Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the relationship between phosphorus metabolism and PTH in regular hemodialysis patients

慢性血液透析症例において血清PとPTHの関係を検討した. 慢性血液透析症例 (123例) において, PとCa++の間には負相関が, PとPTHの間には正相関が認められたが, Ca++とPTHの間には有意の関係は認められなかった. 1年以上の経過を追えた慢性血液透析症例 (36例, 420検査) において, PとHS-PTHの間には正相関が, Ca++とHS-PTHの間にも正相関が認められた. PとCa++の間には有意の関係は認められなかった. Pを1. 0mg/dl毎に分類したPの各群において, Ca++には差は認められないが, HS-PTHはPが増加するに従って上昇が認められ, 5mg/dl, 6mg/dl, 7mg/dlの3群のHS-PTHは, 4mg/dl以下の群のHS-PTHに比較して有意の高値が認められた. また, Pの4mg/dl未満群, 4-6mg/dl群, 6mg/dl以上群の3群において, Ca++には差は認められなかったが, 4mg/dl未満群のHS-PTHは10. 5±13.4ng/mlで, 4-6mg/dl群のHS-PTHは18. 8±20.2ng/mlで, 6mg/dl以上群のHS-PTHは23. 2±20.8ng/mlであり, Pの高値群ほどHS-PTHは有意に高値を示していた. また, HS-PTH 15ng/ml以上群のPは6. 4±1.6mg/dlであり, HS-PTH 15ng/ml未満群のPの5. 7±1.6mg/dlに比し有意の高値を示していた. なお, このときのCa++はHS-PTHの高値群で高値を示していた. 慢性血液透析症例において, PのCaを介したPTH分泌刺激機構のほかに, PがCaを介さずにPTH分泌を刺激する調節機構の存在することが推測された.
The effect of enhanced lexical retrieval on second language writing: A classroom experiment

Lexical retrieval is an essential subprocess in language production, and its efficiency is crucial for writing. To improve writing quality in a second language, we developed an experimental, computerized training for improving fluency of lexical retrieval in a classroom setting, applying techniques previously restricted to laboratory use. In a counterbalanced design with randomized assignment, each of two groups was trained on a different set of words for productive use. A previous study showed that students in both groups attained greater fluency of lexical retrieval on the trained word set in comparison to students who were not trained on that word set. The current study provides evidence that this enhanced fluency transferred to narrative writing, as students in both groups used the trained words more often in narrative texts. In addition, one of the groups showed significant improvement in their expression of essential content elements. However, no significant differences were found on global quality ratings. The results are discussed in the context of theories of limited processing capacity during text production. We also consider the implications of these results for language instruction.
Reduced feedback frequency enhances generalized motor program learning but not parameterization learning

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of a reduced feedback frequency on the learning of generalized motor programs and movement parameterization. Subjects practiced three movement patterns with the same relative timing and the same relative amplitude, but with varied movement time (Experiment 1) or varied movement amplitude (Experiment 2). KR was given either on 100% or 63% of the trials, with learning being assessed by retention and transfer tests. In both experiments, reduced KR frequency enhanced GMP learning but generally degraded parameter learning. These data provide converging evidence for the dissociation of the program and parameterization processes postulated in GMP theory.
Developmental Influences On Adult Intelligence

This book lays out the reasons why we should study cognitive development in adulthood, and presents the history, latest data, and results from the Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS), which now extends to over forty-five years. The SLS is organized around five questions: does intelligence change uniformly throughout adulthood, or are there different life-course-ability patterns? At what age and at what magnitude can decrement in ability be reliably detected? What are the patterns and magnitude of generational differences? What accounts for individual differences in age-related change in adulthood? Can the intellectual decline that increases with age be reversed by educational intervention? Based on work on the SLS, this book presents a conceptual model. The model represents this book's author's view on the factors that influence cognitive development throughout the human lifespan, and provides a rationale for the various influences that have been investigated — genetic factors, early and current family environment, life styles, the experience of chronic disease, and various personality attributes. The data in this volume include the 1998 longitudinal cycle of the SLS. In light of both new data and revised analyses, psychometric and neuropsychological assessments have been linked in long-term data to aid in the early identification of risk for dementia in later life. The book also presents new data and concludes on the impact of personality on cognition. It includes correlation matrices and web-access information for select data sets.
The clinical study of latanoprost in treating with residual angle-closure glaucoma

Objective To investigate the effect of latanoprost in the treatment of residual angle-closure glaucoma after out-filtrating surgery or iridectomy.Methods Using randominzed,mono blind,parallel group control study and choosing patients with residual angle-closure glaucoma after out-filtrating surgery or iridectomy(IOP≥21mmHg,≤35mmHg,ciliary body can be seen in at least 90 degree of the angle of anterior chamber),latanoprost was applied once a day in the experiment group and timalol twice a day in the control group for 8 weeks.Intraocular pressure(IOP)was measured at 9am and 4pm before treatment,on week 8 in the follow-up,and at 9am on week 1,week 2,week 4 in the follow-up.Results There are 25 patients in the experiment group and 24 patients in the control group.After treatment IOP was markedly decreased in both groups.The daily IOP(mean± standard deviation)in the experiment group decreased from(24.73±3.90)mmHg(1mmHg=0.133 kPa)before to(16.08±3.86)mmHg on week 8,and the extent was 35.0%;The reduction in the control group was from(26.00±4.44)mmHg to(17.53±3.97)mmHg,and the extent was 32.6%. There was no difference between the two groups at 9am in the follow-up,but the IOP of the latanoprost group at 4pm on week 8(15.33±3.16)mmHg was markedly lower than that of the timolol group(18.76±4.13)mmHg(t=-3.016,P0.05). Conclusions It is demonstrated that latanoprost is effective in reducing IOP of residual angle-closure glaucoma after out-filtrating surgery or iridectomy,and its role is more lasting than timolol.
What does rapid naming tell us about dyslexia

This article summarizes some of the important findings from research evaluating the relationship between poor rapid naming and impaired reading performance. Substantial evidence shows that dyslexic readers have problems with rapid naming of visual items. Early research assumed that this was a consequence of phonological processing deficits, but recent findings suggest that non-phonological processes may lie at the root of the association between slow naming speed and poor reading. The hypothesis that rapid naming reflects an independent core deficit in dyslexia is supported by the main findings: (1) some dyslexics are characterized by rapid naming difficulties but intact phonological skills; (2) evidence for an independent association between rapid naming and reading competence in the dyslexic readers, when the effect of phonological skills was controlled; (3) rapid naming and phonological processing measures are not reliably correlated. Recent research also reveals greater predictive power of rapid naming, in particular the inter-item pause time, for high-frequency word reading compared to pseudoword reading in developmental dyslexia. Altogether, the results are more consistent with the view that a phonological component alone cannot account for the rapid naming performance in dyslexia. Rather, rapid naming problems may emerge from the inefficiencies in visual-orthographic processing as well as in phonological processing.
An investigation into whether exposure to Instagram “Fitspiration” related imagery impacts body dissatisfaction and attention to body related words in females

iii Table of contents.iv List of tables and figures.vi Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Social media.1 1.2 Body Dissatisfaction.1 1.3 Social media influence on body dissatisfaction.3 1.4 Priming experiments.5 1.5 Attentional Bias.6 1.6 Project Rationale.6 1.7 Aim.7 1.8 Predictions.7
(cid:1) 9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), 11-Hydroxy-THC, and 11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC Plasma Pharmacokinetics during and after Continuous High-Dose Oral THC

BACKGROUND : (cid:1) 9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary psychoactive constituent of cannabis and an active cannabinoid pharmacotherapy component. No plasma pharmacokinetic data after repeated oral THC administration are available. METHODS : Six adult male daily cannabis smokers re-sided on a closed clinical research unit. Oral THC capsules (20 mg) were administered every 4–8 h in esca-lating total daily doses (40–120 mg) for 7 days. Free and glucuronidated plasma THC, 11-hydroxy-THC (11-OH-THC), and 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC (THC COOH) were quantified by 2-dimensional GC-MS during and after dosing. RESULTS : Free plasma THC, 11-OH-THC, and THCCOOH concentrations 19.5 h after admission (before controlled oral THC dosing) were mean 4.3 (SE 1.1), 1.3 (0.5), and 34.0 (8.4) (cid:1) g/L, respectively. During oral dosing, free 11-OH-THC and THCCOOH increased steadily, whereas THC did not. Mean peak plasma free THC, 11-OH-THC, and THCCOOH concentrations were 3.8 (0.5), 3.0 (0.7), and 196.9 (39.9) (cid:1) g/L, respectively, 22.5 h after the last dose. Escherichia coli
Psychological Impact of Facial Acne in Adult Women

ABSTRACT Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and one of the most common dermatology conditions. The prevalence of adult acne is increasing, and “female acne” has become a distinct clinical entity. Facial acne is difficult to hide and can have a significant detrimental impact on people’s quality of life. In Western societies that place high value on physical beauty, the visibility of this disorder has a greater negative impact on women’s social and emotional functioning. The degree of psychosocial impairment correlates with patient’s subjective assessment, not objective clinical severity of adult acne. The major emotional implications and its social consequences challenge the classical view of acne as something purely physiological or even trivial. Given the emphasis that health systems place on patient self-management, we recommend that clinicians explore emotional experiences and take patients’ views into consideration to improve their clinical practice.
Parent rated importance of active play and organised physical activity for young children

iii Acknowledgements . v Chapter One . 1 Purpose 2 Significance 3 Research Questions 4 Limitations 4 Delimitations 5 Definitions 6 Chapter Two . 8 Literature Review . 8 Physical activity 8 Benefits of physical activity. 8 Trends over time. 9 Determinants of physical activity. 9 Environmental determinants of physical activity. 10 Neighbourhood design. 10 Parents’ attitude towards physical activity. 11 Parents’ physical activity levels. 12 Socioeconomic status. 13 Physical activity related risks. 14 Time spent indoors and outside. 15 Child factors. 16 Age. 16
Pheochrontocytoma: A rare cause of impairment of metabolic control in diabetes

reasons for the different outcomes between his and our study are that his study included a small number of patients (21); the dose per kg body weight of insulin used, although not mentioned, may have been lower because at least some of his patients received a combination of insulin and sulfonylurea, and the mean fasting free insulin did not increase to any significance. Also, the period of follow-up was shorter in Riddle's study—16 wk compared with 8 mo in our study. Furthermore, we have not concluded that insulin therapy for NIDDM patients routinely worsens hypertension. Based on our study, we also have certainly not concluded that the rise in BP is attributable to insulin therapy per se, although the possibility of such a relationship cannot be ignored. We are glad that Grunberger et al. have acknowledged this fact. Notwithstanding, the magnitude of BP elevation in our study (mean increase of 17 mmHg for sBP and 8 mmHg for dBP) is far in excess of that expected from the weight gain of —10% noted in our study. Data from the Framingham Study indicate that a 10% increase in body weight correlates with a rise in sBP of 6.6 mmHg in men and 4.5 mmHg in women. No such data exists for dBP. Thus, there is a suggestion that insulin may have been a contributory factor.
Análise da Aditividade de Value Relevance da DDF e da DVA ao Conjunto de Demonstrações Contábeis: Evidências de Empresas do Mercado de Capitais Brasileiro

Este artigo tem por objetivo avaliar a aditividade de value relevance da DFC e da DVA ao conjunto de demonstracoes contabeis no contexto do mercado acionario brasileiro. Para tanto, utilizando uma amostra composta por empresas nao-financeiras de capital aberto, no periodo de 2008 a 2010, analisou-se, inicialmente, por meio de regressao linear, a relacao entre o valor de mercado das companhias, o patrimonio liquido e o lucro liquido, que representaram, para fins deste estudo, o conjunto de demonstracoes contabeis. No segundo momento, inseriu-se, individualmente, as proxies da DFC (fluxo de caixa operacional – FCO, fluxo de caixa de investimento – FCI e fluxo de caixa de financiamento – FCF) e depois a proxy da DVA (riqueza criada – RC). Por fim, incluiram-se as proxies da DFC e da DVA juntas ao conjunto de demonstracoes contabeis. As evidencias suportam que a variavel LL, que representou a DRE, nao apresentou significância estatistica na determinacao do valor de mercado das empresas. Ao inserir a DFC, verificou-se que apenas a proxy FCF apresentou-se significante, melhorando o coeficiente de determinacao em mais de 20%, o que implica dizer que a DFC adicionou value relevance ao conjunto de demonstracoes contabeis. Ao contrario da DFC, a DVA, representada pela variavel RC, nao apresentou conteudo informacional inserida isoladamente ao conjunto de demonstracoes, nem em conjunto com a DFC. Supostamente, a ausencia de value relevance pode ser explicada no sentido de que as informacoes da DVA nao acrescentam conteudo novo, alem dos ja apresentados pela demonstracao do resultado, que tambem nao apresentou significância, ou os investidores ainda nao se familiarizaram com tal demonstracao. Essas evidencias suportam que a adocao da DFC de forma generalizada pelas companhias de capital aberto trouxe beneficios para os usuarios das informacoes contabeis, uma vez que acrescentou conteudo informacional ao conjunto de demonstracoes contabeis ate entao existente.
Theoretical and Analytical Study of Tax Law in Jordan According to the: Income Tax and Sales Tax and Its Relationship with Revenues and Tax Evasion

This study aimed to identify the impact of Income Tax Law amendments on incomes in Jordan. The study population consisted of a group of specialists in the income tax department and sales in Jordan and a group of certified legal accountants and then taking a random sample represents the study population (100), which included accounts estimators, legal auditors and specialists in the tax domain. All the questionnaires that have been distributed on the respondents have been retrieved and valid for analysis, where the response percentage was 100%. The study achieved a number of outcomes that there is a statistical significant effect between the amendments on the Income Tax Act No. (28) of 2009, and its impact on the taxpayers, as well as, the presence of commitment from the taxpayers to pay their due income tax. The presence of perception of the taxpayers about the importance of income tax, also there is a high monitoring and competence from the state in collecting the income tax and the presence of impact of the income tax on the state's income flows. The researchers introduced several recommendations, the most are: - Support for those with low and medium income to invest in productive projects to push the development wheel and to limit poverty and unemployment. - To work on reducing the imposed tax on the taxpayers according to the economic situation to push them to work and development. - To work on enhancing the coordination between the income tax department and the tax payers in modern methods and developing an electronic tax system. - To work on increasing and dissemination the taxation awareness to limit the phenomena of taxes evasion by conducting awareness campaigns through the mass media and different publication methods. Increasing the trust between the state and the taxpayers by illustrating how the taxes deducted from their incomes were used, and activating the penalty law against tax evaders and applying the Islamic economic system is the best solution for the human economic problems because it is the system of the human creature far from shortage and deficit as in the human laws, that is why it should be applied.
Likert Scale and Change in Range of Response Categories vs. the Factors Extraction in EFA Model

Abstract: The objective article is the comparative analysis of Likert rating scale based on the following range of response categories, i.e. 5, 7, 9 and 11 in context of the appropriate process of factors extraction in exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The problem which is being addressed in article relates primarily to the methodological aspects, both in selection of the optimal number of response categories of the measured items (constituting the Likert scale) and identification of possible changes, differences or similarities associated (as a result of the impact of four types of scales) with extraction and determination the appropriate number of factors in EFA model.Keywords: Exploratory factor analysis, Likert scale, experiment research, marketing
The effects of the prevent-teach-reinforce for families (PTR-F) intervention with three young children.

x Introduction . 1 Definition of Challenging Behaviour. 2 Terminology . 3 Prevalence of Challenging Behaviour . 3 Social and Emotional Development. 6 Parental Influences on Children’s Behaviour . 7 The Impact of Challenging Behaviour on Child Development . 10 The Impact of Challenging Behaviour on Families . 11 The Impact of Challenging Behaviour on Children’s Education. 12 Theoretical Underpinnings of Effective Interventions . 12 Interventions for Children with Challenging Behaviour . 20 The New Zealand Context . 25 Limitations of Parenting Programme . 26 School-wide and Centre-wide Behaviour Intervention. 28 Limitations of School-wide Interventions . 30 Prevent-Teach-Reinforce Intervention. 31 The Use of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce in the School Setting . 38
Investigation of Sleep Quality of Nurses from a Third Grade Class A Hospital of Guangzhou City,2009

[Objective]To investigate the sleep quality of nurses,and provide a scientific basis to improve sleep quality and health state of nurses. [Methods]PSQI scale was performed to investigate nurses in a hospital of Guangzhou in 2009. [Results]551 Nurses were investigated,the average score of PSQI was 7.23±3.18. The proportions of dimension ≥2 included sleep quality(42.64%),falling-sleep time(40.47%),sleep time(51.90%),sleep efficiency(3.44%),sleep disorder(18.87%) and daytime functional disorder(57.71%). 249(45.19%) nurses suffered from low quality of sleep(PSQI scores exceed 7). [Conclusion]There are some problems in the sleep quality of nurses.
“Not Girls, only Boys for us”- The (in)effectiveness of Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PC & PNDT) Act 1994 of Government in addressing the Declining Child Sex Ratio in India

Historically, the sex ratio in India shows a dis-favourable trend towards females. For last two decades, there is a slight upward gradient in the overall sex ratio of the population, but the persistently declining Child Sex ratio is a matter of concern, threatening a stable social set up in the country. The surprising element remains that decline is unabated despite the fact that there is no dearth of policy interventions at Central and State level, aimed to tackle the ‘son-preference-daughter aversion’ culture through (a) punitive measures against foeticide and infanticide and (b) conditional cash transfer schemes for upbringing and promoting girl child. Additionally, many policies aimed to end gender discrimination, women empowerment etc. have also been launched in the country. The most potent policy intervention at the level of Central Government is The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique {PC & PNDT} Act (1994), which aims to regulate the use of Ultrasound technology and prohibit its misuse in sex determination, leading to sex selective abortions. This research paper critically examines the extent to which this flagship policy intervention by Government of India has succeeded to address the burning issue of declining child sex ratio. To investigate this, paper has assessed implementation & monitoring mechanism and the capacity issues of the Act. The role of centuries old socio-cultural norms in whatever results the Act has produced, is also analysed. This paper has shown that it is a case of ‘double whammy’ where the ineffective implementation, near absent monitoring and visible capacity gaps in all dimensions further exacerbated by overall socio-cultural (& gender) norms have rendered in partial success of the intervention.
Participants’ multimodal practices for managing activity suspensions and resumptions in English and Finnish interaction

This thesis examines how co-present participants manage intervening courses of action in social interaction. It is comprised of a summary and three original papers, which focus on 1) activity suspensions, in which participants temporarily suspend an ongoing activity in favour of an emergent, intervening course of action, and 2) activity resumptions, in which participants resume the suspended activity once the intervention has been dealt with. Using video-recorded, everyday interactions in English and Finnish as data and conversation analysis as the method, this study explores the complex relations between linguistic form, sequence organisation and body behaviour, and how these may work together to constitute activity suspensions and resumptions in interaction. The thesis identifies recurrent multimodal practices that participants use and orient to when they negotiate transitions into, and out of, intervening courses of action in two different environments, namely in conversational (story)tellings and in ‘multiactivity’ situations (in which participants become involved in more than one activity at the same time). Importantly, the study shows how the body provides a powerful resource for projecting and negotiating these transitions subtly and flexibly, thus enabling participants to maintain a smooth flow of interaction and activities and to avoid overt interactional conflicts in the face of discontinuities and abrupt changes in unfolding interaction. The study provides new information on the construction of activity suspensions and resumptions in interaction by describing them holistically, as linguistic, prosodic and embodied accomplishments. It also sheds new light on some of the practices involved in how participants coordinate their activities and involvements in situations in which multiple relevancies may be at stake.