Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Site Condition Characteristics for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation at Kima Area, Aswan, Egypt

The Kima area is located in the southeastern part of Aswan city where the Aswan wastewater treatment plant and one of the giant factories in the Middle East for chemical and fertilization. The area is very close to the main active seismic zone in South Egypt, where November 7, 2010 earthquake (M 4.6( occurred. The earthquake was felt strongly and caused minor damage (cracks) to different buildings in the Kima area. This earthquake motivates us to perform the current study for earthquake disaster mitigation in this area. The main target of the study is the evaluation of the local soil conditions based on Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves and Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio seismic techniques. The outputs results include different parameters (Vs30, the resonance frequency, the amplification factor, and the NEHRP site classification). The predominant NEHRP site class is class D occupying the middle part of the Kima area. The resonance frequency ranged from 0.62 to 13.8 Hz over all the investigated areas and has a small range close to the factory site (0.62–0.78 Hz).
Fatal Pneumonia Caused by Omicron Subvariant BA.2 of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 with the Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Variants of SARSCoV-2 have caused distinct COVID-19 surges worldwide. The Omicron variant has replaced other variants as a cause of COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea. Fortunately, COVID-19 patients infected with Omicron have a decreased disease severity. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health threat worldwide, and the incidence of TB is still high in the Republic of Korea. We report the case of a deceased illegal migrant who died at home. An autopsy revealed fatal pneumonia with pulmonary TB caused by the Omicron subvariant BA.2 of SARS-CoV-2. We assumed that a superimposed SARS-CoV-2 infection caused this fatal pneumonia with a previous TB infection. After a comprehensive postmortem (PM) examination, including gross dissection, microscopic studies, PM computed tomography, and PM laboratory tests, the cause of death was determined to be pneumonia, and the death manner was natural. We present this case with a comprehensive PM examination from the perspective of forensic pathology and the public healthcare system.
Evaluating the usefulness of the estimated glomerular filtration rate for determination of imipenem dosage in critically ill patients.

BACKGROUND Antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients is complicated by variations in the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in this group. The dosing of imipenem/cilastatin is usually determined by severity of illness and renal function. OBJECTIVES To determine the correlation between estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) calculated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation and imipenem trough levels in critically ill patients. METHODS This prospective observational study was done in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa. Imipenem trough levels were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and compared with eGFRs calculated with the CKD-EPI equation. Correlation was evaluated by the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. RESULTS The study population consisted of 68 critically ill patients aged between 18 and 81 years; 43 (63%) were male, and the mean weight was 78 kg (range 40 - 140). On admission, 30 patients (44%) had sepsis, 16 (24%) were admitted for trauma, and 22 (32%) were admitted for miscellaneous surgical conditions. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores ranged from 4 to 39 (mean 18). The 28-day mortality rate was 29%. The mean albumin level was 16 g/L (range 7 - 25), the mean creatinine level 142 μmol/L (range 33 - 840), and the mean eGFR 91 mL/min/1.73 m2 (range 6 - 180). Imipenem trough levels ranged between 3.6 and 92.2 mg/L (mean 11.5). The unadjusted Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between eGFR and imipenem trough level was -0.04 (p=0.761). CONCLUSION Considering the high mortality rate of sepsis in ICUs and the rapid global increase in antimicrobial resistance, it is crucial to dose antibiotics appropriately. Owing to the variability of antibiotic pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients, this task becomes almost impossible when relying on conventional dosing guidelines. This study found that eGFRs do not correlate with imipenem blood levels in critically ill patients and should not be used to determine the dose of imipenem/cilastatin. Instead, the dose should be individualised for patients through routine therapeutic drug monitoring.
Classification of Tetanus Severity in Intensive-Care Settings for Low-Income Countries Using Wearable Sensing

Infectious diseases remain a common problem in low- and middle-income countries, including in Vietnam. Tetanus is a severe infectious disease characterized by muscle spasms and complicated by autonomic nervous system dysfunction in severe cases. Patients require careful monitoring using electrocardiograms (ECGs) to detect deterioration and the onset of autonomic nervous system dysfunction as early as possible. Machine learning analysis of ECG has been shown of extra value in predicting tetanus severity, however any additional ECG signal analysis places a high demand on time-limited hospital staff and requires specialist equipment. Therefore, we present a novel approach to tetanus monitoring from low-cost wearable sensors combined with a deep-learning-based automatic severity detection. This approach can automatically triage tetanus patients and reduce the burden on hospital staff. In this study, we propose a two-dimensional (2D) convolutional neural network with a channel-wise attention mechanism for the binary classification of ECG signals. According to the Ablett classification of tetanus severity, we define grades 1 and 2 as mild tetanus and grades 3 and 4 as severe tetanus. The one-dimensional ECG time series signals are transformed into 2D spectrograms. The 2D attention-based network is designed to extract the features from the input spectrograms. Experiments demonstrate a promising performance for the proposed method in tetanus classification with an F1 score of 0.79 ± 0.03, precision of 0.78 ± 0.08, recall of 0.82 ± 0.05, specificity of 0.85 ± 0.08, accuracy of 0.84 ± 0.04 and AUC of 0.84 ± 0.03.
Surface processes involving nitrogen molecules and atoms on silica surface at low temperature: the role of energy exchanges

The dynamics of elementary surface processes, promoted by nitrogen atoms and molecules impacting a silica surface, has been investigated by adopting a semiclassical scattering method. The appropriate treatment of the long-range interaction forces emphasized the crucial control exercised by the weakly bound precursor state on the stereo-dynamics of all basic elementary processes occurring at the gas-surface inter-phase. Molecular dynamics simulations have highlighted the role of vibrationally excited molecules in plasma dynamics. Indeed, N2 molecules, impinging the surface in low-medium vibrational levels, conserve the initial vibration state while are inelastically scattered, rotationally excited and translationally colder. Moreover, N2 molecules nascent from the atomic recombination on the surface have a fair probability of forming at very high vibrational levels, with a consistent part of reaction exothermicity transferred to the translational energy. Consequently, the surface induces a strong non-equilibrium condition, influencing directly the dynamics of processes occurring in the plasma bulk.
Polyphenols extraction from creosote bush, tarbush, and soursop using ultrasound-microwave and their effect against Alternaria alternata and Fusarium solani

Crops are affected by different pathogens that cause damage to the plant and production losses. Quarantine restrictions may also occur due to the presence of a pathogen. In most cases, synthetic chemical products are used to control phytopathogens. However, some of these products have been associated with risks to human health or the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to search for more sustainable alternatives to control these pathogens. This research was carried out under the following objectives: 1. To extract polyphenols from Creosote bush, Tarbush and Soursop leaves using: different mass/volume ratios (m/v), different concentrations of ethanol, simultaneous ultrasound-microwave and 2. To determine the effect of these polyphenols against Fusarium solani and Alternaria alternata. Polyphenols were obtained from Creosote bush, Tarbush and Soursop leaves by combining ultrasound-microwave, and using different massvolume ratios and ethanol percentages. The group of polyphenols (CD) obtained with a mass/volume (m/v) ratio of 1:8 and 70% ethanol from Creosote bush leaves and the group of polyphenols (CA) obtained with a m/v ratio 1:16 and 70% ethanol from Tarbush leaves were the most effective against Fusarium solani, inhibiting 90.4 and 60.67%, respectively. For Alternaria alternata, no differences were found in the mycelial inhibition by the different groups of evaluated polyphenols, with inhibition values between 50-60% in comparison to the negative control (without polyphenols). In the profile of CD polyphenols group obtained from Creosote bush, different polyphenolic compounds reported to have antimicrobial activity were found, among which the following stand out: epirosmanol, rosmadiol, apigenin, catechin, and procyanidin C1. Polyphenolic compounds isolated from Creosote bush, Tarbush, and Soursop leaves using environmentally friendly methods (ultrasoundmicrowave) and solvents (water and ethanol) showed antifungal activity against F. solani and A. alternata.
Quelques problèmes de contrôle d'équations aux dérivées partielles : inégalités spectrales, systèmes couplés et limites singulières

Dans cette these, on s'interesse a la controlabilite de differentes equations aux derivees partielles. La premiere partie est consacree a la methode de Lebeau-Robbiano pour le controle des equations paraboliques lineaires. On etend tout d'abord cette methode a des operateurs elliptiques non-autoadjoints, montrant une inegalite spectrale ainsi que la controlabilite de l'equation parabolique associee. On prouve ensuite ces deux proprietes pour un modele de transmission a travers une interface, pour lequel la condition de transmission implique une diffusion tangentielle. La preuve repose sur une inegalite de Carleman, uniforme par rapport au petit parametre representant l'epaisseur de l'interface. Dans la deuxieme partie, on analyse les proprietes de certains systemes d'equations aux derivees partielles lineaires couplees par des termes d'ordre zero. Apres avoir etudie la stabilisation de deux equations d'ondes, dont une seulement est amortie, on montre la controlabilite en temps grand d'un systeme similaire au moyen d'un seul controle, sous des conditions geometriques optimales sur les zones de controle et de couplage. Par des methodes d'analyse microlocale, on obtient de plus la controlabilite de systemes d'ondes en cascade, ainsi que l'expression exacte du temps minimal de controle. On deduit de ces resultats la controlabilite des systemes paraboliques associes, dans des situations ou les zones de controle et de couplage sont disjointes. Enfin, dans la troisieme partie, on etudie la controlabilite uniforme de perturbations visqueuses de lois de conservation scalaires, dans la limite de viscosite evanescente. On montre la controlabilite exacte globale aux etats constants au moyen de controles uniformement bornes lorsque la viscosite tend vers zero.
How Usable Are iOS App Privacy Labels?

Standardized privacy labels that succinctly summarize those data practices that people are most commonly concerned about offer the promise of providing users with more effective privacy notices than full-length privacy policies. With their introduction by Apple in iOS 14 and Google’s recent adoption in its Play Store, mobile app privacy labels are for the first time available at scale to users. We report the first indepth interview study with 24 lay iPhone users to investigate their experiences, understanding, and perceptions of Apple’s privacy labels. We uncovered misunderstandings of and dissatisfaction with the iOS privacy labels that hinder their effectiveness, including confusing structure, unfamiliar terms, and disconnection from permission settings and controls. We identify areas where app privacy labels might be improved and propose suggestions to address shortcomings to make them more understandable, usable, and useful.
Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Contrast Media-Induced Adverse Drug Reaction’s Reporting? A Pharmacovigilance Study in Southern Italy

Medical imaging is required for a complete clinical evaluation to identify lung involvement or pulmonary embolism during SARS-CoV-2 infection or pulmonary and cardiovascular sequelae. Contrast media (CM) have undoubtedly been useful in clinical practice due to their ability to improve medical imaging in COVID-19 patients. Considering their important use, especially in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and that increased use of a medical tool could also be associated with its deeper knowledge, we chose to explore if new information emerged regarding CM safety profiles. We analyzed all Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) validated by Campania Pharmacovigilance Regional Centre from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021 and reported a CM (ATC code V08) as a suspected drug. We compared CM-related reporting between 2 years before (period 1) and 2 years during (period 2) the COVID-19 pandemic. From our analysis, it emerged that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, CM-related ADR reporting decreased, but a significant increase in reporting of serious cases emerged. Serious ADRs were mainly related to iodinated CM (V08A ATC) compared to magnetic resonance imaging CM (V08C ATC). Cutaneous and respiratory disorders were the most frequently reported in both periods. No new or unknown ADRs were reported in the overall study period.
Treatment of Classic Mid-Trimester Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) with Oligo/Anhydramnion between 22 and 26 Weeks of Gestation by Means of Continuous Amnioinfusion: Protocol of a Randomized Multicentric Prospective Controlled TRIAL and Review of the Literature

Background: The classic mid-trimester preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is defined as a rupture of the fetal membranes prior to 28 weeks of gestation (WG) with oligo/anhydramnion; it complicates approximately 0.4–0.7% of all pregnancies and is associated with very high neonatal mortality and morbidity. Antibiotics have limited success to prevent bacterial growth, chorioamnionitis and fetal inflammation. The repetitive amnioinfusion does not work because fluid is lost immediately after the intervention. The continuous amnioinfusion through the transabdominal port system or catheter in patients with classic PPROM shows promise by flushing out the bacteria and inflammatory components from the amniotic cavity, replacing amniotic fluid and thus prolonging the PPROM-to-delivery interval. Objective: This multicenter trial aims to test the effect of continuous amnioinfusion on the neonatal survival without the typical major morbidities, such as severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage, cystic periventricular leukomalacia and necrotizing enterocolitis one year after the delivery. Study Design: We plan to conduct a randomized multicenter trial with a two-arm parallel design. Randomization will be between 22/0 and 26/0 SSW. The control group: PPROM patients between 20/0 and 26/0 WG who will be treated with antibiotics and corticosteroids (from 22/0 SSW) in accordance with the guidelines of German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (standard PPROM therapy). In the interventional group, the standard PPROM therapy will be complemented with the Amnion Flush Method, with the amnioinfusion of Amnion Flush Solution through the intra-amnial catheter (up to 100 mL/h, 2400 mL/day). Subjects: The study will include 68 patients with classic PPROM between 20/0 and 26/0 WG. TRIAL-registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04696003. German Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00024503, January 2021.
YOLO-Based Efficient Vehicle Object Detection

Vehicle detection is one of the key techniques of intelligent transportation system with high requirements for accuracy and real-time. However, the existing algorithms suffer from the contradiction between detec-tion speed and detection accuracy, and weak generalization ability. To address these issues, an improved vehicle detection algorithm is presented based on the You Only Look Once (YOLO). On the one hand, an efficient feature extraction network is restructured to speed up the feature transfer of the object, and re-use the feature information extracted from the input image. On the other hand, considering that the fewer pixels are occupied for the smaller objects, a novel feature fusion network is designed to fuse the seman-tic information and representation information extracted by different depth feature extraction layers, and ultimately improve the detection accuracy of small and medium objects. Experiment results indicate that the mean Average Precision (mAP) of the proposed algorithm is up to 93.87%, which is 11.51%, 18.56% and 20.42% higher than that of YOLOv3, CornerNet, and Faster R-CNN, respectively. Furthermore, its detection speed can meet the real-time requirement of practical application basically with 49.45 frames per second.
Measuring the X-ray luminosities of SDSS DR7 clusters from ROSAT All Sky Survey

We use ROSAT All Sky Survey broad-band X-ray images and the optical clusters identified from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 to estimate the X-ray luminosities around similar to 65 000 candidate clusters with masses greater than or similar to 10(13) h(-1) M-circle dot based on an optical to X-ray (OTX) code we develop. We obtain a catalogue with X-ray luminosity for each cluster. This catalogue contains 817 clusters (473 at redshift z 3 in X-ray detection. We find about 65 per cent of these X-ray clusters have their most massive member located near the X-ray flux peak; for the rest 35 per cent, the most massive galaxy is separated from the X-ray peak, with the separation following a distribution expected from a Navarro-Frenk-White profile. We investigate a number of correlations between the optical and X-ray properties of these X-ray clusters, and find that the cluster X-ray luminosity is correlated with the stellar mass (luminosity) of the clusters, as well as with the stellar mass (luminosity) of the central galaxy and the mass of the halo, but the scatter in these correlations is large. Comparing the properties of X-ray clusters of similar halo masses but having different X-ray luminosities, we find that massive haloes with masses greater than or similar to 10(14) h(-1) M-circle dot contain a larger fraction of red satellite galaxies when they are brighter in X-ray. An opposite trend is found in central galaxies in relative low-mass haloes with masses less than or similar to 10(14) h(-1) M-circle dot where X-ray brighter clusters have smaller fraction of red central galaxies. Clusters with masses greater than or similar to 10(14) h(-1) M-circle dot that are strong X-ray emitters contain many more low-mass satellite galaxies than weak X-ray emitters. These results are also confirmed by checking X-ray clusters of similar X-ray luminosities but having different characteristic stellar masses. A cluster catalogue containing the optical properties of member galaxies and the X-ray luminosity is available at http://gax.shao. ac.cn/data/Group.html.
Protein/Fiber Index Modulates Uremic Toxin Concentrations in Hemodialysis Patients

Background: Indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate (PCS), two uremic toxins (UTs), are associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). These toxins are produced by the microbiota from the diet and excreted by the kidney. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of diet on IS and PCS concentration in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Methods: We performed a prospective monocentric study using a seven-day diet record and determination of serum IS and PCS levels in HD patients. We tested the association between toxin concentrations and nutritional data. Results: A total of 58/75 patients (77%) completed the diet record. Mean caloric intake was 22 ± 9.2 kcal/kg/day. The protein/fiber index was 4.9 ± 1.8. No correlation between IS or PCS concentration and protein/fiber index was highlighted. In the 18 anuric patients (31%) in whom residual renal function could not affect toxin concentrations, IS and PCS concentrations were negatively correlated with fiber intake and positively correlated with the protein/fiber index. In a multivariate analysis, IS serum concentration was positively associated with the protein/fiber index (p = 0.03). Conclusions: A low protein/fiber index is associated with low concentrations of uremic toxins in anuric HD patients. Diets with an increased fiber intake must be tested to determine whether they reduce PCS and IS serum concentrations.
Decomposing the Effects of Familiarity with Music Cues on Stride Length and Variability in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease: On the Role of Covariates

This study aimed to determine the role of cognitive and affective responses to music cues in modulating the effects of familiarity with music on stride length and stride-to-stride variability in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using multilevel modeling, people with PD’s spatiotemporal gait parameters and self-reported ratings of familiarity, enjoyment, cognitive and physical demand, beats salience of music cues after each walking trial, as well as music reward, were analyzed. Our findings indicate that (1) condition-varying perceived enjoyment and beat salience are positively associated with increased stride length; (2) participants with a greater music reward for mood regulation and emotion evocation show greater stride length changes compared with those with less music reward; (3) condition-varying perceived enjoyment is positively associated with decreases in stride-to-stride variability; and (4) participants with lower cognitive demand of walking with music cues and higher beat salience show lower stride-to-stride variability compared with those with higher cognitive demand and lower beat salience. These results provide behavioral evidence of independent and interactive influences of cognitive and affective responses to music cues on spatiotemporal gait parameters in people with PD.