Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Utility of a novel airway collar for electroconvulsive therapy: a hands-free technique

anesthetic agents [1]. Hence, a manual jaw thrust maneuver has been vital for maintaining the upper airway patency. However, a jaw thrust device can alleviate the need for a manual jaw thrust maneuver thereby providing a hands-free technique during the conduct of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The LUBO airway collar (Inovytech Medical Solutions, Israel) is a novel tool that has been recently used in trauma services to provide cervical spine immobilization. This airway collar has the advantage of simultaneously providing a jaw thrust maneuver and neck-free cervical spine control. The collar is simple to operate and consists of a mandibular arc, chin holder, and a gliding knob. Once placed, the gliding knob is pushed forward, thereby lifting the mandible, imitating a manual jaw thrust. The LUBO airway collar effectively maintains upper airway patency without oxygen desaturation following the administration of intravenous anesthetic agents [2]. The standard anesthetic technique for ECT involves bag and mask ventilation with manual jaw thrust following the administration of a short-acting intravenous anesthetic agent and a short-acting muscle relaxant. Applying a manual jaw thrust can be cumbersome for the attending anesthesiologist. Therefore, we have begun to use the LUBO airway collar along with trans-nasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange (THRIVE) in the majority of patients who undergo ECT in our institution from the past six months. While awake, the LUBO collar is applied and the patients are pre-oxygenated with 30 L/min of high-flow nasal oxygen (Fig. 1). Subsequently, intravenous thiopental is administered, and the gliding knob is pushed forward. THRIVE flows are maintained between 50 and 70 L/min throughout the procedure. None of the 150 patients who have undergone this new technique experienced any desaturations. Very limited evidence currently exists that describes the utility of the LUBO airway collar in anesthesia practice. This collar is very simple to use and can effectively maintain upper airway patency. THRIVE safely sustains apnea in short procedures like ECT by the provision of 100% oxygen along with dynamic positive airway pressure. Hence, the LUBO airway collar in conjunction with THRIVE effectively maintains upper airway patency in patients undergoing ECT, making it a total hands-free anesthetic technique. Received: November 20, 2021 Accepted: November 25, 2021
Cryptic speciation in populations of the genus Aphyocharax (Characiformes: Characidae) from eastern Amazon coastal river drainages and surroundings revealed by single locus species delimitation methods

Abstract Recent studies in eastern Amazon coastal drainages and their surroundings have revealed new fish species that sometimes exhibit little morphological differentiation (cryptic species). Thus, we used a DNA-based species delimitation approach to test if populations showing the morphotype and typical character states of the Aphyocharax avary holotype correspond either to A. avary or A. brevicaudatus, two known species from the region, or if they form independent lineages, indicating cryptic speciation. WP and GMYC analyses recovered five lineages (species) in the ingroup, while a bPTP analysis delimited three lineages. ABGD analyses produced two possible results: one corroborating the WP and GMYC methods and another corroborating the bPTP method. All methods indicate undescribed cryptic species in the region and show variation from at least 1 to 4 species in the ingroup, depending on the approach, corroborating previous studies, and revealing this region as a possible hotspot for discovering undescribed fish species.
Comparative and phylogenomic analyses of mitochondrial genomes in Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea)

The Coccinellidae are one of the most familiar beetle families, the ladybirds. Despite the great ecological and economic significance, the phylogenetic relationships of Coccinellidae remain poorly understood. One of the reasons is that the sequenced mitogenomes available for this family are very limited. We sequenced complete or nearly complete mitogenomes from seven species of the tribe Coccinellini with next-generation sequencing. All species have the same gene content and gene order as the putatively ancestral insect mitogenome. A large intergenic spacer region (> 890 bp) was found located between trnI and trnQ. The potential for using secondary structures of the large and small ribosomal subunits for phylogenetic reconstruction was predicted. The phylogenetic relationships were explored through comparative analyses across more than 30 coccinellid species. We performed phylogenetic analyses with both concatenation methods (Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference) and multispecies coalescent method (ASTRAL). Phylogenetic results strongly supported the monophyly of Coccinellidae. Within Coccinellidae, the Epilachnini and the Coccinellini including Halyziini were monophyletic, while the Scymnini and Coccidulini were non-monophyletic.
PSYChosomatic Medicine in ONcologIc and Cardiac Disease (PSYCHONIC) Study—A Retrospective and Prospective Observational Research Protocol

Abstract: Introduction Psychosocial factors play an important role in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This observational study is primarily aimed at assessing the relationship of psychological characteristics of patients with the outcomes of different NCDs, and to assess short-term psychotherapy (STP) efficacy in the real world. Methods: One hundred and forty patients with recent acute myocardial infarction, Takotsubo syndrome, or non-metastatic breast cancer and a control group of 140 age and sex-matched healthy subjects, will be enrolled. All subjects will be administered psychometric tests, quality of life tests, a specific body perception questionnaire, a dream questionnaire, and a projective test, the Six Drawing test at baseline and follow-up. All subjects with medical conditions will be asked to freely choose between an ontopsychological STP along with standard medical therapy and, whenever indicated, rehabilitation therapy or medical therapy plus rehabilitation alone. The study endpoints will be to evaluate: the relationship of the psychological characteristics of enrolled subjects with the outcomes of different NCDs, predictors of the choice of psychotherapy, and the efficacy of ontopsychological intervention on psychological and medical outcomes. Conclusion: This study will generate data on distinctive psychological characteristics of patients suffering from different CDs and their relationship with medical outcomes, as well as explore the efficacy of ontopsychological STP in these patients in the real world. (Number of registration: NCT03437642).
A novel near-field measurement facility for random emissions

A novel near-field spherical measurement facility well suited to EMC random emission measurements is introduced. The technique which allows extension of antenna near-field techniques to random emissions is based on the measurement of the spatial coherence of the near-fields taken at two different points and for a given frequency. An experimental setup has been designed and tested, and the measurement technique has been experimentally validated. We present GSM telephone handset emission measurements at 900 MHz.
Gut microbiota composition does not associate with toxoplasma infection in rats

Toxoplasma infection in intermediate host species closely associates with inflammation. This association has led to suggestions that the behavioural changes associated with infection may be indirectly driven by the resulting sustained inflammation rather than a direct behavioural manipulation by the parasite. If this is correct, sustained inflammation in chronically infected rodents should present as widespread differences in the gastrointestinal microbiota due to the dependency between the composition of these microbiota and sustained inflammation. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment in rats that were assigned to a Toxoplasma‐treatment, placebo‐treatment or negative control group. We euthanised rats during the chronic phase of infection, collected their caecal stool samples and sequenced the V3‐V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene to characterize the bacterial community in these samples. Toxoplasma infection did not induce widespread differences in the bacterial community composition of the gastrointestinal tract of rats. Rather, we found sex differences in the bacterial community composition of rats. We conclude that it is unlikely that sustained inflammation is the mechanism driving the highly specific behavioural changes observed in Toxoplasma‐positive rats.
Implementing A University Mobile Navigation System

Mobile phones are nowadays, far more than merely communication devices. In particular, Smartphones and Tablets are products that help to make our works and everyday life easier. Along with the advance in technology and popularity of these devices, the use of mobile applications increased enormously in the last few years. Based on new techniques like Global Positioning System (GPS) and sensors, like compass and accelerometer, that can determine the orientation of the device, location-based applications coupled with augmented reality views are possible. In the context of this research work, a mobile navigation application for Osun state university is developed. The system architecture and design were presented. The technologies used for the implementation of the application include Google Map, Quick response scanner, Android development kit and Java. The resulting application which is downloadable from university website enables the user to find paths to specific locations and provide location-based information on buildings, road and other facilities in the campus. This application developed offers visitors the ability to explore university campus facilities via mobile devices
Implementation of IncCond Algorithm to Optimize PI Boost Converter for Maximum Power Point Tracking in Photovoltaic Arrays

This paper presents an incremental conductance (IncCond) algorithm optimized Proportional Integral (PI) controller for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In the proposed method, Modified IncCond algorithm is used for optimizing the maximum available power in uncertainty occurs of the temperature and solar radiation. Furthermore, PI in boost converter is used to ensure the steady state conditions more quickly and eliminate the power losses in switching. Tuning method is applied for determining control parameters by using zigler-nichols and trial – error procedures. The simulation results demonstrate the excellent performance which can effectively improve in tracking speed and accuracy of maximum power. The controller response is able to achieve stable conditions around 0.01 seconds, which is three times faster to equal with the input voltage. Simulation results showed that the PV system becomes more efficient as proven by the changes in irradiance conditions by having average power efficiency is 99.35%, error is 0.65%, which is half the existing one.
Composite Beam Design Using Interaction Diagram

The interaction diagram approach for design of prestressed concrete members is extended for design of composite prestressed beams with one or more than one critical section. A systematic approach for the selection of prestressing force and eccentricity is presented and compared with the conventional approach which is one of trial and error. In addition, the use of the interaction diagram and the resulting valid domain provides a visual description concerning the safety of the cross section as well as clues for modifications in the design when it is found unsafe.
Forecasting public bicycle rental demand using an optimized eXtreme Gradient Boosting model

The rational distribution of public bicycle rental fleets is crucial for improving the efficiency of public bicycle programs. The accurate prediction of the demand for public bicycles is critical to improve bicycle utilization. To overcome the shortcomings of traditional algorithms such as low prediction accuracy and poor stability, using the 2011–2012 hourly bicycle rental data provided by the Washington City Bicycle Rental System, this study aims to develop an optimized and innovative public bicycle demand forecasting model based on grid search and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm. First, the feature ranking method based on machine learning models is used to analyze feature importance on the original data. In addition, a public bicycle demand forecast model is established based on important factors affecting bicycle utilization. Finally, to predict bicycle demand accurately, this study optimizes the model parameters through a grid search (GS) algorithm and builds a new prediction model based on the optimal parameters. The results show that the optimized XGBoost model based on the grid search algorithm can predict the bicycle demand more accurately than other models. The optimized model has an R-Squared of 0.947, and a root mean squared logarithmic error of 0.495. The results can be used for the effective management and reasonable dispatch of public bicycles.
Malabsorption syndrome as a manifestation of systemic effects in advanced forms of pulmonary tuberculosis

As of October 2012 84 countries had reported at least 1 case of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (EDR TB). In November 2012, the WHO epidemiological surveillance stated: all new TB cases in the world are 3,7 % of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB); 60,0 % of MDR TB among the new cases of TB are documented in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa.
Integration of visual motion and pursuit signals in areas V3A and V6+ across cortical depth using 9.4T fMRI

Neural mechanisms underlying a stable perception of the world during pursuit eye movements are not fully understood. Both, perceptual stability as well as perception of real (i.e. objective) motion are the product of integration between motion signals on the retina and efference copies of eye movements. Human areas V3A and V6 have previously been shown to have strong objective (‘real’) motion responses. Here we used high-resolution laminar fMRI at ultra-high magnetic field (9.4T) in human subjects to examine motion integration across cortical depths in these areas. We found an increased preference for objective motion in areas V3A and V6+ i.e. V6 and possibly V6A towards the upper layers. When laminar responses were detrended to remove the upper-layer bias present in all responses, we found a unique, condition-specific laminar profile in V6+, showing reduced mid-layer responses for retinal motion only. The results provide evidence for differential, motion-type dependent laminar processing in area V6+. Mechanistically, the mid-layer dip suggests a special contribution of retinal motion to integration, either in the form of a subtractive (inhibitory) mid-layer input, or in the form of feedback into extragranular or infragranular layers. The results show that differential laminar signals can be measured in high-level motion areas in the human occipitoparietal cortex, opening the prospect of new mechanistic insights using non-invasive brain imaging. Significance Statement Visual stability and our ability to differentiate between self-induced and real motion are central to our visual sense. Both require the integration of two signals – retinal motion and copies of muscle commands used for eye movements (efference copies). A reasonable assumption is that either the efference copy or the result of integration will be conveyed to high-level visual regions along with visual retinal input, possibly differentially across cortical depth as the input sources differ. Our ultra-high field recordings present the first laminar evidence of differential signal processing of retinal and objective motion signals in area V6+, and present a first window into a mechanistic understanding of visual high-level motion processing.
“All mimsy were the borogoves” – a discriminative learning model of morphological knowledge in pseudo-word inflection

ABSTRACT Grammatical knowledge has often been investigated in wug tests, in which participants inflect pseudo-words. It was argued that in inflecting these pseudo-words, speakers apply their knowledge of word formation. However, it remains unclear what exactly this knowledge is and how it is learned. According to one theory, the knowledge is best characterised as abstractions that specify how units are combined. Another theory maintains that it is best characterised by memory-based analogy. In both cases the knowledge is learned by association based on positive evidence alone. In this paper, we model the classification of pseudo-words to Maltese plurals using a shallow neural network trained with an error-driven learning algorithm. We demonstrate that the classifications mirror those of Maltese speakers in a wug test. Our results indicate that speakers rely on gradient knowledge of a relation between the phonetics of whole words and plural classes, which is learned in an error-driven way.
Influence of Gradation on the Mechanical Properties of Aged Hot-Mix Asphalts

When a hot-mix asphalt (HMA) ages, its mechanical properties, resistance, and durability change. Several studies have been conducted throughout the world to evaluate the effects of aging in HMAs. However, few studies have analyzed the influence of gradation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of gradation on the mechanical properties of aged HMA mixes. For such purposes, three HMA mixes with different gradations were manufactured (named HMA-10, HMA-19, and HMA-25), which were conditioned in STOA (short-term oven aging) and LTOA (long-term oven aging) by following the guidelines established by the AASHTO R30 specification. Marshall, Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS), resilient modulus, permanent deformation, fatigue (under controlled-stress condition), and Cantabro tests were performed. These tests were carried out to evaluate resistance under monotonic and cyclic load as well as the resistance to moisture damage and abrasion. The best performing mix in the test was HMA-19. There is no clear trend about the influence of gradation over the susceptibility of mixes for aging. This susceptibility changes depending on the test performed and the property measured. Furthermore, in resilient modulus tests, it is observed that the influence of gradation on aging susceptibility changes depending on the test temperature.
Photosynthesis and antioxidant metabolism modulate the low-temperature resistance of seed germination in maize

Spring maize is usually subjected to low-temperature stress during seed germination, which retards seedling growth even if under a suitable temperature. However, the mechanism underlying maize seed germination under low-temperature stress modulating seedling growth after being transferred to normal temperature is still ambiguous. In this study, we used two maize inbred lines with different low-temperature resistance (SM and RM) to investigate the mechanism. The results showed that the SM line had higher lipid peroxidation and lower total antioxidant capacity and germination percentage than the RM line under low-temperature stress, which indicated that the SM line was more vulnerable to low-temperature stress. Further transcriptome analysis revealed that seed germination under low-temperature stress caused down-regulation of photosynthesis related gene ontology (GO) terms in two lines. Moreover, the SM line displayed down-regulation of ribosome and superoxide dismutase (SOD) related genes, whereas genes involved in SOD and vitamin B6 were up-regulated in the RM line. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis revealed that photosynthesis and antioxidant metabolism related pathways played important roles in seed germination in response to low-temperature stress, and the photosynthetic system displayed a higher damage degree in the SM line. Both qRT-PCR and physiological characteristics experiments showed similar results with transcriptome data. Taken together, we propose a model for maize seed germination in response to low-temperature stress. One sentence summary Damage degree of photosynthesis and total antioxidant capacity (especially SOD activity) determine diverse low-temperature resistance among maize inbred lines at the germination stage.
Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Manifestations in Hospitalized Children with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is one of the main causes of both upper and lower respiratory infections in school-aged children, accounting for up to 40% of community-acquired pneumonia. Younger children are also affected, and extrapulmonary manifestations have been recently reported in the pediatric population. We carried out a retrospective analysis of MP-positive patients admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Unit of S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital in Bologna, the largest tertiary pediatric referral center in the Emilia–Romagna region, Northern Italy, between 2012 and 2020. We identified 145 patients with MP infection (82 males and 63 females), 27% of which were younger than 2 years; the median age was 5 years (interquartile range 1–9). The clinical presentation partially differed between age groups. School-aged children were more likely to have a chest X-ray-confirmed pneumonia (p = 0.013), while younger children required oxygen therapy more often (p = 0.048). Seventy-four children (51%) showed extrapulmonary manifestations, mainly gastrointestinal (30%) and dermatological (14%). Neurological symptoms were more frequent in children older than 6 years (p = 0.006). The rate of other extrapulmonary manifestations did not differ significantly between age groups. This study shows that MP infection is a frequent cause of pediatric hospitalization, including of children younger than 2 years. Clinicians should be aware of the variable clinical expressions of MP, including extrapulmonary manifestations, to achieve a correct diagnosis and determine appropriate treatment.
The impact of crankcase oil containing phosphorus on catalytic converters and engine exhaust emissions

Two 10W30 mineral‐base phosphorus containing (commercial) and phosphorus‐free (P‐Free) crankcase oils were tested in the engine dynamometer for the poisoning effects on a catalytic converter and emission‐engine’s performance. The emission results of the two oils were compared with and without a catalytic converter, including the light‐off temperature of the catalyst. Surface characterisation was used to determine accumulated catalyst poisoning from the oil additives. The performance analysis shows that the catalytic converter lowers the torque and power for the commercial and P‐Free oils, whereas the specific fuel consumption increases for both oils in the presence of the catalytic converter. In both cases of the presence and the absence of catalytic converter the torque, power and specific fuel consumption remain the same for phosphorus containing and P‐Free oils. The presence of the catalytic converter shows lower HC and CO and higher CO2 emissions for both P‐Free and commercial oils. Surface characteri.