Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of satisfaction level among patients toward services provided by dental clinics: A cross-sectional study

Background: Although, patient satisfaction is an important factor of the quality of health care, few studies have been conducted in Saudi Arabia to assess the satisfaction of patients toward health care services in dental clinics. Thus, in this study we aim to assess patient satisfaction with healthcare services in the dental clinics in Saudi Arabia using The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Short-Form (PSQ-18). Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted among patients who were admitted to dental clinics in order to assess the satisfaction level toward health services using The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18) that was distributed among the participants using online Google sheets. Results: In this study, we were able to collect data from 300 patients who went to private and governmental dental clinics and who agreed to participate in this study. Among the participants, 37.3 % were younger than 30 years old and 71.0 % of the participants were females and 96.3 % of the participants were Saudi Arabian. In general, 54.3 % of the participants were satisfied with the health service provided by the dental clinics. The results of the study showed that age was a significant factor affecting the satisfaction level of the participants (P=0.001) while there is no significant difference between genders considering satisfaction (55.42 vs 54.35). Furthermore, higher education of the participants was associated with higher level of satisfaction (P=0.002) where housewives reported the lowest level of satisfaction and students had the highest level of satisfaction (P=0.005). There is no significant difference in satisfaction between participants depending on type of clinics (P=0.963), type of the visit (P=0.841), waiting time (P=0.45), distance of the dentist (P=0.082) or location (P=0.124). Conclusion: This study showed slightly more than half of the patients of dental clinics were satisfied with health services provided by the clinics especially considering technical aspects. Older patients, non-Saudi patients, less educated patients, and those with lower income showed lower level of satisfaction. Keywords: satisfaction, dental clinics, Saudi Arabia
Fujita surfaces and deformations of a cone over an algebraic curve of genus two

global method, by applying Nagata's classification of Del Pezzo surfaces. Let X be an algebraic curve of genus g (•†2), F a very ample invertible sheaf of degree d (•†2g+1) on it, Cx the projective cone over (X, F), F a natural polarization of Cx induced from F. Let ƒÎ: SD be a polarized flat family over a unit disc D, P an invertible sheaf on S such that the special fibre (S0, P0) is (Cx, F), (M, L) a general fibre of n. Then, as is clear from the situation above, (M, L), the minimal resolution of (M, L), is a prepolar ized surface with sectional genus g(M, L) =g, ‡TM(M, L)•. g, d(M, L)=L2=d•† 2‡TM(M, L)+1(which we call a Fujita surface). (See • ̃• ̃1, 3). For an arbitrary Fujita surface (M, L), the complete linear system |L| is base point free and the image of M by the morphism ƒÓL associated with |L| is a normal surface. Moreover M is a minimal resolution of the image ƒÓL(M) if (M, L) is minimal in a suitable sense, see Theorem (1.9). Conversely if we are given a Fujita surface (M, L), then there exists a polarized proper flat family ƒÎ: SSpec R, R a valuation ring over C, such that its special fibre is a projective cone over a curve of genus g(M, L), its generic fibre is ƒÓL(M)•~K, K being the field of fraction of R. (See • ̃3).
Retrieval of eucalyptus planting history and stand age using random localization segmentation and continuous land-cover classification based on Landsat time-series data

ABSTRACT Obtaining robust change-detection results and reconstructing planting history are important bases for conducting forest resource monitoring and management. The existence of multiple change points in a very short period can lead to a global segmentation method incorrectly locate the change points, because they could impact each other during model initialization. This is especially true for monitoring plantations such as eucalyptus, which has a unique growth cycle with short rotation periods and frequent disturbances. In this study, we proposed a method to find critical change points in a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series by combining random localization segmentation and the Chow test. Features of the NDVI time series calculated on the divided segments and change points were used to train a Random Forest classifier for continuous land-cover classification. The proposed method was successfully applied to a eucalyptus plantation for identifying the management history, including harvest time, generation, rotation cycle, and stand age. The results show that our method is robust for different lengths of NDVI time series, and can detect short-interval (cut and stability) change points more accurately than the global segmentation method. The overall accuracy of identification was 80.5%, and successive generations in 2021 were mainly first- and second-generation, accounting for 69.0% and 27.9% of the total eucalyptus area, respectively. The rotation cycle of eucalyptus plantation is usually 5–8 years for 66.9% of the total area. The eucalyptus age was accurately estimated with an R2 value of 0.91 and RMSE of 13.3 months. One-year-old eucalyptus plantations accounted for the highest percentage of 14.5%, followed by seven-year-old plantations (12.9%). This study provides an important research basis for accurately monitoring the rotation processes of short-period plantations, assessing their timber yield and conducting carbon- and water-cycle research.
An M/G/1 queue with optional deterministic server vacations

Gaver (1959), Levy and Yechilai (1976), Fuhrman (1981), Doshi (1986), Keilson and Servi (1986), Shanthikumar (1988), Cramer (1989) and Madan (1991, 1992), are a few among many authors who have studied queues with server vacations with varying vacation policies including the Bernoulli schedule vacations. In the present paper, we study the steady state behaviour of an M/G/1 queue with deterministic server vacations, using the supplementary variable technique. We assume that at the completion of each service, the server may decide to take a vacation of fixed length d (> 0) with probability p or may continue to be available in the system for the next service with probability 1 − p. One may encounter numerous examples in real life where the server takes deterministic vacations. For convenience, we will designate our system as the M/G/D/1 queueing system which is briefly described by the following assumptions. • Customers arrive at the system one by one in a Poisson stream with mean arrival rate λ (> 0). • The service to customers is provided one by one on a first come, first served basis and their service times follow a general (arbi-
Algebraic Methods in Molecular and Nuclear Structure Physics

SCHEMATIC MODELS. Identical Bosons. Non-Identical Bosons. Bosons and Fermions. Supersymmetry and F Spin. MOLECULAR MODELS. Diatomic Molecules. Triatomic Molecules. Bose-Fermi Symmetries and Molecular Electronic Spectra. NUCLEAR MODELS. The Interacting Boson Model. The Neutron-Proton Interacting Boson Model. The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model. Appendices. Index.
Accuracy in Translations by Visually-Impaired Students and Its Implications for Competence and Improvement Aspects

Translation is a career that can also offer benefits to the visually impaired. Visually impaired translators face the normal technical and non-technical challenges of translation - common for all translators. This means that the quality of the visually impaired translation is not an easy task, as certain categories can be compromised by accuracy. Case studies, which researched the accuracy of translations of two visually impaired students, who majored in translation studies, emphasized a need to improve their competence in translation. The analysis of two categories of translation tasks, from these case studies revealed two conclusions. Firstly, the two visually impaired students were able to accurately translate all non-academic texts. Secondly, however, when translating academic texts, the two students faced difficulties with the quality, as measured by the inaccuracies in these translations. The conclusions from these case studies are there are implications of needing to develop, and improve, the competence of translations by visually impaired students. Translation education must be able to maximize the competence and ability of visually impaired students based on their special characteristic.
NBU and Its Role in the Implementation of Monetary and Credit Policy in Wartime

The article examines the purpose, methods and tools of the monetary and credit policy of the National Bank of Ukraine. It is determined that the NBU is the main State-authorized institution in Ukraine, which is responsible for planning and implementing monetary and credit policy. Monetary and credit policy is a complex of measures in the field of money circulation and credit, which are intended to ensure the stability of the monetary unit of Ukraine due to the introduction of regulated by law funds and techniques. It is established that the financial sector is the key element of the national economy; its vital functions ensure the sustainable development of the economy, the creation and distribution of financial resources and services, the accumulation of investment capital, as well as the improvement of macroeconomic and monetary indicators. In today's harsh conditions such as: rising inflation, destruction of transport infrastructure, decline of business, reduction of sown areas, blockade of ports, devaluation of the UAH, growth of the budget deficit, issues of monetary regulation are becoming extremely important. The war projected on the country's economy, has become a difficult challenge for the National Bank in improving and adjusting the current monetary and credit policy, finding innovative mechanisms for its implementation. Carrying out an active foreign policy, attracting funds from the IMF, the World and European Banks, opening a special account to raise funds from individuals - these are some of the tools used by the NBU in wartime. On the other hand, the pressure on the world community is aimed at ending trade relations with the aggressor country, helping to minimize any attraction of funds into the Russian budget, thus depriving them of the opportunity to finance the war. Another important tool is the analysis of the world experience of countries in resolving the postwar crisis, and the adoption of their tools and mechanisms for economic recovery - all this is the purpose of this article.
Soluble programmed cell death-ligand 1 as a new potential biomarker associated with acute coronary syndrome

Background Soluble programmed cell death-ligand 1 (sPD-L1) has been well documented to activate immunosuppression and is considered an essential predictor of negative clinical outcomes for several malignances and inflammatory conditions. However, the clinical significance of sPD-L1 in the peripheral blood of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the correlations of sPD-L1 with clinical features in CAD patients and evaluate the diagnostic value of this protein in CAD. Methods A total of 111 CAD patients and 97 healthy volunteers who served as healthy controls (HCs) were consecutively enrolled. Plasma levels of sPD-L1 were measured with an amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and hs-CRP was measured with a C-reactive protein assay kit. The levels of other inflammatory cytokines were assessed in 88 CAD patients and 47 HCs by a multiparameter immunoluminescence flow cytometry detection technique. A logistic regression model was used to assess the independent association of sPD-L1 with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The correlation between sPD-L1 and inflammatory cytokines in ACS was also assessed. Results Plasma levels of sPD-L1 were significantly increased in CAD patients, especially those with ACS. Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that sPD-L1 (OR: 3.382, 95% CI: 2.249–5.084, p < 0.001), BMI, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, previous MI, and the levels of HDL-C, LDL-C and hs-CRP were significantly associated with ACS. sPD-L1 (OR: 3.336, 95% CI: 1.084–6.167, p = 0.001) was found to be independently and significantly associated with ACS in the subsequent multivariable logistic regression analysis. Additionally, elevated plasma sPD-L1 levels were associated with increased interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 levels in ACS patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that the AUC of sPD-L1 for diagnosing ACS was 0.778, with a sensitivity of 73.9% and a specificity of 73.4%, which was comparable with that of the inflammatory biomarker hs-CRP. Conclusion The plasma sPD-L1 level reflects the severity of CAD, is associated with inflammatory responses and is a potential new biomarker for the diagnosis of ACS.
Signs of sexuality in a book about death seen through a psychoanalytic lens: Paradox and parody in play and perversion

Whereas the Song of Songs can be said to be about Eros, the Book of Job could be about Thanatos. Yet, the Song ends with a crucial reference to death, and in the Book of Job there are subtle traces of sexuality: the first chapter tells about probably promiscuous parties held by Job’s children who then die during such a feast. Job reacts by referring to the womb, which presumably has sexual connotations. The womb is once again an issue in chapters 3 and 10. Twice he mentions breasts, although negatively connoted. In his last speech, Job suddenly refers several times to hypothetical transgressions with women, which betrays his hidden desires behind his piety. In addition, apart from body-parts such as the feet, hands and heart, a tail, loins and even a nose might sometimes be interpreted as euphemisms with phallic hints. In the final chapter his three ‘new’ daughters are the most beautiful in the world, perhaps presenting him as eventually allowing his libido to be re-introjected. Through a psychoanalytical lens it is, however, possible to make sense of this unexpected presence of sexual traces in a book about death.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Approaching texts from a psychoanalytical perspective challenges historical-critical exegesis by questioning its assumption that universality dissolves into historicity. It adds unconscious aspects of a text, here interpreting unexpected traces of sexuality in a book about mourning. This is done in a divergent way by pointing out various possible understandings.
A Qualitative Approach to the Public Perception of AI

Since the Dartmouth workshop on Artificial Intelligence coined the term, AI has been a topic ofevergrowing scientific and public interest. Understanding its impact on society is essential to avoid potential pitfalls in its applications. This study employed a qualitative approach to focus on the public’s knowledge of, and expectations for AI. We interviewed 25 participants in 30-minute interviews over a period of two months. In these interviews we investigated what people generally know about AI, what advantages and disadvantages they expect, and how much contact they have had with AI or AI based technology. Two main themes emerged: (1) a dystopian view about AI (e.g., ‘’the Terminator’’) and (2) an exaggerated or utopian attitude about the possibilities and abilities of AI. In conclusion, there needs to be accurate information, presentation, and education on AI and its potential impact in order to manage the expectations and actual capabilities.
Technical efficiency of beef cattle production in the regency of Minahasa Tenggara, province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia

A fattening cultivation of beef cattle in the Province of North Sulawesi is managed by the backyard farming, characterized by a lower productivity, small-scaled business, and traditional management. This type of business has become priority to satisfy the need of beef consumption. Then, the objective of this research is to analyze the extent of technical efficiency of beef cattle fattening. In detail, data collection was conducted in both Districts of Belang and Tombatu Timur, Regency of Minahasa Tenggara on January-February 2022. Two villages of the respective District were selected purposively as the sampling village. Additionally, the research used primary data, obtained from 60 farmers and selected by purposive sampling method. The data, then, was analyzed using the production function of the Stochastic frontier. In sum up, the results of analysis demonstrate that the fattening industry of beef cattle was feasible to perform, but the output of technical efficiency of beef cattle industry was still low, by its average of efficiency index value of 0.670. Meanwhile, the determining factors of beef cattle production were labor, green feed, and weight of feeder cattle. The access, therefore, to information sources, such as technical training and access to the improvement of total beef by capital increasing, is necessary to be developed.
Low Computational-Complexity SOMS-Algorithm and High-Throughput Decoder Architecture for QC-LDPC Codes

This article proposes a simplified offset min-sum (SOMS) decoding algorithm for the QC-LDPC codes. It is an implementation-friendly algorithm based on a new logarithmic-likelihood-ratio (LLR) grouping technique that alleviates the computational complexity of the QC-LDPC channel-decoder. This work also presents a parallel and hardware-efficient architecture of the QC-LDPC decoder based on the suggested SOMS algorithm. Additional architectural transformations have been carried out to reduce the routing complexity of the proposed decoder and deliver lower latency and higher throughput. Comprehensive performance analysis of the SOMS algorithm has been presented under various scenarios based on the specifications of the 5G-NR standard. It shows that the suggested SOMS algorithm delivers an adequate FER of 10<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{-5}$</tex-math></inline-formula> at SNR of 1.3 dB while decoding 16-QAM modulated QC-LDPC code with the code rate of 1/3 and the code length of 26112 bits. Subsequently, our QC-LDPC decoder has been hardware-implemented on the FPGA platform (Xilinx Zynq-Ultrascale+ board) that operates at the maximum clock frequency of 128.36 MHz. It can be reconfigured to support seven different 5G-NR code lengths and code rates that range between 10368<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula>26112 bits and 1/3<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula>8/9, respectively. This FPGA implementation of the proposed QC-LDPC decoder delivers a peak throughput of 13.3 Gbps and latency of 0.77 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>s while decoding with 10 iterations. On comparing this work with the reported implementations, the proposed decoder has shown 7.5× higher throughput and 34% better hardware efficiency than the state-of-the-art implementations.
Impact of Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Outpatient Treatment for Clostridioides difficile Infection and Associated Clinical Outcomes

Abstract Background The 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (IDSA/SHEA) Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile infection (CDI) guideline update recommended treatment with fidaxomicin or vancomycin for CDI. We aimed to examine outpatient CDI treatment utilization before and after the guideline update and compare clinical outcomes associated with fidaxomicin versus vancomycin use. Methods A pre-post study design was employed using Medicare data. CDI treatment utilization and clinical outcomes (4- and 8-week sustained response, CDI recurrence) were compared between patients indexed from April–September 2017 (preguideline period) and those indexed from April–September 2018 (postguideline period). Clinical outcomes associated with fidaxomicin versus vancomycin were compared using propensity score–matched analyses. Results From the pre- to postguideline period, metronidazole use decreased (initial CDI: 81.2% to 53.5%; recurrent CDI: 49.7% to 27.6%) while vancomycin (initial CDI: 17.9% to 44.9%; recurrent CDI: 48.1% to 66.4%) and fidaxomicin (initial CDI: 0.87% to 1.63%; recurrent CDI: 2.2% to 6.0%) use increased significantly (P < .001 for all). However, clinical outcomes did not improve. In propensity score–matched analyses, fidaxomicin versus vancomycin users had 4-week sustained response rates that were higher by 13.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.0%–22.9%; P = .0058) and 30.0% (95% CI, 16.8%–44.3%; P = .0002) in initial and recurrent CDI cohorts, respectively. Recurrence rates were numerically lower for fidaxomicin in both cohorts. Conclusions Vancomycin use increased and metronidazole use decreased after the 2017 guideline update. Fidaxomicin use increased but remained low. Improved outcomes associated with fidaxomicin relative to vancomycin suggest benefits from its greater use in Medicare patients.
Statistics in Theory and Practice

Aimed at a diverse scientific audience, including physicists, astronomers, chemists, geologists, and economists, this book explains the theory underlying the classical statistical methods. Its level is between introductory "how to" texts and intimidating mathematical monographs. A reader without previous exposure to statistics will finish the book with a sound working knowledge of statistical methods, while a reader already familiar with the standard tests will come away with an understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and domains of applicability. The mathematical level is that of an advanced undergraduate; for example, matrices and Fourier analysis are used where appropriate. Among the topics covered are common probability distributions; sampling and the distribution of sampling statistics; confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and the theory of tests; estimation (including maximum likelihood); goodness of fit (including c2 and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests); and non-parametric and rank tests. There are nearly one hundred problems (with answers) designed to bring out points in the text and to cover topics slightly outside the main line of development.
Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials A Pilot Study - Comparison between a Novel Combination of Bioactive Glass with Clodronate and Bioactive Glass Alone as a Treatment for Chronic Periodontitis

Bioactive glass (BAG) and clodronate are both used for bone regeneration. In this pilot clinical study, we compared the effect of BAG and a novel BAG+clodronate combination as a topical maintenance phase treatment for chronic periodontitis. Two dental residual pockets were treated in each subject (n=10): one with BAG alone and the other with combination product, by applying the products subgingivally for 10 min once a week for four weeks. We describe the effects of these investigational products to the clinical parameters of periodontitis and two bone metabolism markers (osteoprotegerin and osteocalcin). Additionally, subjective satisfaction for the treatment was evaluated. The results must be considered as directional, understanding that further investigation is needed to confirm the findings. Based on clinical parameters measured both treatments could benefit as maintenance therapy for chronic periodontitis. The positive effect of the combination product on tooth sensitivity may bring additional benefits in comparison to the use of BAG alone. Both treatments were well tolerated and safe.