Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DELIRIUM NA TERAPIA INTENSIVA: FATORES PREDISPONENTES E PREVENÇÃO DE EVENTOS ADVERSOS

Objetivo: analisar os fatores predisponentes e identificar os eventos adversos relacionados ao delirium nos pacientes internados na unidade de terapia intensiva. Método: estudo de coorte prospectivo, ocorrido entre julho e agosto de 2017. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de instrumento próprio, com variáveis relacionadas ao delirium. Para análises de associação, foi aplicada a razão de risco. Resultados: entre os 18 pacientes selecionados, foi identificado delirium em 7 (39%); a privação do sono e o tabagismo foram os fatores predisponentes com maior razão de risco (5 e 2.83 respectivamente) e a ocorrência de evento adverso também apresentou uma associação positiva significativa relacionada à ocorrência de delirium (RR=4,71). Conclusão: o principal evento adverso associado ao delirium foi a retirada não planejada de dispositivos invasivos. Descritores: Delírium. Segurança do paciente. Cuidados críticos
Assessment of Nutritional Status of Teenage Adolescent Girls in Urban Slum of Varanasi

Aim: India has one of the fastest growing youth populations in the world and adolescent girls of age 13 to 19 year constitute nearly to 66 million. Nutritional deficiencies have far reaching consequences, especially in adolescent girls. Adolescents are more vulnerable to malnutrition. 1. To assess the nutritional status of teenage adolescent girls and 2. To determine the association between socio demographic profile and nutritional status. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out to assess the association between socio demographic profile and nutritional status of teen age adolescent girl in Varanasi city. A total no 418 teen age adolescents of 13 to 19 years were selected from urban slum of Varanasi during 2016. Results & Discussion: Nutritional status was assessed by anthropometric measurements. Result shows that 60.3% of adolescent girls were undernourished l 35.2% were normal and only 4.6% were overweight. Age and socio economic status of adolescent girls were significantly associated with their nutritional status (p < 0.05). Conclusion: It was found that higher proportions of adolescent girls were undernourished. This indicates that adolescents in urban slums need health awareness and importance of nutrition to maintain nutritional status.
Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Imaging, Patient Selection, and Management in the Endovascular Era. Part II: Patient Selection, Endovascular Thrombectomy, and Postprocedure Management

Abstract Appropriate patient selection and expedient recanalization are the mainstay of modern management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Only a minority of patients (7–15%) of patients are eligible for endovascular therapy. Patient selection may be time based or perfusion based. Central to both paradigms is the selection of a patient with a small core, a significant penumbra that can be differentiated from areas of oligemia. A brief review of patient selection methods is presented. Endovascular thrombectomy techniques using stentrievers or aspiration catheters have now become the treatment of choice for AIS with large vessel occlusion. A range of devices, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, are available in the market for the neurointerventionist to choose. Techniques vary between devices and between operators, but standardization and protocolization are important within each center. Complications must be anticipated to be avoided. Once reperfusion is achieved, outcomes must be safeguarded with competent postprocedure management to prevent secondary brain injury. These aspects are reviewed in this article.
Trends in adverse weather patterns and large wildland fires in Aragón (NE Spain) from 1978 to 2010

Abstract. This work analyzes the effects of high temperature days on large wildland fires during 1978–2010 in Aragon (NE Spain). A high temperature day was established when air temperature was higher than 20 °C at 850 hPa. Temperature at 850 hPa was chosen because it properly characterizes the low troposphere state, and some of the problems that affect surface reanalysis do not occur. High temperature days were analyzed from April to October in the study period, and the number of these extreme days increased significantly. This temporal trend implied more frequent adverse weather conditions in later years that could facilitate extreme fire behavior. The effects of those high temperatures days in large wildland fire patterns have been increasingly important in the last years of the series.
Approximation Scheme for Order Acceptance and Scheduling on a Single Machine with a Reserved Job

SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT In this article, an order acceptance and scheduling problem on a single machine with a reserved job is investigated. In this problem, a set of orders/jobs is possible to be processed on a single machine subject to a given time interval for processing an extra reserved job. Each job in the given set is either accepted to process or rejected by paying its corresponding penalty. The task is to choose some jobs to be accepted and schedule them with the goal of minimizing the sum of weighted completion times of the accepted jobs and the penalties of the rejected jobs. A pseudo-polynomial time exact algorithm by dynamic programming is proposed. Furthermore, based on the dynamic programming exact algorithm, a fully polynomial time approximation scheme is designed by applying the sparsing technique.
Interactivating Rehabilitation through Active Multimodal Feedback and Guidance

This chapter outlines a Human-Computer Interaction inspired approach to rehabilitation of neurological damage (e.g. spinal cord injury) that employs novel, computer guided multimodal feedback in the form of video games or generation of musical content. The authors report an initial exploratory phase of a project aimed at gaining insight into the development of spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation tools. This exploration included observation of a number of patient interactions in their current rehabilitation routines; the development of initial prototype proposals; and finally through to the development of rapid prototypes which can be used in rehabilitation settings. This initial phase has yielded an understanding of the issues surrounding the development of novel technologies for rehabilitation that will direct further research in the area of rehabilitation engineering. Through the integration of novel methods, in particular the use of interactive physical devices, to the rehabilitation of SCI patients, larger scale research into efficacy of the devices we are developing can be undertaken. These developments may eventually beneficially impact upon the instruments used, the training methods applied and the rehabilitation routines undertaken for individuals living with neurological damage.
GCN: a gaseous Galactic halo stream?

We show that a string of HI clouds that form part of the high-velocity cloud complex known as GCN is a probable gaseous stream extending over more than 50 � in the Galactic halo. The radial velocity gradient along the stream is used t o deduce transverse velocities as a function of distance, enabling a family of orbits to be computed. We find that a direction of motion towards the Galactic disk coupled with a mid-stream distance of � 20kpc provides a good match to the observed sky positions and radial velocities of the HI clouds comprising the stream. With an estimated mass of 10 5 M� , its progenitor is likely to be a dwarf galaxy. However, no stellar counterpart has been found amongst the currently known Galactic dwarf spheroidal galaxies or stellar streams and the exact origin of the stream is therefore currently unknown.
Dumbbell Power Clean, Front Squat, and Power Jerk

POWER DEVELOPMENT IS AN IMPORTANT TRAINING GOAL FOR MANY ATHLETES, AND THE WEIGHTLIFTING MOVEMENTS ARE EFFECTIVE AT DEVELOPING THIS QUALITY. HOWEVER, MUSCULAR ENDURANCE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION FOR MANY ATHLETES. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES HOW THE WEIGHTLIFTING MOVEMENTS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TRAINING EXERCISES, WHEN PERFORMED IN COMBINATION, CAN HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON MUSCULAR ENDURANCE.
Steer by Logic Einstein ’ s online physics challenge to today ’ s academics — steering clear of false obstacles on the road ahead —

FQXi 2014 asks, ‘How should humanity steer the future? ’ Recalling false obstacles to medical progress in humanity’s recent past — eg, impeding Semmelweis (b.1818), McClintock (1902), Marshall (1951) — we reply, ‘Steer by Logic. ’ Then — with Logic in view and other scientific disciplines in mind — we amplify our answer via an online coaching-clinic/challenge based on Einstein’s work. With the future mostly physical, this physics-based challenge shows how we best steer clear of false obstacles — unnecessary barriers that slow humanity’s progress. Hoping to motivate others to participate, here’s our position: we locate current peer-reviewed claims of ‘impossible’ — like those from days of old — and we challenge them via refutations and experimental verifications. The case-study identifies an academic tradition replete with ‘impossibilityproofs’ — with this bonus: many such ‘proofs’ are challengeable via undergraduate maths and logic. So — at the core of this clinic/challenge; taking maths to be the best logic — we model each situation in agreed mathematical terms, then refute each obstacle in like terms. Of course, upon finding ‘impossibilities’ that are contradicted by experiments, our next stride is easy: at least one step in such analyses must be false. So — applying old-fashioned commonsense; ie, experimentally verifiable Logic — we find that false step and correct it. With reputable experiments agreeing with our corrections, we thus negate the false obstacles. Graduates of the clinic can therefore more confidently engage in steering our common future: secure in the knowledge that old-fashioned commonsense — genuine Logic — steers well.
Measurement of Multi-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at 7 TeV Center-of-Mass Energy and Hadronic Calibration Studies with the ATLAS Detector at CERN

The ATLAS experiment – situated at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva – took its first collsion data in 2010. Physics topics include finding the Higgs boson, heavy quark physics, and looking for extensions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics such as supersymmetry. In this thesis, inclusive multi-jet production has been studied with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, using an integrated luminosity of 17 nb−1. The anti-kt algorithm with distance parameter ℝ = 0.6 is used to identify jets. The inclusive multi-jet cross section is measured, as well as the ratio ofcross sections for inclusive production of n − 1 and n jets for n ≤ 6. The differential cross sections of the first, second, third and fourth leading jets as a function of transverse momentum, and the differential cross section as a function of the scalar sum of the pT of selected jets, HT, for different jet multiplicities are presented. The ratio of the differential cross section as a function of HT for 3-jet and 2-jet events is also measured. The results are compared to expectations based on leading order QCD, which agree with the data. In addition, a new method for calibrating the hadron response of a segmented calorim-ter is developed and successfully applied to 2004 ATLAS combined beam test data. It is based on a principal component analysis of the calorimeter layer energy deposits, exploiting longitudinal shower development information to improve the measured energyresolution. For pion beams with energies between 20 and 180 GeV, the particle energy is reconstructed within 3% and the energy resolution is improved by 11% to 25% comparedto the response at the electromagnetic scale. Multi-mode optical readout cables for the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeters, about one hundred meters in length, were installed between the main ATLAS cavern and the counting room in the USA15 cavern. Patch cables were spliced onto the ribbons and the fiber attenuation was measured. For 1296 fiber pairs in 54 cables, the average attenuation was 0.69 dB. Only five fibers were found to have losses exceeding 4 dB, resulting in a failure rate of less than 2 per mill. In the ATLAS liquid argon barrel presampler, short circuits consisting of small pieces of dust, metal, etc. can be burned away in situ by discharging a capacitor over the high voltage lines. In a burning campaign in November 2006, seventeen existing short circuits were successfully removed. An investigation on how to implement saturation effects in liquid argon due to high ionization densities resulted in the implementation of the effect in the ATLAS Monte Carlo code, improving agreement with beam test data. The timing structure of hadronic showers was investigated using a Geant4 Monte Carlo. The expected behavior as described in the literature was reproduced, with the exception that some sets of physics models gave unphysical gamma energies from nuclear neutron capture.
Spherically-symmetric model stellar atmospheres and limb darkening - I. Limb-darkening laws, gravity-darkening coefficients and angular diameter corrections for red giant stars

Model stellar atmospheres are fundamental tools for understanding stellar observations from interferometry, microlensing, eclipsing binaries and planetary transits. However, the calculations also include assumptions, such as the geometry of the model. We use intensity profiles computed for both plane-parallel and spherically symmetric model atmospheres to determine fitting coefficients in the BVRIHK, CoRot and Kepler wavebands for limb darkening using several different fitting laws, for gravity-darkening and for interferometric angular diameter corrections. Comparing predicted variables for each geometry, we find that the spherically symmetric model geometry leads to different predictions for surface gravities log g < 3. In particular, the most commonly used limb-darkening laws produce poor fits to the intensity profiles of spherically symmetric model atmospheres, which indicates the need for more sophisticated laws. Angular diameter corrections for spherically symmetric models range from 0.67 to 1, compared to the much smaller range from 0.95 to 1 for plane-parallel models.
Monitoring of the Information Entropy for the Description of Large Technical Systems

The complexity of control of large technical systems coupled with the time-consuming process of obtaining and processing of the factual data from the operational documentation contributes to the situation with discrepancies in the real state of the system and the status reflected in the documentation. This reduces the information entropy of the system and the number of incorrect management decisions. Thus, adoption of control solutions for large and complex technical systems is only possible, if they meet the conditions of the admissible value of the entropy. The task of monitoring of the information entropy of large complex technical systems should be solved with an automated control of quantifying the information entropy of the system, which leads to conclusion about a possibility of making control solutions based on the stored factual data. The paper describes the method of a qualimetric evaluation of the information entropy of large technical systems based on operational models of a semistructured content. This method is based on an automated analysis of a group of decision-makers of the factual content associated with the operational documentation generated during operation of the identified system. Use of the semistructured content model implements a universal interface with access to the factual data of the electronic documents, which reduces the number of the processing errors and increases the processing speed of the factual content. The latter reduces the total information entropy of the driven system.
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study Association of Screen Time Use and Language Development in Hispanic Toddlers : A

This study examined the association between screen media use, media content, and language development among 119 Hispanic infants and toddlers. Children and their caregivers were recruited through an urban, Early Head Start program. Duration and content of screen media exposure was measured through a 24-hour recall questionnaire, and language development was measured at baseline and at 1-year follow up. Children in the sample spent an average of 3.29 hours engaged with screen media (median 2.5 hours per day). In both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, children who watched over 2 hours of television per day had increased odds of low communication scores. Whereas child-directed media was associated with low language scores, adult-directed media was not. Our findings support the mounting literature on the deleterious impacts of screen media in toddler’s language development. Guidance and alternatives to screen media use should be available to families in pediatric practices and early childhood centers.
Abstract 621: The G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor GPER is Required for Induction of Nox Activity in Mice

The Nox family of NADPH oxidases is a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide (O 2 - ) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), which importantly influence cardiovascular function. Vasoactive agonists such as angiotensin II can stimulate Nox-dependent ROS production, whereas endogenous estrogens act as antioxidants under certain conditions. We hypothesized that the intracellular transmembrane G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER is involved in the regulation of Nox activity. Using GPER -/- and WT mice, we determined the effect of angiotensin II on O 2 - production in isolated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) by lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence, and on contractile responses in renal arteries prepared for recording of isometric tension. The contribution of NADPH oxidases was assessed using its specific inhibitor gp91ds-tat (3 μmol/L). Angiotensin II (100 nmol/L) acutely increased O 2 - production in WT VSMC, an effect blocked by gp91ds-tat (6.6±2.1 AU vs. -0.8±2.2 AU after 20 min, n =4-5, p <0.05). Surprisingly, angiotensin II was unable to induce O 2 - formation in GPER -/- VSMC (-0.2±1.0 AU vs. 6.6±2.1 AU, n =5, p <0.05 vs. WT). Following administration of NADPH (100 μmol/L), maximal NADPH oxidase activity in GPER -/- VSMC was also reduced by 73% (442±185 AU vs. 1617±468 AU, n =5, p <0.05 vs. WT), indicating that the induction of Nox activity is largely impaired by GPER deficiency. In line with these findings, contraction to angiotensin II was 1.9-fold less potent in GPER -/- renal arteries (35±4% vs. 66±11% of contraction to 60 mmol/L KCl, n =5, p <0.05 vs. WT); this difference was abolished by gp91ds-tat, which decreased the contractile response in WT by 47% ( p <0.05), but had no effect in GPER -/- arteries. In conclusion, these data indicate that GPER is required for induction of vascular Nox activity in mice, and suggest that estrogen-dependent regulation of ROS production may not be limited to antioxidative effects.
A mathematical morphology-based method for the quantification of fines in the Z direction of paper

Une nouvelle methode de quantification des fines en direction z du papier est presentee. La quantification est basee sur des images dans le sens travers du papier obtenues a l'aide du microscope electronique a balayage. Les fines decelees sont appelees fines numeriques, car les valeurs decoulent des images numeriques. Pour etre decelees, les fines ne doivent pas etre fortement liees a de plus grandes particules et doivent avoir au moins une dimension entre 0,1 a 1,0 μm. Les fines numeriques ne sont donc pas identiques dans tous les cas aux fines determinees par l'essai de classage Bauer-McNett. La fraction et la distribution dans la direction z des fines numeriques ont ete mesurees et mises en rapport avec les proprietes physiques et optiques des formelles. La fraction de fines numeriques etait en bonne correlation avec la quantite ajoutee de fines a la composition de fabrication de papiers dans les memes conditions de calandrage. La fraction de fines numeriques etait en bonne correlation avec le coefficient de diffusion de la lumiere et la rugosite de la surface d'un papier donne.
Infección tuberculosa latente en grupos seleccionados de población infantil, Guadalajara, México

Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de infeccion tuberculosa latente en grupos seleccionados de poblacion infantil de Guadalajara, Mexico. Metodos: estudio de corte transversal en 225 ninos y adolescentes menores de 19 anos pertenecientes a la zona metropolitana de Guadalajara, que acudieron al Servicio de Infectologia Pedriatica del Hospital Civil "Fray Antonio Alcalde" entre marzo 2013 y noviembre 2015. A cada sujeto se aplico la prueba tuberculinica (PPD) y ensayo de liberacion de interferon-ɣ (QFT-GIT) para detectar infeccion tuberculosa latente. Se organizaron seis grupos segun la presencia de factores de riesgo para la tuberculosis, y se compararon los valores positivos de las dos pruebas. Resultados: del total de sujetos investigados, fueron positivos 27 (12,0 %) a PPD y 52 (23,1 %) a QFT-GIT ( p = 0,000); de 62 contactos de tuberculosis fueron positivos 10 (16,1 %) y 17 (27,4 %), respectivamente; en todos los grupos la prevalencia de infeccion tuberculosa latente fue mayor con GFT-GIT. Conclusi o n es : la infeccion tuberculosa latente muestra cifras importantes en la poblacion infantil estudiada, mayor cuando se aplica el ensayo de liberacion de interferon-ɣ, por lo que la realizacion de esta prueba aumentaria el alcance de las acciones preventivas.
Ochrobactrum anthropi: An emerging pathogen causing meningitis with sepsis in a neurotrauma patient.

Ochrobactrum anthropi is an unusual emerging pathogen especially in the hospital environment. Most of the reported cases are nosocomially acquired infections in patients with various indwelling and invasive medical devices, such as central venous catheters and drainage tubes. We report a case of nosocomially transmitted invasive catheter related septicaemia with meningitis due to O. anthropi, in an elderly immunocompetent male with a head trauma admitted to a level -1 trauma centre. This report describes clinical and microbiological characteristics of rare pathogen and also highlights the importance of rapid identification, susceptibility testing of such opportunistic pathogens in trauma settings and its unique antibiotic susceptibility profiles. This requires prompt treatment with timely intervention, and appropriate antimicrobial therapy, alongside adherence to strict infection control practices.
Bill morphology in the identification of Isabela Orioles Oriolus isabellae

The Isabela Oriole Oriolus isabellae, endemic to Luzon in the Philippines, is a threatened species which, until the observations by Gamauf and Tebbich (1995) and van der Linde (1995), was known from only two published lowland rainforest localities (in Bataan and Isabela provinces), with no records since 1961 (Collar et al. 1994). The new reports, along with a set of unpublished museum data (specifying Gonzaga, Cagayan province, in April 1960: Collar et al. in prep.), bring to five the number of general localities at which the species has been found. The rediscovery of any species is welcome, and particularly in this case when its absence on a reasonably well-watched island had been giving increasing cause for alarm. In fact, at least 23 specimens of this bird exist in museums, many of which were taken on the same or successive days, including 10 in the period 6–17 May 1961, the last occasion on which it had been recorded (details in Collar et al. in press), so it is clearly likely that the species may be (or at least was once) patchily quite common. Elusive tropical forest birds, long characterized as rare, often prove to be common; apart from the examples in Gaston (1994: 27-28), tape-recording has started to show that another Luzon endemic, the Luzon Bill morphology in the identification of Isabela Orioles Oriolus isabellae