Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Low Prevalence of Cryptococcal Antigenemia among Patients Infected withHIV/AIDS in Haiti

Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection among persons with advanced HIV-associated immunosuppression and is associated with high mortality. The prevalence of asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia (CrAg) can inform the potential utility of screening and pre-emptive treatment prevention strategies. We assessed CrAg prevalence in a cohort of patients infected with HIV at 28 health facilities from February to September 2014 in order to inform Haitian national clinical guidelines. Of 13,000 patients that underwent CD4 cell count, 1,025 (7.9%) had a count ≤200 cells/mm3. Of these, 11 (1.1%) were CrAg positive. The CrAg positivity rate among patients with CD4 cell counts <100 cell/mm3 was 1.8%. Patients with CD4 cell counts <50 cells/mm3 had the highest CrAg rate (2.3%). CrAg prevalence was low but still warranted a CrAg screening and pre-emptive therapy approach for people infected with HIV with CD4 cell counts <100 cell/mm3 in Haiti.
Effects of Visual Displays on 3D Iteraction in Virtual Environments

In this thesis, we explore some of the effects of virtual environment displays, specifically the head-mounted display (HMD) and the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE), on 3D interaction tasks involving selection and manipulation. The motivation for this thesis comes from the lack of previous work that has studied the effects of differences between the HMD and the CAVE on 3D interaction tasks. We conducted three user studies to determine how the differences between these two displays affect selection and manipulation in a 3D environment. Our first study demonstrates that 3D selection and manipulation tasks can be affected by the display type. Our second user study shows that task performance can suffer when a selection and manipulation technique is migrated to a display for which it is not intended. The third user study we conducted suggests that we can modify a selection and manipulation technique and improve its usability in the display to which it is migrated. We conclude with a set of guidelines to ease the migration of selection and manipulation techniques from the HMD to the CAVE while trying to maintain usability.
Optimized reconfigurable cell array architecture for high-performance field programmable gate arrays

The authors describe the optimized reconfigurable cell array (ORCA) field programmable gate array (FPGA) architecture, which incorporates support for large datapath circuits on a nibble wide basis, without diminishing the support for random logic control applications. This is accomplished by providing a programmable function unit which is equally adapted to both environments. The routing structure is similarly designed to allow nibbles of data to be moved around the chip efficiently, while not penalizing the individual connections that characterize typical control logic. The ORCA FPGA and its associated computer-aided design (CAD) system provide users with the opportunity of implementing datapath circuits as well as control circuits easily and efficiently.
A blind equalization strategy for the short burst TDMA system

We present a strategy to equalize the short burst without using a training sequence. This method is suitable for low-overhead TDMA systems such as the Personal Access Communications System (PACS) whose frame is very short. The blind equalization algorithms are discussed. The simulation results indicate that the proposed method is feasible.
Mostly Miniatures: An Introduction to Persian Painting

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 2 Chapter 1: A Little Histotiography 6 Chapter 2: Sources and Resources 14 Chapter 3: Historical and Cultural Context 30 Chapter 4: The major Themes of Persian Painting 82 Chapter 5: Toward an Aesthetic ofPersian painting 122 Notes 148 Bibliography 157 Index 162 Photo Credits 168
Approaches to Mathematical Instruction: Narrowing the Knowledge Gap Between Secondary and Post-secondary School

Modern researchers and educators are increasingly noting the need to better prepare high school mathematics students for entry into a post-secondary environment (Gula et al., 2015; Lovric & Kajander, 2005; Sahmbi, 2014). This research paper, based on the results of a qualitative study, sought to collect and organize accompanying sets of strategies that could prove useful in easing the transition from high school to post-secondary mathematics. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two mathematics educators – one a professor at an Ontarian university involved in a math and computer science outreach program and the other an associate professor in a teacher training program, who has had over 20 years of experience teaching high school math students. These interviews revealed support for combining strategies such as PBL and multi-step problems related to higher-level mathematics, while introducing experts from the post-secondary community to help facilitate them. In addition, the interviews suggested the use in pairing differentiated instruction with technological learning objects to extend the mediums and approaches for solving math problems. Lastly, results showed that using modified rote activities such as procedural variation (Lai & Murray, 2012) could act as a means of reflecting on the nature of math problems, while simultaneously providing the support and practice students would need for PBL and technology-based activities.
Development and evaluation of a healthy bodies curriculum module for college personal health

i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii PREFACE v LIST OF TABLES xii LIST OF FIGURES xiii CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 1 Background 1 Statement of the Problem 5 Need for the Study 5 Purpose 6 Research Questions 6 Significance to Health Education 7 Research Design 7 Sample 8 Curriculum Development 8 Instrument Development 9 Data Collection 9 Data Analysis 10 Assumptions 10 Limitations 11 Delimitations 11
Speaker adaptation by maximum likelihood linear regression with application to computer aided learning

This paper presents an implementation of the acoustic adaptation of continuous density hidden Markov models using Maximum Likelihood Linear Regression(MLLR). We present a possible solution for the problem of updating Gaussians that are shared across multiple states. We use a tree-based partitioning of the different mixture components in regression classes. Evaluation is done on the CoGeN (Corpus Gesproken Nederlands ) dataset and on a dyslexia reading diagnosis test for children (logopaedic data).
A Tale of Two Maps

This article presents an analytical approach to the problem of information organization, with special emphasis on diagrammatic design. The approach involves three levels: (a) abstraction of data into representational elements, (b) integration of these elements to create coherent structures of information, and (c) configuration of such coherent structures, through underlying order, into a whole. To illustrate this approach, the abstract map (the “Diagram”) of the London underground is analyzed, and the design techniques observed are brought to the fore. The article concludes with several principles that can be encapsulated as constraints for an algorithmic approach to diagram generation.
CMOS gigabit-per-second switching

An analysis and experimental results for a 600-Mb/s 1.2- mu m CMOS space switch chip are provided. The high bit rate is achieved with a tree architecture, which is relatively insensitive to on-chip stray capacitance. Computer simulations indicate that bit rates in excess of 1 Gb/s are achievable with 1- mu m CMOS and circuit/layout optimization. An obstacle to achieving high bit rate is crosstalk, which is primarily caused by chip packaging and not by the chip itself. Even the best discrete packaging technologies result in excessive crosstalk when 32 outputs switch simultaneously at 600 Mb/s. Tolerable crosstalk was achieved by limiting outputs to two per power supply pin. A major increase in bit rate can be obtained by switching bytes (8 b parallel) of information. This requires on-chip information storage and reclocking to maintain synchronization between the eight parallel bits. Experiments with a second-generation synchronous switch chip have demonstrated switching at 311 MB/s, which corresponds to an STS-48 rate of 2.488 Gb/s. >
Text Document Tokenization for Word Frequency Count using Rapid miner

Text mining, at times alluded to as content information mining, is harshly equal to content investigation, which alludes to the procedure of determining astounding data from content. RapidMiner is unquestionably the world-leading open-source system for data mining. It is available as a stand-alone application for data analysis and as a data mining engine for the integration into own products. Tokenization is the process of breaking a stream of text up into words, phrases, symbols, or other meaningful elements called tokens. The word frequency counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your document. Applying tokenization and word frequency counter for a text document (resume in this case) helps us find
Efficient Remote Rendering Using Equirectangular Projection

Presenting high quality Virtual Reality (VR) experiences on head-mounted displays (HMDs) requires signiﬁcant computational requirements. To ensure a high-ﬁdelity experience, the displayed images must be highly accurate, detailed and respond with a very low latency. In order to achieve high-ﬁdelity realistic experiences, advantage needs to be taken of remote high performance computing resources. This paper presents a novel method of streaming high-ﬁdelity graphics content from a remote physically accurate renderer to an HMD. In particular, an equirectangular projection is transmitted from the cloud to a client, so that latency-free 360° observations can be made within a viewpoint.
The Educational Evaluation of NDPCAL

The main object of this article is to give the reader a preliminary overview of the educational strengths and weaknesses of computer assisted learning within the experience of the NDPCAL. UNCAL (UNderstanding Computer Assisted Learning) is a four year independent educational evaluation team, commissioned by the NDPCAL and located at the University of East Anglia.
Converting and Deploying an Unstructured Data using Pattern Matching

Text mining is also known as knowledge discovery from textual databases; its job is to derive a high level knowledge from the text. The process of obtaining useful information from the records is also known a text mining. The system uses many data mining approaches to extract the patterns from the text documents. The challenge is using those updated patterns and implementing an algorithm for pattern discovery is still an open research issue. The paper focuses on using the pattern matching technique for regular expression to find the relevant data from the text/word file. The text file containing large number free-text is used to fetch all the discovered words or characters from the documents. The system is helpful for the users to search the relevant document, and converts all the unstructured data into structured form.
Invitro evaluation and optimization of controlled release floating drug delivery system of metformin hydrochloride

The floating microspheres have been utilized to obtain prolonged and uniform release in the stomach for development of a once daily formulation. The major advantage of the preparation technique includes short processing time, the lack of exposure of the ingredients to high temperature, and high encapsulation efficiencies. In the present study, preparation of metformin hydrochloride floating microspheres, evaluation of Floating Drug Delivery System (FDDS) in vitro, prediction of the release, and optimization of floatation and drug release pattern to match target release profile was investigated. Floating microspheres were prepared by non-aqueous emulsification solvent evaporation technique using Ethylcellulose as the rate controlling polymer and 250 mg of metformin hydrochloride per batch and its in vitro performance was evaluated by the usual pharmacopoeial and other tests such as drugpolymer compatibility (FTIR scan), yield (%), particle size analysis, drug entrapment efficiency, surface topography, and in vitro floatation and release studies. Results showed that the mixing ratio of components in the organic phase affected the size, size distribution (250-1000 µm), drug content (61 – 134% of theoretical load), yield (58 – 87%) and drug release of microspheres (47 – 87% after 8 h), floating time (> 8 hr) and the best results were obtained at the ratio of drug: polymer: solvent (250:750:12 and 250:146.45:9 [mg: mg: ml]), when both the batches were mixed in equal proportions. In most cases good in vitro floating behavior was observed and a broad variety of drug release pattern could be achieved by variation of the polymer and solvent ratio, which was optimized to match target release profile. The developed floating microspheres of metformin hydrochloride may be used in clinic for prolonged drug release in stomach for at least 8 hrs, thereby improving the bioavailability and patient compliance.
Child protection threshold talk and ambivalent case formulations in ‘borderline’ care proceedings cases

This paper focuses on cases about children who were the subject of child protection plans and designated by children's social care services as ‘borderline’ for compulsory intervention by way of care proceedings. It moves beyond abstract language, into the everyday vocabularies of practice, with the aim of better understanding decision-making in such cases. The majority of these cases had been categorised as neglect (34/47 children). While social workers and managers clearly invoked a threshold or line for compulsory action, their discussions demonstrated a range of factors about why it was not always easy to identify when this line had been crossed.
Segmentation and Classification of Opinions with Recurrent Neural Networks

Automatic opinion/sentiment analysis is essential for analysing large amounts of text as well as audio/video data communicated by users. This analysis provides highly valuable information to companies, government and other entities, who want to understand the likes, dislikes and feedback of the users and people in general. Opinion/Sentiment analysis can follow a classification approach or perform a detailed aspect level analysis. In this paper, we address a problem in between these two, that of segmentation and classification of opinions in text. We propose a recurrent neural network model with bi-directional LSTM-RNN, to perform joint segmentation and classification of opinions. We introduce a novel method to train neural networks for segmentation tasks. With experiments on a dataset built from the standard RT movie review dataset, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed model. Proposed model gives promising results on opinion segmentation, and can be extended to general sequence segmentation tasks.
Pain Among Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Development and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Pain Assessment and Management Training Workshop for Respite Workers

PAIN AMONG CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY EFFECTIVENESS OF A PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR RESPITE WORKERS Lara M. Genik Advisor: University of Guelph, 2015 Dr. C. Meghan McMurtry Pain among children with intellectual disabilities (ID) is common and complex. There is no pain assessment and management training program for respite workers (RW) who frequently care for these children. Objectives: (1) determine RW's pain training needs and preferences, (2) develop and pilot a pain training program. Methods: Twenty-two RW described their experiences with pain in children with ID, their perceived training needs and preferences. Fifty other RW then completed knowledge measures and ratings before and after a pain training program, and a program evaluation. Results/Discussion: Participants viewed pain training as beneficial. Their ideal training program involved a half-day, multifaceted in person program utilizing active learning. Completion of the training significantly increased pain-related knowledge (r = .81 .88), and pain assessment and management-related ratings (r = .41 .70). The training was rated favourably. Future research should evaluate the program in a randomized controlled trial.
Traitement préventif de la crise vaso-occlusive drépanocytaire par la Pentoxifylline (Torental®)

Etude en double aveugle chez 20 enfants; d'autres malades constituant le groupe temoin ont ete traites par placebo. Les resultats ne montrent aucun effet benefique de la pentoxifylline sur la survenue et la duree des crises; par contre un effondrement significatif du taux de drepanocytes circulants est observe dans le groupe traite
Efficacy and Tolerability of Lercanidipine in Patients with Mild to Moderate Essential Hypertension: A Comparative Study with Slow‐Release Nifedipine

&NA; The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of lercanidipine and slow‐release (SR) nifedipine in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. After a 3‐week placebo run‐in, 130 patients aged 18‐70 years entered a 16‐week double‐blind (doubledummy) multicenter study. Patients were randomized to parallel groups receiving either 10 mg lercanidipine once daily or 20 mg nifedipine SR twice daily for 4 weeks. Dose doubling and the addition of 12.5 mg hydrochlorothiazide q.d. (titrated to 25 mg q.d. in non‐responders) were allowed in non‐responding patients or when diastolic blood pressure (DBP) persisted higher than 90 mm Hg. After 4 weeks of treatment, DBP equally decreased in both the lercanidipine (−9.5 mm Hg) and the nifedipine SR (−10.3 mm Hg) groups. Similar changes were also observed in systolic blood pressure (SBP) after lercanidipine (−11.8 mm Hg) and nifedipine SR (−12.4 mm Hg) treatment. At this time, normalized patients were 50.9% and 52.5% in each group, respectively. Dose doubling and then addition of hydrochlorothiazide was found to be effective in further reducing both DBP and SBP in previously non‐responding patients, leading to a high percentage of normalized patients either with lercanidipine (87.5%) or with nifedipine SR (98.1%) treatment. Heart rate did not change, and tolerability was good in both groups. Lercanidipine was found to be as effective as nifedipine SR for lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients (either alone or in combination with the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide). The low incidence of side effects, including tachycardia, indicates a good tolerability profile for this new drug.
Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle stop cafe : screenplay

The day Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, the town took a turn for the better. It was the Depression and that cafe was a home from home for many of us. You could get eggs, grits, bacon, ham, coffee and a smile for 25 cents. Ruth was just the sweetest girl you ever met. And Idgie? She was a character, all right. You never saw anyone so headstrong. But how anybody could have thought she murdered that man is beyond me. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a mouth-watering tale of love, laughter and mystery. It will lift your spirits and above all it'll remind you of the secret to life: friends.
Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Vernacular Christian Fundamentalism on the Internet 2 9/11 at the Bible Prophecy Corner: Enacting the Virtual Ekklesia 3 Networking the Apocalypse: End Times Communication in Newsgroups and Email Lists, 1992 to 1995 4 The Millennial Web, 1996 to 2000 5 The End Times in Participatory Media: Rapture Ready and Beyond 6 Toward a Truer Charity: Tolerance in an Age of Network Media 7 Conclusion: Attending to Vernacular Theology Notes References Index About the Author
Two microphone nonlinear frequency domain beamformer for hearing aid noise reduction

A two microphone beamforming algorithm for hearing aid noise reduction is described. The algorithm is based on a short time Fourier transform analysis/synthesis system with nonlinear frequency domain adaptive filtering. The algorithm has been implemented on a portable battery powered device. Subjective ratings and BKB sentence scores for a group of hearing aid wearers are reported.
E-Medical Education: An Overview

The World Wide Web has made available a large variety of medical information and education resources only dreamed of two decades ago. This review discusses a number of Web-based e-Medical education concepts and resources likely to be of interest to the medical education community as well as a number of other groups. The resources described focus especially on those that are free and those that have an interactive component. The importance of interactivity and its role in the “constructivist” approach to education is emphasized. Problem-based learning in medical education is also discussed. In addition, the importance of “Web 2.0” and related developments is discussed, along with an overview of Webbased medical simulation software that can complement medical education programs. The importance of podcasts and videocasts as an educational resource are also emphasized. Other concepts such as mashups and the semantic Web are briefly described. Intellectual property issues are also discussed, such as Creative Commons license arrangements, as well as the concept of “information philanthropy”. Finally, the importance of peer-review and technology evaluation for online educational materials is discussed. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-004-3.ch012
Slotted, ALOHA-type monohop networks under dynamic jamming

The authors examine the throughput/delay performance of slotted ALOHA-type networks under dynamic jamming procedures. A Markovian decision model is formulated for the study of network's performance, and optimal (from the jammer's viewpoint) decision rules are found. Implementation and observability issues for the resulting Markov decision processes are discussed, and two different jamming procedures are considered: previous slot information and current slot information. The jamming is of the on-off type: a finite average jamming power constraint is imposed, and the decisions are taken on the basis of the number of simultaneous transmissions in either the previous or the current slot. Numerical results are used to compare the performance of the corresponding optimal jamming policies. <<ETX>>
A hybrid PID-fuzzy controller for dc/dc converters

This paper presents the design of a hybrid PID-fuzzy controller, for a dc/dc converter, which is intrinsically non-linear plant. The PID law is used as a base controller optimized for linear model of the converter, a fuzzy system is used for PID controllers gain control. The proposed hybrid system is evaluated by computer simulation for simple closed-loop dc/dc converters in respect of tracking performance, load regulation, line regulation and integrator component defect compensation of the PID.