Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pediatric Intracranial Vascular Malformations: Evaluation ofTreatment Results with Color Doppler US

analysis of spectral waveforms can be used to characterize flow in major intra- and extracranial arteries and veins, thereby providing both imaging and quantitative data that may be useful in the planning of further diagnostic studies and endovascular therapy, as well as in the evaluation of treatment results (5). To test this hypothesis, we are currently performing a prospective color Doppler US study of all children referred to our institution for staged endovascular therapy of intracranial VMs. The purpose of our study is to compare color Doppler US with angiography in the pre- and postoperative assessment of the morphologic and hemodynamic characteristics of these lesions and to test whether color Doppler US-assisted measurements of volume flow in major extracranial arteries can be employed as a parameter of arteriovenous shunt flow.
Measurement issues of shared decision making in mental health: challenges and opportunities

Purpose Shared decision making (SDM) is a model of health care in which patients are involved in the decision-making process about their treatment, considering their preferences and concerns in a deliberative process with the health care provider. Many existing instruments assess the antecedents, process, or the outcomes of SDM. The purpose of this paper is to identify the SDM-related measures applied in a mental health context. Design/methodology/approach The authors performed a systematic review in several electronic databases from 1990 to October 2016. Studies that assessed quantitatively one or more constructs related to SDM (antecedents, process, and outcomes) in the field of mental health were included. Findings The authors included 87 studies that applied 48 measures on distinct SDM constructs. A large majority of them have been developed in the field of physical diseases and adapted or directly applied in the mental health context. The most evaluated construct is the SDM process in consultation, mainly by patients’ self-report but also by external observer measures, followed by the patients’ preferences for involvement in decision making. The most applied instrument was the Autonomy Preference Index, followed by the Observing Patient Involvement in Decision Making (OPTION) and the Control Preferences Scale (CPS). The psychometric validation in mental health samples of the instruments identified is scarce. Research limitations/implications The bibliographic search is comprehensive, but could not be completely exhaustive. Effort should be invested in the development of new SDM for mental health tools that will reflect the complexity and specific features of mental health care. Originality/value The authors highlight several limitations and challenges for the measurement of SDM in mental health care.
LocalGAN: Modeling Local Distributions for Adversarial Response Generation

This paper presents a new methodology for modeling the local semantic distribution of responses to a given query in the human-conversation corpus, and on this basis, explores a speciﬁed adversarial learning mechanism for training Neural Response Generation (NRG) models to build conversational agents. Our investigation begins with the thorough discussions upon the objective function of general Generative Adversarial Nets (GAN) architectures, and the training instability problem is proved to be highly relative with the special local distributions of conversational corpora. Consequently, an energy function is employed to estimate the status of a local area restricted by the query and its responses in the semantic space
Application of Computer-assisted Analytic Hierarchy Process Method to Evaluate Employee Performance

Human resources have a very important role in a company. The quality of human resources is one of the factors to improve the productivity of company performance. Therefore, companies need to assess the performance of employees to find out success or failure in carrying out their duties. The problem that occurs at PT XYZ is that the assessment process carried out still uses a manual method so that the employee performance evaluation process becomes slow and inaccurate. In evaluating employee performance, it is still very subjective. The absence of methods used to support decisions in determining employee performance appraisal. The purpose of this study is to make a decision in selecting employees who have good performance values using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The criterias used for employee assessment are performance, work attitude, potential, ability, and personality. From the results of the study it was found that the AHP method can already be used to select good employee performance based on predetermined criteria. Compared with previous research, the method is only used to choose the criteria for evaluation, it has not been used to select employees.
Does Distance Affect the Role of Nonlocal Subsidiaries on Cluster Firms’ Innovation? An Empirical Investigation on Chinese Biotechnology Cluster Firms

As translocation strategy has been pursued by cluster firms, two types of nonlocal subsidiaries, nonlocal manufacturing subsidiaries (NMS) and nonlocal R&D subsidiaries (NRS) contribute to their holding firms’ innovation in different ways. Prior studies have not paid much attention to the role of NMS and NRS, and how their effects are contingent on distance. To address this gap, this paper assesses the contribution of NMS and NRS on cluster firms’ innovation performance respectively and ascertains the moderating effect of geographical distance and social distance. The empirical investigation is conducted using a sample of 79 Chinese cluster firms. Our results indicate that both NMS and NRS have positively influenced cluster firms’ innovative performance. Moreover, geographical distance negatively moderates both the role of NMS and NRS. On the other hand, social distance only increases the influence of NRS on their holding firms’ innovation. Thus, spatial distance may hamper knowledge acquisition through NMS and NRS while loosely connected NRS would contribute more to their parent companies in local clusters. Our research contributes to the literature on cluster firms’ relocation strategy by clarifying the distinct role of NMS and NRS and recognizing the contingent effect caused by geographical and social distance.
Athlete off-field misconduct, sponsor reputation risk, and stock returns

ABSTRACT Research Question: Does athlete off-field misconduct affect the stock price of sponsors of the athlete's team, stadium and league? No research on the impact of athlete off-field misconduct on indirect sponsors like team, stadium, or league sponsors exists. Research Methods: The paper employs quantitative analysis using an event study methodology. The paper performs an analysis of stock price data for 179 publicly traded firms sponsoring the National Football League (NFL), NFL teams, or NFL stadiums, based on 863 individual incidents of NFL player off-field misconduct over 2000–2017. Results and Findings: Off-field misconduct affects team sponsors, but not stadium or league sponsors. Cumulative average abnormal return for team sponsors amount to −0.3% ten trading days after events and more than −1.0% after the strengthening of the NFL personal conduct policy in 2014. The mean (median) impact of a misconduct incident on team sponsor market capitalization was −$157 million (−$44.7 million). Implications: Organizations considering sports sponsorship deals should understand that they assume a risk of negative effects of player off-field misconduct even if they sponsor teams and not individual athletes. Investors in firms that sponsor professional sports teams should realize that the price of their shares could decline if an athlete on a sponsored team violates laws or gets arrested. Sports leagues should recognize that changing personal conduct policies may have unintended consequences in terms of how the public, especially investors in firms sponsoring teams, react to violations of these policies.
Comparison of the Local Control Effects of Microballoon-Occluded Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Using Miriplatin and Using Epirubicin for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study of 62 Cases

Purpose: This study aimed to retrospectively compare the local control and safety of microballoonoccluded transarterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) using miriplatin (MPT) and of conventional TACE (CTACE) using epirubicin (EPIR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine patients (24 men, 15 women; mean age, 73.4 years) were treated using B-TACE with MPT (MPT-B-TACE group). As a historical comparison, 23 patients (13 men, 10 women; mean age, 72.2 years) who were treated using C-TACE with EPIR (EPIR-C-TACE group) were investigated. The therapeutic effect within 2 weeks after treatment was compared between the groups based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Cancer of the Liver (RECICL), and time to local recurrence was compared based on the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank tests. The side effects were compared based on the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (ver. 4.0). Results: No significant differences were noted in patients’ characteristics between the groups. The overall incidence of postembolization syndrome was significantly lower in the MPT-B-TACE group than in the EPIR-C-TACE group (p<0.05), but two cases in the MPT-B-TACE group developed grade 2 cholecystitis. Based on the RECICL, the objective response rate, including TE4 and TE3, within 2 weeks after treatment was significantly higher in the MPT-B-TACE group (89.7%) than in the EPIR-C-TACE group (78.3%). Overall, local recurrence was significantly less frequent in the MPT-B-TACE group than in the EPIR-C-TACE group (p=0.02). Conclusion: MPT-B-TACE was associated with a higher objective response rate and lower local recurrence rate than EPIR-C-TACE without a significant increase in adverse effects.
Parent-LGBTQ child communication about disclosure to their social networks

Abstract This study explores communication between parents and LGBTQ children as they jointly negotiate whether to disclose the child’s LGBTQ identity to members of their social networks, e.g., extended family. Data includes 11 parent and 11 LGBTQ adult child qualitative interviews. The adult children in this study reported ages from 19 to 43 years. Three pairs of discourses animated parent-LGBTQ child dyads communication regarding disclosure with their outside social networks: hopeful anticipation vs. fearful hesitation, cautious inclusion vs. selective privacy, and proactive advocacy vs. reserved support. This study highlights the role parents can play in the emotional well-being and positive identity development of their LGBTQ children.
Cooperative Game Approach for Mobile Primary User Localization Based on Compressive Sensing in Multi-antenna Cognitive Sensor Networks

We propose the problem of joint spectrum sensing and determining the mobile primary user location based on compressive sensing in cognitive sensor networks which saving energy is a crucial issue. By utilizing compressive sensing, the ratio of measurement for the sensing nodes is considerably reduced. So, the energy consumption is improved significantly in spectrum sensing. We also consider the multi-antenna sensors to save more energy. On the other hand, multi-antenna sensor utilization is a proper solution instead of applying more sensors. We formulate the problem of network lifetime maximization and finding the mobile primary user position by sensor selection under the detection performance and accuracy of localization constraints. For this purpose, we propose a cooperative game to study this problem. It is shown that with the proposed game, the network lifetime is maximized while sensors which participate in spectrum sensing and primary user localization are determined. Simulation results show that the network lifetime is improved while the detection performance constraint is satisfied and the location of the primary user is determined with high accuracy
Electroreflectance study on optical anisotropy in β-Ga2O3

Electroreflectance (ER) spectra of β-Ga2O3 were measured using Schottky barrier diodes. The ER spectra were well fitted to a third derivative line shape function by assuming three excitonic transitions. The transition energies exhibited moderate blueshifts with an external reverse bias by reflecting the contribution of transitions at M0 type critical points. Optical anisotropy was selectively observed in the polarized ER spectra. The fittings for the third derivative line shape function gave relatively large broadening parameters (0.11–0.89 eV) due mainly to the large exciton-longitudinal-optical-phonon interaction in β-Ga2O3. The ER spectra exhibited a third derivative line shape with a Franz-Keldysh oscillation superimposed on it. The results demonstrate that ER measurements are useful for investigating optical anisotropy in β-Ga2O3 and related alloys.Electroreflectance (ER) spectra of β-Ga2O3 were measured using Schottky barrier diodes. The ER spectra were well fitted to a third derivative line shape function by assuming three excitonic transitions. The transition energies exhibited moderate blueshifts with an external reverse bias by reflecting the contribution of transitions at M0 type critical points. Optical anisotropy was selectively observed in the polarized ER spectra. The fittings for the third derivative line shape function gave relatively large broadening parameters (0.11–0.89 eV) due mainly to the large exciton-longitudinal-optical-phonon interaction in β-Ga2O3. The ER spectra exhibited a third derivative line shape with a Franz-Keldysh oscillation superimposed on it. The results demonstrate that ER measurements are useful for investigating optical anisotropy in β-Ga2O3 and related alloys.
Localization of RGB-D Sensors for Robotic and AR Applications

Robot localization problem has been addressed using variety of methods such as ultrasonic, laser range sensors, beacons, landmark based methods and map-based approaches. This research describes a vision based localization approach using low cost, information rich RGB-D cameras which localizes a moving RGB-D camera relative to another static RGB-D camera in the environment. The features extracted from overlapped images of two cameras are matched and fed through an iterative non-linear pose estimation algorithm to obtain the relative pose of the moving camera. Experiments and analysis show similar or improved accuracy compared to other localization methods and datasets.
The connector between the kinase and RNase domains of IRE1α transmits the conformational change that underlies ER stress-induced activation

IRE1α signals endoplasmic reticulum stress with oligomerization and activation of its kinase domain, leading to trans-auto-phosphorylation and followed by activation of the RNase domain. While these activation events are thought to be mediated by conformational changes, the intramolecular path that relays the activation from the luminal domain to the cytosolic RNase domain is unresolved. Here we show that the segment connecting the kinase and RNase domains, outside either catalytic site, is a conduit for relaying this information. Substitutions like L827P inhibit the kinase, RNase activities and oligomerization of IRE1α. L827P is dominant-negative in vivo because it associates with WT IRE1α. The less drastic substitution L827F has RNase activity, responds to the allosteric kinase inhibitor APY-29, but is still oligomerization-deficient. The connector mutants have distinct stress-induced conformations and increase the sensitivity of cells to ER stress. Therefore, the kinase-RNase connector is an important conduit for attaining the stress-responsive conformation of IRE1α.
A New Anatomical Reconstruction of the Posterolateral Corner of the Knee

Reconstruction of the posterolateral corner (PLC) of the knee remains controversial. Anatomical reconstruction is a key aspect of modern approaches. The work of previous authors recommend repair of the PLC of the knee using the “LaPrade” technique. We suggest that this reconstitution may not address the whole issue of PLC instability and fails to reconstruct the popliteofibular ligament. The popliteofibular ligament has been demonstrated to be of vital importance, providing the main restraint to rotational instability. We suggest a modification to this technique that results in a more anatomical and dynamic reconstruction of the popliteofibular ligament component of the PLC of the knee.
The impact of improving feelings of relatedness on motivation and engagement for tertiary students

ABSTRACT First-year undergraduates may be particularly prone to experiencing difficulties with facilitating feelings of relatedness, due to the recent shift in educational environments (i.e. from high school to university), which may be unfamiliar. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine whether the implementation of a single pedagogical strategy, centred within the self-determination theory framework, could effectively address students’ innate need for relatedness. Specifically, informal verbal feedback was utilized to enhance teacher–student communication, where the teacher spoke with each undergraduate student individually at the start of every lesson for 1–2 minutes. A total of 243 Advanced Science undergraduates enrolled in the first-year course at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, were included in the study. Seventy-one undergraduates were enrolled in 2016, whereas 172 undergraduates were enrolled in 2017. A mixed research methodology was employed to best leverage the utility of both qualitative and quantitative data. Interestingly, the use of informal verbal feedback as a pedagogical strategy significantly improved the student’ perceptions of receiving helpful feedback to aid their learning. These findings are important as they emphasize the utility and effectiveness of implementing one new pedagogical strategy to facilitate student’ motivation, by enhancing feelings of relatedness.
Tips on Constructing Inclusive and Equitable Guided Microlearning Inquiry Questions to Clarify Topics in General Biology

Some of the key features of inclusive and equitable teaching approaches encourage prompt feedback, student cooperation in communities of learning, active learning, and promotes diverse ways of knowing in the classroom. In my article, I present step-bystep tips to help instructors create guided microlearning inquiry questions within an inclusive and equitable general biology classroom setting. Microlearning is a special approach that helps students complete a specific task linked to a specific learning objective that would be completed in a short time window around five minutes. The step-by-step tips presented in my article helps instructors to develop questions aligned to specific learning objective to help clarify unclear or confusing topics in general biology using the Kahoot e-Learning platform. This guided microlearning inquiry toolkit provides a blueprint for helping instructors to infuse student-centered approaches to help clarify difficult concepts in general biology and further develop avenues refine students’ critical thinking and experimental design in biology research. Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 18 December 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0236. v1 © 2019 by the author(s). Distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY license.
Relationship between Category of Weight and Threshold of Maximum Oxidation of Lipids in Congolese Judoists

Background: One of the goals for training in judo is to mimic real situations. In subsaharian countries; there is a lack of knowledge considering relation between category of weight and threshold maximum oxidation of lipids. Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to analyze the effect of category of weight on lipoxmax and to identify the zones of target intensities corresponding to lipoxmax. Materials and Methods:Twenty four male well-training judoists, divided in two groups according to weight, were evaluated during calorimetry effort’ test. For this situation, cardiorespiratory parameters (HR, VO2, VO2max), blood parameter (lactatemia), anthropometric variables and zones of target corresponding to lipox were evaluated. For statistical analysis, Shapiro-Wilks test was used to compare all the data and differences were confirmed by one-way variance. Results: No significant differences were observed among two groups for target intensities to lipox. The judoists of group 1 were aged to 24.1 ± 5.9 years with 1.78 ± 0.07 m versus 20.4 ± 1.6 years with 1.86 ± 0.04 m. Primary results indicated higher intensities for lipoxmax. Also, values of power (% LDC) and VO2 and were significantly higher in the judoists for group 2, with respectively: 45.3 ± 10.2 and 46.4 ± 8.6 ml/min versus 38.2 ± 7.2 and 31.3 ± 7.6 ml/min. Conclusion: High weight in judoists induces high intensities of lipoxmax and change oxidation of lipids markers following training.
Mechanical Properties of Graphite Filled ABS Parts Developed by Fused Deposition Modelling

The current work focuses on synthesis of graphite filled ABS plastic filament suitable for Fused Deposition Modelling applications. The Effect of graphite reinforcement on mechanical properties of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) parts developed by FDM process have been studied. Twin screw extrusion technique was adopted for synthesis of filament required for FDM process. Pure ABS and graphite filled FDM parts have been subjected to microstructure and tensile studies. Microstructure studies confirms that graphite filled filaments are free from micro porosity. Tensile test shows that graphite filled ABS parts have exhibited significant enhancement in ultimate tensile strength when compared pure ABS parts.
Community-based Disaster Management and Its Salient Features: A Policy Approach to People-centred Risk Reduction in Bangladesh

Abstract The discourse of disaster management has undergone significant change in recent years, shifting from relief and response to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and community-based management. Organisations and vulnerable countries engaged in DRR have moved from a reactive, top-down mode to proactive, community-focused disaster management. In this article, we focus on how national disaster management policy initiatives in Bangladesh are implementing community-based approaches at the local level and developing cross-scale partnerships to reduce disaster risk and vulnerability, thus enhancing community resilience to disasters. We relied chiefly on secondary data, employing content analysis for reviewing documents, which were supplemented by primary data from two coastal communities in Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali District. Our findings revealed that to address the country’s vulnerabilities to natural disasters, the Government of Bangladesh has developed and implemented numerous national measures and policies over the years with the aim of strengthening community-focused risk reduction, decentralising disaster management, developing cross-scale partnerships and enhancing community resilience. Communities are working together to achieve an all-hazard management goal, accepting ownership to reduce vulnerability and actively participating in risk-reduction strategies at multiple levels. Community-based disaster preparedness activities are playing a critical role in developing their adaptive capacity and resilience to disasters. Further policy and research are required for a closer examination of the dynamics of community-based disaster management, the role of local-level institutions and community organisations in partnerships and resilience building for successful disaster management.