Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of Trap Height and Bait Type on Abundance and Species Diversity of Cerambycid Beetles Captured in Forests of East-Central Illinois

Abstract We assessed how height of panel traps above the forest floor, and the type of trap bait used, influenced the abundance and diversity of cerambycid beetles caught in forested areas of east-central Illinois. Panel traps were suspended from branches of hardwood trees at three heights above the ground: understory (∼1.5 m), lower canopy (∼6 m), and midcanopy (∼12 m). Traps were baited with either a multispecies blend of synthesized cerambycid pheromones or a fermenting bait mixture. Traps captured a total of 848 beetles of 50 species in the cerambycid subfamilies Cerambycinae, Lamiinae, Lepturinae, and Parandrinae, and one species in the closely related family Disteniidae. The species caught in highest numbers was the cerambycine Anelaphus pumilus (Newman), represented by 349 specimens. The 17 most abundant species (mean ± 1 SD: 45 ± 80 specimens per species) included 12 cerambycine and five lamiine species. Of these most abundant species, 13 (77%) were attracted to traps baited with the pheromone blend. Only the cerambycine Eburia quadrigeminata (Say) was attracted by the fermenting bait. Three species were captured primarily in understory traps, and another five species primarily in midcanopy traps. Variation among cerambycid species in their vertical distribution in forests accounted for similar overall abundances and species richness across trap height treatments. These findings suggest that trapping surveys of native communities of cerambycids, and quarantine surveillance for newly introduced exotic species, would be optimized by including a variety of trap baits and distributing traps across vertical strata of forests.
Temperature Dependence of Gauge Factor of Printed Piezoresistive Layers Embedded in Organic Coatings

The paper reports on temperature behavior of strain sensitivity of recently introduced screen printing technology facilitating the realization of silver and carbon black piezoresistors embedded in organic coatings. Piezoresistive layers were prepared by screen printing directly on the top of the organic coating. Since no glue or carrying substrates are between the sensitive element and the device under test, the coupling factor is high and the strain is efficiently transferred to the sensing element. The strain induced changes in resistance (piezoresistive effect) are generally lower compared to the changes induced by temperature. The temperature dependence of the sensitivity to strain was investigated utilizing both single element piezoresistors and piezoresistors connected to a Wheatstone bridge. The study analyzes strain-gauges under longitudinal tensile and compressive strain and temperatures up to 80 °C. Screen printed strain gauges can provide reliable and robust strain measurements for coated metallic substrates, the sensor performance is comparable to the conventional solution with glued sensors.
Use of patient-controlled psychiatric hospital admissions: patients’ perspective

Abstract Background: By patient-controlled admission (PCA), psychiatric patients with a PCA contract can initiate a brief admission without a health professional gatekeeper. However, research regarding use of PCA is scarce. Aims: In this Danish multi-centre study, motives for and satisfaction with PCA were explored. Methods: During a 1-year period, patients from 11 Danish mental health units evaluated PCA using a questionnaire developed for the purpose. Results: In total, 190 patients evaluated 462 admissions. The majority had concluded a PCA contract to receive early help. PCA was mostly initiated because of mental health conditions, but also because of social and everyday problems. The purpose was mainly to be at peace and prevent symptom increase. Patients from units with a quarantine period felt more ready for discharge than the others. Patients were in general satisfied with PCA (61.7%), but patients who hoped for improved medication or wished to obtain more care were less satisfied. Conclusions: Patients can use PCA as a means to receive timely help. Motives for patients seeking help are not limited to mental conditions. Expectations that cannot be met within the organizational structure of the PCA programme are associated with less satisfaction. However, regional differences in structures were associated with satisfaction. Patients who had access to shorter PCAs were more satisfied, and a quarantine period may even help patients become more ready for discharge. A brief admission period does not cause dissatisfaction at discharge and can be used in the clinical setting.
The Nine-Hole Peg Test as a manual dexterity performance measure for multiple sclerosis

Impaired manual dexterity is a frequently reported disability in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and is increasingly prevalent with worsening disease. While various tests and patient-reported outcome measures are available, the Nine-Hole Peg Test (NHPT) is considered as a gold standard measure of manual dexterity and most frequently used in MS research and clinical practice. The MS Outcome Assessments Consortium (MSOAC) includes representatives from advocacy organizations, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), academic institutions, and industry partners along with persons living with MS. Among the MSOAC goals are acceptance and qualification by regulators of performance outcomes that are highly reliable and valid, practical, cost-effective, and meaningful to persons with MS. A critical step for these neuroperformance metrics is elucidation of clinically relevant benchmarks, well-defined degrees of disability, and gradients of change that are deemed clinically meaningful. This article addresses the NHPT, the proposed MSOAC measure for upper extremity function. We find that the NHPT is reliable within and between test sessions, discriminates between healthy subjects and MS patients with different levels of upper limb impairment, and shows high convergent validity with other manual dexterity as well as more comprehensive upper limb measures. Ecological validity is established by its relation to perceived upper limb use in daily life and perceived difficulty in performing activities of daily living. The NHPT is responsive to deterioration in longitudinal studies, and research suggests that a 20% change in test score is commonly used to define clinically meaningful worsening, a definition that needs further validation in all stages of the disease.
Pathological complete response to gefitinib in a 10‐year‐old boy with EGFR‐negative pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a case report and literature review

Pulmonary Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) accounts for 0.1‐0.2% of all lung cancer. It occurred in the 3‐78 years old, and 50% patients younger than 30. MEC has no standard treatment, but recently reports indicated MEC without epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations sensitive to gefitinib.
Effect of two-day temperature exposure of neonatal broiler chicks on growth performance and body composition during two weeks at normal conditions.

Newly hatched chicks were allotted to five different climatic treatment groups (28 to 32, 32 to 34, 34 to 35, 35 to 37, and 37 to 40 C) for 2 days after hatch during which feed and water were withheld. Their performance was measured for 2 wk and compared with control chicks kept under normal conditions. During the 2 days of climatic treatment, chicks lost weight of 5.3, 5.4, 6.7, 8.5, and 10.1 g, respectively, but control chicks grew 16.0 g. During 14 days of feed intake, chicks of the highest treatment group grew significantly less (217.5 g) than controls (267.7 g). Also, feed intake was significantly lower (292 versus 386 g). In the group exposed to 37 to 40 C, feed conversion decreased significantly from 1.43 to 1.37 g:g and mortality increased to more than 49%. Body composition of DM, protein, fat, and ash was also estimated. Chicks previously exposed to 37 to 40 C had significantly lower values for the gain in body components: DM (18.49 g), protein (7.13 g), fat (8.75 g), and ash (2.62 g) per chick at 2 wk. The ratios water:protein gain and fat:protein gain after posthatching heat exposure were decreased from 3.82 to 3.45 g:g and . 76 to . 67 g:g, respectively, whereas the ratio of gain in energy retention:weight gain was similar to that of controls.
Detection rate of fetal distress using contraction-dependent fetal heart rate variability analysis

Objective: Monitoring of the fetal condition during labor is currently performed by cardiotocograpy (CTG). Despite the use of CTG in clinical practice, CTG interpretation suffers from a high inter- and intra-observer variability and a low specificity. In addition to CTG, analysis of fetal heart rate variability (HRV) has been shown to provide information on fetal distress. However, fetal HRV can be strongly influenced by uterine contractions, particularly during the second stage of labor. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine if distinguishing contractions from rest periods can improve the detection rate of HRV features for fetal distress during the second stage of labor. Approach: We used a dataset of 100 recordings, containing 20 cases of fetuses with adverse outcome. The most informative HRV features were selected by a genetic algorithm and classification performance was evaluated using support vector machines. Main results: Classification performance of fetal heart rate segments closest to birth improved from a geometric mean of 70% to 79%. If the classifier was used to indicate fetal distress over time, the geometric mean at 15 minutes before birth improved from 60% to 72%. Significance: Our results show that combining contraction-dependent HRV features with HRV features calculated over the entire fetal heart rate signal improves the detection rate of fetal distress.
ILP Formulation for p-Cycle Construction Based on Flow Conservation

The concept of p-cycle (Preconfigured Protection Cycle) allows fast and efficient span protection in WDM mesh networks. To construct p-cycles, conventional algorithms need to enumerate all the candidate cycles in the network before ILP (Integer Linear Program) can be applied to find the optimal solution. To reduce the size of the candidate set and thus speed up the optimization process, heuristic algorithms are proposed for candidate cycle pre-selection at the cost of lower solution quality. Recently, some interesting ILP formulations were proposed to construct p-cycles without candidate cycle enumeration/preselection. But they tend to require a long running time. Following the approach of no candidate cycle enumeration, we formulate a new ILP based on flow conservation in this paper. Numerical results show that our new ILP runs much faster than the existing ones.
Local Directional Probability Optimization for Quantification of Blurred Gray/White Matter Junction in Magnetic Resonance Image

The blurred gray/white matter junction is an important feature of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) lesions. FCD is the main cause of epilepsy and can be detected through magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Several earlier studies have focused on computing the gradient magnitude of the MR image and used the resulting map to model the blurred gray/white matter junction. However, gradient magnitude cannot quantify the blurred gray/white matter junction. Therefore, we proposed a novel algorithm called local directional probability optimization (LDPO) for detecting and quantifying the width of the gray/white matter boundary (GWB) within the lesional areas. The proposed LDPO method mainly consists of the following three stages: (1) introduction of a hidden Markov random field-expectation-maximization algorithm to compute the probability images of brain tissues in order to obtain the GWB region; (2) generation of local directions from gray matter (GM) to white matter (WM) passing through the GWB, considering the GWB to be an electric potential field; (3) determination of the optimal local directions for any given voxel of GWB, based on iterative searching of the neighborhood. This was then used to measure the width of the GWB. The proposed LDPO method was tested on real MR images of patients with FCD lesions. The results indicated that the LDPO method could quantify the GWB width. On the GWB width map, the width of the blurred GWB in the lesional region was observed to be greater than that in the non-lesional regions. The proposed GWB width map produced higher F-scores in terms of detecting the blurred GWB within the FCD lesional region as compared to that of FCD feature maps, indicating better trade-off between precision and recall.
Identifying genes involved in the variability of genetic fatness in the growing chicken.

A precise knowledge of the genome involved in the expression of a quantitative trait could provide a useful tool in breeding programs; molecular genetic methods are capable of yielding this kind of information. An experimental procedure is presented here for identifying genes whose expression is related to weight variability of abdominal adipose tissue in the growing chicken. Quantitative traits are the result of metabolic pathways exhibiting some major regulation stages that are controlled genetically. These steps involve genes that may act as "major genes". With regard to chicken fat metabolism, most fatty acids are synthesized in the liver and incorporated into very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) particles before their secretion into the plasma. Accordingly, the present study focused on the expression of liver genes. The mRNA of lipogenic enzymes (acetyl-coenzyme-A carboxylase, fatty acid synthase, malic enzyme, and delta 9-desaturase) were analyzed. Also studied were apoprotein (apo)A1, apoVLDL-II, and apoB mRNA from 9-wk-old male chickens from two lines selected for high and low abdominal fat pads. Significant differences for apoA1 mRNA levels occurred between fat and lean birds. Moreover, the total quantity of mRNA provided an accurate estimation of the abdominal fat pad (r = .74 with P < .05).
Announcements Versus Conversations to Improve HPV Vaccination Coverage: A Randomized Trial

OBJECTIVE: Improving provider recommendations is critical to addressing low human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage. Thus, we sought to determine the effectiveness of training providers to improve their recommendations using either presumptive “announcements” or participatory “conversations. ” METHODS: In 2015, we conducted a parallel-group randomized clinical trial with 30 pediatric and family medicine clinics in central North Carolina. We randomized clinics to receive no training (control), announcement training, or conversation training. Announcements are brief statements that assume parents are ready to vaccinate, whereas conversations engage parents in open-ended discussions. A physician led the 1-hour, in-clinic training. The North Carolina Immunization Registry provided data on the primary trial outcome: 6-month coverage change in HPV vaccine initiation (≥1 dose) for adolescents aged 11 or 12 years. RESULTS: The immunization registry attributed 17 173 adolescents aged 11 or 12 to the 29 clinics still open at 6-months posttraining. Six-month increases in HPV vaccination coverage were larger for patients in clinics that received announcement training versus those in control clinics (5.4% difference, 95% confidence interval: 1.1%–9.7%). Stratified analyses showed increases for both girls (4.6% difference) and boys (6.2% difference). Patients in clinics receiving conversation training did not differ from those in control clinics with respect to changes in HPV vaccination coverage. Neither training was effective for changing coverage for other vaccination outcomes or for adolescents aged 13 through 17 (n = 37 796). CONCLUSIONS: Training providers to use announcements resulted in a clinically meaningful increase in HPV vaccine initiation among young adolescents.
Canadian Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders in Children and Youth

Objective: Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders often have their onset in adolescence. The sequelae of these illnesses can negatively alter the trajectory of emotional, cognitive, and social development in children and youth if left untreated. Early and appropriate interventions can improve outcomes. This article aims to identify best practices in the pharmacotherapy management of children and youth with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Methods: A systematic search was conducted for published guidelines for schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders in children and youth (under age 18 years). Recommendations were drawn from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on psychosis and schizophrenia in children and youth (2013 and 2015 updates). Current guidelines were adopted using the ADAPTE process, which includes consensus ratings by a panel of experts. Results: Recommendations identified covered a range of issues in the pharmacotherapy management of children and youth with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Further work in this area is warranted as we continue to further understand their presentation in the developing brain. Conclusions: Canadian guidelines for the pharmacotherapy management of children and youth with schizophrenia spectrum disorders are essential to assist clinicians in treating this vulnerable population. Ongoing work in this area is recommended.
Automated Reporting of GUI Design Violations for Mobile Apps

The inception of a mobile app often takes form of a mock-up of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), represented as a static image delineating the proper layout and style of GUI widgets that satisfy requirements. Following this initial mock-up, the design artifacts are then handed off to developers whose goal is to accurately implement these GUIs and the desired functionality in code. Given the sizable abstraction gap between mock-ups and code, developers often introduce mistakes related to the GUI that can negatively impact an app's success in highly competitive marketplaces. Moreover, such mistakes are common in the evolutionary context of rapidly changing apps. This leads to the time-consuming and laborious task of design teams verifying that each screen of an app was implemented according to intended design specifications. This paper introduces a novel, automated approach for verifying whether the GUI of a mobile app was implemented according to its intended design. Our approach resolves GUI-related information from both implemented apps and mock-ups and uses computer vision techniques to identify common errors in the implementations of mobile GUIs. We implemented this approach for Android in a tool called GVT and carried out both a controlled empirical evaluation with open-source apps as well as an industrial evaluation with designers and developers from Huawei. The results show that GVT solves an important, difficult, and highly practical problem with remarkable efficiency and accuracy and is both useful and scalable from the point of view of industrial designers and developers. The tool is currently used by over one-thousand industrial designers and developers at Huawei to improve the quality of their mobile apps.
The influence of micronization, dehulling, and enzyme supplementation on the nutritional value of peas for laying hens.

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of micronization (infrared heat treatment), dehulling, or enzyme supplementation on the nutritive value of three cultivars (Impala, Radley, and Sirius) of peas in laying hens. In Experiment 1, 280 White Leghorn hens were fed diets containing micronized and dehulled peas for a period of 12 wk. The dietary inclusion of peas was 600 g/kg (correction was made for the amounts of hulls in those diets that contained dehulled peas). Egg production (P < or = 0.05), feed conversion (P > or = 0.05), and egg mass output (P < or = 0.05) were lower for birds fed untreated peas. Daily feed intake, egg weight, and albumen quality were not affected. Egg production, feed conversion, and egg mass output were similar for layers fed diets containing micronized peas and those fed the wheat-soybean control diet. Except for daily feed intake, which was reduced (P < or = 0.05), dehulling did not affect (P > or = 0.05) the feeding value of peas. The efficacy of dietary inclusion of a crude enzyme (pectinase) was evaluated in another experiment (8 wk). Pectinase was included in the experimental diets at 0, 50, and 100 U/kg and fed to 252 layers. The inclusion level of peas in these diets was 650 g/kg. There was no effect (P > or = 0.05) of enzyme supplementation on all production traits. Egg production, feed conversion, and egg mass output were 81.9, 83.6, and 83.0%; 1.61, 1.59, and 1.59 and 50.0, 51.2, and 50.3 at 0, 50, and 100 U/kg levels, respectively. It can be concluded that of the treatments tested only micronization had a positive effect on the feeding value of peas for laying hens.
Responses of normal and goitrogen-fed cockerels to different environmental temperatures.

Abstract THE relationship of thyroid function to changes in environmental temperature in chickens has received considerable attention. For the most part the studies have been in birds older than seven weeks of age (Hoffman and Shaffner, 1950; Garren and Shaffner, 1956; Stahl et at., 1961; Huston and Carmon, 1962). Since the responses of younger chicks and of hypothyroid chicks to temperature alterations have been little studied, we were interested in comparing body weight and organ changes in younger normal and hypothyroid chickens exposed to temperatures of 35°, 25°, or 15°C. to assess the importance of thyroid hormone in adjustments to the different temperatures. It was expected that any decided dependence on thyroid hormone in temperature adaptation would be evident from differences in body, liver, comb, bursa and thyroid weights, shank-toe length and liver glycogen concentration. These changes have been shown to be sensitive to thyroid hormone alterations (Snedecor, 1968a). MATERIALS AND…
Effects of selection for growth and selection diet on eggshell quality and embryonic development in Japanese quail.

Decreased hatchability in Japanese quail following selection for growth and relative improvements in hatchability following selection during goitrogen treatment were investigated. An unselected quail line (Line C) and lines selected for high 4-wk body weight while being fed diets containing either 20% CP and . 2% thiouracil (TU) (Line T), or 28% CP and no TU (Lines P and H-CD) were used. Egg weight loss between 0 and 4, and 0 and 14 days of incubation, hatchability, and developmental stage of embryonic mortalities were determined in Experiment 1. Length of the incubation period, and percentages of body water and dry body weight were determined for 10- and 14-day embryos and 18-day-old chicks in Experiment 2. Eggshell quality was determined in Experiment 3. Hatchability was lower in selected than in unselected quail due to increased early and late embryonic mortality. Egg weight loss during incubation was greater in Line P than in Line C eggs. Weight loss, measured across lines, was lower in eggs that hatched than in those in which embryos died early. Percentage body water was higher in Line C than in Lines P and T at 14 and 18 days of incubation; however, percentage body water in Line T was lower than Line P at 14 days. Percentage of dry body weight was greater in Lines P and T than in Line C at 14 and 18 days. Eggshell thickness was greater in Line H-CD when compared with Line C. Increases in eggshell permeability occurring during selection for growth were associated with increased embryonic mortality and decreased hatchability. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)