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Comparison of Silicone- and Porous-Plate Ahmed Glaucoma Valves

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes after implantation of the silicone-plate (model FP7) and porous polyethylene-plate (model M4) Ahmed Glaucoma Valves. Patients and Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, comparative series. A total of 52 eyes (52 patients) were treated with either the silicone or porous plate Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant. Hypertensive phase was de ﬁ ned as intraocular pressure >21 mmHg during the ﬁ rst 3 months postoperatively. Success was de ﬁ ned as 5 mmHg ≤ intraocular pressure ≤ 21 mmHg (with or without additional glaucoma medications), without loss of light perception and without additional glaucoma procedures. Patients were monitored for 1 year after surgery. Results: The pre-operative intraocular pressure was 29.9 ± 6.6 mmHg and 33.8 ± 10.5 in the silicone-plate and porous-plate groups, respectively (P = 0.118). At 12 months after surgery, the mean intraocular pressure was 13.6 ± 4.7 mmHg in the silicone-plate group and 17.9 ± 10.9 mmHg in the porous-plate group (P = 0.141). The mean number of glaucoma medications at 12 months was 1.64 ± 1.40 mmHg and 1.89 ± 1.54 mmHg in the silicone- and porous-plate groups, respectively (P = 0.605). Hypertensive phase was not signi ﬁ cantly different in the two groups (50.0% of the silicone-plate and 57.7% of the porous-plate groups, P = 0.578). At 12 months after surgery, the percent success for the silicone-plate and porous-plate groups was 88.5% and 53.8%, respectively (P = 0.005). Complications were similar in the two groups. Conclusion: The porous-plate Ahmed Glaucoma Valve showed similar average intraocular pressure reduction compared with the silicone-plate model. At 12 months after surgery, there was a signi ﬁ cantly lower success rate in the porous-plate compared with the silicone-plate group.
Towards A Conceptual Framework of Beneficiary Accountability by NGOs: The Case of an Indonesian NGO

Beneficiary accountability (BA) by NGOs is a contested notion with research suggesting disparity and complexity around its meaning, practices and forms. Its operationalisation, although important, has been a challenge for the NGO scholars, practitioners, donors and the relevant policy makers. In this study, we offer a conceptual framework of BA based on extensive literature review and supported by a case study research of a large NGO. To develop a conceptual framework of BA, we highlight its four key attributes – casually demanded, action based, quasi-instrumental and focus on beneficiary self-reliance. We then empirically illustrate the framework in the context of a large Indonesian humanitarian NGO. The data for this study has been collected via a field-work based case study and the methods employed include interviews, focus groups, observation and documentary analysis.
Discrete dynamic models for phase transitions

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Psychological function

(1977) Nonspecific complaints such as fatigue, partial ·amnesia, loss of ,appetite, etc., have been repor:t~ by hOUge painters and could be effects of occupaitiJonalexposuI1e to solVlents. A ,random ,sample of union-affiliated house painters woas compared for a number of parameters and psychologic a:! test results wi'th ,a gI1OU! p of industr,ial workers hav,ing a eorresponding ag,e distribution. The groups proved ,to be on par in relevant background variables. A simpIe health cheok did iIlot r.ev:eaJ! ,any cor'I1elates ,to the subjreotiv€ oomplaints, €xoept for a some what lower hemoglobin concentration among the house painters. However, the painter group had significantly ,lower mean scores on psycholo~caJl ,tests measuring ,intellectual capacity and psychomotor coorCLilllaJtiJOn rthan the ref,erenc€ group of iJndustriJal wOI1kers. The paJirn! ter group ,a,lso had si~nifoicantly 'lower performances than expected on the memory test and the reaction time test. A discriminant analysis of ,indicaJtors of cha:nge,as der.ived from psychological Jtes,ts, was oarried out, and a point biseI1iJal correlation of 0.35 was obtadned between ,the diJscrimi:nant function and the dichotomOUiS expOSUI1e variable defined by group 'af:tindty. Furthermore a study based on clinical patients, Le. , another body of data, indicated I1eason-able diagnostic v.alJidity 1)01' this discnimiJnaJnt function. Although no oOI1r,elations were found within the painter group between exposure ("painter years") and the indicators of function chang€, rthe results indicate ,an ,effect of the work environment <OIl health.
AN EXPERIMENTATION WITH IMPROVED TARGET VECTORS FOR MLP IN CLASSIFYING DEGRADED PATTERNS

– In this paper, we adopt unconventional target vectors to improve the performance of pattern classiﬁcation systems using neural network techniques based on MLP. Instead of conventional target vectors, the new target vectors are bipolar, orthogonal, and highly dimensional. Since they are orthogonal with bipolar representation, we can take advantage of increasing on the Euclidean distance for these vectors when their number ( n in a Euclidean space R n ) of components increases. We deﬁne non-orthogonal bipolar vectors considered as conventional target vectors for comparison purposes. Those non-orthogonalbipolar vectors provide a fair reference to ensure the effectiveness of the adopted unconventional target vectors and in justifying the credibility and validity of experimental results. The conventional and unconventional target vectors are used in the experiments for training MLP models by backpropagation algorithm to classify patterns extracted from actual degraded images. Comparison of experimental results lead to conclusions that classiﬁcation performances of MLP models considerably improved with the adopted unconventional target vectors in classifying degraded patterns.
ON RINGS OF WHICH ANY ONE-SIDED QUOTIENT RINGS ARE TWO-SIDED

0. Introduction and preliminaries. Following R. E. Johnson [l] we assume in this paper that any rings we shall be concerned with satisfy either one or both of the following conditions: (/¡) If the right annihilator of a left ideal A is nonzero, then there exists a nonzero left ideal B such that AC\B — 0. iJr) =the right left symmetry of iJi). 1 We say that a ring is a /¡-ring, a /. -ring or a /-ring if it satisfies iJi), iJr) or both of them. A module A is called an essential extension of a submodule B if BC\C^0 for every nonzero submodule C oí A. A module is said to be injective if it is a direct summand of every extension module. It is well known that every module M has a maximal essential extension M. M is injective, and is unique to within an isomorphism over M. Let 5 be a /¡-ring. Then we can define the multiplication in the maximal essential extension S of the left 5-module 5 such a way that (i) S forms a ring and (ii) the multiplication coincides, on SX§, with the scalar multiplication. This ring is unique up to an isomorphism over 5, and is denoted by Si. As is known, Si is regular (in the sense of von Neumann), and is left self injective, that is, injective as a left module over itself. An extension ring T of a /¡-ring 5 is called a left quotient ring of 5 if the left 5-module T is an essential extension of the left 5-module 5. It is also known that every left quotient ring of 5 is isomorphic, over 5, to a subring of 3¡. Thus, 5¡ is the maximal left quotient ring of 5. We define similarly a right quotient ring and the maximal right quotient ring ST of a /r-ring 5. For any /-ring 5 it is easily seen that the following conditions are equivalent: (i) There exists an extension ring T of 5 with the properties that (a) it is regular (both left and right) self injective, and (b) every nonzero one-sided 5-submodule of T has a nonzero intersection with 5. (ii) Every left quotient ring of 5 is a right quotient ring of 5, and every right quotient ring of 5 is a left quotient ring of 5. In this case any maximal left quotient ring of 5 and any maximal
The vitamin D receptor in the proximal renal tubule is a key regulator of serum 1 α , 25-1 dihydroxyvitamin D 3 2 3

The vitamin D receptor in the proximal renal tubule is a key regulator of serum 1α,251 dihydroxyvitamin D3 2 3 Yongji Wang1,2, Jinge Zhu1, and Hector F. DeLuca1 4 5 Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Vitamin D 6 Research Institute, Shaanxi University of Technology, Shaanxi Province 723000, People’s Republic 7 of China. 8 9 Running head: Re-location of VDR in the renal endocrine cells 10 11 Address for reprint and other correspondence: H. F. DeLuca, Department of Biochemistry, 12 University of Wisconsin, Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 13 (deluca@biochem.wisc.edu). 14 15 16 17 Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (November 25, 2014). doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00422. 2014
Is there a relationship between oil prices and house price inflation ?

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate further whether oil price has an effect on house price inflation and additionally if it has a link to house price turning points. The methodology is grounded on the previous research paper made by Breitenfellner et al. (2015). The results are based on quarterly data from the countries; Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden through the time span of 1990-2018. A linear fixed regression model was performed including the explanatory variables of monetary policy and credit developments, macroeconomic fundamentals, housing market variable and demographic variables. Secondly, a logit model was used to identify a relationship between oil price and house price turning points. The model used misalignment made from GDP per capita and real interest rate. The empirical analysis confirms that there is a positive relationship between oil prices and house price inflation. This evidence contradicts a major share of previous research papers (see Bernanke, 2010; Kaufmann et al., 2011). However, there are also some previous papers (see Yiqi, (2017); Antonakakis et al., 2016) and theoretical linkages in line with a positive correlation. Concerning, the oil price and house price inflation no empirical significance was found regarding their relationship. For future research, one could include regional aspects for the purpose of controlling for geographical differences.
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encodes a dual-localized malonyl-CoA synthetase that is crucial for mitochondrial a role of the gene the in the mtFAS function (e.g. mtkas (Ewald et al., 2007) and mtppt-rnai (Guan et al., 2015) mutants), and in mutants that are deficient in photorespiration (e.g. shmt (Voll et al., 2006), hpr (Timm et al., 2008), and bou (Eisenhut et al., 2013) mutants). In both mtFAS and photorespiration mutants, growth in the elevated CO 2 atmosphere completely reverses the aberrant growth morphology that these plants present in ambient air. These findings indicate that the lack of
Expressive writing as an anxiety-reduction intervention on test anxiety and the mediating role of first language and self-criticism in a Bulgarian sample

The role of expressive writing (EW) in Bulgarian as native language and self-criticism for reducing test anxiety was examined among 151 university students divided into two experimental groups (writing about test anxiety or their life goals) and one control group. Results reveal that reducing test anxiety was more related to low self-criticism and some sociodemographic peculiarities than to EW. Gender and mode of study moderated the reducing effects of EW activities on test anxiety. The result from this study will generate additional insights on the efficacy of EW and whether this could be utilised as an anxiety-reduction intervention to reduce test anxiety among students. This will also act as a pioneer in exploring the role of Bulgarian as the first language on the efficacy of EW.
The stability of a queue with non-independent inter-arrival and service times

Introduction Here we shall mention only the results referring to stability. The definitions of the various quantities Tn, Sn, SNn, and the basic hypotheses made concerning their structure will be found in §§ 2·1, 3·1 or 4·1. For convenience we shall introduce some further terminology in this section. The single-server queues {SNn, Tn} arising in connexion with queues in series will be called the component queues, and the queue {Sn, sTn} implicit in the discussion of many-server queues will be called the consolidated queue. We have already in § 2.33 called the single-server queue {Sn, Tn} critical if E(S0-T0) = 0. We shall now call it subcritical if E(S0 − To) > 0 and supercritical if E(S0 − T0) < 0. A system of queues in series is subcritical if each component queue is subcritical, critical if (at least) one component queue is critical and the rest are subcritical, and supercritical if (at least) one component queue is supercritical. A many-server queue will be described in these terms according to the character of its consolidated queue. Finally, a single-server queue {Sn, Tn} will be said to be of type M if it has the property considered in Corollary 1 to Theorem 5: the sequences {Sn} and {Tn} are independent of each other, and one is composed of mutually independent non-constant random variables. Single-server queues: (i) Subcritical: stable (Theorem 3). (ii) Supercritical: unstable (Theorem 2). (iii) Critical: stable, properly substable, or unstable (examples in §2·33, including one due to Lindley); unstable if type M (Theorem 5, Corollary 1). Queues in series: (i) Subcritical: stable (Theorem 7). (ii) Supercritical: unstable (Theorem 7). (iii) Critical: stable, properly substable, or unstable, if the component queues are substable (examples in § 3·2); unstable if any component queue is unstable (Theorem 7), and in particular if any critical component queue is of type M (Theorem 7, Corollary). Many-server queues: (i) Subcritical: stable or properly substable (Theorem 8, and example in § 4·3). (ii) Supercritical: unstable (Theorem 8). (iii) Critical: stable, properly substable, or unstable, if consolidated queue is substable (examples in § 4·3); unstable if consolidated queue unstable (Theorem 8), and in particular if this is of type M (Theorem 8, Corollary). From Lemma 1 it follows that none of these queues can be properly substable if all the servers are initially unoccupied.
Adaptive Sampling Under Low Noise Conditions 1

: We survey some recent results on eﬃcient margin-based algorithms for adaptive sampling in binary classiﬁcation tasks. Using the so-called Mammen-Tsybakov low noise condition to parametrize the distribution of covariates, and assuming linear label noise, we state bounds on the convergence rate of the adaptive sampler to the Bayes risk. These bounds show that, excluding logarithmic factors, the average risk converges to the Bayes risk at rate N − (1+ α )(2+ α ) / 2(3+ α ) , where N denotes the number of queried labels and α is the nonnegative exponent in the low noise condition. For all α > √ 3 − 1 this convergence rate is asymptotically faster than the rate N − (1+ α ) / (2+ α ) achieved by the fully supervised version of the base adaptive sampler, which queries all labels. Moreover, for α → ∞ (hard margin condition) the gap between the semi-and fully-supervised rates becomes exponential.
Bratteli-Vershik models for Cantor minimal systems associated to interval exchange transformations

We construct Bratteli-Vershik models for minimal interval exchange transformations. We use this to show that the interval exchange transformations over quadratic fields, recently studied by Boshernitzan and Carroll, actually are (conjugate to) substitution minimal systems. We also prove a partial converse to this. Furthermore, these systems are orbit equivalent to Sturmian systems.
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1Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom City, Egypt; 2Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom City, Egypt; 3Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom City, Egypt Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN), the primary driver of end-stage kidney disease, is a problem with serious consequences for society’s health. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can define differences in susceptibility to DN and aid in development of personalized treatment. Giving the importance of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) in kidney health, we aimed to study the association between two SNPs in the genes controlling synthesis and degradation of EETs (CYP2J2 rs2280275 and EPHX2 rs751141 respectively) and susceptibility of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients to develop DN. Patients and Methods: Two hundred subjects were enrolled and categorized into three groups: group I (80 T2DM patients with DN), group II (60 T2DM patients without DN) and group III (60 healthy controls). Urea, creatinine, albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR), and eGFR were measured for all participants. Genotyping of CYP2J2 rs2280275 and EPHX2 rs751141 was done by real time PCR. Results: There was no significant difference between the studied groups regarding CYP2J2 rs2280275. In contrast, EPHX2 rs751141 was associated with increased risk of DN under a dominant model (GG vs GA+AA: OR=0.375; 95% CI (0.19–0.75), P=0.006) in unadjusted model and after adjustment for age and sex (OR=0.440; 95% CI (0.21–0.92), P=0.029), recessive model (AA vs GG+GA: OR=0.195; 95% CI (0.05–0.74), P=0.017) and additive model (GA vs GG+AA): OR=0.195; 95% CI (0.05–0.74), P=0.017). Conclusion: CYP2J2 rs2280275 was not associated with DN predisposition. However, EPHX2 rs751141 could be a genetic marker for development and progression of DN among Egyptian T2DM patients.
Expression analysis and nucleotide variation of OsC1 gene associated with anthocyanin pigmentation in Thai rice cultivars

OsC1 gene, encoding a R2R3-Myb transcription factor, regulates expression of structural genes in anthocyanins biosynthesis pathway in rice. It plays an important role in rice coloration. Expression of this gene in both leaf and seed tissues was examined in three rice cultivars covering white (Khao Dawk Mali 105; 105), red (Sukhothai Hom Dang; SKHD) and black (Kham; KN) rice. Expression of the OsC1 gene was found in young leaves and seeds in all rice cultivars in this study. Higher level of gene expression was observed in seed tissues of Kham black rice at 25 days after flowering, associated with dark anthocyanin pigmentation on the pericarps. However, the expression patterns of this gene in leaves and seeds in white and red rice were stable and appeared at similar level, not corresponding with the phenotypic traits of red rice color at the late stage of development compared with the white one. Comparisons of nucleotide sequences in the exon 3 of the OsC1 gene among those three cultivars revealed a 10-bp deletion in white and red rice, resulting in frameshift mutation in R3 region of Myb DNA binding domain, but not in the black. This deletion caused the functional loss in white (105) rice, leading to their anthocyanin pigment accumulation loss at all stages and tissue types. For red (SKHD) rice, although the expression of OsC1 was detected at all stages, its similar 10-bp deletion in exon 3 of the OsC1 gene indicated an alternative pathway for anthocyanin pigment to be accumulated in the pericarp tissues. The result from this study constitute a basis on how pigment would be developed in these three Thai rice cultivars and are applied to rice improvement by developing molecular markers for selection of rice anthocyanin pigmentation in future.
Digital impression – A Review

Dentistry has witnessed tremendous advancements in all its branches and newer devices have been continuously introduced in the practice. Digital impressions by intraoral scanning (IOS) have become an increasingly popular alternative to conventional impressions. They provide a 3D visualization of entire dentition in high resolution and creating record of hard and soft tissue to monitor oral diseases and condition. Impressions using scanners are more accurate, time efficient, decrease the patient's discomfort and make clinical procedures easier as compared to conventional technique. Intraoral scanning is regularly used by dentists and laboratories to design and fabricate esthetic and durable restorations while retaining maximum tooth structure, its use among dental infancy. CAD/CAM images can be used as a visual aid to improve self-care by demonstrating the health of a patient’s oral cavity. A literature search was done to extract the studies on the advantages of digital impression over conventional impression, limitations of digital impression and recent advancements in intraoral scanners. After exclusion and inclusion criteria 30 articles were included for this narrative review. This article is a review of digital impression techniques over conventional impression techniques with different types of scanner and its key features. Keyword: Digital, digital impression, conventional impression, scanner, virtual Address of correspondence: T.C. Devikaa, Department of Prosthodontics Crown & Bridge, Rama Dental College Hospital & Research Centre, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Emaildevikaavineeth0021@gmail.com Contact9176063036. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5205375 Submitted: 30-Jul-2021 Revised: 4-Aug-2021 Accepted: 9-Aug-2021 Published:15-Aug-2021
H2andacetatetransfersduringxylanfermentation betweena butyrate-producingxylanolytic speciesandhydrogenotrophic microorganismsfromthehumangut

The aim of this work was to investigate in vitro interrelationships during xylan fermentation between an H2 and butyrate-producing xylanolytic species recently isolated in our laboratory from human faeces and identified as Roseburia intestinalis and the H2-utilizing acetogen Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus or the methanogen Methanobrevibacter smithii. H2 transfer between M. smithii or Ru. hydrogenotrophicus and the xylanolytic species was evidenced, confirming the great potential of these H2-consuming microorganisms to reutilize fermentative H2 during fibre fermentation in the gut. In addition, acetate transfer was demonstrated between the xylanolytic Roseburia sp. and the acetogenic species, both metabolites transfers leading to butyric fermentation of oat xylan without production of H2.