Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quality of life is impaired in pediatric burn survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pediatric burn survivors and examined associations between PTSD and HRQOL. METHODS: Forty-three burn survivors, ages 7-16 years, were interviewed at an average of 4.4 years after their accident using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents and the TNO-AZL Child Quality of Life Questionnaire. RESULTS: Eight children (18.6%) met DSM-IV criteria for current PTSD. While most dimensions of HRQOL were within normal limits, social functioning was impaired. Severity of PTSD was significantly associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of HRQOL. Children with PTSD reported an impaired overall HRQOL and limited physical (e.g., more bodily complaints) and emotional functioning (e.g., more feelings of sadness). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides tentative evidence for a considerably high prevalence of PTSD in pediatric burn survivors and for a negative association between PTSD and HRQOL. Objective This study assessed health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pediatric burn survivors and examined associations between PTSD and HRQOL. Methods Forty-three burn survivors, ages 7–16 years, were interviewed at an average of 4.4 years after their accident using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents and the TNO-AZL Child Quality of Life Questionnaire. Results Eight children (18.6%) met DSM-IV criteria for current PTSD. While most dimensions of HRQOL were within normal limits, social functioning was impaired. Severity of PTSD was significantly associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of HRQOL. Children with PTSD reported an impaired overall HRQOL and limited physical (e.g., more bodily complaints) and emotional functioning (e.g., more feelings of sadness). Conclusions This study provides tentative evidence for a considerably high prevalence of PTSD in pediatric burn survivors and for a negative association between PTSD and HRQOL.
Physical activity after commitment lotteries

To overcome self-control difﬁculties, people can commit to their health goals by voluntarily accepting deadlines with consequences. In a commitment lottery, the winners are drawn from all participants, but can only claim their prize if they also attained their gym-attendance goals. In a 52-week, three-arm trial across six company gyms, we tested if commitment lotteries with behavioral economic underpinnings would promote physical activity among overweight adults. In previous work, we presented an effective 26-week intervention. In the present paper we analyzed maintenance of goal attainment at 52-week fol-low-up and the development of weight over time. We compared weight and goal attainment (gym attendance C 2 per week) between three arms that—in the intervention period- consisted of (I) weekly short-term lotteries for 13 weeks; (II) the same short-term lotteries in combination with an additional long-term lottery after 26 weeks; and (III) a control arm without lottery-deadlines. After a suc-cessful 26-week intervention, goal attainment declined between weeks 27 and 52 in the long-term lottery arm, but remained higher than in the control group. Goal attainment did not differ between the short-term lottery arm and control arm. Weight declined slightly in all arms in the ﬁrst 13 weeks of the trial and remained stable from there on. Commitment lotteries can support regular gym attendance up to 52 weeks, but more research is needed to achieve higher levels of maintenance and weight loss.
QQPLOT3: Stata module to plot the unweighted and weighted quantiles of one variable against the corresponding quantiles of another

qqplot3 generates a quantile-quantile plot (Q-Q plot), in which the quantiles of one variable are plotted against the quantiles of another. qqplot3 holds three advantages over qqplot. First and most importantly, qqplot3 allows the user to specify weights. This enables visual inspection of unadjusted and weighted baseline covariates to assess balance, a necessary condition for causal inference. This similarly makes Q-Q plots accessible to investigators with complex survey designs using sampling weights. Second, unlike qqplot, qqplot3 provides a "by" option for a grouping variable (such as treatment assignment) - a convenience factor for the user. And third, qqplot3 provides the option of saving the quantiles generated by the program, which may be useful for conducting additional analyses.
Instructional leaders’ strategies for maintaining high performance in high schools: A case of high performing high schools in the Kingdom of Eswatini

Instructional leaders have an obligation to ensure that learners attain high academic performance in schools. This study sought to establish the strategies instructional leaders employ to ensure that learners achieve high academic performance in Eswatini high schools. The study was located in the interpretivist research paradigm and followed a qualitative research approach which applied a case study design. Face-to-face interviews on 5 head teachers from high performing schools in Mbabane were used to collect data. Data were analysed for content and conclusions were drawn. The findings of the study reveal that it is important to provide the essential resources needed for education in the 21 st century classrooms. It was also revealed that involving learners and teachers in decision making was very essential. The study also found that learner and teacher constant supervision yielded good results. It was revealed from the study that involving parents in school activities as well as decision making was essential for learners’ high academic performance. The main conclusions of the study were that high academic performance in schools may be attained when teachers and learners have resources enough for them to achieve their goals. The other conclusion of the study was that collective decision making involving all stakeholders contributing to learners’ education was essential. The study also concluded that instructional leaders in schools have a task to supervise all activities that learners and teachers partake in.
Energy Efficient Disassembly Sequence Generation Using Subassembly Detection Method with Environmental and Economic Parts Selection

Supply chains have been more serious for environmental issues for not only the reduction of CO2 emission but also for material starvation. To enhance a closed loop supply chain for assembled product, a disassembly system is required. At end-of-life, the assembly products at recycling organization should be disassembled environmentally and economically for not only low carbonization but also of material circulation. This recycling and reusing of product enables to reduce CO2 release because the virgin materials which release CO2 volumes caused by production and logistics can be saved by the usage of the recovered materials. Parts with higher recycling and CO2 saving rates ought to be chosen and physically disassembled, but the manual disassembly brings a higher cost, rather than discarding the parts. Therefore, material recovery value is also to be considered for parts selection during the assembly operation. Parts information like material recovery value, CO2 release, weight, precedence relationships are required for environmental and economic parts selection. This study proposes a CAD based approach for environmental and economic parts selection for disassembly using solid works sustainability. It considers higher CO2 saving rate, higher recycling rate and higher material recovery value as environmental and economic criteria for parts selection.
Parameter Optimization Study of Gas Hydrate Reservoir Development Based on a Surrogate Model Assisted Particle Swarm Algorithm

Using surrogate model to assist parameter optimization of oil and gas reservoir development can greatly reduce the call times of numerical simulator and accelerate the optimization process. However, for serial simulators or parallel simulators with low speedup ratio, the conventional method is still time-consuming. Firstly, an improved surrogate model assisted particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was proposed in this paper. Then, the performance of the algorithm was analyzed using the Rastrigin function. Finally, the key operation parameters of a gas hydrate reservoir by depressurization − to − hot − water − ﬂ ooding method were optimized with the new method. The results show that the new method only a ﬀ ects the update of the global optimal particle without interfering with the calculation process of the local optimal particles at the early stage of optimization. It realizes the rapid addition of the particle samples through the good parallel features of the PSO algorithm, and therefore, improve the precision of surrogate model in a short time. At the late stage of optimization, it is transformed into a local surrogate model to achieve rapid convergence, when the training time of the surrogate model exceeds the calculation time of the simulator. Both the optimization of Rastrigin function and operation parameters of gas hydrate development reveal that the new algorithm greatly reduces the number of iterations under the same accuracy and thus successfully accelerates the optimization process.
Language Fluency and Earnings

We use panel data from the German Socio Economic Panel to estimate the determinants of language ﬂuency of immigrants, and its impact on earnings. Self reported measures of language pro(cid:12)ciency contain substantial reporting errors. We specify a panel data model which takes explicitly account of misclassi(cid:12)cation. We extend the existing literature on misclassi(cid:12)cation of categorical dependent variables by distinguishing between time persistent and time varying misclassi(cid:12)cation errors, using panel data. The repeated information on language ﬂuency allows us also to distinguish between cohort e(cid:11)ects and exposure e(cid:11)ects. We then add a wage equation to the model and estimate it jointly with the speaking ﬂuency equation. In this way, we take account of the two problems that may bias OLS estimates: misclassi(cid:12)cation errors and correlated unobserved individual heterogeneity in wages and speaking ﬂuency. We (cid:12)nd that both have important consequences for the estimated e(cid:11)ect of speaking ﬂuency on earnings. (cid:3) We are grateful to Costas Meghir and Marcel Das for comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
Gender Aspects Of Internet-Addiction And Social Networking Motives In Rural High-School Students

The article presents the results of a pilot study into the gender aspects of the correlation between Internet-addiction in high-school students and their motives for using social networks. The study has been conducted among 100 students from the 10th and 11th grades at a rural school of Primorskiy region. The assessment of Internet-addiction was carried out with the use of K.S. Young’s questionnaire “Internet-Addiction Test” adapted by V.A. Loskutova. An author questionnaire was used to assess how much each of the 8 following motives was manifested on a scale of 1 to 5: the motive of obtaining information, the motive of communication, the motive of belonging to a group, the motive of self-presentation, the motive of relaxation and entertainment, the motive of anonymity and freedom, material motives, and educational motives. As for the level of Internet-addiction among rural high-school students, no gender differences have been found here. However, gender differences have been revealed in the motives for social networking and in the correlation between these motives and the level of Internet-addiction. Rural male students used social networks, more intensively than females, for communication and maintaining their belonging to a group. Regardless of gender, Internet-addiction in rural high-school students proved to be positively related to the motive of relaxation and entertainment. The study demonstrates that social networks have become an important means of teenagers’ socialization not only in urban conditions, but also in rural environment.
Location-based density and differentiation– adding attraction variables to space syntax

The central variables in any urban model are distance and attraction (Wilson 2000). Space syntax research has contributed to the development of new geometric descriptions and measures of distance that have proven successful when it comes to capturing pedestrian movement. However, the description and measurement of attractions has not been central to the field. An important exception is the development of Place Syntax analysis, which concerns new methodologies and software that opens for analysis not only of different kinds of accessibilities in the street network in itself, but also analysis of the accessibility within the network to different forms of attractions, for instance, residents or retail (Stahle et al 2005). Place Syntax analysis is a generic form of analysis, why we may choose to analyse the accessibility to particular socio-economic attractions, but we may also conceive of a model of ‘pure’ spatial form – a kind of architectural model of the city. For instance, Place Syntax analysis has been applied in different kinds of density analysis, transforming density measures from area-based measures to location-based measures (Stahle et al 2005). In this paper, we extend such spatial attraction to not only include the variable of density but also diversity and present results from an extensive empirical study including four European cities, paving the way towards a more complete architectural model of the city including both the analysis of distance and attractions. References: Berghauser Pont, M. , and Marcus, L. , 2014 “Innovations in measuring density. From area and location density to accessible and perceived density”, Nordic Journal of Architectural Research. Marcus, L (2001) The impact of land-division on long-term occupation. In Peponis J., (ed.), Proceedings, Third international space syntax symposium, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. Stahle, A, Marcus, L, & Karlstrom, A (2005) Place Syntax: Geographic accessibility with axial lines in GIS. In Proceedings, Fifth international space syntax symposium, ed. van Nes, A. , Delft: Techne Press, 2005, 131-144. Wilson, A. , 2000, Complex spatial systems, Prentice Hall, Harlow, UK.
Title: MICROARRAY BASED ANNOTATION OF THE GUT TRANSCRIPTOME OF THE MIGRATORY LOCUST, LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA

: The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria , is a serious agricultural pest and important insect model to study insect digestion and feeding behavior. The gut is one of the primary interfaces between the insect and its environment. Nevertheless, knowledge on the gut transcriptome of L. migratoria is still very limited. Here, 48802 ESTs were extracted from publicly available databases and their expression in larval gut and/or brain tissue was determined using microarray hybridization. Our data show 2765 transcripts predominantly or exclusively expressed in the gut. Many transcripts had putative functions closely related to the physiological functions of the gut as a muscular digestive organ and as the first barrier against microorganisms and a wide range of toxins. By means of a ranking procedure based on the relative signal intensity, we estimated fifteen percent of the transcripts to show high expression levels, the highest belonging to diverse digestive enzymes and muscle related proteins. We also found evidence for very high expression of an allergen protein, which could have important implications, since locusts form a traditional food source in different parts of the world, and were also more recently added to the list of edible insects fit for human consumption in Europe. Interestingly, many highly expressed sequences have yet unknown functions. Taken together, the present data provide significant insight into locust larval gut physiology, and will be valuable for future studies on the insect gut.
INDIVIDUAL AND DYADIC APPRAISALS OF PAIN SEVERITY AND CONTROL AND PATIENT AND SPOUSE ADJUSTMENT TO CHRONIC PAIN ACROSS THE LIFESPAN by

Chronic pain impacts the physical, psychological, behavioral, and relational landscape of both the patient and the spouse. The study examined how both patient and spouse appraisals of pain severity and control were associated with adjustment for marital couples of varying ages across adulthood. Fifty couples where one member had chronic back pain completed measures of appraisals of pain and controllability and adjustment. Results revealed that individual patient and spouse appraisals of higher pain were associated with patient psychological distress, higher pain behavior reports by both patients and spouses, and higher reported spouse criticism for patients. For individual control appraisals, lower patient and spouse control appraisals were associated with lower psychological distress for patients, lower pain behavior reports by patients and spouse, and higher patient reported criticism. Dyadic effects were also observed. Higher patient pain was associated with higher spouse reports of support and criticism when spouses also appraised high pain. Lower patient appraisals of control were associated with patient reports of lower spouse support when spouse appraised higher control. We found interactions with age suggesting that higher patient pain was associated with higher patient psychological distress and lower patient pain appraisals were associated with lower spouse reports of supportive responses in younger couples. Lower spouse control appraisals were associated with higher patient reported pain behavior only in older couples. Higher patient appraisals of control and lower spouse appraisals of control were both associated with patient higher reports of support in older, not younger couples. Results suggest that individual appraisals may be important for predicting each member’s adjustment and dyadic appraisals may influence perception of supportive and critical spouse responses. Age results also suggest that older and younger couples are influenced by different appraisal processes. Results are discussed in the context of appraisals, dyadic coping, and developmental considerations.
I MPROVED SECURE STORAGE AS SERVICE IN CLOUD COMPUTING

— Cloud is the vast area where multiple accesses to the storage has been emerging. Data sharing is the important thing which was accessible around the world by multiple entities. In my proposed work, data has been stored and accessed from cloud in an efficient manner by encrypting with asymmetric algorithm and generating the hash value for the encrypted data. To ensure high security we are splitting the encrypted data into ‘n’ number of parts and storing it in different cloud servers. During the retrieval process integrate the different parts of the encrypted data and decrypt the file in clients place. Thus providing high security to the data stored in the cloud space. Our proposed scheme is highly efficient even if server crashes.
Role of IGF-I in the Follistatin-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy 2

28 Follistatin, a physiological inhibitor of Myostatin, induces a dramatic increase in skeletal muscle mass 29 requiring the type 1 IGF-I receptor/Akt/mTOR pathway. The aim of the present study was to 30 investigate the role of IGF-I and insulin, two ligands of the IGF-I receptor, in the Follistatin 31 hypertrophic action on skeletal muscle. In a first step, we showed that Follistatin increases muscle 32 mass while being associated with a down regulation of muscle IGF-I expression. In addition, 33 Follistatin retained its full hypertrophic effect towards muscle in hypophysectomized animals despite 34 very low concentrations of circulating and muscle IGF-I. Furthermore, Follistatin did not increase 35 muscle sensitivity to IGF-I in stimulating phosphorylation of Akt but, surprisingly, decreased it once 36 hypertrophy is present. Taken together, these observations indicate that increased muscle IGF-I 37 production or sensitivity does not contribute to the muscle hypertrophy caused by Follistatin. Unlike 38 low IGF-I, low insulin, as obtained by streptozotocin injection, attenuated the hypertrophic action of 39 Follistatin on skeletal muscle. Moreover, the full anabolic response to Follistatin was restored in this 40 condition by insulin but also by IGF-I infusion. Therefore, Follistatin-induced muscle hypertrophy 41 requires the activation of the insulin/IGF-I pathway either by insulin or IGF-I. When insulin or IGF-I 42 alone is missing, Follistatin retains its full anabolic effect. But, when both are deficient, as in 43 streptozotocin-treated animals, Follistatin fails to stimulate muscle growth. 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 described (54). All results were normalized for the signal to GAPDH protein.
Genome-Wide Survey of Pseudogenes in 80 Fully Resequenced Arabidopsisthaliana Accessions

Pseudogenes ( Y s) , including processed and non-processed Y s , are ubiquitous genetic elements derived from originally functional genes in all studied genomes within the three kingdoms of life. However, systematic surveys of non-processed Y s utilizing genomic information from multiple samples within a species are still rare. Here a systematic comparative analysis was conducted of Y s within 80 fully re-sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, and 7546 genes, representing , 28% of the genomic annotated open reading frames (ORFs), were found with disruptive mutations in at least one accession. The distribution of these Y s on chromosomes showed a significantly negative correlation between Y s /ORFs and their local gene densities, suggesting a higher proportion of Y s in gene desert regions, e.g. near centromeres. On the other hand, compared with the non- Y loci, even the intact coding sequences (CDSs) in the Y loci were found to have shorter CDS length, fewer exon number and lower GC content. In addition, a significant functional bias against the null hypothesis was detected in the Y s mainly involved in responses to environmental stimuli and biotic stress as reported, suggesting that they are likely important for adaptive evolution to rapidly changing environments by pseudogenization to accumulate successive mutations.