Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factores determinantes de sepsis neonatal temprana en el Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, enero-diciembre 2012

Determinar los factores determinantes de sepsis neonatal temprana en el Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Enero-Diciembre 2012. Material y Metodos: Estudio analitico, retrospectivo de corte transversal tipo caso control. Revisando las historias clinicas de madres y recien nacidos que presentaron sepsis neonatal temprana en el Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo de Enero a Diciembre 2012. Resultados: El 50 por ciento de casos y 47.8 por ciento de controles fueron de sexo femenino. El 20 por ciento de casos tuvieron edad gestacional menor a 37 semanas y el 5 por ciento mas de 41 semanas. Se evaluo los siguientes factores de riesgo de sepsis neonatal temprana: sexo, edad gestacional, sufrimiento fetal agudo, ruptura prematura de membrana, presencia de corioamnionitis, infeccion del tracto urinario materna, vulvovaginitis, preeclampsia severa, oligohidramnios, liquido amniotico meconial, tipo de parto, tacto vaginal, bajo peso al nacer, depresion neonatal, fiebre materna y control prenatal insuficiente. Conclusiones: Los hallazgos del presente estudio demuestra que la sepsis neonatal temprana esta determinada por factores de riesgo, en este trabajo el factor de mayor frecuencia fue los controles prenatales insuficientes (OR=4.42), seguida por la presencia de liquido amniotico meconial (OR=3.67), infeccion del tracto urinario de la madre (OR=3.61) y tacto vaginal (OR=3.39); el control prenatal adecuado permite la prevencion precoz y tratamiento de la sepsis neonatal temprana, con el consiguiente beneficio para el paciente. (AU) To determine the determinants factors of early neonatal sepsis in the National Hospital Dos de Mayo, January-December 2012. Materials and Methods: An analytical, retrospective, transverse study of type case-control. Reviewing the medical record of mothers and newborns who presented early neonatal sepsis in the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo from January to December 2012. Results: 50 per cent and 47.8 per cent were of feminine sex in the cases and controls respectively. In the group of cases 20 per cent they had a gestational age smaller to 37 weeks and 5 per cent had more than 41 weeks of gestational age. One evaluated the following factors of risk of early neonatal sepsis: sex, gestational age, acute fetal suffering, premature rupture of membrane, presence of chorioamnionitis, maternal infection of the urinary tract vulvovaginitis, severe preeclampsia, oligohydramnios, meconium amniotic liquid, type of delivery, vaginal tacts, weight when being born, neonatal depression, maternal fever and insufficient prenatal control. Conclusions: the findings of this study shows that early neonatal sepsis is determined by risk factors, in this work the factor most frequently was insufficient prenatal controls (OR=4.42), the continuous meconium amniotic liquid (OR=3.67), maternal infection of the urinary tract (OR=3.61) and vaginal tacts (OR=3.39); adequate prenatal control allows for early prevention and early treatment of neonatal sepsis, with consequent benefit to the patient. (AU)
Patient satisfaction: a tool for quality control

Background: Patient satisfaction is one of the established yardsticks to measure success of the services being provided in the health facilities and critical issue for healthcare providers. It is a complex attitude because a multitude of variables have been identified as its predictors. Diversity in patients’ demographics also molds their perceptions about hospital facilities and services . Methods: A hospital based study has been undertaken between November 2014 and January 2015 at the Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati, Assam, India with 50 patients. Primary data was collected through survey approach with systematic random sampling from 50 patients. A semi-structured questionnaire was extracted from the literature relating to the patients’ satisfaction from healthcare services. Results: Most of the patients were from underserved sections of the community. The overall rating for doctor-patient relationship had 68% satisfied respondents. 70% respondents were satisfied with basic facilities; only 40% respondent were satisfied with information and support services offered 30% respondents were dissatisfied with the organization of care in the institute, overall the respondent posted a satisfaction percentage of 64% . Conclusions: From the present study we can conclude that, assessing satisfaction of patients is simple and cost effective way for evaluation of hospital services and has helped finding that patients were more satisfied with behaviour of doctors and dissatisfaction was found to be more regarding cleanliness in the toilets and the wards.
Histone Deacetylase-linked Repression and Metabolically-linked Derepression of Adenovirus Persistent Infection of Lymphocytes

Adenovirus (AdV) infection is ubiquitous in the human population and causes acute infection in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. In addition to lytic infections in epithelial cells, AdV can persist in a latent form in mucosal lymphocytes, and nearly 80% of children contain viral DNA in the lymphocytes of their tonsils and adenoids. Reactivation of latent AdV is thought to be the source of deadly viremia in pediatric transplant patients. Adenovirus latency and reactivation in lymphocytes is not well-studied, though immune cell activation has been reported to promote productive infection from latency. In lymphocytes, programs of gene expression during both resting and activated states have been shown to be regulated in part by chromatin remodelers and co-repressors, including Class I and II histone deacetylases (HDACs), Class III HDACs (sirtuins), and the C-terminal Binding Protein Family (CtBPs). Because the adenovirus genome is chromatinized through rapid association with cellular histones upon entry into the host cell nucleus, viral gene expression is potentially regulated by these same cellular chromatin-modifying mechanisms and responsive to immunoactivation of the host lymphocyte. In this doctoral work, we show that enzymatic activity of Class I HDACs and sirtuins, but not Class II HDACs, contribute to the repression of viral early and late genes during persistent infection. We also show that modulation of cellular NAD+/NADH can de-repress adenovirus gene expression in persistentlyinfected lymphocytes. In contrast, disrupting the NAD-dependent CtBP repressor complex interaction with PxDLS-containing binding partners paradoxically alters AdV gene expression. INDEX WORDS: Adenovirus latency, Adenovirus persistent infection, Histone deacetylase, Sirtuin, C-terminal Binding Protein, NAD+/NADH ratio, Lymphocyte HISTONE DEACETYLASE-LINKED REPRESSION AND METABOLICALLY-LINKED DEREPRESSION OF ADENOVIRUS PERSISTENT INFECTION OF LYMPHOCYTES
Effect of corporate image of the sponsor on brand love and purchase intentions: The moderating role of sports involvement

ABSTRACT Indians adore cricket and tend to establish an immediate connection with the brands that associate with it. Of late, well-known brands have taken the road less traveled and sponsored non-cricketing sports (sports other than cricket) leagues in India. This paper focuses on non-cricketing sports sponsorships and explores the influence of the corporate image of the sponsor on brand love, which is further hypothesized to influence purchase intentions for the sponsor’s products. The study further examines the moderating role of sports involvement between corporate image and brand love. The moderating role of sports involvement between brand love and purchase intentions is also studied. The mediating role played by brand love between corporate image, and purchase intentions is tested. A structured questionnaire was administered to 638 respondents who followed non-cricketing sports leagues. The results established that corporate image is positively associated with brand love, which further leads to purchase intentions. Sports involvement strengthened both these relationships.
Provably Convergent Two-Timescale Off-Policy Actor-Critic with Function Approximation

We present the first provably convergent two-timescale off-policy actor-critic algorithm (COF-PAC) with function approximation. Key to COF-PAC is the introduction of a new critic, the emphasis critic, which is trained via Gradient Emphasis Learning (GEM), a novel combination of the key ideas of Gradient Temporal Difference Learning and Emphatic Temporal Difference Learning. With the help of the emphasis critic and the canonical value function critic, we show convergence for COF-PAC, where the critics are linear and the actor can be nonlinear.
Component and system-level reliability analysis of riprap layer around bridge pier in clear water condition

ABSTRACT Placing riprap is considered as a permanent layer and common countermeasure against local scour around the bridge pier. However, the typical design of the riprap layer by using empirical equations fails to consider the uncertainties, which are involved in effective parameters on its characteristics such as the size, thickness, and extent. Therefore, there is no information about the probability of failure for the designed riprap layer. Accordingly, this study presented a method for the reliability assessment of the riprap layer considering the uncertainties which are involved in effective parameters. All three different characteristics of the riprap layer were included in the analysis by using the Monte Carlo Simulation Technique. In addition, Fault Tree Analysis was employed for combining the interactions of different parameters and calculating the probability of the failure of a riprap layer system. Further, a case study was provided to demonstrate the capability of the present method, followed by evaluating the effect of each effective parameter on the probability of failure using sensitivity analysis. The results revealed that relative riprap stone density and flow depth have the highest and the least effect on the probability of failure of riprap layer, respectively.
Optimized Design for Sparse Arrays in 3-D Imaging Sonar Systems Based on Perturbed Bayesian Compressive Sensing

Sparse planar array designs significantly reduce the hardware complexity and computational overhead in phased array 3-D imaging sonar systems. Recently, Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS) theory has been applied for synthesizing maximally sparse arrays, in which case, the problem is formulated as a pattern matching technique in a probabilistic fashion. Thus, in this study, a perturbed BCS-based method with a minimum inter-element spacing constraint is proposed. In particular, a modified BCS technique is first employed to synthesize the primary sparse array. Then, the position perturbations of the elements are determined via the first-order Taylor expansion to increase their degrees of freedom (DOFs). The position perturbations allow for continuous element arrangement, which compensates for the imperfection of discrete candidate sample locations. After that, an improved element merging technique combined with convex optimization was adopted to establish constraints on element spacing while mitigating beam pattern degradation. In practice, this is a feasible approach, which merges elements close to each other, leading to a sparser array with a minimum inter-element spacing. Our numerical results confirm the validity of the proposed method in matching accuracy, array sparsity, and constraining the minimum spacing between elements.
Bank Competition and Information Production

We show that competition adversely affects the "specialness" of bank lending. In particular, we observe that the positive abnormal return on the borrowing firm's stock after the announcement of a bank loan is reduced in US states that deregulate interstate branching.The negative effect of competition on the value of bank loans is present only for ex-ante opaque firms (i.e., firms with few tangible assets and bank-dependent borrowers) and for banks that presumably rely more on "soft" information (i.e., small banks). Moreover, we find that the probability of a covenant violation in a syndicated deal and charge-off rates on small business loans are higher in deregulated states. Our results suggest that competition decreases loan quality because it reduces banks' incentives to invest in information.
Visual TreeCmp: Comprehensive Comparison of Phylogenetic Trees on the Web

We present Visual TreeCmp—a package of applications for comparing phylogenetic tree sets. Visual TreeCmp includes a graphical web interface allowing the visualization of compared trees and command line application extended by comparison methods recently proposed in the literature. The phylogenetic tree similarity analysis in Visual TreeCmp can be performed using eighteen metrics, of which 11 are dedicated to rooted trees and seven to the unrooted ones. Additionally, in the case of different sets of labels, the compared trees can be pruned so that the sets are identical. The Visual TreeCmp is dedicated to people who need a universal and easy‐to‐use tool designed to compare arbitrary (not necessary binary) phylogenetic trees. An example of its use in a supertree accuracy analysis is described in section 3. The Visual TreeCmp package Web application is available at: (https://eti.pg.edu.pl/TreeCmp), and its source codes available under the GNU license can be reached through several repositories located at: (https://github.com/TreeCmp).
Hemodynamic effects of cycle ergometer in critical cancer patients: relation length of stay and type of treatment

Introduction: In recent years, with the implementation of new chemotherapy protocols, radiation and surgery, there was an improvement in cancer patient's prognosis. However, both the treatment and the disease itself generate a series of complications, worsening clinical condition, which may lead to the need for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Physical therapy works on physical and functional recovery of these individuals, using manual and / or mechanical features, among them the cycle ergometer is gaining prominence, but there is in the literature any study evaluating the use of this technique in critical cancer patients. Objective: To evaluate the influence length of stay and type of treatment on hemodynamic behavior in response to an active cycle ergometer in cancer patients in intensive care. Methods: We performed a single active intervention cycle ergometer lower limb (no load) for 10 minutes. The variables included heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure and systolic blood pressure, which were evaluated in four stages: rest, 5 and10 minutes of activity and 10 minutes of recovery. Data on the patient and his or her medical history were previously obtained from their medical records. Results: The study included 23 patients, most were males; under the age of 65; hospital stays shorter than 14 days. It was observed that elderly patients, females, patients with a long hospital stay greater than 14 days, and patients in a clinical hospital showed higher variations in heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure and systolic blood pressure during the entire activity. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that no individual had clinical complications during exercise. Hemodynamic changes occurred more frequently in the group of elderly patients, clinical and longer hospital stays.
Musicians show greater cross-modal integration, intermodal integration, and specialization in working memory than non-musicians

Theories of working memory (WM) often distinguish between a central component and peripheral components for verbal and visual information. In the present study, we tested whether musicians differed from non-musicians on WM capacity and structure, with a particular focus on motor memory. We compared individuals with instrumental music training (n = 91) to those without musical training (n = 99) on seven WM tasks, measuring visual, verbal, and motor memory. The results showed that the musicians only rarely outperformed non-musicians on WM tasks. As for memory structure, a principal components analysis revealed that the seven tasks loaded onto different components for non-musicians and musicians. In musicians, scores loaded onto three components that represent motor–visual memory, verbal memory, and memory for the movements of others. In contrast, there were only two extracted components for non-musicians. These results suggest that music training leads to greater cross-modal and intermodal integration in WM, as well as specialization within motor memory.
Traditional High-rise Unreinforced Masonry Buildings: Modeling and Influence of Floor System Stiffening on Their Overall Seismic Response

ABSTRACT This paper summarizes a study whose primary objectives were to develop a model for nonlinear static analysis of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, considering the flexibility of the floor system and analyzing the influence of stiffening the floor system on the overall seismic response of such buildings. With this aim, a six-story building typical of the Eixample-Barcelona district was used as a case study. All the macro-elements, those that constitute the walls and the floor system, were developed with one-dimensional spring elements. The influence of stiffening the floor system was analyzed by applying conventional stiffening interventions to the two-floor systems common in the Eixample-Barcelona district. The overall seismic response was evaluated in terms of modal parameters, the characteristics of the pushover curves and the deformed shape of the floors. The outcomes are discussed in relation to recent studies and explained in the context of previous studies. Finally, in the two unstiffened cases of the prototype building, the stiffening of the floor system slightly increases in fundamental periods, slightly to moderately increases in base shear capacities, and significantly decreases in displacement capacities.
Effectiveness of Herbal Extract in Enhancing the Level of HB among Adolescent Girls with Iron Deficiency Anemia at Selected Higher Secondary Schools at Bangalore.

Background Information: Anemia develops when there are not enough healthy red blood cells in the body. Adolescent are particularly susceptible to iron deficiency anemia in view of the increased need for dietary iron. Anemia can result from decreased erythrocyte production which occurs due to decreased Hemoglobin synthesis. The heme in hemoglobin accounts for 2/3 of the body‟s iron. Iron is lost by chromic bleeding & excessive menstruation. When the stored iron is not replaced, hemoglobin production Is reduced leads to deficiency anemia. Aim & objectives: evaluate the effectiveness of herbal extract in enhancing the level of HB of adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia. Materials and Methods: The data was collected using structured interview schedule, check list, sahlis method for the confirmatory diagnostic evaluation and blood test to assess the accurate level of HB. The study was conducted on 20 adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia and herbal extract given for a period of 1month. Pre-test administered before starting the intervention and post-test at the end of the month. The study was conducted at Gangothri public school in Bangalore district. Result: The study showed that in the experimental group mean score and SD in the Pre-test was 9.7±1.218 and post test was 11.03±1.685. The difference in the pretest & post-test mean values was statistically significant at p<0.05 level, t=2.9759, df =18) there was a significant improvement in the level of HB & proved that the intervention of herbal mixture was effective in enhancing the level of the HB. Conclusion: present study reflected that herbal extract have been playing a key role to cope with iron deficiency anemia as demonstrated by improved HB and micro-nutrients level in the blood.
Appearance and Disappearance of Quasi-Liquid Layers on Ice Crystals in the Presence of Nitric Acid Gas

The surfaces of ice crystals near the melting point are covered with thin liquid water layers, called quasi-liquid layers (QLLs), which play crucial roles in various chemical reactions in nature. So far, there have been many spectroscopic studies of such chemical reactions on ice surfaces, however, revealing the effects of atmospheric gases on ice surfaces remains an experimental challenge. In this study, we chose HNO3 as a model atmospheric gas, and directly observed the ice basal faces by advanced optical microscopy under partial pressure of HNO3 (~10−4 Pa), relevant to those found in the atmosphere. We found that droplets (HNO3-QLLs) appeared on ice surfaces at temperatures ranging from −0.9 to −0.2 °C with an increase in temperature, and that they disappeared at temperatures ranging from −0.6 to −1.3 °C with decreasing temperature. We also found that the size of the HNO3-QLLs decreased immediately after we started reducing the temperature. From the changes in size and the liquid–solid phase diagram of the HNO3-H2O binary system, we concluded that the HNO3-QLLs did not consist of pure water, but rather aqueous HNO3 solutions, and that the temperature and HNO3 concentration of the HNO3-QLLs also coincided with those along a liquidus line.
Health Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women with Diabetes or Mild Hyperglycemia

ABSTRACT Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health concern spread worldwide. Maternal diabetes in pregnancy increases risk of adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes; therefore; affecting the women´s quality of life (QOL). Objective: To evaluate quality of life in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes or mild gestational hyperglycemia. Study Design: This is a prospective and longitudinal study. The sample comprised 105 pregnant women, i.e. 66 Hyperglycemic (HG) and 39 Normoglycemic (NG). The validated WHOQOL–BREF/ QUALITY of LIFE ASSESSMENT questionnaire was applied at the first prenatal appointment or at time of disease diagnosis; and re-applied at delivery admission or at 36-37 weeks’ gestation. Results: Most pregnant women considered good QOL at early pregnancy, but not at late pregnancy. In general, they were satisfied with their quality of life. NG pregnant women were more satisfied than their HG counterparts. At the onset of the gestational period the HG group obtained lower scores in the physical domain than the NG group. At the end of the gestational period, the scores on physical, psychological and environmental domains were significant lower in pregnant women with diabetes or hyperglycemia. Conclusion: The study demonstrated that pregnant women with diabetes or hyperglycemia were compromised in certain aspects of quality of life. Keywords: Pregnancy, Diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia, life quality, outpatient treatment, hospital
The impact of intrapartum fetal death and other serious adverse perinatal events on healthcare professionals and the maternity services

Title The impact of intrapartum fetal death and other serious adverse perinatal events on healthcare professionals and the maternity services Author(s) McNamara, Karen Publication date 2019 Original citation McNamara, K. 2019. The impact of intrapartum fetal death and other serious adverse perinatal events on healthcare professionals and the maternity services. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. Type of publication Doctoral thesis Rights © 2019, Karen McNamara. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/