Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dehydration : assessment techniques and effects on endurance performance and well-being

The purpose of this thesis was to examine: 1. the diagnostic accuracy of routine clinical and saliva hydration markers to identify both intracellular and extracellular dehydration in an elderly hospitalised cohort; 2. the diagnostic accuracy of traditional and novel hydration marker to identify mild intracellular and extracellular dehydration in young healthy participants; 3. whether stimulating saliva improved the diagnostic accuracy and practicality of hydration assessment using saliva; 3. if mild intracellular and extracellular dehydration had a differential effect on endurance exercise performance and affective well-being. All routine physical signs, urine and saliva flow rate showed poor diagnostic accuracy for detecting either form of dehydration. In contrast, saliva osmolality demonstrated moderate diagnostic accuracy to distinguish both dehydration types, and may have utility for the assessment of both intracellular and extracellular dehydration in older individuals. Although stimulating saliva reduced collection time by 85%, stimulation reduced the diagnostic accuracy of both saliva flow rate and saliva osmolality to identify progressive mild to modest intracellular dehydration evoked by exercise and heat-stress. Diagnostic accuracy to identify mild intracellular dehydration was perfect for urine colour and specific gravity, near perfect for plasma osmolality, and fair for LF-HF, saliva osmolality and flow rate. Diagnostic accuracy to identify mild extracellular dehydration was generally poor, with the exception of postural heart rate change. A combination of thirst, urine colour and postural heart rate change improved dehydration diagnosis by discriminating between dehydration types. Endurance performance was worse after mild extracellular than intracellular dehydration. Markers of affective well-being were unaltered after extracellular dehydration, but cardiovascular and ventilatory strain appeared higher during exercise. In contrast, intracellular dehydration caused disruption to affective well-being, but did not alter cardiovascular and ventilatory parameters. Dehydration type appears to alter the magnitude and mechanism by which dehydration impairs endurance performance.
Metal implant artifact reduction in magnetic resonance imaging

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New models for thermal stress simulation in 3D nano CMOS transistors

In this paper, we are developing new analytical models based on exponential function to calculate the thermal expansion coefficient of Silicon Germanium thin films for low and high temperatures. These new models are more accurate than polynomial based models. And, they take into account the effects of temperature and Germanium mole fraction. This thermal expansion coefficient is used to calculate the thermal induced intrinsic stress in Silicon Germanium thin films after deposition. And, this intrinsic stress is used to calculate and simulate numerically the resulting extrinsic stress in the channel of an Intel nano PMOSFET transistor. Validation of these models using available experimental data and channel stress will be discussed and analyzed according to literature.
THE IMPACT OF VARIABILITY IN OBSERVATIONAL PRACTICE ON SKILL LEARNING: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CONSIDERATIONS

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . vi LIST OF FIGURES . ix CHAPTER I: REVIEW OF LITERATURE . 1 1.1 Preamble . 1 1.2 Memorial Representation . 2 1.3 Schema Theory . 3 1.4 Feedback and Online Control . 5 1.5 Learning . 9 1.6 Observation . 10 1.7 Impact of Task Characteristics . 13 1.8 Outcome Goal and Autonomy . 14 1.9 Model . 16 1.10 Information Extracted Through Observation . 20 1.11 Applied Kinesiology . 21 CHAPTER II: THE EFFECT OF OBSERVING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE TIMING ERRORS ON THE ACQUISITION OF A SERIAL TASK . 25 2.
Shoulder pain in hemiplegia—a literature review

Shoulder pain in patients with hemiplegia is a common phenomenon which may impede the process of rehabilitation. Reports of its incidence and prevalence vary widely, possibly due to selective sampling and to a lack of a clear definition of shoulder pain. Many authors acknowledge that its real causes have not yet been clearly identified. A variety of possible causes have been suggested in the literature, often based on clinical observations, rationale and/or correlational studies, but few objective studies have been found to document its aetiology, quantity, characteristics and localisation. Shoulder pain in hemiplegia is thought by some to be entirely preventable by paying attention to the biomechanical aspects of the hemiplegic shoulder. Numerous treatment approaches to shoulder pain have been reported, but they are rarely accompanied by any scientific evidence of their effectiveness. Clear objective information, collected with a sound methodology is needed about all aspects concerned.
Reliability of an Active-Knee-Extension Test for Determining Hamstring Muscle Flexibility

This study examined the intratester and intertester reliability of an active-knee-extension test (AKET) for determining hamstring muscle length (flexibility). Three testers performed repeated AKET measurements on 22 subjects. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC were used to calculate intratester and intertester reliability. Also, standard error of measurements (SEM) were calculated. The ICC and SEM were . 96 and 1.82°, respectively, for Tester 1, . 99 and 1.75° for Tester 2, and . 99 and 1.80° for Tester 3. Intratester 95% confidence intervals ranged from 60.54 to 69.82°. Intertester ICC and SEM for two testers were . 93 and 4.81°, respectively. A 95% intertester confidence interval ranged from 56.35 to 75.21 °; this reveals that intertester AKET values contained more error and suggests that only intratester AKET values should be used when comparing hamstring flexibility values. The AKET may provide a more accurate method for determining hamstring flexibility and quantifying changes that occur as a resul.
POSTER SESSION I: CHRONIC ILLNESS

for covariates. Nevertheless, OW youths are more likely to report starting their puberty earlier than their peers and obese youths have more difficulties making friends. Health professionals dealing with these youths need to do a thorough anamnesis to discard an eating disorder and to make sure that they have no issues regarding their social life, especially the higher their BMI. Sources of Support: This survey was financed by the Programme Intercantonal de Lutte contre la Dépendance au Jeu (PILDJ) and the canton of Fribourg.
‘Fertile questions,’ ‘multi-age groupings’, ‘campfires’ and ‘master classes’ for specialist skill-building: Innovative Learning Environments and support professional learning or ‘teacher engagers’ within South Australian and international contexts.

There is increasing recognition that traditional schooling models are failing many students throughout the world. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Innovative Leaning Environment (ILE) project involving 26 countries is highlighting transformative educational models through its research and case studies. The ILE research and analysis of innovative schools case studies has highlighted transformative approaches in terms of Learners, Teachers, Organisation of Learning and Pedagogy, Resources and Content. The current research has specifically examined international and South Australian literature studies about the changing teacher role and professional learning approaches within innovative environments. The research methods relevant to this paper are document search (including international and school based materials and surveys), as well as leader interviews in selected sites. Results from South Australia and internationally indicate a changing role for teachers within innovative learning environments. Teacher professional learning is most effectively supported through working collaboratively over an extended timeframe in relevant groups focused on student artefacts and planning for learning, including through action research and in professional learning community teams. This paper provides a preliminary report about innovative practices and teacher professional learning approaches being utilised to support teachers and to build sustainable innovation.
Control de oscilaciones en una máquina síncrona usando un PSS neuronal

En este articulo se presenta el diseno y la prueba en laboratorio de un estabilizador de potencia (PSS), basado en redes neuronales. La arquitectura propuesta del PSS utiliza dos redes neuronales, la primera es un controlador que efectua un control suplementario del sistema de excitacion, y una segunda red utilizada para mejorar el desempeno del controlador anterior. Para garantizar la correcta operacion del PSS propuesto, este ha sido entrenado utilizando datos obtenidos a partir de varias condiciones de operacion de la maquina, y una amplia variedad de disturbios. La efectividad del metodo propuesto se confirma a partir de los resultados de las pruebas con maquinas sincronas utilizadas en laboratorio.
Genetic Parameter Estimates and Genotype × Environment Interactions of Growth and Quality Traits for Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don in Four Provenance-family Trials in Southern China

Betula alnoides is a valuable timber species with wide ecological adaptability in Southeast Asia and southern China. There are more than 150,000 ha of B. alnoides plantations in China until now. However, heavy differentiation in growth and quality traits with low productivity are usually seen in the practice. Elite germplasm are thus urgently needed for this species. Here growth and quality traits for 199 families of 25 provenances were assessed at four sites when 10–15 years old to estimate genetic parameters and reveal genotype by environment (G × E) interaction, and screen out superior provenances and families for plantation forestry of B. alnoides. The growth and quality performances of provenances varied with sites. Significant site, provenance, family and provenance-site effects were revealed for most growth and quality traits, while significant family-site effects were only observed in crown width (CW) and crown shape (CS), inferring that there existed significant G × E interaction. The provenance repeatability ( h p 2 ) and family heritability ( h f 2 ) of all tested traits ranged from 0.026 to 0.636 and 0.148 to 0.578, respectively. Stem volume showed the highest genetic and phenotypic coefficients of variation (GCV, PCV) among all traits at each site. The diameter at breast height (DBH), tree height (H), height to live crown base (HCB) and CW were strongly correlated with other traits, and were also under relatively higher genetic control and had stronger discriminating ability on genotype differences. Through biplot analyses of main genotypic effect and G × E interaction (GGE) for these traits, five provenances and 20 families were screened out with selection ratio of 20 % and 10% at provenance and family level, respectively. The genetic and realized gains at provenance level ranged from 0.25% to 2.01% and 2.43% to 14.84%, and those at family level ranged from 0.85% to 21.22% and 5.76% to 36.71%, respectively. The findings lay a foundation for subsequent study on genetic improvement and breeding of this species, and application of the superior provenances and families will greatly increase the productivity of its plantations in practice.
An Efficient Compressive Hyperspectral Imaging Algorithm Based on Sequential Computations of Alternating Least Squares

Abstract: Hyperspectral imaging is widely used to many applications as it includes both spatial and spectral distributions of a target scene. However, a compression, or a low multilinear rank approximation of hyperspectral imaging data, is required owing to the difficult manipulation of the massive amount of data. In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm for higher order singular value decomposition that enables the decomposition of a tensor into a compressed tensor multiplied by orthogonal factor matrices. Specifically, we sequentially compute low rank factor matrices from the Tucker-1 model optimization problems via an alternating least squares approach. Experiments with real world hyperspectral imaging revealed that the proposed algorithm could compute the compressed tensor with a higher computational speed, but with no significant difference in accuracy of compression compared to the other tensor decomposition-based compression algorithms.
The Growth of Mountain Tourism in a Traditional Forest Area of Greece

The recreational value of forests in mountain areas creates significant potential for local growth. Indeed, in recent decades, it has been noted that there has been an increase in the popularity of forests recognized as tourism destinations with a strong recreational importance. In the forest area of Metsovo, the locals are aware of the role of tourism in local growth, and it is considered, along with forestry and livestock farming, as the major critical advantage for sustainable development. Research Highlights: Although the locals are satisfied with the quality of their lives, they consider that mountain tourism should be enhanced with certain prerequisites, such as forest infrastructure and improvement of the road network. Background and Objectives: The case study aims to examine and interpret the locals’ views in the mountain area of Metsovo on different factors that are able to support and encourage the growth of mountain tourism. Materials and Methods: Simple random sampling was applied, and data collection took place in 2018. In order to analyze and synthesize the locals’ views, reliability, factor, and hierarchical cluster analyses were used. Results: The main findings of the survey indicate that according to the locals’ views, there is a need for strategic organization addressing primarily forest recreation infrastructures from the Forest Service. Conclusions: The locals’ views are focused on mountain tourism-related exploitation with the aim of forest recreation infrastructures. Indeed, the locals acknowledge the important role of the forest service in conservation schemes, but they also identify that there are forest recreational potentials in their area that need to be enhanced by the central administration and locally by the Forest Service.
In vitro Physico-chemical, Phytochemical and Fluroscence Assessment of Mucuna sps

Mucuna is commonly called as “Kapikacchu’, which is known to have various medicinal properties and being used in Ayurveda since ages. Medicinal plants have bioactive compounds which are used for curing various diseases. The present investigation is aimed to screen the various bioactive compounds present in seeds of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. , Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.)A. Chev. black seeds variety and Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A. Chev. white seeds variety. In the present study, an attempt was made to analyse and evaluate the presence of various phytoconstituents as well as fluorescent characteristics of seeds of Mucuna sps. Along with this, during the research work, physicochemical parameters were also determined. Qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis of the aqueous and methanolic extracts of seeds showed the presence of various phytoconstituents i.e. carbohydrates, reducing sugar, hexose sugar, proteins, amino acids, steroids, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and phenols. It was observed that all the extracts show more important chemical constituents for various pharmacological activities. In fluorescent analysis characteristic colours were observed with different chemical reagents in seed powder extracts under visible and UV light (short and long wavelength). The determination of these characters will aid future investigators in their Pharmacological analysis of this species. The phytochemical analysis of the plants is very important commercially and has great interest in pharmaceutical companies for the production of the new drugs for curing of various diseases.
Critical Review: Are there linguistic advantages of a total communication approach to education for children with cochlear implants compared to an oral approach?

This critical review compares the linguistic performance of children with cochlear implants in total communication (TC) education programs and oral communication (OC) education programs. Five nonrandomized between group studies are discussed. Overall, research shows no statistical difference between the two educational approaches in all linguistic domains except for speech intelligibility and perception; where children educated in an oral approach demonstrated improved performance. Recommendations for future research and clinical practice are provided.
PROVIDING ONLINE SHORTEST PATH BASED ON LIVE TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTANCES

The online shortest path downside aims at computing the shortest path based on live traffic circumstances. this can be important in fashionable automotive navigation systems because it helps drivers to form smart choices. To our greatest knowledge, there's no economical system/solution which will supply reasonable prices at each shopper and server sides for on-line shortest path computation. Unfortunately, the standard client-server design scales poorly with the number of purchasers. A promising approach is to let the server collect live traffic information then broadcast them over radio or wireless network. This approach has glorious measurability with the quantity of purchasers. Thus, we develop a new framework known as live traffic index (LTI) that permits drivers to quickly and effectively collect the live traffic data on the broadcasting channel. a formidable result's that the motive force will compute/update their shortest path result by receiving solely a little fraction of the index. Our experimental study shows that LTI is powerful to numerous parameters and it offers relatively short tune-in value (at shopper side), quick question reaction time (at shopper side), little broadcast size (at server side), and light-weight maintenance time (at server side) for on-line shortest path downside. Keywords— Online Shortest Path(OSP), Live Traffic Index(LTI), motive force, client-server.
Wavelength-Conversion-Material-Mediated Semiconductor Wafer Bonding for Smart Optoelectronic Interconnects

A new concept of semiconductor wafer bonding, mediated by optical wavelength conversion materials, is proposed and demonstrated. The fabrication scheme provides simultaneous bond formation and interfacial function generation, leading to efficient device production. Wavelength-converting functionalized semiconductor interfacial engineering is realized by utilizing an adhesive viscous organic matrix with embedded fluorescent particles. The bonding is carried out in ambient air at room temperature and therefore provides a cost advantage with regard to device manufacturing. Distinct wavelength conversion, from ultraviolet into visible, and high mechanical stabilities and electrical conductivities in the bonded interfaces are verified, demonstrating their versatility for practical applications. This bonding and interfacial scheme can improve the performance and structural flexibility of optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, by allowing the spectral light incidence suitable for each photovoltaic material, and photonic integrated circuits, by delivering the respective preferred frequencies to the optical amplifier, modulator, waveguide, and detector materials.
Accepted manuscript

Objective: To compare the efficiency and complications of minipercutaneous nephrolithotomy (miniPCNL) using 16 F and 20 F access sheaths in pediatric population Design: Retrospective study Setting: Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey Subjects and methods: Data from 122 patients under 13 years of age who underwent mini-PCNL were reviewed retrospectively. The patients were classified into two groups according to the dilatation size of 16 F (group 1) and 20 F (group 2). Intervention: Mini-PCNL (percutaneous nephrolithotomy) using 16 F and 20 F sheath Main outcome measures: Comparison efficiency and complications between two different size access sheaths which are commonly used for mini-PCNL in pediatric population Results: Mean ages of both groups were 5.1 ± 3.3 years. The median stone burden was 200 (100-400) mm in group 1 and 225 (120-300) mm in group 2. There was no statistically significant difference between groups' data in terms of stone localization, stone burden, operation time, hemoglobin drop, nephrostomy duration and length of hospital stay. Fluoroscopy time was significantly lower in group 1 than group 2 (median 4 vs. 6 minute, respectively p ≤0.009). The complication rates did not differ between the groups according to the modified Clavien classification system. Conclusions: We found no difference between 16 F and 20 F percutaneous access dilatation of the kidney in terms of stone-free rates and complications. However, mini-PCNL procedure using 16F sheath appears to decrease fluoroscopy time and exposure the radiation as compared to 20F procedure.
The Importance of Social Learning for Humans

Social learning is likely to include affective processes: it is necessary for newcomers to discover what value to attach to objects, persons, and events in a given social environment. This learning relies largely on the evaluation of others’ emotional expressions. This study has two objectives. Firstly, we compare two closely related concepts that are employed to describe the use of another person’s appraisal to make sense of a given situation: social appraisal and social referencing. We contend that social referencing constitutes a type of social appraisal. Secondly, we introduce the concept of affective social learning with the hope that it may help to discriminate the different ways in which emotions play a critical role in the processes of socialization.