Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictive Model for the Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Endometriosis Based on Clinical Parameters

Objectives: Are other pain symptoms in addition to dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia, dysuria, and chronic pelvic pain correlated to endometriosis and suitable for a clinical prediction model? Methods: We conducted a prospective study from 2016 to 2022, including a total of 269 women with numerous pain symptoms and other parameters. All women filled out two questionnaires and were examined by palpation and transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). In cases of suspected deep endometriosis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. After the operation, endometriosis was diagnosed by histological examination. Results: All in all, 30 significant parameters and 6 significant numeric rating scale (NRS) scores associated with endometriosis could be identified: 7 pain adjectives, 8 endometriosis-associated pain symptoms, 5 pain localizations, 6 parameters from the PainDETECT, consumption of analgesics, and allergies. Furthermore, longer pain duration (before, during, and after menstruation) was observed in women with endometriosis compared to women without endometriosis (34.0% vs. 12.3%, respectively). Although no specific pain for endometriosis could be identified for all women, a subgroup with endometriosis reported radiating pain to the thighs/legs in contrast to a lower number of women without endometriosis (33.9% vs. 15.2%, respectively). Furthermore, a subgroup of women with endometriosis suffered from dysuria compared to patients without endometriosis (32.2% vs. 4.3%, respectively). Remarkably, the numbers of significant parameters were significantly higher in women with endometriosis compared to women without endometriosis (14.10 ± 4.2 vs. 7.75 ± 5.8, respectively). A decision tree was developed, resulting in 0.904 sensitivity, 0.750 specificity, 0.874 positive predictive values (PPV), 0.802 negative predictive values (NPV), 28.235 odds ratio (OR), and 4.423 relative risks (RR). The PPV of 0.874 is comparable to the positive prediction of endometriosis by the clinicians of 0.86 (177/205). Conclusions: The presented predictive model will enable a non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis and can also be used by both patients and clinicians for surveillance of the disease before and after surgery. In cases of positivety, as evaluated by the questionnaire, patients can then seek advice again. Similarly, patients without an operation but with medical therapy can be monitored with the questionnaire.
Mixture copulas and insurance applications

Abstract In the classical collective model over a fixed time period of two insurance portfolios, we are interested, in this contribution, in the models that relate to the joint distribution F of the largest claim amounts observed in both insurance portfolios. Specifically, we consider the tractable model where the claim counting random variable N follows a discrete-stable distribution with parameters (α,λ). We investigate the dependence property of F with respect to both parameters α and λ. Furthermore, we present several applications of the new model to concrete insurance data sets and assess the fit of our new model with respect to other models already considered in some recent contributions. We can see that our model performs well with respect to most data sets.
Physics of the helicon antenna on the prototype materials exposure experiment

Proto-MPEX has been operating in a high-density helicon-mode of operation. The helicon mode of operation is classified by an increase in target on-axis electron density (< 6e19 m−3) and a decrease in electron temperature (23 eV ) during a helicon pulse. This transition is observed when Deuterium gas is puffed into the device and is dependent on operating configurations. The Proto-MPEX helicon antenna is a quarter turn right handed helical twist antenna powered by RF at 13.56 MHz and > 110 kW of power. Establishing plasma densities and magnetic field strengths under the antenna that suppress non-resonant mode conversion to the slow-wave are thought to be responsible for operating in the ”helicon-mode”. Evidence for this phenomena to be responsible for the ”helicon-mode” of operation is presented. The experimental results showing evidence of this phenomena are presented here. First, we present timeresolved measurements of an edge-to-core power transition during a ”helicon-mode” plasma pulse in the form of infra-red camera imaging of a thin stainless steel target plate. The time-resolved images measure the two-dimensional distribution of power deposition in the helicon discharge. The discharge displays a mode transition characterized by a significant increase in the on-axis electron density and core power coupling, suppression of edge power coupling and the formation of a fast-wave radial normal mode. Although the self-consistent mechanism that drives this transition is not yet understood, the edge-to-core power transition displays characteristics that are consistent with the discharge entering a slow-wave anti-resonant regime. RF magnetic field measurements made across the plasma column, together with the power deposition results, provide direct evidence to support the suppression of the slow-wave in favour of core plasma production by the fast-wave in a light-ion helicon source. A full wave model of the helicon antenna has been made in the finite element analysis software, COMSOL Multiphysics, to investigate the wave fields produced and the power deposition inside the Proto-MPEX device. Core electron density and magnetic field under the helicon is scanned while tracking core power deposition. The peaks of core power deposition in this parameter space are then investigated and the propagating modes are analyzed. These areas of increased core power deposition are then identified as helicon normal modes that are predicted to decrease edge coupling of power and increase core power coupling
Comprehensive Metabolite Profile Uncovers the Bioactive Components, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities in Wild Tree Peony Leaves

Tree peonies (Paeonia Section Moutan)—including nine wild species, which belong to subsections Vaginatae and Delavayanae—are economically important plants with ornamental, nutritional, and medicinal applications. In this study, for the first time, we determined the bioactive components and antioxidant activities and antibacterial activities of the newly grown leaves of nine wild tree peony species (WTPS). A total of 276 bioactive components were identified through non-targeted metabolomics; more than 80% of the 276 metabolites identified are terpenoids and flavonoids. A total of 42 differential metabolites were quantitatively determined. The main differential metabolites were Paeoniflorin, Luteoloside, Hyperin, Apigenin-7-glucoside, Rhoifolin, and Cantharidin. Such a high terpenoid and flavonoid content of the leaf extracts renders them as species with strong antibacterial capacities, and most of the bacteria tested showed greater sensitivity derived from the members of subsection Vaginatae than those of subsection Delavayanae. All WTPS have significant antioxidant activity; this activity is attributed to high levels of the total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC), of which, among the nine WTPS, P. lutea has the strongest antioxidant capacity. Our results provided a theoretical basis for the in-deep application of tree peony leaves for food, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.
Optimization and modeling of teff-maize-rice based formulation by simplex lattice mixture design for the preparation of brighter and acceptable injera

Abstract Simplex lattice mixture design was utilized to optimize a brighter and acceptable injera (Ethiopian staple bread). Fourteen formulations of injera were produced from constrained blends of teff (70–100%), maize (0–30%) and rice (0–30%). Investigated responses were proximate, mineral, sensory and lightness (L* value). Nutritional values (g/100 g) ranged from 59.3 to 62.8 (moisture), 1.74 to 2.76 (ash), 11.5 to 14.7 (protein), 2.1 to 2.6 (fat), 3.91 to 5.2 (fiber) and 75.9 to79.4 (carbohydrate). Minerals (mg/100 g) varied from Fe: 17.7 to 25.1, Zn: 1.62–2.10, and Ca: 25.9 to 51.1. Sensory scores for color, taste, texture, number of eyes, eye size, eye distribution, top & bottom surface and overall acceptability were 5.63–7.72, 5.22–6.21, 4.83–7.70, 6.02–7.27, 4.12–5.82, 5.42–6.93, 5.97–7.02, and 5.32–7.25, respectively, while the L* value ranged from 54.9 to 63.1. Optimum formulations of injera in terms of color, overall acceptability and L* value consisted of 70% teff, 0% maize and 30% rice with a desirability of 0.909. Numerical optimization also indicated that better sensory, proximate and mineral qualities are directly related with the proportion of rice; maize and teff, respectively.
Evaluating Robustness of Vision Transformers on Imbalanced Datasets (Student Abstract)

Data in the real world is commonly imbalanced across classes. Training neural networks on imbalanced datasets often leads to poor performance on rare classes. Existing work in this area has primarily focused on Convolution Neural Networks (CNN), which are increasingly being replaced by Self-Attention-based Vision Transformers (ViT). Fundamentally, ViTs differ from CNNs in that they offer the flexibility in learning the appropriate inductive bias conducive to improving performance. This work is among the first to evaluate the performance of ViTs under class imbalance. We find that accuracy degradation in the presence of class imbalance is much more prominent in ViTs compared to CNNs. This degradation can be partially mitigated through loss reweighting - a popular strategy that increases the loss contributed by rare classes. We investigate the impact of loss reweighting on different components of a ViT, namely, the patch embedding, self-attention backbone, and linear classifier. Our ongoing investigations reveal that loss reweighting impacts mostly the linear classifier and self-attention backbone while having a small and negligible effect on the embedding layer.
Back-testing the chain-ladder method

Abstract The chain-ladder method is one of the most popular claims reserving techniques. The aim of this study is to back-test the chain-ladder method. For this purpose, we use a stochastic scenario generator that allows us to simulate arbitrarily many upper claims reserving triangles of similar characteristics for which we also know the corresponding lower triangles. Based on these simulated triangles, we analyse the performance of the chain-ladder claims reserving method.
Effect of protected sodium butyrate on growth performance,
carcass traits, relative weight of digestive organs
and intestinal histomorphology of broilers

Protected sodium butyrate (PSB) is considered an alternative to antibiotics in broiler diets. The present study investigated the effect of PSB supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits, relative weight of internal organs and intestinal morphology in broilers. A total of 1200 one-day-old New Lohman male broilers were randomly allocated to two dietary treatment groups (6 replicates, 100 birds per treatment) and fed a basal diet (CON) or a diet supplemented with 1 g of PSB per kg of diet for 5 weeks of the rearing period. On days 21 and 35, one bird per replicate was randomly selected and slaughtered to determine carcass traits, relative weight of internal organs, and measurements of intestinal histomorphological parameters. The results showed that dietary treatment with PSB increased body weight and average daily gain, but it also led to increased mortality rate ( P < 0.05) on day 35 compared to the control group. Furthermore, PSB supplementation increased liver weight, jejunum length and colon length, while decreasing heart weight ( P < 0.05) on day 21. In the PSB group, there was a decrease in the number of crypts in the jejunum and an increase in the height of the villi in the ileum ( P < 0.05). In conclusion, on day 21, PSB supplementation resulted in an increase in broiler digestive organ parameters, especially liver weight and intestinal morphology. Furthermore, improved growth performance of broilers was recorded on day 35.
THE MULTIPLE ROLE OF WOMAN, COPING STRATEGY, AND FAMILY RESILIENCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted family life mechanisms, especially families with multiple roles of women. The purpose of this study is to analyze women's dual roles, coping strategies, and family resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study involved 100 mothers working in the formal sector who have school-age children (elementary school). The research location is in the Bogor Regency area, West Java. Sampling was conducted by non-probability sampling using voluntary sampling technique. The data obtained were then processed using Microsoft Office Excel 2010 software and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 25 program. Data processing was carried out using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between family characteristics, women's dual roles, coping strategies, and family resilience. The regression test results show that women's dual roles have a positive effect on family resilience. It is expected that families with dual roles of women can increase their contribution in the public environment through various activities such as PKK (Family Welfare Development), committees for celebrating holidays, community organizations and others. further research is expected to examine the dual role of women through two perspectives, namely the husband's side and the wife's side so that the data produced is more accurate.
Correlating Salivary Levels of Immunoglobin E and Human Eosinophil Cationic Protein in the Aseer Cohort with Recurrent Apthous Stomatitis

Background Repeated Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) is the most prevalent inflammatory disorder of the oral mucosa, characterized by recurrent emergence of single or numerous painful ulcers. RAS usually affects healthy people without systemic illnesses. There is evidence linking atopy to the progression of this illness. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and human eosinophil cationic protein (HECP) levels in the saliva of individuals with aphthous stomatitis were assessed as allergy-related indicators. Materials and Methods Sixty people were assessed for this study. 30 patients with RAS were included in the patient group, while 30 healthy individuals made up for the control group. Sixty participants’ non-stimulated saliva was taken and IgE and HECP were evaluated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Data were analyzed in SPSS 20 through the Mann–Whitney test and p<0.05 was considered significant. Results The salivary level of HECP was significantly (p 0.05) higher among cases (0.83 0.70) compared to controls (0.170 0.15), whereas the salivary level of IgE was not significantly (p = 0.41) higher among cases (35.60 11.19) compared to controls (67.42 18.34). Conclusion Even though this study found a positive correlation between elevated HECP levels and RAS, additional research with larger sample sizes is required to identify the biological mechanisms responsible for the observed associations and to include salivary HECP levels in the RAS patient’s evaluation.
Hybrid organic/inorganic position-sensitive detectors based on PEDOT:PSS/n-Si

Various configurations like p-n junctions, metal-semiconductor Schottky barriers, and metal-oxide-semiconductor structures have been widely used in position-sensitive detectors. In this report, we propose a PEDOT:PSS/n-Si heterojunction as a hybrid organic/inorganic configuration for position-sensitive detectors. The influence of the thickness of the PEDOT:PSS layer, the wavelength of incident light, and the intensity of illumination on the device performance are investigated. The hybrid PSD exhibits very high sensitivity (>100 mV/mm), excellent nonlinearity ( 0.995) with a response time of <4 ms to the inhomogeneous IR illumination. The presented hybrid configuration also benefits from a straightforward low-temperature fabrication process. These advantages of the PEDOT:PSS/n-Si heterojunction are very promising for developing a new class of position-sensitive detectors based on the hybrid organic/inorganic junctions.
Rotation in sdB stars as revealed by stellar oscillations

Abstract An interesting opportunity offered by the detection of stellar oscillations is the possibility to infer the internal rotation rate of a star through the so-called rotational splittings. Such seismic measurements remained rather scarce for hot B subdwarf (sdB) stars until the advent of space observations with the Kepler spacecraft. Nowadays, however, a number of rotation measurements have become available, offering a glimpse on the global rotational properties of sdB stars. Here, we briefly discuss what asteroseismology starts to reveal on the rotation rate of these stars. We also make connections with the internal rotation of red-giant and white-dwarf stars. In particular, we show that the very slow rotation rates derived for single sdB stars, and their similarities with the dynamical properties of the cores of red-clump stars, strongly suggest that they evolved from red-giants rather than merger events.We also point out that no more angular momentum seems to be lost by stellar cores throughout the helium burning phase until the cooling white-dwarf stage, indicating that all the braking occurs before, most likely during red-giant branch evolution.
Joint Price Control and Service Distribution Scheme for User-Centric Cell-Free Network Systems

For the past few years, mmWave based user-centric cell-free (UCCF) networks have gained phenomenal attentions in the wireless industry. In the UCCF network system, a number of smart devices in a geographical area are served simultaneously by multiple distributed access points (APs). In this paper, we study a resource allocation problem and design a novel resource control scheme for multi-connective mobile devices. By considering the main features of mmWave communications, APs are clustered and devices are grouped. To decide each AP’s service price, we adopt the ideas of cooperativemulti-agent learning (CMAL). For multi-connective devices, the generalized Gini bargaining solution (GGBS) is applied to solve the communication task distribution problem. Through the cooperative learning, individual APs learn the best price policy in an interactive manner. Based on the GGBS, each device adaptively distributes its service request into corresponding APs. Our learning and bargaining algorithms are tightly coupled and work together to reach a socially optimal outcome. The main merit possessed by our joint approach is its flexibility to reach a reciprocal consensus under dynamic UCCF network environments. Extensive simulations are conducted to study the performance of the presented scheme. Numerical results confirm that our proposed approach outperforms in the system throughput and device payoff while maintaining comparable fairness among APs. Finally, we conclude this article, and highlight open future research issues.
Effects of Physical Activity on Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults Living in Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses

Previous studies included in meta-analyses have highlighted the effects of physical activity on the physical and psychological health of older adults living in care settings. We conducted a systematic review of meta-analyses, of institutionalized older adults, to evaluate and conduct a narrative synthesis of the results of these meta-analyses. A literature search was conducted in three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) until 22 March 2023. After screening the identified articles with the PRISMA criteria filters, we included 11 meta-analyses in this systematic review. Higgins’ (2013) assessment tool of the meta-analyses demonstrates that the studies were of good quality although future meta-analyses need to provide more information on the treatment of missing data. A summary of the results of these meta-analyses shows that physical activity reduces the rate of falls, mobility issues, functional dependence, and depression, and improves health status. Future studies need to focus on new ways to promote and adapt physical activities to increase the participation of older adults in care settings.
Patterns of ship waves. II. Gravity-capillary waves

In a previous paper [4], Yih's formulas [3] were used to obtain patterns of gravity waves, or of capillary waves in a thin fluid sheet, created by a moving disturbance. In this paper the effects of surface tension are taken into account in finding the patterns of capillary-gravity waves in deep water with a free surface created by a moving disturbance, and much more extensive results than those of Rayleigh [2] have been obtained. The most important feature of the waves is that there are capillary waves behind the disturbance, which have very short wavelengths at high values of the speed U of the disturbance and which are confined to a wedge of an angle that decreases as U increases. Of interest too is the existence of two cusps in the phase lines on either side of the centerline at high values of U (relative to a minimum wave velocity defined in the paper) for those waves which are entirely behind the disturbance.
Expansion and Paraphrase Strategies of Slang Words in Teen Movies: A Translation Analysis

Abstract. The aims of this study are to identify the types of slang word formation using Yule’s (2019) theory and to investigate the subtitling strategies of expansion and paraphrase employed by translators in translating slang words using Gottlieb’s (1992) theory. The data used in this research are slang words in English subtitles and their Indonesian translations in the movie Work It, Moxie, and He's All That. Moreover, the researchers used the descriptive qualitative method. As a result, the researchers found that there were 80 data found from the three movies. The researchers found that only 6 word-formations were identified in the three movie subtitles. The word formations were coinage, compounding, clipping, derivation, conversion, and multiple processes. Furthermore, the researchers found that there were only 3 data from the three movies that applied the expansion strategy. Meanwhile, there were 77 data from the three movies that applied the paraphrase strategy. The results indicate that the paraphrase strategy is frequently employed because most of the slang words used in movies is required generalization, modification, and alteration to be understood by the target audience.Keywords: expansion strategy; paraphrase strategy; slang; subtitling strategy; word formationAbstrak. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis pembentukan kata slang menggunakan teori Yule (2019) dan untuk menyelidiki strategi takarir, yaitu strategi expansi dan parafrasa yang digunakan oleh penerjemah dalam menerjemahkan kata-kata slang menggunakan teori Gottlieb (1992). Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kata-kata slang dalam takarir bahasa Inggris dan terjemahan bahasa Indonesianya dalam film Work It, Moxie, dan He's All That. Selain itu, peneliti menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasilnya, peneliti menemukan ada 80 data yang ditemukan dari ketiga film tersebut. Peneliti menemukan bahwa hanya 6 pembentukan kata yang diidentifikasi dalam tiga film. Pembentukan kata tersebut yaitu coinage, compounding, clipping, derivation, conversion, dan multiple processes. Selanjutnya peneliti menemukan bahwa hanya ada 3 data dari ketiga film yang menerapkan strategi ekspansi. Sementara itu, terdapat 77 data dari tiga film yang menerapkan strategi parafrasa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi parafrasa sering digunakan karena kebanyakan kata slang yang digunakan dalam film memerlukan generalisasi, modifikasi, dan perubahan agar dapat dipahami oleh khalayak sasaran.Kata kunci: pembentukan kata; slang; strategi ekspansi; strategi parafrasa; strategi subtitling