Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Nurses’ Perception on Leave Arrangements in Public Hospitals in Kenya.

The study was set to determine the nurses’ Perception on leave arrangements in public hospitals in Kenya. The study adopted cross sectional survey design and the target population consisted of 1217 nurses in 27 public hospitals. The researcher utilized simple random sampling to select counties that formed the sample of study. Five (5) counties out of forty seven (47) counties were selected for the study. Proportionate random sampling was used to select 7 hospitals from the five counties. From the 7 hospitals sampled 364 nurses were selected through proportionate simple random sampling. Primary data were collected through the use of questionnaires which had both structured and unstructured questions. The study findings indicate that there is a favourable perception on leave arrangement by nurses in public hospitals in Kenya. From the findings the study recommends that compassionate and parental leaves should operate as a distinct leave entitlement and maternity and annual leaves could be increased so that it is more than fourteen weeks to enable nurses have adequate days to address non work demands.
Bach's works for solo violin : style, structure, performance

This book combines a performance guide for violinists, an analytical study, an exploration of Bach's style, and an investigation of musical form and continuity. J.S. Bach's three sonatas and three partitas for solo violin have been mainstays of the violin concert repertoire since the mid-nineteenth century; their long performance history, evidenced in recordings as well as in editions, offers an opportunity to study the ways in which notions of Baroque style have evolved. Central to the book is the question what type of analysis is best applied to Bach's music: wherever possible, Lester draws his analytical tools from eighteenth-century techniques, developed for this repertoire.
Improving Text Analysis Using Sentence Conjunctions and Punctuation

User generated content in the form of customer reviews, blogs or tweets is an emerging and rich source of data for marketers. Topic models have been successfully applied to such data, demonstrating that empirical text analysis benefits greatly from a latent variable approach which summarizes high-level interactions among words. We propose a new topic model that allows for serial dependency of topics in text. That is, topics may carry over from word to word in a document, violating the bag-of-words assumption in traditional topic models. In our model, topic carry-over is informed by sentence conjunctions and punctuation. Typically, such observed information is eliminated prior to analyzing text data (i.e., “pre-processing”) because words such as “and” and “but” do not differentiate topics. We find that these elements of grammar contain information relevant to topic changes. We examine the performance of our model using multiple data sets and estab- lish boundary conditions for when our model leads to improved inference about customer evaluations. Implications and opportunities for future research are discussed.
A Data Stream Outlier Detection Algorithm Based on Reverse K Nearest Neighbors

This paper proposes a new data stream outlier detection algorithm SODRNN based on reverse nearest neighbors. We deal with the sliding window model, where outlier queries are performed in order to detect anomalies in the current window. The update of insertion or deletion only needs one scan of the current window, which improves efficiency. The capability of queries at arbitrary time on the whole current window is achieved by Query Manager Procedure, which can capture the phenomenon of concept drift of data stream in time. Results of experiments conducted on both synthetic and real data sets show that SODRNN algorithm is both effective and efficient.
Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction Parameters and Cardiac Chamber Size in Smokers with COPD: A Case Control Study

Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a critical health care burden across the globe. Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a widespread feature of advanced COPD and is estimated to affect 20% of individuals with advanced COPD.Aim: To compare the variables of cardiac function, chamber size and diastolic parameters across various stages of COPD.Materials and Methods: A prospective case control study was conducted among 50 subjects and 50 controls (convenient sampling) with COPD over a period of two years in kasturba Medical college, Manipal (July 2012-July 2014). Chronic smokers who met the criteria for COPD according to GOLD criteria were included in the study. All patients underwent Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) using spirometer.Results: Twenty seven out of 50 studied patients (54%) had Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH). Nineteen patients had mild PAH (38%). Dimension of cardiac chamber across various stages of COPD were found to have a significant decrease in Left Atrial (LA) area. Our study found an increase in Isovolumic Relaxation Time (IVRT), Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) and TEI index (myocardial performance index) across stages of COPD however it was not statistically significant.Conclusion: Majority of the patients with COPD had PH, with increasing frequency of PAH across the GOLD stages. A decrease in cardiac chamber size was demonstrated with increasing severity of COPD.
The Returns to Nursing: Evidence from a Parental Leave Program

Nurses comprise the largest health profession. In this paper, we measure the effect of nurses on health care delivery and patient health outcomes across sectors. Our empirical strategy takes advantage of a parental leave program, which led to a sudden, unintended, and persistent 12% reduction in nurse employment. Our findings indicate detrimental effects on hospital care delivery as indicated by an increase in 30-day readmission rates and a distortion of technology utilization. The effects for nursing home care are more drastic. We estimate a persistent 13% increase in nursing home mortality among the elderly aged 85 and older. Our results also highlight an unintended negative consequence of parental leave programs borne by providers and patients.
PUGAI (FUMIGATION) AS A PURA MARUTHUVAM (EXTERNAL THERAPY) IN THE SIDDHA SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

Siddha Medicine is a traditional system of healing medicine in the southern part of the India and some other nations. This system of Medicine is mainly categorized into two classes, based on the root of admiration of the drugs, which are 32 types of Aga marunthugal (Internal medicine) and 32 types of Pura marunthugal (External medicine) for treating the 4448 diseases describe in the Siddha texts. The 32 types of External therapies are included in many kinds of external application of treatment procedures. Siddha texts mentioned the Pugai is termed as Fumigation is one of the external therapies in this system. This study reveals that the Pugai is the effective external treatment procedure to cure some disease condition based on Siddha theory. Fumigation signifies the artificial impregnation of the atmosphere, with the fumes or smoke of any vegetable or aromatic substances. Pugai is an application of fumes is administered in different parts of the body, apart from inhalation. Most of these therapies are aimed to maintaining the healthy balance of tri humours of Vatham , Pitham , Kabam and Saptha thathukkal which mean seven tissue types of the body. Main purpose of this procedure is to reduce microbes and to control infections. Fumigation can be effective in inactivating microbes on environmental surfaces.
Design and Performance Modeling of an Efficient Remote Collaboration System

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) provides remote login and desktop control capabilities that enable a client to completely control and access a remote server. The protocol is implemented by Microsoft Corporation based on ITU-T T.120 family protocols. The major advantage distinguishing the RDP from other remote desktop schemes, such as the frame-buffer approach, is that the protocol is based on preferably sending graphic device interface (GDI) information from a server, instead of full bitmap images. This paper proposes a remote collaboration system based, designed and implemented on RDP architecture. The proposed system consisting of a cross control scheme with bus re-encryption architecture provides the full capabilities of all remote collaborations, such as remote control, application access and sharing among all RDP clients. In addition, it provides the RDP packets recording and replaying scheme to for replaying all of the detailed tracks through which a multiparty conference traveled. The performance modeling and evaluation show the practicality of the system and that it offers a scalable model for modern cloud services.
Application of Image Segmentation Based on Improved Watershed Segmentation Algorithm

There is over-segmentation phenomenon based on watershed segmentation algorithm,so this paper presents a new segmentation algorithm,which is followed with floating-point moving image based on morphological grad image,then watershed transformation is done,edge orientation will be more precise.The region growth algorithm is followed for further image segmentation next.This algorithm can well restrain over-segmentation phenomenon,interested region is also reserved.The experimental results indicate that this algorithm is simple and effective,which can make us get ideal segmentation results.
Fourier optical realization of cellular neural networks

Cellular neural networks (CNNs) consist of analog, nonlinear, dynamic processing elements which are locally interconnected. Most applications in the areas of image processing, pattern recognition and robot control require interconnections between all elements which are space invariant. This suggests an optical CNN implementation because optical processors are perfectly suited for both space invariant signal processing and complete interconnections between all elements. The theoretical and practical aspects of a hardware realization are described. The results of an optical CNN performing feature extraction are presented. >
Visualizing Reddit: Exposing user communication patterns through data visualization on Reddit.com Child interpretation of illustrated procedures

user behavior, visual analytics, online communities, reddit Participation in online communities has become a significant part of many people’s lives due to the popularity of forums, social media, and other types of websites and applications. With this participation comes a wealth of data in the form of textual information and metadata. This data could be useful to a variety of parties: From community members interested in better understanding the dynamics of their favourite online hang–outs, to moderators wishing to identify potential problem members, to marketers looking to identify the best times of day and verbal phrasing to appeal to a particular group of online users. However, the abundance of data can act as a double–edged sword: With so much data generated every day, users may have difficulty identifying patterns in user communication trends. In this paper I present Visualizing Reddit: a visualization–based interface I developed to help users identify communication patterns in online communities based out of Reddit.com. I discuss the unique capabilities of Visualizing Reddit for accessing a variety of metadata from a six–month timespan, as well as the design decisions that informed my development.
Etude et optimisation de la Transition Déflagration Détonation (TDD) en tube des mélanges stoechiométriques H2/O2/N2 et (CH4, C2H2, C2H4 et C3H8)/O2/N2 et de sa Transmission à un espace de plus grande dimension

Dans le cadre de la mise au point d'un moteur a detonation pulsee aerobie, nous nous interessons au systeme d'initiation repetitive de la detonation. Cette initiation consiste en la creation de la detonation a partir d'un allumage basse energie par Transition Deflagration Detonation (TDD) et a sa transmission a la chambre de combustion de plus grande dimension. Dans une premiere partie, nous avons cherche a reduire le temps et la longueur de TDD (LTDD et tTDD), dans un tube de faible dimension (d=26mm) par l'introduction d'obstacles repetitifs. Nous avons etudie la TDD de melanges reactifs a base d'hydrogene ou d'hydrocarbures possedant la meme taille de cellule de detonation (λ~10mm). Nous avons montre que le parametre controlant tTDD est la vitesse fondamentale de flamme, et que celui controlant LTDD est λ (LTDD/λ~30 ±25% en premiere approximation). Dans une seconde partie, nous avons cherche a reduire le critere classique dc=13λ de transmission de la detonation depuis un tube (d=26mm) jusque dans la chambre de combustion (Dch=200mm). Nous avons etudie la diffraction d'une onde de detonation autonome et stationnaire au travers soit (i) d'un cone avec un obstacle central (de demi angle au sommet α de 5 a 55°), soit (ii) d'un saut de section fini (D/d=1,5 ou 2), ou soit (iii) de deux reflexions normales successives dans des tubes de diametres croissants (D puis Dch, D/d=2 – 3 ou 3,85). Pour (i) et (ii), le critere de transmission diminue avec respectivement α et D/d, jusqu'a dc=4,4λ pour D/d=1,5 et dc=2,2λ pour α=5°. Nous montrons qu'avec la geometrie (iii) et le passage des deux reflexions (soit Dch/d=7,69), le critere de transmission devient dc=2,2λ quelque soit D, soit un gain de plus de 80% par rapport a la transmission a l'espace libre.
Real‐time anomaly detection using parallelized intrusion detection architecture for streaming data

High usage levels of networking technologies has resulted in large amounts of data being generated. This in‐turn has lured several fraudsters, whose anomalous behaviors create undesired consequences to legitimate users. This paper proposes an Adaptive Parallelized Intrusion Detection (APID) architecture to handle the hugeness and data imbalance associated with streaming data. The architecture is composed of a feature selection strategy to reduce data size, an effective data segregation mechanism to handle data imbalance and a heterogeneous ensemble and a heuristic combiner mechanism to provide effective predictions. Adaptivity is incorporated by the reinforcement mechanism that retrains the model based on false predictions given by the model. The proposed APID architecture is generic; hence, it supports heterogeneous models and can also incorporate any number of machine learning models. Hence, it becomes flexible to adapt the model to data pertaining to any domain. Experiments were performed with KDD CUP 99, NSL‐KDD, and Koyoto 2006 datasets. Comparisons performed with recent works in literature indicates anomaly detection rates between 98% to 99% exhibiting the effectiveness of the proposed model.
A Practical Introduction To Phonetics

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An investigation of the factors affecting the career choice of selected health-care students (physiotherapy, chiropractic, medicine and occupational therapy) in KwaZulu Natal

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the career choice of selected health-care students (physiotherapy, chiropractic, medicine and occupational therapy) in KwaZulu Natal. Multiple reasons exist for choosing careers. However, the set of factors involved when students commit to at least 4 to 7 years of their lives to these alternative and mainstream health care professions are of particular interest to this study. This was a demographic-epidemiological, cross-sectional survey-type quantitative study, based on a pre-validated questionnaire which was administered to the participants. The questionnaire was distributed to 29 first year chiropractic students of the Durban University of Technology, 32 first year physiotherapy and 22 occupational therapy students of the University of KwaZulu Natal, and 55 first year medical students of the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine. The results revealed that parents were a major factor influencing career choice (68.1%), as were significant other people (42%). However, siblings, peers and television did not have a major influence. Only television had a differential influence on the student groups (p<0.001). The medical students (20%) were influenced by television to a greater extent than the other professions. The majority of respondents obtained information from professionals visiting schools (56.5%), while family and guidance counsellors were also important sources of information (52.2% and 50.7% respectively). These results also revealed that chiropractic students were more likely to use the Internet to find out about careers than the other student groups. Previous past experience with a professional from their chosen career field did have a relatively strong influence (46.4%) whereas physiotherapists and chiropractors were more likely than the other two groups to be influenced by a professional from that career. V Working with people was the most important personal factor influencing career choice. The altruistic factor of helping others was the second most important factor. The least important personal factors were prestige, variety, lifestyle and enjoyment of working with their hands. Another result indicated that the ability to define personal goals was important for medical students but it was not very important for occupational therapy students. The joy of working with their hands was more important for chiropractic and physiotherapy students. The motivation to help others was more important to occupational therapy students. Finally, the results showed that prestige was most important for chiropractic students. A good work atmosphere was the most important work-related factor (75.4%), followed by the ability to run their own office (64.5%) and working conditions (55.1%). Of least importance was the presence of blood (7.2%). “The ability to run your own office” was significantly different between the student groups (p=0009) and chiropractic students were significantly influenced by this factor.
SCALE ADAPTIVE DICTIONARY LEARNING

In numerous image handling assignments the lexicon learning has been broadly utilized. In a large portion of these systems, the quantity of premise vectors is either situated by experience or coarsely assessed observationally. In this paper we propose another Scale Adaptive Dictionary Learning (SADL) structure, which together gauges suitable scales and relating particles in a versatile manner as indicated by the preparation information, without the need of earlier data. We outline a molecule tallying capacity and build up a solid numerical plan to tackle the testing improvement issue. Broad trials on surface and feature datasets show quantitatively and outwardly that our technique can appraise the scale, without harming the meager recreation capacity. Index Terms—Dictionary learning, sparse coding, sparse representation, image
Implementation of Image ProcessingAlgorithm Using Partial DynamicReconfiguration in FPGA

High Performance Reconfigurable Computing (HPRC) is parallel computing systems that contain multiple Microprocessors and multiple FPGAs. In current settings, the design uses FPGAs as coprocessors that are deployed to execute the small portion of the application that takes most of the time, under the 10-90 rules, the 10 percent of code that takes 90 percent of the execution time. FPGAs can certainly accomplish this when computations lend themselves to implementation in hardware, subject to the limitations of the current FPGA chip architectures and the overall system data transfer constraints. Hardware reconfigurable devices that change their configurations under the control of a program can replace the FPGAs to satisfy the same key concepts behind this class of architectures. Hence FPGAs are the currently available technology that provides the most desirable level of hardware reconfigurability. This paper focuses on Image enhancement and Denoising process, reference to point processing methods such as brightness manipulation, threshold operation and median filtering operation in FPGA with Onboard reconfiguration and partial dynamic reconfiguration. When using a partial dynamic reconfiguration performance of FPGA increases and the resource requirement decreases.
PERAN PETUGAS GIZI DALAM MEMBERIKAN PELAYANAN ASUHAN GIZI PADA PASIEN RAWAT INAP

Abstrak Pelayanan gizi rumah sakit merupakan bagian yang sangat vital dari sistem pelayanan paripurna terhadap pasien di rumah sakit.Pelayanan gizi diberikan agar pasien mencapai kondisi yang optimal dalam memenuhi kebutuhan giziataupun mengoreksi kelainan metabolisme. Penelitian ini mengenai bagaimana peran petugas gizi dalam memberikan pelayanan asuhan gizi kepada pasien rawat inap di RSUD dr. R. Soetrasno Kabupaten Rembang. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitian observasional dengan pendekatan kualitatif yang mendekripsikan objek dengan mengamati, melakukan wawancara serta mencatat bagaimana petugas gizi memberikan pelayanan asuhan gizi. Data sampel diambil secara purposive sampling dengan jumlah responden 7 orang. Petugas gizi sudah melaksanakan dengan baik sesuai dengan perannya yaitu melakukan monitoring dan evaluasi pasien terhadap dampak asuhan giziserta melaporkan hasil asuhan gizi kepada dokter atau tenaga kesehatan lain. Perlu pembentukan tim terapi gizi tersandart dengan melibatkan tenaga kesehatan lain agar pelayanan gizi rumah sakit lebih optimal. Abstract The hospital nutrition care service is a vital part of the plenary service system to the patients in the hospital. Nutrition care services given to patients in order to achieve optimal conditions in fulfillment of nutritional needs or correcting metabolic abnormalities.This study was conducted to answer whether the role of nutritionists in providing nutrition care services to inpatients in dr. R. Soetrasno hospital, is in accordance with hospital nutrition care service or not.This study was an observational study using qualitative approach, that described object by observing, interviewing and making notes about how is the role of nutritionists. Data was taken using purposive sampling with 7 respondances.Nutritionists already performed their duties properly by doing evaluation to the inpatients and report the results of nutrition care services to the doctor or other health professionals. Hospitals need to create a qualified nutritional therapy team, involving other health professionals.