Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comprehensive Assessment of Ultrasound’s Role in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Reference to Electromyography

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral mononeuropathy related to entrapment syndrome. An increase in the median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) is visualized using ultrasound (US) imaging for CTS patients. This study aims to correlate, for the first time in the state of Qatar, the findings of US imaging and electromyography (EMG) in patients with CTS for diagnostic and classification purposes. First, US CSA was numerically obtained from patients' records. Second, EMG findings were gathered as normal, mild, moderate, and severe CTS. After that, we performed a different statistical approach than those used in the literature, using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc tests for the final analysis. In summary, we found that the US seems unable to differentiate some normal from mild CTS cases; however, it appears to be excellent at differentiating moderate from severe CTS cases.
Variations in Achilles Tendon Loading with Heel Lift Intervention in Heel-Toe Runners

This study investigated the influence of heel lift interventions on the loading of the Achilles tendon for heel-toe runners. It was hypothesized that the peak Achilles tendon force and peak rate of loading would be reduced by the increase in heel lift, and that the peak Achilles tendon force would occur significantly later in stance. Achilles tendon forces were determined by calculating sagittal-plane ankle joint moments using inverse-dynamics techniques and dividing these moments by Achilles tendon moment arm lengths. Methods for estimating Achilles tendon moment arm length using skin markers were justified via MRI data for one participant. Seven participants underwent running trials under three heel lift conditions: zero, 7.5-mm, and 15-mm heel lift. Average magnitude and occurrence time of peak Achilles tendon force and peak rate of loading were determined for each condition over the 7 participants. Despite group reductions in peak Achilles tendon force and peak rate of loading for the increased heel l.
The Fluid Management Experience in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis in Indonesia: A Qualitative Study

Background: Fluid management can reduce mortality, severe comorbidities, and debilitating symptoms in patients on hemodialysis. Therefore, a restricted fluid intake plan is crucial for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Little evidence has been found to date on exploring the experience in fluid management of CKD patients in Indonesia.Purpose: This study aimed to explore the fluid management experience of adults with chronic kidney disease participating in hemodialysis treatment in Indonesia.Methods: A qualitative study with a phenomenological approach was conducted. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 14 adults patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis in a tertiary hospital in Padang between July and September 2020. Manual content analysis using the Colaizzi approach was used to identify themes.Results: Data analysis revealed four themes with 12 sub-themes. The four major themes include the challenge of thirst control, fluid/diet restriction management, inadequate information, and the support system.Conclusions: The result showed the severe suffering and sadness experienced by CKD patients who conform to fluid restrictions. It is important to provide clear information on the fluid prescription or the exact consumable amount per day. Structured education with a personal approach is recommended to ensure detailed information regarding "fluid prescribing". The support obtained from family, friends, and dialysis staff is a significant factor in promoting acceptance and adherence.
Combining ability and gene action analysis of some bacterial wilt resistant intraspecific hybrids of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum)

Genetically diverse bell pepper cultivars and their 30 F1 hybrids were developed by means of diallel mating system including reciprocals. Variance analysis illustrated considerable disparity among newly developed bacterial wilt resistant hybrid lines for all the studied traits. General Combining ability (gca) effects were more pronounced than specific combining ability effects (sca). The gca effects were high with parents DPBWRC-6-1, EC-464107, EC-464115 and DPBWRC-39 for fruit yield and yield-enhancing traits. Further, reciprocal effects influenced all parameters except fruit width, TSS and lobes per fruit. Among the additive and non-additive genetic variance, the latter had a more significant influence on the inheritance of all studied characters except for fruit width and pericarp thickness. Based on sca analysis, three cross-combinations viz., DPBWRC-29×EC-464107, DPBWRC-39× DPBWRC-1 and EC-464115 × DPBWRC-29 were found to be good specific combiners for the majority of traits and can further be utilized to isolate superior segregates or released as hybrids.
Recovery Profiles of Sevoflurane and Desflurane with or without M-Entropy Guidance in Obese Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Obesity increases the risk of prolonged emergence from general anesthesia due to the delayed release of anesthetic agents from body fat. This trial aimed to evaluate the effects of sevoflurane and desflurane along with anesthetic depth monitoring on emergence time from anesthesia in obese patients. Adults with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg·m−2 undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at a medical center were randomized into four groups: sevoflurane or desflurane anesthesia with or without M-Entropy guidance on anesthetic depth in a ratio of 1:1:1:1. In the M-Entropy guidance groups, the dosage of sevoflurane and desflurane was adjusted to achieve response and state entropy values between 40 and 60 during surgery. In the non-M-Entropy guidance groups, the dosage of anesthetics was titrated according to clinical signs. Primary outcome was time to spontaneous eye opening. A total of 80 participants were randomized. Compared to sevoflurane, desflurane anesthesia significantly reduced the time to spontaneous eye opening [mean difference (MD): −129 s; 95% confidence interval (CI): −211, −46], obeying commands (−160; −243, −77), tracheal extubation (−172; −266, −78), and leaving operating room (−148; −243, −54). M-Entropy guidance further reduced time to eye opening (MD: −142 s; 99.2% CI: −276, −8), tracheal extubation (−199; −379, −19), and leaving operating room (−190; −358, −23) in the desflurane but not the sevoflurane group. M-Entropy guidance significantly reduced the risk of agitation during emergence, i.e., risk difference: −0.275 (95% CI: −0.464, −0.086); and number needed to treat: 4. Compared to sevoflurane, using desflurane to maintain general anesthesia accelerated the return of consciousness in obese patients. M-Entropy guidance further hastened awakening in patients using desflurane and prevented emergence agitation.
Optimal Testing Frequency for Domestic Water Meters

A procedure is developed to determine the optimal testing frequency for 5/8-inch meters. The objective is to minimize the cost to the utility, including the cost of the meter testing program itself and the cost (revenue loss) of the water not registered due to meter inaccuracy. Water losses due to both working, but inaccurate, meters and failed meters are accounted for. The rate of decline of meter accuracy with age was found to be the most significant influence on the optimal testing frequency.
Active RC realization of high‐order bandpass filter functions by cascading biquartic sections

Les fonctions passe bande d'ordre eleve sont realisees par des sections biquantiques RC actives en cascade. Cette methode conduit a un circuit optimise du point de vue sensibilite, distorsion de signal et bruit. On montre que les filtres resultant ont une faible sensibilite similaire a celle des filtres a reaction a boucles multiples et de meilleures performances de bruit que les filtres en cascade et en forme de «capots» decales
Oligochitosan Synthesized by Cunninghamella elegans, a Fungus from Caatinga (The Brazilian Savanna) Is a Better Antioxidant than Animal Chitosan

Animal chitosan (Chit-A) is gaining more acceptance in daily activities. It is used in a range of products from food supplements for weight loss to even raw materials for producing nanoparticles and hydrogel drug carriers; however, it has low antioxidant activity. Fungal oligochitosan (OChit-F) was identified as a potential substitute for Chit-A. Cunninghamella elegans is a fungus found in the Brazilian savanna (Caatinga) that produces OligoChit-F, which is a relatively poorly studied compound. In this study, 4 kDa OChit-F with a 76% deacetylation degree was extracted from C. elegans. OChit-F showed antioxidant activity similar to that of Chit-A in only one in vitro test (copper chelation) but exhibited higher activity than that of Chit-A in three other tests (reducing power, hydroxyl radical scavenging, and iron chelation). These results indicate that OChit-F is a better antioxidant than Chit-A. In addition, Chit-A significantly increased the formation of calcium oxalate crystals in vitro, particularly those of the monohydrate (COM) type; however, OChit-F had no effect on this process in vitro. In summary, OChit-F had higher antioxidant activity than Chit-A and did not induce the formation of CaOx crystals. Thus, OChit-F can be used as a Chit-A substitute in applications affected by oxidative stress.
Estimation and control of discrete fractional order states-space systems

This paper presents the estimation and the state feedback control of the discrete fractional order states-space systems. First of all the state-space model of a fractional order dynamic system is introduced. For this model the stability condition is derived and discussed. Then the parameters identification problem is presented and least squares solution to it is given. Having established the parameters of the model, in order to produce a state feedback control the state vector is needed. In most cases, however it is not available from measurements. Therefore, the state estimation problem arises. In the paper a modification of Kalman filtering technique for this purpose is proposed. At the end the state feedback pole-placement control is applied to a fractional order system. All the techniques used are illustrated with simulational examples.
Art

This chapter is dedicated to explore the relationship between entertainment, culture, and media art. Firstly the positioning of entertainment will be described including historical point of view and also focusing recent digital entertainment technologies. It will be clarified that entertainment is closely related to the mental sustainability of human and therefore has a close relationship with culture and art. Then, based on this, further investigation will be carried out to explain how culture and technology could be combined together. Firstly the relationship between culture and technology will be discussed proposing the concept of “Cultural Computing. ” Then three typical research examples of Cultural Computing, “ALICE,” “ZENetic Computer,” and “Confucius Chat” will be described emphasizing how cultural issues could be treated using computer both in Western culture and Eastern culture. As art is the core part of culture, as a next step how art, especially new art called media art where technology plays an important role, can treat cultural issues is discussed. And, as an example, media art created by an Eastern media artist will be introduced as a good example of such media art treating cultural issues.
Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 3-arylaminomethyl-1-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a] azepin-1-ium bromides and aryl-(4-R1-phenyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2,2a,8a-triazacyclopenta[cd]azulen-1-ylmethyl)-amines

The aim of this work is to develop methods of synthesis of 3-arylaminomethyl-1-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]azepin-1-ium bromides and aryl-(4-R1-phenyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2,2a,8a-triazacyclopenta[cd]azulen-1-ylmethyl)-amines and to study their antimicrobial activity against strains of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as well as yeast fungi. Materials and methods. 1Н NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker 400 spectrometer operating at frequency of 400 MHz. Antimicrobial activity of the compounds synthesized was evaluated by their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values. Results and discussion. The interaction of 3-arylaminomethyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]azepines with substituted phenacyl bromides produced novel 3-arylaminomethyl-1-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]azepin-1-ium bromides. The latter when refluxed in 10 % solution of NaOH gave aryl-(4-R1-phenyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2,2a,8a-triazacyclopenta[cd]azulen-1-ylmethyl)-amines. The study of antimicrobial activity of the compounds obtained allowed to find derivatives which are active against С. albicans and S. aureus strains. Among the compounds tested 3-[(41-bromophenylamino)-methyl]-1-[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-oxoethyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]azepin-1-ium bromide 5cd appeared to be more active than the reference drug Cefixime and displayed close antimicrobial activity as the antibiotic Linezolid. Conclusions. It was found out that derivatives of 3-arylaminomethyl-1-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]azepin-1-ium bromides display broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and are able to inhibit growth of both bacteria and fungi. S. aureus and C. albicans turned out to be the most sensitive strains to the compounds tested, MIC was in the range of 6.2-25.0 mg/mL. Gram-negative strains of microorganisms were less sensitive to the compounds evaluated and 5fа was the most active derivative displaying antimicrobial activity at the concentration of 50.0 mg/mL. Antimicrobial activity of triazoloazepinium bromide derivatives was similar to that one of Linezolid and Fluconazole reference drugs and more pronounced than the activity of Cefixime. Hence, the data gathered evidence the feasibility of further study of the antimicrobial properties of the most active compounds in in vivo experiments aiming at assessment of the prospects for the creation of new effective and safe antimicrobial drugs based on them
Direct measurement of dispersive fluxes within a cork oak plantation

Flow within plant canopies is strongly influenced by individual roughness elements, with the consequence that turbulence statistics and flux densities are vertically and horizontally inhomogeneous. In contrast, most models treat exchange processes onedimensional and rely on horizontally (spatially) averaged variables. By averaging over time and space, contributions that result from local inhomogeneities in the mean flow have to be taken into account. These dispersive fluxes result from spatial correlations of the local average departure from the spatial-temporal mean (Raupach and Shaw, 1982). Often, dispersive fluxes are considered irrelevant and are neglected. It is important to know at least an approximation of their order of magnitude to quantify associated errors of this simplification. Wind tunnel results suggest that dispersive fluxes are insignificant above and in the upper part of the canopies (Raupach et al., 1986). Recently, two physical scale model studies investigated dispersive fluxes in the bottom layers of model canopies. It was found, that there they can have the same magnitude as the turbulent fluxes (Böhm et al., 2000). Poggi et al. (2004) concluded that dispersive fluxes are only important in sparse canopies. Up to now, no experimental results are available from real canopies. Fig. 1: Map of a subset of the cork oak plantation illustrating the experimental layout. C1 to C8 refer to the canopy ultrasonic anemometer-thermometers. Sc denotes the path of a small aperture scintillometer (see Vogt et al., 2004, this conference for details). Site C8 consists of a 20m tower with simultaneous ultrasonic anemometer measurements at tower top.
Synergist and antagonist muscles static stretching acute effect during a V-sit position on parallel bars

The aim of this study was to examine the acute effect of synergist and antagonist muscles static stretching (SS) on the body segmental angles, during a strength element on parallel bars (V-sit). Fourteen male recreational gymnasts (20.9 ± 2.2 years) were asked to follow three different protocols with the following order: a) general warm-up without stretching (WU), b) synergist muscles static stretching (SSS) and c) antagonist muscles static stretching (ASS). Right after each condition, the gymnasts were photographed in the sagittal plane, executing a V-sit position on parallel bars with legs extended and stabilized at the highest possible level. The leghorizontal, trunk-vertical and arm-vertical angles were measured using image-pro software. Pairwise comparisons revealed a significant decrease for legs-horizontal angle, after the SS exercise of synergist muscles (SSS SSS, p<.001). Consequently, synergist muscles SS may not be recommended before gymnastics exercises that require maximal strength production. Nevertheless, the beneficial acute effect of antagonist muscles SS can act as a counterbalance to diminish or inhibit the SS detrimental acute effect on synergist’ muscles.
ADAMTS8 Expression is a Potential Prognostic Biomarker for Postoperative Metastasis in Lymph Node-Negative Early-Stage Invasive Breast Carcinoma Patients

Purpose Invasive breast carcinoma (BC) is the most common malignant breast tumor. Most lymph node-negative (LN−) early-stage BC patients usually have a good prognosis, but 7% of patients still develop metastasis after surgery. It is not yet clear how to screen candidates with poorer prognosis in LN− early-stage patients, so that they can receive intensive therapy. Hence, we expect to identify a prognostic biomarker to assess postoperative metastasis in LN− early-stage BC patients. Patients and Methods Screening and verifying of candidate genes by gene expression profiling of LN− early-stage BC samples (n = 640) from 3 independent public datasets. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses showed the relation between the candidate genes and postoperative metastasis. Distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) analysis was performed to examine the prognostic significance. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assays were performed to examine ADAMTS8 expression and prognostic association in our clinical samples (n = 25). Results In the discovery cohort (TCGA and GSE20685 datasets), we found that ADAMTS8 tend to be low expression in LN− early-stage BC, and low ADAMTS8 expression was associated with postoperative metastasis and shortened DMFS. Moreover, the above finding was confirmed in the validation cohort (GSE6538 dataset). Lower ADAMTS8 expression was related to poorer prognostic clinical stage and PAM50 subtypes and shorter DMFS. Gene enrichment analysis indicated that ADAMTS8 may be correlated with BC metastasis. qRT-PCR assays of our clinical tumor sample showed that patients with low ADAMTS8 expression seem to be prone to developing metastasis and have a shorter DMFS time. Conclusion Our research shows that low ADAMTS8 expression is associated with postoperative metastasis and shortened DMFS in LN− early-stage BC patients, which suggests that ADAMTS8 may be a potential prognostic marker for postoperative metastasis in LN− early-stage BC patients.
BRAND TRANSFER BY HANDPHONE CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF JUANG BIREUEN

Various studies that have been carried out in the City of Juang Bireuen to see how far mobile phone consumers have switched to other brands, the findings or results of this study show a very significant impact on the switching of mobile phone brands, so that mobile phone manufacturers are charged with the desires that are of interest to consumers. The results carried out in the City of Juang Bireuen with respondents who had changed to another cellphone brand at least 1 time with 100 respondents the sample population showed that all averages were influenced by advertisements, price changes, and dissatisfaction in a cellphone brand, causing brand switching. The results of this study indicate that advertising has a positive and significant effect on the transfer of mobile phone brands. Likewise, price changes have a positive and significant effect on the transfer of mobile phone brands. Both with dissatisfaction have a positive effect on switching brands of mobile phones. Price changes strengthen the relationship between advertising and brand switching with interaction, meaning that price changes are purely an interaction variable. Likewise, price changes strengthen the relationship between dissatisfaction with brand switching and interaction. Based on the results of this study, there are several recommendations for consumers and mobile phone manufacturers, with increasing consumer interest in changing cellphone brands, it is an important task for manufacturers to be able to satisfy consumer desires
Fibrinogen with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: A combined prediction biomarker for acute coronary syndrome risk assessment

Increased level of either fibrinogen or high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is associated with outcomes of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate whether combining these two parameters could provide an improved prognostic biomarker for subjects with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). A total of 51 ACS subjects and 52 control individuals (having atypical chest pain without significant coronary stenosis) were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Fibrinogen and hs-CRP concentrations were determined using automated analyzers. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to assess the prognostic power of single and combined biomarkers. Regression analysis was performed to investigate the association of the biomarkers with ACS risk. The combined biomarkers exhibited an improved area under the ROC curve, which was higher than that of the individual biomarkers alone. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the ACS risk among subjects with concurrent elevated levels of fibrinogen and hs-CRP [adjusted OR (95% CI)= 11.6 (3.8, 35.2)]was approximately two-fold higher than that of those with single elevated parameter. In conclusion, high fibrinogen and hs-CRP levels can be utilized in combination as an enhanced prediction biomarker for clinical risk assessment of ACS in patients with coronary artery disease.