Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gestational diabetes mellitus: accuracy of Midwives Data Collection

TO THE EDITOR: An estimated 512 935 Australian adults satisfy criteria for alcohol dependence (3.5% of the population aged 18 years and over). 1 Pharmacotherapy for this condition typically comprises a benzodiazepine, such as d iazepam, fo r wi thdrawal and disulfiram for relapse prevention.2 Acamprosate and naltrexone have also recently become available for treating alcohol dependence in Australia, but little is known about their uptake or cost. One indicator of uptake is the proportion of alcohol-dependent individuals who have a script filled. Based on the number of scripts for these drugs filled in Australia in 2001, and assuming 50% compliance with the recommended treatment periods, we estimated that 4602 people took acamprosate and 8899 naltrexone in that year (Box). This is equivalent to a maximum of about 3% of alcohol-dependent individuals taking either drug (13 501 individuals using either drug/512 935 alcoholdependent individuals). We also estimated the cost of visits to medical practitioners for scripts for these drugs, assuming that most were written by general practitioners, and the costs of the drugs themselves to the Australian government and to individual patients (Box). Total treatment and medication cost of the two drugs in 2001 was $7 420 741. These estimates are based on assumptions about the relevant population subgroup (age 18 years), rate of compliance with the recommended regimen (50%), source of scripts (GPs), and GP fees (first visit, $25.05; subsequent visits, $11.14). Varying these assumptions makes little difference to the likely uptake of either acamprosate or naltrexone; applying more conservative assumptions suggests that either medication is unlikely to have been used by more than 5% of alcohol-dependent individuals in Australia. Although use of these medications is not necessarily appropriate for all dependent individuals, their low uptake raises serious concerns about why they are being underutilised: it may be because they are poorly marketed, or it may be that they are of limited effectiveness in Australia outside the context of clinical trials. The latter possibility is exacerbated by the nebulous nature of the comprehensive treatment programs recommended for their use.5 Without methodologically rigorous Australian data, it is difficult to confidently allay such concerns. However, these results indicate a considerable amount of resources are being devoted to acamprosate and naltrexone as treatments for alcohol dependence, with little Australian evidence as to whether this investment represents value for money.
Serodiagnosis of Porphyromonas gingivalis infection by immunoblot analysis with recombinant collagenase

The Porphyromonas gingivalis collagenase-specific serum immunoglobulin A (IgA), IgM, and IgG responses from 20 patients with early-onset periodontitis (EOP), 20 patients with adult periodontitis, (AP), and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were examined by immunoblot analysis. A recombinant collagenase antigen used for the immunoblot analysis was produced by using the plasmid pGEX-2T, which allows the fusion between the collagenase and glutathione S-transferase. There was no significant difference in collagenase-specific IgG antibody detection between samples from the EOP, AP, and control groups. In contrast, 85% of AP and EOP sera had collagenase-specific IgA antibodies, whereas only 20% of control sera showed collagenase-specific IgA reactivity. Plaque samples from all groups were assessed by PCR with primers complementary to the collagenase-encoding gene prtC. The results indicated that 90% of AP and EOP plaque samples and 10% of control samples were positive for P. gingivalis. All patients with collagenase-specific IgA antibodies were PCR positive. The results of the study indicate a nearly complete concordance (k = 0.856) between the presence of collagenase-specific IgA antibodies and PCR detection of P. gingivalis. By using PCR as the "gold standard," the sensitivity and specificity of the IgA immunoblot test were 94.7 and 90.9%, respectively. Therefore, the recombinant collagenase is a potential candidate for use in the serodiagnosis of periodontitis.
RADIATION DAMAGE IN ORGANIC CRYSTALS: AUFBAU PROCESSES.

It is pointed out that in some systems long-lived oriented free radicals can be formed by aufbau processes, in particular by H atom addition. For example, the spin resonance of x irradiated tiglic acid (CH/sub 3/CH = C(CH/sub 3/ ) COOH) suggests a single stable long-lived pi radical. A . similar H-aufbau is definitely involved in furoic acid where x irradiation gives a predorainant radical species. Structural formulas of the free radicals are given. (P.C.H.)
The combined effect of total body irradiation (TBI) and cyclosporin A (CyA) on the risk of relapse in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

One hundred and fifty acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients in first remission received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT), after conditioning with cyclophosphamide 120 mg/kg and total body irradiation (TBI) 3.3 Gy × 3 (total nominal dose 9.9). The received dose, as recorded by thermoluminescent dosimeters, ranged between 7.83 and 12.25 Gy. Patients who received TBI < 9.9 Gy (n = 34) had a significantly higher relapse rate when compared with patients receiving 9.9 Gy (n = 116) (43% vs. 19%; P = 0.002). Graft versus host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis consisted of cyclosporin A (CyA) with or without methotrexate (MTX). The dose of CyA was either 1 or 5 mg/kg/day i.v. from day −1 to + 20, then 10 mg/kg/day orally until day + 365. Patients receiving 5 mg/kg CyA (n = 40) had a higher risk of relapse (49% vs. 15%; P = 0.0001). Thus, low‐dose TBI (< 9.9Gy) and high‐dose CyA (5 mg/kg) were significant predictors of leukaemia relapse. Patients were then divided into three groups: those who had both negative predictors (< 9.9 Gy TBI and 5 mg/kg CyA; n = 26); those who had only one (either < 9.9 Gy TBI or 5 mg/kg CyA; n = 22); and those who had neither ( 9.9 Gy TBI and 1 mg/kg CyA; n = 102). The three groups were comparable for FAB subtype, interval diagnosis transplant and age. The 5‐year actuarial relapse rate for these three groups of patients was 49%, 41% and 15%, with no difference between the first two and a significant difference when compared with the latter (P < 0.01). These data indicate that acute myeloid leukaemia can be cured with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation given an intensive conditioning regimen and low‐dose immunosuppression post‐graft. Either alone is insufficient to produce long‐term disease‐free survival. These results may be relevant for programmes of reduced intensity conditioning designed for patients with acute leukaemia.
Circulating MicroRNAs and Life Expectancy Among Identical Twins

Human life expectancy is influenced not only by longevity assurance mechanisms and disease susceptibility loci but also by the environment, gene–environment interactions, and chance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs closely related to genes. Circulating miRNAs have been shown as promising noninvasive biomarkers in the development of many pathophysiological conditions. However, the concentration of miRNA in the circulation may also be affected by environmental factors. We used a next‐generation sequencing platform to assess the association of circulating miRNA with life expectancy, for which deaths are due to all causes independent of genes. In addition, we showed that miRNAs are present in 41‐year archived plasma samples, which may be useful for both life expectancy and all‐cause mortality risk assessment. Plasma miRNAs from nine identical male twins were profiled using next‐generation sequencing. The average absolute difference in the minimum life expectancy was 9.68 years. Intraclass correlation coefficients were above 0.4 for 50% of miRNAs. Comparing deceased twins with their alive co‐twin brothers, the concentrations were increased for 34 but decreased for 30 miRNAs. Identical twins discordant in life expectancy were dissimilar in the majority of miRNAs, suggesting that environmental factors are pivotal in miRNAs related to life expectancy.
Discovering Human Presence Activities with Smartphones Using Nonintrusive Wi-Fi Sniffer Sensors: The Big Data Prospective

With the explosive growth and wide-spread use of smartphones with Wi-Fi enabled, people are used to accessing the internet through Wi-Fi network interfaces of smartphones. Smartphones periodically transmit Wi-Fi messages, even when not connected to a network. In this paper, we describe the Mo-Fi system which monitors and aggregates large numbers of continuous Wi-Fi message transmissions from nearby smartphones in the area of interest using nonintrusive Wi-Fi sniffer sensors. In this paper, we propose an optimized Wi-Fi channel detection and selection method to switch the best channels automatically to aggregate the Wi-Fi messages based on channel data transmission weights and human presence activity classification method based on the features of human dwell duration sequences in order to evaluate the user engagement index. By deploying in the real-world office environment, we found that the performance of Wi-Fi messages aggregation of CAOCA and CACFA algorithms is over 3.8 times higher than the worst channel of FCA algorithms and about 76% of the best channel of FCA algorithms, and the human presence detection rate reached 87.4%.
Division of labour in colony defence against vertebrate predators by the social wasp Polistes fuscatus


In this study I examined how the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, defends a colony when faced with a vertebrate attack. I looked for a division of labour in defensive behaviour within a colony and examined whether this behaviour changes over the colony cycle. The colonies were presented with a model of an adult red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, and a speaker that vibrated the comb. There was a pronounced division of labour in the defence against vertebrate predators within a colony. The queen was consistently the most aggressive individual in the colony. The subordinate foundresses and workers both became more aggressive towards a vertebrate predator as they aged. Gynes and males did not participate in colony defence. The level of aggression in colony members of P. fuscatus appears to be related to the reproductive investment of the colony. Copyright 2000 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Revisión de metodologías empleadas en los estudios factoriales de la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico de Ryff (versión en español)

El objetivo de esta investigación fue realizar una revisión de la literatura para describir la metodología utilizada en estudios factoriales de la versión en español de la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico de Ryff (PWBS-E; Diaz et al., 2006). Se efectuó una búsqueda directa en bases de datos de estudios instrumentales que analizan la PWBS-E y se encontraron nueve artículos con información relevante. En cuanto a los estudios que emplean análisis factorial confirmatorio, se observaron diferencias respecto al software utilizado y a los métodos de estimación, pero la mayoría no indica el tipo de matriz de correlaciones utilizada. Del mismo modo, el grado en que se informan correlaciones interfactoriales y cargas factoriales es bajo y, en promedio, los índices de ajuste son menores a los límites aceptables. Dos de los tres estudios bajo un enfoque exploratorio destacan por el uso de análisis de componentes principales y rotación varimax, mientras que solo uno informa las cargas factoriales. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos, el uso de la puntuación total de la PWBS-E no está justificado. Se concluye que hay una falta de claridad con respecto a la estructura interna de la PWBS-E.
Steady-State and Transient Stability Studies with an AC-AC PWM Series Compensator

This paper presents the steady-state and transient stability simulation of a power system with a pulse width modulated (PWM) AC link series compensator (PWMSC). Such device is included into the Newton-Raphson formulation. Results of transient stability simulations are exposed, showing the applicability of the device for such purposes.
Compression of UV spectrum with recurrent neural network

In order to save time or storage space, compression techniques are applied. Recently compression techniques based on approximation theory are dominated by the fast Fourier and the wavelet transforms if noise is tolerated. For a given sequence, the compressed signal is represented as a linear sum of basic functions. In this note, we introduce a dynamical system approach for signal compressions. We demonstrate how to compress a UV spectrum by a discrete-time recurrent neural network. As an initial valued problem, the parameters we stored are the connection weights of the neural network and also the initial states. Compression ratio is also discussed. Storage space and energy is saved if good compression techniques are applied.
A capacitive MEMS Veriloga-Based Sensor System for Building Integrity Monitoring

A capacitive MEMS Ultra-Low-Power readout for accelerometers and strain sensors using VerilogA models is presented. The VerilogA model of the accelerometers and strain sensors allows the simulation of a system in a half-bridge configuration. The gain of the system is controlled by integrating pulses from the excitation voltage which accurately controls the Signal-to-Noise ratio. A Figure-of-Merit of was achieved for a sensor range of ±2.0 g and ±20,000 μe over a 100 Hz bandwidth. Residual motion artefacts are also canceled by the system.
Testing for Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets

This paper reviews and evaluates the empirical literature on adverse selection in insurance markets. We focus on empirical work that seeks to test the basic coverage-risk prediction of adverse selection theory--that is, that policyholders who purchase more insurance coverage tend to be riskier. The analysis of this body of work, we argue, indicates that whether such a correlation exists varies across insurance markets and pools of insurance policies. We discuss various reasons why a coverage-risk correlation may be found in some pools of insurance policies but not in others. We also review the work on the disentangling of adverse selection and moral hazard and on learning by policyholders and insurers.
The role of dietary factors in the intestinal and diffuse histologic subtypes of gastric adenocarcinoma

The decline of gastric adenocarcinoma in the U. S. and the parallel decrease in the predominance of the intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma may reflect, in part, changes in diet over the last 60 years. Because the intestinal and diffuse types of gastric adenocarcinoma may be epidemiologically distinct, the authors hypothesized that different nutritional factors are associated with the different subtypes of gastric adenocarcinoma.
An Information-Spectrum Approach to Capacity Theorems for the General Multiple-Access Channel

The paper deals with the capacity problems for the general multiple-access channel, where the channel transition probabilities are arbitrary for every blocklength n. The approach used here, which is called the information-spectrum approach, is quite different from the standard typical-sequence and/or AEP techniques. The general formula for the capacity region for the general multiple-access channel is thus established. In order to examine the potentiality, we apply it to the mixed channel to obtain the formula for its capacity region. The case where input cost constraints are imposed is also considered.
FPGA implementation of EASI algorithm

Using chaotic signals, we evaluate the performance of the EASI(Equivariant Adaptive Separation via Independence) algorithm, which is a basic algorithm among various on-line ICA (Independent Component Analysis) algorithms. We found that the EASI algorithm in fixed-point (16-bit) arithmetic can recover the chaotic signals successfully as well as the algorithm in floating-point arithmetic. We can implement the algorithm in fixed-point arithmetic to Virtex-IV SX25 FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) up to the 4x4 design.
Intelligent Exploration for User Interface Modules of Mobile App with Collective Learning

A mobile app interface usually consists of a set of user interface modules. How to properly design these user interface modules is vital to achieving user satisfaction for a mobile app. However, there are few methods to determine design variables for user interface modules except for relying on the judgment of designers. Usually, a laborious post-processing step is necessary to verify the key change of each design variable. Therefore, there is only a very limited amount of design solutions that can be tested. It is time-consuming and almost impossible to figure out the best design solutions as there are many modules. To this end, we introduce FEELER, a framework to fast and intelligently explore design solutions of user interface modules with a collective machine learning approach. FEELER can help designers quantitatively measure the preference score of different design solutions, aiming to facilitate the designers to conveniently and quickly adjust user interface module. We conducted extensive experimental evaluations on two real-life datasets to demonstrate its applicability in real-life cases of user interface module design in the Baidu App, which is one of the most popular mobile apps in China.
Investigating Kleptothermy: A Reptile-Seabird Association with Thermal Benefits

Studies on interspecific interactions between vertebrates based on thermal benefits are poorly represented in the literature. Ecologists know little about a category of thermoregulation termed kleptothermy. We provide evidence that a close association between a medium-sized reptile (tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus) and a small seabird (fairy prion, Pachyptila turtur) enables the reptile to maintain higher-than-average body temperatures. This is the first multiyear data set to reveal that the presence of an endotherm within a burrow has direct, transferable thermal benefits to an ectotherm. It is possible that such positive interspecific interactions may alleviate thermal stress across the range of a single species. Currently, we know little about the evolutionary consequences of such interactions, and future work should focus on whether these thermal benefits increase fitness through increased growth rates or reproductive output.
Emotion regulation group therapy for deliberate self-harm: a multi-site evaluation in routine care using an uncontrolled open trial design

Objective Emotion regulation group therapy (ERGT) has shown promising results in several efficacy trials. However, it has not been evaluated outside a research setting. In order to increase the availability of empirically supported treatments for individuals with borderline personality disorder and deliberate self-harm, an evaluation of ERGT in routine clinical care was conducted with therapists of different professional backgrounds who had received brief intensive training in ERGT prior to trial onset. Design Multi-site evaluation, using an uncontrolled open trial design with assessments at pretreatment, post-treatment and 6-month follow-up. Setting 14 adult outpatient psychiatric clinics across Sweden. Participants Ninety-five women (mean age=25.1 years) with borderline personality disorder (both threshold and subthreshold) and repeated self-harm were enrolled in the study. Ninety-three per cent of participants completed the post-treatment assessment and 88% completed the follow-up assessment. Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary outcome was self-harm frequency as measured with the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory. Secondary outcomes included self-harm versatility, emotion dysregulation, other self-destructive behaviours, depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and interpersonal and vocational difficulties. Intervention ERGT is an adjunctive, 14-week, acceptance-based behavioural group treatment that directly targets both self-harm and its proposed underlying mechanism of emotion dysregulation. Results At post-treatment, intent-to-treat analyses revealed a significant improvement associated with a moderate effect size on the primary outcome of self-harm frequency (51%, reduction; Cohen’s d=0.52, p<0.001) as well as significant improvements in the secondary outcomes of self-harm versatility, emotion dysregulation, other self-destructive behaviours and general psychiatric symptomatology. These results were either maintained or further improved on at 6-month follow-up. Conclusions ERGT appears to be a feasible, transportable and useful treatment for deliberate self-harm and other self-destructive behaviours, emotion dysregulation and psychiatric symptoms when delivered by clinicians in the community. Trial registration number NCT01986257; results.
Chemicals in Food

Food is an important commodity to ensure our lives to survive regularly and attend day today activities. Food preparation and consumption is part of human activity from the centuries to meet other daily developmental process of lives. In modern food production methods have opened major avenues of exposure to environmental pollution and other dangerous chemical compounds mixing in our food by way of adopting advanced technologies in food production, knowingly and unknowingly we are involving and causing other animals and creatures disappearing or death at present situations. Pesticides sprayed on crops, antibiotics used on poultry, and hormones given to cattle expose consumers involuntarily to contaminants that become part of our bodies and some of these exposures may increase of health risks and even deaths with unidentified diseases. In some ways, our ancestors had better health conditions, because they did not have chemically treated food and chemically enhanced kitchenware, their diets and cooking practices exposed those free toxic hazards and cultivated ecofriendly nature farm of food preparations.