Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acute polyneuropathy after poisoning by a new organophosphate insecticide.

Polyneuropathy is a recognized complication of poisoning by some organophosphate plasticizers and insecticides.1 , 2 The hazards of organophosphate pesticides for human beings have been limited by screening of candidate compounds and exclusion of those that cause neuropathy in hens given median lethal doses. However, there have been a few reported patients with neuropathy due to various organophosphate pesticides — Mipafox,3 Leptophos,4 Trichlorphon (Chlorophos or Dipterex),5 and Trichloronate (Phytosol). 6 We report here 10 isolated cases of acute polyneuropathy seen over three years in Sri Lanka. All 10 developed after poisoning by formulations of technical-grade Tamaron, whose main ingredient is methamidophos (0,S .
Multimodal Sexual Signaling and Mating Behavior in Olive Baboons (Papio anubis)

In primate species, mating decisions seem to be based on multiple signal elements with different roles in the signaling of female reproductive status. Whereas some primate signals are relatively well described (e.g., sexual swellings and copulation calls), studies that simultaneously assess visual, auditory, behavioral, and olfactory cues as signals of reproductive state are rarely undertaken. We used data on variation in sexual behaviors and sexual swellings in relation to the fertile period (estimated from the date of swelling detumescence) from a troop of semi‐free ranging olive baboons (Papio anubis) to assess how different signals influence patterns of mate choice. Using an objective and quantitative measure of swelling size and color, along with detailed data on sexual behaviors from 13 cycles of nine adult females, we found that fine‐scale variation in sexual swelling size, female behavior and copulation call rates could advertise the beginning of the fertile phase whereas swelling color did not. Rates of olfactory inspections by males also increased during the fertile phase, suggesting that olfactory signals were of interest to males and may contain information about ovulation. There was no relationship between female characteristics (age and rank) and the expression of sexual signals, except for proceptive behaviors which increased with female rank. Males displayed more sexual behaviors such as approaches and holding and tended to direct more ejaculatory mounts during the fertile phase. All together, we suggest that whereas all males could have information concerning the timing of ovulation through female proceptive behaviors and swelling size, consorting males may have access to additional signals (olfactory cues). Sexual communication in olive baboons is consistent with a multimodal framework for fertility signaling, potentially allowing males and females to establish different mating strategies. The possible selective pressures leading to multi‐modal signaling are discussed. Am. J. Primatol. 75:774–787, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Communication Media and Intersubjectivity in Small Groups

Prior research suggests that computer-mediated communication (CMC) may impede groups’ intersubjective social construction of meaning. However, little is yet known about the intermediary processes that promote such intersubjectivity. Based on sociological and organizational theories of meaning and communication, we propose three such processes: signification, comprehension, and emotional contagion. In a laboratory experiment, findings provide preliminary support for the proposed salience of the three intermediary processes to intersubjectivity. The direct effect of CMC on intersubjectivity was initially negative. Following the addition of the three mediational processes, this effect was positive, though insignificant. Thus, the three intermediary processes collectively account for the negative effect of CMC on intersubjectivity. Specifically, results indicate that the effects of CMC on all three processes were negative and that signification and comprehension had positive effects on the intersubjective social construction of meaning. Implications of these findings for ongoing research on meaning in electronically-mediated communication are considered.
SITIO: A Social Semantic Recommendation Platform

The exchange of information on the Web has recently gained momentum with the raise of some socially-oriented collaborative trends. Current phenomena such as blogging, wikis or social software sites such as Digg or Slashdot have emerged as a paradigm shift in which the consumer-producer equation on the Web has reverted. The increasing success of these initiatives in pointing at and recommending resources on the Web is fuelling a new type of social recommendation for the discovery and location of Web resources. Together with current semantic Web technologies and vocabularies that have gained momentum and proved useful, they can help to overcome the significant shortcomings of information overload and foster sharing and collaboration through semantics. In this paper we present the SITIO approach, discuss its forthcomings and introduce BLISS, its proof-of-concept implementation, a biological literature social ranking system used in the bioinformatics field
Liquidity Hedging with Futures and Forward Contracts

Purpose This paper aims to develop hedging strategies using both futures and forward contracts and issuing risky debt when financially constrained firms are forced to operate in long horizon. Design/methodology/approach The authors present a model for developing hedging strategies using both futures and forward contracts and issuing risky debt. A theoretical model employing stochastic differential equations for forward hedging is illustrated with a numerical example over parameter values consistent with the literature. Findings A financially constrained firm with limited cash balance must hedge its liquidity with both future and forward contracts and issue risky debt to support its long-term operations. The firm can issue a minimal amount of risky debt by adding forward contracts into hedging and can increase its value higher than that when hedging with only futures contracts. We show numerically that hedging with both futures and forward contracts allows the firm to issue minimal risky debt in increasing its firm value. Practical implications When Metallgesellschaft nearly collapsed in 1993, it offered long-term forward contracts to its customers and attempted to hedge its risk by rolling over series of short-term futures contract. It created the situation of inherent mismatch in maturity structure. A financially constrained firm operating in a long horizon appears to commit its liquidity as long-term forward contracts, which cannot be fully hedged with series of futures contacts. The firm should hedge its liquidity with both futures and forward contracts and avoid liquidation with deadweight costs in its long-term operation. Originality/value This is the first study examining hedging strategies with both futures and forward contracts.
WNN in Image Restoration for Industrial Applications

In many applications, such as astronomy, remote sensing, medical imaging, military detection, public security, and video technology, images are the main sources of information. But, due to some reasons, observed images are degraded. The degradations are mainly caused by blur and noise. The aim of image restoration is to obtain restored image which should be as close as the original image. Wavelet transforms and neural networks have proven to be very efficient and effective in analyzing a very wide class of signals and phenomena. Wavelet expansion allows a more accurate local description and separation of signal characteristics. Here image processing is introduced for industrial applications in automatic visual inspection system because visual inspection system is not able to identify the small flaws in the industrial products.
Potential effects of reclassifying CKD as a coronary heart disease risk equivalent in the US population.

BACKGROUND Persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk for cardiovascular disease events, but are not classified as such in current US cholesterol treatment guidelines. We examined potential effects of modified guidelines in which CKD was considered a "coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent" for risk stratification. STUDY DESIGN Nationally representative cross-sectional study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 4,823 adults 20 years or older from the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. PREDICTORS Cardiovascular risk stratification based on current US cholesterol treatment guidelines and 2 simulated scenarios in which CKD stages 3-5 or CKD stages 1-5 were considered a CHD risk equivalent. OUTCOMES & MEASUREMENTS Proportion of persons with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol at levels above treatment targets and above the threshold for lipid-lowering therapy initiation, based on current guidelines and the 2 simulated scenarios. RESULTS Under current guidelines, 55.1 million adults in 2010 did not achieve the target LDL cholesterol goal. Of these, 25.2 million had sufficiently elevated levels to meet recommendations for initiating lipid-lowering therapy; 12.1 million were receiving this therapy but remained above goal. When CKD stages 3-5 were considered a CHD risk equivalent, 59.2 million persons were above target LDL cholesterol goals, with 28.5 million and 13.3 million meriting therapy initiation and intensification, respectively. When CKD stages 1-5 were considered a CHD risk equivalent, 65.2 million adults were above goal, with 33.9 million and 14.4 million meriting therapy initiation and intensification, respectively. LIMITATIONS CKD and LDL cholesterol defined using a single laboratory value. CONCLUSIONS Many adults in the United States currently do not meet recommended goals for LDL cholesterol levels. Modifying the current cholesterol guidelines to include CKD as a CHD risk equivalent would lead to a substantial increase in both the number of persons with levels above LDL cholesterol treatment targets and those recommended to initiate lipid-lowering therapy.
High levels of TSP1+/CD142+ platelet-derived microparticles characterise young patients with high cardiovascular risk and subclinical atherosclerosis

Summary Circulating microparticles (cMPs) play important roles in cellular crosstalk and are messengers of cell activation. We have previously reported that platelet-released microparticles (pMPs) stimulate thrombosis and that lipid-lowering treatment as per guidelines in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is not sufficiently effective in reducing pro-inflammatory cell activation and, consequently, CD45+/CD3+-lymphocyte-derived cMP shedding. FH patients, due to life-long vascular exposure to high LDL-cholesterol levels, are at high cardiovascular risk (HCVR) and develop premature coronary artery disease. Our objectives were to investigate a) whether patients with HCVR have cMPs with a prothrombotic phenotype, and b) whether patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of lipid-rich atherosclerotic lesions have a specific cMP profile regarding prothrombotic protein cargos. cMPs were isolated from HCVR-patients and from age/gender/treatment-matched control patients. cMP phenotype was characterised by triple-labelling flow cytometry. HCVR--patients have higher numbers of pMPs derived from activated platelets as well as of tissue factor-rich microparticles (TF+-cMPs) than controls (P< 0.0001). TF+-cMPs showed procoagulant activity, which associate with atherosclerotic plaque burden, indicating that TF in the cMPs is functional. In HCVR-patients, overall TF+-cMPs (monocyte-derived [CD142+/CD14+] and platelet-derived [CD142+/TSP1+]) and activated pMPs directly correlate with MRI-detected lipid-rich atherosclerotic plaques while inversely correlate with MRI-detected calcified plaques. C-statistics analysis showed that prothrombotic cMPs add significant prognostic value to a risk factor model for the prediction of lipid-rich plaques. In conclusion, the activation status of blood cells in HCVR-patients differed markedly from controls as shown by higher circulating levels of prothrombotic and TF+-cMPs. Prothrombotic cMP numbers identify subclinical atherosclerotic plaque burden.
“Remember the bubbles hurt you when you cook in the pan”: Young children's views of illness causality

The present study examines four-year-old children's everyday understandings of illness causality. Research into young children's conceptualisation of illness has led to different expectations of children's comprehension and ongoing debate regarding the nature of children's knowledge. Awareness of preschoolers' spontaneous views of illness causality, rather than explanations restricted by predetermined response categories, is likely to assist practitioners to provide more appropriate interventions for young children. Adopting a socio-constructivist perspective of children's learning and development, and using a narrative methodology, we interviewed five preschoolers regarding their views of illness causality. As part of the interview process children were invited to construct their own storybooks about illness using photographs of children experiencing illness and a variety of art materials. Analysis of young children's narrative accounts revealed two major threads regarding children's illness causality constructions: (1) “behaviour-based explanations for illness”, and (2) “illness prevention messages and behavioural rules”. Findings suggest that four-year-olds' understanding may be more sophisticated than traditionally maintained, and that the illness prevention messages and behavioural rules within sociocultural contexts may significantly influence children's conceptualisation of illness causality.
Handling Data Confidentiality Attack due to Data Sharing using Trust-based Approach in Online Social Networks

Online Social Networks (OSNs) are getting popular among all the people around the globe. With the growing popularity, achieving the data confidentiality from the user’s perspective is considered to be most important. Though data like photos or videos that are uploaded by the owner of the profile is visible to all the friends, it is not always that the user wants it to be viewed by all the friends in the friend list. To give only selected friends the access to the data, a trust based access control mechanism is proposed which will help achieve data confidentiality. The trust score is dependent on different parameters. The paper takes forward the concept of trust-based access control and also proposes the mechanism to handle the threat to data confidentiality due to sharing of the data by friends. Thus the paper solves the problem of data confidentiality attack in OSN due to sharing of the data. To the best of our knowledge this is the first paper that proposes the solution to the threat using trust between the user and friends that occurs due to dissemination of the data in OSN using trust-based approach. Index Terms —Trust, data confidentiality, Online Social Networks, trust-based access control, threat handling
A coupled oscillator array with its application in null directions forming

A coupled oscillator array architecture that can form nonuniform phase distribution is given. Using this architecture and its phase distribution, a simple method of null directions forming is given by manipulating the frequency and the coupling phase of the elements at the boundary of the array. The numerical simulation result is analyzed in 7 element coupled oscillator array
The morphogenesis and adult pattern of the lobules and fissures of the cerebellum of the white rat

The development of the lobules and fissures of the mammalian cerebellum has been the subject of numerous investigations since Kuithan (1895) described some phases in the human embryo and Stroud (1895) compared the developing cerebellum of man with that of the cat. Bradley ('03, '04a, b) made a comprehensive investigation of the fissures and lobules of the cerebellum in embryos of a number of mammals and also studied the pattern in adult cerebella of many species. The investigations of Elliot Smith ('02, '03a, b, c) included a wide range of adult cerebella, supplemented by ernbryonic material. The extensive researches of Bolk ( '06) on the adult cerebellum of many species of mammals, supplemented by human embryonic material, resulted in a terminology which has since been widely used. The fundamental morphological problems involved in the relations of many of the lobules of the cerebellum to each other, however, have not been satisfactorily solved, although Scholten ('46) and Jansen ( '50) have recently made important contributions toward solution of them in their studies of the paraflocculus and of the development of the cerebellum of the whale, respectively. The homologies between many of the features of the avian and the mammalian cerebellum, however, remain obscure. The analysis of the bird cerebellum by the present
Analog-Circuit Fault Diagnosis Using Three-Stage Preprocessing and Time Series Data Mining

We have developed an analog-circuit fault diagnostic system using three-stage preprocessing and time series data mining approach. Using three-stage approach to preprocess the impulse response drastically reduces the number of inputs, simplifying its architecture and minimizing its processing time. Using time series data mining can identify the type of fault. Simulation result verify our method.
Capacity and spectral efficiency of MIMO wireless systems in multipath urban environments with fading

This work describes theoretical and numerical investigations of data stream parameters, such as capacity and spectral efficiency of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems taking into account fading phenomena caused by the multipath of radio propagation in urban environments. The propagation characteristics of urban wireless channel are described using a unified stochastic approach, which allows to obtain the Ricean parameter as a ratio of coherent and incoherent component of the total signal after multiple scattering reflection and diffraction. A simple formula to predict the channel capacity and spectral efficiency for MIMO wireless systems are derived. These formulas are numerically calculated for different urban areas and fading situations and are compared with those obtained for single-input-single-output (SISO) wireless systems. Obtained results allow us to conclude that the proposed method can be very useful as a tool for a network planner in predicting MIMO system performance for various urban and sub-urban environments.
Treatment of subacute posterior knee pain in an adolescent ballet dancer utilizing trigger point dry needling: a case report.

STUDY DESIGN Case Report. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dry needling (DN) is an increasingly popular intervention used by clinicians as a treatment of regional neuromusculoskeletal pain. DN is an invasive procedure that involves insertion of a thin monofilament needle directly into a muscle trigger point (MTP) with the intent of stimulating a local twitch response. Current evidence is somewhat limited, but recent literature supports the use of this intervention in specific neuromusculoskeletal conditions. The purpose of this case report is to present the outcomes of DN as a primary treatment intervention in an adolescent subject with subacute posterior knee pain. CASE DESCRIPTION The subject was a 16-year-old female competitive ballet dancer referred to physical therapy with a two month history of right posterior knee pain. Palpation identified MTPs which reproduced the patient's primary symptoms. In addition to an exercise program promoting lower extremity flexibility and hip stability, the subject was treated with DN to the right gastrocnemius, soleus, and popliteus muscles. OUTCOMES The subject reported being pain free on the Numerical Pain Scale and a +7 improvement in perceived change in recovery on the Global Rating of Change at final follow-up. Physical examination demonstrated no observed impairments or functional limitations, including normal mobility, full strength, and unrestricted execution of dance maneuvers. DISCUSSION The patient was able to return to high level dance training and competition without physical limitations and resumed pre-injury dynamic movement activities including dancing, running, jumping, and pivoting without pain. DN can be an effective and efficient intervention to assist patients in decreasing pain and returning to high intensity physical activity. Additional research is needed to determine if DN is effective for other body regions and has long-term positive outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 4.
Prenatal Radiation-Induced Limb Defects Mediated by Trp53-Dependent Apoptosis in Mice

Abstract Wang, B. , Ohyama, H. , Haginoya, K. , Odaka, T. , Yamada, T. and Hayata, I. Prenatal Radiation-Induced Limb Defects Mediated by Trp53-Dependent Apoptosis in Mice. We reported previously that in utero radiation-induced apoptosis in the predigital regions of embryonic limb buds was responsible for digital defects in mice. To investigate the possible involvement of the Trp53 gene, the present study was conducted using embryonic C57BL/6J mice with different Trp53 status. Susceptibility to radiation-induced apoptosis in the predigital regions and digital defects depended on both Trp53 status and the radiation dose; i.e., Trp53 wild-type (Trp53+/+) mice appeared to be the most sensitive, Trp53 heterozygous (Trp53+/–) mice were intermediate, and Trp53 knockout (Trp53–/–) mice were the most resistant. These results indicate that induction of apoptosis and digital defects by prenatal irradiation in the later period of organogenesis are mediated by the Trp53 gene. These findings suggest that the wild-type Trp53 gene may be an intrinsic genetic susceptibility factor that is responsible for certain congenital defects induced by prenatal irradiation.
Transition to electronic trading of Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures

This study compares liquidity costs and other characteristics of electronic and open outcry hard red winter wheat futures contracts traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade. Liquidity costs are considerably lower in the electronic market than in the open outcry market. A new approach is used to estimate liquidity costs which eliminates bias resulting from splitting of orders in electronic markets. The liquidity costs are still considerably lower after correcting the bias in electronic market. Liquidity costs were higher in after-hours trading as compared to regular trading hours suggesting a negative impact of volume on liquidity costs. Volatility of futures prices and volume per trade are positively related to liquidity costs, while a negative relation is found between daily volume and liquidity costs. Round-number pricing is more prevalent in the open outcry market. Daily volumes were found distinctively higher during the rolling period as a result of Goldman-Sachs Roll. Trade size is larger in the open outcry market.