicine and Health Faculty

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a student-centred curriculum designed to engage students in examination and discussion of pieces of art/images. Recent studies have identified the use of VTS as an effective tool in improving observation, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills among undergraduate healthcare students. To date, research regarding VTS within healthcare training has focussed primarily on student outcomes. We are not aware of any research investigating facilitators' beliefs and experiences of facilitating VTS. The aim of this study was to gather qualitative, descriptive data exploring facilitators’ and students’ experiences of VTS in the health disciplines of one Irish University. It was conducted in one higher education institution in Ireland where VTS is delivered as part of the undergraduate programmes within medicine and health disciplines. Eight facilitators and seven students participated. A qualitative research design was employed. One-to-one, semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions were conducted. Descriptive thematic analysis was employed to analyse the participants’ responses. Four main themes emerged from the data: VTS as a teaching method, student engagement with VTS, potential of VTS to transfer to clinic and the future of VTS within medicine and healthcare settings. Facilitators reported belief in the potential of VTS, however, expressed concerns that this potential is not yet being reached. Student data supports the use of VTS for development of clinical skills. Timing of delivery of VTS in relation to clinical practice was identified as a key consideration to increase opportunities for clinical transference, thus improving client outcomes. The need for curriculum embedment, further research and resources were identified as important factors contributing to further development of VTS within healthcare curricula
The brecciated texture of polymict eucrites: Petrographic investigations of unequilibrated meteorites from the Antarctic Yamato collection

We report on the petrography and mineralogy of five Yamato polymict eucrites to better constrain the formation and alteration of crustal material on differentiated asteroids. Each sample consists of different lithic clasts that altogether form four dominant textures and therefore appear to originate from closely related petrological areas within Vesta′s crust. The textures range from subophitic to brecciated, porphyritic, and quench‐textured, that differ from section to section. Comparison with literature data for these samples is therefore difficult, which stresses that polymict eucrites are extremely complex in their petrography and investigation of only one thick section may not be representative for the host rock. We also show that sample Y‐793548 consists of more than one lithic unit and must therefore be classified as polymict instead of monomict. The variety and nature of lithic textures in the investigated Yamato meteorites indicate shock events, intense post‐magmatic thermal annealing, and secondary alteration. These postmagmatic features occur in different intensities, varying from clast to clast or among coexisting mineral fragments on a small, local scale. Several clasts within the eucrites studied have been modified by late‐stage alteration processes that caused deposition of Fe‐rich olivine and Fe enrichment along cracks crosscutting pyroxene crystals. However, formation of these secondary phases seems to be independent of the degree of thermal metamorphism observed within every type of clast, which would support a late‐stage metasomatism model for their formation.
Effects of post-adoption beliefs on customers’ online product recommendation continuous usage: An extended expectation-confirmation model

Abstract This study aims to extend expectation-confirmation model (ECM) of IS continuance based on effort-accuracy model (EAM) for predicting and explaining continuous usage of online product recommendation (OPR) that has been ignored in prior literature. The proposed OPR continuance model, incorporating the post-adoption beliefs of perceived usefulness, perceived decision quality and perceived decision effort, was empirically validated with data collected from an online survey of 626 existing users of the OPR. Results indicated a good explanatory power of the OPR continuance model (R 2 = 62.1% of OPR continuance intention, R 2 = 53% of satisfaction, R 2 = 50.5% of perceived usefulness, and R 2 = 9% of perceived decision effort, and R 2 = 72.3% of perceived decision quality), with all major paths supported except one. We also analysed the data on the original ECM that reveals lower variances explained compared to the OPR continuance model (D6% in OPR continuance intention, D5.1% in customer satisfaction, and D3.2% in perceived usefulness). The salient effect of perceived decision quality signifies that the nature of the IS can be an important boundary condition in understanding the continuance behaviour. At a practical level, this study presents deeper insights into how to address users’ satisfaction and continued patronage.
Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: Analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children survey in Wales

Young people's wellbeing is often lowest where they assume a relatively low position within their school's socioeconomic hierarchy, for example, among poorer children attending more affluent schools. Transition to secondary school is a period during which young people typically enter an environment which is more socioeconomically diverse than their primary school. Young people joining a school with a higher socioeconomic status intake relative to their primary school may assume a relatively lowered position within their school’s socioeconomic hierarchy, experiencing a detriment to their wellbeing as a consequence. This article draws on data from 45,055 pupils in Years 7 and 8, from 193 secondary schools in Wales, who completed the 2017 Student Health Research Network (SHRN) Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW) survey. Pupils reported which primary school they previously attended, and survey data on wellbeing were linked to publicly available data on the free school meal entitlement of schools attended. In cross‐classified linear mixed‐effects models, with primary and secondary school as levels, mental wellbeing varied significantly according to both primary and secondary school attended. A higher school‐level deprivation was associated with worse mental wellbeing in both cases. Mental wellbeing was significantly predicted by the relative affluence of a child's primary and secondary school, with movement to a secondary school of higher overall socioeconomic status associated with lowered wellbeing. These findings highlight transition to secondary school as a key point in which socioeconomic inequality in wellbeing may widen, and thus as an important focal point for intervention to reduce health inequalities.
Pulmonary embolism - assessment of risk factors and emboli locations

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a widespread disorder, which appears as a result of closure or restriction of main pulmonary artery or its branches and is often associated with deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The severity and clinical picture is frequently erratic and what is worrying it is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality in Europe. OBJECTIVE: The mainpurpose of our study was to demonstrate meaning of emboli location in prognosis,favour risk factors which could be overlooked by clinicians and help to avoid further misdiagnosis. ABBREVIATED DESRCIPTION OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE:We highlighted the importance of defining a genetic profile, personal and family history of VTE, especially in patients with atypical pulmonary symptoms. Moreover, the awareness of possible occurring PE among children,during serious infections or in patients with malignancy is still insufficient. Furthermore, according our analysis clinical symptoms in patients with pulmonary embolism are undoubtedly influenced by the location.The more massive the thrombus appears, the more serious consequences can be expected for the patient.Along with the size of the thrombus, the risk of its complications increases because of haemodynamic changes. SUMMARY:Diagnosing of pulmonary embolism in hemodynamically stable patients is still challenging for clinicians. There were many attempts to find significant and unmistakeable relationship between emboli location in pulmonary vasculature and prognosis.That knowledge could be helpful for clinicians in setting accurate diagnosis, implementing appropriate treatment and avoid possible life-threatening consequences.Risk stratification is crucial to the management and prognosis of patients with acute PE.
The Relations Interpersonal Communication and Work Environment to Work Satisfaction: Openness to Experience as a Moderator Approach

This article offers a conceptual model of the relationship of interpersonal communication and the work environment to job satisfaction with the openness to experience moderator approach. In this model, interpersonal communication and work environment are directly related to job satisfaction. This relationship can be strengthened by individual personality that is openness to experience. The interaction between interpersonal communication and openness to experience can increase job satisfaction. The same interaction between work environment and openness to experience can increase job satisfaction.
Foraging Ecology of Male California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus): Movement, Diving and Foraging Behavior, and Diving Capacity

Author(s): Weise, Michael J. | Abstract: I investigated diving behavior, movement, and spatially explicit foraging behavior of the sexually dimorphic male California sea lion and evaluated the extent to which blood and muscle oxygen storage capacity influenced behavioral patterns. Satellite-linked dive recorders were used to investigate the movement and diving patterns of 25 sub-adult and adult male California sea lions during 2003-04 and 2004-05. Male diving behavior was consistent with that of a typical shallow epipelagic to mesopelagic foraging strategy and a strong diurnal pattern. Variation in diving behavior was explained by the presence of three diving strategies among individuals including shallow, mixed depth, and deeper divers. Males dispersed, rather then a previously described migration, traveling north and south while foraging almost exclusively over the continental shelf during short trips in 2003-04. Ocean conditions were highly anomalous in 2004-05 and males altered their foraging effort during previously undocumented offshore excursions up to 450km offshore. Trips during 2004-05 were more than twice the distance and three times the duration of trips during 2003-04. Diving patterns also shifted with increased search time underwater with deeper and longer duration dives, and significant shifts in diet occurred that reflected changes in the diet during the 1997-98 El Nino.I also examined the extent to which blood and muscle oxygen stores varied as a function of age, body size, and sex. Blood oxygen storage capacity was not fully developed by the end of the dependency period and muscle stores were not developed until animals were sub-adult size. Decreased myoglobin in adult males resulted in decreased mass-specific oxygen stores compared to females, which was unexpected given their greater body mass. Delayed development of body oxygen stores coupled with differences between the sexes resulted in different aerobic diving capacity among different size, age, and sex animals. Males dove well within their physiological diving capacity the majority of the time. This apparent excess in physiological dive capacity may provide male sea lions with the plasticity to develop alternative individual foraging strategies, and buffer them against fluctuations in prey distribution and abundance resulting from environmental perturbations such as those observed during 2005 and El Nino events.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IC-RT-PCR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF EGGPLANT MOTTLED DWARF VIRUS AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ISOLATES FROM VARIOUS HOSTS IN GREECE

SUMMARY In a 10-year survey several Eggplant mottled dwarf virus (EMDV) isolates were collected from diverse hosts from all over Greece. In this study, an IC-RT-PCR assay was developed for the detection of the virus. Degenerate primers were designed on conserved regions of the glycoprotein (G) gene of various plant nucleorhabdoviruses. Based on the initial genetic information obtained, EMDV-specific primers were subsequently designed. The method successfully amplified a 284 bp product from all (76) virus samples originating from tobacco, cucumber, eggplant, Pittosporum tobira and Capparis spinosa (caper). Sequence analysis and Western blot were done for further characterization of representative isolates. Two isolates from tobacco (EMDV-Tob) and cucumber (EMDV-Cu) were also subjected to electron microscopy and host range studies. Sequence analysis of the partial G gene confirmed the classification of EMDV within nucleorhabdoviruses. Genetic comparisons among the EMDV isolates tested indicated low levels of variation with the caper isolate, which is reported for the first time in Greece, being the most deviating isolate. This is the first molecular assay developed for the detection of EMDV and also the first sequence information obtained of its genome.