Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Its Association With Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: A Systematic Review

The commonest cause of hepatic illness globally is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This multisystemic disease affects extrahepatic organs, including the heart. It causes cardiac remodeling and a disruption of the systolic and diastolic functioning of the left ventricle. Numerous studies have investigated the connection between NAFLD and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). The results, nevertheless, are often contradictory. This systematic review looked at the relationship between NAFLD and LVDD generally and among different patient groups since it is a topic of interest. A thorough search approach was used to locate relevant publications published between 2003 and 2023 using major medical databases. Studies were chosen based on the pre-established eligibility criteria; the studies selected then underwent a critical evaluation using standardized quality assessment tools. For the systematic review, 13 articles were chosen, comprising nine cross-sectional studies, three narrative reviews, and one meta-analysis. There were a total of 13,341 NAFLD patients in these studies. Data extraction and qualitative synthesis from the selected research articles were conducted to determine the relationship between NAFLD and LVDD in various patient categories. We found a significant association between NAFLD and LVDD. Therefore, patients with NAFLD should be treated early to avoid complications since they are more likely to develop cardiac dysfunction in the future.
Differential Properties of Jacobi-Sobolev Polynomials and Electrostatic Interpretation

We study the sequence of monic polynomials {Sn}n⩾0, orthogonal with respect to the Jacobi-Sobolev inner product ⟨f,g⟩s=∫−11f(x)g(x)dμα,β(x)+∑j=1N∑k=0djλj,kf(k)(cj)g(k)(cj), where N,dj∈Z+, λj,k⩾0, dμα,β(x)=(1−x)α(1+x)βdx, α,β>−1, and cj∈R∖(−1,1). A connection formula that relates the Sobolev polynomials Sn with the Jacobi polynomials is provided, as well as the ladder differential operators for the sequence {Sn}n⩾0 and a second-order differential equation with a polynomial coefficient that they satisfied. We give sufficient conditions under which the zeros of a wide class of Jacobi-Sobolev polynomials can be interpreted as the solution of an electrostatic equilibrium problem of n unit charges moving in the presence of a logarithmic potential. Several examples are presented to illustrate this interpretation.
Common genetic abnormalities and phenotypic scoring in Saudi patients with acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia

Introduction: B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is a malignant neoplasm of hematopoietic stem cells originating in bone marrow and characterized by proliferation of blast cells of lymphoid series. The aim of this study was to predictive scoring system (SS) using a fully standardized EuroFlow eight-color panel. Methods: The expression of the different cluster of differentiation (CD) markers involved in the B-ALL EuroFlow panel was investigated by measuring their positivity, percentage, and median fluorescence intensity. Results: CD9, CD123, and TdT were used to predict TCF3PBX1 with 80.0% sensitivity (SN) and 100% specificity (SP). CD20 and CD66 were used to predict hypoploidy with 63.0% SN and 100% SP. As a result, no useful discriminative SS was developed. Conclusions: Four SSs were proposed for the prediction of the most common cytogenetic abnormalities of Saudi B-ALL.
Biological productivity of the Indian Ocean

India has a long coast line of nearly 6,000 km with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Laccadive Archipelago lying beyond her shores. The geographical position of India with the peninsular portion extending deep into the central part of the Indian Ocean gives her a locational advantage in marine fishing activities. At present though India contributes about 4096 of the fish landings of the Indian Ocean, when viewed against the world production of 76 million tannes oJ marine fish, her share is only 1.6 million tonnes represent ing less than 2%.
Predictive validity of measures of comorbidity in older community-dwellers. The ICARe Dicomano Study

OBJECTIVES: To compare the ability of ﬁve measures of comorbidity to predict mortality and incident disability in basic activities of daily living (BADLs) in unselected older persons. DESIGN: An assessment of the data obtained from the Insufﬁcienza Cardiaca negli Anziani Residenti a Dicomano (ICARe Dicomano) Study, a longitudinal epidemiological survey on heart failure in older people.
Relation of self-efficacy to weight control and resilience in Mexican women

Introduction: Currently, obesity has become an emerging and complex public health problem whose mechanism is etiopathogenetic and multifactorial. Obesity has been studied from the biomolecular and genetic approach as well as through interventions to improve lifestyles. However, studies linking the concepts of self-efficacy and resilience have not been included in this issue. Objective: Evaluate the relationship between self-efficacy for weight control and resilience in Mexican women. Methodology: Correlational-cross-sectional study in 174 women, with or without obesity, enrolled in a job-training center of Puebla and San Luis Potosi, Mexico; non-probabilistic sampling was used. These two instruments Self-Efficacy Inventory for Weight Control and Mexican Resilience Scale, validated in the Mexican population were applied: with Cronbach's alpha . 945 and . 950, respectively. This study carried out in accordance with the General Health Act for Research. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, normality tests, and Spearman's r correlation. Results: The mean age was 34.6±14.7, mean BMI 26.4±4.5, 49.7% and 81.7% were high levels of self-efficacy and resilience, respectively. The relationship was positive, medium effect size and statistically significant p=. 001, with an explained variance of 22.6%. Conclusions: The Mexican women shown that the greater the resilience, the greater the self-efficacy for weight control. We suggest integrating resilience in managing obesity, which allows the development of mechanisms for the acquisition of more sustainable healthy lifestyles.
Cloning radar cells at outer ranges: A test with the Bauru radar

Since the early days of operations of the Bauru weather radar – at the time a non-coherent C-band system – the detection of well developed convective cells at the outermost range, i.e., the approximate ring from 350 to 400 km was clearly evidentiated (Calheiros,1975). Because of the advantages of being able to monitor precipitation at relatively far distances, an effort was then carried out to identify means of quantitatively estimating rainfall at those ranges. This ultimately led to the development of the statististical method of rain measurements through comparison of cumulative probabilities of Z and R (Calheiros and Zawadzki, 1987). While mostly successful, the method could not overcome the problem of the loss of the rain going undetected at the boundary region of the cells because of the higher MDZ at far ranges. This is a limiting factor for both nowcasting practices and numerical weather prediction. Regarding the latter, the flux of latent heat release (LHR) may be significantly impacted by the equivalent rain not seen by the radar (Calheiros, 2001). While of general high interest for any Brazilian area covered by radar surveillance in the country, it were the problems involved in the monitoring of the Paraíba Valley, which is a very important region embedded in the Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo geographical axis, by radar that have more recently drawn attention. This is due to the significant role to be played by the Bauru radar facility in providing better radar surveillance of the boundaries of the Valley, just off the surrounding highlands. Because the area is at the furthest range ring (Figure 1), the loss of the boundaries of the detected cells is severe. This prompted the development of a project to mitigate that negative effect on the usefulness of radar as a monitoring tool of rainfall in the area. This paper presents a preliminary verification of a methodology devised to retrieve, to a certain degree, the actual cell at far range, in a “clone”like procedure. While the far range cells occur routinely during summer, due to radiometric microwave data availability, an event from the transition winter-to-summer period was used in the test. The nature of the vertical developments in October, while much less frequent than in summer, qualified the event for this test. These limited results indicate that a substantial improvement can be obtained with the proposed procedure for cell structure retrieval. Continuation of the project and comparisons with recent satellite microwave rainfall retrieval work are presented.
High life : condo living in the suburban century

Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by declining real estate prices and a renewed interest in city living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the 21st century. In this unprecedented study Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.
Exploring closeness in parent-adolescent relationships (PAR) in a semi-rural, low-income community in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Research is limited regarding closeness in parent-adolescent relationships (PAR), particularly in marginalised communities. The research objective was to explore closeness in PAR in one semi-rural, low-income Coloured community in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. This study was exploratory in nature, making use of a cross-sectional survey research design and semi-structured interviews. Fifty families (67 parents and 50 adolescents) were eligible and willing to participate in the quantitative part of this study, while 12 families (19 parents and 12 adolescents) took part in the qualitative part of the study. For the empirical investigation into close PAR, the following questionnaires were administered to parents: Mother and Father Versions of the Inventory of Parent Attachment (IPA), Revised Inventory of Parent Attachment (RIPA), and the Relationship Closeness Inventory (RCI). The questionnaires are currently not standardized for South African populations, therefore they were adapted to suit the specific context and translated into Afrikaans. For statistical analysis of the surveys, summary statistics was performed using measures like means, standard deviations, frequency tables, and histograms. Reliability analysis was conducted using Cronbach’s alpha. For comparison of the different instruments, correlations were calculated. Comparisons between different groupings were done using two-way ANOVA. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data and to explore the participants’ constructions of close PAR. General findings were that most female participants reported close mother-daughter relationships while most male participants reported relatively close father-son relationships. Overall, mothers generally spent more time with their adolescent children. Fathers and daughters generally reported less close relationships with one another. Although fathers were relatively more involved in their children’s lives compared to fathers in prior research studies, mothers and adolescents reported to have a closer bond. Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za
Can Conformity Bias Transcend Domain Specificity Under Social Dilemma Situations?

We examined whether conformity bias was observed in social dilemma situations. Cultural group selection theory argues that conformity can establish a cooperative group in a society, which has been theoretically and empirically supported. However, conformity bias has not been examined in most previous studies. Conformity bias refers to the bias that an individual adopts the majority member’s behavior (e.g., 60%) with a probability exceeding it (e.g., 80%). Researchers have been theoretically and empirically shown that conformity bias was an adaptive strategy under information-seeking situations. However, there is little empirical evidence to test whether conformity bias can function even in the domain specific to ingroup cooperation. One hundred fifty-nine of crowdsource individuals participated in a vignette experiment wherein they read 14 scenarios that described social dilemma situations in daily life. Participants answered whether they would cooperate with ingroup members when they have informed four patterns of cooperators within an ingroup, 0%, 33.3%, 66.7%, and 100%. The results showed that no conformity bias was observed in all social dilemma situations.
BASIC RESEARCH

: This research evaluates the presence of the oxygen-inhibited layer (OIL) on the top surface of a photopolymerized dental composite resin protected with a glycerin layer. This evaluation was conducted using physical and mathematical methods. Polymerized discs were fabricated to evaluate Vickers microhardness (VHN), and pre-and post-polymerized samples were used for the calculation of C-O/C-H ratios through Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) (n=10), using two types of glycerin, one for medical use (MG) and another for dental use (DG). Surface hardness decreased from MG to DG to CO, and the increase in C-O/C-H ratios decreased in the same order (p<0.05). Samples protected with medical and dental glycerin layers are harder and exhibit lower C-O/C-H bond ratios than the control group.
Chronic Shoulder Pain

Procedure Appropriateness Category Relative Radiation Level Radiography shoulder Usually Appropriate ☢ US shoulder May Be Appropriate O Image-guided anesthetic +/corticosteroid injection shoulder or surrounding structures Usually Not Appropriate Varies MR arthrography shoulder Usually Not Appropriate O MRI shoulder without and with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate O MRI shoulder without IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate O Bone scan shoulder Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT shoulder with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT shoulder without and with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT shoulder without IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT arthrography shoulder Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ FDG-PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢
Culture’s Constraints

Recent research has identified a critical contrast between societies that are tight (i.e., societies that have strong norms and a low tolerance for deviant behavior) and those that are loose (i.e., societies that have weak norms and a high tolerance for deviant behavior). I review differences between tight and loose cultures—from differences in ecological and historical conditions to the strength of everyday social situations and individual differences in psychological processes—and discuss the implications of this cultural contrast for research and practice in psychological science.
LANDSLIDE DAMS IN THE CENTRAL ANDES OF ARGENTINA - SHOWING THE NEED OF REVISING THE ESTABLISHED LANDSLIDE DAM CLASSIFICATION

The Andean cordillera of Argentina is more than 3500 km long and 50 to 550 km wide and characterized by steep relief contrasts throughout. Except for a few valleys, most of this region is scarcely populated. Hence geologic mapping was mainly carried out on a scale (1:250000), which is often too small to map out various Quaternary units and therefore to highlight relations of landslide deposits with lakes or lake deposits. However, in the last years various studies have been carried out, concentrating on large landslides and their relations with valley impoundments (GONZÁLEZ DIAZ & MON, 1996; HERMANNS & STRECKER, 1999; TRAUTH & STRECKER, 1999; GONZÁLEZ DÍAZ et alii, 2000; HERMANNS et alii, 2000; TRAUTH et alii, 2000; FAUQUE et alii, 2000; FAUQUÉ & TCHILINGUIRIAN, 2002; TRAUTH et alii, 2003; HERMANNS et alii, 2003; HERMANNS et alii, 2005; FAUQUE et alii, 2005; PENNA et alii, 2005; GONZÁLEZ DÍAZ et alii, 2005). Before that, most attention was given to the catastrophic rock avalanche dam failure in the Barrancas valley causing the 1914 Río Colorado flood (GROEBER, 1916; GONZÁLEZ DÍAZ et alii, 2001; SCHUSTER et alii, 2002; HERMANNS et alii, 2004a). In this paper we will focus on two regions: one in the NW Argentine (24° 27.5° S) and one in northern Patagonia (36° – 38° S). In both regions the authors have carried out systematic studies related to landslides with volumes in excess of 106 m3. These landslides formed at least 16 and 48 landslide dams in the two regions, respectively (Figure 1). In the following, due to the briefness of this paper, only peculiarities of the various cases will be described which will help to better understand large landslide dams in other regions as well. For the complete data set of both study areas we refer to the comprehensive paper, which will be published within the related NATO Science Series book. Likewise, we omit a setting description of the regions and refer here to the papers cited above. LANDSLIDE DAM TYPES Most landslide dams in the Argentine Andes can be described by 6 types of landslide dams (Figure 2, types I-VI) as defined by COSTA & SCHUSTER (1988), which is the commonly used classification (SCHUSTER, 2000; ERMINI & CASAGLI, 2003). The most common types of landslide dams are types II and III. All other types of landslide dams except for type VI have been identified as well, however there are only 2 examples of landslide dams representing type IV. In addition to the dam types described earlier there are landslide dams in the Argentine Andes which do not fit with the commonly used classification, and new types of landslide dams must be defined (Figure 2, types VIIa-IX) to adequately describe them, understand their stability, and/or understand their occurrence. There are a few examples in the study areas where the drainage system was rearranged by the impoundment of the valley, and in other regions of the Argentine Andes comparable relations have been observed also R.L. HERMANNS(*), A. FOLGUERA(**), F.E. GONZÁLES DIAZ(***) & L. FAUQUE(***)
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF TRANSPORT EMISSIONS IN AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES

A number of studies have been initiated in recent years in Australia and elsewhere in the developed world with the objective of costing the health and environmental impacts of ambient concentrations of air pollution. These studies are largely in response to the mounting epidemiological evidence that exposure to air pollutants can be harmful to humans. Many of these studies have attempted to link the extent of life lost and the socioeconomic characteristics of those at greatest risk to air pollution. From that analysis, estimates of the economic cost have been derived. This paper is largely drawn from a forthcoming Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE) study and is an attempt to quantify the economic costs of the health effects of transport emissions in Australian capital cities. It uses epidemiology-based exposure-response functions to derive an attributable number of health cases, and applies a BTRE-refined human capital approach to derive economic costs. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210413.
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia

The successful management of software (SW) projects is a continuous concern to managers, which is attributed to the contradictory demands that most projects are facing; meeting user requirements within time and budget limit while flexibly dealing risks during the progress of the projects. The present study asserts project performance and risk mitigation are not tradeoff but to be achieved simultaneously, which is called SW project ambidexterity. Drawing on the literature on organizational behavior, hypotheses are developed speculating the relation among project performance, risk mitigation, team collective improvisation, team behavioral integration, and team diversity. Using empirical data collected from 102 SW project teams of 507 team members in South Korea, empirical analysis indicates team collective improvisation is a significant antecedent to SW project ambidexterity, playing a pivotal role to balance the contradictory demands. Furthermore, team behavioral integration positively influences the degree of team collective improvisation, and the magnitude of the relation is partially contingent on the team members’ age and major diversity. The present study advances theory by providing a context specific explanation about the SW project ambidexterity and its precedents.
Determinants of technical efficiency in cotton production in the southern cotton growing zone of Nigeria: A stochastic production frontier approach

Abstract. Olatidoye MS, Alimi T, Akinola AA. 2018. Quality assessment of the physico-chemical properties of vermiwash produced from different sources during successive storage periods. Asian J Agric 2: 58-63. The study investigated on socio-economic factors and estimated the technical efficiency indices and factors influencing technical efficiency of the sampled cotton farmers in the Southern Cotton growing zone of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select a total sample of 300 cotton farmers. The study made use of only primary data which was collected through the aid of a well-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production parametric model. The results of the descriptive statistics showed that majority (83%) of the cotton farmers in the study area were males while the mean age of the respondents was 49 years. The average household size was 8 persons per household and majority (69%) of the respondents had formal education. Majority of the respondents (59%) had no access to credit facilities while majority (80.4%) of the cotton farmers had reasonable years of experience ranging between 11 and above in cotton production. Furthermore, the study found that the technical efficiency of the farmers range from 0.35 and 0.99 with a mean of 0.79. This indicates ample opportunity for farmers to increase their productivity through improvement in their technical efficiency. Seed, fertilizer, pesticides and farm size were found to be statistically significant and positively related to farmers’ output while education, credit, extension contact and farming experience of the respondents negatively influenced farmers’ technical inefficiency. The farmers therefore need to increase their output through more intensive use of seed, land, pesticides and fertilizers.