Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Radiographic Analysis of Newly Developed Degenerative Spondylolisthesis in a Mean Twelve-Year Prospective Study

Study Design. Prospective study of community-based female volunteers. Objective. To investigate the incidence of newly developed degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) among those without baseline deformity, and to clarify radiographic characteristics and predictors of DS. Summary of Background Data. There has been limited number of prospective studies of DS. Our on-going cohort study of healthy volunteers enabled long-term observation of highly susceptible perimenopause female subjects. Methods. A final total of 142 female subjects without spondylolisthesis at baseline radiographs were included and followed up for more than 8 years. Standardized serial entire spine radiographs were used to measure spinopelvic alignment, including pelvic incidence (PI), vertebral inclination angle, disc height, vertebral size, and facet orientation. Results. The incidence of newly developed DS was 12.7%. Comparison between DS and non-DS subjects demonstrated that DS subjects had significantly greater baseline lumbar lordosis, PI, vertebral inclination angle, and smaller vertebral size. Exaggerated lumbopelvic alignment was more prominent in L3-DS than in L4-DS, and L4-DS was associated with the decrease in L4/5 disc height. Multivariate analysis revealed that PI, L4 vertebral inclination, adjusted vertebral size, and facet sagittalization were independent predictors of the development of DS. Conclusion. This was the first study to confirm the relationship of PI and the development of DS in a long-term prospective observation. Proposed pathogenetic differences might explain the fact that L4-DS is far more prevalent than L3-DS. The development of DS could be predicted by baseline lumbopelvic morphology among the highly susceptible perimenopause women.
Detectability of interaural delay in high-frequency complex waveforms.

Observers can detect interaural delays in three component stimuli produced by sinusoidally modulating the amplitude of a sinusoidal carrier. Interaural delays are detected in stimuli confined to a high‐frequency region even in the presence of an intense, low‐pass filtered noise. With 300‐Hz modulation of a 3900‐Hz carrier, detection of interaural delay is equally good when either the entire stimulus or just the envelope of the stimulus is delayed. In either case performance is as good as with a 300‐Hz pure tone.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS IN NEWBORN LAMBS. CIRCULATORY, BIOCHEMICAL, AND PATHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

The etiology and pathogenesis of hyaline membrane disease of the newborn are unknown. A number of investigators have been successful in producing lesions resembling hyaline membranes in the lungs of experimental animals.1-6Although histochemical studies of the lungs have been compared to those of infants dying with hyaline membrane disease, serial clinical, chemical, and physiological correlations with the pathological development of this lesion have not been reported. The respiratory distress syndrome of human newborn infants shows a wide spectrum of severity and does not invariably lead to death with hyaline membrane demonstration. There is a high correlation of this syndrome with prematurity, maternal diabetes, and birth by cesarean section. Complications of pregnancy, especially those that might interfere with blood supply to the fetus, have been implicated.7 We have attempted to reproduce the clinical and pathological picture of the respiratory distress syndrome in newborn lambs. These lambs were
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Creativity of Female High School Students in Baft City

The current study aim is identifying of relation between EQ and creativity of girl high school students of Baft city in academic year 2008-2009. To achieve the objective of the research, among 417 students, 214 of them were selected as sample group according to Morgan table stratified random method. The instruments used in this research are including Bar On emotional intelligence inventory and creativity inventory of Jamal Abedi. The research method is survey and Pearson’s correlation component is used for data analysis. The results of the research show that considering significance level ( 01
Prevention and control of nongovernmental financial risk and dynamic monitoring system

Abstract With the support of Wenzhou Finance Office, this paper investigates the development course, development status and main characteristics of Wenzhou nongovernmental finance as well as the existed problems under the current supervision mode. On the basis of this, it puts forward the plan of constructing Wenzhou nongovernmental finance dynamic monitoring system, aims to provide a certain reference for the standard development of nongovernmental finance.
Experimental tool for generating ground truths for skewed page images

We describe a new tool called GROTTO to generate ground truths for skewed page images, which can be used for performance evaluation of page segmentation algorithms. Some of these algorithms are claimed to be more or less insensitive to skew. However, this fact is usually only supported by a visual comparison of what one obtains and what one should obtain. As a result, the evaluation is both subjective, that is, prone to errors and tedious. Our tool allows users to quickly and easily produce many sufficiently accurate ground truths that can be employed in practice and therefore it facilitates automatic performance evaluation. The main idea is to utilize the ground truths available for upright images, that is, for those without skew, and the concept of the representative square in order to produce the ground truths for skewed images. The usefulness of our tool is demonstrated through a number of experiments described.
Brief report: lymphoma of donor origin occurring in the porta hepatis of a transplanted liver.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after organ transplantation is a recognized complication of immunosuppressive therapy. A number of cases of post-transplantation lymphoma arising in allografted tissue have been described1. In addition, leukemia and lymphoma arising from donor cells after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation have been recognized2–8. Two cases of donor-related lymphoma in renal allografts have also been reported9,10. We describe the development of a lymphoma in a hepatic allograft recipient 4.5 months after orthotopic liver transplantation. Using a rapid technique based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which makes use of a DNA sequence polymorphism at the D4S174 .
Evaluación de QoE en servicios IP basada en parámetros de QoS

El crecimiento y amplio despliegue que han tenido los servicios IP que requieren buenos niveles de calidad han impuesto a los proveedores de servicios de telecomunicaciones la tarea de formular procedimientos y metodos para evaluar la forma en que el usuario consume y disfruta los servicios, por lo que la QoE se ha convertido en un tema de estudio recurrente en la actualidad. Uno de los elementos fundamentales para la evaluacion exitosa de la QoE consiste en gestionar los valores de QoS por la relacion directa que existe entre ellas. Este articulo aborda los principales aspectos de la QoS, su relacion con la QoE y con los servicios IP. A partir de esto se propone un procedimiento para la evaluacion de la QoE en servicios IP basada en parametros de QoS y medidas a tomar en caso de deterioro de la misma. Esto se aplica, para su validacion y analisis, a un escenario de VoIP
Side-Effects of Monoclonal Antibody Infusions for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

This literature review presents an inventory of the nature and incidence of side-effects that arise from the clinical application of monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Most side-effects occurred during therapy. Toxic reactions, such as fever, sweating and chills, were more common than immunological skin reactions; they were observed predominantly in association with the elimination of circulating target cells. Dosage and rate of administration of the MoAb appeared to have little influence on the reactions, which disappeared quickly and did not necessitate discontinuation of treatment. Serum sickness, anaphylactic reactions and bronchospasms were not common; the patients reacted quickly to the indicated therapy. Prevention of the side-effects described here, especially during diagnostic applications, was such that they need not form a barrier to the clinical use of MoAb.
Hemodynamic Aspects of the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease

From Janssen Pharmaceutica, 2340-Beerse, Belgium. The pharmacologic studies were supported by I. W. O. N. L. (Instituut tot Aanmoediging van het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in Nijverheid en Landbouw) Belgium. Ischemic heart disease is essentially an insuf~cient blood supply to the heart or to certain areas of the myocardium. It naturally results in an inadequate oxygen supply, which in turn leads rapidly to a negative energy balance because the anaerobic energy supply can only provide a temporary and very limited compensation for the lack of oxygen. Indeed, the energy made available from anaerobic glycolysis is only 6% of that derived from the oxidative metabolism. ’ The actual energy imbalance is due to either a decrease in the coronary perfusion, or an increase in the myocardial energy requirements, or a combination of both. The following aspects of the myocardial energy balance will be considered : (1) the oxygen supply to the heart; (2) the optimal utilization of oxygen by the myocardium; (3) the hemodynamic aspects of the myocardial energy requirements; and (4) the influence of pharmacotherapy.
Better Treatment of Vertebral Osteomyelitis Using Posterior Stabilization and Titanium Mesh Cages

There is no scientific consensus on the role of posterior instrumentation in vertebral osteomyelitis. No study has examined the use of titanium cages to reconstruct the anterior column of the spine with vertebral osteomyelitis. Here the authors evaluated the efficacy of using titanium mesh cages anteriorly and posterior instrumentation after anterior debridement in the surgical treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. In one center, 21 consecutive patients had surgery for vertebral osteomyelitis. The mean follow-up time was 67 months (range, 24 to 120 months). Ten patients received supplemental posterior instrumentation. Five patients had reconstruction of the anterior column with titanium cages. Greater improvement in sagittal alignment was noted for patients with cages implanted (p = 0.0009) and for those with posterior instrumentation (p = 0.005). Patients who received cages had greater (p = 0.0006) correction of their coronal alignment than did those patients without cages. A trend toward fewer postoperative complications emerged for patients who had posterior stabilization or titanium cages. These results support the use of posterior stabilization and titanium cages in the surgical treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis.
Singlet exciton fusion in molecular solids: A direct subpicosecond determination of time-dependent annihilation rates.

The first kinetic data displaying a time-dependent singlet-exciton-annihilation rate have been observed. Subpicosecond optical excitation of polycrystalline thin-film samples of $\ensuremath{\beta}$-hydrogen phthalocyanine resulted in excitonic saturation of the crystal lattice. The initial exciton decay yields the only unambiguous measurement of a characteristic annihilation interaction rate for molecular excitons on adjacent lattice sites.
The future of vehicle crash avoidance through VANETs

Article history: Received 22 May 2018 Received in revised form 15 August 2018 Accepted 27 August 2018 Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is the research topic of great magnitude of recent times because of its extraordinary characteristics such as topology and unsurprising portability. VANET catches the great attention of both academia and industry due to its potential applications of real life. As a result of the high growth rate in the population, issues related to traffic control is emerging exponentially. Moreover, the gain in traffic has also enlarged the number of traffic accidents and roads are becoming unsafe day by day; due to the road accidents and deaths are reporting at a very high rate. In this paper, the introduction of VANET along with its architecture, characteristics and communication types is presented. Furthermore, the main goal of this paper is to exploit the maximum safety applications of the VANET to provide safety against different misfortunes like accidents etc. on the roads. It is concluded from contemporary literature, the implementation of VANET is promising to decrease the substantial rate of road accidents.
A Constraint-Aware Query Optimizer for Web-Based Data Integration

Web has brought forth opportunities to connect information sources across all types of boundaries. Data integration is to combine data residing at different sources and providing the user with a unified view of these data. Currently users are expecting more efficient services from such data integration systems. This paper describes a query optimizer, which uses constraints to semantically optimize the queries. The optimizer first translates constraints from data sources into constraints expressed at the global level and stores them in the constraint repository. Then the optimizer can use semantic query optimization technologies including detection of empty results, join elimination, and predicate elimination to generate a more efficient but semantically equivalent query for the user. The optmizer is published as a web service and can be invoked by many data integration systems. We carry out experiments and first results show that performance can be greatly improved.
A Package Recommendation Model Based on Credit and Time

Nowadays, reading has become increasingly important for people who want acquire knowledge for a better life all around the world. As a result, book recommendation systems are useful to these readers. However, many readers are confused about how to choose right books for themselves. In this paper we propose a model to recommend a set of book packages to readers, where each package contains different categories of books. Our Packages consider users’ credit, the popularity of books, intra-package diversity, and user preference which may change over time. Experimental results suggest that our method presents improvement on recommendation accuracy and diversity.
Predicting Risk of Postoperative Lung Injury in High-risk Surgical Patients: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a serious postoperative complication. Although ARDS prevention is a priority, the inability to identify patients at risk for ARDS remains a barrier to progress. The authors tested and refined the previously reported surgical lung injury prediction (SLIP) model in a multicenter cohort of at-risk surgical patients. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a multicenter, prospective cohort investigation evaluating high-risk patients undergoing surgery. Preoperative ARDS risk factors and risk modifiers were evaluated for inclusion in a parsimonious risk-prediction model. Multiple imputation and domain analysis were used to facilitate development of a refined model, designated SLIP-2. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and the Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test were used to assess model performance. Results: Among 1,562 at-risk patients, ARDS developed in 117 (7.5%). Nine independent predictors of ARDS were identified: sepsis, high-risk aortic vascular surgery, high-risk cardiac surgery, emergency surgery, cirrhosis, admission location other than home, increased respiratory rate (20 to 29 and ≥30 breaths/min), FIO2 greater than 35%, and SpO2 less than 95%. The original SLIP score performed poorly in this heterogeneous cohort with baseline risk factors for ARDS (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [95% CI], 0.56 [0.50 to 0.62]). In contrast, SLIP-2 score performed well (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [95% CI], 0.84 [0.81 to 0.88]). Internal validation indicated similar discrimination, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.84. Conclusions: In this multicenter cohort of patients at risk for ARDS, the SLIP-2 score outperformed the original SLIP score. If validated in an independent sample, this tool may help identify surgical patients at high risk for ARDS.
Internal Control Systems Leading to Family Business Performance in Mexico: A Framework Analysis

The majority of firms worldwide are both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and family business firms; although many large firms are family businesses, there have not been enough studies on their performance fulfilment in emerging markets. One of the most common issues that arise with family businesses is their life expectancy, as most perish around the second and third generation. That said the natural family business quality, familiness, equips the firms with a special type of resilience to front a changing environment, but not for long, as a lack of an internal control system may well be more telling than the very nature of the convergence of family and business. Internal control management is essential to the effectiveness of business’ processes and, therefore, requires the design and implementation of an internal control system. There are numerous studies that have focused on the relationship between family business internal control and financial reporting; however, less has been done in regards to integrated frameworks that can improve the firm’s performance. There are four main causes for family businesses to not fulfil their strategic objectives, including: human errors, cost-benefit factors, collaborators that overcome the internal control system and managers that, in order to tamper with financial reporting, override said system. Therefore, an effective internal control system not only facilitates the firm’s performance evaluation but may also limit the degree of risk. Thus, for family businesses’ organizational leaders internal control systems are important tools that make the difference between success and failure, succession or expiration. The purpose of this study is to understand the particularities of the concepts of control and internal control, as well as develop a framework for a family business’ internal control system. Special attention was placed on the critical gaps within the existing literature and an analysis of control, internal control and internal control system was carried out to determine their specific attributes. Although there are numerous definitions of the concepts of control and internal control, which leads to, at least, the same amount of analysis and perceptions. Such variations are due to different visions of what internal mechanisms should be, how they should operate, what should the outcome be and their impact on the firm’s overall standard of success, meaning, productivity, performance and competitiveness. Consequently, a particular concept of internal control system was developed by examining the concepts of control, internal control and internal control system; this was based on four approaches to business, that is: power-authority, management, strategy-direction and system. Such definition assisted in the creation of a framework of an internal control system for family businesses. Journal of International Business Research Volume 16, Issue 1, 2017 2 1544-0230-16-1-103
Ağızdan Ağıza İletişimi Belirleyen Faktörler: Perakende Sektöründe Bir Araştırma (Factors Influencing Word of Mouth Communication: A Study in Retail Industry)

Araştırma Makalesi Amaç – Bu çalışmanın amacı ağızdan ağıza iletişimi etkileyen faktörleri perakende sektöründe süpermarket örneği üzerinden incelemektir. Süpermarkete olan sadakat, süpermarketin algılanan kalitesi, süpermarket alışverişine olan ilgilenim gibi değişkenlerin yanı sıra fiyat odaklılık, marka bilinci, alışkanlık odaklılık gibi faktörlerin ağızdan ağıza iletişimi ne ölçüde etkilediği araştırılmıştır.
Genetic and environmental factors in cardiac sodium channel disease

Cardiac sodium channelopathies, such as long QT syndrome type3 (LQT3), Brugada syndrome (BrS) and cardiac conduction disease (CCD), are heritable diseases associated with mutations in the SCN5A gene and sudden cardiac death. They were classically thought to be a monogenic disease. However, while LQT3 has a strong monogenic component, the genetic architecture of others has recently been questioned. Familial studies in BrS have shown that not all family members carrying the familial mutation develop symptoms. Among mutation carriers, a few develop fatal arrhythmia whereas many develop only ECG abnormalities typical of BrS without major arrhythmic events. Interestingly, certain SCN5A mutations even develop phenotypic overlap of LQT3, BrS and CCD that are attributed to two different mechanisms (i.e. increased sodium current in LQT3 and decreased sodium current in BrS and CCD). Such varied genotype-phenotype relationships in sodium channelopathies indicate their complex mechanism. While environmental factors such as gender have been shown to modify phenotypes in sodium channelopathies, genetic factors may also contribute to phenotypic variability. Recently, genome-wide association studies have uncovered multiple genetic loci that modulate electrocardiographic parameters, which represent intermediate phenotypes in search of genetic factors that impact on rhythm abnormalities. This indicates that common genetic variants may play a role in diseases with complex genetic architecture such as BrS. Therefore, in this thesis, we aimed at dissecting genetic and environmental modifiers of sodium channelopathies. Part I focuses on sodium channelopathies, in particular, genetic modifiers of overlap sodium channelopathy. Part II focuses on genetic and environmental factors in BrS.
State of the Science on Postpartum Depression: WHAT NURSE RESEARCHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED—PART 2

This two-part series summarizes 141 postpartum depression studies that have been conducted by nurse researchers from around the globe. Studies contributing to the knowledge base of postpartum depression were conducted in the following nine countries: United States, Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong, Taiwan), Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Turkey, and Malaysia. Part 1 of this series addressed the contributions of nurse researchers in the areas of epidemiology, risk factors, and transcultural perspectives related to postpartum depression. This article is Part 2, and it describes what nurse researchers have contributed to the following aspects of postpartum depression: instrumentation/screening, interventions, mother-infant interactions, family dynamics, breastfeeding, preterm births, biological factors, clinicians' knowledge, and mothers' use of health services.