Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
[Treatment of ilio-femoral venous thromboses with surgical thrombectomy].

Surgical thrombectomy which has been commonly performed in the past is now abandoned by most teams. Nevertheless some surgeons have gone on performing venous thrombectomies with good results. We have performed venous thrombectomy in 91 acute ilio-femoral vein thrombosis associated with inferior vena cava or superficial vein involvement in respectively 35% and 86% of the cases. The mean estimated age of the clot was 5 days. Ilio-femoral thrombectomy was carried out under general anesthesia using a Fogarty catheter introduced through a common femoral venotomy and the removal of the distal clots by mean of massages maneuver. In case of vena cava involvement, direct caval venotomy was carried out by a right sub-costal approach. A temporary arterio-venous fistula in the groin was associated in 89% and a partial interruption of the vena cava in 55% of the cases. No operative death and no peri-operative pulmonary embolism were observed. Post-operative ilio-femoral vein patency rate was 85% without recurrence after closure of the arterio-venous fistula. A venous thrombectomy in selected cases appears to be more efficient than intra-venous heparin or thrombolytic therapy. Indications of venous thrombectomy are ilio-femoral or ilio-caval vein thrombosis of less than 7 days duration. Patients who are non ambulatory or with limited life expectancy are not likely to benefit from surgery. Venous thrombectomy is not recommended in patients with inflammatory or tumoral pelvic or retroperitoneal lesions, coagulopathies, peripheral arterial or significant heart diseases. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Part I: On the Behavior of STI-Type DeNMOS Device Under ESD Conditions

We present experimental and simulation studies of shallow trench isolation (STI)-type drain-extended n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor devices under human body model (HBM)-like electrostatic discharge (ESD) conditions. Physical insight toward pulse-to-pulse instability is given. Both the current (ITLP) and time evolution of various events such as junction breakdown, parasitic bipolar triggering, and the base push-out effect are discussed in detail. Differences between the 2-D and 3-D simulation (modeling) approaches are presented, and the importance of 3-D technology-computer-aided-design-based modeling is discussed. Furthermore, a deeper physical insight toward the base push-out is given, which shows significant power dissipation due of space charge build-up, which is found at the onset of self-heating in the 2-D plane.
A versatile robotic platform for educational interaction

This paper describes a new educational robot called ROBOBO which was developed in order to provide an engaging and natural interactive experience with children. The objective is to motivate children to explore and cooperate with the robots while they learn concepts and abilities related to STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The robot and the educational approach has been tested in different school environments corresponding to different educational levels with very successful results.
Marital Quality and Social Functioning in spouses of individuals with and without Alcohol Dependence

Introduction: Alcohol is one of the leading substances abused worldwide. Alcohol affects the user’s ability to perceive, integrate and process information and can increase the user’s sense of personal power and domination over others especially their spouses. Alcohol addiction causes marital disharmony and instances of family violence leading to an unhealthy ambience in the family environment. This study intends to explore two important areas related to the spouses of alcohol addicted individuals i.e. marital quality and their social functioning. Methodology: Study Design: Cross sectional comparative study Venue: Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. Samples: total sample size of the study was sixty; 30 participants were the spouses of Alcohol dependent (AD) who fulfilled the criteria of ICD-10-DCR and 30 participants were from normal population. Statistical measures: Descriptive statistics chi-square and independent samples’ T test used for comparison and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient was used for correlation. Results: Spouses of alcohol addicted individuals perceived significantly lesser marital quality and social functioning than the spouses of non-alcoholic individuals. There is positive relation between marital quality of life and social functioning of spouses of alcohol dependent individuals. Conclusion: Spouses of alcohol dependent individuals have lower marital quality as well as social functioning in comparison to spouses of individuals not dependent on alcohol. Keywords : Marital quality, social functioning, spouses, alcohol dependence
Electrospun nanofibrous polyurethane membrane as wound dressing.

Produced via electrospinning, polyurethane membrane, which has a unique property, has been of interest in medical fields. Electrospinning is a process by which nanofibers can be produced by an electrostatically driven jet of polymer solution. Electrospun fibers are collected in the form of membranes. The porous structured electrospun membrane is particularly important for its favorable properties: it exudates fluid from the wound, does not build up under the covering, and does not cause wound desiccation. The electrospun nanofibrous membrane shows controlled evaporative water loss, excellent oxygen permeability, and promoted fluid drainage ability, but still it can inhibit exogenous microorganism invasion because its pores are ultra-fine. Histological examination indicates that the rate of epithelialization is increased and the dermis becomes well organized if wounds are covered with electrospun nanofibrous membrane. This electrospun membrane has potential applications for wound dressing based upon its unique properties.
A high-resolution synchronous mirror delay using successive approximation register

A high-resolution synchronous mirror delay (SMD) is proposed in order to reduce the clock skew between the external clock and the internal clock of a chip. The proposed SMD reduces the clock skew in two steps. Coarse locking is achieved by the conventional SMD . Fine locking is achieved by the successive approximation register for the sake of fast locking . Measured results show that the maximum clock skew of the proposed SMD is 140 ps in the frequency range from 170 to 230 MHz and that the consumption power is 14.85 mW at 230 MHz in a 0.35-/spl mu/m 1-poly 4-metal CMOS technology. The total locking time is 10 clock cycles.
Language equations for approximate matching in the Description Logic FL 0

Both matching and unification in the Description Logic FL0 can be reduced to solving certain formal language equations. In previous work, we have extended unification in FL0 to approximate unification, and have shown that approximate unification can be reduced to approximately solving language equations. An approximate solution of a language equation need not make the languages on the leftand right-hand side of the equation equal, but close w.r. t. a given distance function. In the present paper, we consider approximate matching. We show that, for a large class of distance functions, approximate matching is in NP. We then consider a particular distance function d1(K,L) = 2 −n, where n is the length of the shortest word in the symmetric difference of the languages K,L, and show that w.r. t. this distance function approximate matching is polynomial.
Multifunctional nanoagent for thrombus-targeted fibrinolytic therapy.

BACKGROUND Current thrombolytic therapies utilize exogenous plasminogen activators (PAs) to effectively lyse clots, restoring blood flow, and preventing tissue and organ death. These PAs may also impair normal hemostasis, leading to life-threatening bleeding, including intracerebral hemorrhage. AIMS This study aims to develop new thrombus-targeted fibrinolytic agents that harness the multifunctional theranostic capabilities of nanomaterials, potentially allowing for the generation of efficacious thrombolytics while minimizing deleterious side effects. MATERIALS & METHODS A thrombus-targeted nano-fibrinolytic agent was synthesized using a magnetofluorescent crosslinked dextran-coated iron oxide nanoparticle platform that was conjugated to recombinant tissue PA (tPA). Thrombus-targeting was achieved by derivatizing the nanoparticle with an activated factor XIII (FXIIIa)-sensitive peptide. Human plasma clot binding ability of the targeted and control agents was assessed by fluorescence reflectance imaging. Next, the in vitro enzymatic activity of the agents was assessed by S2288-based amidolytic activity, and an ELISA D-dimer assay for fibrinolysis. In vivo targeting of the nanoagent was next examined by intravital fluorescence microscopy of murine arterial and venous thrombosis. The fibrinolytic activity of the targeted nanoagent compared to free tPA was then evaluated in vivo in murine pulmonary embolism. RESULTS In vitro, the targeted thrombolytic nanoagent demonstrated superior binding to fresh-frozen plasma clots compared to control nanoagents (analysis of variance, p < 0.05). When normalized by S2288-based amidolytic activity, targeted, control and free tPA samples demonstrated equivalent in vitro fibrinolytic activity against human plasma clots, as determined by ELISA D-dimer assays. The FXIIIa targeted fibrinolytic nanoagent efficiently bound the margin of intravascular thrombi as detected by intravital fluorescence microscopy. In in vivo fibrinolysis studies the FXIIIa-targeted agent lysed pulmonary emboli with similar efficacy as free tPA (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION The applicability of a FXIIIa-targeted thrombolytic nanoagent in the treatment of thromboembolism was demonstrated in vitro and in vivo. Future studies are planned to investigate the safety profile and overall efficacy of this class of nanoagents.
The Pharmacist's Role in Promoting Optimal Antimicrobial Use

Optimal use of antimicrobials is essential in the face of escalating antibiotic resistance, and requires cooperation from all sectors of the health care system. Although antibiotic‐restriction policies in the hospital setting are important in altering microbial susceptibility patterns, an overall reduction in antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting is more likely to significantly impact antibiotic resistance. Education of providers, application of clinical practice guidelines, audit and feedback activities, and multifaceted interventions all have had an effect in altering antibiotic prescribing in a research setting. Clinicians must alter antibiotic prescribing for the treatment of infectious diseases, and patients must change their perception of the need for these drugs. Pharmacists can play a major role through clinician education and focused clinical services. With cooperation of health care teams, the effectiveness of available antibiotics may be sustained and the threat of resistance minimized.
Use of HTML forms in complex user interfaces for server-side applications

It is now commonplace to use forms within HTML documents to have server-based applications interact with remote users. However, these forms are, most of the time, rather simple and only allow a one time interaction between the user and the application. Forms are nevertheless very versatile and can be used to build rather complex user interfaces for server-side applications that involve multiple interaction loops. In this paper, we describe how our students used such forms to remotely control a symbolic debugger executing algorithms in the on-line version of a book used in their data structure course. After describing in detail how the user interface is built and how the students can interact with it, we focus on the limitations of this approach and how this interface could be enhanced with the use of more recent developments such as applets.
How to determine the optimal flip angle for each patient in hepatobiliary-phase easily and quickly during Gd-EOB-DTPA-MRI examination? Recommends using imaging findings of cirrhotic liver as the indicator.

Poster: "ECR 2014 / C-0715 / How to determine the optimal flip angle for each patient in hepatobiliary-phase easily and quickly during Gd-EOB-DTPA-MRI examination? Recommends using imaging findings of cirrhotic liver as the indicator. " by: "D. Oura, K. Abe, T. Nambu, Y. Kondo; Otaru City/JP"
Effect of RNA Interference of iASPP on the Apoptosis in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

ASPP family is proved to be apoptotic specific regulators of p53. Among them, iASPP acts as an inhibitor of p53. To investigate the effect of the iASPP RNAi on the apoptosis of breast cancer cell MCF-7, we transfected the recombinant plasmid PGCsilencer H1/Neo/GFP/RNAi into MCF-7. The iASPP expression was analyzed by RT-PCR and Western blot. The cell apoptosis was detected by FCM. The results show that the expression of iASPP is descended and the apoptosis rate is increased after transfection. Therefore, we conclude that inhibition of expression of iASPP may resume the ability of p53 to induce apoptosis in MCF-7 cells.
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter

This paper presents the application of nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) to a point absorber wave energy converter (WEC). Model predictive control (MPC) is generally a promising approach for WECs, since system constraints and actuator limits can be taken into account. Moreover, it provides a framework for defining optimal energy capture and it can benefit from predictions. Due to possible nonlinear effects, such as the mooring forces, an NMPC is proposed in this paper, whose performance is compared to that of a linear MPC. Both controllers are supposed to control a nonlinear point absorber model. Computer simulations show that the proposed NMPC is able to optimize the energy capture while satisfying system limits.
Characterizing behaviour of Complex networks against perturbations and generation of Pseudo-random networks

Vulnerability of a real-world complex network against unwanted attacks and random link failures is an issue of immense concern. A small attack or failure of the network, has the potential to trigger a global cascading breakdown, thereby raising questions with regard to the possible strategies to combat such a mishap. Many works have been published lately, that deals mainly with the revival of a complex network after an attack or failure. In this paper, we propose to build the network architecture in an efficient manner, so that the network can withstand attacks or link failures up to some certain pre-specified limit. We introduce a novel approach to enhance the robustness of a network from the prevention point of view, that is prior to an attack or failure. Simulation results reveal that with a slight increase in the number of driver nodes, from that obtained using the existing maximum matching algorithm, enhances the stability of the network up to a large number of link failures. We also observe that, the sparse and inhomogeneous networks are difficult to control and are less robust, compared to dense and homogeneous networks.
Berkeley Chinese Information Retrieval at TREC-5: Technical Report

For Chinese track in TREC-5, the collection from the People's Daily and Xinhua News articles includes 164.761 documentss and the volume of the collection is about 170 MB. There are 28 queries. The task of Chinese track is to submit 1000 documents for each query ranked in the order of likelihood of relevance to the query. It is a well known problem that there is no separator between Chinese words so that Chinese words cannot be directly used to index or search text as it is allowes in English. Therefore, people used characters, n-grams, or words as search-able tokens. In TREC-5, we tried to use any meaningful string within text as indexing or search tokens. Our basic strategy is to use an exhaustive dictionary to segment document collection and queries and to use Berkeley TREC2 ad hoc retrieval algorithm to rank retrieved documents
Nodes placement for reducing energy consumption in multimedia transmissions

Power consumption is an essential issue in wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) due to the elevated processing capabilities requested by the video acquisition hardware installed on the generic sensor node. Hence, node placement scheme in WMSNs greatly impacts the overall network lifetime. In this context, the paper first proposes a suitable hardware architecture to implement a feasible WMS node based on off-the-shelf technology, then it shows how the energy spaced placement of the wireless nodes reduces the energy consumption in comparison with the classical evenly spaced placement, without affecting the video quality of multimedia traffic.
Emotional Features for Speech Overlaps Classification

One interesting phenomenon of natural conversation is overlapping speech. Besides causing difﬁculties in automatic speech processing, such overlaps carry information on the state of the overlapper: competitive overlaps (i.e. “interruptions”) can signal disagreement or the feeling of being overlooked, and cooperative overlaps (i.e. supportive interjections) can signal agreement and interest. These hints can be used to improve human-machine interaction. In this paper we present an approach for automatic classiﬁcation of competitive and cooperative overlaps using the emotional content of the speakers’ utterances before and after the overlap. For these experiments, we use real-world data from human-human interactions in call centres. We also compare our approach to standard acoustic classiﬁcation on the same data and come to the conclusion, that emotional features are clearly superior to acoustic features for this task, resulting in an unweighted average f-measure of 71.9%. But we also ﬁnd that acoustic features should not be entirely neglected: using a late fusion procedure, we can further improve the unweighted average f-measure by 2.6%.
Design and Development of ReCOPTER : An Open source ROS-based Multirotor Platform for Research

Selection of multi-rotor aircraft systems for robotics research is a trade-off between competing objectives. While Commercial Off The Shelf systems are fast to set up and provide a ready-made platform, they often lack complete documentation and have limited extensibility for allowing researchers to modify them for scientific work. Conversely, developing an aircraft from the ground up is labour intensive and time consuming, and requires substantial experience to ensure a satisfactory result. This paper ranks common robotic multi-rotor aircraft used in research against several criteria for openness, extensibility and performance. We propose a standard platform using open components and an open-source design, specifically geared to the needs of the research community.
Design and Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Based Voltage Control of A 3-Phase Power Converter

This project presents the operation of a distributed generation (DG) system driven by a dcdc step-up converter and a dc-ac voltage source inverter (VSI) interfaced with the power grid by Fuzzy Controller. To create a stable mode when different kinds of loads are connected locally or when working under contingency, the step-up converter must regulate the dc link voltage, allowing the VSI to stabilize its terminal voltage. The power flow between the grid and the DG is controlled by applying a power/voltage method that regulates the amplitude and the displacement of the grid voltage synthesized by the DG, while a phaselocked loop algorithm is used to synchronize the grid and DG by fuzzy. Additionally, a set of simulations are performed independent of the load type or its work regime (whether it is connected to the grid). The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated by experimental results by using Fuzzy Logic Controller.
Tri‐orthogonal polarization diversity for 5G networks

Millimetre‐waves offer the possibility of wide bandwidth and consequently high‐data rate for wireless communications. For both uni‐polarised and dual‐polarised systems, signals sent over a link may suffer severe degradation because of antenna misalignment. Orientation robustness may be enhanced by the use of mutual orthogonality in three dimensions. Multiple‐input multiple‐output polarisation diversity offers a way of improving signal reception without the limitations associated with spatial diversity. Scattering effects often assist propagation through multipath. However, high‐path loss is often considered to limit millimetre‐wave propagation, thereby reducing any reception enhancement through scattering. We show that the inclusion of a third orthogonal dipole at a frequency of commercial interest provides antenna orientation robustness in this setting, as well as improved performance in a rich scattering environment, by means of a Ricean fading channel model. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Differential expression of Bcl‐2‐related proteins in differentiating NT2 cells

&NA; Although the role of Bcl‐2‐related proteins as regulators of the apoptotic process has been well documented, recent studies suggest that they might also be implicated in neuronal differentiation. We have studied by immunocytochemistry, Western blotting and RT‐PCR the expression pattern of BclxL, Bcl‐2 and BAX in the in vitro model of neuronal differentiation constituted by retinoic acid (RA)‐treated NTera‐2/D1 (NT2/D1) cells. Whereas BAX level did not change significantly during the RA treatment, Bcl‐xL level increased markedly during the first week, before returning to basal level during the second week. Bcl–2 expression, undetectable in undifferentiated cells, increased progressively from the first week. From our results, we suggest that, at least in our model, Bcl‐2‐related proteins might be involved in neuronal differentiation.
Self-administered EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in Individuals With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Trial

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-administered Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) lead to reduced pain perception, increased acceptance and coping ability, and better health-related quality of life in individuals with fibromyalgia. Methods: Eighty-six women, diagnosed with fibromyalgia and on sick leave for at least 3 months, were randomly assigned to a treatment group or a wait-listed group. For those in the treatment group, an 8-week EFT treatment program was administered via the internet. Results: Upon completion of the program, statistically significant improvements were observed in the intervention group (n=26) in comparison with the wait-listed group (n=36) for variables such as pain, anxiety, depression, vitality, social function, mental health, performance problems involving work or other activities due to physical as well as emotional reasons, and stress symptoms. In addition, pain catastrophizing measures, such as rumination, magnification, and helplessness, were significantly reduced, and activity level was significantly increased in the treatment group compared to the wait-listed group. However, no difference in pain willingness between the groups was observed. The number needed to treat (NNT) regarding recovering from anxiety was 3. NNT for depression was 4. Conclusion: Self-administered EFT seems to be a good complement to other treatments and rehabilitation programs. The sample size was small and the dropout rate was high. Therefore the surprisingly good results have to be interpreted with caution. However, it would be of interest to further study this simple and easily accessible self-administered treatment method, which can even be taught over the internet. (Less)