Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Circulant Matrix-Based Continuous Wavelet Transform for Achieving Low Complexity Electrocardiogram Feature Extraction in Health Monitoring Applications

In the application of remote cardiovascular monitoring, the computational complexity and power consumption need to be maintained in a considerable level in order to prevent the limitations introduced by the computationally constrained equipment’s that perform the process of continuous monitoring and analysis. In this paper, a Circulant Matrix-based Continuous Wavelet Transform (CM-CWT)-based feature extraction mechanism is contributed to minimizing the computational complexity incurred during the process of feature extraction from the input ECG signals. This proposed CM-CWT mechanism derives the advantages of the Circulant Matrix-based Continuous Wavelet Transform and Gradient-based filtering design for achieving excellent feature extraction from ECG signals with low computational complexity. The experimental investigation of the proposed CM-CWT mechanism is conducted using the factors of computational complexity, sensitivity, prediction accuracy and error rate for estimating its predominance over the compared DWT-HAAR and HIFEA approaches used for ECG feature extraction. The experiments of the proposed CM-CWT mechanism on an average is estimated to reduce the error rate to the maximum of 21% compared to the existing DWT-HAAR and HIFEA approaches used for ECG feature extraction.
Simulación fluidodinámica del flujo en estenosis arteriales, en vías aéreas y del humor acuoso

espanolLa aplicacion de las tecnicas de ingenieria a fluidos biologicos esta suponiendo un gran avance para la medicina desde hace bastantes anos. En la presente tesis doctoral, se ha empleado esta herramienta para realizar un estudio fluidodinamico en distintas estructuras humanas: (i) estenosis arteriales, (ii) vias aereas y (iii) globo ocular. En cuanto a las estenosis arteriales, proponemos un metodo no invasivo para estimar la caida de presion a traves de estenosis reales. El metodo CFD se usa cada vez con mayor frecuencia en el estudio de la deposicion de farmacos en el tracto respiratorio. Para ello, se hace imprescindible disponer de una malla que permita obtener unos resultados numericos fiables. Dichas mallas suelen estar formadas por un numero elevado de celdas que requieren un tiempo de computacion elevado. En este trabajo, presentamos una combinacion de algoritmos de mallado de un software comercial que reducen el tiempo de computacion, sin perder precision en los resultados. Por ultimo, se analiza la influencia de la presencia de lentes intraoculares en la dinamica del humor acuoso. Concretamente, se han estimado el dano endotelial y la alteracion en el transporte de nutrientes por el humor acuoso, provocados por la colocacion de este tipo de lentes. EnglishThe application of engineering tecniques to biological fluids is becoming a turning point to the medicine long time ago. In the present doctoral thesis, this tool has been used to perform a fluid dynamic study in different human structures: (i) arterial stenoses, (ii) airways and (iii) eyeball. Regarding the arterial stenoses, we propose a non-invasive method to estimate the pressure drop through real stenoses. The CFD method is used more and more frequently in the study of drugs deposition in the respiratory system. In order to get this point, it is essential to have a mesh that allows obtaining reliable numerical results. Those meshes are usually composed of a huge number of cells that require an elevated computational time. In this work, we present a combination of commercial software meshing algorithms that reduce computing time, without losing precision in the results. Finally, the influence of the presence of intraocular lenses in the dynamics of aqueous humor is analyzed. Specifically, the endothelial damage and the alteration in the transport of nutrients by the aqueous humor, caused by the placement of this type of lenses, have been estimated.
Robotic-assisted interval cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer: a feasibility study

Objective The primary objective was to assess the feasibility of robotic-assisted interval cytoreductive surgery for achieving complete cytoreduction for patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer. The secondary objective was to examine the perioperative outcomes. Methods A retrospective study of 12 patients with stage IIIC or IV ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal carcinoma who underwent interval cytoreductive surgery after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. Results Optimal cytoreduction was achieved in 100% of selected patients. Complete cytoreductive surgery was achieved in 75% of patients. The estimated mean blood loss was 100 mL. The median length of hospital stay was 2 days. Perioperative complication and 30-day readmission rates were 8.3% (1 patient). The median follow-up time was 9.5 months. Conclusion Robotic-assisted interval cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer is safe and feasible and may be an alternative to standard laparotomy in selected patients.
Spatial-Temporal Synchronous Graph Convolutional Networks: A New Framework for Spatial-Temporal Network Data Forecasting

Spatial-temporal network data forecasting is of great importance in a huge amount of applications for traffic management and urban planning. However, the underlying complex spatial-temporal correlations and heterogeneities make this problem challenging. Existing methods usually use separate components to capture spatial and temporal correlations and ignore the heterogeneities in spatial-temporal data. In this paper, we propose a novel model, named Spatial-Temporal Synchronous Graph Convolutional Networks (STSGCN), for spatial-temporal network data forecasting. The model is able to effectively capture the complex localized spatial-temporal correlations through an elaborately designed spatial-temporal synchronous modeling mechanism. Meanwhile, multiple modules for different time periods are designed in the model to effectively capture the heterogeneities in localized spatial-temporal graphs. Extensive experiments are conducted on four real-world datasets, which demonstrates that our method achieves the state-of-the-art performance and consistently outperforms other baselines.
Corporate Governance, Internal Audit and Profitability: “Evidence from P.I.G.S. Countries”

Firm profitability is a crucial factor for both a) long term firm survival success and b) countries growth and unemployment rates. To date, a large amount of empirical research has examined the factors determining profitability focusing on accounting information; information extracted by financial statements. Besides, the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance characteristics is well established. Researchers and managers are very interested in the factors affecting firm performance and work in that direction. Abstract
The Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Medical Nutrition Therapy for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is considered a keystone of medical treatment of chronic diseases. However, only few studies have evaluated medical and economical outcome of MNT. The study was performed on the patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus to evaluate the effect of clinical and cost-effective outcomes of MNT. Subjects from two general hospitals were randomly assigned to two different groups; One receiving basic nutritional education (BE) (n = 35), and the other receiving intensive nutritional education (IE) (n = 32) for a 6-month clinical trial. The group which received BE had a single visit with a dietitian, while the other group which received IE had an initial visit with a dietitian addition to two visits during the first 4 weeks of the study periods. Anthropometric parameters, blood components, and dietary intake were measures at the beginning of study period and after 6 month. Cost-effective analysis included direct labor costs, educational materials and medication cost difference during 6 months. After 6 month, subjects from IE group showed significant reduction of body weight (p 9.3 min/person for BE group, while 96.4 12.2 min/person for IE group. Mean number of educational materials was 1.9 0.7/person for BE group and 2.5 0.7/person for IE group. Change in glycated hemoglobin level along the 6 month period of study can be achieved with an investment of \88,510/% by implementing BE and \53,691/% by implementing IE. Considering the net cost-effect of blood glucose control and HbA Ic, IE which provides MNT by dietitian had a cost efficiency advantage than that of BE. According to this study, MNT provided by dietitian had a significant improvements in medical and clinical outcomes compared to that of BE intervention. Therefore, MNT protocol should be performed by systemic intensive nutrition care by dietitian in clinical setting to achieve good therapeutic results of DM with lower cost.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its industrial applications

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the best studied eukaryote and a valuable tool for most aspects of basic research on eukaryotic organisms. This is due to its unicellular nature, which often simplifies matters, offering the combination of the facts that nearly all biological functions found in eukaryotes are also present and well conserved in S. cerevisiae. In addition, it is also easily amenable to genetic manipulation. Moreover, unlike other model organisms, S. cerevisiae is concomitantly of great importance for various biotechnological applications, some of which date back to several thousands of years. S. cerevisiae's biotechnological usefulness resides in its unique biological characteristics, i.e., its fermentation capacity, accompanied by the production of alcohol and CO2 and its resilience to adverse conditions of osmolarity and low pH. Among the most prominent applications involving the use of S. cerevisiae are the ones in food, beverage -especially wine- and biofuel production industries. This review focuses exactly on the function of S. cerevisiae in these applications, alone or in conjunction with other useful microorganisms involved in these processes. Furthermore, various aspects of the potential of the reservoir of wild, environmental, S. cerevisiae isolates are examined under the perspective of their use for such applications.
Serratia marcescens Infectious Endocarditis: Injection Drug Use, Left-Sided Heart Disease, and Poor Outcomes

Background Serratia marcescens infectious endocarditis (SMIE) is an uncommon disease, and the largest case series were reported from California in the 1970s. We aimed to identify risk factors and outcomes of SMIE in our institution. Methods Retrospective cohort study of all cases of Serratia marcescens bacteremia (SMB) diagnosed between January 2003 and December 2013. Results A total of 298 cases of SMB were reviewed, and 5 cases of SMIE were found. Clinical characteristics between SMB and SMIE cases were similar, except for more frequent history of injection drug use among cases of SMIE. Serratia marcescens infectious endocarditis cases had large vegetations, frequent embolic events, and poor outcomes. Conclusions We confirm the stereotypical description of SMIE as a cause left-sided heart disease in injection drug users with frequent embolic events. Poor outcomes prevailed despite advances in medical care.
CHALLENGES IN PRESENTING ACADEMIC CRITICISM: CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS

Presenting academic criticism in academic papers is one of the most challenging study tasks for students from Non-English-Speaking Background (NESB) countries studying in Australia. Most lecturers in Australian university expect students to engage in critical discussion and put their adversarial position in academic writing. This study investigates the challenges experienced by Indonesian students studying in Australia in presenting academic criticism. Data were collected through questionnaires along with two focus group interviews of Indonesian graduate students in Australia. The study has found that cultural values, socio-political situations, and previous educational experience in Indonesia have contributed to participants’ limited writing experience and limited critical literacy practice. All of these have manifested to their struggle of presenting academic criticism and writing according to the expected dominant discourse in Australia.
From birth to seven: the second report of the national child development study. (1958 Cohort))

First born children are 2.8 cm taller at 7 years than fourth or later born children. Children without younger siblings are 1.1 cm taller than those with 2 or more younger siblings. Birth order has the opposite effect: later born children are heavier. Children of mothers under 25 were . 6 cm smaller than those of mothers 25-34 years. Children born before the 38th week are lighter than those carried to term. There was an average difference of . 6 cm between children of the heavy and nonsmoking mothers. The English children were . 5 cm taller than the Welsh who were . 6 cm taller than the Scottish children. Adverse birth weight and gestation extends to the later life of the child. Socially disadvantaged groups are more vulnerable to adverse perinatal events. The difference in reading attainment between a first and fourth or later born child is equivalent to 16 months reading age. Having 2 or more younger siblings adds a loss of nearly 7 months reading age. Social class and birth order were the most effective factors contributing to reading ability. Children born before 38 weeks or after 43 weeks are less socially well adjusted than those born on time. Those with 2 or more younger siblings are also less socially adjusted than those with none.
Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae)

Telegeusinae is a small subfamily of Elateroid beetles presently attached to the Omethidae family. Pseudotelegeusis Wittmer, 1976 is composed of three species, two occurring in northern South America and one in Mexico. Here we describe the fourth species for the genus, Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., collected in a Malaise sample from the region of Madre de Dios, Peru. The new species is diagnosed mainly by the antennae serrate from antennomeres III to X, eyes occupying half of head width in lateral view and vertex occupying 3/5 of head in dorsal view. This new species is close to the other two South American species, P. howdeni Wittmer, 1976 and P. oculatus Wittmer, 1976, according to the serrate antennae and number of ventrites. The three South American species differ from the Mexican species, P. jiliotupaensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2008, by the different antennae and the number of ventrites, which indicates that the Mexican species should possibly be classified in a different genus. The main morphological characters, including maxillar palpi, tentorial pits and male genitalia, are illustrated, and an updated key to the species of Pseudotelegeusis is given, as well as distribution maps.
New Analytical Insights into Treatment of Chronic Diseases

Over the past few decades, there has been substantial progress in the chemical analysis methods and techniques of pharmaceutical entities. The role of International Pharmacopoeias and guidelines has gained more prominence with even greater recognition and attention. Particularly, the focus on the development of biopharmaceuticals has increased over the past few years. Consequently, there is greater demand for most recent and advanced knowledge of analytical pharmaceutical chemistry among pharmacy students and analytical chemists. Efforts are being made across several laboratories on development of new and advanced analytical techniques in titration; chromatography, electrophoresis and spectroscopy as the number of officially validated method gradually increase. Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta has been focusing on publishing the most recent and trending research activities addressing the emerging analytical challenges in evaluation and characterization of pharmaceutical components through different stages of drug development including drug discovery as active raw molecule, different phases of clinical development, in finished product, manufacture as well as quality control. The current issue of Pharmaceutica Chemica Acta focuses on one natural drug component and chemically synthesizes analogues of tyrosine inhibitors and presents their characteristic structural and functional properties. These components have great potential in the treatment and cure of prevailing chronic disease such as Alzheimer’s disease and Cancer.
Agricultural technology adoption by rural farmers in Malawi: A case study of a Small Enterprise in Malawi

The implementation of new agricultural technologies is considered a key component of Malawi’s agricul- tural development strategy. However, successful technology adoption has proven to be difficult, affecting both farmers and small businesses introducing the technology. With a primary focus on farmers interested in adopting the technology, common factors influencing farmers’ adoption habits are determined by con- ducting interviews and observations. Survey results indicate that from a farmers perspective; market ac- cess, information access, education, and affordability are key factors helping facilitate adoption, while lack of these factors hinder adoption. Insight into these factors could provide business knowledge on how to better facilitate technology adoption. For this purpose, literature factors affecting a SME’s success are compared with an active agricultural technology company. These factors include experience, communication, man- agement and technology performance. Using both farmers needs and business developmental factors, this study hopes to provide insights for new companies starting a business in a developing country.
Middle Eocene high-K acidic volcanism in the Princes’ Islands (İstanbul) and its geodynamic implications

The rock assemblages of the Princes? Islands, which are located to the south of mainland Istanbul, are regarded as parts of the Lower Paleozoic quartz sandstones, although they were initially considered as volcanic rocks by Swan in 1868. They differ from quartz sandstones by their vesicular texture and are devoid of any stratigraphic layering. Their mineral constituents are plagioclase (30%-35%), feldspar (35%-40%), and quartz (20%-25%), corresponding to rhyolite. The crystallization age of the rhyolites is 45.66 ± 0.84 Ma on the basis of the U-Pb zircon data. They show high-K calc-alkaline affinity. On primitive-normalized spider diagrams, negative anomalies of Ba, Nb, Sr, P, and Ti and positive anomalies of Pb are noteworthy. Their chondrite-normalized REE patterns are characterized by strongly fractionated patterns with demonstrative negative Eu anomaly, whereby middle REE are not fractionated relative to the heavy REE. These geochemical features suggest a fractionating mineral assemblage of feldspar, apatite, and biotite without significant involvement of garnet. The Lutetian rhyolites of the Princes' Islands are a part of the Middle Eocene magmatic associations of the West Pontides, related to collision of the Menderes-Taurus block with the Pontides.
Women’s Experiences in Kompas Selected Short Stories: Transformative Ecofeminism Review

Women have relationships not only with nature but also in the ecosystem such as cultural, social, and spiritual aspects. Ecofeminism transformative influences feminism and ecology movements that give access to gender issues about male superiority. The method used in this study is qualitative content analysis.The objects of the study are fourteen short stories in an Indonesian newspaper, Kompas, from 2010-2015. The selection of the short stories is based on (1) the short stories that have ecology content (2) the short stories that prioritize female leaders; (3) the short stories that are written by the authors who have been actively involved in literary writing for long time; (4) the short stories that are written by the authors who write the story with emphasises on gender perspective; and; (5) the short stories that have morality themes that represent human relations. The data were analyzed using data reduction, data presentation, and data conclusion or interpretation based on the relevant theories and themes. The results of this study indicate that the various women’s experiences are not only related to human beings but also related to social and natural environment. This result of study is expected to enrich literature that related to language and socio – culture.
Panel 7

Background and Objectives Otitis media (OM) is one of the most common reasons for antibiotic treatment in children. Controversies regarding antibiotic treatment for OM have accumulated in the past decade, and there seem to be more dilemmas than certainties. The objectives of this article are to provide the state-of-the art review on achievements in treatment of all different stages of OM, including acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME), and chronic suppurative otitis media, and to outline the future research areas. Data Sources PubMed, Ovid Medline, the Cochrane Database, and Clinical Evidence (BMJ Publishing). Review Methods All types of articles related to OM treatment published in English between January 2007 and June 2011 were identified. A total of 286 articles related to OM treatment were reviewed by the panel members; 114 relevant quality articles were identified and summarized. Results New evidence emerged on beneficial results of antibiotic treatment, compared with observation of AOM in young children who were diagnosed based on stringent criteria. In OME, the main results were related to a nonsignificant benefit of adenoidectomy versus tympanostomy tube placement alone in the treatment of chronic OME in younger children. Other modalities of OM treatment were studied and described herein. Conclusions and Implications for Practice Significant progress has been made in advancing the knowledge on the treatment of OM. Areas of potential future research have been identified and outlined.
Stability of genetic predictions for stayability using random regression models that include end points beyond 6 yr of age

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Animal Science. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com Transl. Anim. Sci. 2019.3:1678–1682 doi: 10.1093/tas/txz056
“Telling Mathematics”: Storytelling and Counting in Pre-Elementary School

This manuscript is the result of a didactical activity, “Telling mathematics”, elaborated for pupils of Pre-Elementary School in Italy. The aim is to verify if storytelling is a methodology that allows developing approaches to the natural number in a significant way in children belonging to this age group and which mathematical skills are involved when certain processes are stimulated. The manuscript describes the phases in which the teaching experiment was articulated, framed in the Theory of Didactical Situations. In particular, I observe how, thanks to the storytelling, the acquisition of the notion of number in children is conveyed through different approaches to the natural number: cardinal, ordinal, recursive, geometric.