Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of hyperpolarised gas MRI and CT-based surrogates of ventilation

Background: Non-contrast CT-based surrogates of regional ventilation derived from pulmonary images acquired at multiple inflation levels have been proposed as alternatives to established modalities. However, their physiological accuracy has yet to be validated prior to clinical translation. Purpose: To address the hypothesis that these surrogates can provide information comparable to a direct measure of ventilation from hyperpolarised gas MRI ventilation via: i. development of a methodology for registering CT and gas MRI. ii. comparison of these surrogates with gas MRI at the lobar level. iii. evaluation of the impact of inflation levels when comparing gas MRI and ventilation CT. iv. development of an image acquisition and analysis framework to facilitate spatial correlations of both techniques. v. assessment of the effect of using different gases on the correlation. Methods: i. A method to indirectly register gas MRI to CT via same-breath 1H-structural MR images was developed and its accuracy was assessed. ii. A ventilation model based on expansion of lobar CT segmentations was compared with gas MRI lobar ventilation measurements. iii. The spatial overlap of ventilation CT was compared to gas MRI acquired at two different inflation levels. iv. An image acquisition protocol was designed to minimise differences in acquisition settings between scans such as posture and breathing manoeuvre and analysis methods were developed to enable direct regional and voxel level correlations. v. The effect of using two different noble gases, namely, 3He and 129Xe, on correlation with ventilation CT was assessed. Results: i. The indirect method of registration was more accurate than direct registration. ii. Despite subtle differences, lobar ventilation measurements derived from CT and hyperpolarised gas MRI were comparable. iii. Comparison of ventilation CT and gas MRI varied with inflation state. iv. The spatial correlation between ventilation CT and gas MRI increased at coarser levels. v. A marked improvement in correlation was observed for 3He and 129Xe MRI in contrast to when ventilation CT was compared with either 3He and 129Xe MRI. Conclusion: Although CT-based surrogates of ventilation show promise for replacing established ventilation modalities such as hyperpolarised gas MRI, particularly at coarser levels, they cannot be assumed to be equivalent to the techniques they purport to replace.
Experimental investigation of the performance of biosurfactant to wettability alteration and interfacial tension (IFT) reduction in microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)

Abstract In this Study, the biosurfactant production potential of Enterobacter Cloacae and Enterobacter Hormaechei microorganisms that were isolated from one of the oil reservoir formation water located in the southwest of Iran was explored. The produced biosurfactant caused substantial surface tension reduction of the growth medium and interfacial tension reduction between oil and brine to 31 and 3.2 mN/m from the original value of 72 and 29 mN/m respectively. In addition, the impact of other parameters such as temperature and salinity were investigated by performing appropriate experiments. The results show that the wettability alteration toward neutrally wet conditions could be the dominant mechanism on the improvement of oil recovery and the adsorption of bacteria cells and forming biofilm was the main contributor to this wettability alteration.
Risk Factors Intra Uterin Fetal Death at Nabire Genaral Hospital Papua Province

P erinatal's mortality, child mortality maternal's mortality, and toddler mortality constitute helath situation parameter, midwifery service, and health and reflects economic social situation a state Embryonic mortality in womb at Indonesian unknown for sure since haven't available survey that comprehensive. Embryonic death instance become by RSUD Nabire and has risk of mother data and also mother health history. This research aimed to know the risk factor’s intra uterin fetaldeath at genaralhospital nabire regency Papuan Province. The mothed was observasional by designs studi case control with retrospective approaching. This research is executed at genaralhospital Nabire Regency that will be plotted on month of September 2016 as much 58 intra uterin fetal death cases and konrtrol as much 58. Acquired data of medik's recording data and analysing to utilize chi square and binars regression logistics. Results revealed that there is not corelation variable to INTRA uterin fetal death insidence is aged ( p value 1,000; OR = 0,926; CI95%= 0,428 – 2,000), ethnic Intra Uterin Fetal Death ( p value 0,707; OR= 0,809; CI95%= 0,387 – 1,692), ANC frequency ( p value 0,477; OR= 0,636; CI95= 0,248 – 1,630) and congenital abnormality ( p value 0,435; OR = 2,642; CI95%= 0,491 – 14,206). Influential variable to Intra Uterin Fetal Death insidene at general hospital Nabire regency is obstetrics hystories ( p value 0,001; OR= 7,105; CI95%= 2,248 – 22,461), pre eklampsia / eklampsia ( p value 0,032; OR= 2,554; CI95%= 1,155 – 5,646), long partus ( p value 0,007; OR= 5,143; CI95%= 1,600 – 16,529) and plasenta winding ( p value 0,033; OR= 5,833; CI95%= 1,218 – 27,937). Obstetrics history, pre eklampsia / eklampsia, and partus so long constitute dominant factor to intra Uterin Fetal Death insidence at general hospital Nabire.
Modifiable risk factors and preoperative optimization of the primary total arthroplasty patient

The bundle payment system combined with the current medical utilization climate has placed pressure on surgeons to produce excellent results with early functional recovery and short hospital stays after total hip arthroplasty (THA). There is concern that patients with comorbidities may encounter difficulty finding a surgeon willing to perform elective arthroplasty because of their increased risk of complications. Treating modifiable preoperative risk factors can reduce postoperative complications, re-admission rates, length of hospital stay, and adverse surgical outcomes. In this article we review the recent literature on clinical strategies for improving modifiable risk factors to meet patient expectations and achieve good outcomes.
Effect of thyroxine on initial catch-up growth in children with hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathies seen in children and adolescents. Primary hypothyroidism occurs due to deficient functioning of the thyroid gland and manifests as congenital or acquired hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormones are necessary for early brain development, somatic growth, bone and pubertal maturation. They have a profound direct stimulatory effect on bone growth and skeletal maturation. Beyond the age of 3 years, when thyroid hormone dependent brain development is completed, the effects of thyroid deprivation is more evident on physical growth, metabolic functions and skeletal maturation, with less impairment of intellectual functions. Hypothyroidism in childhood is almost invariably associated with growth failure and short stature may be the presenting feature. Failure of growth is caused by a decrease in the direct effect of thyroid hormones on skeletal growth and by a secondary reduction in growth hormone secretion and concentration of IGF-1 and other growth factors. ABSTRACT
ISLAMIC SOCIAL REPORTING (ISR) ANALYSIS IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA

The purposes of this study are to examine the effect of company size, profitability, board of commissioners, proportion of independent commissioners, and frequency of meetings on the level of Islamic Social Reporting (ISR) in Indonesia and Malaysia and to test whether there is difference ISR in Indonesia and Malaysia. The sample of this study are 10 companies that issued sukuk at Indonesia Shariah Stocks Index and 8 companies on Malaysia Stock Exchange in 2013-2017. Multiple regression and different tests are used in this research as analysis techniques. The results show that the size of the company effects on the level of ISR in Indonesia positively but not in Malaysia. Profitability, board size, and the proportion of independent commissioners does not effect on ISR levels in Indonesia and Malaysia. The frequency of board of commissioners meetings effect on ISR levels in Indonesia and Malaysia positively and there is difference ISR in Indonesia and Malaysia. The implication of this research is that there is a need for regulations that regulate ISR disclosure in Indonesia to improve the quality of ISR disclosure to the stakeholders
Religion in the Age of the Anthropocene

Though responses to the Anthropocene have largely come from the natural and social sciences, religious responses to the Anthropocene have also been gaining momentum and many scholars have been calling for a religious response to complement scientific responses to climate change. Yet because Genesis 1:28 does indeed tell human beings to ‘subdue the earth’ monotheistic religions have often been understood as complicit in the human exceptionalism that is thought to have created the conditions for the Anthropocene. In distinction to such Biblical traditions, indigenous animistic cultures have typically respected all forms of life as ‘persons’ and such traditions have thus become a source of inspiration for ecological movements. After discussing contemporary Christian efforts to integrate the natural sciences and the environment into their responses to the Anthropocene, this article will turn to animism and seek to evaluate the risks and benefits that could ensue from a postmodern form of animism that could provide a necessary postsecular response to the Anthropocene.
European Perspectives on the Information Society: Annual Monitoring Synthesis and Emerging Trend Updates

This report is one of the outcomes of the EPIS06 Project – European Perspectives on the Information Society – carried out by the ETEPS (European Techno-Economic Policy Support) network in cooperation with the Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC IPTS) with the aim of providing strategic intelligence to policy makers by taking a prospective view on the evolution of ICT. This report combines the Annual Monitoring Synthesis (AMS) Report and five Emerging Trend Updates (ETU). It forms one of the main building blocks of the project, establishing an observatory of trends in technology and business evolutions of ICT. More particularly, the Annual Monitoring Synthesis Report (AMS Report) aims to identify new ICT-related developments likely to have a significant impact on the future of the Information Society, both in terms of growth and jobs for Europe and R&D policy prioritisation. By scanning and monitoring recent major foresight exercises and industrial technology roadmaps, as well as other future-oriented analysis and policy papers, the AMS attempts to detect early signals and possible disruptive forces so as to enable timely policy responses and anticipate potential challenges for policy makers. The AMS is structured along six main themes which emerged as a result of the analysis: Convergence of infrastructures, Human-computer convergence – technologies for direct human computer interaction, Pervasive or ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence, The future of the Internet, Citizens’ concerns, Working life. A structured overview with a summary of each of the foresights, roadmaps and other sources studied is presented in the AMS report annex. In addition, five Emerging Trends Updates (ETU) present the results of focused briefs on emerging themes of interest for policy making, covering the following topics: ETU1 on the state-of-the-art of the creative content sector, ETU2 on ICT and the offshoring of services, ETU3 on ICT and the role of ICTs as enablers for energy efficiency, ETU4 on ICT tools and services in intelligent domestic and personal environments, ETU5 on ICT and privacy in the Knowledge Society – the case of search engines. How to obtain EU publications Our priced publications are available from EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu), where you can place an order with the sales agent of your choice. The Publications Office has a worldwide network of sales agents. You can obtain their contact details by sending a fax to (352) 29 29-42758. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.
Self Awareness of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer Among High-Risk Patients

BackgroundThis study aims to investigate self-awareness of individuals, regarding oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer, who are at higher risk of developing them because of their adverse habits.MethodsDemographic data from 500 patients was noted and subjects were interviewed for adverse habits, using a structured questionnaire. As part of the interview, six questions regarding awareness of OPMD and oral cancer were asked and responses were noted on 3-point-scale (yes/no/ not sure). The subjects awareness of risk factors and their knowledge of clinical symptoms as possible indicators of OPMD and oral cancer were also assessed. A standardized oral mucosal examination was performed according to WHO (1997) guidelines. Awareness of the presence/absence of OPMD was assessed using 4 questions which were confirmed by histopathologic analysis.ResultsAwareness of oral cancer was 70.4%, but only 33.4% for OPMD. Statistically significant differences in awareness among different age groups, gender, level of education, monthly income and type of tobacco use were observed. The majority of subjects were not aware of the symptoms of oral cancer and of OPMD. 77% and 60% subjects were aware that tobacco and alcohol consumption are risk factors for oral cancer but only 14% and 8.6% were aware of these as risk factors for OPMD. 45.4% of the study population had OPMD while 50.6% were aware of it.ConclusionsKnowledge of oral cancer and OPMD was poor among subjects with high risk of developing oral cancer, indicating an urgent need to implement public health education and promotion strategies
A data-driven principal component analysis-support vector machine approach for breast cancer diagnosis: Comparison and application

In recent years, with the development of artificial intelligence, data-driven methodologies have been widely studied in fault diagnosis and detection, since an increasing number of complexities of modern complex systems make the mechanism model information difficult to obtain. Especially in people’s health monitoring, it is very difficult to achieve the mechanism model. The existing challenges, such as huge amount of data, high data dimension, large noise interference, and so forth, make the applications of data-driven approaches more suitable. For the sake of solving the problems above, we present principal component analysis-support vector machine (PCA-SVM) method with different kernels to reduce data dimension, and two sets of breast-cancer data are utilized to verify the method. Additionally, support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE), the original SVM with different kernels, PCA and modified PCA (MPCA) methods are also applied to diagnose malignant cancer in comparison with PCA-SVM. In experiments, PCA-SVM via radial basis function (RBF) kernel shows better performance than other methods, with the two breast cancer datasets obtained from the University of Wisconsin Hospital. Finally, PCA-SVM in this study uses only six principal components and obtains better accuracy (97.19%) than most of the previous studies.
Seam Performance of Nano-Titanium Treated Microfiber Polyester Fabrics

Performance of seams means the achievement of strength, elasticity, durability, security and comfort to the whole garment. The correct selection of the various factors as stitch, seam, needle, and thread determine maximum seam appearance and performance. The study of seams performance after Nano material treatment is very important in prediction of any changes related to overall garment appearance and performance. Two structures of microfiber polyester fabrics, with different weft densities, plain weave (microfiber 150/1/144 denier and 150/288 denier) and twill weave (microfiber 150/288 denier) only, treated with nano titanium dioxide are studied. Seam strength, efficiency and properties were measured for both treated and untreated different microfiber fabrics, to predict the effect of the nano treatment on seams behavior and to determine optimum conditions of seams parameters. It was found that the functional treatment of nano titanium is affecting greatly the seam performance. The results showed that different variables as: yarn count, weave structure have significant effect on seam efficiency of treated microfiber fabrics. Analysis of data was done statistically. Keyword: Microfiber, self-cleaning, titanium dioxide, polyester, Nano technology, seam strength, seam efficiency
Sensitivity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum to Prothioconazole and Pydiflumetofen In Vitro and Efficacy for Fusarium Wilt Management in Watermelon

Field experiments were conducted in 2015 and 2016 to determine the effects of drench or drench-plus-foliar applications of prothioconazole and pydiflumetofen on Fusarium wilt (caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum; FON) of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus). In both years, all fungicide treatments reduced final disease incidence, final severity, and area under the disease progress curve, regardless of application rate or method. Yield data were collected in 2016, and both number and weight of marketable fruit were greatest in plots treated with pydiflumetofen as a drench-plus-foliar application at either application rate. Additional experiments were conducted to characterize sensitivity distributions of 48 isolates of FON from North Carolina to prothioconazole and pydiflumetofen. Mean prothioconazole EC50 values ranged from 0.10 to 0.55 µg/ml, and mean pydiflumetofen EC50 values ranged from 0.34 to 1.88 µg/ml. The results presented here validate pydiflumetofen as an effective management option for Fusarium wilt of watermelon, confirm previously observed efficacy of prothioconazole, and provide current evidence of pathogen sensitivity to these fungicides in North Carolina.
Effects of the EU-GCC Economic Agreement on the Margins of Trade

ABSTRACT In 1988, the European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed an economic agreement. In 1991, negotiations began on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two regions; those negotiations were suspended in 2008. This article investigates the effects of the 1988 EU-GCC Economic Agreement on the margins of trade between the two regions. Given the large size of trade between the EU and the GCC, there could be larger gains from more trade liberalization between the two regions. Therefore, a gravity model of international trade was applied to a set of extensive and intensive margins of bilateral trade flows among 57 countries representing the EU, GCC, and their major trade partners during the period of 1980–2015. The results suggest that the EU-GCC economic agreement led to significant, yet small increase in trade mainly along the extensive margin. Accordingly, these findings indicate that the proposed FTA can have a positive effect on trade for both blocs.
“Employment Is Everyone’s Job”: An Important Reminder for the Field of Visual Impairment

Welcome to the second part of the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) special issue on employment! As discussed in my commentary in the first issue, work is important for everyone, yet many people who are blind or have low vision do not currently have access to employment. It is critical that all professionals in the field of visual impairment realize and appreciate their role in helping individuals with vision loss prepare for employment. Teachers of students with visual impairments prepare youths for current and higher education, which we know leads to success in the workforce. Orientation and mobility specialists teach travel skills, and vision rehabilitation therapists teach daily living skills, both of which enable independence. Assistive technology specialists play an incredibly important role in preparing individuals with visual impairments for the workforce, where the requirement for digital skills is rapidly increasing across all types of jobs, and salaries for jobs requiring greater digital skills are the highest (Muro et al., 2017). Essentially, blindness and assistive technology skills are a prerequisite, but not a panacea, for employment. Vocational rehabilitation professionals often play a direct role in assisting individuals with visual impairments to obtain employment, but without the skills acquired through the assistance of other blindness professionals, this goal will likely not be reached. Taking a maxim from the former Texas Department of Rehabilitative and Assistive Services, professionals in the field of visual impairment should consider that “employment is everyone’s job. ” The articles in Part Two of our special issue focus on different, but equally important, issues related to employment and speak to some additional barriers to employment for this population. McDonnall and colleagues present information about vocational rehabilitation services and outcomes for persons with combined traumatic brain injury and visual impairment, bringing attention to the added challenges faced by individuals with additional disabilities. Zapata discusses the results of a correlational study of
Non-Wiedemann-Franz behavior of the thermal conductivity of organic semiconductors

Organic semiconductors have attracted increasing interest as thermoelectric converters in recent years due to their intrinsically low thermal conductivity compared to inorganic materials. This boom has led to encouraging practical results in which the thermal conductivity has predominantly been treated as an empirical number. However, in an optimized thermoelectric material, the electronic component can dominate the thermal conductivity, in which case the figure of merit $ZT$ becomes a function of thermopower and Lorentz factor only. Hence the design of effective organic thermoelectric materials requires understanding the Lorenz number. Here, analytical modeling and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations are combined to study the effect of energetic disorder and length scales on the correlation of electrical and thermal conductivity in organic semiconductor thermoelectrics. We show that a Lorenz factor up to a factor $\ensuremath{\sim}5$ below the Sommerfeld value can be obtained for weakly disordered systems, in contrast with what has been observed for materials with band transport. Although the electronic contribution dominates the thermal conductivity within the application-relevant parameter space, reaching $ZTg1$ would require minimization of both the energetic disorder and also the lattice thermal conductivity to values below ${\ensuremath{\kappa}}_{\text{lat}}l0.2\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{W}/\mathrm{mK}$.