Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effectiveness of Combination PNF Stretching and Cryotherapy in The Prevention of DOMS in the Lower Extremities

A person who experience DOMS will experience illness and pain in the affected muscles, decrease in Range of motion and loss of muscle strength. DOMS appears 12-24 hours after exercise, peaks between 24-48 hours and subside within five to seven days after exercise. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of pnf stretching combination and cryotherapy in the prevention of DOMS. Thirty-nine subjects between the ages of 15-17 were randomly divided into 2 groups: treatment group and control group. The treatment group was given 18 minutes of Cryotherapy and PNF stretching, which was given 2 hours after exercise. DOMS measurements are performed at 0,2 and 24 hours after exercise. The results of this study indicate that there were significant differences between treatment groups and controls on pain felt at 0, 2 and 24, post-training hours (P <0.05), significant results were also obtained between the function scale measured 24 hours after exercise between the treatment and control groups (P <0.05). The results showed that the combination of PNF Stretching and Cryotherapy was effective in minimizing the occurrence of DOMS. Keywords—stretching pnf, cryotherapy, delayed onset muscle soreness
Playing Dice with the Universe: Algorithms for Random Environments

We describe stochastic recursive algorithms that find many applications in optimization under uncertainty, computational statistics, soft computing and machine learning, signal processing, communications, adaptive control, etc. The basic paradigm is that of the ‘stochastic approximation’ scheme introduced by Robbins and Monro in 1951. We describe the basic scheme and various theoretical and computational aspects related to its convergence and convergence rates. Several specific instances are also described, followed by more sophisticated versions such as distributed schemes and simulated annealing.
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas in 72 Immunocompetent Patients: Pathologic Findings and Clinical Correlations

We reviewed 72 primary central nervous system lymphomas occurring in immunocompetent patients. The cases were reviewed for clinical data, histology, immunophenotype, bcl-2 and p53 expression, and Epstein-Barr virus association. Follow-up was available for 40 patients included in the Groupe Ouest Est d'etude des Leucenies et Autres Maladies du Sang (GOELAMS) lymphomes cerebraux primitifs (LCP 88) trial. Each diagnosis, requiring a consensus among at least 3 pathologists, was performed according to the recent Revised European-American Lymphoma classification and equivalents in the updated Kiel classification. Tumors were predominantly classified as diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. There were 3 T-cell lymphomas and 1 Hodgkin lymphoma. The proteins bcl-2 and p53 were expressed in 35% and 16% of the tested cases, respectively. Epstein-Barr virus was not found by in situ hybridization except in the case classfied as a cerebral localization of Hodgkin disease. No significant association was found between subtypes, bcl-2 or p53 expression, and patient survival. From the standpoint of their biologic characteristics, primary central nervous system lymphomas are very similar to systemic diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. In contrast to AIDS-related primary central nervous system lymphomas, primary central nervous system lymphomas are rarely associated with Epstein-Barr virus and in immunocompetent patients they express bcl-2 at a relatively low rate.
The Information Spillover Effect of Earnings Announcements in the Credit Market

We document that information released around a firm’s earnings announcements, as measured by changes in its credit default swap spreads around the earnings release or by the magnitude of the earnings change, triggers changes in the credit spreads of non-announcing peer firms. This information spillover effect is significantly smaller if the earnings release is more likely to reveal news specific to the announcing firm as opposed to industry-wide news. We also find that the spillover effect is present only if the non-announcing firms have high credit quality and have issued syndicated loans or are close to violating earnings based covenants. These latter findings suggest that the effect we document is likely due to the impact of industry-specific news on earnings based restrictions in debt contracts. _____________________________ We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Stern School of Business, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and London Business School RAMD Fund.
Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Cardiac Myxoma

Background: Myxoma may cause systemic embolization and frequently presents as ischemic stroke. Case Presentation: There have been debates about whether it is safe to use recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in patients with cardiac myxoma who referred with ischemic stroke to the hospital’s emergency. Results: The patient was a young case of atrial myxoma with initial presentation of acute cerebral infarction symptoms who was treated with intravenous rt-PA with no complications. Conclusion: The case provides an evidence of the efficacy and safety of intravenous rt-PA in cases of cardiac myxoma. However, we cannot always expect thrombolytic therapy to be effective, especially in tumor emboli.
Control of Nasal-Staphylococcal-Carrier States

THE increasing incidence of staphylococcal infections in hospitals has resulted in numerous studies of the various aspects contributing to the problem and the identification of some of the sources of such infections. The nasal-carrier state of hospital personnel, hospital patients and the general population has been extensively reported.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The mechanisms by which such states contaminate the environment have been described by Hare and Thomas.8 They demonstrated that the danger is only partly created by direct emission of bacteria from the nose; the major pathway apparently is the indirect transmission of the organisms from the nose of the carrier to various .
World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia

Reducing the risk of dementia can halt the worldwide increase of affected people. The multifactorial and heterogeneous nature of late‐onset dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), indicates a potential impact of multidomain lifestyle interventions on risk reduction. The positive results of the landmark multidomain Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) support such an approach. The World‐Wide FINGERS (WW‐FINGERS), launched in 2017 and including over 25 countries, is the first global network of multidomain lifestyle intervention trials for dementia risk reduction and prevention. WW‐FINGERS aims to adapt, test, and optimize the FINGER model to reduce risk across the spectrum of cognitive decline—from at‐risk asymptomatic states to early symptomatic stages—in different geographical, cultural, and economic settings. WW‐FINGERS aims to harmonize and adapt multidomain interventions across various countries and settings, to facilitate data sharing and analysis across studies, and to promote international joint initiatives to identify globally implementable and effective preventive strategies.
Neural Networks for Principal Component Analysis: A New Loss Function Provably Yields Ordered Exact Eigenvectors

In this paper, we propose a new loss function for performing principal component analysis (PCA) using linear autoencoders (LAEs). Optimizing the standard L2 loss results in a decoder matrix that spans the principal subspace of the sample covariance of the data, but fails to identify the exact eigenvectors. This downside originates from an invariance that cancels out in the global map. Here, we prove that our loss function eliminates this issue, i.e. the decoder converges to the exact ordered unnormalized eigenvectors of the sample covariance matrix. For this new loss, we establish that all local minima are global optima and also show that computing the new loss (and also its gradients) has the same order of complexity as the classical loss. We report numerical results on both synthetic simulations, and a real-data PCA experiment on MNIST (i.e., a 60, 000×784 matrix), demonstrating our approach to be practically applicable and rectify previous LAEs’ downsides.
Does Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriuria Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Bacteremia?: Analysis of 274 Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infection

BackgroundStaphylococcus aureus bacteriuria is reported in 15% to 27% of patients with S. aureus bacteremia. Concomitant staphylococcal bacteremia and bacteriuria have been associated with increased risk of complications, intensive care unit admission, longer length of hospital stay, and higher mortality. MethodsA retrospective study was performed on patients with staphylococcal bacteremia who had urine culture done. Demographics, clinical presentation, microbiology, clinical outcomes, complications, and mortality were collected for patients with and without staphylococcal bacteriuria. ResultsOf 274 patients with staphylococcal bacteremia, 179 had urine culture performed. Staphylococcal bacteriuria was found in 20%. Patients with bacteriuria did not have significantly longer median length of hospital stay (10.5 vs. 11.0 days, P = 0.52), intensive care unit stay (2.5 vs. 1.0 days, P = 0.37), other complications, or 30- and 90-day mortality. There was no significant statistical difference between S. aureus bacteriuria caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus for any of the factors studied. On univariate analysis, patients with staphylococcal bacteriuria were more likely to have a malignancy (33.3% vs. 16.9%, P = 0.03) and septic embolic events (22.2% vs. 7.7%, P = 0.02) and less likely to have renal disease (13.9% vs. 32.9%, P = 0.04) than those without bacteriuria. ConclusionsConcomitant staphylococcal bacteremia and bacteriuria were not associated with increased mortality or worse clinical outcome.
WEED INTERFERENCE ON ‘ PRATA-ANÃ ’ BANANA PRODUCTION

In the state of Minas Gerais, the northern region is one of the main banana production cores. Weed interference can reduce crop growth and, consequently, lead to reduced yield and fruit quality. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the interference of weeds in the production of the first and second cycles of ‘Prata-Anã’ bananas. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with ten treatments and three replicates, evaluated in two crop cycles. The treatments were ten periods of weed control, from planting: without control; control throughout the whole experimental period; control only in the first month after planting; control until the second; third; fourth; fifth; sixth; eighth and tenth months after planting. The agronomic and productive characteristics of the ‘Prata-Anã’ bananas were evaluated aton harvest. The maintenance of ‘Prata-Anã’ bananas without weed coexistence for up to 30 days after planting was enough to obtain fruits with satisfactory quality and productivity, both in the first and in the second production cycle, without altering the vegetative and reproductive cycles.
TCRM_A_175369 959..964

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA Abstract: Chronic physical illness is associated with significant vulnerability for emotional disorders. Some studies suggest anxiety and depression are common comorbidities in individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). Many aspects of AATD contribute to quality of life impairment. Delays in diagnosis, high costs of disease treatment, and inherited genetic risk add to the symptom burden of lung or liver disease to alter quality of life. Whether anxiety and depression independently contribute to quality of life impairment remains unproven. In this article, we aim to review current literature examining the impact of anxiety and depression on the quality of life of AATD-affected individuals. Multifaceted approaches may best meet the needs of a heterogeneous population and are the best future strategies to minimize these emotional impacts and assure highest quality of life possible. More research studies are needed to achieve this ambitious goal and make life of AATD-affected individuals better by minimizing the effects of anxiety and depression.
Head NURSES’ Knowledge And Practice Of Nursing Assignment And Its Relation To Staff Nurses’ Job Satisfaction

Appropriate assignment of health providers can minimize potential risk to clients and liability for staff nurses, managers, nurse administrators, other providers and health-care agencies. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between head nurses’ knowledge and practice of nursing assignment and staff nurses 'job satisfaction. Study Setting: This study was carried out at Zagazig University Hospitals. Research Design: Descriptive correlational design was used in this study. The study sample was a purposive sample of 273 staff nurses and a convenient sample of head nurses and their charges (35). Tools of data collection: Three tools were used: (1) nursing assignment knowledge questionnaire, (2) auditing observational checklist, and (3) nurses' satisfaction questionnaire. The result: The findings of this study revealed that the majority (70.1%) of the studied head nurses’ had a good knowledge level on nursing assignment, (62.4%) from head nurses’ had high satisfaction practice level of nursing assignment and more than two thirds (67.8%) of staff nurses’ were satisfied regarding their job. Conclusion: The study concluded that, there was a positive highly statistical significant correlation between head nurses’ knowledge and practice of nursing assignment and staff nurses’ satisfaction toward their job. Recommendation: The study main recommendation was conduct trainng programs on supervetion and communicaton for head nurse , ensure that the policy and procedures measures work safety releated o nursing assignment are followed, enhance nurses satisfaction with their nursing assignment and give priority to patients needs and acuity , supervetion and communicaton when making nursing assignment .
Railway Globalization: Leveraging Insight from Developed- into Developing Regions

Globalization has stimulated incisive changes in the world’s railways, some highly regarded, and others disappointing. The research reported here sought a scientifically rigorous understanding of railway competitiveness and sustainability, within a defined setting. Application of multivariate statistic techniques to a new database extracted ten factors, representing underlying railway drivers, and six clusters of countries, interpreting their outcomes. The findings demonstrated a scientific foundation for relations among railway competitiveness, freedom and sustainability: The insights may be freely leveraged from developedinto developing regions.
Validation of an Ultrashort Persian Version of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-5) Questionnaire

Objective: To validate the ultrashort (5-item) Persian version of OHIP by investigating its psychometric properties. Material and Methods: Construct validity was assessed by examining the correlation between OHIP-5 scores and self-reported oral health status, judgment for dental treatment needs and the number of natural teeth. Reliability was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha and corrected item-total correlation. Effect size (ES) and Standardized Response Mean (SRM) were calculated for the responsiveness of the scale and factor analysis was done by measuring Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO), Bartlett’s sphericity test and scree plot. Results: In 430 subjects (mean age 41.56+/-11.35 years, 56% female) the correlations between OHIP-5 scores and mentioned items were significant (p<0.01) indicating sufficient construct validity. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach's alpha) of the OHIP-5 was above the recommended 0.7 thresholds (0.809) and considered well. For evaluation of responsiveness, the ES was measured to be 5.604 and the SRM was 1.5. Moreover, in the confirmatory factor analysis, the unidimensional model for OHIP5 approved by indices (KMO=0.81, p<0.001 for Bartlett sphericity). Conclusion: The Persian version of OHIP-5 is a precise, valid, reliable and unidimensional instrument for assessing oral health-related quality of life among the general adult population.
1.19 VALIDATION OF DRY DEPOSITION MODELS FOR SUBMICRONIC AND MICRONIC AEROSOLS

Denis Maro, Denis Boulaud, Alexis Coppalle, Pierre Germain, Didier Hebert and Lionel Tenailleau Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DEI/SECRE/LRC, BP 10, F-50130 Cherbourg-Octeville (France) Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DESTQ/Dir, BP17, F-92262 Fontenay aux Roses (France) 3 UMR 6614 CORIA, Campus du Madrillet, F-76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray (France) 4 Marine Nationale, EAMEA/GEA, BP 19, F-50115 Cherbourg-Armées (France)
The Importance of Reporting Negative Findings : Results from a Pilot Study on the Role of Social Support in Transplant Adherence

Prevention of graft loss in kidney transplant patients is the primary goal of the transplant team. Extant literature supports the association of social support and adherence to medical treatments across populations and diagnoses, including organ transplant (Chisholm-Burns, Spivey, & Wilks, 2010). Thus, an important aspect of psychosocial candidacy for transplant is a robust and reliable social support plan (Coffman, 2010; DiMatteo, 2004). The level and quality of transplant candidates’ social support is weighed carefully by the transplant team, and social workers in particular, before approving a patient for transplant. In kidney transplantation, social support post-transplant has been shown to have an impact on adherence, which is directly related to return to dialysis, re-transplantation, and morbidity and mortality of transplant recipients (Chisholm-Burns et al., 2010; Coffman, 2010; Denhaerynck et al., 2005; Stilley et al., 2010). Conversely, inadequate social support post-transplant impacts adherence, health-related quality of life, and can lead to graft loss, and even death (Muehrer & Becker, 2005).
2 The ATLAS Detector , Data and Monte Carlo Samples

The prompt and non-prompt production cross sections for the χc1 and χc2 charmonium states are measured in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using 4.5 fb−1 of integrated luminosity. The χc states are reconstructed through the radiative decay χc → J/ψ γ (with J/ψ → μ+μ−) where photons are reconstructed from γ → e+e− conversions. The production rate of the χc2 state relative to the χc1 state is measured for prompt and non-prompt χc as a function of J/ψ transverse momentum. The prompt χc cross sections are combined with existing measurements of prompt J/ψ production to derive the fraction of prompt J/ψ produced in feed-down from χc decays. The fractions of χc1 and χc2 produced in b-hadron decays are also measured. In addition to measurements of inclusive χc production, the branching fraction B(B± → χc1K±) = (4.8 ± 0.6 (stat.) ± 0.6 (syst.)) × 10−4 is measured with the same dataset and χc event selection. c © Copyright 2013 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS Collaboration. Reproduction of this article or parts of it is allowed as specified in the CC-BY-3.0 license.
A difference-in-difference investigation

We explore the impact of the Maastricht treaty on fiscal and macroeconomic outcomes in the EU with the difference-in-difference methodology. Our dataset covers 23 OECD countries over the 1975-2006 period. EU 15 countries are classified as the treatment and eight non-EU OECD countries as the control group. The results indicate that the provisions in the Maastricht treaty have been either irrelevant or even harmful for fiscal and macroeconomic developments in the EU. Evidence for a detrimental impact of the Maastricht criteria is particularly strong for the period after the start of the third stage of EMU.
Lipoxygenase as a Diagnostic Marker for Resistance to Anthracnose in Chilli (Capsicum Annum)

In this paper, biochemical and immunochemical evidence for the induction of Lipoxygenase (LOX) during plant-fungal interaction is presented. LOX activity was studied in seedlings of chilli (Capsicum annum) genotypes resistant and susceptible to Anthracnose pathogen colletotrichum capsici. An increase in LOX activity was observed in incompatible interaction where as the activity decreased in compatible ones. Resistant chilli genotype showed 3.5 fold increase in LOX activity after 9 days of inoculation with the pathogen. Native-gel assay revealed three isozymes LOX-1, LOX-2 and LOX3 in both susceptible and resistant genotypes. Additional isozymes LOX-4 and LOX-5 were unique only to resistant genotype after inoculation. Immnoassay by Western blot also showed an induction of LOX protein in the infected resistant chilli genotype.
Efficiency of Lactic Acid Bacteria as biological control agents against some Fungi

ABSTRACT In this study, Lactic Acid Bacteria (Lactobacillus fermentum , Lactobacillus reuteri , Lactobacillus sp. no.1, Lactobacillus sp.no.2 and Lactococcus sp.) were screened in vitro for antifungal activity against )Fusarium oxysporum , Phytophthora infestans , Pythium ultimum and Alternaria sp. (.The inhibition ratio was (100 %) on the MRS(Man, Rogosa, Sharpe) agar for all the LAB isolates against all fungi used at both 30 oC and 37 oC for 5 days . On the other side, all LAB had significantly high inhibition (P< 0.05) on PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar) medium at 37 oC than that at 30 oC for 5 days . The results of the Overlay assay showed that the five LAB used inhibit the growth of all fungi used by more than > 8 ٪ of plate area except by more than > 8 ٪ of plate area except L. fermentum inhibit Alternaria sp. by (3-8) % of the plate area and Lactococcus showed no visible inhibition against Fusarium oxysporum at 30C 0 . The statistical analysis of antifungal activity of LAB cell-free supernatant showed significant differences (P<0.05) after 24 h against all fungi used. The LAB have shown that there were high significant inhibition (P<0.05) on MRS agar than on PDA agar. This study led to suggest that food-derived LAB strains could be selected for biotechnological application to control phytopathogenic fungi.
End-users Compliance to the Information Security Policy: A Comparison of Motivational Factors

In this paper we research the following question: What motivational factors relate, in which degree, to intentions on compliance to ISP and how could these insights be utilized to promote endusers compliance within a given organization? The goal of this research is to provide more insight in the motivational factors applicable to ISP and their influence on end-user behavior, thereby broadening knowledge regarding information systems security behaviors in organizations from the viewpoint of non-malicious abuse and offer a theoretical explanation and empirical support. The outcomes are also useful for practitioners to complement their security training and awareness programs, in the end helping enterprises better effectuate their information security policies. In this study an instrument is developed that can be used in practice to measure an organizational context on the effects of six motivational factors recognized. These applicable motivational factors are determined from literature and subsequently evaluated and refined by subject matter experts. A survey is developed, tested in a pilot, refined and conducted within four organizations. From the statistical analysis, findings are reported and conclusions on the hypothesis are drawn. Recommended Citation Straver, Peter and Ravesteyn, Pascal (2018) "End-users Compliance to the Information Security Policy: A Comparison of Motivational Factors," Communications of the IIMA: Vol. 16 : Iss. 4 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarworks.lib. csusb.edu/ciima/vol16/iss4/1