Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Beyond the Relief of Pain: Dentin Hypersensitivity and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Pain is a constant symptom of dentin hypersensitivity (DH), which is a common condition that affects daily life and negatively affects the quality of life (QoL). Diagnosis and outcome measurements following the treatment of the disease require accurate pain assessment. The definition of pain underlies the complexity of its measurement as different factors modulate daily experience. The reproducibility of the prescribed stimuli for inducing DH pain clinically is difficult to achieve. This pain mevaasurement is made with unidimensional scales that are inadequate to capture the other dimensions of pain. The only specific QoL tool available for DH still requires testing in other populations and cultures. This article reviews the appropriateness of the current methods of DH pain assessment and the tools that consider the other pain dimensions. It also looks at its impact on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of people with DH. The findings will create interest and facilitate research in this field of DH pain measurement and management.
Nosocomial Candiduria in Critically Ill Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Menoufia University Hospitals, Egypt

Aims: Detect the incidence of urinary tract infection caused by candida species and to determine their antifungal susceptibility, biofilm formation and its minimal biofilm inhibitory concentration. In addition, detect the importance of multiplex nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detection of candidemia in serum of patients with candidurea. Methodology: Study was carried out by collecting urine samples from 200 patients admitted in the intensive care unit inMenoufia university hospitals and suspected to have hospital acquired urinary tract infection. Isolation, identification and antifungal susceptibility testing were done. Biofilm formation and Minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration testing were detected. Patients with positive candiduria were tested for the presence of candida in serum by multiplex nested PCR. Results: Candida spp . were isolated from urine of 38(19%) patients, 78.9% of them were catheterized, C. albicans was isolated from 18(47.3%) samples as detected by Analytical profile index (API system). Antifungal susceptibility show that Flucytosmine, Amphotericin B, Voriconazole were more effective antifungal agents against Candida spp (100%, 84.2% and 84.2% respectively). A total of 26 (%68.4) out of 38 Candida species isolates produced biofilm. 72.2% of the tested C. albicans , were resistant to fluconazole and had MBIC > 640 µ g/mL while only 27.8% were sensitive to fluconazole and had MBIC < 10 µ g/mL. 26.3% out of 38 patients with candiduria had candida emia as detected by multiplex nested CR. Conclusion: Candida albicans is the most common Candida spp that show biofilm production. There is increased in the percentage of the resistance to fluconazole in candida isolates in this study. The incidence of candidemia among patients with candidurea was high in our study.
Empresas democráticas y éxito económico. El modelo cooperativo

This paper analyzes how co-operative principles, particularly democratic management, affect the co-op’s economic objective. The theoretical model specifies the characteristics presented by the production function so democracy generates positive net income. Costs derived from maintaining the one person one vote criterion are explicitly incorporated into this function upon new membership. The results show that democracy contributes to the economic success when the decision-making strategy followed by the partners considers all cooperative principles, especially when a retained earnings policy is regularly applied. This study can be extended to all of Social Economy firms concerned about reinforcing democratic institutions through the business sector. This study can be extended to all of Social Economy firms concerned about reinforcing democratic institutions through the business sector.
Electoral Participation Among Young Latinos: Exploring the Importance of Psychological Variables

Young Latino adults are one of the most underrepresented groups in the U.S. electorate, yet only a small amount of research has investigated barriers to turnout in this sample. This exploratory study sought to identify potential predictors of and barriers to electoral participation among young Latino adults. A cross-sectional Internet survey was completed by a sample of 213 Latino students who reside near the U.S–Mexico border. Qualitative responses to items assessing the reasons for (non)voting in the 2012 U.S. general election indicated that commonly reported reasons for not voting were lack of time and knowledge and common reasons for voting were expressing one’s views and civic duty. A logistic regression analysis revealed several predictors of participation in the 2012 general election. The results suggest that perceptions of time needed to participate in elections (B = 0.86, p < .001), political knowledge (B = 0.28, p = .007), and the perception of unresponsiveness on the part of politicians (B = 0.68, p = .005) are potential barriers that should be targeted by future research. Los Jóvenes Latinos son uno de los grupos con más baja representación en el electorado Estadounidense, aún así, solo una poca cantidad de investigación ha estudiado las barreras que dan pie a tan poca cantidad de votantes, esto basado en un pequeño grupo representativo de jóvenes Latinos. Este estudio exploratorio buscó identificar indicadores potenciales de, y barreras para la participación electoral. Una encuesta multisectorial fue completada por Internet por un muestra representativa de 213 estudiantes Latinos que residen cerca de la frontera E.U.-México. Respuestas cualitativas que evaluaron las razones para el (no-)voto en la elección general 2012 en E.U. indicaron que las razones más comúnmente reportadas para no votar fueron falta de tiempo y conocimiento político y razones comunes para votar fueron el deseo de expresar puntos de vista personales y el deber civil. En el análisis de regresión logística, varios indicadores de participación en la Elección General de 2012 fueron evaluados. Los resultados sugieren que las percepciones en cuanto al tiempo necesario para participar en la elección (B = 0.86, p < .001), conocimiento político (B = 0.28, p = .007), y la percepción de falta de respuesta por parte de los políticos (B = 0.68, p = .005) son barreras potenciales que deben ser el objetivo en futuras investigaciones.
Real-life data of direct anticoagulant use, bleeding risk and venous thromboembolism recurrence in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients: an observational retrospective study

Introduction Lifelong anticoagulation is the cornerstone of the chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) treatment regardless of the additional pulmonary endarterectomy, balloon pulmonary angioplasty, or medical treatment alone. Aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of oral anticoagulant preferences and document direct oral anticoagulants’ (DOACs’) safety, efficacy in the CTEPH population. Methods Patients’ demographic data obtained from database between September 2011 and April 2018. In-hospital events, death, venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence, bleeding events and anticoagulant therapy transition were recorded. Results We reviewed 501 CTEPH patients who observed 9.0 ± 8.5 years. All-cause death, all bleeding, recurrent VTE was observed in 15.6%, 31% and 12%. Forty-one patients (8.2%) were diagnosed as inoperable. Of all, 15.2% of operable patients remained as residual. All-cause mortality rates were 13.8% (57 pts.) in the warfarin group as compared with 9.7% (13 pts.) in rivaroxaban group (HR: 1.61, 95% CI, 0.89–2.99; p: 0.11). Higher bleeding events occurred with warfarin group (27.1%) as compared with rivaroxaban (24.6%; HR: 1.28, 95% CI, 0.86–1.88; p: 0.22). Major bleeding was significantly higher with warfarin group (HR: 1.94, 95% CI, 1.05–3.62; p: 0.03). Subgroup analysis of all-cause death revealed that this significance dominated by the rate of death according to bleeding events; warfarin versus those seen with rivaroxaban (4.85% vs. 2.2%; HR: 4.75, 95% CI: 1.12–20.16; p = 0.03). The rate of recurrent VTE was found 8.9% in the rivaroxaban group, 10.9% in warfarin group (HR: 1.21, 95% CI, 0.64–2.23; p: 0.55). Conclusion DOACs could be a safe and effective alternative for lifelong anticoagulant therapy in CTEPH patients. Rivaroxaban produced similar rates of thromboembolism and non-relevant bleeding compared to those associated with warfarin. The main difference was found with major bleeding that it was mainly associated with the death rate according to major bleeding. Using DOACs might be a more reasonable way to prevent bleeding events without increasing thromboembolic risk.
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Donglan Yuan* Hua Qian* Ting Guo Jun Ye Chunyan Jin Xia Liu Li Jiang Xiaoxiang Wang Mei Lin Hong Yu 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taizhou People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Center for Molecular Medicine, Taizhou People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 3Scientific Research Office, Taizhou People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pathology, Taizhou People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

This study presents a simple model for estimating the inelastic maximum interstory drift ratio (MIDR) for frame type structural systems. The proposed model is a modified version of a previously derived empirical equation that yields fairly reliable MIDR estimations for moment–resisting frame systems responding in the elastic range. This study modifies the former version to estimate inelastic MIDR by observing the MIDR demands on inelastic buildings and the peak inelastic displacements of the corresponding equivalent single–degree–of–freedom (SDOF) systems. Inherently, these observations presume a dominant fundamental mode behavior in the proposed model. A total of 12 model frames with fundamental periods ranging from 0.4 s to 1.6 s are used to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed model. The chosen frame models are capable of simulating non–degrading to severely degrading (in terms of stiffness and strength) hysteretic behavior. The model buildings are subjected to a suite of dense–to–stiff site ground–motion recordings with source–to–site distances (Rrup) less than 25 km. Using different combinations of the 60 ground–motion records assembled for this study, the results derived from the 2880 response history analyses suggest that the proposed model yields fairly accurate inelastic MIDR estimations. Given the simplicity of the proposed model, these MIDR estimations can be considered as quite promising for the implementation of this model in the preliminary seismic performance assessment of large building stocks in earthquake prone regions.
Two‐stage stochastic minimum s − t cut problems: Formulations, complexity and decomposition algorithms

We introduce the two‐stage stochastic minimum s − t cut problem. Based on a classical linear 0‐1 programming model for the deterministic minimum s − t cut problem, we provide a mathematical programming formulation for the proposed stochastic extension. We show that its constraint matrix loses the total unimodularity property, however, preserves it if the considered graph is a tree. This fact turns out to be not surprising as we prove that the considered problem is NP ‐hard in general, but admits a linear time solution algorithm when the graph is a tree. We exploit the special structure of the problem and propose a tailored Benders decomposition algorithm. We evaluate the computational efficiency of this algorithm by solving the Benders dual subproblems as max‐flow problems. For many tested instances, we outperform a standard Benders decomposition by two orders of magnitude with the Benders decomposition exploiting the max‐flow structure of the subproblems.
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Medical Campus Lake Constance, Department of Cardiology, Friedrichshafen, Germany Abstract: Oral anticoagulant therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients has been remarkably changed by the introduction of non-vitamin k oral anticoagulants (NOAC). Apixaban was the third NOAC introduced to clinical practice. Aim was to outline the current evidence for Apixaban in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the randomized trials and real-world data. Apixaban has been shown to be superior to warfarin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism and causes significantly less major bleeding based on large randomized trials. These data are confirmed in real-world studies. Apixaban has been shown to be safe and effective in atrial fibrillation patients in acute coronary syndrome or undergoing PCI in combination with a P2Y12 inhibitor. Regarding expanded use of apixaban also in valvular heart disease patients, there is still missing knowledge in relation to the safety and efficacy of apixaban which is being addressed by ongoing randomized clinical trials.
Physico-chemical properties, spreadability and consumer acceptance of low-sodium cream cheese

The present study was performed to investigate the possibility of sodium reduction in cream cheese by partial reduction and substitution of sodium by potassium based salt. Four salt treatment were selected by preliminary study: 100 % NaCl (control), NaCl reduced to 65 % (T1), 35 % of NaCl substituted by KCl (T2), and KCl-based salt mixture Salut® which contains offflavours masking compound (T3). The study was evaluated physico-chemical attributes, colour, spreadability, sensory acceptance, as well as level of intensity of specific attributes of low-sodium cream cheese. Sodium reduction not influenced on the protein, fat and moisture content, water activity, acidity and the colour of cream cheese (P>0.05). However, sodium reduction significantly influenced to mineral composition, spreadability and sensory properties. The use of potassium salt substitutes significantly increased the value of K:Na ratio. Cheese containing commercial salt replacer Salut® had the closest hedonic score to control cheese compared to other replacers. The current research demonstrates that sodium content can be reduced by 35 % in cream cheese using a nutritionally valuable potassium-based salt mixture, without compromising the consumer acceptance.
Peer Reviewed: Perceptions of Cardiovascular Health in Underserved Communities

Introduction Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of deaths and illnesses in US adults, and the prevalence is disproportionately high in underserved populations. In this study, we assessed respondents' understanding of context-specific differences in knowledge and perceptions of disease, risk, and prevention in 6 underserved communities, with the longer-term goal of developing appropriate interventions.
The Effects of Information on Credit Market Competition: Evidence from Credit Cards

We show empirically that public credit information increases competition in credit markets. We access data that cover all credit card borrowers in Chile and include details about relationship borrowers have with each lender. We exploit a natural experiment whereby a non-bank lender’s portfolio was sold to a bank. Because of this transaction, the lender’s borrowers, who were previously not identifiable unless in default, become observable by banks through the credit bureau but remain unobservable to other non-bank lenders. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that after the transaction the lender’s borrowers receive higher credit limits from other banks relative to other non-bank borrowers. This result is mediated by individuals whose predicted probability of bank default drops as a result of the change to banks’ information set. After the transaction, the lender shifts originations to safer borrowers with higher initial limits, a result that is consistent with cross-sectional evidence that banks tend to lend to safer borrowers. Our results imply that by increasing competition, public credit information can reduce lenders’ incentive to “learn by lending”, potentially excluding riskier populations from access to credit.
Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies and Eco-Design—Criticisms and Potential Improvements

An efficient waste management for emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies is not mature yet. The problematic aspects along with the possible failure’s identification have a pivotal role in modelling the future end-of-life management strategies. The identification of substances of concern (e.g. high cost, low availability, and high toxicity) and valuable materials is a key point to better define the research priorities to improve the eco-design of these technologies. The ultimate goal is to promote the disposal processes which enhance the repair, refurbishment, and recover opportunities and so the profitability of recycling. These studies can also prompt the investigation of innovative materials which are more cost-effective and/ or coming from renewable resources or secondary raw materials. Forecasting the waste management technologies for the emerging photovoltaics is highly challenging. In this context, our purpose is to provide an overview of the critical elements and understand the appropriate corrective improvements towards more sustainable technologies.
A Survey of Environmental Sciences Graduates

A survey of Environmental Sciences graduates from ETH Zurich was conducted to gain insights into their sustainability-oriented activities. 567 partic ipants provided 672 concrete best-practice examples of their professional contributions to sustainable development. The contributions addressed ecological, economic, and social aspects of sustainability, and 47 percent of them attempted to systematically integrate these dimensions. Responsible use of resources and the protection of the natural environment were the main foci of the examples, and many promoted health and safety of the public or enhanced the innovative power of the economy. Qualifications denoted as helpful for realizing the contributions included broad natural scientific knowledge and ecological systems understanding, as well as in-depth knowledge in specific fields or domains of application. Participants thus judged their inter disciplinary environmental science education as advantageous compared to conventional disciplinary programs. Social and communication skills, in particular for convincing communication, also proved important for realizing the examples.
GIS and remote sensing for post-dictive analysis of archaeological features. A case study from the Etnean region (Sicily)

This article illustrates the potential of multispectral satellite data for archaeological scope in the volcanic area of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy). In particular, by adopting a post-dictive approach, GIS and FOSS technology was used to analyse different indices derived from World-View-2 multispectral data. The selected examples (two circular buildings and a wall-structure) illustrate successes and challenges of our method. The results indicate that NIR-1 and RED-EDGE are undoubtedly the most useful, while NDVI and SRI are the best performing indices.
An alternative interpretation of the Paleogene turtle Cardichelyon rogerwoodi as a hinged kinosternoid

Abstract. Cardichelyon rogerwoodi is an enigmatic fossil turtle from the late Paleocene to early Eocene of North America. Previous analyses suggested affiliation with Testudinoidea, in particular the big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum, based on the presence of multiple musk-duct foramina and a large head. We here highlight previously undocumented characteristics for this turtle, notably the presence of short costiform processes, a rib-like axillary process, and a posterior plastral hinge. Phylogenetic analysis places Cardichelyon rogerwoodi within Testudinoidea, but the exclusion of testudinoids suggest an affiliation with Dermatemydidae. Using consilience with external data we favor placement within Kinosternoidea. Cardichelyon rogerwoodi is therefore an aberrant, hinged kinosternoid that developed in situ in North America during the Paleocene long before the arrival of testudinoids on this continent in the early Eocene.
Prevalence of non-cancer chronic morbidity in tobacco users among adults in Kolar district: community-based study

Tobacco is one of the leading causes and risk factor for non-communicable conditions and premature deaths in the world. Tobacco contains more than 4000 chemicals that harm the health of the person either direct or indirect ways. The incidence of chronic morbidities apart from cancers are alarmingly high in most of the countries where tobacco usage is highly prevalent. The non-carcinogenic chronic conditions quite commonly observed among the tobacco users are cardio vascular diseases (CVD), diabetes mellitus (DM), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke etc., results in tremendous health care costs and premature deaths.
The Effect of Different Levels of Shading in a Photovoltaic Greenhouse with a North–South Orientation

Photovoltaic greenhouses have been claimed to be a solution to cover the energy demand of the protected crops sector. Thus, there is a need to know what is the maximum percentage of shading produced by roof-top photovoltaic panels that does not affect crop yields. The present study analyzes the effects of increasing percentages of shading in a greenhouse tomato crop located in the southeast of Spain. For this study, photovoltaic panels have been simulated with opaque sheets located in the roof-top of a north–south oriented greenhouse. Three treatments of top roof shading percentage (15%, 30% and 50%) where studied and compared with the control treatment without shading (0%). During the study, parameters registered were radiation, temperature, pH and electric conductivity of the substrate, crop yields and fruit quality. Results of the analysis show that higher percentages of shading in the roof-top of greenhouses reduce so much available radiation for the crop causing a reduction in the yield and fruit quality, even in Mediterranean areas where radiation is not a limiting factor.
Radiometric Degradation Curves for the ASTER VNIR Processing Using Vicarious and Lunar Calibrations

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) onboard Terra platform, which was launched in 1999, has three separate subsystems: a visible and near-infrared (VNIR) radiometer, a shortwave-infrared radiometer, and a thermal-infrared radiometer. The ASTER VNIR bands have been radiometrically corrected for approximately 14 years by the sensor degradation curves estimated from the onboard calibrator according to the original calibration plan. However, this calibration by the onboard calibrator encountered a problem; specifically, it is inconsistent with the results of vicarious calibration and cross calibration. Therefore, the ASTER VNIR processing was applied by the radiometric degradation curves calculated from the results of three calibration approaches, i.e., the onboard calibrator, the vicarious calibration, and the cross calibration since February 2014. Even though the current degradation curves were revised, the inter-band and lunar calibrations show some inconsistencies owing to the different traceability in the bands by different calibration approaches. In this study, the current degradation curves and their problems are explained, and the new curves that are derived from the vicarious calibration with lunar calibration are discussed. The new degradation curves that have the same traceability in the bands will be used for future ASTER VNIR processing.