Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Goniometric Reliability in a Clinical Setting

The purpose of this study was to examine the intratester and intertester reliabilities for clinical goniometric measurements of shoulder passive range of motion (PROM) using two different sizes of universal goniometers. Patients were measured without controlling therapist goniometric placement technique or patient position during measurements. Repeated PROM measurements of shoulder flexion, extension, abduction, shoulder horizontal abduction, horizontal adduction, lateral (external) rotation, and medial (internal) rotation were taken of two groups of 50 subjects each. The intratester intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for all motions ranged from . 87 to . 99. The ICCs for the intertester reliability of PROM measurements of horizontal abduction, horizontal adduction, extension, and medial rotation ranged from . 26 to . 55. The intertester ICCs for PROM measurements of flexion, abduction, and lateral rotation ranged from . 84 to . 90. Goniometric PROM measurements for the shoulder appear to be highly reliable when taken by the same physical therapist, regardless of the size of the goniometer used. The degree of intertester reliability for these measurements appears to be range-of-motion specific.
CARACTERIZACIÓN DE ARCILLAS Y PREPARACIÓN DE PASTAS CERÁMICAS PARA LA FABRICACIÓN DE TEJAS Y LADRILLOS EN LA REGIÓN DE BARICHARA, SANTANDER

El objetivo de este trabajo fue caracterizar quimica, mineralogica, granulometrica, plastica y termicamente tres arcillas, denominadas “Cascajo” (C), “Roja” (R) y “Amarilla” (A), procedentes de Barichara, Santander. Asi como obtener pastas ceramicas aptas para la fabricacion de ladrillos y tejas. Para lo cual se fabricaron probetas ceramicas por prensado, las cuales se sinterizaron a 1050oC y posteriormente se caracterizaron fisica y mecanicamente. Los resultados demostraron que la pasta de arcilla “Roja”, con contenido de agua entre 24 y 38%, es la mas adecuada para la fabricacion de tejas; ya que los ceramicos presentan baja absorcion de agua (8.2%) y alto modulo de ruptura (9.3 MPa). Para la obtencion de ladrillos se recomienda la pasta con mezcla de arcillas de 55% “Cascajo” y 45% “Amarilla”, con contenido de agua entre 23 y 32%, obteniendose ceramicos con absorcion de agua menor al 15% y modulo de ruptura mayor a 5 MPa.
Estimating the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility among Malawian women using demographic and health survey data

Several studies have shown that HIV is an important distal factor that affects a woman's fertility. This study investigates the effect of HIV on fertility among Malawian women using data from the 2004 and 2010 demographic and health surveys. Specifically, the study assesses fertility differentials between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women and the changes in the relationship between HIV and fertility during the study period. Age-specific fertility rates and logistic regressions are used to investigate these objectives. The results show lower age-specific fertility rates (except for the 15–19-year-old age group) and probabilities of giving birth for HIV-positive relative to HIV-negative women before and after controlling for confounding factors respectively. The odds of giving birth for an HIV-positive woman were 34% lower in the period 12 months before the 2004 survey compared to an HIV-negative woman and 25% lower before the 2010 survey (p < 0.01). We think that the scaling up of antiretroviral treatment has contributed to the increase in the likelihood of giving birth among HIV-positive women between 2004 and 2010, more plausibly entailing a possible reduction in HIV sub-fecundity.
Biomechanics of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Inferior Vena Cava Filter Perforation

ii DEDICATION . v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . vi VITA . viii TABLE OF CONTENTS . ix LIST OF TABLES . xv LIST OF FIGURES . xvi CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE .
Conclusion

Our short journey through different routes in the world of halogen bonded charge transfer complexes of n-donor Pyridines with Iodine monochloride and Iodine molecule unveiled many interesting facts, some known and some new; which we hope to become a topic of interest to other workers in this field. Science is an eternal journey of learning new facts. To wind up; we would like to share with others what we learnt through this conclusive chapter. We have discussed our findings related to every technique in the respective chapters of this thesis. In this final chapter we would mention the most significant findings and would try to correlate the experimental findings to the computational ones; which was the basic target of our work. And it occurred like, every tiny piece of thread is somehow attracted with a large gravitational pull by other objects; theory and experiment defends each other and proved to be the two sides of the same coin.
Permutations with Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial P_{id,w}(q) = 1 + q^h

Using resolutions of singularities introduced by Cortez and a method for calculating Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials due to Polo, we prove the conjecture of Billey and Braden characterizing permutations w with Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial P_{id,w}(q)=1+q^h for some h.
Cytological and histopathological diagnosis. I. canine mammary tumours

Out of 65 cases studied in canines, eight were mammary tumours. This included one each simple tubular adenocarcinoma, complex adenocarcinoma, cystic papillary adenoma and benign mixed mammary tumours and two each squamous cell carcinomas and papillary adenocarcinomas. Cytologically, various adenocarcinomas had similar properties. The neoplastic cells in smears were round to caudate, exhibiting anisocytosis, spherical to oval nuclei, anisokaryosis, abnormal nuclear/nucleolar shapes, mutliple nucleoli, coarse chromatin, foamy cytoplasm, multinucleation and mitotic figures. In squamous cell carcinoma, predominance of squamous cells and in complex adenocarcinoma spindle cells were seen.
Perceptions of health care professionals towards pharmacogenomics in Nigeria: Preliminary Results

Background : Pharmacogenomics/pharmacogenetics has the potential to mitigate adverse drug reactions and optimize pharmacotherapy in individuals. Over the past several years, there has been increasing attention towards the characterization of pharmacogenomic biomarkers in African populations, both locally and internationally. However, the perceptions of the African health care community towards pharmacogenomic testing have not been studied. Objectives : To assess knowledge and perceptions of pharmacogenomics among health care professionals in Benin City, Nigeria. Methods : In this preliminary and pilot investigation, we used a semi-structured qualitative survey methodology to understand the perceptions of pharmacists and pharmacologists towards pharmacogenomics in an academic care centre in Benin City, Nigeria. Three themes were explored: Knowledge and experience with pharmacogenetics; Expectations about how a pharmacogenetic testing service could be used; and Capacity building for pharmacogenetic service delivery. Results : Though none of the participants had received training or undertaken research in pharmacogenomics, all participants were familiar with the field and listed beneficial outcomes associated with pharmacogenetic testing. Participants identified factors such as lack of funding, infrastructure, and manpower for limitations of pharmacogenomic testing in Nigeria. Participants listed numerous ethical issues and concerns in recruiting participants for research and introducing pharmacogenetics in the clinic, including the need to "win the confidence of the people. " Conclusion : Pharmacists and pharmacologists in an academic centre in Nigeria are aware of the benefits of pharmacogenomics, but cite many hurdles to overcome before this field can become a routine part of patient care in their communities. Keywords : Health care professionals, Nigeria, Perception, Pharmacogenomics
GENETIC CONTROL OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE: Relationship between the Immune Response-1 Gene(s) and Individual H-2 Antigenic Specificities

SUMMARY A survey of 33 strains of mice containing 20 different H-2 alleles was compiled with reference to their immune response-1 (Ir-1) gene status, i.e., their immune responses to the synthetic polypeptides, tyrosine and glutamic acid ((T,G)–A– –L), phenylalanine and glutamic acid ((Phe,G)–A– –L), and histidine and glutamic acid ((H,G)–A– –L). Correlations were sought between each of the known H-2 specificities between 1 and 33 and immune responses to any of the three antigens employed. Although specificity H-2.33 appeared to be associated with high response to (T,G)–A– –L, the significance of this observation must be cautiously interpreted, since H-2.33 is private to H-2b and recombinant alleles derived from H-2b.
Comparative Feeding Practices of Milking Animals in Haryana

Hisar and Karnal district of Haryana were selected for the study. Adampur and Hisar-I blocks were selected from Hisar district and Indri and Nilokheri blocks were selected from Karnal district. A sample of 120 households (15 from each village) were selected for the detail investigations. The existing feeding pattern of dairy animals of Hisar district indicated that quantity of green fodder (25.87, 23.87 and 13.12 kg) and concentrates fed to buffalo (3.47, 3.78 and
Approaches, Advances, and Applications in the Sustainable Development of Smart Cities: A Commentary from the Guest Editors

Environmental externalities of the Anthropocene—mainly generated from population growth, rapid urbanization, high private motor vehicle dependency, the deregulated market, mass livestock production, and excessive consumerism—have placed serious concerns for the future of natural ecosystems, which we are a part of. For instance, global climate change—the biggest challenge we have ever faced—is directly impacting wellbeing, and even the existence of humankind, in the long run. During the last two decades, the notion of the smart city—particularly the sustainable development of smart cities—has become a popular topic not only for scholars, particularly in the fields of technology, science, urban and environmental planning, development, and management, but also for urban policymakers and professional practitioners. This was due to digital technologies becoming a powerful enabler in stimulating paradigmatic shifts in urban development-related visions, strategies, implementation, and learning. This paper offers a critical review of the key literature on the issues relating to approaches, advances, and applications in the sustainable development of smart cities. It also introduces contributions from the Special Issue, and speculates on the prospective research directions to place necessary mechanisms to secure a smart and sustainable urban future for all.
Real Exchange Rate Movements and Allocation Efficiency: Evidence from China

This paper investigates the linkage between real exchange rate movements and allocation efficiency, as measured by the markup dispersion in industries. We first develops a theoretical framework to comprehensively characterize the impacts of exchange rate changes on markup dispersion. Our empirical analysis hinges on Chinese firm level data and the real exchange rate of RMB during 1998-2007. Four major findings are derived from this study: First, markup dispersion is significantly affected by real effective exchange rate (REER) changes at narrowly-defined industry level; specifically, an appreciation (depreciation) in REER significantly reduces (expands) the markup dispersion across firms in the same industry. Second, the impacts of REER movements on markup dispersion are closely associated with the trade dependence of manufacturing industries. Third, REER movements impact allocation efficiency through both the intensive and extensive margins; specifically, an appreciation of REER will increase the markup dispersion of incumbent firms through the export dependence channel but will also substantially reduce markup dispersion by accelerating their exit and entry rate through the import dependence and import competition channels, and the latter effect dominates the former effect. Fourth, REER changes have asymmetric impacts on the markup dispersion in industries, and the allocative effect of REER is greater when it depreciates than appreciates.
Finnish students’ flexibility and its relation to speed and accuracy in equation solving

A total of 266 Finnish students participated in a flexible equation solving test. By flexibility we understand the knowledge of multiple strategies and ability to choose the most mathematically appropriate strategy for a given task. Here we focus on the first aspect, namely knowledge of appropriate alternative, so-called innovative strategies. The test measured students’ capacity and inclination for producing innovative strategies. We consider the relationship between these measures and students’ speed and accuracy in solving equations. We find that students with high capacity for innovation have high speed and accuracy. On the other hand, some low capacity students had high speed or accuracy whereas others had low. Inclination for innovation is not related to speed or accuracy.
Play, early literacy, and home culture : a case study in two Chinese immigrant families

Through a qualitative case study design, the relationships among play, early literacy, and home culture were investigated in the lives of two young children from recent Chinese immigrant families in Canada. The purpose of this study was to describe how play and literacy learning converge in the children's home life and how the children's parents' views of play and literacy learning influence their children's perception of and behaviours in their play and literacy activities. To understand the children's play lives, I draw on the theories of emergent literacy, social constructivism, and critical theory. Descriptive field notes, transcripts of the children's conversations, and in-depth interviews with parents were collected over a period of six months. This study provides evidence that play is an integrated way to early literacy learning at home from three perspectives: the literate potentials of play, play as a context for literacy learning in a specific culture, and play as a supportive medium for self construction in relation to literacy. The individual differences between the two children's play and literacy activities are explored from their family cultures and experiences. This study also reinforces the critical importance of parents' views of play and literacy learning in their interactions with their children and the effects on their children's play and literacy activities. It is hoped that the study will give parents, early childhood educators, and family literacy programme coordinators insights into how to promote young children's literacy learning and self construction through play in culturally diverse contexts. Further research directions are also suggested. ii
Informing the Performance-Based Contract Between First 5 LA and LAUP, Volume 1: Child Progress in the 2012-2013 Program Year

In February 2004, First 5 LA adopted a 10-year universal preschool master plan to increase the availability of high quality preschool spaces in Los Angeles County and created Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) to implement the plan. A shared objective of First 5 LA and LAUP is to support early learning and development for the four-year-old children that have an opportunity to participate in LAUP programs.
Reinventing project management : the diamond approach to successful growth & innovation

Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects fail--largely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alike--as part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, "Reinventing Project Management" provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.
A new analytical model for log-periodic Terahertz antennas

In this paper a novel model about the principle of operation of log-periodic Terahertz (THz) antennas is proposed. In the theoretical part analytical calculations are opposed to the results of electromagnetic field simulations. For the experimental validation of the novel theory large-scale models in the GHz range were investigated. All considered antenna structures exhibit an excellent coincidence between calculations, simulations and measurements.
DETERMINING THE PREVALENCE OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER TYPE I WITHIN THEIR REMISSION PHASE (SHORT COMMUNICATION)

Background: There have been several studies conducted on the relationship between bipolar mood disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the recent years, and in most of them the rate of this association had been estimated as 22-90% and had been reported as noticeable. The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of ADHD in patients with Bipolar mood disorder type I (BID). Materials and Methods: In this Cross-sectional study, 152 patients with BID that were referred to psychiatric clinic of Tehran psychiatric Institute for a better observation and treatment were included. Two questionnaires, Wender’s for childhood ADHD and Conner’s’ for adulthood ADHD were filled by the patients. Results: 102 patients (67%) were males and 50 were females. The average age of patients at the time of our study (with the minimum of 17 and maximum of 76) was 33.5±10.9. The prevalence of ADHD in our patients was 11.8%. 46 people (30.9%) had a history of childhood ADHD. 21 persons had adult ADHD from whom only 3 ones mentioned a history of childhood ADHD (which means 18 people of our adulthood ADHD had no history of childhood ADHD). Conclusion: Since some treatments lead to improvement of ADHD and worsening of BID, investigations on their correlations and their alternative treatments seemed to be necessary. This study showed a significant correlation between ADHD and BID, which was similar to the results of other studies in this field. [GMJ.2013;2(4):174-8]
The Review Systematic and Meta Analysis of Prevalence and Causes of Nosocomial Infection in Iran

Materials and Methods: For this study all articles published in Iranian journals and international journals, Final Report of Research Projects, related papers presented at congresses and thesis were reviewed with using standard and sensitive keywords. Then, all articles published between 1997-2010 years that had eligibility Inclusion criteria after quality control, using random model, intered to process of meta-analysis.
A Perceptual Audio Quality Measure Based on a Psychoacoustic Sound Representation

A general method for predicting the subjectivity quality of speech codecs has been developed. This method uses the concept of an internal sound representation. A model of the human auditory system is used to calculate the internal representation of the input and output signals of a speech codec. The transformation from the physical domain to the psychophysical (internal) domain is performed by way of three operations (frequency warping, time frequency smearing, and level compression). These operations allow modeling of the masking behavior of the human auditory system both at and above masked threshold
A 20 years evaluation of cancer of the tongue at cancer institute Imam Khomeini Hospital, 1978-98

Informations regarding 152 patients of cancer of tongue in cancer institute from 1978 to 1998 was collected and analyzed. From these cases, 53.3 percent were male with a mean age of 54.49 years (SD=16.23) and the mean age of female was 2.5 years more than of male. Positive lymphadenopathy in men was positive and significantly more than that of female (P
ACUPUNCTURE

A 19 year old West Indian girl applied Drula Bleaching Wax for two or three months in order to lighten the colour of her skin. She subsequently developed severe irregular hypopigmentation of her hands, arms, neck, and legs. Despite discontinuing the use of the cream hypopigmentation continued for some weeks. The monomethyl ether of hydroquinone, present in the product used by our patient, is a popular depigmenting agent in Europe but is used infrequently in the UK. It is closely related chemically to the monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone, which is prohibited from use in cosmetic products in the UK because of its known severe and irregular depigmenting qualities. In contrast hydroquinone is generally considered safe from these adverse reactions. We wish to draw attention to the disfiguring cosmetic results in our patient following the application of monomethyl ether of hydroquinone.
THE FREQUENCY OF HUMAN LEUKOCYTE CLASS II ANTIGENS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN AN IRANIAN POPULATION

BackgroundWith respect to the high incidence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and the almost identical racial background of the western population of Iran and the importance of investigation on HLA typing as a new research tool, this study was conducted with the aim of better understanding the mechanisms involved. MethodsThe frequencies of class II HLA antigens (DQ, DR) in 35 patients with a diagnosis of RHD were studied and compared with a control group of 36 healthy individuals. ResultsAn increase was found in the frequency of HLA-DR53 (57.1% in the patient group versus 16.7% in the control group: P=0.00099, RR=6.66), HLA-DR2 (31.4% in the patient group versus 2.8% in the control group: P=0.0037, RR=16.04) and HLA-DR15 (28.6% versus 2.8%: P=0.007, RR=14). The increased frequency of HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ5 in the patients compared with the control group was also significant (P<0.05); however, frequency differences for other antigens was not significant. ConclusionHLA-DR53, HLA-DR2 and HLA-DR15 may be markers for susceptibility to RHD in our patients. These results could be explained by genetic differences resulting from racial or geographical diversity (Iranian Heart Journal 2005; 6 (1,2): 83-88).
Influence of delta-6-desaturase on hepatic membrane composition in obesity/insulin resistance: implications for the development of cardiometabolic syndrome

I would like to thank my advisor and mentor Dr. Hassan Azzazy for his continuous support, for creating exciting opportunities and new learning experiences throughout the three years of my study, and without whom none of this would have been possible. I would also like to thank my co-advisor Dr. Adam Chicco for allowing me to conduct my thesis research at his laboratory at Colorado State University, and for being a patient, supportive and attentive mentor. I thank the Chicco research group at Colorado State University, namely, PhD students Christopher Mulligan, Catherine Le and MS graduate Melissa Routh for their assistance and for making my stay a pleasant one. I thank my colleagues at the American University in Cairo, especially MS graduates Ayaat Mohamed, Mai Mansour and Nouran Ashraf for their advice and assistance. I also thank colleague Maha Gabr at Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, for her support and assistance. I thank the Chemistry Department and the American University in Cairo for their financial and academic support.
Corrections

The News story ‘Hope for science in fallout of nuclear deal’ (Nature 520, 274–275; 2015) wrongly stated that Iran found a bank willing to accept its payment of dues to CERN. It was CERN, not Iran, that found the bank. In addition, the text implied that Iran is a full member of CERN — it is involved in specific projects at the lab.