Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Incidence of Postblepharoplasty Orbital Hemorrhage and Associated Visual Loss

Purpose: Orbital hemorrhage, especially when associated with visual loss, is a significant complication of cosmetic eyelid surgery. We investigated the incidence of this complication among cases handled by members of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. We also reviewed the length of time between surgery and the onset of bleeding and sought any factors that may contribute to these cases. Methods: A 2-page questionnaire was sent to all American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery members. Responses were tabulated as to total numbers of cases performed, the incidence of postoperative orbital hemorrhage, treatments, and incidence of permanent visual loss. Comorbidities were also reviewed. Results: Two hundred thirty-seven responses were received from American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery members, collectively representing 269,433 cases. Among these cases, there were 149 orbital hemorrhages, 48 cases associated with temporary visual loss, and 12 cases associated with permanent visual loss. The majority of these cases occurred within the first 3 hours of surgery, and the risk decreased significantly after 24 hours after surgery. Common comorbidities were hypertension, perioperative aspirin use, postoperative vomiting, and increased physical activity. Treatment commonly consisted of wound drainage with cauterization of active bleeders, lateral canthotomy, intravenous steroids, and intraocular pressure–lowering drugs. Orbital decompression was infrequently used; anterior chamber paracentesis was not used. This study is limited by recall biases regarding the number of cases performed by each responding surgeon and the number of relevant cases of orbital hemorrhage. Conclusions: The incidence of orbital hemorrhage associated with cosmetic eyelid surgery is 0.055% (1:2,000), and orbital hemorrhage with permanent visual loss is 0.0045% (1:10,000). Development of orbital hemorrhage is most common within the first 24 hours after surgery, especially within the first 0 to 3 hours, but can occur as late as several days after surgery.
Machine Learning with Deep Learning Approach for Cyber Security Threats Prevention Model

The need for effective cybersecurity solutions has never been greater than in today's world of constant digitalization and interconnection. This study explores the use of deep learning to the creation of a model for preventing cyber security threats using machine learning. The model is meant to successfully identify and prevent cyber-attacks by analysing network traffic and system behaviour using a convolutional neural network (CNN) linked with variationalautoencoders (VAEs). This study's findings illustrate the model's competency in threat recognition with a high degree of accuracy, precision, and recall. Actively monitoring and evaluating network data, providing automatic threat identification and response, further demonstrates its usefulness when used in the real world. This work sets the path for future developments in quantum-resistant encryption, adversarial machine learning studies, deep learning architectures, autonomous cybersecurity systems, explainable AI, and global threat intelligence cooperation. These new approaches have great potential for paving the way towards a more secure and resilient cyber future.
Experimental amblyopia in monkeys. II. Behavioral studies in strabismic amblyopia.

Esotropia was experimentally produced in three and exotropia in two rhesus macaque monkeys at different ages after birth. The animals were conditioned to respond behaviorally to Landolt rings of different sizes in order to determine visual acuity. After this task was mastered by the animals, complete tarsorrhaphy was performed on the fixating eye, and acuity measurements were resumed with the deviated eye. Strabismic amblyopia was present in two esotropic monkeys that had experimental onset of strabismus during the first week of life. In both animals the amblyopic eye showed recovery in acuity but had not reached the level of acuity of the sound eye by the time this report was written. Amblyopia was absent in the third esotropic animal, whose onset of surgical strabismus was at 15 months, and it was absent in the two exotropic monkeys, who could hold fixation with either eye.
Three-dimensional Analysis of Root Canal Geometry by High-resolution Computed Tomography

A detailed understanding of the complexity of root canal systems is imperative to ensure successful root canal preparation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential and accuracy of a three-dimensional, non-destructive technique for detailing root canal geometry by means of high-resolution tomography. The anatomy of root canals in 12 extracted human maxillary molars was analyzed by means of a micro-computed tomography scanner (μCT, cubic resolution 34 μm). A special mounting device facilitated repeated precise repositioning of the teeth in the μCT. Surface areas and volumes of each canal were calculated by triangulation, and means were determined. Model-independent methods were used to evaluate the canals' diameters and configuration. The calculated and measured volumes and the areas of artificial root canals, produced by the drilling of precision holes into dentin disks, were well-correlated. Semi-automated repositioning of specimens resulted in near-perfect matching (< 1 voxel) when outer canal contours were assessed. Root canal geometry was accurately assessed by this innovative technique; therefore, variables and indices presented may serve as a basis for further analyses of root canal anatomy in experimental endodontology.
Leveraging Social Networks To Motivate Individuals to Reduce their Ecological Footprints

What role can social networking Websites play in supporting large-scale group action and change? We are proposing to explore their use in supporting individual reduction in personal energy consumption. In this we summarize some existing uses of social networking on the Web and propose an approach that integrates feedback about ecological footprint data into existing social networking sites and Internet portal sites. Integrating such feedback into popular, commonly used sites allows frequent feedback about performance, while enabling the exploration motivational schemes that leverage group membership. We propose to compare different motivational schemes in three ways: reduction in C02 emission; lifestyle changes; and ongoing use by users who join the site (retention)
The Psychology of Cooperation - Consequences of Descriptions. The power of creative dialogues

This paper contains a discus.sion on different ways. of describing the phenomenon cooperation. These perspectives are in turn used in understanding the descriptions of cooperation as given in different contexts. From one of the perspectives one sees those aspects of cooperation which shows some resemblance with those of a creative dialogue. Oil the basis of a discussion of these aspects we may give some guidelines for the development of computer-based systems supporting cooperation.
Noise Analysis in Comparator Circuits

In this paper, a way for analyzing noise processes in comparators is presented. Noise has a significant impact on the correct operation of the comparator and on different devices based on it, for instance on ADCs. The comparator is considered as a linear time-varying system; therefore, noise analysis is carried out in the time domain. General expressions are obtained for determining the variance of the output noise power of comparator. As an example, architecture of single- and double-tail comparators are considered, and expressions of the input and output noise are found. PSS/Pnoise modeling was performed and the results were compared with the measured ones.
ISS controller synthesis of affine fuzzy systems

This article studies robust stability of affine fuzzy systems in the framework of input-to-state stability (ISS) using piecewise ISS Lyapunov function by which additive disturbance inputs are explicitly taken into account in the synthesis procedures. The sufficient conditions for ISS of affine fuzzy systems are expressed in terms of bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs), and further converted to LMIs in some special cases.
Presentence Investigation Reports: A Relevant Justice Model Tool or a Medical Model Relic?

As the clinically driven paradigm associated with the earlier era of criminal justice policy making known as the medical model has been replaced more recently by the legislatively defined prescriptions of the justice model, accompanying changes have occurred throughout the system. From the discretion of judges to the crowding of correctional institutions, few criminal justice operational practices have escaped the influence of changing public policy ideologies as the political pendulum has swung over time; presentence investigation (PSI) reports are no exception. Once the back-bone of a microoriented emphasis on the individual offender's potential for change, the nature, role, and impact of PSIs have been transformed as the system has shifted to policy-based sentencing practices that place higher value on personal accountability and procedural uniformity. Social forces that have shaped these alterations over time are explored in this article, along with how they have progressively affected and altered the basic functions of PSIs. Practical staff-related consequences of these developments are discussed, along with implications for future PSI utility and alternative research methodologies for exploring its potential influence.
On Symmetric Indivisibility of Countable Structures

A structure M ≤ N is symmetrically embedded in N if any σ ∈ Aut(M) extends to an automorphism of N . A countable structureM is symmetrically indivisible if for any coloring of M by two colors there exists a monochromatic M′ ≤ M such that M′ ∼= M and M′ is symmetrically embedded inM. We give a model-theoretic proof of the symmetric indivisibility of Rado’s countable random graph [9] and use these new techniques to prove that Q and the generic countable triangle-free graph Γ4 are symmetrically indivisible. Symmetric indivisibility of Q follows from a stronger result, that symmetrically embedded elementary submodels of (Q,≤) are dense. As shown by an anonymous referee, the symmetrically embedded submodels of the random graph are not dense.
Iraq, American Empire, And The War On Terrorism

: The U.S. government is trying to secure continuing American military and economic supremacy on a global scale over the long term. The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq is part of this imperial project, which is now being pursued under the mantle of the war on terrorism. This essay examines these developments in the context of U.S. military spending and foreign policy since the end of the cold war, and it argues that there is reason to be concerned about the continuing viability of democratic government in the United States.
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Circulating Microparticles

Microparticles (MPs) derived from platelets, monocytes, endothelial cells, red blood cells, and granulocytes may be detected in low concentrations in normal plasma and at increased levels in atherothrombotic cardiovascular diseases. The elucidation of the cellular mechanisms underlying the generation of circulating MPs is crucial for improving our understanding of their pathophysiological role in health and disease. The flopping of phosphatidylserine (PS) to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane is the key event that will ultimately lead to the shedding of procoagulant MPs from activated or apoptotic cells. Research over the last few years has revealed important roles for calcium-, mitochondrial-, and caspase-dependent mechanisms leading to PS exposure. The study of Scott cells has unraveled different molecular mechanisms that may contribute to fine-tuning of PS exposure and MP release in response to a variety of specific stimuli. The pharmacological modulation of MP release may have a substantial therapeutic impact in the management of atherothrombotic vascular disorders. Because PS exposure is a key feature in pathological processes different from hemostasis and thrombosis, the most important obstacle in the field of MP-modulating drugs seems to be carefully targeting MP release to relevant cell types at an optimal level, so as to achieve a beneficial action and limit possible adverse effects.
Virtual stress testing of fracture stability in soldiers with severely comminuted tibial fractures

Virtual stress testing (VST) provides a non‐invasive estimate of the strength of a healing bone through a biomechanical analysis of a patient's computed tomography (CT) scan. We asked whether VST could improve management of patients who had a tibia fracture treated with external fixation. In a retrospective case‐control study of 65 soldier‐patients who had tibia fractures treated with an external fixator, we performed VST utilizing CT scans acquired prior to fixator removal. The strength of the healing bone and the amount of tissue damage after application of an overload were computed for various virtual loading cases. Logistic regression identified computed outcomes with the strongest association to clinical events related to nonunion within 2 months after fixator removal. Clinical events (n = 9) were associated with a low tibial strength for compression loading (p < 0.05, AUC = 0.74) or a low proportion of failed cortical bone tissue for torsional loading (p < 0.005, AUC = 0.84). Using post‐hoc thresholds of a compressive strength of four times body‐weight and a proportional of failed cortical bone tissue of 5%, the test identified all nine patients who failed clinically (100% sensitivity; 40.9% positive predictive value) and over three fourths of those (43 of 56) who progressed to successful healing (76.8% specificity; 100% negative predictive value). In this study, VST identified all patients who progressed to full, uneventful union after fixator removal; thus, we conclude that this new test has the potential to provide a quantitative, objective means of identifying tibia‐fracture patients who can safely resume weight bearing. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 35:805–811, 2017.
Ictal adipokines are associated with pain severity and treatment response in episodic migraine

Objective: To evaluate ictal adipokine levels in episodic migraineurs and their association with pain severity and treatment response. Methods: This was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating peripheral blood specimens from episodic migraineurs at acute pain onset and 30 to 120 minutes after treatment with sumatriptan/naproxen sodium vs placebo. Total adiponectin (T-ADP), ADP multimers (high molecular weight [HMW], middle molecular weight, and low molecular weight [LMW]), leptin, and resistin levels were evaluated by immunoassays. Results: Thirty-four participants (17 responders, 17 nonresponders) were included. In all participants, pretreatment pain severity increased with every quartile increase in both the HMW:T-ADP ratio (coefficient of variation [CV] 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.08, 0.93; p = 0.019) and resistin levels (CV 0.58; 95% CI: 0.21, 0.96; p = 0.002), but was not associated with quartile changes in leptin levels. In responders, T-ADP (CV −0.98; 95% CI: −1.88, −0.08; p = 0.031) and resistin (CV −0.95; 95% CI: −1.83, −0.07; p = 0.034) levels decreased 120 minutes after treatment as compared with pretreatment. In addition, in responders, the HMW:T-ADP ratio (CV −0.04; 95% CI: −0.07, −0.01; p = 0.041) decreased and the LMW:T-ADP ratio (CV 0.04; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.07; p = 0.043) increased at 120 minutes after treatment. In nonresponders, the LMW:T-ADP ratio (CV −0.04; 95% CI: −0.07, −0.01; p = 0.018) decreased 120 minutes after treatment. Leptin was not associated with treatment response. Conclusions: Both pretreatment migraine pain severity and treatment response are associated with changes in adipokine levels. Adipokines represent potential novel migraine biomarkers and drug targets.
Identifying Influential Citations in Scientific Papers

The research described in academic papers builds on related existing work. This previous work can be considered as influential if it is used or extended in the current study or non-influential if it is only cited as background material. This study aims to identify influential citations, in particular examining the impact of sentiment associated with citations on citation influence. Our work leverages a set of statistical, contextual and metadata-based features to provide an assessment of the influence of cited works on the current work. Our findings show that sentiment analysis significantly enhances citation classification.
Serum from patients with hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure induces human liver cell apoptosis

The pathogenesis of acute liver failure has not been fully elucidated. The present study investigated the effects of the serum from patients with hepatitis E virus (HEV)-related acute liver failure on human liver cell survival and apoptosis, and evaluated the protective effects of anti-lipopolysaccharide(LPS) antibody recognizing core polysaccharide against acute liver failure serum-induced apoptosis. Serum was collected from patients with HEV-related acute liver failure. The levels of endotoxin (LPS) in the serum were measured using a quantitative tachypleus amebocyte lysate endotoxin detection kit with a chromogenic endpoint. Serum with a mean concentration of LPS was incubated with L02 human liver cells and the rate of apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. The apoptotic rate was also evaluated in liver cells incubated with antibody and the HEV-related acute liver failure serum. The results indicated that the concentration of LPS in the serum of patients with HEV-related acute liver failure was 0.26±0.02 EU/ml, which was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). The rate of apoptosis in the human liver cells induced by acute liver failure serum was 5.83±0.42%, which was significantly increased compared with that in the cells treated with the serum of healthy individuals (P<0.05). The apoptotic rate of the cells incubated with antibody and the acute liver failure serum was 5.53±0.51%, which was lower than that of the cells incubated with acute liver failure serum alone (P>0.05). These results indicate that the serum of patients with HEV-related acute liver failure induces the apoptosis of human liver cells. LPS may be directly involved in the apoptosis of human liver cells. Moreover, the presence of the antibody did not significantly reduce the level of apoptosis of liver cells exposed to HEV-related acute liver failure serum.
The Influence of Leader-member Exchange (LMX) on Communication Satisfaction and Stress Experienced by Supervisor and Student in Completing Thesis (Study about LMX Theory in the Case of Students Around Final Thesis Completion at FISIP UB)

The relation between final thesis supervisor and students has been described within the theory of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) which illustrates the relation between superior and subordinate where superior may treat subordinate differently. Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) may influence communication satisfaction and stress in every individual student. Research aims to analyze the influence of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) on communication satisfaction and stress experienced by students with the supervisor of final thesis assignment. Research uses quantitative methodology. Data are collected through questionnaire from 100 students of FISIP at Class of 2008-2010 who are undergoing final thesis. Analysis technique is path analysis. Result indicates that Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) is positively influencing communication satisfaction. Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and communication satisfaction are negatively influential on stress. Finally, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) is negatively influencing stress but indirectly through communication satisfaction.
Separate and unequal: the role of the state educational system in maintaining the subordination of Israel's Palestinian arab citizens

The state educational system in Israel functions effectively to maintain the cultural, socioeconomic, and political subordination of Israel's Palestinian Arab citizens through the imposition of aims, goals and curricula to which the students cannot relate, and the substandard and discriminatory provision of educational resources, programmes and services; all of which result in markedly poorer levels of educational achievement and lower rates of students qualified to enter higher education. As with every other aspect of the education system in Israel, these inequitable outcomes are not a matter of chance, but rather a matter of policy. In this paper, I will explore the ways in which racially derogatory attitudes towards the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel have been translated into discriminatory practices in the state‐run educational system. I will examine the mechanisms by which these practices have placed Palestinian Arabs on an unequal footing with regard to their social, economic and political development vis à vis the Israeli Jewish majority, and have led to the institutionalisation of an education system that perpetuates racist attitudes and practices.
CAC Classics Profiles of communication deficits in patients with right cerebral hemisphere damage: Implications for diagnosis and treatment

Clinical experience and the available literature, suggest that many right hemisphere patients do not communicate adequately. Their speech has been characterized as copious and inappropriate, as confabulatory, irrelevant, literal, and occasionally bizarre (Brookshire, 1973; Collins, 1976; Gardner, Ling, Flamm, & Silverman, 1975; Gardner, 1976). These descriptions were borne out for the most part in work done during the past year with right hemisphere (RH) patients. It was found in the course of interviewing 20 RH patients that communication problems, when they exist, tend to be manifest by irrelevant and often excessive information and by literal treatment of questions and events. Specifically, when responding to open-ended questions such as, ``Tell me what happened to you and why you're in the hospital,'' many patients could address, but not answer, the question. They seemed unable to provide the structure or overview called for by the question. They wended their way through a maze of disassociated detail, seemingly incapable of filtering out unnecessary information. Although they had at their disposal all the components of a narrative, they could not actually assemble them into a narrative. What appeared to be lacking was: 1) the ability to integrate discrete items of information into a whole; and 2) the ability to provide an interpretation of events or situations. For example, when asked ``Tell me about what happened to you and why you are in the hospital,'' one patient produced the following lengthy answer: