Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Diverse ulture: Do Research and Clinical Findings Support the otion of a Cultural Construct for the Disorder?

here is still some debate in the literature whether Attention-Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity (ADHD) is best conceptualized as a iological disorder or if it is best understood as a cultural construct. This review aims to contribute to disentangle this issue assessing linical and research data on ADHD in a complete diverse culture from a developing country. We performed a systematic omputerized review of the literature on ADHD in Brazil. All investigations were included if dealing with ADHD prevalence, etiology, ymptomatological construct, or treatment. Findings were compared to those from studies in developed countries. The prevalence rates f ADHD (5.8% using DSM-IV criteria, 1.5% using ICD-10), the bi-dimensional factor construct extracted from factor analyses inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity), the pattern of ADHD comorbidity in clinical samples, the family genetic data suggesting 39% family transmission in clinical samples and the role of some potential candidate genes in dopaminergic and noradrenergic ystems, as well as data on the efficacy of methylphenidate in the disorder are all very similar to findings from developed countries. aken together, these findings suggest that ADHD is not a cultural construct, reinforcing the importance of applying similar research ethodology in different cultures to make findings comparable.
The Combined Risk of Illiquidity and Lapse in Life Insurance

Surrender options in endowment life insurance contracts result in a lapse risk due to two major uncertainties: 1) the disparity between the ex-ante fixed surrender amount and the contract’s market value and 2) the inability to predict the exact number of policyholders that will surrender their contracts in a given year. Traditionally, only the first uncertainty is taken into account when assessing the lapse risk. However, the insurer’s asset side influenced by the second uncertainty should not be ignored. If many policyholders simultaneously surrender their contracts, the insurer will lose liquidity. This study models the lapse behavior influenced by the stochastic development of the insurers assets and interest rate fluctuations. We measure the effects of the combined lapse and liquidity risk on the insurer’s financial stability and develop risk management strategies for risk reduction.
Estimating an EQ-5D population value set: the case of Japan.

Quality adjustment weights for quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are available with the EQ-5D Instrument, which are based on a survey that quantified the preferences of the British public. However, the extent to which this British value set is applicable to other, especially non-European, countries is yet unclear. The objectives of this study are (a) to compare the valuations obtained in Japan and Britain, and (b) to explore a local Japanese value set. A diminished study design is employed, where 17 hypothetical EQ-5D health states are evaluated as opposed to 42 in the British study. The official Japanese version of the instrument and the Time Trade-Off method are used to interview 543 members of the public. The results are: firstly, the evaluations obtained in Japan and those from Britain differ by 0.24 on average on a [-1, +1] scale, and mean absolute error (MAE) in predicting the Japanese preferences with the British value set is 0.23. Secondly, comparable regressions suggest that the two peoples have systematically different preference structures (p<0.001 for 8 of 12 coefficients; F-test). Thirdly, using alternative models, the predictions are improved so that the local Japanese value set achieves MAE in the order of 0.01.
a thoracic endograft infection through an ascending to descending extra-anatomic aortic bypass and endograft explantation

A 52-year-old man presented 33 months after thoracic aortic endovascular repair with hemoptysis and was found to have an aortobronchial fistula secondary to a mycotic aneurysm. The endograft infection was managed in a two-stage fashion. During the initial stage, the patient underwent an ascending-to-descending thoracic aortic bypass. Neither cardiopulmonary bypass, hypothermic circulatory arrest, nor aortic cross-clamping were used. During the same hospitalization, the patient underwent successful endograft explantation through a left thoracotomy. Imaging at 6 months demonstrated no anastomotic concerns and resolution of residual pulmonary inflammation. Thoracic aortic endograft infections necessitating endograft removal can potentially be successfully and safely managed without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass, hypothermic circulatory arrest, or interruption of aortic blood flow. (J Vasc Surg 2010;51:207-9.)
Learning Through Imitation: a Biological Approach to Robotics

Humans are very efficient in learning new skills through imitation and social interaction with other individuals. Recent experimental findings on the functioning of the mirror neuron system in humans and animals and on the coding of intentions, have led to the development of more realistic and powerful models of action understanding and imitation. This paper describes the implementation on a humanoid robot of a spiking neuron model of the mirror system. The proposed architecture is validated in an imitation task where the robot has to observe and understand manipulative action sequences executed by a human demonstrator and reproduce them on demand utilizing its own motor repertoire. To instruct the robot what to observe and to learn, and when to imitate, the demonstrator utilizes a simple form of sign language. Two basic principles underlie the functioning of the system: 1) imitation is primarily directed toward reproducing the goals of observed actions rather than the exact hand trajectories; and 2) the capacity to understand the motor intentions of another individual is based on the resonance of the same neural populations that are active during action execution. Experimental findings show that the use of even a very simple form of gesture-based communication allows to develop robotic architectures that are efficient, simple and user friendly.
Developing Competency Model to Promote Tutor’s Ability and Qualities in China

A competency model of tutoring in China is described and established. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of a tutor’s sense of competence across different domains, instead of viewing perceived competence as a unitary construct. The results show that significant characteristics for an effective tutor include: personal charisma, emotional stability, ability to think clearly, patience, aptitude for training others and an affinity for the work. The validity of the empirical validity and copy reliability of the competency model are tested. Emphasis is placed on its factorial validity. Each subscale defines a separate factor. The factor structure is extremely stable. The scale is viewed as an alternative to those existing measures of questionable validity and reliability. Providing the detailed methods and details of most characteristics, the results will be significant for the training and development of tutors in China.
The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes (2).

IN the 19th century there were two major hypotheses to explain the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: the "incrustation" hypothesis and the "lipid" hypothesis. The incrustation hypothesis of von Rokitansky,1 proposed in 1852 and modified by Duguid,2 suggested that intimal thickening resulted from fibrin deposition, with subsequent organization by fibroblasts and secondary lipid accumulation. The lipid hypothesis, proposed by Virchow3 in 1856, suggested that lipid in the arterial wall represented a transduction of blood lipid, which subsequently formed complexes with acid mucopolysaccharides; lipid accumulated in arterial walls because mechanisms of lipid deposition predominated over those of removal. The two hypotheses are now .
Left Sided Colonic Tb Mimicking Carcinoma Colon : Rare Manifestation of A Common Disease

Background: Involvement of the left colon by tuberculosis is a relatively uncommon presentation and the clinical presentations are very similar to carcinoma. Bleeding per rectum and constipation are the usual presenting features. Colonoscopy may reveal a mass lesion but only histopathological examination will be able to differentiate tuberculosis from malignancy. Case Report: A 46 year old female patient presented with complaints of abdominal distension and bleeding per rectum on and off. Colonoscopic biopsy and histopathological examination of the mass lesion from the descending colon revealed mucosal ulceration and presence of submucosal granuloma and Langhans’ giant cell suggesting tuberculosis. Segmental colonic resection with primary anastomosis was done uneventfully. Conclusion: Left sided colon also may be affected with tuberculosis and should be kept as a differential diagnosis of patients presenting with bleeding per rectum.
β‐Blockers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Inappropriate Avoidance?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is often accompanied by one or more comorbid conditions. While there are established morbidity and mortality benefits of β‐blocker (BB) use for certain cardiovascular conditions, data suggest that clinicians are often reluctant to prescribe them in the presence of COPD because of concerns for bronchoconstriction, despite evidence that they are typically well‐tolerated among these patients. Treatment guidelines for COPD are consistent with those for cardiovascular disease management and support the role of BBs in management of particular cardiovascular conditions, even in the presence of severe COPD. Adherence to these guidelines could result in significant decreases in morbidity and mortality among patients with COPD. Additionally, current treatments for COPD are often linked to increased cardiovascular disease events. Further study is needed to clarify and guide therapeutic management in patients with COPD.
Business value of IT in competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: the role of international oil and gas companies in sustainable development of the local industry

Heim, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-4839, Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Liu, K. (2017) Business value of IT in competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: the role of international oil and gas companies in sustainable development of the local industry. In: British Academy of Management Proceedings (BAM2017), 5 7 Sep 2017, Warwick Business School. Available at http://centaur.reading. ac.uk/75855/
White Page Construction from Web Pages for Finding People on the Internet

This paper proposes a method to extract proper names and their associated information from web pages for Internet/Intranet users automatically. The information extracted from World Wide Web documents includes proper nouns, E-mail addresses and home page URLs. Natural language processing techniques are employed to identify and classify proper nouns, which are usually unknown words. The information (i.e., home pages' URLs or e-mail addresses) for those proper nouns appearing in the anchor parts can be easily extracted using the associated anchor tags. For those proper nouns in the non-anchor pan of a web page, different kinds of clues, such as the spelling method, adjacency principle and HTML tags, are used to relate proper nouns to their corresponding E-mail addresses and/or URLs. Based on the semantics of content and HTML tags, the extracted information is more accurate than the results obtained using traditional search engines. The results can be used to construct white pages for Internet/Intranet users or to build databases for finding people and organizations on the Internet. Such searching services are very useful for human communication and dissemination of information.
Aesthetic surgery induced transformation face insensitive features: The medical and theoretical standpoint

The changes in facial appearance resulting from the effect of plastic surgery may manifest in the form of textural variations, and/or geometric variations with respect to the facial structural features such as eyes, nose, mouth, jaw, nose, brow, etc. This study argues that despite these variations, there exist facial features that are insensitive to the effect of plastic surgery. This paper therefore attempts to investigate this assertion through mathematical connotations/modeling based on some quasiconformal geometrical properties. Also, the study presents some experimental grounds using sample images of pre-surgery and post-surgery faces of different individuals selected from different aesthetic plastic surgery procedures from plastic surgery database and testing using an algorithm coined: conformity to similarity test algorithm for validating our claim. Based on the experimental result, it is evident that the intrinsic structural information of the interior curvature of facial features expressed as edge elements of the global appearance of a face image, is insensitive to the effect of aesthetic surgery induced transformations.
La maqueta como experiencia del espacio arquitectónico

La maqueta como experiencia del espacio arquitectonico" El objetivo principal de este trabajo es el apoyo de la maqueta, tanto historico como moderno, dentro de una vision teorica general del concepto de representacion. No se trata de desarrollar todos los sistemas de representacion de la arquitectura, sino las diversas relaciones de afinidad de los mismos, con la representacion tridimensional. La elaboracion de esta teoria ha requerido recorrer un arco historico inevitable; por lo tanto se marcan tres puntos principales en ella: Teoria, Historia y Modernidad, asi como las relaciones entre ellos. La tesis se estructura en dos partes: Temas Generales, donde se situa a la maqueta en el territorio de la Iconicidad y se la estudia segun sus grados de representacion. Recorrido Historico, donde se analiza la evolucion de las funciones y significados de las maquetas como sistema operativo para la estrategia proyectual. Asi se estudian tres tipos de maquetas: 1. Maquetas o modelos relacionados directamente con la estrategia proyectual y que representan la realidad arquitectonica. 2. Objetos con apariencia arquitectonica de uso cotidiano y domestico, que cuestionan el problema de la creatividad, pues se basan en la apropiacion del estilo. 3. Objetos de caracter ritual o magico, con formas arquitectonicas, cuyo funcion es simbolica. Por otra parte, el estudio analiza la atraccion que ejercen las maquetas en el hombre y que obedecen a razones mas profundas como la psique y el comportamiento humano. Como conclusion se presenta una teoria general de la representacion arquitectonica, a traves del analisis de las maquetas como sistema operativo proyectual. Se destaca la pervivencia de las maquetas arquitectonicas den el tiempo y se aventura su vigencia en el futuro, a pesar de los novedosos y practicos sistemas de representacion actuales. Finalmente, y tras el analisis de los limites que tienen las maque
GPU data structures for graphics and vision

Graphics hardware has in recent years become increasingly programmable, and its programming APIs use the stream processor model to expose massive parallelization to the programmer. Unfortunately, the inherent restrictions of the stream processor model, used by the GPU in order to maintain high performance, often pose a problem in porting CPU algorithms for both video and volume processing to graphics hardware. Serial data dependencies which accelerate CPU processing are counterproductive for the data-parallel GPU. This thesis demonstrates new ways for tackling well-known problems of large scale video/volume analysis. In some instances, we enable processing on the restricted hardware model by re-introducing algorithms from early computer graphics research. On other occasions, we use newly discovered, hierarchical data structures to circumvent the random-access read/fixed write restriction that had previously kept sophisticated analysis algorithms from running solely on graphics hardware. For 3D processing, we apply known game graphics concepts such as mip-maps, projective texturing, and dependent texture lookups to show how video/volume processing can benefit algorithmically from being implemented in a graphics API. The novel GPU data structures provide drastically increased processing speed, and lift processing heavy operations to real-time performance levels, paving the way for new and interactive vision/graphics applications. Graphikhardware wurde in den letzen Jahren immer weiter programmierbar. Ihre APIs verwenden das Streamprozessor-Modell, um die massive Parallelisierung auch fur den Programmierer verfugbar zu machen. Leider folgen aus dem strikten Streamprozessor-Modell, welches die GPU fur ihre hohe Rechenleistung benotigt, auch Hindernisse in der Portierung von CPU-Algorithmen zur Video- und Volumenverarbeitung auf die GPU. Serielle Datenabhangigkeiten beschleunigen zwar CPU-Verarbeitung, sind aber fur die daten-parallele GPU kontraproduktiv . Diese Arbeit prasentiert neue Herangehensweisen fur bekannte Probleme der Video- und Volumensverarbeitung. Teilweise wird die Verarbeitung mit Hilfe von modifizierten Algorithmen aus der fruhen Computergraphik-Forschung an das beschrankte Hardwaremodell angepasst. Anderswo helfen neu entdeckte, hierarchische Datenstrukturen beim Umgang mit den Schreibzugriff-Restriktionen die lange die Portierung von komplexeren Bildanalyseverfahren verhindert hatten. In der 3D-Verarbeitung nutzen wir bekannte Konzepte aus der Computerspielegraphik wie Mipmaps, projektive Texturierung, oder verkettete Texturzugriffe, und zeigen auf welche Vorteile die Video- und Volumenverarbeitung aus hardwarebeschleunigter Graphik-API-Implementation ziehen kann. Die prasentierten GPU-Datenstrukturen bieten drastisch schnellere Verarbeitung und heben rechenintensive Operationen auf Echtzeit-Niveau. Damit werden neue, interaktive Bildverarbeitungs- und Graphik-Anwendungen moglich.
Application of Granger causality analysis to effective connectivity of the default-mode network

The default-mode network (DMN), which is suggested to have important functions related to internal modes of cognition and increasingly implicated in brain disorders, has attracted much attention in the past few years. Effective connectivity, defined as the influence one neuronal system exerts over another, can provide deep understanding of directed influence between brain regions in the network from the view of functional integration. Granger causality analysis is one of the conventional approaches to explore the effective connectivity in brain imaging researches. In this study, we applied Granger causality analysis to resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data from 12 young subjects to explore the effective connectivity pattern of the DMN. The results demonstrated that posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and inferior parietal cortex (IPC) were the only three regions had significant causal relationship with all other regions in more than 50% subjects and PCC was the only brain area influenced by all others while had no directed influence to others. The strong effective connectivity pattern demonstrated that PCC, MPFC and IPC were the three key regions and PCC was the convergence hub in the network. These results provide further understanding of physiological mechanism of DMN underlying internal modes of cognition.
Automatic Generation Control Using an Energy Storage System in a Wind Park

This paper demonstrates the operation of a 1 MW/2 MWh grid-tied battery energy storage system (BESS) in a 10 MW wind R&D park for Automatic Generation Control (AGC) for 29 days. The efficiency and utilization of the BESS in the context of regulation and grid integration are examined. The response time for the BESS is as low as one second, which is faster than the current accepted practice of a conventional generator with governor control. Using PJM's performance template gives an average performance score of 93% while the storage is providing AGC. However, because the storage system only charges when there is sufficient wind energy and spent significant time in maintenance mode, the 29-day performance average is only 65%. The battery was able to carry out some mode of AGC for 64% of the test period. When energy costs and battery degradation are considered, utilizing the battery costs USD 19,000 over the 29-day period, whereas the potential income from AGC, charging only with wind power, was USD 9,037. This 29-day demonstration shows that batteries have fast response and can perform AGC, but within a wind farm AGC is unlikely to be suitable without changes in the tariff schemes.
Patients’ Satisfaction with Public Health Care Services in Bangladesh: Some Critical Issues

This paper attempts to explore the experiences of Bangladeshi patient with public health care services, clients self-perception of health, understanding their expectation and demands of health care towards government health practitioners and service providers. The study points out the issues and difficulties they faced in treatment or getting other services and presents some recommendations to improve the public hospital services.The study was undertaken using the interpretivist paradigm and based on qualitative research method with various data collection procedures, such as interview, focus group discussion (FGD), documentation survey, etc. were employed to collect necessary information. The data highlight a continuous cycle of marginalisation resulting from the interplay of health service providers and their business counter-parts e.g. private pharmaceutical companies, diagnostic centres which reduce the opportunity of protecting patients’ consumer rights at large scale. Therefore, the study suggests that policy makers and service providers should be more responsive to initiate effective policy measures and programmes to combat marginalisation and exclusion of that poor patient groups. Handle: http://hdl.handle. net/20.500. 11903/mjmbr.v2n2. 7
1 Low Complexity Iterative MIMO Receivers for DVB-NGH Using Soft MMSE Demapping and Quantized Log-Likelihood Ratios

DVB-NGH (Digital Video Broadcasting Next Generation Handheld) is the next generation standard of mobile TV based on the second generation of terrestrial digital television DVB-T2 (Terrestrial 2 Generation). The introduction of multi-antenna techniques (MIMO) is a key technology to provide a significant increase in system capacity and network coverage area. The gain obtained with MIMO can be further increased with the combination of iterative decoding (exchange of extrinsic information between channel decoder and MIMO demapper) but the combination of both techniques increases considerably the receiver complexity making in some cases its real implementation inaccessible. This thesis proposes a signal processing algorithm which exploits the benefits of iterative decoding for DVB-NGH MIMO receivers but moreover significantly reduces the receiver complexity. The signal processing is based on MMSE equalization with a priori inputs and quantized log-likelihood ratios. Finally, we provide performance simulation results under mobile vehicular NGH channel model with 60 km/h to show the potential of developed algorithm. Author: David E. Vargas Paredero, email: davarpa@iteam.upv. es Director 1: David Gómez Barquero, email: dagobar@iteam.upv. es Director 1: Gerald Matz, email: gerald.matz@nt.tuwien. ac.at Director 1: Narcís Cardona Marcet, email: ncardona@iteam.upv. es Delivery Date: 09-11-11 3 Low Complexity Iterative MIMO Receivers for DVB-NGH Using Soft MMSE Demapping and Quantized Log-Likelihood Ratios INDEX