Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictors of Outcomes After Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy.

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy (FUS-T) is an emerging treatment for essential tremor (ET). OBJECTIVE To determine the predictors of outcomes after FUS-T. METHODS Two treatment groups were analyzed: 75 ET patients enrolled in the pivotal trial, between 2013 and 2015; and 114 patients enrolled in the postpivotal trials, between 2015 and 2016. All patients had medication-refractory, disabling ET, and underwent unilateral FUS-T. The primary outcome (hand tremor score, 32-point scale with higher scores indicating worse tremor) and the secondary outcome variables (Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor Part C score: 32-point scale with higher scores indicating more disability) were assessed at baseline and 1, 3, 6, and 12 mo. The operative outcome variables (ie, peak temperature, number of sonications) were analyzed. The results between the 2 treatment groups, pivotal and postpivotal, were compared with repeated measures analysis of variance and adjusted for confounding variables. RESULTS A total of 179 patients completed the 12-mo evaluation. The significant predictors of tremor outcomes were patient age, disease duration, peak temperature, and number of sonications. A greater improvement in hand tremor scores was observed in the postpivotal group at all time points, including 12 mo (61.9% ± 24.9% vs 52.1% ± 24.9%, P = .009). In the postpivotal group, higher energy was used, resulting in higher peak temperatures (56.7 ± 2.5 vs 55.6 ± 2.8°C, P = .004). After adjusting for age, years of disease, number of sonications, and maximum temperature, the treatment group was a significant predictor of outcomes (F = 7.9 [1,165], P = .005). CONCLUSION We observed an improvement in outcomes in the postpivotal group compared to the pivotal group potentially reflecting a learning curve with FUS-T.
Evaluation of energy consumption and CO₂ emission in a standard traditional building located in tropical region, a case of Madagascar Island

Energy demand varies depending on the location chosen for construction. The main objective of this research is to analyze the bioclimatic potential of different climatic zones in different regions of Madagascar. For this, this research assesses and compares the indoor air temperature, the energy requirement, the carbon emission and the relative humidity in a traditional building commonly found in cities in sub-Saharan Africa, which was designed to be placed in four cities unevenly distributed in four climatic zones of Madagascar. In order to achieve this goal, hourly meteorological data for the past thirty years has been analyzed for two seasons (dry season and rainy season). At the same time, the adaptive comfort model defined by ASHRAE 55 served as a reference for evaluating the different potentials of passive design. The results showed that by 2030 the need for energy is expected to increase globally in these different cities studied. Like other countries around the world, it is recommended that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa conduct more of this kind of energy. Study in order to establish a construction standard specific to this region of the world.
Analysts’ Cash Flow Forecast Accuracy and Recommendation Profitability

We examine whether analysts who supplement their earnings forecasts with more accurate cash flow forecasts generate more profitable recommendations. Previous research using consensus cash flow forecasts, or the issuance of cash flow forecasts fails to document a significant relation between analysts’ cash flow forecasts and their stock recommendation performance. We argue that analysts’ cash flow forecasts differ in quality and hypothesize that the relative accuracy of an individual analyst’s cash flow forecasts is positively associated with the profitability of that analyst’s stock recommendations. We find that when analysts issue both earnings and cash flow forecasts for a firm, cash flow forecast accuracy predicts stock recommendation profitability even after controlling for earnings forecast accuracy. Our findings are robust to the use of instrumental variables and the use of recommendation change in the analysis. Whether analysts also issue sales forecasts and/or long-term growth forecasts does not affect the results.
Effect of Mobile Application Assisted Nursing Intervention on Pregnant Women Regarding Iron Deficiency Anemia

Anemia is present among 90% of women during pregnancy that is of the iron deficiency type. Aim: To investigate the effect of mobile application assisted nursing intervention on pregnant women regarding iron deficiency anemia . Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at antenatal outpatient clinics at Mansoura and Tanta University Hospitals. Subjects : A purposive sample of 210 pregnant women was involved in the study from the previously selected settings. Three Tools were used for data collection 1) a structured interviewing questionnaire, 2) pregnant women’s reported practices tool, and 3) an investigation tool used to measure hemoglobin level. Results : There was a statistically significant difference regarding pregnant women's level of knowledge and practice about iron deficiency anemia management and Hemoglobin (Hb) value after mobile application assisted nursing intervention. In addition, there was a statistically significant association between pregnant women's knowledge, practice regarding the management of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy and their demographic characteristics. Conclusion: Mobile application-assisted nursing intervention has a positive effect on improving pregnant women's knowledge and practice regarding management of iron deficiency anemia . Recommendations: Mobile application-assisted nursing intervention should be used in various Maternity health care settings.
Guidance, Navigation and Control for UAV Close Formation Flight and Airborne Docking

Daniel Briggs Wilson Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sydney May 2015 Guidance, Navigation and Control for UAV Close Formation Flight and Airborne Docking Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability is currently limited by the amount of energy that can be stored onboard or the small amount that can be gathered from the environment. This has historically lead to large, expensive vehicles with considerable fuel capacity. However, the problem is compounding — more energy must be consumed to carry additional stored energy. Airborne docking, for aerial refueling, is a viable solution that has been proven through decades of implementation with manned aircraft. But despite the clear value, prior to our experiments in November 2014, autonomous airborne docking had not been successfully tested or demonstrated with UAVs. The prohibitive challenge is the highly accurate and reliable relative positioning performance that is required to dock with a small target, in the air, amidst external disturbances. GNSSbased navigation systems are well suited for reliable absolute positioning, but fall short for accurate relative positioning. Direct, relative sensor measurements are precise, but can be unreliable in dynamic environments. This work proposes an experimentally verified guidance, navigation and control solution that enables a UAV to autonomously rendezvous and dock with a drogue, that is being towed by another autonomous UAV. A nonlinear estimation framework uses precise air-toair visual observations to correct onboard sensor measurements and produce an accurate relative state estimate. The result is resilient to intermittent relative observation outages and degrades gracefully when visual measurements become unavailable. The state of the drogue is estimated using known geometric and inertial characteristics and air-to-air observations. A general vector guidance strategy acts explicitly on the estimated relative state is applied to all phases of the mission. Setpoint augmentation algorithms compensate for leader turn dynamics during formation flight, and drogue physical constraints during docking. iii
1 The Effectiveness of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy in the Years 2000-2015

: The impact of the cohesion policy in the 2014-2020 framework is estimated to be approximately 450 billion euros. Such large intervention requires the effectiveness of high absorption and ongoing successes in achieving set goals. The aim of this paper is to examine the convergence of European Union economies at the national and regional levels (NUTS2), using the measure of unconditional convergence (β-convergence) and Pearson Correlation. Analysis was conducted for the periods covering the two most recent EU financial perspectives. A distinction has been made between convergence in “old” (core EU-15) and “new” (EU-13) Member States. Conclusions focus on discussing the results of the analysis and recommendations to enhance EU cohesion policy directions. Abstract: In the concept of the aesthetic formation of knowledge and its as soon as possible and success-oriented application, insights and profits without the reference to the arguments developed around 1900. The main investigation also includes the period between the entry into force and the presentation in its current version. Their function as part of the literary portrayal and narrative technique.
Microbially influenced lacustrine carbonates: A comparison of Late Quaternary Lahontan tufa and modern thrombolite from Fayetteville Green Lake, NY

Carbonate microbialites in lakes can serve as valuable indicators of past environments, so long as the biogenicity and depositional setting of the microbialite can be accurately determined. Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene frondose draping tufa deposits from Winnemucca Dry Lake (Nevada, USA), a subbasin of pluvial Lake Lahontan, were examined in outcrop, petrographically, and geochemically to determine whether microbially induced precipitation is a dominant control on deposition. These observations were compared to modern, actively accumulating microbialites from Fayetteville Green Lake (New York, USA) using similar methods. In addition, preserved microbial DNA was extracted from the Lahontan tufa and sequenced to provide a more complete picture of the microbial communities. Tufas are texturally and geochemically similar to modern thrombolitic microbialites from Fayetteville Green Lake, and the stable isotopic composition of organic C, N, inorganic C, and O supports deposition associated with a lacustrine microbial mat environment dominated by photosynthetic processes. DNA extraction and sequencing indicate that photosynthetic microbial builders were present during tufa deposition, primarily Chloroflexi and Proteobacteria with minor abundances of Cyanobacteria and Acidobacteria. Based on the sequencing results, the depositional environment of the tufas can be constrained to the photic zone of the lake, contrasting with some previous interpretations that put tufa formation in deeper waters. Additionally, the presence of a number of mesothermophilic phyla, including Deinococcus–Thermus, indicates that thermal groundwater may have played a role in tufa deposition at sites not previously associated with groundwater influx. The interpretation of frondose tufas as microbially influenced deposits provides new context to interpretations of lake level and past environments in the Lahontan lake basins.
Moral Universality in J.S. Mill’s Utilitarianism

The article sets a goal to clarify the problem of moral universalism in J.S. Mill’s philosophy as an important element of his methodology in ethics. The starting point of the study is Mill’s requirement: in order to do the right thing, we need to take into account the traditions, values, and moral norms, i.e., universal prescriptive judgments developed in society. The article analyzes Mill’s method of finding maximum utility and achieving general happiness. It is shown that, in this method, universality is the property of moral rules and values to be universally addressed, and this property is based on our common experience as a species. The reverse side of this genesis is the impossibility of absoluteness of these norms and values, due to incompleteness of species experience, which always has specific historical character. Therefore, such rules are subject to change and, while they remain standard in man’s activity, we also have to take them critically. Effective inclusion of moral norms in our search for maximum utility is indirectly confirmed by (a) the example of methodological difficulties in discourse ethics, similar to utilitarianism in the way it seeks rational explication of moral acts, (b) the history of economics as a discipline largely formed under the influence of utilitarianism. In both cases, researchers come to the conclusion that it is necessary to take into account supra-individual experience in decision-making and its influence on the individual. Since species experience is multilevel communication, we can note similarities between the methodology of Mill’s utilitarianism and communicative ethics. It is concluded that the problem of moral universality in Mill’s ethical methodology is revealed as a problem of maximizing communication as basis
Effect of Sowing Date, Irrigation Intervals and Fertilizers on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Yield

Despite the importance of safflower in the world, this crop has received only little research attention in Sudan. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at the College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, to study the effects of sowing date, irrigation intervals and different types of fertilizers on yield, yield components and pigment of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Geeza cultivar during 2010/11 and 2011/12 in split-split plot layout was used with four replications. The main plots were two sowing dates (S1) on 13th and (S2) on 28th November. Subplots were three irrigation intervals (7, 14 and 21 days) and sub-subplots were three fertilizer levels (urea 80 kg fed − 1, pellet granules 105 kg fed − 1 and farm yard manure 2000 kg fed − 1). Sowing date had significant effects on seed yield in the first season and on seed yield, dry weight and pigment yield in the second season (p < 0.05). Irrigation significantly affected seed yield and pigment (p < 0.05) and shoot dry weight in first and second season (p <0.01), respectively. The interaction of sowing date and irrigation intervals had significant effects on seed yield in the first season and on pigment in the second season. There were no significant effects of fertilizers on all parameters, Correlations showed negative results between harvest index, shoot dry weight (-0.3), number of seeds / head (-0.04), between pigment and 1000-seed weigh (-0.08) and also between seed yield and seed / head (-0.004) in the first season. Moreover, there was a negative correlation between pigment yield kg ha-1 and seed / head (-0.13) in season two. The highest seed yield of 2700 kg ha-1 and 2300 kg ha−1were achieved from S1 and S2 in season one, respectively, as compared to 1600 kg ha−1 and 1000 kg ha−1 from S1 and S2 in season two, respectively Decreased seed yield in season two was due to serious infection with Orabanche crenata which was the first record in Sudan.
Experimental research on filtering fibers in a cyclone–porous barrier system

COMBUSTION ENGINES, No. 3/2014 (158) 1. Wstęp Pojazdy specjalne (samochody ciężarowe, wojskowe) eksploatowane są najczęściej po bezdrożach i terenie piaszczystym, gdzie stężenie zapylenia powietrza jest szczególnie duże i często przekracza wartość 1 g/m3. Pojazdy te wyposażone są zwykle w silniki o ZS dużej mocy i dużym zapotrzebowaniu powietrza dochodzącym do 3500 m3/h [3, 4]. Zapewnienie wysokiej skuteczności oraz dokładności filtracji powietrza dla tych silników jest ważnym problemem konstrukcyjnym i eksploatacyjnym. Aby spełnić wymagania eksploatatorów pojazdów dotyczące możliwie najwyższej skuteczności i dokładności filtracji powietrza wlotowego silnika, najniższych oporów przepływu oraz długiego czasu pracy filtrów, stosuje się dwustopniowe systemy filtracji. Pierwszym stopniem filtracji jest filtr bezwładnościowy (monocyklon lub multicyklon), a drugim – ustawiona za nim szeregowo przegroda porowata, najczęściej w postaci cylindrycznego wkładu wykonanego z papieru filtracyjnego. Filtry bezwładnościowe charakteryzują się niskim i stałym w czasie eksploatacji oporem przepływu, dość wysoką (ok. 70–90 %) skutecznością filtracji, dokładnością nieprzekraczającą dzmax = 35 mm oraz możliwością odseparowania z dużych strumieni zanieczyszczonego powietrza wlotowego (stężenie zapylenia ponad 1 g/m3) znacznej masy pyłu. Papiery filtracyjne zapewniają wysoką skuteczność (99,9%) i dokładność filtracji dzmax = 2–5 mm, ale mają niewielką (ok. 220 g/m2) chłonność pyłową [1–3, 5, 6, 8].
Altered brain morphology in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with and without comorbid conduct disorder/oppositional defiant disorder

About 50% of ADHD patients suffer from comorbidity with oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder (ODD/CD). Most previous studies on structural morphology did not differentiate between pure ADHD (ADHD-only) and ADHD with comorbid ODD/CD (ADHD+ODD/CD) and only focused on specific measures (e.g. volumetric differences), leading to inconsistent results. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the structural profile of ADHD-only versus ADHD+ODD/CD spanning different indices, i.e. subcortical and cortical volume, cortical thickness, and surface area. We aimed to disentangle disorder-specific etiological contributions regarding structural brain alterations and expected similar and differential alterations between the patient groups. We acquired structural images from an adolescent sample range (11 to 17 years) matched with regard to age, pubertal status, and IQ - including 36 boys with ADHD-only, 26 boys with ADHD+ODD/CD, and 30 typically developing boys (TD). We analyzed subcortical and cortical volume, cortical thickness, and surface area with FreeSurfer. We found reductions in total gray matter and right cerebellar volume as well as total surface area for both patient groups. For the left cerebellar volume ADHD+ODD/CD, but not ADHD only differed from TD. Boys with ADHD+ODD/CD had a thicker cortex than the other groups in a right rostral middle frontal cluster, which was related to stronger ODD/CD symptoms, even when controlling for ADHD symptoms. No group differences in local cortical volume or surface area emerged. Overall, we found similarities but also differences in brain morphology between the two related disorders. Patients with a “double burden” seem to be even more affected than patients with pure ADHD.
Union Organizing: Campaigning for trade union recognition

Foreword, Sheldon Friedman Chapter 1. Introduction, Gregor Gall Chapter 2. Organising the Unorganised: Union Recruitment Strategies in American Transnationals, c. 1945-1977, Bill Knox and Alan McKinlay Chapter 3. Organising in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Britain, c. 1972-1990: A Long Flame Burning or a Spark that has Gone Out? , Gregor Gall Chapter 4. Trade Union Recruitment Policy in Britain: Form and Ethics, Edmund Heery, Melanie Simms, Rick Delbridge, John Salmon and Dave Simpson Chapter 5. Employer Opposition to Union Recognition, Gregor Gall Chapter 6. Union Organising in a Not-for-Profit Organisation, Melanie Simms Chapter 7. Organising in Electronics: Recruitment, Recognition and Representation - Shadow Shop Stewards in Scotland's 'Silicon Glen', Patricia Findlay and Alan McKinlay Chapter 8. Organising in Transport and Travel: Learning Lessons from TSSA's Seacat Campaign, Jane Wills Chapter 9. Call Centre Organising in Adversity: From Excell to Vertex, Phil Taylor and Peter Bain Chapter 10. Comparisons and Prospects: Industrial Relations and Trade Unions in North America and Britain, Brian Towers Chapter 11. Union Organising in the United States, Jack Fiorito Chapter 12. Union Recognition in Germany: A Dual System of Industrial Relations with Two Recognition Problems, Otto Jacobi Chapter 13. Conclusion: Drawing up a Balance Sheet, Gregor Gall
A Quantitative Study of Quality of Experience (QoE) for Decreasing and Increasing Network Performance.

Currently, user satisfaction is becoming one of the major concerns for the service provider in accommodating user demand. This paper evaluates the user’s perception (Quality of Experience, QoE) of the increasing and decreasing response times (Quality of Service, QoS), in particular a login to web login page by the implementation of Mean Opinion Score (MOS). By comparing the results to user perception of web login performance, we show that the users perceive web login for increasing and decreasing RTs in different ways. So, we conduct interview among specific users applying increased and decreased RTs in particular web login to rank the users satisfaction level. Study of the two results for RTs of the web login page is presented.
Same Donor Laparoscopic Liver and Kidney Procurement for Sequential Living Donor Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Primary Hyperoxaluria Type I.

Background: Sequential liver-kidney transplantation (SeqLKT) from the same living donor has shown excellent results in children with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), yet its experience is limited due to the invasiveness of two major procedures for liver-kidney procurement in a single donor. Despite laparoscopic nephrectomy and hepatic left lateral sectionectomy (LLS) being considered standard procedures in living donation, the sequential use of the two laparoscopic approaches in the same living donor has never been reported. Methods: Herein, we present the first two case series of laparoscopic liver-kidney procurement in the same living donor for SeqLKT in children with PH1 and review of the current literature on this topic. Results: In the first case, a 15-month-old boy received a SeqLKT from his 32-year-old mother, who underwent a laparoscopic LLS and, after 8 months, a laparoscopic left nephrectomy. In the second case, a 34-month-old boy received a SeqLKT from his 40-year-old father who underwent laparoscopic LLS followed by hand-assisted right nephrectomy after 4 months. Both donors had uneventful postoperative courses and were discharged within 5 days from each surgery. The first recipient had no complication; the second child after liver transplantation developed a partial thrombosis of the inferior vena cava, which did not preclude the sequential kidney transplantation. After 12 months, donors and recipients displayed normal liver and renal functions. Conclusions: Sequential laparoscopic liver-kidney procurement in the same living donor is safe and feasible, and might be considered as a possible strategy to promote SeqLKT in children with PH1 from the same living donor.
EFFECTS OF MOTORCYCLES ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ON ARTERIAL STREETS

This study analyses the effects of motorcycles on traffic operations at signalized intersections and a mid-block section of an urban road. Data collection was done at two intersections, one with motorcycle queue storage and the other without. Discharge headway was used to identify the relationship between a number of motorcycles discharged in each signal cycle and the start-up lost time of passenger cars. In addition, the effectiveness of motorcycle queue storage is also examined. Start-up lost time of passenger cars is found to be linearly correlated with the number of motorcycles in the waiting queue. Motorcycle queue storage is found to increase start-up lost time of the traffic. At mid-block, Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) of motorcycle at different traffic volume and proportion of motorcycles in traffic stream are determined. It is found that PCE of motorcycles consistently decreases with the share of motorcycle in total traffic.