Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Instruction-based selective action pattern (IBSAP): a novel method for talent identification in sports

Background and Study Aim: Talent identification/development programs are utilized by sports federations to select or train elite athletes. In addition to the established tests that assess perceptive and motor skills, it was deemed significant that cognitive skills should be evaluated as well. The present study was undertaken to assess the utility of Instruction-Based Selective Action Pattern (IBSAP), a novel method that we developed, in estimating perceptive, motor as well as cognitive skills of athletes in order for talent identification. We also investigated the relationship between IBSAP and auditory reaction times (ARTs). Material and Methods: Forty-three students (average age: 12.6 years) participated in the study. Random/fixed-interval ARTs were recorded. IBSAP was applied using a table tennis robot that was set up to throw 30 balls in three different colors to different spots on the table with a frequency of 1 ball/s. The subjects were instructed to ignore the white balls, to touch the yellow balls, and to catch the pink balls before the first trial and their scores were calculated in two consecutive trials according to a scoring system. Results: Our results showed that motor learning, adaptation and reinforcement of the participants were significantly greater in second trial compared with the first trial and that IBSAP values were correlated with ARTs. Conclusions: We conclude that the IBSAP method reliably provides quantitative data on perception, motor as well as cognitive skills and it can be considered as a useful tool for talent identification.
Structural and Electronic Properties of Pure Ta, TaNO, and TaZrNO with Ab Initio Calculations

This paper presents the results of self-consistent first-principle calculations for the crystal structure and electronic structure of pure tantalum, TaNO, and TaZrNO within density functional theory (DFT) for the sake of comparison and shows the influence of allowing elements on the interatomic distance and the Fermi level. The large total densities of states (TDOS) value for TaZrNO implies the highest electronic conductivity. The difference in values is due to the Zr metallic atoms presence in TaZrNO compound. There is a strong interaction between Ta and (N, O) (, ) in TaON compound, and Zr presence increases this interaction (, ) in TaZrON compound.
Intermarriage among Druze Men

In cases of intermarriage, both spouses profess different religions. For 50 years, this trend is rising constantly; naturally, it has not skipped the Druze community, even though its religious laws prohibit intermarriage, up to the point of being outcast from the community. The current study focuses on the extent of adjustment to the other society from the perspective of the Druze married men. The study is made by the qualitative method, the data is gathered through interviews of 5 Druze men, who are married to non-Druze women. The findings indicate that young Druze men meet their non-Druze spouses in the course of working in the city or during their military service. After being married, the Druze men integrate in the new culture, at the same time of being outcast from their Druze family. Over time, they experience disillusionment and enter the phase of nostalgia, yet, they cannot come back home as long as they are married to non-Druze women. The third phase is the phase of integrating between the identities or assimilating the two previous phases, if this phase is not completed properly, the Druze man would leave his non-Druze wife and children at a later age and would try to return to his Druze family and village, or would remain outcast forever.
YaHaLOM: A Rapid Intervention for Acute Stress Reactions in High-Risk Occupations

Abstract While previous studies have examined the long-term mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events in the military, few studies have focused on acute stress reactions (ASRs) during the mission itself. The present paper describes the development is a novel peer-based intervention created by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for use in high-stress contexts (known as the Hebrew acronym “YaHaLOM”). Following an overview of diagnostic and clinical considerations, we review the potential frameworks for developing YaHaLOM, detail the five steps of the intervention, describe implementation of YaHaLOM training in the IDF, and review examples of YaHaLOM utilization.
Drug Class Review on Beta Adrenergic Blockers

ion Forms Although the EPC has no standard or generic abstraction form, the following broad categories are always abstracted from included articles: study design, study participant description, quality information, and outcomes. Each team uses these (and, if indicated, other) general categories to develop an abstraction form specific to the topic at hand. Double Abstraction of Included Articles The EPC teams abstract only those articles that, after review of the entire article, meet criteria for both quality and focus on the key question at hand. Key articles are always read and checked by more than one team member. All reviewers are trained in the topic, the analytic framework and key questions, and the use of the abstraction instrument. Initial reliability checks are done for quality control.
Global Convergence of Localized Policy Iteration in Networked Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

We study a multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) problem where the agents interact over a given network. The goal of the agents is to cooperatively maximize the average of their entropy-regularized long-term rewards. To overcome the curse of dimensionality and to reduce communication, we propose a Localized Policy Iteration (LPI) algorithm that provably learns a near-globally-optimal policy using only local information. In particular, we show that, despite restricting each agent's attention to only its κ-hop neighborhood, the agents are able to learn a policy with an optimality gap that decays polynomially in κ. In addition, we show the finite-sample convergence of LPI to the global optimal policy, which explicitly captures the trade-off between optimality and computational complexity in choosing κ. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of LPI.
Knowledge Map Analysis of CBR-Based on CiteSpace

Abstract. CBR is an important branch in the field of artificial intelligence, which is a case-based reasoning system. Rational use of CBR can effectively solve problems such as emergency decision-making, disaster management, medical diagnosis, etc., so the research on CBR has important significance. To show CBR research focus problem and digging a new research direction at the same time, CBR related literatures were analyzed by CiteSpace V software. Finally, we get the information of co-occurrence of research institutions, co-citation of authors, and co-occurrence network of key words. The results show that :1. The institutions with the highest number of published articles are all universities; 2. The articles of Zhiwei Ni, Jianyang Li and Huiting Liu are cited more frequently; 3. The top high-frequency keywords are case-based reasoning, fault diagnosis, expert system, case retrieval, rule reasoning, etc., which are research hotspots.
Targeted delivery of biological agents.

Biological agents, including peptides and gene delivery systems (recombinant adenoviral vectors), suffer from a relative lack of native targeting capacity. Improvement of their targeting capacity could significantly increase the efficiency of these agents to provide therapeutic effects. Selective targeting of an anti-oxidant peptide to the vasculature in the SHRSP and administration of a variety of adenovirus (Ad) 35-based vectors into transgenic mice has lead to a significant enhancement in both the effectiveness of the anti-oxidant treatment and increased understanding of the requirements needed for the generation of a successfully targeted Ad35 vector. This helps understanding of the requirements for a successful treatment for cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Evaluation of the role of dexamethasone in decreasing early recurrence of intussusception: Using ultrasound‐guided saline enema for reduction

Aim: Intussusception is the most common abdominal emergency during early childhood. The current initial management by contrast enema or pneumatic reduction under fluoroscopy carries the risk of radiation. In case of recurrence, the repeated attempts for another reduction will also increase this risk, in addition to other risks of operative reduction, if needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound‐guided saline enema reduction (USGSER) in the diagnosis and treatment of intussusception, and to assess the value of using dexamethasone injection in preventing or minimizing the frequency of recurrence.
Perceptions, expectations, apprehensions and realities of graduating South African optometry students (PEAR study, 2006)

The objective of this study was to establish the perceptions, expectations, apprehensions and realities of South Africa optometry students completing their undergraduate studies in 2006. Copies of a questionnaire containing relevant information were distributed to all graduating students at the four Universities offering Optometry. The responses were coded and analyzed. The respondents (N=143), representing 77% of the graduating students included 27.3% males and 72.7% females, aged 20 to 37 years (mean = 23.34 ± 2.75). About a third (32.9%) of the respondents considered opening their own practice as the best way of entering into practice. Also, this mode of practice was considered as providing the greatest fulfilment for their personal (60.8%) and professional (53.8%) goals as well as offering long term financial security (43.7%). Many (56.6%) have secured employment before graduation. Upon graduation, 43.4% would like to join a franchise. Many (79.7%) felt that Government was not offering sufficient opportunities for optometrists. The majority, (70.6%) felt that the South African optometry profession is fastly becoming saturated and this was of great concern to many (31.5%). About half, (50.3%) have plans to go overseas to practice and the most common destinations were the UK (36.1%) and Australia (15%). The mean minimum monthly salary expected as new graduates was between R9 500 and R11 500 in the public and private sectors respectively. On a response scale, the future of optometry in South Africa was scored as 6.59 ± 1.92. Findings in this study may be useful to all stake holders in optometric education in South Africa, as they may reflect the future of the optometry profession in the country.
From therapy to administration: deinstitutionalisation and the ascendancy of psychiatric ‘risk thinking’

Abstract Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CAT Teams) were established in Victoria, Australia, in 1988 to provide crisis intervention and home treatment as an alternative to hospitalisation for the seriously mentally ill. These teams were set up to prepare for the closure of the large-scale, state-run psychiatric institutions over the following decade. Increasingly, concerns are being expressed in the media over the failure of the new community-based services to provide adequate care and protection to the mentally ill. This paper offers a preliminary attempt to make sociological sense of one such aspect of deinstitutionalisation, the major changes that have occurred in the practice and delivery of CAT Team services since inception. I suggest that a shift has taken place from a therapeutic consciousness, centred on providing home treatment, to a risk consciousness, centred on protocols to evaluate and document a client’s ‘risk factors’. Drawing on my personal experiences as a clinician in a Melbourne-based CAT Team since 1991, I probe these changes through the lens of sociology. In so doing, I utilise several insights from Nikolas Rose’s (1998) analysis of risk as a foundation for social intervention.
COMPARISON OF CHANGES IN SERUM CREATININE AND PNGAL IN PREDICTING RENAL DAMAGE IN BRUCELLOSIS PATIENTS RECEIVING GENTAMYCIN

Objective: Treatment with aminoglycosides is a preventable cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Early predictive markers of AKI are crucial in preventing this condition. This study aimed to examine the role of serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) level as a predictive marker of AKI in patients receiving gentamicin. Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, 37 patients with brucellosis (23 males, 14 females; mean age = 10.7 ± 33.7 years) were studied in a health center between March 2013 and March 2014. Serum creatinine and NGAL levels at baseline, and 3, 5 and 7 days after the administration of gentamicin were measured. In this study, a 25% increase in the serum creatinine levels compared with the baseline levels was considered a criterion for AKI risk. Results: The frequencies of patients prone to AKI at the first, third, fifth and seventh day of administration of gentamicin were 0%, 8.1%, 18.9%, and 13.5%, respectively. In total, 24.3% of the patients (n = 9) were prone to AKI. No statistically significant difference was observed between NGAL levels before and after the administration of gentamicin (P = .082). Conclusion: The serum NGAL level is not a sensitive and specific predictor of AKI following the administration of gentamicin. Therefore it is recommended to increase the frequency of sNGAL measurement and using more sensitive kits in more patients.
Behavioral alterations in models of Parkinson's disease

Overt behavioral symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) do not occur until over 80% of striatal dopamine content has been lost. Diagnosis of the disorder relies on identifying clinical symptoms including akinesia, resting tremor and rigidity. In retrospect, behavioral deficits are observed several years prior to diagnosis. Behavioral manifestations in the MPTP mouse model of PD, such as changes in general locomotor activity and rotorod performance require large doses of MPTP and are often transient. We hypothesized that, like in PD, subtle behavioral changes also occur in the MPTP model. In this paper, we demonstrate that mice treated with moderate doses of the dopaminergic toxin MPTP display deficits in behavioral parameters that are highly correlated with the loss of striatal dopamine. In addition, these behavioral measures are highly correlated to dopamine transporter, vesicular monoamine transporter, and tyrosine hydroxylase expression, and are reversed following L-DOPA administration. Our ability to detect dopamine-modulated behavioral changes in moderately depleted MPTP mice supports the use of behavioral measures of compensatory activities for earlier diagnosis of PD patients. 1 Jennifer L. Tillerson, W. Michael Caudle, Maria E. Reveron & Gary W. Miller, submitted.
Exome Array Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) susceptibility is in part related to genetic variants. Most genetic studies have focused on common variation, but rare coding variants are known to affect COPD susceptibility. We hypothesized that an exome array analysis would identify single non-synonymous variants and gene-based aggregates of non-synonymous variants associated with COPD. Methods: We used the Illumina HumanExome array to genotype individuals in six COPD cohorts: Caucasian subjects from the family-based Boston Early-Onset COPD Study (BEOCOPD) and International COPD Genetics Network (ICGN), and the case-control COPDGene (non-Hispanic whites and African-Americans) and Transcontinental COPD Genetics Study (Poland and Korea). Cases were defined as GOLD Grade 2 and above COPD. Controls had normal lung function; the vast majority were current or former smokers. We tested single non-synonymous, stop and splice variants with a minor allele frequency (MAF) of > 0.5% in an additive model using logistic regression and combined results in a fixed-effects meta-analysis. Our gene-based testing was performed on non-synonymous, stop, and splice variants with MAF < 5% and used SKAT-O with meta-analysis in the MetaSKAT software in R. We performed meta-analyses for all subjects and separately by ethnicity. We adjusted all analyses for age, sex, pack-years of smoking, and ancestry-related principal components. Exome-wide significance was determined to be 2.3x10 for single variant testing and 4.1x10 for gene-based testing.
Report on the Application of the New Photography to Medicine and Surgery

accompanying sketch showing the faults of other syringes. rn this illustration the gonorrhceal matter should be observed pushed back down the urethra by the imperforate bulb, and the injection fluid flying in the opposite direction, retiring as it were before the enemy, leaving the gonococci masters of the situation. In the first illustration the gonorrheeal matter should be observed in front of the bulb; in the second, the new syringe in action sluicing out the urethra. The length of the pipe allows the nozzle to get well beyond the seat of the disease, and the size of the reservoir allows of a good douche. Also, there is no forcing of the injection into the urethra accompanied by painful compression of the glans with the finger as with the old glass instrument.
Compressed Forwarding Tables Reconsidered

How concurrent compacting collectors store and manage forwarding information is crucial for their performance. In this paper, we propose CFW, a representation technique for forwarding information that guarantees that forwarding information for an entire heap can be stored in at most 3.14% of its size. By providing such a guarantee, we simplify the task of deploying programs with respect to memory needs. This is important given how memory is typically the dominating factor in the cost model for cloud-based deployments. We explore the design space of our technique through a prototype implementation on-top of ZGC. A rigorous performance evaluation shows promising results.
ZnO as a Functional Material, a Review

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a fascinating wide band gap semiconductor material with many properties that make it widely studied in the material science, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and solid-state electronics communities. Its transparency, possibility of bandgap engineering, the possibility to dope it into high electron concentrations, or with many transition or rare earth metals, as well as the many structures it can form, all explain the intensive interest and broad applications. This review aims to showcase ZnO as a very versatile material lending itself both to bottom-up and top-down fabrication, with a focus on the many devices it enables, based on epitaxial structures, thin films, thick films, and nanostructures, but also with a significant number of unresolved issues, such as the challenge of efficient p-type doping. The aim of this article is to provide a wide-ranging cross-section of the current state of ZnO structures and technologies, with the main development directions underlined, serving as an introduction, a reference, and an inspiration for future research.
Pain Syndromes in the Cancer Patient

Effective management of cancer patients with pain requires a thorough assessment of the nature of the pain. Recognizing and treating the cause of pain should be the first-line approach to this common symptom. A series of common pain syndromes are unique to cancer and its treatment. Pain may result from direct infiltration of tumor or from treatment of lumor by surgery, chermotherapy, or radiation. Cancer patients often have multiple causes of pain, and each cause needs careful evaluation and treatment.
The role of patient (parent) education and counseling in pediatric dermatology practice

Effective treatment and management of any dermatoses is dependent not just on simple prescription of medicines to a patient. Adequate education and counseling are equally important when it comes to the holistic management of a disease. It improves patient compliance as well as satisfaction with any treatment. It also improves the doctor-patient (parent) relationship. Patient (parent) education and counseling is even more important when it comes to pediatric dermatology because here patients are young children who can neither verbalize their discomfort nor adhere to the treatment prescribed and are often completely dependent on their parents (caregivers). Thus, adequate counseling and education becomes imperative for the successful outcome of any management protocol.
New Evidence of the Marginal Predictive Content of Small and Large Jumps in the Cross-Section

We investigate the marginal predictive content of small versus large jump variation, when forecasting one-week-ahead cross-sectional equity returns, building on Bollerslev et al. (2020). We find that sorting on signed small jump variation leads to greater value-weighted return differentials between stocks in our highest- and lowest-quintile portfolios (i.e., high–low spreads) than when either signed total jump or signed large jump variation is sorted on. It is shown that the benefit of signed small jump variation investing is driven by stock selection within an industry, rather than industry bets. Investors prefer stocks with a high probability of having positive jumps, but they also tend to overweight safer industries. Also, consistent with the findings in Scaillet et al. (2018), upside (downside) jump variation negatively (positively) predicts future returns. However, signed (large/small/total) jump variation has stronger predictive power than both upside and downside jump variation. One reason large and small (signed) jump variation have differing marginal predictive contents is that the predictive content of signed large jump variation is negligible when controlling for either signed total jump variation or realized skewness. By contrast, signed small jump variation has unique information for predicting future returns, even when controlling for these variables. By analyzing earnings announcement surprises, we find that large jumps are closely associated with “big” news. However, while such news-related information is embedded in large jump variation, the information is generally short-lived, and dissipates too quickly to provide marginal predictive content for subsequent weekly returns. Finally, we find that small jumps are more likely to be diversified away than large jumps and tend to be more closely associated with idiosyncratic risks. This indicates that small jumps are more likely to be driven by liquidity conditions and trading activity.
Antura and the letters : impact and technical evaluation

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ÖRGÜTLERDE PERSONEL SEÇİMİ VE PSİKOLOJİK TESTLER

Bir orgutun en onemli unsuru olan personelin, nitelik ve nicelik bakimindan is ve isyerine uygunlugu, o orgutun basarisinda etkin bir rol oynar. Bu nedenle, orgutler kendilerine en uygun nitelik ve sayidaki elemanin kazandirilmasi konusunda politikasini belirlemeli ve personel secim sistemini kurmalidirlar. Secim surecinin basariyla yurutulmesi ve en uygun adayin ise alinmasi, kisi-is uyumunun gerceklestirilmesi isletmenin temel hedeflerinden birisi olmak durumundadir. Bu hedefe ulasabilmek icin bati ulkelerindeki isletmelerin bircogu yeni yaklasim ve teknikleri faydalanmaktadirlar. Testler psikolojik olcme araclaridir ve bireylerin simdiki davranislarini olcerek gelecekteki davranislari ile ilgili kestirimde bulunurlar. Bu makale, personel secim surecinde kullanilan psikolojik testlerin, personel secimindeki onemini incelemektedir