Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Oberg-Manske-Tonkin Classification of Congenital Upper Extremity Anomalies

Purpose Although the Oberg-Manske-Tonkin (OMT) classification has been recommended by the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand owing to some insufficiencies of the Swanson classification system, it has not achieved a universal adoption by hand surgeons. In this study, we hypothesize that the OMT classification can be used easily to classify congenital upper extremity anomalies. We also aim to make epidemiological analysis of congenital upper extremity anomalies with the OMT classification and to compare the applicability of the OMT and the Swanson classifications. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 711 patients and 833 extremities operated on between 2012 and 2017. Photographs, plain x-rays, and brief medical histories of the patients were evaluated by 4 plastic surgeons. Two independent evaluations were made by each surgeon in 1-month interval using these classification systems. Results Total number of upper extremity anomalies recorded was 1050. Of the 711 patients operated on, 122 had bilateral anomalies. The anomalies were identified in 833 extremities because many extremities had more than a single diagnosis. We were able to classify all of the anomalies within the OMT classification. The OMT classification gives better reliability results compared with the Swanson classification according to intrarater and interrater reliabilities. Conclusions Compared with the Swanson classification system based on phenotypic evaluation of the extremity, the OMT classification system is easier to apply and the association of the anomaly with the embryologic origin during evaluation is possible. We believe that multiple studies from different centers will boost the international acceptance of the OMT classification.
Dynein-mediated microtubule translocation powering neurite outgrowth in chick and Aplysia neurons requires microtubule assembly

ABSTRACT Previously, we have shown that bulk microtubule (MT) movement correlates with neurite elongation, and blocking either dynein activity or MT assembly inhibits both processes. However, whether the contributions of MT dynamics and dynein activity to neurite elongation are separate or interdependent is unclear. Here, we investigated the underlying mechanism by testing the roles of dynein and MT assembly in neurite elongation of Aplysia and chick neurites using time-lapse imaging, fluorescent speckle microscopy, super-resolution imaging and biophysical analysis. Pharmacologically inhibiting either dynein activity or MT assembly reduced neurite elongation rates as well as bulk and individual MT anterograde translocation. Simultaneously suppressing both processes did not have additive effects, suggesting a shared mechanism of action. Single-molecule switching nanoscopy revealed that inhibition of MT assembly decreased the association of dynein with MTs. Finally, inhibiting MT assembly prevented the rise in tension induced by dynein inhibition. Taken together, our results suggest that MT assembly is required for dynein-driven MT translocation and neurite outgrowth. Summary: Microtubule assembly and dynein-driven microtubule translocation are interdependent processes required for neurite elongation.
Comparative Evaluation of Pharmacy Patient Safety Culture in all Levels of Health Care Delivery in Delta State, Nigeria

In health care, there is a move towards a patient safety culture as a means of ensuring sustainable positive patient care outcomes. This study evaluated the safety cultures in the health institutions in Delta State, Nigeria. An adapted form of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Questionnaire on Pharmacy Safety was administered to 118 pharmacy personnel in 10 hospitals spread across the 3 senatorial districts. Data was analyzed with SPSS.20. The number of pharmacists was inadequate; pharmacy organization at the secondary and tertiary levels was better than the primary level; At all three levels, the safety cultures of Staff Training and Skills, Teamwork, Communication Openness, and Patient Counseling were generally positively rated. Highly significant differences existed in the safety culture of documenting mistakes in the pharmacy. There were significant differences in most culture composites between the three levels of care. The general trend was Tertiary>Secondary>Primary in positivity. On the overall Rating of Patient Safety, all levels were rated Very Good / Excellent. However, there were isolated lapses in safety culture composites requiring attention; pharmacy managers, in particular, are therefore enjoined to re-evaluate the safety cultures in their domain to identify areas of systemic failure.
Clinicopathological aspects and proviral load of adulthood infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1: Comparison between juvenile and adulthood forms

Background Infective dermatitis associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), (IDH), is a chronic eczema occurring in HTLV-1 infected children. Rare cases of adulthood IDH have been reported and no study until now aimed to compare juvenile and adulthood IDH. Methodology/Principal findings Twelve cases of adulthood IDH followed for a mean time of 7.5 years were analyzed according to clinicopathological and molecular aspects, comparing them to juvenile IDH cases. Diagnosis was based on the modified major criteria used for juvenile IDH. Proviral load (PVL) assessment was performed by real-time PCR technique. Adulthood IDH presented similar clinicopathological and molecular aspects compared to juvenile IDH. The morphology of lesions and areas of involvement were similar, except for the involvement of the ankles and inframammary folds in the adulthood form. HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) occurred in six adulthood IDH patients, with almost equal frequency. However, at least in two patients, HAM/TSP appeared prior to IDH, differently from what was observed in juvenile IDH. Conclusions/Significance Adulthood IDH is similar to juvenile IDH according to clinicopathological aspects and PVL levels. Therefore, the same modified major diagnostic criteria for juvenile IDH can be applied to both forms.
Association between high dose catecholamine support and liver dysfunction following cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass is a well‐established procedure. However, up to 20% to 30% of patients require high dose vasopressor or inotropic support following surgery, enhancing the risk of organ dysfunction and impacting mortality. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a frequent finding in these patients and may be involved in the pathophysiology of vasoplegia and cardiac failure.
Chebyshev-Type Integral Inequalities for Continuous Fields of Operators Concerning Khatri-Rao Products and Synchronous Properties

We consider bounded continuous fields of self-adjoint operators which are parametrized by a locally compact Hausdorff space Ω equipped with a finite Radon measure μ . Under certain assumptions on synchronous Khatri–Rao property of the fields of operators, we obtain Chebyshev-type inequalities concerning Khatri–Rao products. We also establish Chebyshev-type inequalities involving Khatri–Rao products and weighted Pythagorean means under certain assumptions of synchronous monotone property of the fields of operators. The Pythagorean means considered here are three classical symmetric means: the geometric mean, the arithmetic mean, and the harmonic mean. Moreover, we derive the Chebyshev–Grüss integral inequality via oscillations when μ is a probability Radon measure. These integral inequalities can be reduced to discrete inequalities by setting Ω to be a finite space equipped with the counting measure. Our results provide analog results for matrices and integrable functions. Furthermore, our results include the results for tensor products of operators, and Khatri–Rao/Kronecker/Hadamard products of matrices, which have been not investigated in the literature.
Variation and Correlations in Departures from Symmetry of Brain Torque, Humeral Morphology and Handedness in an Archaeological Sample of Homo sapiens

The anatomical asymmetries of the human brain are the subject of a great deal of scientific interest because of their links with handedness and lateralized cognitive functions. Information about lateralization in humans is also available from the post-cranial skeleton, particularly the arm bones, in which differences in size and shape are related to hand/arm preference. Our objective here is to characterize the possible correlations between the endocranial and post-cranial asymmetries of an archaeological sample. This, in turn, will allow us to try to identify and interpret prospective functional traits in the archaeological and fossil records. We observe that directional asymmetry (DA) is present both for some endocranial and humeral traits because of brain lateralization and lateralized behaviors, while patterns of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) vary. The combined study of these anatomical elements and of their asymmetries can shed light on the ways in which the body responds to dependent asymmetrical stimuli across biologically independent anatomical areas. Variations in FA are, in this context, indicators of differences in answers to lateralized factors. Humeri tend to show a much larger range of variation than the endocast. We show that important but complex information may be extracted from the combined study of the endocast and the arms in an archaeological sample of Homo sapiens.
Symmetric Modeling of Communication Effectiveness and Satisfaction for Communication Software on Job Performance

Job performance is an issue highly related to the repetition of one enterprise. Because of the popularity of the Internet, consumer electronics have boomed rapidly and remove the space limitation stems. Users in the Taiwanese community send messages or share information through communication software that leads to more dependence from business. Various business problems have been solved and job performance has increased through the diversified functions on communication software. Thus, this research supposed that staff are willing to continuously use communication software LINE(a new communication app which allows one to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages), and they agree that the varied functions of communication software would mean that information delivery more symmetrically affects their job performance. According to the research outcomes, communication effectiveness significantly influenced communication satisfaction and job performance, and communication satisfaction significantly influenced job performance. As organizational communication must be conducted through media that disseminate information, and different media have different communication effects, the relationship between communication effectiveness and job performance was completely mediated by communication satisfaction. The research suggested companies or organizations use LINE as a symmetric communication method to not only help employees improve their job performance, but also help enterprises achieve their goals or raise the profit, or even steady development for enterprises.
Trypanosomes of the Australian brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)- the parasites, the host and their potential vectors

The brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is known locally as the woylie and is one of two critically endangered potoroids in Australia. At a species level, they have declined by 90% since 1999, with their current distribution occupying a small fraction of their former Australian range. The predation of individuals made more vulnerable by disease is thought to be the primary cause of this decline; however, there may be other, as yet unidentified, stressors. This thesis details research that investigated whether trypanosomes are the causative agent that has reduced the fitness of the woylie and made them more vulnerable to predation. Woylies and haematophagous insects were sampled from five locations in southern Western Australia. Woylie health checks included the measurement of weight and skeletal morphometrics from adults, sub-adults and pouch young; reproductive observations on adult females; the collection of blood and ectoparasites from adults and sub-adults; and the single collection of tissues from a deceased adult woylie. During reproductive examinations, the maximum annual breeding potential was observed for the adult female, as to the pouch life, rate of growth, age of independence, sexual maturity and mating of the pouch young. Crown-rump and skeletal measurements of the developing pouch young were adequate predictors of age, with resulting growth curves being incorporated by the Department of Parks and Wildlife during conservation field-work. During the morphological investigation of trypanosomes from the woylie, a new species was identified and described: Trypanosoma vegrandis sp. nov. Morphological polymorphism was also identified for Trypanosoma copemani, with two different phenotypes described. Spatially, the prevalence of parasitic infections varied among the five study sites, with contrasting trypanosome prevalence observed from the two declining indigenous populations within the Upper Warren region in southern Western Australia. Parasitaemia associated with trypanosome infection in the peripheral blood of the woylie exhibited a temporal decline as the infection progressed, being indicative of the infection transitioning between the acute and chronic phase. This thesis addresses host reproductive biology, trypanosome identification, spatial, temporal and transmission dynamics of infections, with relation to acute and chronic health of the woylie. It appears that the chronic intracellular association of trypanosomes with the internal organs of the woylie may be potentially pathogenic and adversely affect the fitness and coordination of the woylie, making them more susceptible to predation. As evident from this thesis, the chronic effect of trypanosome infections requires consideration during future conservation efforts to protect the woylie from extinction.
Nonlocal Elasticity Response of Doubly-Curved Nanoshells

In this paper, we focus on the bending behavior of isotropic doubly-curved nanoshells based on a high-order shear deformation theory, whose shape functions are selected as an accurate combination of exponential and trigonometric functions instead of the classical polynomial functions. The small-scale effect of the nanostructure is modeled according to the differential law consequent, but is not equivalent to the strain-driven nonlocal integral theory of elasticity equipped with Helmholtz’s averaging kernel. The governing equations of the problem are obtained from the Hamilton’s principle, whereas the Navier’s series are proposed for a closed form solution of the structural problem involving simply-supported nanostructures. The work provides a unified framework for the bending study of both thin and thick symmetric doubly-curved shallow and deep nanoshells, while investigating spherical and cylindrical panels subjected to a point or a sinusoidal loading condition. The effect of several parameters, such as the nonlocal parameter, as well as the mechanical and geometrical properties, is investigated on the bending deflection of isotropic doubly-curved shallow and deep nanoshells. The numerical results from our investigation could be considered as valid benchmarks in the literature for possible further analyses of doubly-curved applications in nanotechnology.
Transport Properties in Dense QCD Matter

Transport properties of dense QCD matter are discussed. Using the Kubo formula for conductivity, we discuss some topological aspects of quark matter during the chiral transition. The close relation to Weyl semimetal is pointed out and anomalous Hall effect is demonstrated to be possible. In particular, it is shown that the spectral asymmetry of the quasi-particles plays an important role for the Hall conductivity in the magnetic field.
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1The School of Clinical Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Laboratory of ImmunoOncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiation Biology, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China
The perspective of packaging professionals

Title: Food Packaging Trends for the Refrigerator: The perspective of packaging professionals Author: Elisabete Oliveira Division: Packaging Logistics, Department of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Supervisors: Annika Olsson, Professor at Packaging Logistics & Karla Marie Paredes, Guest Lecturer at Innovation Engineering; both from the Department of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University; And Simona Iuculano Design Manager, Food Preservation at AB Electrolux Issue of study: Consumers interact with primary food packaging and the refrigerator on a daily basis, although the interaction and impact food packaging has on the design of refrigerators is not clear. The Swedish home appliances company Electrolux, manufacturer’s refrigerators with the consumer needs in mind. The food packaging market is diversified in terms of formats, dimensions, functions and materials. Thus, anticipating the potential changes might help Electrolux to improve even further. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the primary packaging trends of chilled and frozen foods in order to analyse how they might impact the design and development of future refrigerators. Method: A qualitative research was conducted; primary data was collected with resource to an exploratory method of in-depth semi-structured interviews of packaging professionals and to an online observation of four food categories in Sweden and in the United Kingdom; secondary data was collected by literature research. The methods resulted in inductive and deductive inferencing respectively, therefore in this study, results and discussion lead to an abductive reasoning, with conclusions generated from the collected data.
Sporadic Hemangioblastoma of the Filum Terminale: Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract Hemangioblatomas are low grade, highly vascular tumors usually associated with VHL syndrome and most commonly occurs in the cerebellum. They very rarely occur in the spinal nerve roots and an origin in the filum terminale is exceptionl. A 47 year old man presented with low back pain, paresthesias and stiffness of the both lower limbs. He also had urinary retention and constipation. MRI showed an enhancing mass at the L5 vertebral level with multiple dilated and tortuous vessels at both poles of the tumor. Digital subtraction angiogram showed the tumor to be supplied by the anterior spinal artery and dural branches of lumbar arteries. At surgery, a well-defined tumor with orange red hue was found to be arising from the filum terminale. The tumor was excised en bloc. Histopathological examination showed hemangioblastoma which was confirmed with immunohistochemistry. Clinical symptoms improved significantly after surgery. A sporadic hemangioblastoma arising from the filum terminale should be considered as a rare cause of back pain and sciatica. Total excision of the tumor usually cures the patient.
Nitrogen and phosphorus leaching from the hydromorphic soils of bidj-bosut field in Croatia

Aim of this study was to investigate nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) leaching from five hydromorhic soils of Bidj-Bosut field in the 2004-2008 period. Total ten lysimeters were installed for percolate collection. Area covered by percolate flowing to 55 cm of depth was 0.2 m 2 in form of plate (ø 50 cm). Average yearly applied fertilization (kg/ha) for the crops in different rotations (alfalfa, maize, wheat, barley and soybean) was 195 and 104, for N and P2O5, respectively. Average collected percolate was 172 mm with average variations among the years from 58 to 264 mm and among the sites from 135 to 201 mm. In average 172 mm or close to one fourth part of total precipitation (740 mm) were removed by percolation. Average N and P leaching by percolation (kg/ha) were 20.83 (N) and 0.77 (P) with average variation among the years from 9.11 to 43.46 (N) and from 0.45 to 1.34 (P) and among the sites from 7.22 to 29.51 (N) and from 0.52 to 0.98 (P), respectively. Average 13.79 kg N/ha or 66.2% of total N and 0.36 kg P/ha or 46.8% were leached in the autumn-winter period. Depended on the year, from 6.6% to 20.5% N and from 1.16 to 2.30% P added by fertilization were leached by percolation. General conclusion is that management practice of tested area is potential danger regarding ground and surface water pollution with nitrogen and considerably lower with phosphorus.
Helping Language Learners Get Started with Concordancing.

While studies exploring the overall effectiveness of Data Driven Learning activities have been positive, learner participants often seem to report dif culties in deciding what to look up, and how to formulate appropriate queries for a search (Gabel, 2001; Sun, 2003; Yeh, Liou, & Li, 2007). The Prime Machine (Jeaco, 2015) was developed as a concordancing tool to be used speci cally for looking up, comparing and exploring vocabulary and language patterns for English language teaching and self-tutoring. The design of this concordancer took a pedagogical perspective on the corpus techniques and methods to be used, focusing on English for Academic Purposes and including important software design principles from Computer Aided Language Learning. The software includes a range of search support and display features which try to make the comparison process for exploring speci c words and collocations easier. This paper reports on student use of this concordancer, drawing on log data records from mouse clicks and software features as well as questionnaire responses from the participants. Twenty-three undergraduate students from a Sino-British university in China participated in the evaluation. Results from logs of search support features and general use of the software are compared with questionnaire responses from before and after the session. It is believed that The Prime Machine can be a very useful corpus tool which, while simple to operate, provides a wealth of information for language learning.