Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Living in and Traversing Cities: Place and Identity in Irene Sabatini’s The Boy Next Door

ABSTRACT Movement, or travel, characterises the life of Lindiwe Bishop, the main character and narrator in Irene Sabatini’s debut novel, The Boy Next Door. In this paper I examine how Lindiwe’s movements, and experiences in Zimbabwe’s major cities, Harare and Bulawayo, contribute to her construction of a city-dweller’s and a Coloured identity. I also examine how, as places, the cities are related to her identity formation. In the paper I put forward a social constructionist paradigm of Coloured identity and hold that, as places, Bulawayo and Harare play an important role in Lindiwe’s construction and maintenance of a Coloured identity as well as her identity as a city dweller. Through inhabiting and navigating Zimbabwe’s two major cities, Lindiwe inscribes herself upon these places and constructs and reifies a Coloured identity, thereby highlighting her quest to belong to a racial category and community that offer better prospects and privileges than blackness does.
PET perfusion imaging and nuclear cardiology.

population have coronary atherosclerosis, most of it din ically silent (3,4). Silent myocardial ischemia is increas ingly recognized in symptomatic and asymptomatic mdi viduals (5â€”14). It has an unfavorable prognosis when occurring during exercise testing (7) in patients with recent unstable angina (8) or in asymptomatic patients with perfusion defects after dipyridamole (11-14). Up to 48% of asymptomatic subjects with silent ischemia have a cardiac event (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or sudden death)within 4â€”6 yr(7,9). Fortyto 60%of patients with sudden death or myocardial infarction pre sent no previous symptoms (15â€”18). Therefore, silent coronary atherosclerosis remains a particular problem in cardiovascular medicine because there are no warning symptoms until a major cardiac event occurs. The major questions for cardiovascular medicine are how to identify silent coronary artery disease (CAD) in specific individuals, how to define its severity in either the symptomatic or asymptomatic patient, how to decide ob jectively among dietary, medical, and mechanical inter ventions, how to assess the results itivasively and nonin vasively, and how to reduce unnecessary invasive proce dures by accurately selecting appropriate patients. At the other end of the clinical spectrum, in patients with myo cardial infarction and myocardial salvage by thrombolysis, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or bypass surgeryrequiresreliable measures of myocardial viability and involvement of other coronary arteries to determine definitive mechanical interventions having sig nificant risks.
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases Social Implications of Malaria A

In poor countries, tragically, people die unnecessarily. Having changed ou understanding about issues related to poverty, even in the fight against malaria we must keep in mind a number of issues other than simple lack of economic resources. In this article we tried to discuss the various aspects that make malaria a disease clo malaria on the same poverty of patients who are affected. If you want the program to "Rool Back Malaria" to succeed, you must program interventions that improve the living conditions of populations in endemic area, individually and as communities. As has become clear that the discovery of an effective vaccine will not eradicate the disease, remains a fundamental understanding of mechanisms related to poverty that cause Malaria remains one of the major killers in the world, to help communities affected and individuals to prevent, cure properly and not being afraid of this ancient disease. Introduction. In poor countries, tragically, people die unnecessarily. 1 This is a concept known and recognized throughout the world that the inhabitants of more developed and rich countries have a better life expectancy compared to the poorest countries. The reasons are not only linked to health care costs that often reflects health systems most technologically advanced and rich resources.
Computing the k Nearest-Neighbors for all Vertices via Dijkstra

We are given a directed graph $G = (V,E)$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, with positive weights on the edges, and a parameter $k >0$. We show how to compute, for every vertex $v \in V$, its $k$ nearest-neighbors. The algorithm runs in $O( k ( n \log n + m ) )$ time, and follows by a somewhat careful modification of Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. This result is probably folklore, but we were unable to find a reference to it -- thus, this note.
Searching for gaydar: Blind spots in the study of sexual orientation perception

ABSTRACT There is a growing debate in the research literature and subsequently in the news media and public about the accuracy and utility of ‘gaydar’. Although many gaydar studies report that people can accurately and quickly guess a person’s sexual orientation without direct knowledge, there are others that suggest gaydar can be inaccurate and stereotype-based. Most recently, research on the use of gaydar in artificial intelligence sparked a public outcry about the application and production of gaydar research suggesting that the study of gaydar is a high-stakes public issue in today’s world. The purpose of this article is to highlight this debate, identify the major areas of disagreement and consider a wider range of questions than previously addressed in the literature. This article critically examines conceptual, statistical and analytical problems in the research literature on gaydar and is organised around three central themes: (1) differences in how gaydar is conceptualised and operationalised, (2) data analyses that tend to emphasise accuracy over error and (3) studies that validate long-held stereotypes about LGBTQ+ and gender nonconforming people. This article provides a nuanced discussion about the existence and meaning of gaydar in the context of this ongoing debate.
Charcoal and Total Carbon in Soils from Foothills Shrublands to Subalpine Forests in the Colorado Front Range

Temperate conifer forests in the Colorado Front Range are fire-adapted ecosystems where wildland fires leave a legacy in the form of char and charcoal. Long-term soil charcoal C (CC) pools result from the combined effects of wildland fires, aboveground biomass characteristics and soil transfer mechanisms. We measured CC pools in surface soils (0–10 cm) at mid-slope positions on east facing aspects in five continuous foothills shrubland and conifer forest types. We found a significant statistical effect of vegetation type on CC pools along this ecological gradient, but not a linear pattern increasing with elevation gain. There is a weak bimodal pattern of CC gain with elevation between foothills shrublands (1.2 mg CC ha−1) and the lower montane, ponderosa pine (1.5 mg CC ha−1) and Douglas-fir (1.5 mg CC ha−1) forest types prior to a mid-elevation decline in upper montane lodgepole pine forests (1.2 mg CC ha−1) before increasing again in the spruce/subalpine fir forests (1.5 mg CC ha−1). We propose that CC forms and accumulates via unique ecological conditions such as fire regime. The range of soil CC amounts and ratios of CC to total SOC are comparable to but lower than other regional estimates.
Epidemic Change-Current Traits on Stein-Leventhal Syndrome (SLS)

Stein-Leventhal Syndrome (SLS) is the major health problem that affects about 12–21% of women of fertility age. It causes important distress to women and so many costs for healthcare accounting. In fact, SLS is mainly causes of female infertility. The symptom of SLS is the changing definitions and a range of symptoms have made the path to diagnosis for many women difficult up to 70% of women with SLS in the community remain undiagnosed. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) assumed that 50% of women with SLS will become diabetic or pre-diabetic by age 40. There was a different available studies shown that the women with SLS to be at higher risk for suicide as well as endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and breast cancer. SLS affects the quality of life and psychological disorders like worsen anxiety and depression either due to the features of SLS or due to the diagnosis of chronic symptoms.
A SET-domain-independent role of WRAD complex in cell-cycle regulatory function of mixed lineage leukemia

MLL, the trithorax ortholog, is a well-characterized histone 3 lysine 4 methyltransferase that is crucial for proper regulation of the Hox genes during embryonic development. Chromosomal translocations, disrupting the Mll gene, lead to aggressive leukemia with poor prognosis. However, the functions of MLL in cellular processes like cell-cycle regulation are not well studied. Here we show that the MLL has a regulatory role during multiple phases of the cell cycle. RNAi-mediated knockdown reveals that MLL regulates S-phase progression and, proper segregation and cytokinesis during M phase. Using deletions and mutations, we narrow the cell-cycle regulatory role to the C subunit of MLL. Our analysis reveals that the transactivation domain and not the SET domain is important for the S-phase function of MLL. Surprisingly, disruption of MLL–WRAD interaction is sufficient to disrupt proper mitotic progression. These mitotic functions of WRAD are independent of SET domain of MLL and, therefore, define a new role of WRAD in subset of MLL functions. Finally, we address the overlapping and unique roles of the different SET family members in the cell cycle.
Connection Scheduling in Web Servers 2 Connection Scheduling

Under high loads, a Web server may be servicing many hundreds of connections concurrently. In traditional web servers, the question of the order in which concurrent connections are serviced has been left to the operating system. In this report we examine the performance of a policy that gives preferential service to short connections. We start by finding out the typical service times for CPU, disk and network interface. We then use a client request generator to obtain the client request pattern. We feed these values to an SMPL simulation model for the server. From the results we conclude that preferential service to short connection does improve response time, however, under heavy load this improvement is not significant. Connection Scheduling in Web Servers 2 Connection Scheduling in Web Servers 1
VHDL Library of Arithmetic Units

A comprehensive library of arithmetic units written in synthesizable VHDL code has been developed. The library contains components for a variety of arithmetic operations and for different speed requirements. The library components are implemented as circuit generators in parameterized structural VHDL code. Their modular and well-documented source code allows for simple usage and easy customization. Highly efficient circuit architectures are used, which are optimized for synthesis and cell-based design. In particular, the implemented adder architectures are more flexible and have better performance than the ones typically used in commercial products. This public domain VHDL library is platform independent, and it provides circuits with comparable performance, but higher flexibility and a larger diversity of arithmetic operations compared to commercial data path libraries.
Porosity and Microstructure Analysis in Aluminum Waste Pieces

Aluminum Waste Pieces (AWP) is aluminum waste from the results of kitchen equipment craftsmen in Panti District, Jember Regency, which can be used as raw materials for metal casting into manufacturing products. This AWP is melted to be recycled and thrown into bars. In this study discussed the analysis of ingot porosity from AWP and microstructure observation. Porosity analysis is performed to determine defects in clotting caused by vacancies because metallic liquids are unable to fill compressed areas during volume shrinkage and release of dissolved hydrogen gas during compaction. The waste used is 1-10 cm remaining pieces with a thickness of 0.5-5mm. AWP is casted using the capacity of a three-liter stove container. Another benefit of this research is recycling AWP as raw material for making ingots. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of AWP. The results of this study are remelting or re- casting causes high porosity with an average porosity percentage value of 43.22% for 43 g cluster, 41.85% for 48 g, and 40.55% for 49 g cluster. This aluminum casting ingot has not been used for construction materials, but can be used for other metal coating processes to inhibit corrosion.
Disproportionate Fetal Growth and the Risk for Congenital Cerebral Palsy in Singleton Births

Objective To investigate the association between proportionality of fetal and placental growth measured at birth and the risk for congenital cerebral palsy (CP). Study Design We identified all live-born singletons born in Denmark between 1995 and 2003 and followed them from 1 year of age until December 31st, 2008. Information on four indices of fetal growth: ponderal index, head circumference/ abdominal circumference ratio, cephalization index and birth weight/ placenta weight ratio was collected. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). All measurements were evaluated as gestational age and sex specific z-scores and in z-score percentile groups, adjusted for potential confounders, and stratified on gestational age groups (<32, 32-36, 37-38, 39, 40, ≥41 weeks). Results We identified 503,784 singleton births, of which 983 were confirmed cases of CP. Head/ abdominal circumference ratio (aHR:1.12; 95%CI:1.07-1.16) and cephalization index (aHR:1.14; 95%CI:1.11-1.16) were associated with the risk of CP irrespective of gestational age. Birth weight-placental weight ratio was also associated with CP in the entire cohort (aHR:0.90; 95%CI:0.83-0.97). Ponderal index had a u-shaped association with CP, where both children with low and high ponderal index were at higher risk of CP. Conclusions CP is associated with disproportions between birth weight, birth length, placental weight and head circumference suggesting pre and perinatal conditions contribute to fetal growth restriction in children with CP.
Therapeutic Conflicts in Emergency Department Patients with Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background Patients with multimorbidity are an increasing concern in healthcare. Clinical practice guidelines, however, do not take into account potential therapeutic conflicts caused by co-occurring medical conditions. This makes therapeutic decisions complex, especially in emergency situations. Objective The aim of this study was to identify and quantify therapeutic conflicts in emergency department patients with multimorbidity. Methods We reviewed electronic records of all patients ≥18 years with two or more concurrent active medical conditions, admitted from the emergency department to the hospital ward of the University Hospital Zurich in January 2009. We cross-tabulated all active diagnoses with treatments recommended by guidelines for each diagnosis. Then, we identified potential therapeutic conflicts and classified them as either major or minor conflicts according to their clinical significance. Results 166 emergency inpatients with multimorbidity were included. The mean number of active diagnoses per patient was 6.6 (SD±3.4). We identified a total of 239 therapeutic conflicts in 49% of the of the study population. In 29% of the study population major therapeutic conflicts, in 41% of the patients minor therapeutic conflicts occurred. Conclusions Therapeutic conflicts are common among multimorbid patients, with one out of two experiencing minor, and one out of three experiencing major therapeutic conflicts. Clinical practice guidelines need to address frequent therapeutic conflicts in patients with co-morbid medical conditions.
Combined third-harmonic generation and four-wave mixing microscopy of tissues and embryos

Nonlinear microscopy can be used to probe the intrinsic optical properties of biological tissues. Using femtosecond pulses, third-harmonic generation (THG) and four-wave mixing (FWM) signals can be efficiently produced and detected simultaneously. Both signals probe a similar parameter, i.e. the real part of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3). However THG and FWM images result from different phase matching conditions and provide complementary information. We analyze this complementarity using calculations, z-scan measurements on water and oils, and THG-FWM imaging of cell divisions in live zebrafish embryos. The two signals exhibit different sensitivity to sample size and clustering in the half-wavelength regime. Far from resonance, THG images reveal spatial variations |Δχ(3)(−3ω;ω,ω,ω)| with remarkable sensitivity while FWM directly reflects the distribution of χ(3)(−2ω1 + ω2;ω1, –ω2, ω1). We show that FWM images provide χ(3) maps useful for proper interpretation of cellular THG signals, and that combined imaging carries additional structural information. Finally we present simultaneous imaging of intrinsic THG, FWM, second-harmonic (SHG) and two-photon-excited fluorescence (2PEF) signals in live Caenorhabditis elegans worms illustrating the information provided by multimodal nonlinear imaging of unstained tissue.
Fusion Technique f or Multi-focused Images using Stationary Wavelet Packet Transform

— Image fusion is defined as the process of combining tw o or more different images into a new single image retaining important features from each image w ith extended information content. There are two approaches to image fusion, namely Spatial Fusion and Transform fusion. In Spatial fusion, the pixel values from the source images are directly summed up and taken average to form the pixel of the composite image at that location. Transform fusion uses transform for representing the source images at multi scale. The most common w idely used transform for image fusion at multi scale is Wavelet Transform since it minimizes structural distortions. But, wavelet transform suffers from lack of shift invariance & poor directionality and Stationary Wavelet Transform and Wavelet Packet Transform overcome these disadvantages. The Multi-Wavelet Transform of image signals produces a non-redundant image representation, which provides better spatial and spectral localization of image formation than discrete wavelet transform. In this paper, Multi-Wavelet Transform, Stationary Wavelet Transform and Wavelet Packet Transform w ere combined to form Multi-Stationary Wavelet Packet Transform and its performance in fusion of multi-focused images in terms of Peak Signal to Noise Ratio, Root Mean Square Error, Quality Index and Normalized Weighted Performance Metric is presented.
Prevalence of Hyperhomocysteinemia in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy, total homocysteine concentrations > 15 μmol/L) has been associated with increased risk of many diseases. A systematic review was performed to summarize the prevalence of HHcy in China. We searched multiple international and Chinese scientific databases for relevant literature, and further manually screened reference lists and corresponded with original authors. Pooled prevalence of HHcy was calculated using random effects model. Subgroup analysis, meta-regression and sensitivity analysis were also performed. A total of 36 studies consisting 60,754 subjects (57.3% male; age range, 3–97 years) were finally included. The overall pooled prevalence of HHcy was 27.5%. Geographically, the prevalence was high in north areas, intermediate in central areas, and low in south areas, and was higher in inland versus coastal areas. The prevalence increased with age and was significantly higher in men than in women. Rural residents had a slightly higher HHcy prevalence than urban residents, and the studies conducted during 2006 to 2012 presented a higher HHcy prevalence than those during 1990 to 2005. In summary, the prevalence of HHcy in China is high, particularly in northern populations, the inlanders, males, and the elderly. Homocysteine-lowering strategies are necessary to reduce this highly preventable disorder.
Efficacy and Tolerability of Paliperidone Extended-release in the Treatment of First-episode Psychosis: An Eight-week, Open-label, Multicenter Trial

Objective We investigated the efficacy and tolerability of paliperidone extended-release (ER) tablets in patients with first-episode psychosis (n=75). Methods This was an 8-week, open-label, multicenter trial. The primary outcome variable was scores on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); secondary measures included the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), the Cognitive Assessment Interview (CAI), and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). To assess safety, we measured drug-related adverse events, weight, lipid-related variables, and prolactin and administered the Simpson–Angus Rating Scale (SARS), the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), the Barnes Akathisia Scale (BAS), the Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX), and the Udvalg for Kliniske Undersogelser side effect rating scale (UKU). Results The administration of paliperidone ER resulted in significant improvement in the PANSS, SANS, CAI, and GAF scores (p<0.001) over time. This improvement was evident as early as 1 week. The most frequent adverse events were akathisia, somnolence, anxiety, and sedation, which were well tolerated. Modest increases in weight and lipid profiles were also noted. Prolactin levels were substantially increased at the endpoint in both male and female patients. Conclusion These results indicate that paliperidone ER is effective and is characterized by good tolerability in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms and cognitive functioning in first-episode psychosis.
Type-Safe Layer-Introduced Base Functions with Imperative Layer Activation

Layer-introduced base methods, which are the methods with new signatures in a layer and are added to a class, give layers more freedom to organize definitions of context-dependent behavior. However, we need to be careful so as not to call a layer-introduced base method while the layers that provide the method are inactive. Type-based solutions would help to avoid such a problematic situation, but existing ones are limited to context-oriented programming (COP) languages that have dynamically-scoped (i.e., the "with" based) layer activation. We propose a COP framework in Haskell that supports both imperative and dynamically-scoped layer activation mechanisms, as well as layer-introduced base functions. By representing a context as a stack of active layers in a type of a function in Haskell, type safety---including the guarantee of activation of a layer that provides a layer-introduced function---is checked by Haskell's type system. This paper shows how our framework encodes COP features in Haskell using a simple example.