Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Inflammatory bowel disease: the difference between children and adults.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of diseases that include Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Presenting symptoms and therapeutic options are similar in adult and pediatric patients. However, there are significant differences in the 2 populations that require separate approaches to treatment and management of the disease in children. IBD is now being recognized with increased frequency in both adults and in children of all ages. In CD, 25%–30% of patients with CD and 20% of patients with (UC) present before the age of 20. Although the peak age of onset is still in late adolescence, 4% of pediatric IBD are diagnosed in early childhood (less than 5 years of age). 1 Children with IBD are at particular risk for extraintestinal manifestations of the disease. These symptoms often have a more damaging impact in pediatric patients and can include growth failure, weight loss, anemia, joint symptoms, and delayed puberty. Therapy itself can adversely impact normal growth and development. Other issues that are unique to the pediatric patient are the lack of controlled clinical trials and the psychological issues that occur in children and adolescents with IBD.
Generación de un procedimiento de búsqueda de outliers sobre campos alfanuméricos en logs de auditoria

El termino "outlier" se puede definir como un dato que difiere de forma significativa de otros presentes en un conjunto de datos. Dentro de la auditoria de sistemas existen herramientas informaticas que un auditor puede utilizar para realizar algunas de sus tareas, como es el analisis de datos. Se reconocen varios trabajos que utilizan tecnicas de mineria de datos para dar soporte a las tareas de un auditor de sistemas que se relacionan con el analisis de bases de datos, no abundando aquellas que trabajan sobre datos de tipo alfanumerico. En este contexto, se presenta la generacion de un procedimiento de busqueda de outliers sobre datos alfanumericos en logs de auditoria de un sistema, con el objetivo de constituir una herramienta para un auditor de sistemas. El procedimiento generado se valida a traves de la experimentacion realizada con bases de datos artificiales y reales, obteniendo resultados satisfactorios.
Organ dose determination in X-ray imaging

Organ dose is the absorbed radiation energy from ionizing radiation to an organ, divided by the organ mass. Organ doses of a patient cannot be measured directly in the patient, but their determination requires dose measurements in anthropomorphic patient models i.e. phantoms or Monte Carlo simulations. Monte Carlo simulations can be performed for example by using computational phantoms or patient’s computed tomography (CT) images. Organ doses can be estimated based on measurable dose quantities, such as air kerma, kerma-area product and volume-weighted CT dose index, by using suitable conversion coefficients. Conversion coefficient is the organ dose divided by the measured or calculated examination-specific dose quantity. According to the current knowledge, the probability of radiation induced stochastic effects, which include cancer risk and risk of hereditary effects, increases linearly as a function of the radiation dose. The organ dose is a better quantity for estimating the patient specific risk than the effective dose, which is meant to be used only for populations, and it does not consider patient age or gender. Moreover, the tissue weighting factors that are used in the effective dose calculation are based on whole body irradiations, but in X-ray examinations only a part of the patient is exposed to radiation. The phantoms used in medical dosimetry are either computational or physical, and computational phantoms are further divided into mathematical and voxel phantoms. Phantoms from simplified to as realistic as possible have been developed to simulate different targets, but the organ doses determined based on them can differ largely from the real organ doses of the patient. There are also standard and reference phantoms in use, which offer a dose estimate to a so called average patient. Due to the considerable variation within patient anatomies, the real dose might differ from the dose to a standard or reference phantom. The aim of this thesis was to determine organ doses based on dose measurements and Monte Carlo simulations in four X-ray imaging modalities, including general radiography, CT, mammography and dental radiography. The effect of the patient and phantom thickness and radiation quality on the organ doses in a projection X-ray examination of the thorax was studied via Monte Carlo simulations by using both mathematical phantoms and patient CT images. The effect of the breast thickness on the mean glandular doses (MGDs) was determined based on measurements with phantoms of different thicknesses and collected diagnostic and screening data from patient examinations, and the radiation qualities used in patient and phantom exposures were studied. For fetal dose estimation, fetal dose conversion coefficients were determined based on phantom measurements in CT and dental radiography examinations. Additionally, the effect of lead shields on fetal and breast doses was determined in dental examinations.
Online Parking Booking via Android Application

The aim of this project is to provide a parking services to common people to overcome the parking norms violation due to haphazard commercialization. To provide services to both users (car owners) and customers (owners of parking tender) with no ease of time. We offer users the possibility to reserve and pay for their parking spots in advance. This project is to overcome the problem related illegal vehicle parking on and off road. We provide the perfect smart application to control parking payments and booking session. In this work, we will cover the most relevant solution to this rising parking issues our aim is to provide solution to parking problems by exploiting the most recent technology used day to day to reduce driver’s frustration and decrease environmental risk, leading to safer driving and a healthier environment.
Recurrent infection in children: When and how to investigate for primary immunodeficiency?

While the impact of infectious diseases in developed countries has been diminished by improved nutrition, hygiene, vaccination coverage and health care, infections remain common, and even the healthiest children may suffer frequent infections, occasionally necessitating admission to hospital. When investigating a child with recurrent infections, it is therefore important to know the frequency, severity, infectious syndrome and infecting organisms which a normal child might experience, and to understand the impact of the child's underlying health on their susceptibility to infection. This paper examines infectious susceptibility in the healthy and immunocompromised child and explores the respective presentations of some primary immunodeficiencies.
Barriers Preventing Healthcare Providers from Utilizing Linguistic Services for Limited English Proficiency Patients

Background: Limited English proficiency (LEP) population continues to grow; and healthcare providers now face communication challenges when providing care to LEP patients. Multiple studies show that a rate of interpretive assistance provided remains low and patients with LEP tend to have higher risk for adverse effects when compared to English speakers. Objectives: The purpose of this integrative literature review was to identify the existing barriers contributing to underutilization of interpretive services among medical personnel when providing care to LEP patients, and provide potential suggestions to improve the linguistic competence. Method: An integrative literature review was conducted using the following search engines: PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Health Literature (CINAHL), and ProQuest Nursing/Allied Health Source. A total of six articles were chosen for a review of the first research question and four articles for a review of the second research question and all articles were published in English and between years of 2007 and 2017. Results: Among the identified barriers that contribute to underutilization of linguistic aids among healthcare professionals, the six most supported barriers were: time constraints, liability concerns, perceived cost, convenience of using ad hoc interpreters, clinical complexity and provider’s own language skills. Four major recommendations were identified that addressed these barriers: organizational commitment, training/education of healthcare providers, training of administrative and bilingual staff, and organizational investment. LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT CARE 3 Conclusion: Ineffective communication remains a major factor contributing to higher rates of health complications. Therefore, addressing the issue of misunderstanding between healthcare providers and LEP patients will contribute to better health outcomes.
Cooperative spectrum sensing by improved energy detector for heterogeneous environments in cognitive radio networks

Cognitive radio networks can improve the efficient use of spectrum through opportunistic access to the licensed bands without interfering with the primary users. Spectrum sensing, as an important functionality in cognitive radios (CRs), needs to reliably detect the signals from licensed primary radios. To achieve this, improved energy detector is proposed. By using optimum norm of the received signal samples in improved energy detector, the detection performance is improved as compared to the conventional detector. In the literature, Cooperation between CRs is proposed to avoid interference in primary users and increase the utilization of spectrum. In this paper, we assume a cooperative scheme where each CR senses a common frequency band with a different average SNR. According to Neyman-Pearson theorem, optimum norm of the received samples are compared to a predetermined threshold. Then, binary decision of each CR is sent to a fusion center (FC) to make final decision about presence or absence of primary users. The numerical results show that the performance of cooperative spectrum sensing with improved energy detector is increased considerably as compared to the conventional ones. The results also show that the OR rule outperforms the AND and the majority rules in both energy detectors.
Passwords and Passion

A recent survey conducted by Sophos (www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/04/passwordadvice.html) asked, "Do you use the same password for multiple Web sites? " Their admittedly unscientific results confirmed what most of us would expect: 41 percent of the respondents said they always use the same password, 45 percent said they have a few different passwords, and 14 percent said they never use the same password on multiple Web sites. Those 14 percent probably either don't have an Internet connection or are "security professionals. " The problem is that where the "security professional" sees prudent, responsible behavior, users simply see overhead that gets in the way of performing whatever task they're trying to do.
Probiotics and Prebiotics in Human Health

Probiotic bacteria are found in the intestines of humans and other mammals where they provide health benefits to the host. They do so by (1) providing nutrients and cofactors, (2) successfully competing with pathogens, and (3) stimulating host immune responses by producing specific polysaccharides. These bacteria can also alleviate the symptoms of disease-related metabolic disorders. Prebiotics are substances, usually poorly met- abolized polysaccharides and oligosaccharides, that cannot be ingested effectively by the animal. They stimulate the growth of intestinal probiotic bacteria, which can utilize these carbohydrates, thereby promoting health of the organism. Genetic engineering has proven useful for the design of probiotic bacteria that counteract the symptoms of genetic and age-related diseases. Can these bacteria be engineered, through human-promoted accelerative evolution, so that they stimulate their own growth and that of other probiotic bacteria so as to crowd pathogens out of the intestine?
La enfermedad vesicular del cerdo: bases moleculares e inmunológicas y diagnóstico de la enfermedad (Revisión)

La enfermedad vesicular del cerdo es una enfermedad altamente contagiosa que afecta al ganado porcino, causada por un enterovirus de la familia Picornaviridae. El virus es un derivado relativamente reciente del virus humano coxsackie-B5, con el que tiene gran homologia molecular y antigenica. La enfermedad no es grave y los animales se suelen recuperar en pocos dias. Sin embargo, suelen aparecer vesiculas en el hocico y en los espacios interdigitales de las pezunas. El hecho de que estos sintomas sean indistinguibles de los causados por el virus de la fiebre aftosa, hace que este virus este incluido dentro de la lista A de la Oficina Internacional de Epizootias. Actualmente la enfermedad esta erradicada en los paises de la Union Europea excepto en Italia, donde se considera endemica. Sin embargo, en Europa se mantiene el estado de alarma por la posible aparicion de brotes, ya que esporadicamente aparecen en algunos paises y han de ser erradicados inmediatamente. Para ello se ha invertido un considerable esfuerzo en investigacion de metodos de diagnostico eficaces y en el estudio del virus y la patologia de la enfermedad, informacion que resumimos en esta revision.
Visualizing Metal Content and Intracellular Distribution in Primary Hippocampal Neurons with Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence

Increasing evidence suggests that metal dyshomeostasis plays an important role in human neurodegenerative diseases. Although distinctive metal distributions are described for mature hippocampus and cortex, much less is known about metal levels and intracellular distribution in individual hippocampal neuronal somata. To solve this problem, we conducted quantitative metal analyses utilizing synchrotron radiation X-Ray fluorescence on frozen hydrated primary cultured neurons derived from rat embryonic cortex (CTX) and two regions of the hippocampus: dentate gyrus (DG) and CA1. Comparing average metal contents showed that the most abundant metals were calcium, iron, and zinc, whereas metals such as copper and manganese were less than 10% of zinc. Average metal contents were generally similar when compared across neurons cultured from CTX, DG, and CA1, except for manganese that was larger in CA1. However, each metal showed a characteristic spatial distribution in individual neuronal somata. Zinc was uniformly distributed throughout the cytosol, with no evidence for the existence of previously identified zinc-enriched organelles, zincosomes. Calcium showed a peri-nuclear distribution consistent with accumulation in endoplasmic reticulum and/or mitochondria. Iron showed 2–3 distinct highly concentrated puncta only in peri-nuclear locations. Notwithstanding the small sample size, these analyses demonstrate that primary cultured neurons show characteristic metal signatures. The iron puncta probably represent iron-accumulating organelles, siderosomes. Thus, the metal distributions observed in mature brain structures are likely the result of both intrinsic neuronal factors that control cellular metal content and extrinsic factors related to the synaptic organization, function, and contacts formed and maintained in each region.
The effects of alcohol and provocation on aggressive behavior in men and women.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the manner in which acute alcohol consumption and provocation affect aggressive behavior in men and women. METHOD Subjects were 102 (56 men) healthy social drinkers between 21 and 35 years of age. Aggression was measured using a modified version of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm, in which electric shocks are received from and administered to a fictitious opponent during a competitive task. RESULTS Provocation was a stronger elicitor of aggression than either gender or alcohol. Under low provocation, men were more aggressive than were women. Under high provocation, men and women were equally aggressive, except in the case of extreme aggression, in which men again exhibited higher levels than did women. Alcohol increased aggression for men but not for women. CONCLUSIONS These results are important because there now appears to be some convergence among studies indicating that, whereas provocation and alcohol are effective in lifting inhibitions against the expression of aggression for men, only provocation seems to be an effective aggression-elicitor for women.
A wideband dual-fed circularly polarized antenna

A wideband circularly polarized antenna based on dual-polarized magneto-electric dipole antenna is proposed. After connected to a broadband 90° phase shifter and a Wilkinson power divider, the proposed dual-polarized antenna achieves circularly polarized (CP) radiation. This CP antenna exhibits a wide impedance bandwidth of 89.7% from 1.23 - 3.23 GHz with SWR ≤ 2 which covers the whole 3-dB axial-ratio (AR) bandwidth of 82% from 1.28 - 3.05 GHz. In this operation frequency band, the proposed antenna has a broadside gain of larger than 5 dBi above 1.45 GHz. Considering the common overlapped bandwidth limited by the impedance, AR and gain, the proposed antenna exhibits an effective bandwidth of 71%.
Study of the Differences Between Government and Bank in Bank Loans: Evidence from Chinese Listed SMEs

389 listed companies from Shenzhen SMEs board in China are taken as samples, and questionnaires and interviews methods are employed in this paper. First, the OLS models are established to analyses the impacts of firmgovernment relationship (FGR) and firm-bank relationship (FBR) on bank loan rates, loan costs, loan terms and loan default rates of SMEs. Then a Logit model is established to explore the substitution effect of loan structure of SMEs between FGR and FBR. The research results show that both FGR and FBR can effectively optimize the loan structures of SMEs under the atmosphere of Chinese social network relationship, but the role of government is obviously stronger than bank, and the FGR has the substitution effect on FBR. Keywords—firm-government relationship (FGR); firm-bank relationship (FBR); bank loans
Metodología para la reducción de consumo en circuitos integrados reprogramables

Introduccion.La utilizacion de una metodologia de estimacion y control del consumo de circuitos integrados resulta indispensable. En la actualidad, el calor generado por un circuito semicustom, a menudo sobrepasa los limites de disipacion de los encapsulados. Hoy en dia, el consumo medio de potencia de un chip se situa entre 1 y 10 vatios, con una tendencia a incrementarse en los proximos anos al menos un orden de magnitud. Las ventajas de la reduccion de consumo sobrepasan el campo de aplicacion natural, relacionado con la electronica portatil (ordenadores, telefonia, sistemas remotos de adquisicion, etc.). En primer lugar, tiene un importante impacto economico, pues permite reemplazar encapsulados ceramicos por plasticos cuyo costo es al menos un 25% menor, y a la vez simplifica o elimina la necesidad de elementos de refrigeracion, tales como ventiladores, disipadores o sensores de temperatura. Por otro lado, teniendo en cuenta que todas las causas de falla de los circuitos integrados crecen exponencialmente con la temperatura, la reduccion del consumo aumenta la fiabilidad y vida del producto. Finalmente un valor elevado del consumo, se refleja en picos de corrientes sincronos con el reloj, que pueden afectar al funcionamiento del circuito hasta proyectar su influencia sobre aspectos aparentemente independientes como la complejidad del PCB o la sincronizacion. Uno de los aspectos mas importantes para evitar un excesivo consumo, aun en las aplicaciones donde no existen restricciones en ese sentido, es que la velocidad de un circuito CMOS decrece en un factor del 0,35% por oC. En consecuencia, existe una relacion oculta entre diseno de bajo consumo y diseno de alta velocidad, reforzada por el hecho de que la capacidad de cada nodo afecta tanto al consumo como al ancho de banda. Asi, la optimizacion del primer parametro usualmente produce mejoras en el segundo.
Bone formation during forelimb regeneration: A microtomography (microCT) analysis

In our study of bone regeneration in the forelimbs of mature newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), we used noninvasive X‐ray microtomography (microCT) to image regenerating limbs from 37 to 85 days and matching (contralateral) controls. We compared the patterns of regenerated and existing (nonregenerated) bone, investigating in particular the onset of mineralization of specific bones, the level of mineral present, and the lengths of the different bones. Overall, we find that the missing limb skeletal elements are restored in a proximal‐to‐distal direction, which reiterates the developmental patterning program. However, in contrast to this proximal–distal sequence, the portion of the humerus distal to the amputation site fails to ossify in synchrony with the regenerating radius and ulna. This finding suggests that the replacement of cartilage with mineralized bone close to the amputation site is delayed with respect to other regenerating skeletal elements. Developmental Dynamics 226:410–417, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The diagnosis and clinical importance of Giardiasis

tic animals and wildlife throughout the world. The parasite is a flagellate, which was discovered by the inventor of the microscope, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. In a letter written to Hooke at the British Royal Society of Parasitology in 1681 he accurately described the motile trophozoite of G. lamblia, which he observed in a sample of his own stool as "very prettily moving animacules, some rather larger, others somewhat smaller than a blood corpuscle and all of one and the same structure . " "their bodies were somewhat longer than broad, and their belly, which was flatlike, furnished with sundry little paws. ". The descriptive information of this historic letter was not widely distributed and it was Vilem Lambl who comprehensively described the trophozoites, which he found in the stools of paediatric patients in Prague in 1859. His published observations were accompanied by beautiful drawings of the organism based on his many microscopic observations. The life cycle The life cycle of Giardia is well-known and comprises two developmental stages; the trophozoite and the cyst [Figure 1]. The most common location of the former stage is in the crypts within the duodenum of the host (e.g. human) where trophozoites live closely applied to the mucosa. There, binary fission repeatedly takes place, the eventual result of which is the establishment of the protozoan, often in enormous numbers. The binucleate trophozoite is usually described as being teardrop-shaped with the posterior end being pointed; it measures 10-20 μm [Figures 2 and 3]. The anterior portion of the ventral surface of the organism is modified to form a sucking disc, which serves to attach the organism to the mucosa. The transformation of trophozoites into cysts takes place in the host intestinal tract, when the trophozoites, together with the faecal mass, move down through the colon. The cysts, which are shed into the environment by the host, may be either round or oval, and they contain four nuclei [Figure 4]. The cyst represents the resting stage of the organism; its rigid outer wall protects the parasite against changes in environmental temperature, dehydration, and such disinfectants as chlorine, all of which would destroy the trophozoite. The cyst is also the infective stage; the cycle continues when a suitable host ingests the cyst. Stomach acidity and other factors trigger the excystation process, which usually takes places in the new host’s small intestine.