Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Achyranthes aspera

This study investigated the anti-inflammatory potential of the alcohol extract of Achyranthes aspera Linn. (Amaranthaceae) in Wistar rats after oral administration (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg). This was done using the carrageenan-induced paw edema method (acute inflammatory model) and cotton pellet granuloma test (chronic inflammatory model). The alcohol extract showed significant suppressed granuloma formation. Collectively, these data demonstrate promising anti-inflammatory activity against both acute and chronic inflammation. In addition, inhibition of prostaglandins and bradykinins may play a role. This study revealing the promising anti-inflammatory activity of Achyranthes aspera roots has been carried out scientifically for the first time.
Efficient top-n recommendation for very large scale binary rated datasets

We present a simple and scalable algorithm for top-N recommendation able to deal with very large datasets and (binary rated) implicit feedback. We focus on memory-based collaborative filtering algorithms similar to the well known neighboor based technique for explicit feedback. The major difference, that makes the algorithm particularly scalable, is that it uses positive feedback only and no explicit computation of the complete (user-by-user or item-by-item) similarity matrix needs to be performed. The study of the proposed algorithm has been conducted on data from the Million Songs Dataset (MSD) challenge whose task was to suggest a set of songs (out of more than 380k available songs) to more than 100k users given half of the user listening history and complete listening history of other 1 million people. In particular, we investigate on the entire recommendation pipeline, starting from the definition of suitable similarity and scoring functions and suggestions on how to aggregate multiple ranking strategies to define the overall recommendation. The technique we are proposing extends and improves the one that already won the MSD challenge last year.
Technical debt: towards a crisper definition report on the 4th international workshop on managing technical debt

As the pace of software delivery increases and technology rapidly changes, organizations seek guidance on how to insure the sustainability of their software development effort. Over the past four years running the workshops on Managing Technical Debt, we have seen increased interest from the software industry to understanding and managing technical debt. A better understanding of the concept of technical debt, and how to approach it, both from a theoretical and a practical perspective is necessary to advance its state of the art and practice. In this paper, we highlight the current confusion in industry on the definition of technical debt, their contributions that have led to a deeper understanding of this concept and the limits of the metaphor, the criteria to discriminate what is technical debt and not, and areas of further investigation.
Inverse image editing

We study the problem of inverse image editing, which recovers a semantically-meaningful editing history from a source image and an edited copy. Our approach supports a wide range of commonly-used editing operations such as cropping, object insertion and removal, linear and non-linear color transformations, and spatially-varying adjustment brushes. Given an input image pair, we first apply a dense correspondence method between them to match edited image regions with their sources. For each edited region, we determine geometric and semantic appearance operations that have been applied. Finally, we compute an optimal editing path from the region-level editing operations, based on predefined semantic constraints. The recovered history can be used in various applications such as image re-editing, edit transfer, and image revision control. A user study suggests that the editing histories generated from our system are semantically comparable to the ones generated by artists.
Opção pela vasectomia e relações de gênero

Realizou-se um estudo qualitativo para conhecer o processo de decisao de casais pela vasectomia, as relacoes de genero envolvidas e identificar as fontes de informacao sobre o metodo. Foram feitas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com vinte casais que solicitaram a vasectomia no Ambulatorio de Reproducao Humana do Centro de Assistencia Integral a Saude da Mulher, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Para a analise dos dados, utilizou-se a tecnica de analise do conteudo. A maioria dos casais optou pela vasectomia como ultimo recurso anticoncepcional, apos ter utilizado outros metodos, nem sempre com sucesso. Os homens se auto-atribuiram a iniciativa de se submeterem a cirurgia dada a impossibilidade de criarem mais filhos. Pessoas significativas para eles foram as principais fontes de informacao, suscitando interesse pelo metodo e afastando os temores. As relacoes de genero desveladas oscilaram entre um modelo quase patriarcal, com o predominio dos homens nas decisoes da vida familiar, e um modelo ambiguo nas decisoes reprodutivas, em que as mulheres haviam assumido a responsabilidade da anticoncepcao ate que, diante da inevitabilidade da esterilizacao, os homens consideraram que deveriam colaborar.
Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. for treatment of diabetes mellitus: A review

Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. , commonly known as sea buckthorn (family: Elaeagnaceae), grows wild in Asia and Europe. As one kind of Chinese traditional medicine, H. rhamnoides Linn. berry was effective in treating wounds, inflammation, mucous-membrane-related disorders and diseases such as cough, sputum, cancer and bacterial problem. In diabetes,H. rhamnoides Linn. affected not only the lowering of the blood sugar including fasting blood glucose and 2 h postprandial blood glucose, but also in treating the complications. H. rhamnoides Linn. had been shown to be effective in cell cultures, animal studies, and clinical practice. Although H. rhamnoides Linn. had been shown to have positive effects in relieving symptoms, such as fatigue, dry mouth and dry eye in non-diabetic disease, whether it has the therapeutic effect on diabetes symptoms was still unclear. Studies have to be conducted to test and verify the effect of H. rhamnoides Linn. on symptoms in diabetes patients. On the whole, H. rhamnoides Linn. is a candidate for complementary diabetes therapy. Key words: Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. , diabetes mellitus, blood glucose, complications,symptoms.
Assessing patient satisfaction in an Australian primary mental health care context

Abstract This paper presents the fi rst attempt to provide a national snapshot of patient satisfaction with the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) programme in Australia. ATAPS is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing and provides focussed psychological strategies to patients with common mental health disorders. At the time this work was done, ATAPS was managed locally by Divisions of General Practice; it is now managed by Medicare Locals. We emailed the 105 Divisions operating ATAPS inviting them to provide any survey instruments they had used to gauge patient satisfaction data, as well as any available data. Nine Divisions provided surveys and data. The content of the surveys varied considerably. Eight of the nine surveys included a question regarding overall satisfaction with the service and/or the service provider. However, there were few other commonalities between the surveys. In total, 1,142 of the 1,211 respondents who answered the question about overall satisfaction (94.3%) rated it as positive or very positive. Since this study took place, measurement of patient satisfaction has become a national requirement for all Medicare Locals providing ATAPS services. Assessment of patient satisfaction is especially relevant as ATAPS continues to strive to reach vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations. Recommendations are made to assist Medicare Locals, and other systems of primary mental health care provision, in the further collection of patient satisfaction data.
Recommendation in online shopping malls: results and experiences

Some portal sites have been providing price-comparison services. For the price-comparison services, however, they do not provide personalized recommendations. This paper proposes a strategy of recommendations for the price-comparison services. The strategy uses the click-log data to identify user's preference. We apply the strategy to three recommendation methods. Through the experiments, we have shown the possibility of recommendation for price-comparison services with the real-world data.
Violence, Psychological Features, and Substance Use in High School Students in Hatay: a Cross-sectional Study

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of substance use among high school students and to examine the relationship between substance use and violence and psychological features. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 23 high schools in Hatay in 2006 using a questionnaire consisted of General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results: A total of 1629 students were given study questionnaire. Lifetime substance use prevalence was 38.8 for cigarette smoking, 30.5 for alcohol use, 30.1 for being drunk, 13.9 for regular smoking, 7.1 for volatile substance use, 1.1 for marijuana use, 0.8 for drug use such as heroin, ecstasy, and cocaine. Anxiety scores were higher in smokers while self esteem and self efficacy scores were higher in alcohol users. Exposure to physical violence and use of physical violence within the last year were higher in smokers and in all substance users. Conclusion: Cigarette, alcohol and volatile substances were frequently used among adolescents. The results show that high anxiety is related with smoking, high self esteem and self efficacy are related with alcohol use. Substance use is associated with exposure to and use of violence. Turkish Baslik: Hataya#39;da Lise Ogrencilerinde Madde Kullanimi, Bazi Psikolojik Ozellikler ve Şiddet: Kesitsel Bir Calisma Anahtar Kelimeler: Madde kullanimi; ergenlik; siddet; ozsaygi; ozguven; kaygi Amac: Bu calismada lise ogrencilerinde madde kullanimi sikligini saptamak ve madde kullanimi ile siddet ve psikolojik ozellikler arasindaki iliskiyi incelemek amaclandi. Hastalar ve Yontemler: 2006 yilinda Hataya#39;daki 23 lisede yapilan bu kesitsel calismada siddet ve madde kullanimina iliskin verilerin yani sira ozguven, ozsaygi, sosyal destek ve surekli kaygi olceklerinin yer aldigi bir anket uygulanmistir. Bulgular: Toplam 1629 ogrenci anketi doldurdu. Madde kullanim yuzdesi siklik sirasina gore, hayat boyu sigara deneme 38.8, hayat boyu alkol kullanma 30.5, sarhos olma 30.1, duzenli sigara icme 13.9, uhu, tiner, bali gibi ucucu bir madde koklama 7.1, hayat boyu esrar 1.1 ve hap, eroin, kokain gibi uyusturucu veya uyarici bir madde kullanimi 0.8 olarak elde edilmistir. Sigara kullananlarda surekli kaygi, alkol kullananlarda ozguven ve ozsaygi puanlari yuksek bulunmustur. Sigara ve diger madde kullananlarda hayat boyu ve son bir yil icinde siddete ugrama ve siddet uygulama daha yuksek idi. Sonuc: Sigara, alkol ve ucucu madde kullanimi lise ogrencilerinde yaygindir. Bulgularimiz surekli yuksek kayginin sigara kullaniminda, yuksek ozguven ve ozsayginin ise alkol kullaniminda etkili olabilecegi yonundedir. Madde kullanimi ile siddet uygulama ve siddete ugrama birliktelik gostermektedir.
Effect of a New Spirometric Reference Equation on the Interpretation of Spirometric Patterns and Disease Severity.

Background : A spirometric reference equation was recently developed for the general population in Korea. The applicability of the new Korean equation to clinical practice was examined by comparing it with the Morris equation, which is one of the most popular reference equations used for interpreting the spirometric patterns and for grading the disease severity in Korea. Methods : Spirometry was performed on 926 men and 694 women, aged 20 years or older, in November 2004 at the Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. The subjects' age, gender, height, weight, and spirometric values ( [forced expiratory volume in one second], FVC [forced vital capacity], and ) were obtained. The spirometric patterns and disease severity were evaluated using both equations, and the results of the Korean equation were compared with the Morris equation. The spirometric patterns were defined as normal, restrictive, obstructive, and undetermined according to the level of and FVC. The disease severity was defined according to the level of level for subjects with an airflow limitation, and according to the FVC level for those subjects without an airflow limitation. Results : Spirometric patterns were differently interpreted in 22.5% (208/926) of the men and 24.8% (172/694) of the women after the application of the Korean equation compared with the Morris equation. Of the subjects with airflow limitation, disease severity was differently graded in 30.2% (114/378) of the men and 39.4% (37/94) of the women after the application of the Korean equation. Of the subjects without airflow limitation, disease severity was differently graded in 27.9% (153/548) of the men and 30.2% (181/600) of the women after the application of the Korean equation. Conclusion : Achange in the reference equation for spirometry could have an effect on the interpretation of spirometric patterns and on the grading of disease severity.
A data set of real world driving to assess driver workload

Driving a car is becoming increasingly complex. Many new features (e.g., for communication or entertainment) that can be used in addition to the primary task of driving a car increase the driver's workload. Assessing the driver's workload, however, is still a challenging task. A variety of means are explored which rather focus on experimental conditions than on real world scenarios (e.g., questionnaires). We focus on physiological data that may be assessed in an non-obtrusive way in the future and is therefore applicable in the real world. Hence, we conducted a real world driving experiment with 10 participants measuring a variety of physiological data as well as a post-hoc video rating session. We use this data to analyze the differences in the workload in terms of road type as well as especially important parts of the route such as exits and on-ramps. Furthermore, we investigate the correlation between the objective assessed and subjective measured data.
Extraction of novelty concepts from TV broadcasts with longitudinal user experiments

Recent popularity of online catch-up TV services has facilitated time-shifted TV viewing. However, contemporary services do not utilize the rich information available in broadcast TV content streams. Richer program descriptions and summaries help on-demand viewers to employ new information seeking behaviour to find interesting content. Techniques for content-based analysis of broadcast TV streams aim to improve access to relevant archived TV content and assist in efficient on-demand viewing. In this paper we introduce a methodology that extracts novelty concept words from Finnish broadcast TV stream. The methodology is employed in an online content analysis system, which executes near real-time analysis and indexing of seven free-to-air DVB TV channels. The methodology uses machine learning and statistical data mining techniques to extract descriptive novelty concepts automatically from TV program subtitles. Extracted concepts are further used to summarize and access program content in end-user services that facilitate search and browsing of archived TV content. We show results from user logs of nearly 3 000 sessions to demonstrate how novelty words have been used in our prototype services.
A critical appraisal of the selegiline transdermal system for major depressive disorder

The selegiline transdermal system (STS) is the first antidepressant transdermal medication approved by the US FDA for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Its unique antidepressant delivery system allows for steady release of selegiline over 24 h with minimal fluctuation in drug serum levels. It is able to deliver high enough central nervous system concentrations required for an antidepressant effect without substantially inhibiting Monoamine oxidase-A in the gastrointestinal and hepatic system, thereby reducing the risk of tyramine hypertensive crises especially at the lowest doses. Patient adherence theoretically could be improved due to ease of use and once-daily dosing when compared to oral counterparts’ need for multiple daily doses. Clinical trials have established that doses between 6 and 12 mg over 24 h have been effective for major depressive disorder and tolerated among patients. Episodes of hypertensive crisis with STS have been minimally reported thus far. Overall, STS appears to be an effective agent for major depressive disorder when held to regulatory standards and post marketing analyses. This paper reviews the pharmacologic characteristics of STS and results of studies investigating its clinical efficacy and safety.
Managing Migraine Headaches in Children and Adolescents

SUMMARY The diagnosis and management of migraine headaches can be challenging in children and adolescents. The description of migraine in this population may include symptoms that are not typically described in adults. Treatment options for pediatric migraine is increasing, however remain limited. This article will go through the key components to diagnosing migraine in pediatric patients as well as give options for short and long-term management.
The Effect of 6% Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 on Hemostasis and Hemodynamic Efficacy in Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: a Comparison with 6% Hydroxyethyl Starch 200/0.5

S 14 Background: This study was designed to compare the effect of low-molecular 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 on hemostasis and hemodynamic efficacy with that of medium-molecular 6% HES 200/0.5 in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Methods: Forty-eight patients were randomized to receive up to 33 ml/kg of either 6% HES 130/0.4 or 6% HES 200/0.5. Hemodynamic variables and blood tests including thromboelastography were measured 10 min after induction (baseline value, T0), 5 min after acute loading of HES 10 ml/kg (T1) in hypovolemic p atients, after sternum closure (T2), and 16 hr after intensive care unit (ICU) arrival (T3). Chest tube drainage was recorded until 16 hours after ICU arrival. Results: Hemodynamic variables were similar in both groups. Chest tube drainage at 16 hr after surgery was higher in HES 200/0.5 group than that in HES 130/0.4 group. Maximum clot firmness was decreased in HES 200/0.5 group at sternal closure but not in HES 130/0.4 group. Conclusions: Both HES 200/0.5 and HES 130/0.4 were equally efficient in maintaining stable hemodynamics during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. However, HES 130/0.4 may reduce postoperative blood loss compared to that of HES 200/0.5 at the same dose of 33 ml/kg. (Korean J Anesthesiol 2007; 53: S 14～21)
An investigation of the relationship between the amount of extra-textual data and the quality of Wikipedia articles

Wikipedia, a web-based collaboratively maintained free encyclopedia, is emerging as one of the most important websites on the internet. However, its openness raises many concerns about the quality of the articles and how to assess it automatically. In the Portuguese-speaking Wikipedia, articles can be rated by bots and by the community. In this paper, we investigate the correlation between these ratings and the count of media items (namely images and sounds) through a series of experiments. Our results show that article ratings and the count of media items are correlated.
Occupational Therapy Education, Attitudes on Aging, and Occupational Therapy Students and Therapists Interest in Gerontology Practice

ABSTRACT Aim: This study examined relationships among OT gerontology education, attitudes about older adults, occupational therapist and student “willingness to work” with older adults, and therapist and student identification of OT gerontology practice settings, and explored students' attitudes about older adults and gerontology practice. Methods: This study used a survey design and focus groups. The Refined-Aging Semantic Differential and Facts on Aging Quiz were utilized to assess attitudes and knowledge of aging. Participants included NYS occupational therapists (n = 85) and OT students (n = 144). Results: Significant relationships were found between OT gerontology education and “willingness to work” for therapists (rho = .351, p = .000) and students (rho = .342, p < .001); a weak significant correlation was noted between positive attitudes and therapists' “willingness to work” (rho = −.18, p = .049). Focus group data found strong interest in working with older adults. Conclusions: Findings have implications for relationships between OT education and gerontology practice.
Rotinas de organização de exames e entrevistas no centro de investigação ELSA-Brasil

The ELSA-Brasil (Estudo Longitudinal de Saude do Adulto - Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health) is a prospective cohort study with extensive assessments throughout time. This article describes the routine of clinical tests and interviews performed with participants and the structuring of the Research Center physical space and teams. The ELSA-Brasil assumes that participants will be present at the Research Center to have the tests and interviews performed, according to standard protocols developed by this study. Considering the multiplicity of activities involved, each with specific needs for standardization, several predetermined orders of clinical tests and interviews were created. This ensured a high standard of quality in data collection without harm to participants' comfort. Each participant was previously assigned to a specific sequence of clinical tests and interviews with a predefined arrival time, mean length of stay of five to six hours and departure time.
Autonomous Flight using a Smartphone as On-Board Processing Unit in GPS-Denied Environments

In this paper, we present a low-weight and low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for autonomous flight and navigation in GPS-denied environments using an off-the-shelf smartphone as its core on-board processing unit. Thereby, our approach is independent from additional ground hardware and the UAV core unit can be easily replaced with more powerful hardware that simplifies setup updates as well as maintenance. The UAV is able to map, locate and navigate in an unknown indoor environment fusing vision based tracking with inertial and attitude measurements. We choose an algorithmic approach for mapping and localization that does not require GPS coverage of the target area, therefore autonomous indoor navigation is made possible. We demonstrate the UAVs capabilities of mapping, localization and navigation in an unknown 2D marker environment. Our promising results enable future research on 3D self-localization and dense mapping using mobile hardware as the only on-board processing unit.