Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Autologous Platelet-Derived Growth Factors (Platelet-Rich Plasma [PRP])

and meta-analysis to determine the efficacy of PRP when used in patients with full thickness rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic repair. Two randomized and three nonrandomized studies met inclusion criteria (n=261). The primary outcome was the rotator cuff retear rate after arthroscopic repair. There was no significant difference in retear rates among patients including those who had large or at-risk tears regardless of PRP treatment status or in patients who underwent a double-row rotator cuff repair. There were no statistically significant differences in the Constant Murley score; Simple Shoulder Test score; American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score; University of California, Los Angeles shoulder score; or Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation score. Due to the inclusion of nonrandomized trials, true meta-analysis could not be performed. Limitations of the studies included: the small patient populations; heterogeneity of repair techniques, differences in rotator cuff tear sizes and number of tendons involved, and the use of various PRP products.
Development of a Cosmetic Procedure Screening Questionnaire (COPS) for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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The Inactive 2009 Hurricane Season In the North Atlantic Basin: An Analysis of Environmental Conditions

The 2009 North Atlantic hurricane season was below normal when considering overall hurricane activity; however, activity was seen to vary sharply from month to month. All activity in 2009 occurred from August through early November with the highest activity in August, less activity in September and October, and only one tropical cyclone in November. Therefore, the 2009 hurricane season had a late start with no storms occurring in June and July. For the 2009 season, it is shown that large scale environmental factors forced by the El Nino event, such as increased vertical wind shear across the Caribbean and decreased mid-tropospheric relative humidity in the Main Development Region (10° N to 20° N and 20° W to 60° W), contributed strongly to the observed patterns of tropical cyclone activity across the basin. Lastly, the activity in the Atlantic in 2009 is compared to that in the Eastern North Pacific Western Development Region (10° N to 20° N and 116° W to 180°), and the potential for long-range seasonal forecasting of Atlantic tropical cyclones is noted. Corresponding Author: Jennifer M. Collins University of South Florida, Department of Geography 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620 e-mail: collinsjm@usf.edu THE INACTIVE 2009 HURRICANE SEASON IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC BASIN: AN ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
An Efficient Texture Feature Extraction Algorithm for High Resolution Land Cover Remote Sensing Image Classification

Remote sensing image classification is very much essential for many socio, economic and environmental applications in the society. They aid in agriculture monitoring, urban planning, forest monitoring, etc. Classification of a remote sensing image is still a challenging problem because of its multifold problems. A new algorithm LCDFOSCA (Linear Contact Distribution First Order Statistics Classification Algorithm) is proposed in this paper to extract the texture features from a Color remote sensing image. This algorithm uses linear contact distributions, mathematical morphology, and first-order statistics to extract the texture features. Later k-means is used to cluster these feature vectors and then classify the image. This algorithm is implemented on NRSC ‘Tirupathi’ area 2.5m, 1m color images and on Google Earth images. The algorithm is evaluated with various measures like the dice coefficient, segmentation accuracy, etc and obtained promising results.
Selected Papers : Research Activities in Laboratories of New Fellows Part II Message Recovery Signature Schemes from Sigma-protocols

This paper presents a framework for constructing message recovery signature schemes from sigmaprotocols. The heart of our construction is a redundancy function that adds some redundancy to a message that only a legitimately signed and recovered message can have. We characterize redundancy functions that make the resulting message recovery signature scheme proven secure. Our framework includes known schemes when the building blocks are given concrete implementations, so it presents insightful explanation into their structure. † NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories Musashino-shi, 80-8585 Japan Email: abe.masayuki@lab.ntt. co.jp
ANÁLISE DE CONTEÚDO: EXEMPLO DE APLICAÇÃO DA TÉCNICA PARA ANÁLISE DE DADOS QUALITATIVOS

Estudos qualitativos vem ganhando, ao longo do tempo, notoriedade nas pesquisas da area de Administracao. Nesse sentido, a tecnica analise de conteudo esta sendo muito utilizada nesses estudos. Entretanto, muitos autores se apropriam da tecnica de analise de conteudo, de forma erronea, ou seja, nao seguem as recomendacoes e as etapas necessarias para a construcao da analise, previstas por autores que propuseram ou popularizam o uso da tecnica, como Bardin (1977). Tendo em vista a problematica exposta, este estudo pretende fazer frente a esta lacuna, tendo por objetivo descrever, de forma sistematica, a forma de aplicacao da tecnica analise de conteudo, em um estudo qualitativo. Sendo assim, este estudo de carater descritivo, foi elaborado com a intencao de ser um guia para pesquisadores iniciantes em analises de dados qualitativos. Como principal resultado e contribuicao, apresenta-se a forma de conducao da analise de conteudo empreendida em uma dissertacao de mestrado no campo da area da Administracao.
Revision 1: Ilmenite phase transformations in suevite from the Ries impact structure (Germany) record evolution in pressure, temperature, and oxygen fugacity conditions

Aggregates of ilmenite with varying amounts of rutile, ferropseudobrookite, and 11 pseudorutile in suevites from the Ries impact structure have been analyzed by light microscopy, 12 analytical scanning electron microscopy, electron microscope analysis, and Raman spectroscopy 13 to constrain their formation conditions. The 10s-100s μm aggregates comprise isometric ilmenite 14 grains up to 15 μm in diameter that form a foam structure (i.e., smoothly curved grain boundaries 15 and 120° angles at triple junctions). Grains with foam structure show no internal misorientations, 16 indicating a post-impact formation. In contrast, ilmenite grains with internal misorientation 17 occurring in the core of the aggregates are interpreted as shocked remnant ilmenite originating 18 from the target gneisses. They can contain twin lamellae that share a common {1120} plane with 19 the host and the c-axis is oriented at an angle of 109° to that of the host. Similarly, the new grains 20 with foam structure display up to three orientation domains, sharing one common {1120} plane 21 for each pair of domains and c-axes at angles of 109° and 99°, respectively. This systematic 22 2 orientation relationship likely reflects a cubic supersymmetry resulting from the transformation of 23 the initial ilmenite upon shock (>16 GPa) to a transient perovskite-type high-pressure phase 24 (liuite), subsequent retrograde transformation to the polymorph wangdaodeite, and then back25 transformation to ilmenite. Whereas the new grains with foam structure formed from complete 26 transformation, the twin domains in the shocked ilmenite are interpreted to represent only partial 27 transformation. Ferropseudobrookite occurs mostly near the rim of the aggregates. An 28 intergrowth of ferropseudobrookite, ilmenite, and rutile as well as magnetite or rarely armalcolite 29 occurs at contact with the (devitrified) matrix. The presence of ferropseudobrookite indicates high 30 temperature (>1140°C) and reducing conditions. The surrounding matrix provided Mg to form 31 the ferropseudobrookite-armalcolite solid solution. Rutile can occur within the aggregates and/or 32 along the ilmenite boundaries; it is interpreted to have formed together with iron during the 33 decomposition of ilmenite at lower temperatures (850°-1050°C). We suggest magnetite in the 34 rims formed by electrochemical gradients driven by the presence of a reducing agent, where Fe 35 within ilmenite diffused towards the rim. Subsequent cooling under oxidizing conditions led to 36 the formation of magnetite from the iron-enriched rim as well as pseudorutile around ilmenite 37 grains. 38 Our study demonstrates that the specific crystallographic relationships of ilmenite grains with 39 foam structure indicate a back-transformation from high (shock) pressures >16 GPa; moreover, 40 the presence of associated Fe-Ti oxides helps indicate local temperature and oxygen fugacity 41 conditions. 42
Patients' views and experiences of delayed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

BACKGROUND Diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be challenging and patients have been found to experience significant diagnostic delay, which can lead to poorer clinical outcomes. The reasons for this delay are not fully understood, and exploring patients' perspectives can offer important insights. AIM To explore the views and experiences of patients who self-report a delay in IBD diagnosis. DESIGN & SETTING Qualitative methodology, using semi-structured interviews. Participants were recruited via social media and a national IBD charity. METHOD Interviews were conducted by telephone. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and drawing on the constant comparison method. RESULTS Sixteen interviews were carried out. Ten participants were female; six male, aged 20-65. Four main themes were identified: patient factors contributing to delay; primary care factors contributing to delay; systemic factors contributing to delay; and perceived consequences of delayed diagnosis. Participants reported initially not seeking help due to embarrassment or normalising their symptoms. Having consulted, participants reported further delay in receiving a diagnosis due to their perception that GPs had either mislabelled symptoms, expressed uncertainty or not taken symptoms seriously. Systemic factors, including lack of access to test results and communication issues across primary and secondary care, were also cited as contributing to delayed diagnosis. Several participants felt that their delayed diagnosis led to poorer clinical outcomes. CONCLUSION These findings can support patients and GPs in their conversations about symptoms that may indicate IBD, and potentially contribute to reducing diagnostic delay, as well as informing future primary care interventions.
DePaul Discoveries DePaul Discoveries

Lead (Pb) is a harmful element whose presence threatens the well-being of living organisms and their environments. There are higher concentrations and an increased risk of Pb exposure in areas that provide fewer natural pathways for Pb to accumulate into. In urban areas, the soil is one of the most common and available environmental sinks for Pb accumulation. This study examines the total soil Pb concentrations in relation to land-use types and average daily traffic volumes (cars/day) in each census tract in the Uptown Community Area of Chicago. This study provides insight into how land use and traffic volume may affect total soil Pb. This study hypothesizes that total soil Pb concentrations will be higher in areas with more non-residential land use, including commercial and industrial land use, and that total soil Pb concentrations will be higher in areas with higher average daily traffic volumes. Soil samples were collected with the help of DePaul University citizen scientists from five randomly generated locations in the parkways of each census tract in the Uptown Community Area on the North side of Chicago. Soil Pb concentrations of each sample were determined using EPA Method 3050B acid-digestion method. The average daily traffic volumes (obtained from the City of Chicago and the Illinois Department of Transportation), the percentage of commercial and industrial land use (obtained from the Metropolitan Agency for Planning), and the average soil Pb concentration by census tract were mapped using ArcGIS Pro. There was no statistically significant difference in mean soil Pb concentrations between census tracts. There was no statistically significant effect of average daily traffic volumes or percentage of commercial and industrial land use on soil Pb concentration. A correlation test indicated that there is no significant correlation between the average daily traffic volumes and soil Pb concentration between census tracts but was suggestive of a moderate positive correlation between these variables. A correlation test between the percentage of commercial and industrial land use and soil Pb concentrations did not produce a statistically significant
Interpreting informational cues: An explorative study on information use among prospective homebuyers

This article elaborates the picture of information use from the perspective of interpreting informational cues about the attributes of entities. It is assumed that such activity draws on cognitive mechanisms that are employed as the constituents of diverse interpretation approaches to informational cues. The empirical data of the study were gathered by means of think aloud method from 16 prospective homebuyers in 2008. The participants interpreted informational cues available in announcements published in a printed housing listing issue and a Web-based information system serving the needs of prospective homebuyers. The data were examined by means of qualitative content analysis. By drawing on the findings of Zhang and her associates, the study revealed 7 cognitive mechanisms: identification of key attributes, specification, evaluation, comparison by similarity, comparison by differentiation, explanation, and conclusion. Three major approaches employed in the interpetation of informational cues were identified. The descriptive-evaluative approach draws on the identification and evaluation of individual attributes of an entity. The comparative approach is more sophisticated because it is based on the evaluation of the attributes by their perceived similarity or differentiation. Finally, the explanatory approach draws on the identification of attributes with causal potential. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Intake time as potential predictor of methane emissions from cattle

Measuring enteric methane (CH 4 ) produced by cattle is central for the construction of national greenhouse gas inventories and for devising strategies to mitigate the environmental footprint of ruminant livestock. Efforts to estimate or measure enteric CH 4 emissions in cattle include techniques such as the Green-Feed system, laser detectors, respiration chambers, and the SF6 technique. However, using these tools on a large scale is complicated and expensive. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternative methods to estimate CH 4 emissions from cattle. The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential use of intake time (IT) to estimate enteric CH 4 emissions in cattle. The CH 4 emissions of seven steers were
Contamination: a comparison of 2 personal protective systems

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the difference in self-contamination rates and levels of contact and droplet protection associated with enhanced respiratory and contact precautions (E-RCP) and a personal protective system that included a full body suit, personal protective equipment and a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR). Methods: In this prospective, randomized, controlled crossover study, 50 participants donned and removed E-RCP and PAPR in random order. Surrogate contamination consisted of fluorescein solution and ultraviolet (UV) light– detectable paste, which was applied after each ensemble was donned. A blinded evaluator inspected participants for contamination using a UV lamp after removal of each ensemble. Areas of contamination were counted and measured in square centimetres. Donning and removal violations were recorded. The primary end point was the presence of any contamination on the skin or base clothing layer. Results: Participants wearing E-RCP were more likely to experience skin and base-clothing contamination; their contamination episodes measuring ≥ 1 cm2 were more frequent, and they had larger total areas of contamination (all p < 0.0001). The anterior neck, forearms, wrists and hands were the likeliest zones for contamination. Participants donning PAPR committed more donning procedure violations (p = 0.0034). Donning and removing the PAPR system took longer than donning and removing E-RCP garments (p < 0.0001). Interpretation: Participants wearing E-RCP were more likely to experience contamination of their skin and base clothing layer. Those wearing PAPR required significantly more time to don and remove the ensemble and violated donning procedures more frequently.
A Regional Input-Output Model For Izmir

Input-output (I-O) tables provide a snapshot of an economy, with details on i) intersectoral exchange of intermediate inputs, ii) components of final demand for sectoral outputs, and iii) components of sectoral value added and production. The tables are generally prepared by national statistics institutes at a national level. Even though their policy and academic value are not refuted, regional tables and regional models are seldom produced. This paper presents a 36 sector regional I-O table, the 2008 IZKA (Izmir Kalkinma Ajansi, Izmir Development Agency) Izmir Table, and a model for the Izmir province of Turkey. Table construction process requires an update of the available Turkish national table. The update of the national table and the construction of the regional model are detailed. A structural analysis of the Izmir province is performed through the constructed table.
International Association for Management of Technology Iamot 2015 Conference Proceedings Management of Technological Innovation for Sustainable Growth: an Ontological Meta‐analysis International Association for Management of Technology Iamot 2015 Conference Proceedings

The concept of sustainable growth has been gaining momentum globally due to the need to manage limited resources like energy, food and air while at the same time sustaining the growth of economies for the wellbeing of the people. Technological innovations are the key to optimizing the use of resources in societies pursuing sustainable growth. The interest in managing technological innovations for sustainable growth (MOTISG) is emerging from different groups of stakeholders who bring their own approaches, frameworks or biases to study the problem. The challenges of sustainable growth under these partial perspectives and particular lenses generate narrowly focused knowledge in the respective stakeholders' domains. But such knowledge may not be necessarily compatible across domains, when seen from a more comprehensive perspective. For example, technological innovations to use green energy in manufacturing for sustainable economic growth may adversely affect the local farmers' agricultural practices and hence their social and cultural growth. A systematic and systemic approach is needed to inclusively understand, assess, plan, manage and monitor the effectiveness of strategies, policies, and practices of sustainable growth. Such a complex ecosystem is not amenable to simple, fragmented analysis. Also, the results of the analyses have to be comprehensively synthesized to orchestrate the efforts and measure the consequences of decisions. Thus, our central questions are: How to represent in an integrative framework the knowledge generated to manage technological innovation for sustainable growth? Are there emphases or gaps in the knowledge generated and transferred among communities of science and practice for technological innovation for sustainable growth? The authors propose an ontological framework for MOTSIG and conduct a meta‐analysis of the available literature and systematically map the scientific publications of the last five years in this 1 Authors are listed in alphabetical order of last name. P050 area. The ontology has five dimensions derived from the definition of the domain – Stakeholder, Management, Innovation, Technology, and Growth. Each dimension is defined by a taxonomy of constituent elements. A taxonomy may be extended by adding categories, reduced by eliminating them, refined by adding subcategories, and coarsened by aggregating them. The dimensions are arranged left to right, with adjacent suffixes and prefixes, such that one can construct a natural English sentence by concatenating an element from each dimension with the suffixes/prefixes. By mapping and meta‐analyzing papers indexed in a comprehensive, curated bibliographic database, we identify areas of knowledge that have received more attention in the period …
Mammalian bioturbation amplifies rates of both, hillslope sediment erosion and accumulation, 1 in coastal Chile

42 Soil bioturbation activity affects soil texture, bulk density, soil water content and redistribution of 43 nutrients. All of these parameters influences sediment redistribution, which shapes the earth surface. 44 Hence it is important to include bioturbation into erosion models. However, up to present, the inclusion 45 of bioturbation into erosion models was limited. This is because to realistically include bioturbation into 46 the modelling, the interplay between bioturbation, sediment redistribution and environmental parameters 47 is not understood. 48 Here, we included bioturbation into a soil erosion model and interpreted the impacts of bioturbation on 49 sediment redistribution. To do this, we measured the needed soil properties and location of burrows 50 created by bioturbating animals in four research sites located along the Chilean climate gradient. Then, 51 we parametrized a semi-empirical erosion model by applying machine learning algorithms to upscale 52 soil properties and burrow distribution. We ran the model for a time period of 6 years under two 53 conditions: With and without bioturbation. We validated the model using several sediment fences in the 54 field. We estimated the modelled sediment redistribution and surface runoff in all climate zones. Lastly, 55 we identified environmental parameters determining the positive or negative impact of bioturbation on 56 sediment redistribution. 57 We found that the model with integrated bioturbation performed much better (R 2 = 0.71, RMSE = 0.63) 58 than the model without integrated bioturbation (R 2 = 0.17, RMSE = 1.18), meaning that model runs which 59 considered bioturbation predicted the sediment redistribution more realistically. Furthermore, 60 bioturbation increased sediment redistribution in all but the humid climate zone, especially in the 61 Mediterranean zone. The quantity of sediment redistributed due to bioturbation was reliant on an 62 interplay between elevation, slope, surface roughness and sink connectivity. Overall, bioturbation 63 enhances sediment erosion in areas where more erosion is expected, and enhances sediment 64 accumulation in areas which are more prone to accumulate sediment. In other words, considering 65 bioturbation when studying earth surface evolution means an amplification of existing tendencies in 66 sediment redistribution, and leads to a faster hillslope relief equalisation.