Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Increasing Parent-Teacher Communication in Private Preschools

Parent-teacher communication is a first step in increasing family engagement. Private childcare centers have been found to report less frequent parent-child communication than publicly funded early childhood education programs such as Head Start. Using a matched comparison group design, we tested the impact of a two-pronged intervention, the Family Map Inventory for Early Childhood (Family Map; family assessment) and Teaching Important Parenting Skills (TIPS; brief parenting interventions on broad array of topics), on parent-teacher communication in private childcare centers serving low-income families. The intervention included a 4-hour Family Map training and a 6-hour TIPS training aimed at improving parent-teacher communication. Trained teachers conducted Family Map interviews and implemented TIPS for four months. Â Results indicated: (1) teachers were willing to implement the Family Map/ TIPS intervention in private child care settings; and (2) the parents and teachers in the intervention group reported higher levels of parent-teacher communication than those in the comparison group.
Is Population-Based Identification of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Desirable?: A Public Health Perspective on the Perinatal Depression Care Continuum

The perinatal period is a profound time of transition for women and their families; a myriad of determinants—including social, psychological, behavioral, environmental, and biological forces—shape pregnancy and the postpartum course (Misra, Guyer, & Allston, 2003). Due to the complexity of this vulnerable time, psychiatric complications such as maternal depression and anxiety are common during the perinatal period (Wisner et al., 2013). The longitudinal course of depressive and anxiety disorders that manifest during pregnancy and the postpartum period and the management of the disorders are active areas of investigation. In particular, the study of whether systematic, population‐level screening and case identification of perinatal depression and anxiety are desirable is an important area of controversy. Although screening for current disorders has been widely promoted based on the serious adverse consequences of untreated maternal depression and anxiety, population‐ based screening has significant resource implications (Austin, Middleton, Reilly, & Highet, 2013; Henshaw & Elliott, 2005; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [NICE], 2007; Shakespeare, 2005). In many settings, the successful implemen­ tation and maintenance of a population‐based screening program would require addi­ tional provider training, increased provider workloads, and improved patient access to Is Population‐Based Identification of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Desirable? A Public Health Perspective on the Perinatal Depression Care Continuum
Orta-Persistan Astımda İnhale Fluticasone Propionate İle Budesonide'in Etkinliği ve Lokal Yan Etkilerinin Karşılaştırılması

Amaç: Çalışmamızda orta-persistan astımlı hastalarda inhale Fluticasone Propionate (FP) ile Budesonide (B)'in etkinlikleri ve lokal yan etkilerini prospektif olarak karşılaştırmayı amaçladık. Materyel ve Metod: Çalışmaya dahil edilen 42 orta-persistan astımlı hasta 2 gruba randomize edildi. Hasta gruplarının arasında başlangıca ait klinik ve demografik özellikler olarak fark yoktu (p>0.05). Birinci gruptaki hastalara (n=21) FP (ortalama 1476±194 mcgr/gün), 2. grup (n=21) hastaya ise B (ortalama 1571±160 mcgr/gün) başlandı. Çalışmanın 3. gününde, 1. haftasında, 1. ayında ve 3. ayın sonunda kontrollere çağırılan hastalar solunum fonksiyon testleri (FEV1, PEF, FEF25-75), günlük inhale β2 agonisti kullanım sayıları ve lokal yan etkiler yönünden değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Çalışmanın sonunda 1. gruptaki hastaların FEV1, PEF, FEF25-75 düzelme ve günlük inhale β2 kullanım sayısındaki azalma yüzdeleri başlangıca göre sırasıyla %29.7, %50, %55.9 ve %68.7 olurken , 2. grubunkiler %29.8, %43.5, %52.4 ve %59.4 olarak gerçekleşti (p>0.05). Çalışma boyunca 1. gruptaki 4, 2. gruptaki 3 hasta seste bozulma, orofarenjial kandidiazis veya boğaz irritasyonu nedeniyle şikayette bulundu (p>0.05). Sonuç: Çalışmaya dahil edilen astımlı hasta grupları arasında FP ve B'nin etkinlik ve lokal yan etki insidansı yönünden fark bulunmamıştır. Her iki ilacın da orta-persistan astımlı hastaların tedavisinde aynı derecede güvenilirlikle kullanılabileceğini düşünüyoruz.
INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF Fe, Zn, Mo AND LITHOVIT ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF STEVIA PLANT (Stevia rebaudiana, Bert.)

This experiment was carried out to study the effect of foliar spraying of some micronutrients (Fe + Zn + Mo at 0+0+0, 0.25+0.15+1.5 and 0.50+0.30+3 g/l, respectively), lithovit (foliar fertilizer enhance plant photosynthesis by releasing CO2 in leaf stomata, at 0, 2, 4 and 6 g/l) and their interactions on growth and productivity of stevia plant. The experiment was performed as a splitplot in complete randomized block design with three replicates during 2015 and 2016 seasons in the Expt. Farm, Dept. Botany, Fac. Sci., Benha Univ., Egypt. The obtained results cleared that micronutrients of Fe + Zn + Mo at 0.50 + 0.30 + 3 g/l, respectively increased growth parameters (plant height, number of branches and leaves/plant and dry weight of leaves/plant), yield components (total dry leaves and herb yield/faddan), chemical constituents (reducing and non reducing sugars and total chlorophyll content in leaves) and active ingredients (stevioside and rebaudioside glycosides in leaves). Moreover, the highest values of these parameters were registered by foliar spray of lithovit at 4 or 6g/l without significant differences between them in the 2 cut. Two compounds of glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana plant were identified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The main component was stevioside which followed by rebaudioside. Generally, spraying Stevia rebaudiana plant three times per season with lithovit at 4 g/l plus Fe + Zn + Mo at 0.50, 0.30, 3 g/l, respectively enhance plant growth, yield and chemical constituents as well as active ingredients.
Trialling the Use of Google Apps Together with Online Marking to Enhance Collaborative Learning and Provide Effective Feedback

This paper describes a new approach to an ecology practical in which 76 Level 4 students were divided into four groups (n = 20 +/-2) to collect data. Each group studied a different habitat and was further divided into seven subgroups (n = 2 or 3) to collect field data. Each of the four groups collaborated through Google Drive on descriptions and images of the habitat site, and also collaborated at the subgroup level on their own habitat data. The four groups then shared habitat descriptions with the aim to provide enough information to enable everyone to understand the entire data set. The three-stage assignment was assessed and feedback issued at group and individual level via the University’s online submission service (FASER), with some additional feedback given via Moodle, the University’s Virtual Learning Environment. Two separate submissions were made to FASER, the first was the group and subgroup work (stage 1), and the second included the peer assessment task (stage 2) and the individual evaluation of the habitats (stage 3). Feedback was given after the second submission had been uploaded to FASER and again when the assessment for the second submission was complete. The group and subgroup data sets were provided to all students via Moodle, so that individuals could carry out their own analysis of all four habitats. The use of Google Drive and Google Apps helped to improve the digital literacy of the staff and students involved. All three stages of the assignment were successful; over 85% of students passed the first two stages, and 82.9% passed stage 3. The collaborative work enabled students to produce high quality descriptive ecology documents valuable for the subsequent stages of the assignment. The peer assessment encouraged students to gain information on expected Undergraduate Minimum Standards, and gave students the opportunity to study multiple habitats. The final stage was open ended and challenged students to make sense of large ecological data sets. There was a positive correlation between levels of success at stages 1 and 3 for students who achieved less than 65% for the independent work, i.e. they benefited from carrying out group work. This collaborative, three-stage approach is recommended especially as it helps lower ability students gain subject knowledge and improve their presentation skills. However, some modifications are recommended: 1) simplifying the sample and data collection, and 2) providing more guidance for the peer assessment task and individual analysis. Learner autonomy enabled self-directed learning to take place and enriched large scale teaching as it encouraged student-student interaction. Significant differences between gender and ability are discussed.
Interlocking Nail Fixation of an Opening Wedge Corrective Osteotomy for Femoral Malunion in a Dog

Summary A young Malamute dog had a severe angular, shortening and rotational deformity of one femur due to malunion. An opening-wedge, corrective osteotomy was stabilized using an 8 mm diameter interlocking nail, with two screws proximally and two distally. Three months after the operation the osteotomy healed and lameness had resolved. An 8 mm diameter interlocking nail was used to stabilize a corrective osteotomy of a femoral malunion in a dog.
Simulation Models for Just-in-Time Provision of Resources in an Emergency Department

We address the issues for modeling problems of obtaining medical resources, such as beds and personnel, on a just-in-time basis for providing patient services in a hospital's emergency department [ED]. Simulation modeling is one approach to solving this type of problem. However, most past ED simulations have been highly detailed models that specifically consider individual doctors, nurses, paramedics, orderlies, X-ray machines and other unique types of lab testing equipment as separate "resources. " When arriving patients request any of these resources, the model queues them if the requested resources are busy with other patients or administrative duties. We argue that these previous simulation models are appropriate for operations planning. However, for operations control a much simpler simulation can be appropriate. We present a simpler model that forecasts in real time when a generic ED will need additional resources to avoid becoming overcrowded. After obtaining an ED bed (queuing if necessary), each patient's treatment time in the ED is represented simply as an observation of a random variable. Although our model is significantly simpler than previous ED simulation models, it has been used successfully by the Vanderbilt University Adult Emergency Department to activate additional resources, including beds, nurses, and other personnel. This ED is located within a state-of-the-art medical center in a large urban area licensed to treat the highest levels of trauma with more than 50,000 patient visits each year. Our model was used in a pilot evaluation of simulation as a real-time tool for providing additional resources on a JIT basis to prevent significant overcrowding by accurately predicting when overcrowding will likely occur. This has allowed management in real time to inform nurses, assistant managers and educators with joint administrative/patient care duties to work exclusively on patients; to open additional temporary beds in hallways; and to expedite patient discharges. It has also been used to let flexible night-shift staff go home early. Since these resources are mobilized only when needed, their overall efficiency of utilization is increased. We discuss the simplifying assumptions in our simulation model and describe a comparable simulation written in a high-level simulation language, Arena [2008].
Prevalence of Brucellozis in The Rural Area of Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey

This study was planned in order to make good the lack of information about population-based data on the prevalence of brucellosis in the Kayseri region. This cross-sectional research was performed on 1850 individuals living in the rural regionaround Kayseri. People aged 15-85 in 9 districts in this rural areas were interviewed and blood samples were screened using the Rose Bengal Agglutination test. The overall prevalence of brucellosis was 3.4%. Although the rate was higher in females (3.7%) than in males (2.9%), there was no significant difference. The lowest prevalence (2.0%) was observed in the 25-34 age group, and the highest prevalence (4.3% and 4.1%) were in the 35-44 and 15-24 age groups, respectively. The highest prevalence was observed in the illiterate group. The prevalence was much higher among people in close contact with sheep and/or cattle, those making home made cheese, butter and cream and also in those who consumed butter and cream. It was concluded that although the seroposivity rate is low in Turkey, health education and screening of people in rural areas is necessary.
A Survey on Human Action Recognition

: In Computer Vision and image processing field, understanding the actions of human from videos is demanding task. Humans performing the actions in the video is automatically cognized and designating their actions is the prime purpose of astute video systems. Its motive is to acknowledge the actions and objectives of one or more multiple objects from a series of examination on the action of objects and their environmental condition. Human action recognition has gained popularity because of its wide applicability varying from Content- based Video Analytics, Visual Surveillance and Video Indexing etc. This paper depicts survey on person to person interaction, single person and multiple people action recognition and deciphers the methodologies and limitations of diverse methods for human action recognition are explored.
Pemodelan Deteksi Krisis Keuangan di Indonesia Berdasarkan Indikator M2/Cadangan Devisa

The banking crisis reflects the liquidity crisis and bankruptcy of banks in the financial system. The financial crisis that occurred in mid-1997 resulted in a financial crisis that had a severe impact on the Indonesian economy. This made it aware of the importance of building a financial crisis early detection system to prepare for a crisis. The crisis occurs due to several macroeconomic indicators undergoing structural changes (regimes) and contain very high fluctuations. Combined volatility models and Markov regime switching are very suitable for explaining crises. The M2/international reserves indicator from 1990 to 2018 was used to build a crisis model. The results showed that the Markov regime switching autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model MRS-ARCH(2,1) could explain the crisis that occurred in mid-1997. Based on this model, in the future the crisis might occur if the M2/international reserves indicator decreased minimum of 13%
LIFE AFTER SUPPORTED HOUSING: A CASE SERIES OF FORMERLY HOMELESS CLIENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (HUD-VASH) PROGRAM 20 YEARS LATER

This article presents a case series of three formerly homeless clients who were in the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program 20 years ago and describes their progress since. Clients were identified from a 1992 client roster at one of the original HUD-VASH sites. Clients were interviewed and their medical records were reviewed. The case studies were characterized as “sustained involvement in subsidized housing,” “successful discharge followed by re-engagement,” and “case management more important than the voucher. ” These cases illustrate that, first, long-term success in supported housing has not been defined, but perhaps social integration and self-sufficiency should be a focus. Second, mental health and substance abuse treatment appear to be important in long-term client success, but when and how they should be promoted remains unclear. Last, case management services may represent a crucial and necessary form of support for clients in supported housing programs.
Bayesian Music Transcription

Music transcription refers to extraction of a human readable and interpretable description from a recording of a music performance. The final goal is to implement a program that can automatically infer a musical notation that lists the pitch levels of notes and corresponding score positions in any arbitrary acoustical input. However, in this full generality, music transcription stays yet as a very hard problem and is arguably ``AI-complete'', i.e. requires simulation of a human level intelligence. On the other hand, under some realistic assumptions, a practical engineering solution is possible by an interplay of scientific knowledge from cognitive science, musicology, musical acoustics and computational techniques from artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital signal processing. In this context, the aim of this thesis is to integrate this vast amount of prior knowledge in a consistent and transparent computational framework and to demonstrate the feasibility of such an approach in moving us closer to a practical solution to music transcription. In this thesis, we approach music transcription as a statistical inference problem where given a signal, we search for a score that is consistent with the encoded music. In this context, we identify three subproblems: Rhythm Quantization, Tempo Tracking and Polyphonic Pitch Tracking. For each subproblem, we define a probabilistic generative model, that relates the observables (i.e. onsets or audio signal) with the underlying score. Conceptually, the transcription task is then to 'invert' this generative model by using the Bayes Theorem and recover back the original score
La ergonomía en la construcción de la salud de los trabajadores en Colombia.

The health of workers in Colombia traverses multiple challenges and difficulties, starting from the national, political and economic context, crossroads living social security system and the trends in the world of work. Faced with this situation, the ergonomics as a field of knowledge and action has multiple possibilities of contribution, which depend on not to see this disciplined reduced to a technical dimension, but encourage their contribution within a framework of action located and contextualized. Although it has emphasized the action of ergonomics in its contribu-tion to the prevention of muscle-skeletal disorders, their contribution to the health of workers can be very important, in a setting of search of the labor and social welfare as a complement to the prevention of occupational risks.
Relationships Among Renal Function, Bone Turnover and Periodontal Disease

a. Gingival enlargement Gingival enlargement secondary to drug therapy is the most commonly reported oral manifestation of renal disease. It can be induced by cyclosporine and/or calcium channel blockers (Somacarrera et al., 1994; Kennedy and Linden 2000). b. Oral hygiene and periodontal disease The oral hygiene of individuals receiving hemodialysis can be poor. Deposits of calculus may be increased (Epstein et al., 1980; Gavalda et al., 1999). There is no good evidence of an increased risk of periodontitis (Brown et al., 1989; Thorstensson et al., 1996; Naugle et al., 1998), although premature bone loss has been reported (Locsey et al., 1986). Localized suppurative osteomyelitis, secondary to periodontitis, was observed in individuals receiving hemodialysis (Tomaselli et al., 1993). c. Xerostomia Symptoms of xerostomia can arise in many individuals receiving hemodialysis (Kho et al., 1999; Klassen and Krasko, 2002). Possible causes include restricted fluid intake, sideeffects of drug therapy and/or mouth breathing (Porter et al., 2004). d. Oral malodor/bad taste/halitosis Uremic patients may have an ammonia-like oral odor (Kho et al., 1999), which also occurs in about one third of individuals receiving hemodialysis. CRF can give rise to altered taste sensation, and some patients complain of an unpleasant and/or metallic taste or a sensation of an enlarged tongue (Kho et al., 1999).
Obesidad visceral, razón masa grasa/masa muscular y dislipidemia aterogénica: estudio transversal realizado en Riobamba, Ecuador

Introduccion: La distribucion y composicion de la masa grasa representa diferentes riesgos metabolicos. La grasa visceral de predominio parda se asocia con factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV), como son: concentraciones elevadas de trigliceridos y apolipoproteina B, mayor colesterol LDL, una relacion trigliceridos elevados/colesterol HDL bajo (indicador de dislipidemia aterogenica), resistencia a la insulina, hiperinsulinemia y riesgo cardiovascular (RCV). La sarcopenia y la obesidad pueden actuar de manera sinergica en los trastornos funcionales y metabolicos. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la relacion entre obesidad visceral, relacion masa grasa/masa muscular y dislipidemia aterogenica en individuos adultos con la finalidad de conocer los patrones de asociacion entre estas variables y establecer estrategias de atencion focalizadas. Material y Metodos: En una muestra de 307 sujetos de ambos sexos (21-71 anos) se midio dislipidemia aterogenica como la relacion de trigliceridos/HDL, la obesidad visceral por bioimpedancia como el puntaje relativo de grasa visceral y la relacion masa grasa/masa magra. Resultados: Se realizo un analisis de conglomerados para establecer la estructura de asociacion de las variables estudiadas con diferentes grupos de riesgo; asi se identificaron 3 grupos: el primero con presencia de obesidad visceral con un promedio de nivel relativo de grasa visceral de 13,6, el segundo grupo con un promedio de 8,9 y en el tercer grupo se ubicaron individuos sin obesidad visceral con un promedio de 6,5 de este valor relativo. En cuanto a la relacion masa grasa y masa magra los dos primeros grupos presentaron un promedio similar de este indice con un valor de 1,56 y 1,69 respectivamente y el tercer grupo con un valor promedio de 1,3. El grupo 1 que presento obesidad visceral y deterioro de la razon masa grasa/masa magra tuvo un valor elevado de la razon trigliceridos/colesterol HDL: 4,1. El grupo 2 sin obesidad visceral y con un deterioro de la relacion masa grasa/masa magra tuvo una razon trigliceridos/colesterol HDL de 3,6 y grupo 3 que no registro ni obesidad ni deterioro de la razon masa grasa/masa magra tuvo la razon trigliceridos/colesterol HDL mas baja: 1,9. Conclusiones: Se puede decir que la obesidad visceral unida a la disminucion de la masa magra relativa o absoluta en relacion con la masa grasa representa un alto riesgo por asociarse con dislipidemia aterogenica, resistencia a la insulina y riesgo cardiovascular.
Elastometry Indices of Unchanged Liver in Healthy Children

Two hundred healthy children aged 3–18 years were included in the study to determine liver stiffness indices by means of shear wave elastometry. The difference is significant when we compared shear wave velocity in children aged 3–6 years, on the one hand, and in children aged 7–18 years, on the other ( p = 0.001). Liver stiffness indices in boys and girls were not different. As a result, liver stiffness indices in children in various age groups have been obtained, which can be recommended as normal ones for pediatric patients.
A review on the role of triglyceride in metabolic syndrome

Increased serum triglyceride levels are commonly observed in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MS). Many studies show that hypertriglyceridemia is forcefully collaborated with all components of MS. The aim of this study was to review the role of triglyceride in MS. Based on prior epidemiological studies, this review indicates association of high triglyceride levels with cardiovascular disease (CVD). On the other hand, it is clearly shown that CVD is one of the main causes of death worldwide. Thus, it is important to investigate about MS and its components to decrease the prevalence of MS among different. Keywords: Triglycerides, Risk factors, Metabolic syndrome, Cardiovascular disease.