Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Desarda Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

Background: Although tension free repair of inguinal hernia with a mesh is the standard technique in many countries with high standard of living, its use remains low in countries with low standard of living due to the initial high cost of the polypropylene mesh. The tissue-dependent techniques (herniorrhaphy) are still acknowledged to be acceptable for the repair of primary inguinal hernia (European Hernia Society guidelines). Shouldice and Modified Bassini repairs are well known tissue repairs of inguinal hernia in Egypt. Desarda’s technique, is an original hernia repair technique which use undetached segment of external oblique aponeurosis to strength the posterior wall of the inguinal canal. Desarda’s repair of inguinal hernia is not well-known in Egypt. This study will record and evaluate the short-term outcome of inguinal hernia repair with Desarda’s technique. Patients and Methods: One hundred and eighty patients presented with unilateral, uncomplicated, primary inguinal hernia (direct, indirect, and/or bantallon) were recruited through the surgical department. Postoperative pain was evaluated using a visual analogue scale 3 hours after the operation, on the 3rd and 7th post-operative days. The primary outcomes measured were postoperative early recurrence, and wound complications. Foreign body feeling, and return to daily activities were examined in hospital and at 7 days, 1, 6, and 12months post-operatively. Results:Of the 180male patients underwent surgery, three patients were lost in the follow up period and one patient died. During the followup of the remaining 176 patients, only two recurrences recorded after one year post-operatively (1.1%). Chronic pain was recorded in5 cases (2.8%). Most patients (92%) returned to normal activity on the third week. There was small number of the patients with wound complications. Conclusion: Results of primary inguinal hernia repair with Desarda’s techniqueis compatible after the end of one-year of follow-up to other recorded early postoperative complications of Lichtenstein hernioplasty, and modified Bassini and Shouldice herniorrhaphy. The technique may adda new technique of pure tissue-based repair available for treating inguinal hernias. [Mohamed Abd Al-Fatah, Gamal Al-Sheemy, Ahmed Abd Al-Aal, Ahmad Fathy El-Hussainy, Abd Al-Monem Adam, Ahmed Hassan, Mahmoud Abo Amrra, Abd Al-Latif Abd Al-Latif, Mansour Abd Al-Khalek. Desarda Inguinal Herniorrhaphy. J Am Sci 2016;12(1):132-140]. ISSN 1545-1003 (print); ISSN 2375-7264 (online). http://www.jofamericanscience. org. 16. doi:10.7537/marsjas12011616.
Effect of self-etching primers on bond strength--are they reliable?

Currently introduced self-etching primers combine conditioning and priming agents into a single product. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of using three self-etching primers on the shear bond strength (SBS) of orthodontic brackets and on the bracket/adhesive failure mode. Brackets were bonded to extracted human teeth according to one of four protocols. In the control group, teeth were etched with 37% phosphoric acid. In the experimental groups, the enamel was conditioned with three different self-etching primers, Clearfil SE Bond (CSE), Etch & Prime 3.0 (EP3), or Transbond Plus (TBP), as suggested by the manufacturer. The brackets were then bonded with Transbond XT in all groups. The present in vitro findings indicate that conditioning with TBP before bonding orthodontic brackets to the enamel surface resulted in a significantly (P < or = .001) higher SBS (mean, 16.0 +/- 4.5 MPa) than that found in CSE, EP3, and the control (acid-etched [AE]) groups. CSE produced bond strength values (mean 11.5 +/- 3.3 MPa) that are statistically comparable to those produced by acid etching (mean 13.1 +/- 3.1 MPa). The use of EP3 for enamel conditioning resulted in the lowest mean SBS value (mean 9.9 +/- 4.0 MPa). A comparison of the adhesive remnant index scores indicated that there was more residual adhesive remaining on the teeth that were treated with conventional acid etching than in the CSE and EP3 groups. In the TBP group, the failure sites were similar to those of the AE group but different from those of the CSE group.
INVESTIGATION OF THE INFORMATION-CONTENT OF (CERTAIN) SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY DISCLOSURES

This study addresses the relevance of certain social responsibility disclosures of firms to investors by empirically assessing their impact on security returns. The results of this investigation of the information content of voluntary disclosures may provide some insight into the possible effect of signals derived from a formal measurement and reporting system. 1 Two related empirical tests of information content were conducted. The first analyzed returns for portfolios of securities selected from a broad spectrum of the market, whereas the second investigated the return performance of specific market segments. The next section of this paper discusses the social responsibility issue and reviews the literature. The following sections delineate the theoretical framework and methodology employed, depict the results of the tests, and draw conclusions and implications from the study.
Fault Detection and Isolation of Induction Motors Using Recurrent Neural Networks and Dynamic Bayesian Modeling

Dynamic neural models provide an attractive means of fault detection and isolation in industrial process. One approach is to create a neural model to emulate normal system behavior and additional models to emulate various fault conditions. The neural models are then placed in parallel with the system to be monitored, and fault detection is achieved by comparing the outputs of the neural models with the real system outputs. Neural network training is achieved using simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA). Fault classification is based on a simple threshold test of the residuals formed by subtracting each neural model output from the corresponding output of the real system. We present a new approach based on this well known scheme where a Bayesian network is used to evaluate the residuals. The approach is applied to fault detection in a three-phase induction motor.
Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Profitabilitas Bank Syariah

The Determinant That Affect The Profitability in Islamic Banks The aim of this study are to analyze the direct effect of financing and net interest margin to return on asset, and indirect effect of financing and net interest margin into return on asset. The independent variables in this study are financing and net interest margin, the dependent variable is return on asset, and intervening variable is non performing financing (NPF). The method that used in this study is path analysis. The result shown that the financing has direct effect to return on asset 2.45% and net interest margin has direct effect to return on asset 6.45%. Non performing financing has direct effect to return on asset 4.32%. Financing has indirect effect to non performing financing 2.77%. Net interest margin has indirect effect on non performing financing 2.77%. DOI: 10.15408/etk.v14i2. 2273
The production of scientific evidence on indirect land use change and its role in EU biofuels policy

One of the most heatedly debated aspects of EU’s policy on biofuels in recent times concern indirect land use change (ILUC) induced by the production of biofuels. However, when the EU Renewable Energies Directive (RED) adopted in 2008, regulating ILUC was not considered for the time being. Ever since, the fundamental conflicts on biofuels regarding their social and ecological effects crystallize in the debates on ILUC, which is underpinned by the wide range of results of scientific research on the topic. Starting from explaining the concept of ILUC and from conceptual considerations regarding new ways of knowledge production and its use in the policy process, we firstly trace the policy process on biofuels’ ILUC with a special focus on the actors and their stances in this context. Subsequently, mainly by document analysis, we give a detailed overview of the research on biofuels’ ILUC, focusing on which actors are related to the various ILUC studies and on what the relationship between these actors and the studies’ orientations (methodologies, etc.) and outcomes is. The analysis shows how the increase in ILUC research and its characteristics can be related to the societal problems arising from biofuels production, to the actors involved in it, and to their stakes in the issue. This points to the social embeddedness of ILUC research into societal as well as political practices and therefore – at least partly – qualifies it as a new mode of knowledge production. Furthermore, it points to special role scientific evidence plays regarding the policy process on the regulation of ILUC in the EU. In this respect, our observations suggest that, on the one hand, the scientific evidence on biofuels’ ILUC as well as the uncertainty and complexity has been well perceived and taken up in the policy process. On the other hand, however, its role has eventually been reduced to an instrumental one, serving to legitimize and rationalize decisions agreed upon elsewhere beforehand. 4 | ELISA DUNKELBERG, THOMAS VOGEPOHL
Explicit implied vols for multifactor local-stochastic vol models

We consider an asset whose risk-neutral dynamics are described by a general class of local-stochastic volatility models and derive a family of asymptotic expansions for European-style option prices and implied volatilities. Our implied volatility expansions are explicit; they do not require any special functions nor do they require numerical integration. To illustrate the accuracy and versatility of our method, we implement it under five different model dynamics: CEV local volatility, quadratic local volatility, Heston stochastic volatility, 3/2 stochastic volatility, and SABR local-stochastic volatility.
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2009 clinical evidence review on radiofrequency ablation of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE To review the evidence about the efficacy and utility of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer (CRHM). METHODS The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) convened a panel to conduct and analyze a comprehensive systematic review of the RFA literature from Medline and the Cochrane Collaboration Library. RESULTS Because data were considered insufficient to form the basis of a practice guideline, ASCO has instead published a clinical evidence review. The evidence is from single-arm, retrospective, and prospective trials. No randomized controlled trials have been included. The following three clinical issues were considered by the panel: the efficacy of surgical hepatic resection versus RFA for resectable tumors; the utility of RFA for unresectable tumors; and RFA approaches (open, laparoscopic, or percutaneous). Evidence suggests that hepatic resection improves overall survival (OS), particularly for patients with resectable tumors without extrahepatic disease. Careful patient and tumor selection is discussed at length in the literature. RFA investigators report a wide variability in the 5-year survival rate (14% to 55%) and local tumor recurrence rate (3.6% to 60%). The reported mortality rate was low (0% to 2%), and the major complications rate was commonly reported to be between 6% and 9%. RFA is currently performed with all three approaches. CONCLUSION There is a compelling need for more research to determine the efficacy and utility of RFA to increase local recurrence-free, progression-free, and disease-free survival as well as OS for patients with CRHM. Clinical trials have established that hepatic resection can improve OS for patients with resectable CRHM.
Research Note: Nowcasting Tourist Arrivals in Barbados – Just Google it!

This paper uses support vector regressions (SVRs) and Google search data to test whether observing Internet habits can provide insights into trends in tourist arrivals in Barbados. The empirical evidence suggests that Google Trends data may be used to pick up changing patterns and trends in tourist arrivals from the UK and Canada. In the case of the USA, the authors find no evidence to suggest that Google data add any significant information to what can be ‘learned’ from an autoregressive SVR.
Personality-based consistent robot behavior

Personality is essential to creating socially interactive robots. Prior work in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has focused on endowing robots with personality for the purpose of increasing the appeal of the robot and interaction to the user. In this paper, we propose the application of personality towards producing consistent and predictable behavior for robots. We provide an overview of personality and personality research in HRI, and describe a new research direction for using the Big Five personality types to enable robotic behavior that is consistent and easily predictable by human users.
Dynamics of Price Volatility in the China-U.S. Hog Industries

This paper examines hog price linkages between the U.S. and China during the period June 1996 to December 2013. Volatility and spillover effects are modeled through a MGARCH-BEKK model. It is found that volatility in Chinese hog prices is explained by own-price volatility and past unexpected events (shocks); American hog price volatility, however, is mostly explained by its own past shocks (events in the U.S. market). One common aggregate linkage between the two markets is unidirectional volatility spillover effects from China to U.S. hog prices, paralleling the flow of hog-pork exports from the U.S. to China.
Is Seasonal Hunger a Distant Memory in Bangladesh? Revisiting Earlier Evidences

While seasonality of income, consumption and poverty is not uncommon in rural Bangladesh, it is more pronounced in the Rangpur region, where it is exacerbated by the region’s agroecology and adverse economic geography. This paper, using three rounds of nationally representative data from household income and expenditure surveys from 2000-2010, follows up on earlier findings based on two rounds of data from 2000 and 2005 (Khandker 2012) to determine the extent and causes of seasonality and the factors that helped to combat the severity of such seasonality. This paper adds value to the earlier study in two ways. First, it examines whether the earlier findings still hold over a longer timeframe. Second, having the benefit of three data points allows us to examine the trends in outcomes and underlying factors. The paper finds that seasonal hunger, often known as ‘monga’ in the North-West region of Bangladesh, is caused by both yearly aggregate of income and its seasonal variation. The paper recommends that structural integration of labor, food, and credit markets is necessary to alleviate endemic poverty as well as mitigate the adverse impacts of agricultural seasonality. Combating seasonal hunger therefore calls for diversifying agricultural and rural incomes as well as enhancing poor households’ capacity to insure against seasonality.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Initiation Factor 4E-Dependent Cell-Free System

The gene encoding translation initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was randomly mutagenized in vitro. The mutagenized gene was reintroduced on a plasmid into S. cerevisiae cells having their only wild-type eIF-4E gene on a plasmid under the control of the regulatable GAL] promoter. Transcription from the GAL] promoter (and consequently the production of wild-type eIF-4E) was then shut off by plating these cells on glucose-containing medium. Under these conditions, the phenotype conferred upon the cells by the mutated eIF-4E gene became apparent. Temperature-sensitive S. cerevisiae strains were identified by replica plating. The properties of one strain, 4-2, were further analyzed. Strain 4-2 has two point mutations in the eIF-4E gene. Upon incubation at 37C, incorporation of [35S]methionine was reduced to 15% of the wild-type level. Cell-free translation systems derived from strain 4-2 were dependent on exogenous eIF-4E for efficient translation of certain mRNAs, and this dependence was enhanced by preincubation of the extract at 37C. Not all mRNAs tested required exogenous eIF-4E for translation.
Distinct bacteriocin groups correlate with different groups of Streptococcus mutans plasmids

A correlation between the presence of 5.6-kilobase plasmids and bacteriocin activity was found in human-derived strains of Streptococcus mutans. Compared with bacteriocin activity of randomly selected clinical isolates of plasmid-negative strains, bacteriocin activity of plasmid-positive strains significantly inhibited not only two laboratory strains of S. mutans, OMZ176 and AHT (P less than 0.0001 and P = 0.038, respectively), but most plasmid-negative clinical isolates as well (P = 0.0005). Comparisons of inhibition between pairs of plasmid-positive strains revealed two groups, group I and group II, that produced distinct bacteriocins we designated as mutacin I and mutacin II, respectively. Within each group, a strain produced inhibitory activity against all the members of the other group but against no members of its own group. Plasmid DNA from plasmid-positive strains of each group was isolated and analyzed by restriction endonuclease digestion. Plasmids from the two groups that were apparently identical in size differed in digestion patterns for EcoRI, HaeIII, and TaqI, even though six TaqI fragments appeared to be common to all. Based on bacteriocin profiles and restriction enzyme digests, two distinct groups of plasmid-positive S. mutans strains emerged. Although the bacteriocin activity of plasmid-positive strain LM7 (serotype e) placed it in group I, clear differences in restriction digests distinguished it from the other plasmid-containing strains.
Cytosinium orotate dihydrate

The title compound, C4H6N3O+·C5H3N2O4 −·2H2O or Cyt+·Or−·2H2O, was synthesized by a reaction between cytosine (4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, Cyt) and orotic acid (2,4-dihydroxy-6-carboxypyrimidine, Or) in aqueous solution. The two ions are joined by two N+—H⋯O− (±)-(CAHB) hydrogen bonds, forming a dimer with graph-set motif R 2 2(8). In the crystal, the ion pairs of the asymmetric unit are joined by four N—H⋯O interactions to adjacent dimers, forming hydrogen-bonded rings with R 2 2(8) graph-set motif in a two-dimensional network. The formation of the three-dimensional array is facilitated by water molecules, which act as bridges between structural sub-units linked in R 3 2(8) and R 3 2(7) hydrogen-bonded rings. The orotate anion is essentially planar, as the dihedral angle between the planes defined by the carboxylate group and the uracil fragment is 4.0 (4)°.
Neuronal acetylcholine receptors in Drosophila: the ARD protein is a component of a high‐affinity alpha‐bungarotoxin binding complex.

The ard gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a structural homologue of vertebrate nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) and is expressed exclusively in nervous tissue. To study the nature of the ARD protein, antibodies were raised against fusion constructs containing two regions of this polypeptide. One segment is putatively extracellular (amino acids 65‐212), the other domain is exposed to the cytoplasm (amino acids 305‐444). The ARD antisera obtained served to investigate the physical relationship between the ARD protein and alpha‐bungarotoxin (alpha‐Btx) binding sites occurring in Drosophila. Two different high‐affinity binding sites for [125I]alpha‐Btx, a highly potent antagonist of vertebrate muscle AChR, were detected in fly head membranes. Equilibrium binding and kinetic studies revealed Kd values of approximately 0.1 nM (site 1) and approximately 4 nM (site 2). The estimated maximal binding (Bmax) was approximately 240 and 1080 fmol/mg protein respectively. Both sites exhibited a nicotinic‐cholinergic pharmacology. Immunoprecipitation experiments with the ARD antisera indicated that the ARD protein is associated with the [125I]alpha‐Btx binding site 1 only. These data support the previously postulated hypothesis that the ARD protein is part of an alpha‐Btx binding neuronal AChR of Drosophila. Furthermore, they indicate heterogeneity in nicotinic‐cholinergic binding sites in the insect nervous system.
A Case Study on Agile Estimating and Planning using Scrum

We describe a case study that was conducted at the University of Ljubljana with the aim of studying the behavior of development teams using Scrum for the first time, i.e., a situation typical for software companies trying to introduce Scrum into their development process. 13 student teams were required to develop an almost real project strictly using Scrum. The data on project management activities were collected in order to measure the amount of work completed, compliance with the release and iteration plans, and ability of effort estimation, thus contributing to evidence-based assessment of the typical Scrum processes. It was found that the initial plans and effort estimates were over-optimistic, but the abilities of estimating and planning improved from Sprint to Sprint. Most teams were able to define almost accurate Sprint plans after three Sprints. In the third Sprint the velocity stabilized and the actual achievement almost completely matched the plan. Bibl. 25, tabl. 4 (in English; abstracts in English and Lithuanian). http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.eee. 111.5. 372
Development and Characterization of a CMOS-MEMS Accelerometer With Differential LC-Tank Oscillators

This paper presents a CMOS-MEMS accelerometer based on differential LC-tank oscillators. Two LC-tank oscillators composed of differential MEMS capacitors and suspended inductors were designed and fabricated by standard TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS processes and post-CMOS dry etching. The outputs of the differential oscillators are mixed and the output frequency of the mixer is proportional to the capacitance change caused by the external acceleration. The device has been characterized and has a mechanical resonance frequency of 7 kHz, absolute sensitivity of 3.62 MHz/g, relative sensitivity of 1.9×10-3 Δf/f0/g, in-axis nonlinearity of 1.2%FS, bias stability of 2.1 mg, and average noise floor of 0.205-0.219 mg/√Hz in the frequency range of 15-250 Hz.
Household Energy Demand and the Impact of Energy Prices: Evidence from Senegal

This study analyzes household expenditure behavior at the quintile level, with a focus on energy expenditures. A Tobit Type I model is used for the estimation. Using the separability assumption of the AIDS model, expenditure elasticities and own-price elasticities are computed despite the lack of information on consumer prices. Results indicate that households behave according to their level of income. The poorest quintile has the highest budget share for kerosene, while the richest has the highest budget share for electricity, LPG, and fuel for transport. Results showed that firewood, charcoal, and kerosene are normal goods. But electricity, LPG, and fuel for transportation are superior goods for most of the quintiles. Own-price elasticities showed that the poorest quintiles are very sensitive to the price change of electricity, LPG, and charcoal. But the richest are very sensitive to fuel for transportation price variations. These results suggest that universal subsidies are not appropriate in such context. If the goal of a fuel subsidy is to reduce energy poverty, targeted fuel subsidies should be preferred to universal subsidies, especially for electricity, LPG and fuel for transportation.
Draft Genome Sequence of Streptococcus gordonii Type Strain CCUG 33482T

ABSTRACT Streptococcus gordonii type strain CCUG 33482T is a member of the Streptococcus mitis group, isolated from a case of subacute bacterial endocarditis. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of S. gordonii CCUG 33482T, composed of 41 contigs of a total size of 2.15 Mb with 2,061 annotated coding sequences.