Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
NGN/IMS-Based Ubiquitous Health Monitoring System

In this demonstration we present an ubiquitous health monitoring system based on the NGN/IMS (Next Generation Network/IP Multimedia Subsystem). It enables us to be taken care of by medical professionals anytime, anywhere using portable medical sensors and mobile networks. To provide seamless health monitoring services, an open, secure and functional platform is required. Such a platform should support multiple functions such as real-time transfer, event notification, and continuous data accumulation. The NGN/IMS is a potential platform to fulfill these requirements, because it is a standard-based open platform, which provides AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting), QoS (Quality of Service) support, event notification and a data management server. We present a system design and a prototype implementation on a NGN/IMS testbed.
Induced Cross-Modal Synaesthetic Experience Without Abnormal Neuronal Connections

Are the kinds of abnormal cross-modal interactions seen in synaesthesia or following brain damage due to hyperconnectivity between or within brain areas, or are they a result of lack of inhibition? This question is highly contested. Here we show that posthypnotic suggestion induces abnormal cross-modal experience similar to that observed in congenital grapheme-color synaesthesia. Given the short time frame of the experiment, it is unlikely that new cortical connections were established, so we conclude that synaesthesia can result from disinhibition between brain areas.
Coloured overlays and their benefit for reading

Children in mainstream schools compared text on white paper with identical text covered in turn by each of ten differently-coloured plastic overlays. More than 50% reported improved perception with one or more colours, and were given the best colour to use. About half used the overlays for more than three months and their reading speed increased when the overlays were used. In Study I children were examined twice using different methods and examiners. 47% chose the same colour on both occasions, and showed the greatest improvement in reading fluency, reliable at retest. In Study II children were issued with a random colour, and the greatest improvements in reading speed occurred when the random colour was the same as that previously chosen. Phonological reading strategies were not related to visual symptoms, or the benefit from overlays. Across individuals, reading speed varied by a factor of more than three, for good and poor readers. Study III provided estimates of the prevalence of improvements based on a sample of 426 children from 12 schools: 5% of children read more than 25% faster with a coloured overlay.
Personality and risk of diabetes in adults: pooled analysis of 5 cohort studies.

OBJECTIVE Diabetes is an increasingly important public health concern, but little is known about the contribution of psychological factors on diabetes risk. We examined whether personality is associated with risk of incident diabetes and diabetes-related mortality. METHOD An individual-participant meta-analysis of 34,913 adults free of diabetes at baseline (average age 53.7 years, 57% women) from 5 prospective cohort studies from the United States and United Kingdom. Personality dimensions included extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience based on the Five Factor Model. RESULTS During an average follow-up of 5.7 years, 1845 participants became diabetic. Of the 5 personality dimensions, only low conscientiousness was associated with an elevated diabetes risk (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.82-0.91 per 1 standard deviation increment in conscientiousness). This association attenuated by 60% after adjustment for obesity and by 25% after adjustment for physical inactivity. Low conscientiousness was also associated with elevated risk of diabetes mortality (HR = 0.72, CI = 0.53-0.98 per 1 standard deviation increment in conscientiousness). Other personality traits were not consistently associated with diabetes incidence or mortality. CONCLUSIONS Low conscientiousness-a cognitive-behavioral disposition reflecting careless behavior and a lack of self-control and planning-is associated with elevated risk of diabetes and diabetes-related mortality. The underlying mechanisms are likely to involve health behaviors, such as poor weight management, physical inactivity, and adherence to medical management recommendations.
Reconciliation via Truth? A Study of South Africa's TRC

Within the transitional justice literature, there is much speculation about the relationship between truth and reconciliation, yet little concrete empirical evidence. This is perhaps unsurprising, as measuring this relationship and proving causation poses significant challenges. Focused on South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission (TRC), the aim of this article is not to definitively answer the question of whether truth leads to reconciliation but rather to explore possible ways of gauging and assessing this. To this end, it poses and engages with three subquestions: Is truth-telling healing for victims, how much truth is needed for reconciliation, and is it enough that people simply accept the truth? The article's principal argument concerns the third of these questions. It proposes that for reconciliation to take place, acceptance of the truth is not sufficient. The truth must penetrate society to the extent that it helps to bring about fundamental changes in the way that people live their daily lives and relate to one another. Hence, in order to measure whether truth aids reconciliation, one possible approach is to focus on the practical and attitudinal effects of truth within a society. The impact of truth on behavior and outlook is an important area for future research. This is an empirical study that draws upon 15 semi-structured interviews conducted in South Africa in July and August 2010.
The business politicians : reflections from a study of political corruption

Political corruption has not disappeared with modernization, as some scholars believed would happen. On the contrary, corruption in Western democracies is often described as 'systemic', 'institutionalized' or 'diffuse'. At the same time, the political class is said to have undergone considerable change: catch-all parties and 'media power' have changed the structure of political careers and created new types of professional politician. Little thought, however, has been given to the specific consequences of corruption for the political class. How do the careers of corrupt politicians evolve? What are the capabilities required of a politician who participates systematically in corrupt exchange? What are the motivations which push individuals, in situations of widespread corruption, in the direction of politics? These are the questions with which the present article proposes to deal. In the first section some hypotheses will be presented on the alterations caused in representative democratic regimes by corruption. In particular, the idealtype of the 'business politician' will be defined as one possessing the abilities necessary for the functioning of the system of corruption. Thereafter, an application of these hypotheses to empirical research will be proposed. The results of an investigation of a number cases of political corruption in local government in Italy will be used to illustrate some of the attributes of the 'business politician': in particular the skills in illegality enabling the organization of corrupt exchange (part II), the networking abilities corrupt politicians utilize to create support and complicity (part III) and, lastly, the fact that politics is their only available route to upward mobility (part IV). In part V, a contribution to the theory of political corruption will be offered, starting from the concept of 'moral cost'. Proceeding deductively, we will discuss the conditions which reduce the moral cost of participation in illegal activities and therefore increase willingness to participate in corrupt dealings.
Délibération publique et discours de légitimation en France et en Grande-Bretagne face à l'intégration européenne

La France et la Grande-Bretagne ont ete confrontees a des difficultes identiques pour s’adapter a l’Union europeenne au niveau institutionnel, comme nous explique l’approche institutionnaliste historique, en tant que regimes politiques « simples » perturbes par le systeme particulierement complexe (« compound ») de l’UE. Neanmoins, ces deux pays ont des apports fortement contrastes a l’integration europeenne, qui s’expliquent par les differences des idees et des discours des dirigeants politiques nationaux, comme nous demontre l’approche institutionnaliste discursive.
Easy programming: empowering people to build their own applications

Three software development tools-Spark, Burn and Firefighter-which take a developer from a rough idea of a task to a working program are described. Spark helps the developer map a specific task to a fairly generic predefined task model and then customize that model to more accurately reflect the task. Spark refines the mapping to yield a configuration of mechanisms, or a task method. Based on this method, Burn builds a configuration of knowledge acquisition tools that translate the developer's knowledge into useful representations, resulting in an application program. Firefighter then takes this program, interviews the developer to identify method or knowledge errors, and iterates with Spark and Burn to refine, modify, and enhance the program. The development of Candlestick, a program that helps people who sell computer-based systems to estimate the size of a system's components, using the three tools is described. <<ETX>>
Performance of the Oxoid M.I.C.Evaluator™ Strips compared with the Etest® assay and BSAC agar dilution

Objectives The Oxoid M.I. C.Evaluator™ (M.I.C.E™; Thermo Fisher Scientific) comprises an antibiotic gradient on a plastic support. We compared its performance with Etest®—a similar product—using BSAC agar dilution as a reference. Methods Parallel MIC tests were performed by M.I. C.Evaluator, Etest and agar dilution on Iso-Sensitest™ agar. In total, 9354 organism/strip combinations were tested by each method, using 1017 bacteria representing clinically important fastidious and non-fastidious species. Results Essential agreement of strip MIC values (±1 doubling dilution) with the agar dilution reference, with off-scale results excluded, was 89.9% for M.I. C.Evaluator versus 89.5% for Etest (P > 0.05). These proportions were similar, at 89.5% and 89.3% (P > 0.05), respectively, if off-scale values were counted as agreeing if they could agree (e.g. a strip MIC >32 mg/L and an agar dilution MIC of 128 mg/L). For both strips, agreement with agar dilution was best for non-fastidious genera, Moraxella, Listeria, Pasteurella and Campylobacter spp. and weaker for streptococci, anaerobes, Neisseria spp. and, especially, Haemophilus influenzae. Many ‘disagreements’, especially for H. influenzae, concerned organisms unequivocally resistant by all methods (e.g. ampicillin MIC 256 mg/L by agar dilution, 16 or 32 mg/L by both strips); nevertheless both strips underestimated imipenem MICs for Proteus. There was no difference between the two strip types in the proportion of agreements with agar dilution (P > 0.05); nevertheless their results agreed better with each other than with agar dilution (P < 0.01). Conclusions The M.I. C.Evaluator performed almost identically to the Etest, giving good agreement with BSAC agar dilution.
Favourable pregnancy outcome in Takayasu arteritis: a single-centre experience.

OBJECTIVES Takayasu arteritis is a chronic large-vessel vasculitis in young women of reproductive age. We aimed to obtain information on pregnancy in TA retrospectively. METHODS Takayasu arteritis patients with history of pregnancy were included in this study. The evaluations included physical findings, serum C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate as well as history and symptoms. Information about pregnancies, abortus, deliveries and newborns was obtained from medical records. Disease activity score, disease damage index appraised Kerr's criteria and vasculitis damage index (VDI) and medication were recorded. RESULTS Thirty-six Takayasu arteritis patients who had a total of 84 pregnancies were evaluated. The mean age of patients ranged 24.5 ± 6.6 years. Subclavian arteries (86%) were the most frequently involved vessels. We were able to complete the follow-up of ten patients who had a pregnancy after diagnosis during the period of pregnancy. Two patients who had renal artery involvement and active disease in third trimester suffered from preeclampsia and a worsening of hypertension. In one of them, disease flared up in the third trimester. There was no active disease in the postpartum sixth month. Maternal heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, death or cerebral hypoperfusion at the time of delivery, asphyxia and newborn anomalies were not seen in any of these patients. CONCLUSIONS TA pregnancies may have a favourable outcome with regular follow-up schedule and close monitorisation of blood pressure.
Gaps And Dualities In Heyting Categories

We present an algebraic treatment of the correspondence of gaps and dualities in partial ordered classes induced by the morphism structures of certain categories which we call Heyting (such are for instance all cartesian closed categories, but there are other important examples). This allows to extend the results of [14] to a wide range of more general structures. Also, we introduce a notion of combined dualities and discuss the relation of their structure to that of the plain ones.
Adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and demyelinating plaque‐like lesions

Adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids is an uncommon cause of dementia. Both hereditary (autosomal dominant) and sporadic cases have been described. A 41‐year‐old African woman presented with inappropriate behavior and personality change consistent with frontal lobe dysfunction. MRI demonstrated diffuse frontoparietal white matter signal abnormality and volume loss, as well as focal enhancing white matter lesions, while CT scan showed white matter calcifications. She had been gradually deteriorating over the last 5 years, diagnosed as having progressive demyelinating illness. She died of recurrent chest infections. There was no familial history. The brain showed prominent symmetrical white matter changes with greyish discolorization mainly affecting the frontal and parietal lobes, with less involvement of the temporal lobe and only mildly affecting the occipital white matter. Histology revealed deep white matter atrophy with many neuroaxonal spheroids labelled by neurofilament and β‐amyloid precursor protein. In addition, scattered inactive demyelinating plaque‐like lesions were found in the periventricular areas, brainstem and the cervical spinal cord. This case had typical features of an adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids. However, we also demonstrated demyelinating plaque‐like lesions, which has not been previously described. The possibility of a demyelinating origin contributing to the changes may be considered in the pathogenesis of this condition.
Seeking Structural Specificity: Direct Modulation of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels by Alcohols and General Anesthetics

Alcohols and other anesthetic agents dramatically alter neurologic function in a wide range of organisms, yet their molecular sites of action remain poorly characterized. Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels, long implicated in important direct effects of alcohol and anesthetic binding, have recently been illuminated in renewed detail thanks to the determination of atomic-resolution structures of several family members from lower organisms. These structures provide valuable models for understanding and developing anesthetic agents and for allosteric modulation in general. This review surveys progress in this field from function to structure and back again, outlining early evidence for relevant modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels and the development of early structural models for ion channel function and modulation. We highlight insights and challenges provided by recent crystal structures and resulting simulations, as well as opportunities for translation of these newly detailed models back to behavior and therapy.
A Pharmacy-Only Refill Program at a Large HIV Clinic in Uganda

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess patients’ experience and satisfaction with pharmacy-only refill program (PRP) and to compare those who were removed from the PRP with those still in the program. Methods: A sample of 446 patients was selected from 1503 patients on antiretroviral therapy that had been enrolled in the PRP for at least 24 months. The study used interviewer-administered questionnaires to assess patients’ experience and satisfaction with PRP. Results: Of the 446 patients, 133 (29.8%) were removed from the PRP. By multivariate analysis, it was found that wanting to see a clinician before their scheduled clinic visit, Christian religion, and not understanding why they were enrolled in PRP were associated with having been removed from the PRP. Patients felt that the greatest benefit from the program was the time that they saved to do other activities. Patients preferred to collect their medication every 3 months instead of every month. Conclusion: All patients interviewed scored the program high, and all recommended that the PRP should continue. Stable patients prefer to see clinicians less frequently and visit clinic less often.
The Demographics of Recycling and the Structure of Environmental Behavior

The influence of socioeconomic and demographic variables on environmentally responsible behaviors is examined. Analysis of data compiled by Statistics Canada from 43,000 households indicates that socioeconomic and demographic variables play an important role as antecedents to such behaviors. The results show that size of residential area, type of dwelling, education, and income are significant determinants of whether recycling facilities are available and used. Furthermore, having convenient access to a recycling program mediates the relationship between socioeconomic factors and recycling practice. Analyses also show that environmental behaviors are structured around specific environmental issues such as water, energy, or waste disposal and suggest that recycling may operate as a first step toward the adoption of other behaviors. The implications of these results for activists and policy makers are highlighted.
Risk factors in HIV-associated diarrhoeal disease: the role of drinking water, medication and immune status

In a cross-sectional survey of 226 HIV-infected men, we examined the occurrence of diarrhoea and its relationship to drinking water consumption patterns, risk behaviours, immune status and medication use. Diarrhoea was reported by 47% of the respondents. Neither drinking boiled nor filtered water was significantly associated with diarrhoea (OR = 0·5 [0·2, 1·6], 1·2 [0·6, 2·5] respectively), whereas those that drank bottled water were at risk for diarrhoea (OR = 3·0 [1·1, 7·8]). Overall, 47% always or often used at least one water treatment. Of the 37% who were very concerned about drinking water, 62% had diarrhoea, 70% always or often used at least one water treatment. An increase in CD4 count was protective only for those with a low risk of diarrhoea associated with medication (OR = 0·6 [0·5, 0·9]). A 30% attributable risk to diarrhoea was estimated for those with high medication risk compared to those with low medication risk. The significant association between concern with drinking water and diarrhoea as well as between concern with drinking water and water treatment suggests awareness that drinking water is a potential transmission pathway for diarrhoeal disease. At the same time we found that a significant portion of diarrhoea was associated with other sources not related to drinking water such as medication usage.
Incidence of interface fluid syndrome after laser in situ keratomileusis in Egyptian patients

Purpose To determine the incidence of interface fluid syndrome (IFS) secondary to steroid-induced elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) following laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in myopic Egyptian patients. Methods This retrospective case series study was conducted at El-Gowhara Private Eye Center. The medical records of 1,807 patients (3,489 eyes), who underwent LASIK to correct myopia from April 2012 to December 2015 were included. The patients were operated on and reviewed by one surgeon (AAG) for IFS after LASIK associated with elevation of IOP (as compared to preoperative values). Results This paper reports the incidence of 2.9% (54 patients) (102 eyes) of IFS induced by increased IOP after LASIK in Egyptian patients. The medical records of 1,807 patients (3,489 eyes) with mean age ± standard deviation (SD) 26.4±2.7 years, who presented with mean myopia ± SD −4.50±1.3 D, mean astigmatism ± SD −1.43±0.8, mean IOP ± SD 15.2±1.2 mmHg, and mean central corneal thickness ± SD 549±25.6 μm, were included. The preoperative anterior and posterior segments, corneal topography, and Schirmer’s test were unremarkable. Conclusion Limiting topical steroids and routinely measuring the IOP post-LASIK are necessary steps to prevent IFS, especially in case of myopia. A high index of suspicion is required to make a diagnosis. High-resolution optical coherence tomography is helpful to confirm the diagnosis.
The Determiner + Adjective Phrase in Spanish

1. The Determiner + Adjective and the Spanish Nominal Phrase. There seems to be universal agreement that the following types of expressions constitute nominal phrases in Spanish: (1) a. los ricos 'the rich' b. las americanas 'the Americans [-masc]', 'the American women (girls, etc.)' c. los azules 'the blues', 'the blue ones (things, types, etc.)' d. el dormido 'the one asleep' e. los cuidadosos 'the careful ones (types, people, etc.)' A significant contrast exists between the syntactic nature of the above Spanish phrases and their English counterparts. The Spanish is quite regular in all cases, employing the usual form of the article and adjective to indicate singular or plural, masculine or feminine. The English, on the other hand, is quite idiosyncratic, in more cases than not requiring some kind of nominal support such as one(s), type(s), etc., which makes the glosses of little help in determining the syntactic nature of the single type of construction in Spanish. The Spanish determiner + adjective phrase (hereafter abbreviated as det A) illustrated in 1 are not confined to the definite article, but the indefinite article, the demonstratives, and the quantifiers are also characteristically used in these constructions. The Spanish det A construction may extend to any adjective without regard to whether the referent (in the sense of Bolinger 1967) is human or nonhuman, the only restriction being the referential possibilities of the adjective:
Influence of Service Quality and Visit the Motivation on Visitors Satisfaction, Behavioral Intention in Museum. -Focused on National Museum of Korea

본 연구의 목적은 박물관 서비스 품질 척도와 박물관 관람동기 요인이 만족도, 행동의도에 각각 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대해 연구하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 PZB의 SERVQUAL모형을 박물관에 맞는 척도 로 재구성하였으며 박물관 방문동기의 경우에는 손일화(2009)의 연구를 참고하였다. 설문은 230개의 설문 지 중에서 214개의 설문지를 이용하여 분석하였으며 각 설문은 국립중앙박물관을 한 번이라도 관람해 본 경험이 있는 사람을 대상으로 2013년 5월부터는 국립중앙박물관을 방문해 본 사람들을 대상으로 예비설문 을 실시하였다. 요인분석을 통해 박물관에 맞는 서비스 품질 척도를 도출하고자 하였다. 그 후 2013년 7월 29일부터 2013년 8월 23일까지 본 설문조사를 진행하였으며 온라인과 오프라인을 통한 설문을 실시하였 다. SPSS 20. 0을 통해 인구통계적인 빈도분석을 실시하였으며 본 논문의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 cronbach α 값을 알아보고자 하였으며 각 요인들 간의 타당성과 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 AMOS를 통해 연구모형의 적합도와 경로계수의 적합성에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과 전시 서비스 품질 척도의 경우 만족도에는 유의한 영향을 끼쳤다. 또한 방문동기의 경우에는 만족도에 일부 유의한 영향을 끼쳤으며 만족도는 행동의도에 유의한 영향을 끼쳤다.