Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modelo psicológico explicativo de rendimiento y autoeficacia académicos

La presente investigacion tuvo como objetivo establecer un modelo explicativo de las relaciones que se producen entre distintas variables psicologicas (la resiliencia, el sentido del humor y la gratitud), y la autoeficacia y el rendimiento academico. Para esto se tuvo un diseno explicativo y correlacional. Utilizando la escala multinacional del sentido del humor, Cuestionario de gratitud GQ-6, Escala de autoeficacia percibida especifica para situaciones academicas, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale, la escala de Gratitud-Garcia y el promedio como indicador de rendimiento academico. Se conto con la participacion de 370 estudiantes de diferentes semestres de la carrera de psicologia de la UANL. Los resultados muestran que la resiliencia y la gratitud tienen mayor impacto en el rendimiento y autoeficacia academicas. En ambos modelos propuestos, el sentido del humor mostro una relacion negativa con el rendimiento academico, los modelos explicaron un 12 % y 17 % respectivamente del rendimiento y autoeficacia academica. Se concluyo que la autoeficacia y rendimiento academico son influidos por la resiliencia, la gratitud y de menor medida por el humor. Debido a las dificultades de la conceptualizacion y medicion del rendimiento academico, y a los multiples factores que influyen en la vida academica del alumno, se considera que dar peso a las variables positivas pueden facilitar que se mejore el desempeno en el aula. ABSTRACT This research was conducted with the aim of establishing an explanatory model of the relationships that occur between different psychological variables (resilience, sense of humor and gratitude), and self-efficacy and academic performance. For this we had an explanatory and correlational design. Using the multinational sense of humor scale, Gratitude Questionnaire GQ-6, Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale specified for academic situations, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale, the Gratitude-Garcia scale and the average as an indicator of academic performance. It was attended by 370 students from different semesters of the psychology degree at the UANL. The results show that resilience and gratitude have greater impact on academic performance and self-efficacy. In both proposed models the sense of humor showed a negative relationship with academic performance, the models explained 12% and 17% respectively of academic performance and self-efficacy. It was concluded that selfefficacy and academic performance are influenced by resilience, gratitude and, in a lesser way, humor. Due to the difficulties of conceptualizing and measuring academic performance, and the multiple factors that influence the academic life of the student, it is considered that giving weight to positive variables can facilitate the improvement of performance in the classroom.
Gastrointestinal carriage of Salmonella species and intestinal parasites, and nasal and hand carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among asymptomatic food handlers

Background: Food borne diseases continue to be a public health problem globally. Food handlers (FHs) have been implicated in food borne outbreaks. Asymptomatic carriers go unnoticed and are thus an important source of pathogens. Aims and Objectives: This study was conducted to detect intestinal carriage of Salmonella species and parasites as well as nasal and hand carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) among asymptomatic FHs. Personal hygiene practices followed by them were recorded. Materials and Methods: A total of 300 asymptomatic FHs were studied. A semi-structured questionnaire was filled. Nasal swabs and finger impressions were taken on mannitol salt agar plates which were incubated overnight at 37°C; colonies suggestive of S. aureus were identified and confirmed by standard biochemical tests. Stool culture for Salmonella species was done on MacConkey agar, Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate agar and simultaneously inoculated in Selenite F broth for further processing; colonies suggestive of Salmonella species were identified by standard biochemical tests and Salmonella antisera (Denka Seiken, Japan). Stool-routine/microscopy for parasites was done by gross examination, direct saline, and iodine mount followed by concentration method (saturated salt solution). An arbitrary 10-point scale used in earlier studies was utilized for classifying the level of personal hygiene of FHs. Results: Salmonella Typhi was detected in stool culture of two FHs. Intestinal parasites detected in 10 (3.3%) subjects, included Ascaris lumbricoides (5;1.7%), Entamoeba histolytica (3;1.0%), and Giardia intestinalis (2;0.66%). S. aureus carriage was noted in anterior nares (116;38.7%) and hand (83;27.7%). A total of 149 (50%) FHs were S. aureus carriers. Conclusion: This study indicates that FHs may be a potential source of food borne pathogens.
Based on Frond-End and Back-End Platfrom and Image Processing Algorithm to Design People Counting Analysis System

: This paper presents a people counting method that is derived from traditional machine learning and deep learning algorithms. The proposed design mainly provides cognition information of a period of time which is peak hour or off hour in speciﬁc public places, such as transportation tools, hotel lobby, and bus shelter. Its advantage can efﬁcient save management cost. In previously literatures, the traditional machine learning technique, such as Support Vector Machine (SVM) would be adopted for the people counting. However, pedestrian recognition rate of the previous means is lower than deep learning method. Hence, the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is derived to improved drawback of worse recognition rate. But, in view of its computation task is very heavy when processing of operating the system. Therefore, the proposed system is designed based on two-stage architecture which contains previous two methods in front-end and back-end, respectively. Among these, the ﬁrst stage which is front-end that mainly be used for pedestrian recognition. According to the above results, the people number counting could be executed. After that, the statistics consequence is classiﬁed to two-level and then the back-end stage only need to process pedestrian recognition of level two. Finally, the experimental results shows that the pedestrian recognition is increased and computational complexity is reduced when comparing with traditional machine learning and deep learning, respectively. The experimental results indicated that the proposed front-end design had 84.56% accuracy for detection performance. The other proposed architecture which is back-end can obtain detection accuracy of 93.59%. On the other hand, the proposed method also improves average 29% execution time when comparing with the related designs.
Study on the Measurement Model of Person-Job Fit Degree Based on Polynomial Regression

Traditional person-job fit degree measurement models such as PSIs (profile similarity indices) or weighted difference scores cannot highlight the role of different competency. In this paper, the polynomial regression method is introduced to construct the quadratic polynomial regression measurement model of person-job fit degree, which improves the method of difference scores and solves the problem of the original models. Finally, this paper introduces the general application process of the quadratic polynomial regression measurement model of person-job fit degree.
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING OF ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

Abstract In the current study of applied cognitive linguistics (CL), schematic diagrams that represent generalizations of physical-spatial experience were applied in a computer-based tutor that trained English prepositions for second language (L2) learners. Behavioral and electrophysiological (ERP) measures were used to examine whether schematic-diagram feedback provided by the tutor had an instructional advantage over the minimally informed correctness feedback. Behavioral results confirmed this prediction and further revealed that the treatment difference was more striking when the participants had a lower L2 proficiency. The ERP results also supported the prediction. Violation uses of prepositions yielded an N270 and an N400. Schematic-diagram feedback motivated significant changes in brain potentials, whereas correctness feedback failed to do so. Overall, our findings suggest that CL-inspired instruction of a relatively short duration led to significant improvements in learners’ behavioral productive performance and in their sensitivity to semantic violation of preposition use during online sentence processing. The study provided strong neurolinguistic evidence for CL-inspired pedagogy in supporting L2 learning.
La Región “Urabá Antioqueño-Cuencas altas de los ríos Sinú y San Jorge-Bajo Cauca Antioqueño”: “guarida” del paludismo colombiano

In the zone formed by Urabá Antioqueño-Cuencas altas de los ríos Sinú and San Jorge-Bajo Cauca Antioqueño (hereinafter, the Region), 60% of the Colombian cases of malaria are described. The Region is not specifically addressed in official reports and even malaria researchers do not refer to it precisely. The objective of this review is to argumentatively describe what is the Region. This is a theoretical descriptive study, which proposes that the Region should be conformed by 25 municipalities, 21 that are usually included in Bajo Cauca and four additional municipalities of Antioquia (Valdivia, Anorí, Remedios and Segovia), as they have the same ecological and epidemiological conditions and similar levels of malaria endemia. The “new” Region is integrated by 11 municipalities in the Urabá Antioqueño, 4 in the south of Cordoba, and 10 in the Bajo Cauca Antioqueño. The “new” Region has 34,848 km2 and 1,339,297 inhabitants (2015). Furthermore, the Region has large plains and at least four levels of rainfall intensity. Transmission is stable, with no marked fluctuations in the number of malaria cases during the year. Since 1950-1959, the Region has exhibited a high malaria incidence (annual parasitic index >25 per 1,000 exposed) and predominance of P. vivax (60-70% of the total). There 19 species of Anopheles in the Region. It is concluded that there are abundant and solid ecological and epidemiological arguments to propose that the Region would include the 25 municipalities mentioned before, and that the Colombian health authorities should provide periodic information about it.
Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale Infrequency Index Validation and Pilot Comparison of Administration Formats

One major obstacle to the accurate diagnosis of ADHD in college students is malingering, although many symptom self-report measures used in the diagnostic process do not contain validity scales to identify feigners. The Infrequency Index (CII) for the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale–Self-Report: Long Version (CAARS-S: L) was developed in response to this concern, although further validation of this index is needed. Another topic of interest in ADHD malingering research is the increasing use of online assessments. However, little is known about how ADHD is malingered in an online format, particularly on the CAARS-S: L. The current study utilized a coached simulation design to examine the feigning detection accuracy of the CII and provide initial results on the effect of administration format (paper vs. online) on CAARS-S: L profiles. Data from 139 students were analyzed. Students with ADHD and students instructed to feign the disorder produced statistically comparable elevations on seven of eight CAARS-S: L clinical scales. Clinical scale elevations were generally comparable between paper and online forms, although some differences in the clinical and simulated ADHD groups suggest the need for further research. The CII demonstrated modest sensitivity (0.36) and adequate specificity (0.85) at the recommended cut score across administration formats. Specificity reached desirable levels (>= .90) at a raised cut score. These values were similar across administration formats. Results support the use of the CII and online CAARS-S: L form
A Study of Nurses’ Perception of Professional Values in the University Hospitals Affiliated with Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, 2015

Objectives: In order to deal with professional ethical issues successfully, nurses and other providers of clinical care need to rely on professional values that are meant to guide their professional decision-making, actions and behaviors . These values form the basis of nursing. Accordingly, the present study aims to investigate nurses’ perception of professional values in the hospitals affiliated with Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Method: In this descriptiveanalytical study, 100 nurses employed at the university hospitals of Jahrom were selected through simple convenience sampling. To examine the subjects’ perception of professional values, the researchers used a two-part questionnaire: part one consisted of questions about the personal and social characteristics of the subjects; part two was the Nurses Professional Values Scale-Revised. The latter consists of 26 items based on American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses and addresses the following areas: caring (9 items), activism (5 items), trust (5 items), professionalism (4 items) and justice (3 items). Answers are scored based on a 5-point Likert scale: the answer choices “Not important” and “Very important” are assigned 1 point and 5 points respectively. The score range is between 26 and 130—higher scores indicate the respondent’s greater familiarity with professional values. Findings: The participants of the study consisted of 99 nurses who were selected from the various parts of the university hospitals of Jahrom. The participants’ mean scores for caring, activism, trust, professionalism, justice and total perception of professional values were found to be 32.15,15.47, 17.37, 13.32,10.66 and 88.98 respectively. The results of the study showed that there was not a significant relationship between the age, gender and marital status of nurses on one hand and their professional values scores on the other (P=0.7). Conclusion: There is need for effective programs to enhance nurses’ awareness of certain of their professional duties and improve their professional performance in a wide range of professional areas alongside their duties as care-givers. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(1) 2018 p.47-51
How to Conduct Prospective Life Cycle Assessment for Emerging Technologies? A Systematic Review and Methodological Guidance

Emerging technologies are expected to contribute to environmental sustainable development. However, throughout the development of novel technologies, it is unknown whether emerging technologies can lead to reduced environmental impacts compared to a potentially displaced mature technology. Additionally, process steps suspected to be environmental hotspots can be improved by process engineers early in the development of the emerging technology. In order to determine the environmental impacts of emerging technologies at an early stage of development, prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) should be performed. However, consistency in prospective LCA methodology is lacking. Therefore, this article develops a framework for a prospective LCA in order to overcome the methodological inconsistencies regarding prospective LCAs. The methodological framework was developed using literature on prospective LCAs of emerging technologies, and therefore, a literature review on prospective LCAs was conducted. We found 44 case studies, four review papers, and 17 papers on methodological guidance. Three main challenges for conducting prospective LCAs are identified: Comparability, data, and uncertainty challenges. The issues in defining the aim, functionality, and system boundaries of the prospective LCAs, as well as problems with specifying LCIA methodologies, comprise the comparability challenge. Data availability, quality, and scaling are issues within the data challenge. Finally, uncertainty exists as an overarching challenge when applying a prospective LCA. These three challenges are especially crucial for the prospective assessment of emerging technologies. However, this review also shows that within the methodological papers and case studies, several approaches exist to tackle these challenges. These approaches were systematically summarized within a framework to give guidance on how to overcome the issues when conducting prospective LCAs of emerging technologies. Accordingly, this framework is useful for LCA practitioners who are analyzing early-stage technologies. Nevertheless, further research is needed to develop appropriate scale-up schemes and to include uncertainty analyses for a more in-depth interpretation of results.
Thoughts About the Negative Results of Clinical Trials in Rehabilitation Medicine

The last decade has witnessed an increase in the number of moderate to large-scale nonpharmacologic stroke recovery trials. While a majority, having tested the superiority of a particular evidence-based intervention, returned negative findings, the rehabilitation research community has gained an important perspective for future efforts. We offer our interpretation first, on why most of the past decade’s trials failed in the sense of not supporting the primary superiority hypothesis, and, second, we provide our perspective on how to solve this problem and thereby inform the next generation of neurorehabilitation clinical trials. The first large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) ever conducted in neurorehabilitation was the Extremity Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Evaluation (EXCITE) trial. The majority of stroke recovery trials that followed were based on a prevailing, but as yet immature science of brain-behavior mechanisms for recovery and limited practical know-how about how to select the mos.
Développement d'un robot dirigeable pour opération intérieur

Recently, the blimp robot has attracted more and more attentions of the researchers for its advantages compared to other aircrafts, such as ability for VTOL, stationary and low speed flight, long endurance in air and safe Human-Robot interaction, etc. Therefore it is an ideal platform for various indoor applications. In this thesis, we study the modeling and motion control of an indoor blimp robot, and develop a real robot for indoor operations such as the long-term surveillance. The work is composed of both theoretical and practical parts. For the theoretical part, first, under reasonable assumptions, the 6-DOF dynamic model is simplified and divided into two independent parts: the altitude motion and the horizontal plane movement. Then, to ensure the accuracy of modeling and control, the nominal model is complemented with disturbance terms which are estimated in real-time and compensated in the designed controllers. Simulations are carried out to verify the performance and robustness of the controllers. For the practical part of the work, based on the functionality analysis of the robot to achieve desired indoor applications, the hardware of the blimp robot is conceived and created. Finally, real tests are made on the blimp robot platform for the validation of the designed motion control laws, and satisfying results are obtained.
Increased mortality and ICD therapies in ischemic versus non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients with cardiac resynchronization having survived until first device replacement

Introduction Cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (CRT-D) is widely applied in heart failure patients. Sufficient data on arrhythmia and defibrillator therapies during long-term follow-up of more than 4 years are lacking and data on mortality are conflicting. We aimed to characterize the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia, respective defibrillator therapies and mortality for several years following CRT-D implantation or upgrade. Material and methods Eighty-eight patients with ischemic (ICM) or non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and at least one CRT-D replacement were included in this study and analyzed for incidence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT), defibrillator shocks, anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) and mortality. Results ICM was the underlying disease in 59%, DCM in 41% of patients. During a mean follow-up of 76.4 ±24.8 months the incidence of appropriate defibrillator therapies (shock or ATP) was 46.6% and was elevated in ICM compared to DCM patients (57.7% vs. 30.6%, respectively; p = 0.017). Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed significantly higher ICD therapy-free survival rates in DCM patients (p = 0.031). Left ventricular ejection fraction, NSVT per year and ICM (vs. DCM) were independent predictors of device intervention. The ICM patients showed increased mortality compared to DCM patients, with cumulative all-cause mortality at 9 years of follow-up of 45.4% and 10.6%, respectively. Chronic renal failure, peripheral artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were independent predictors of mortality. Conclusions The clinical course of patients with ICM and DCM treated with CRT-D differs significantly during long-term follow-up, with increased mortality and incidence of ICD therapies in ICM patients.
Cancer transmission risk from kidney donors with a history of breast cancer: a systematic review

Organ transplantation from donor to recipient carries an inherent risk of disease transmission. Organ donors with a history of breast cancer are classified as non-eligible because of their risk of transmitting cancer to the recipient, even many years after curative treatment. However, recipients waiting for organ transplantation endure significant risk of death. The number of living donations is increasing, and the donor pool would expand if we include donors with a history of breast cancer, as it is one of the most common forms of cancer diagnosed in woman. Whether organs from donors with a history of breast cancer should be accepted remains a topic of debate. In this systematic review, we provide a structured overview on the current available literature on the transmission risk of breast cancer after transplantation. This can help to determine whether it is safe to accept donors with a history of cancer. The search resulted in a total of 12 studies with 142 donors with a history of breast cancer. Our study shows that transmission did not occur when donors had a history of breast cancer, while it did occur when donors had present breast cancer. If we compare these results with the mortality rate while awaiting transplantation, the risk of dying while waiting for an organ is much higher than the risk of breast cancer transmission. Careful risk-benefit assessment and close collaboration between transplant teams and specialists can increase the the chance of survival with a low risk of cancer transmission.
Incentive and Penalty Mechanism for Power Allocation in Cooperative D2D-Cellular Transmissions

In cellular communication systems, the introduction of device-to-device (D2D) communications provides a reasonable solution to facilitate high data rate services in short-range communication. However, it faces a challenging issue of interference management, where the cross-tier interference from D2D users to licensed cellular users (CUs) degrades their quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. D2D communications can also assist in offloading some nearby CUs to enhance the cellular operator’s benefit. To encourage the D2D transmitters (D2DT) to provide service to CUs in the dead zone, the cellular base station (CBS) needs to incentivize it with some monetary benefits. In this paper, a Stackelberg game-based joint pricing framework for interference management and data offloading is presented to illustrate the effects of cooperation between the D2D user and CBS. Specifically, a singular price is used to incentivize the D2DT to share its resources with the far-off CUs along with penalizing them for interference created at CBS. Simulation results illustrate the performance of the proposed technique in terms of the utilities of CUs and D2D users for varying distances of D2DT.