Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Unified Formulation of Nodal Expansion Method and Analytic Nodal Method Solutions to Two-Group Diffusion Equations

Abstract This paper demonstrates that the analytic nodal method (ANM) solution to two-group (2-G) diffusion equations can be formulated in the same way as the nodal expansion method (NEM) solution, and thereby, the two most popular transverse integrated nodal method formulations can be integrated into a unified nodal method (UNM) formulation. For this purpose, the analytic solution, i.e., the combined homogeneous and particular solution, of transverse-integrated one-dimensional, 2-G diffusion equations is represented by an expansion of analytic basis functions while the expansion coefficients are obtained in the same way as the NEM. The advantages of the UNM formulation are then discussed. It is a stable method in itself so that it does not require approximate schemes to avoid the instability at the near-critical nodes. Because it does not introduce any approximate scheme in conjunction with the stability questions at the near-critical nodes, it is more accurate than the conventional ANM formulation in the case where the latter needs to introduce approximations. It is readily incorporated into a number of existing NEM production codes. These advantages are demonstrated in terms of numerical solutions of Nuclear Energy Agency Committee on Reactor Physics pressurized water reactor benchmark problems.
Human-centredness in customer relationship management implementation research: Towards a holistic perspective

The application of information technology (IT) to marketing through customer relationship management (CRM) software is growing rapidly, but the risk of failure remains high. We argue that research in CRM implementation success should focus more on human-centred issues. In this study we introduce a conceptual framework for a holistic view of humans in CRM and apply the framework to earlier research on CRM implementation. The results indicate that in most CRM approaches the prevailing conception of humans is monistic. The human being is seen as consisting of only one basic mode of being in that humans are conceptualized as objects without any mental and social qualities. We suggest that a more holistic approach to human beings as users of a CRM system would benefit CRM implementation.
Two-dimensional Compressible Flow Simulation on Emulated Digital CNN-UM

In the area of mechanical, aerospace, chemical and civil engineering the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) has been one of the most important problems of math- ematics for a long time. In this field, one of the most exciting areas is the simulation of fluid flow, which involves for example problems of air, sea and land vehicle motion. In this paper a CNN- UM based solver of 2D inviscid, adiabatic, compressible fluids will be presented. The governing equations are solved by using first- and second-order numerical methods. Unfortunately the necessity of the coupled multi-layered computational structure with non- linear, space-variant templates does not make it possible to utilize the huge computing power of the analog CNN-UM chips. To improve the performance of our solution emulated digital CNN- UM implemented on FPGA has been used. Properties of the implemented specialized architecture is examined in terms of area, speed and accuracy.
A method for redesign for testability at the RT level

A new method of redesign for testability at the register-transfer level (RTL) is proposed. The method identifies hard to test parts of a an RTL design synthesized either manually or automatically using high-level synthesis tools. The design is modified by inserting additional test registers followed by a test selection process. During the selection process, two test metrics are used in order to minimize test overhead. Finally, test scheduling is performed so that to minimize the overall test time and the number of test sessions. The system outputs a VHDL description of a testable data path along with a test plan.
The involvement of CaMKII in myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury

CaMKII acts as a second messenger to Ca2+ signals within the cardiac myocyte. Cellular stresses such as ischaemia and subsequent reperfusion perturb the normal physiological oscillations of Ca2+ to cause an escalating concentration which damages the cell. CaMKII has been implicated as an injury signal during such cellular conditions. However, there are discrepancies as to whether CaMKII is a possible mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning as its inhibition can abrogate or improve the protective effect of preconditioning. This thesis investigated the effects of CaMKII inhibition in models of ischaemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury. It was hypothesised that CaMKII promotes irreversible injury caused by acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but would also have a beneficial role in mediating cardioprotection by ischaemic preconditioning. This work has demonstrated that: i) in an ex vivo rat heart model of regional I-R injury, CaMKII promoted irreversible injury but is not a feasible target for reperfusion therapy as only a pre-ischaemic intervention reduced myocardial infarction; ii) CaMKII activation was not a pre-requisite for protection with ischaemic preconditioning, although an additive protective effect of CaMKII inhibition and ischaemic preconditioning was possible; iii) models of simulated I-R or oxidative stress in the H9c2 cells did not involve CaMKII activity; iv) isolated cardiac myocytes paced at 1Hz and subjected to simulated I-R do not engage a significant amount of CaMKII activity. These studies substantiate the involvement of CaMKII during ischaemic injury and establish that it does not play a substantial role in ischaemic preconditioning. It highlights the characteristics of the kinase within in vitro models of I-R injury. Understanding CaMKII role in I-R may underpin the development of future therapeutic strategies for the management of AMI.
Injury Trends and Prevention in Youth Resistance Training

RESISTANCE TRAINING HAS BECOME A POPULAR METHOD OF CONDITIONING FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SCHOOLS, RECREATION CENTERS, AND SPORTS TRAINING FACILITIES. HOWEVER, THE GROWING POPULARITY OF YOUTH RESISTANCE TRAINING AND THE COMPLEX NATURE OF SOME TRAINING PROGRAMS RAISE NEW QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS TYPE OF TRAINING FOR YOUTH. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE INCIDENCE, SEVERITY, AND ETIOLOGY OF YOUTH RESISTANCE TRAINING INJURIES ARE REVIEWED, RISK FACTORS FOR RESISTANCE TRAINING-RELATED INJURIES ARE IDENTIFIED, AND INJURY PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH WHO PERFORM RESISTANCE EXERCISE ARE DISCUSSED.
Apple Phytochemicals In The Prevention Of Breast Cancer: Effects On Cell Proliferation And Apoptosis

Cell counting is a common technique in cellular and molecular biology research applications, such as cell culture maintenance, cell plating, cell growth and cell doubling time determinations, as well as cell proliferation and cytotoxicity measurements. Many commonly employed cell counting methods exhibit limitations that influence resulting accuracy or versatility. For example, the trypan blue method typically underestimates cell numbers in culture, and the Lowry protein assay can be influenced by cell cycle. An urgent need exists for a method of cell counting that is both accurate and versatile. This work intended to explore an adaptation of the methylene blue assay to overcome the existing limitations of the procedure, enabling application to a broader range of cell densities and various cell culture plates. This new methylene blue assay was found to be more efficient, accurate and sensitive. A linear relationship (r>0.99) was established between cell number and absorbance at a 570 nm wavelength when the new methylene blue assay was applied to three cell lines (HepG2, Caco-2, and MCF-7) plated in a broad range of cell densities (0.5 × 10 to 2.5 × 10) in 4 different types of culture plates (6-, 12-, 24-, and 96-well plates). These results demonstrated that the linear relationship between methylene blue absorbance and cell number can be maintained at high cell densities. Growth curves were determined using both the trypan blue and methylene blue methods. At each time point in the HepG2 growth curve, the cell count obtained using the trypan blue assay was statistically significantly lower than that obtained using the methylene blue assay (p<0.05). The same was true for the Caco-2 growth curve at all time points (p0.05)
Music Emotion Classification based on Lyrics-Audio using Corpus based Emotion

Music has lyrics and audio. That’s components can be a feature for music emotion classification. Lyric features were extracted from text data and audio features were extracted from audio signal data.In the classification of emotions, emotion corpus is required for lyrical feature extraction. Corpus Based Emotion (CBE) succeed to increase the value of F-Measure for emotion classification on text documents. The music document has an unstructured format compared with the article text document. So it requires good preprocessing and conversion process before classification process. We used MIREX Dataset for this research. Psycholinguistic and stylistic features were used as lyrics features. Psycholinguistic feature was a feature that related to the category of emotion. In this research, CBE used to support the extraction process of psycholinguistic feature. Stylistic features related with usage of unique words in the lyrics, e.g. ‘ooh’, ‘ah’, ‘yeah’, etc. Energy, temporal and spectrum features were extracted for audio features.The best test result for music emotion classification was the application of Random Forest methods for lyrics and audio features. The value of F-measure was 56.8%.
Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures

Series Foreword Preface Chapter 1. An Introduction to Surveys and to This Book The Practice of Survey Research The Uses of Surveys Overview of the Survey Process A Brief Summary of This Book Chapter 2. Stages of a Survey Stage 1: Survey Design and Preliminary Planning Stage 2: Pretesting Stage 3: Final Survey Design and Planning Stage 4: Data Collection Stage 5: Data Coding, Data-File Construction, Analysis, and Final Report Example of a Time Schedule for a Study Chapter 3. Selecting the Method of Data Collection Evaluating the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Four Survey Methods Mail Surveys Internet Surveys Telephone Surveys Face-to-Face Surveys Combinations of Methods Chapter 4. Questionnaire Design: Writing the Questions Questionnaire Design as Process Factors in Questionnaire Development Writing Questions Chapter 5. Questionnaire Design: Organizing the Questions Introducing the Study What Questions Should the Questionnaire Begin With? Grouping Questions into Sections Questionnaire Length and Respondent Burden Avoiding Other Flaws in Mail Questionnaire Design Chapter 6. Questionnaire Design: Testing the Questions Importance of Respondents' Comprehension of and Ability to Answer Questions Conventional Pretests and Interviewer Debriefings Post-Interview Interviews Behavior Coding A Note on Intercoder Reliability Cognitive Interviews Respondent Debriefing Expert Panel Examining Interviewer Tasks Revising and Retesting: Deciding Which Pretest Problems to Address Deciding How Much Testing Is Enough Pilot Tests Combined Methods Some Last Advice Chapter 7. Designing the Sample The Basics Defining the Population Constructing a Sampling Frame Matching Defined Populations and Sampling Frames Recognizing Problems with Sampling Frames Determining Sample Size Hypothesis Testing and Power Using Census Data Chapter 8. Selecting a Sample Example 1: A Community List-Assisted Telephone Sample Example 2: A Directory-Based Community Telephone Sample Example 3: Other RDD Telephone Samples Selecting Respondents within Households Example 4: A List Sample of Students Example 5: A Sample of University Classes Chapter 9. Reducing Sources of Error in Data Collection The Origins of Error Chapter 10. Special Topics Ethical Issues in Survey Research The Methodology Report The Utility of the Methodology Report What to Include in the Methodology Report Costs and Contingencies: Planning for the Unexpected For Further Study: Suggested Readings Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Glossary/Index
Getting Through the Gate

This study empirically examined the statistical and methodological issues raised in the reviewing process to determine what the “gatekeepers” of the literature, the reviewers and editors, really say about methodology when making decisions to accept or reject manuscripts. Three hundred and four editors’ and reviewers’ letters for 69 manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Business and Psychology were qualitatively coded using an iterative approach. Systematic coding generated 267 codes from 1,751 statements that identified common methodological and statistical errors by authors and offered themes across these issues. We examined the relationship between the issues identified and manuscript outcomes. The most prevalent methodological and statistical topics were measurement, control variables, common method variance, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. Common errors included the choice and comprehensiveness of analyses. This qualitative analysis of methods in reviews provides insight into how current methodological debates reveal themselves in the review process. This study offers guidance and advice for authors to improve the quality of their research and for editors and reviewers to improve the quality of their reviews.
Hubungan Usia, Stres, dan Asupan Zat Gizi Makro dengan Kejadian Obesitas Abdominal pada Ibu Rumah Tangga di Kelurahan Sidotopo, Surabaya

Background: Abdominal obesity is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Obesity is caused by energy imbalance. Women have higher risk of abdominal obesity than men. Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the association between age, stress level, macronutrient intake with abdominal obesity among housewives in Sidotopo, Surabaya. Method: This cross sectional study was conducted between May and July of 2018 in Kelurahan Sidotopo, Kecamatan Semampir, Kota Surabaya. The sample was 46 housewives aged between 20 and 49 years which was selected using multistage random sampling method. The association between age, stress level, and macronutrient intake with abdominal obesity was analysed using Pearson correlation and logistic regression test with a significant level of 0.05. Results:This study showed that 52.17% of housewives had abdominal obesity. Most of housewives were Javanese and Maduranes between the ages of 30-39. This study showed the significant association between age (p=0.001) and stress level (p=0.017) with abdominal obesity. Meanwhile, energy intake (p=0.062), carbohydrate intake (p=0.300), protein intake (p=0.147), fat intake (p=0.188), and dietary fiber intake (p=0.062) did not show significant association. Conclusion: Age and stress level associated with abdominal obesity among housewives in Sidotopo. The risk of abdominal obesity increased with age and stress level.ABSTRAKLatar Belakang: Obesitas abdominal merupakan salah satu faktor risiko terjadinya penyakit kardiovaskuler. Obesitas terjadi akibat adanya ketidakseimbangan energi masuk dan keluar dari tubuh. Perempuan berisiko lebih tinggi mengalami obesitas abdominal dibandingkan laki-laki.Tujuan: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan usia, stres, dan asupan zat gizi makro dengan kejadian obesitas abdominal pada ibu rumah tangga di Kelurahan Sidotopo, Surabaya.Metode: Penelitian cross sectional ini dilakukan di Kelurahan Sidotopo, Kecamatan Semampir, Kota Surabaya pada bulan Mei-Juli 2018. Sebesar 46 orang ibu rumah tangga usia 20-49 tahun dipilih secara acak menggunakan metode multistage random sampling. Hubungan antara usia, stres, dan asupan zat gizi makro dengan kejadian obesitas abdominal dianalisis menggunakan uji korelasi Pearson dan regresi logistik dengan tingkat signifikansi <0,05. Hasil: Sebesar 52,17% responden mengalami obesitas abdominal. Sebagian besar responden berusia 30-39 tahun dimana berasal dari etnis Jawa dan Madura. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa obesitas abdominal berhubungan signifikan dengan usia (p=0,001) dan stres (p=0,017). Sebaliknya, asupan energi (p=0,234), karbohidrat (p=0,300), protein (p=0,147), lemak (p=0,188), dan asupan serat (p=0,062) tidak menunjukkan hubungan yang signifikan dengan kejadian obesitas abdominal.Kesimpulan: Usia dan tingkat stres berhubungan dengan kejadian obesitas abdominal pada ibu rumah tangga di Kelurahan Sidotopo. Semakin tinggi usia dan tingkat stres, maka resiko terjadinya obesitas abdominal akan semakin tinggi.
The Developing Economies’ Banks Branches Operational Strategy in the Era of E-Banking: The Case of Jordan

The aim of this study is to identify the impact of adopting e-banking on branches operations strategy during the period 1999 to 2008, 15 local banks in Jordan were surveyed by using 3 questionnaires, one was directed to account operations officer, another to tellers and last one to branches managers. Annual reports and banks websites were revised to identify the changes in performance indicators and e-banking adoption. The study revealed that; branches are still the main channels of conducting banking transactions, and e-banking is working in parallel with branches. This paper is the first paper reports this issue in developing economies.
A prospective cohort study on anemia and blood transfusion in critically ill patients

Background: The management of anemia and blood transfusion practices in the ICU have been a subject of controversy. Aims: The aims of this study were 1) To assess the prevalence of anemia and study the association of blood transfusion and mortality in critically ill patients. 2) To compare restrictive transfusion policy (Hb Settings and Design: A matched cohort study was performed in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: To study the association between blood transfusions and mortality, control patients were those who never received blood during ICU stay. They were selected according to the following matching criteria: Age (± 5 years), sex, APACHE II score (± 5 points), history of cardiac or renal disease and clinical diagnosis. Statistical Analysis Used: The Chi-square test. Results: The incidence of anemia is high in critically ill patients. Anemic patients had a longer duration of stay in the ICU. There is an association between blood transfusion and higher mortality in critically ill patients. A restrictive transfusion policy was associated with lesser mortality. Conclusions: Anemia is associated with increased morbidity reflected by the increased duration of stay in the ICU. Blood transfusion is associated with increased mortality and a restrictive transfusion policy is associated with increased survival.
ASSESSING THE PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TOWARD GENETICS AND GENETICS RESEARCH

The Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh aims to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities especially in the areas of diabetes and hypertension. One avenue for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities is through biomedical and public health research. The CMH strives to increase African American participation in research through community outreach programs including the Healthy Black Family Project. The HBFP is a community based intervention created to promote health and prevent disease through lifestyle behavior change in the African American community in Pittsburgh. The present study recruited individuals from the HBFP for focus groups to assess the perceptions of African Americans in the Pittsburgh area toward genetics and genetics research. Specifically, the study sought to characterize the willingness of African Americans to donate DNA for research examining the roles of genes and environment in disease development. The CMH is interested in this research because it has been suggested that uncovering the genetic and environmental contributions to common diseases such as diabetes and hypertension may help illuminate causes of racial and ethnic health disparities and allow for more effective strategies for prevention and treatment. Transcripts from four focus groups attended by 43 people were read and coded using thematic analysis. Findings suggest participants are acutely aware of potential negative consequences of donating genetic material however, cautious optimism was expressed when discussing benefits of research. Additionally, the results suggest that researchers must actively work to build trust with potential research participants to increase willingness to participate. The findings also suggest a strong association of the term genetics with family history, a limited understanding of the biological aspects of genetics, and a sensationalized view of genetics research. These last three issues may be addressed through a genetics education outreach program. This study is relevant to the field of public health because it provides researchers with direction in their effort to better characterize the willingness of African Americans to donate DNA for genetics research.
Power efficient data compression hardware for wearable and wireless biomedical sensing devices

This thesis aims to verify a possible benefit lossless data compression and reduction techniques can bring to a wearable and wireless biomedical device, which is anticipated to be system power saving. A wireless transceiver is one of the main contributors to the system power of a wireless biomedical sensing device, and reducing the data transmitted by the transceiver with a minimum hardware cost can therefore help to save the power. This thesis is going to investigate the impact of the data compression and reduction on the system power of a wearable and wireless biomedical device and trying to find a proper compression technique that can achieve power saving of the device. The thesis first examines some widely used lossy and lossless data compression and reduction techniques for biomedical data, especially EEG data. Then it introduces a novel lossless biomedical data compression technique designed for this research called Log2 sub-band encoding. The thesis then moves on to the biomedical data compression evaluation of the Log2 sub-band encoding and an existing 2-stage technique consisting of the DPCM and the Huffman encoding. The next part of this thesis explores the signal classification potential of the Log2 sub-band encoding. It was found that some of the signal features extracted as a by-product during the Log2 sub-band encoding process could be used to detect certain signal events like epileptic seizures, with a proper method. The final section of the thesis focuses on the power analysis of the hardware implementation of two compression techniques referred to earlier, as well as the system power analysis. The results show that the Log2 sub-band is comparable and even superior to the 2-stage technique in terms of data compression and power performance. The system power requirement of an EEG signal recorder that has the Log2 sub-band implemented is significantly reduced.
Treatment of a subepiglottic cyst with formaldehyde injection in a horse

Subepiglottic cysts may cause airway obstruction and/or dysphagia. Intralesional formaldehyde application has been successfully done using double application. This paper describes treatment using a single application. This procedure minimizes complications related to scar tissue formation and general anesthesia, and allows earlier return to athletic activity.