Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Correlates of Attempted Suicide from the Emergency Room of 2 General Hospitals in Montreal, Canada

Introduction: The epidemiology of attempted suicide has not been well characterized because of lack of national data or an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code for suicide attempts. We conducted a retrospective chart review in 2 adult general hospitals (tertiary and community) in Montreal, Canada, in 2009-2010 to 1) describe the characteristics of men and women who presented to the emergency department (ED) and/or were hospitalized following a suicide attempt, 2) identify factors associated with attempts requiring hospitalizations, and 3) validate the use of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes for “intentional self-harm” as a method to detect suicide attempts from hospital abstract summary records. Method: All potential suicide attempts were identified from hospital abstract summary records and ED nursing triage file using ICD-10 codes and keywords suggestive of suicide attempts. All identified charts were examined, and those with confirmed suicide attempts were fully reviewed. Results: Of the 5746 identified charts, 369 were fully reviewed. Of these, 176 were for suicide attempters treated in the ED and 193 for hospitalized attempters, of whom 46% had an ICD-10 code for intentional self-harm. Poisoning (46%) was the most frequent method of suicide used. Half of attempters were younger than 34 years, 53% were female, and 75% had a history of mental disorders. Conclusion: About half of individuals who seek medical care for attempted suicide are admitted to hospital. About half of attempters use poisoning as a method of suicide, and a quarter do not have a history of mental disorders. Intentional self-harm codes capture only about half of hospitalized attempters.
Towards Cloud-based Asynchronous Elasticity for Iterative HPC Applications

Elasticity is one of the key features of cloud computing. It allows applications to dynamically scale computing and storage resources, avoiding over- and under-provisioning. In high performance computing (HPC), initiatives are normally modeled to handle bag-of-tasks or key-value applications through a load balancer and a loosely-coupled set of virtual machine (VM) instances. In the joint-field of Message Passing Interface (MPI) and tightly-coupled HPC applications, we observe the need of rewriting source codes, previous knowledge of the application and/or stop-reconfigure-and-go approaches to address cloud elasticity. Besides, there are problems related to how profit this new feature in the HPC scope, since in MPI 2.0 applications the programmers need to handle communicators by themselves, and a sudden consolidation of a VM, together with a process, can compromise the entire execution. To address these issues, we propose a PaaS-based elasticity model, named AutoElastic. It acts as a middleware that allows iterative HPC applications to take advantage of dynamic resource provisioning of cloud infrastructures without any major modification. AutoElastic provides a new concept denoted here as asynchronous elasticity, i.e., it provides a framework to allow applications to either increase or decrease their computing resources without blocking the current execution. The feasibility of AutoElastic is demonstrated through a prototype that runs a CPU-bound numerical integration application on top of the OpenNebula middleware. The results showed the saving of about 3 min at each scaling out operations, emphasizing the contribution of the new concept on contexts where seconds are precious.
Ant colony system algorithm for Automatic generation control of hydrothermal system under open market scenario

This paper presents the analysis of Automatic generation control (AGC) of a two-area interconnected hydrothermal system under open market scenario. It also involves the optimization of integral controller employing ant colony system algorithm (ACS). Open transmission access and the evolving of more socialized companies for generation, transmission and distribution affects the formulation of AGC problem. So the traditional AGC two-area system is modified to take into account the effect of bilateral contracts on the dynamics. The behavior of real ants has inspired the development of the ACS algorithm, an improved version of the ant system (AS) algorithm, which reproduces the technique used by ants to construct their food recollection routes from their nest, and where a set of artificial ants cooperate to find the best solution through the interchange of the information contained in the pheromone deposits of the different trajectories. This metaheuristic approach has proven to be very robust when applied to global optimization problems and is favorably compared to other solution approaches such as genetic algorithms (GAs) and simulated annealing techniques. Gain setting of the integral controller is optimized using the ACS algorithm technique following a step load disturbance in either of the areas. The performance of the proposed approach outstands positively when compared to GAs, obtaining improved results with significant reductions in the solution time.
Research on Key Technologies of Multimedia Courseware Operation Based on Authorware

Development and making of multimedia courseware also become the focus of instruction and research. This paper researches several key technologies in making multimedia courseware based on Authorware software, including multimedia materials loading, PowerPoint file calling, full screen realization and screen resolution recovery, program package, etc,In order to better reflect the Authorware multimedia teaching courseware making characteristics and function.
Mathematical modelling in primary school, advantages and challenges

As the importance of mathematics in the global market increased, various governments have focused on training creative and competent human resources. A country that has creative and innovative workforce in the industry and technology travels the road of development and evolution faster which leads to better education and welfare, appropriate sanitation, and generally more comfortable life. From the sciences which are the bases of technology and development is mathematics, and the most appropriate way to teach mathematics is using its application and mathematical modelling. In the present article we introduce mathematical modelling and its applications, review similarities and differences with problem solving, and consider how to introduce it in elementary levels (since we believe that mathematical modelling and applications should be taught in early years of school). We also state some advantages and challenges of introducing mathematical modelling to elementary school students (and generally to school students). The main aim of the present article is to encourage developing countries and the Third World to introduce mathematical modelling into their pedagogical systems, especially elementary schools. We believe that this could lead these nations to develop faster.
VCO phase noise characterization

A measurement procedure is developed specifically to characterize the phase noise of low Q, relatively unstable free-running oscillators. The phase noise performance of a VCO is evaluated theoretically using nonlinear computer aided design (CAD) tool and experimentally using phase noise measurement system. General procedure and equipment setup is introduced. Effect of power supply on the phase noise is illustrated.
Combined high resolution EEG and MEG data for linear inverse estimate of human event-related cortical activity

A new spatial deblurring method for the modeling of human event-related cortical activity from electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) data is proposed. This method includes high surface sampling of EEG-MEG data (128-50 sensors), realistic magnetic resonance-constructed subject's multi-compartment (scalp, skull, dura mater, cortex) head model, multi-dipole source model, and regularized linear inverse estimate based on boundary element mathematics. As a novelty, linear inverse estimates are regularized not assuming that covariance of background electromagnetic noise between sensors was zero. EEG and MEG data were recorded (separate sessions) while two normal subjects executed voluntary right one-digit movements. Linear inverse estimates of movement-related cortical activity from the combined EEG and MEG data showed higher spatial information content than those obtained from the MEG and EEG data considered separately. In conclusion, the new spatial deblurring method represents a powerful multi-modal neuroimaging approach to the noninvasive study of human brain functions.
Reducing intraoperative lower segment blood loss in placenta previa with Ashok Anand stitch

Background: To avoid the need for blood transfusions and reducing complications in cases of placenta previa during cesarean section delivery by a new simple innovative technique developed by Dr ASHOK ANAND known as Ashok Anand’s stitch. Methods: This stitch is based on the reasoning that taking the stitch bilaterally occludes the collaterals supplying the lower segment. As these are end arteries, their occlusion causes hemostasis in the lower segment. Sample size: 20 cases in each study group. Blood loss was estimated by standardized visual method (fixed container and mop). Results: By applying this technique in 20 cases, there was significant reduction in the blood loss compared to the control group, thereby reducing the need for blood transfusion ( p value <0.05). Conclusions: Ashok Anand’s stitch is a simple and effective technique in controlling lower segment bleeding in cases of placenta previa during cesarean section thus avoiding the need for blood transfusions for operative blood loss and obstetric hysterectomy. The technique is easy to apply, less invasive and does not require any special instruments. It can be life-saving.
Osseointegration and orthodontics: modern treatment for congenitally missing teeth.

Among the goals of orthodontic therapy is the establishment of optimal facial form, occlusal function, and dental esthetics. Orthodontic treatment of patients with congenitally missing teeth, especially maxillary lateral incisors, can be accomplished best by positioning the remaining natural dentition in the anatomically correct location and closely coordinating therapy with the osseointegration team members. Special divergence of adjacent root tips is essential to provide space for the implant. The Branemark system of implant therapy is the treatment of choice for the permanent replacement of congenitally missing teeth.
A Taxonomy of SQL Injection Defense Techniques

Context: SQL injection attack (SQLIA) poses a serious defense threat to web applications by allowing attackers to gain unhindered access to the underlying databases containing potentially sensitive information. A lot of methods and techniques have been proposed by different researchers and practitioners to mitigate SQL injection problem. However, deploying those methods and techniques without a clear understanding can induce a false sense of security. Classification of such techniques would provide a great assistance to get rid of such false sense of security. Objectives: This paper is focused on classification of such techniques by building taxonomy of SQL injection defense techniques. Methods: Systematic literature review (SLR) is conducted using five reputed and familiar e-databases; IEEE, ACM, Engineering Village (Inspec/Compendex), ISI web of science and Scopus. Results: 61 defense techniques are found and based on these techniques, a taxonomy of SQL injection defense techniques is built. Our taxonomy consists of various dimensions which can be grouped under two higher order terms; detection method and evaluation criteria. Conclusion: The taxonomy provides a basis for comparison among different defense techniques. Organization(s) can use our taxonomy to choose suitable owns depending on their available resources and environments. Moreover, this classification can lead towards a number of future research directions in the field of SQL injection.
Fall Detection by Using Video

Cameras have become common in our society and as a result there is more video available today than ever before. While the video can be used for entertainment or possibly as storage it can also be used as a sensor capturing crucial information, The information captured can be put to all types of uses, but one particular use is to identify a fall. The importance of identifying a fall can be seen especially in the older population that is affected by falls every year. The falls experienced by the elderly are devastating as they can cause apprehension to normal life activities and in some cases premature death. Another fall related issue is the intentional deception in a business with intent of insurance fraud. Classification algorithms based on video can be constructed to detect falls and separate them as either accidental or intentional. This research paper proposes an algorithm based on frame segmentation, and speed components in the x, y, z directions over time t. The speed components are estimated from the video of orthogonally positioned cameras. The algorithm can discern between fall activities and others like sitting on the floor, lying on the floor, or exercising.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus successfully managed with the paleolithic ketogenic diet

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients are usually instructed to follow a low fat/high carbohydrate diet. A few studies in literature, however, reported metabolic benefits and sustainability of carbohydrate restricted diets. Case Report: Herein, we present a case of a 19-year-old male with newly diagnosed T1DM. The patient was first put on an insulin regime. Twenty days later, he shifted towards the paleolithic ketogenic diet and was able to discontinue insulin. Strict adherence to the diet resulted in normal glucose levels and a more than three-fold elevation of C-peptide level indicating restored insulin production. Currently, the patient is on the paleolithic ketogenic diet for 6.5 months. He is free of complaints, and no side effects emerged. Conclusion: We conclude that the paleolithic ketogenic diet was effective and safe in the management of this case of newly diagnosed T1DM. Marked increase in C peptide level within two months indicates that the paleolithic ketogenic diet may halt or reverse autoimmune processes destructing pancreatic beta cell function in T1DM.
Motion characteristics of thunderstorms in southern Germany

The motion of thunderstorms in southern Germany was investigated. The thunderstorms were observed by a lightning position system during the summer months of the years 1992–1996. On average every second day thunderstorms were observed somewhere in southern Germany. In general thunderstorms approached from westerly and south‐westerly directions. The average speed was 13 m s−1. No significant relation between the occurrence of thunderstorms and the large‐scale synoptic pattern described by the Grosswetterlagen (large‐scale weather pattern) was found. Thunderstorms were observed during almost all Grosswetterlagen. The reduction to eight weather patterns based on the low‐level flow in southern Germany showed that thunderstorms are likely when the flow has a westerly (43%) or easterly direction (20%). Three distinct groups of different lighting patterns could be identified: stationary, moving thunderstorms and thunderstorm lines. The convective available potential energy (CAPE) and the wind shear were retrieved from radio soundings from München and Stuttgart. On average CAPE was 583 J kg−1 for stationary thunderstorms, 701 J kg−1 for moving thunderstorms and 876 J kg−1 for thunderstorm lines. The corresponding average bulk Richardson numbers were 37, 22 and 21. The steering level was found to be at about 6 km m.s.l. However, it should be noted that in most cases the soundings do not completely describe the local environment of thunderstorms, since radio soundings are only available twice a day. Copyright © 1999 Royal Meteorological Society
The health promoting school in Europe: conceptualising and evaluating the change

This paper presents a holistic model of the health promoting school and a panoramic framework for evalution. The framework is board, acknowle dging the range of national settings in which health promoging schools are being developed, and draws attention to the emphasis on context and process rather than outcomes. The conceptual model is applied to the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS), where the same forces may be at work in relation to the innovation but operate in different ways and with different degrees of strength. The paper recommends a selective approach to evaluation which will serve specific audiences and decision making needs.
Securing the integrity of the power distribution system for smart grid applications

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Multiplierless signal processors using table look-ups and residue arithmetic

New algorithms for computing convolutions and other multiplicative intensive signal processing functions are presented. These algorithms use squaring operations and additions but not two-operand multiplications. The squared law algorithms presented are extensions of the quarter squared and the one-over eight squared algorithms, and they are more powerful and more hardware efficient than them. They are appropriate for modular and residue arithmetic and rely on ROM lookup tables for computing the squaring operations. Since the ROM performing the squaring operation is at the heart of the new techniques, the author presents some memory compression schemes for minimizing the size of such lookup table ROMs. <<ETX>>
Spontaneous versus Induced Labor Delivery, a Retrospective Analysis

Background: Induction of labor is the stimulation of the uterus to initiate the labor process whether by administering oxytocin, prostaglandin or reputing the membrane [1]. It was realized that the number of induction of labor patients was thought to be increasing in comparison with the spontaneous labor patients. Therefore, the complications of induced labor were higher. A detailed analysis was needed to confirm that. Objective: The aim of the study is to analyze the outcomes between spontaneous versus induced labor. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted at our tertiary care university hospital, in the period from December 2015 to December 2016 when 311 women were divided into two groups: group 1, women who had spontaneous labor (n = 106) compared with group 2, women who were labor induced (n = 205). Complications of pregnancy, delivery type, tear, episiotomy, blood transfusion and instruments used were analyzed retrospectively. Results: The mean ± SD of baseline characteristics, like age, height, weight, BMI and hemoglobin level for all study samples was 28.59 ± 5.95 years, 1.58 ± 0.06 m, 71.77 ± 13.42 kg, 28.59 ± 5.89 kg/m2 and 11.08 ± 1.45 g/dl respectively. A statistically significant difference was noticed in the duration of labor between spontaneous and induced labor (95% CI: 9.194 - 152.130; p-value 0.004 and OR: 0.239). There was no significant difference in complications, delivery type (Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery (SVD) or other), blood transfusion, and instrument used between women who had spontaneous labor versus induced labor. However, significant differences in tear (95% CI: 4.354 - 0.996; p-value 0.035) and episiotomy (95% CI: 0.928 - 0.224; p-value 0.028) were found between the two groups. In conclusion, the induced labor was found to be associated with high incidence of duration of labor, tear and episiotomy. Patients should always be counseled when there it is an option between the two delivery types.
ETX Metric for Extremely Opportunistic Routing to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Wireless Networks

Mobility in wireless networks has paved way for a new paradigm of communication in this era. Exploiting the optimal routing technique for hybrid wireless networks which brings in a balance of the overheads in infrastructure based and infrastructure less network is essential. Routing protocol design for hybrid wireless network is critical in order to improve the performance and reliability of the network. Opportunistic Routing (OR) technique attempts to deal with unreliable transmissions by utilizing the broadcast nature of the wireless medium. Due to multi-hop nature of ad hoc networks, Opportunistic Routing provides lesser throughput than expected when minimum hop count metric is used. To combat the above limitations, an Extremely Opportunistic Routing(ExOR) scheme with Expected Transmission count(ETX) metric is proposed and implemented in a hybrid scenario. The simulation study reveals that this routing technique efficiently utilizes resources and improves the end-to-end throughput and packet delivery ratio in hybrid wireless networks.
A privacy-preserving authentication service using mobile devices

In this paper we discuss about authentication services using mobile devices, QR codes and attributebased cryptography (ABC). The scope is to provide a secure device-to-service authentication once the human-to-device authorization is established. In this regard, we will leverage the ubiquity of mobile devices (such as smartphones) to act as authentication gateways between the user and the desired services. The paper proposes a privacy preserving attribute-based access control protocol to realize the authentication of the user to a restricted service using his mobile device. We employ the FIDO UAF authentication process that takes part between the local device and the online service. In addition, we extend the authentication mechanism by combining FIDO protocols and privacy-preserving attributebased access control targeting trusted execution environment (TEE), thus allowing users to cryptographically prove distinct ID attributes instead of disclosing their complete identity.
The Downside of Social Capital in New Industry Creation

abstract In this article we develop and test the hypothesis that social capital, defined as a regional characteristic, discourages entrepreneurship in a new and contested industry. The argument follows the logic that high levels of social capital reinforce conformity in values and ideas, and inhibit deviant entrepreneurial activity. Once an industry becomes more legitimized—as a result of an increase in the number of firms present in a region—social capital becomes less restrictive on entrepreneurship and can even have a positive effect on the subsequent number of firms founded in a region. We find evidence for our thesis using data on 1,684 firm entries in the US video game industry for the period 1972–2007.
Students’ profile metacognition in rasch analysis and students’ problem solving ability

This study aims to obtain a description of the students’ ability profile in solving problems and students’ metacognition by using Rasch analysis. This research is considered important as the initial research to find ways to improve students' ability in solving problems through students’ metacognition knowledge. This descriptive study uses a population of students of class XII who have studied the eyes of effort and energy with the number of 180 students with sampling through random cluster side which amounted to 28 people side. The problem-solving skill refers to the rubrics developed by Doctor and the metacognition knowledge observed refers to a rubric developed by Taasoobshirazi,The results showed that most of the students have not used systematic steps in solving the problem. Some metacognitive knowledge is congruent with planning, information management, and conceptual knowledge needs to be improved to support problem-solving skills.