Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prevention of Suppurative Knee Arthritis after Knee Ligament Reconstructive Surgery

: Despite many reports describing the surgical procedure for knee ligament reconstruction, especially the anterior cruciate ligament, there have been few reports on infection prevention and none on sterilizing reconstruction materials using povi-done-iodine during surgery. Here we report our surgical techniques for infection prevention. The participants included 522 patients who underwent arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction at our hospital from April 2001 to October 2005. Despite taking various measures after cases of infection in 2001, such as the selection of sutures and artificial ligaments, and the use of indwelling intra-articular drains, the infection rate was not reduced to zero. Recently, we felt that soaking reconstruction ligaments in povidone-iodine and then washing with saline （“ povidone-iodine pickling ”） immediately prior to burr-hole insertion may prevent bacterial infections caused by surgical instruments and the surgery. in study, we examined the effects of our techniques for intraoperative and postoperative infection prevention, including “ povidone-iodine pickling ” . 100 2001, 3 112 2002, 2 of 121 and 121 2004, when the povidone-iodine, graft on the floor during surgery in a chlorhexidine gluconate or povidone-iodine solution of the graft. of povidone-iodine for mitigate the risk of septic arthritis. Going forward, we need to understand the specific pathologic basis of any cytotoxicity caused by the use of povidone-iodine on reconstructed ligaments.
Case Series Evaluation of Efficacy and Side Effects after Administration of Radium Chloride (223RaCl2) Injection in Elderly Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients with Bone Metastases

Radium chloride ( 223 RaCl 2 ) injection (Xofigo ® infusion) is used as an internal irradiation therapeutic drug for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with bone metastases. In this case series evaluation of five elderly patients with CRPC, pain and clinical laboratory tests, such as hematotoxicity (leukocyte count, platelet count, hemoglobin), hepatotoxicity (aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and digestive organ toxicity were retrospectively evaluated up to 6 months after 223 RaCl 2 administration. No patient required strong opioid use during 223 RaCl 2 administration. In two patients, pain aggravated after the last 223 RaCl 2 administration, and narcotic analgesics (controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride and immediate-release oxycodone hydrate) were used at 17 and 42 days after the last 223 RaCl 2 administration. In hematotoxicity assessment, leukocyte count, hemoglobin, and platelet count decrease of grade ≧ 3 was not found. Two patients experienced transient and mild diarrhea. None of the five patients experienced nausea. Thus, 223 RaCl 2 appears to be a safe drug that could delay pain aggravation in Japanese elderly CRPC patients with bone metastases. However, more cases should be observed in the future.
EMERGENT TEMPLATES: THE UNUSUAL CASE OF TIENE

In this paper we analyze an unusual pattern of stem formation in Tiene (Bantu) which appears to involve a related pair of highly restricted prosodic templates. 1 In showing that these templates can profitably be reconstrued as the result of constraint interaction, we provide support for the program of McCarthy and Prince (in press) to derive prosodic templates from the grammar, rather than stipulating the templates as objects to which strings must be fitted. 1. Data As background to the morphological and phonological structure of the Tiene verb, consider the following representation of the verb in Bantu languages:
Physically Based Motion Adaptation for Diverse Articulated Figures

In this paper, we propose a new physically based method to adjust the original motion to meet adaptation requirements when animating 3D diverse virtual characters. We refer to an input motion sequence and user specifications; subsequently, the proposed method calculates physically consistent adjustments to fill the adaptation requirements. Motion constraints lead movement of virtual characters to follow the laws of physics, and we refine motion data with a series of minimal adjustments in each step of iterative procedures. Since the input motion must be a physically consistent motion, we apply the numerical method to perform only a few slight modifications in order to ensure the new motion that will be close to the original motion with nature and smooth features. Moreover, our method emphasizes the reuse of the existing motion data. Users arbitrarily set up their virtual environments, make some changes on the character’s skeletal structure, and specify adaptation requirements through a GUI interface. The system will automatically modify the input motion and then generate the new desired motion. The experimental results show that the proposed method meets the kinematic, dynamic, and environment constraints to produce the adapted motion towards different characters.
A New Method in Classification using Stationary Transformed Wavelet Features and Moments

In order to study the feasibility of utilizing wavelet features for signal feature extraction and generation, we perform Method in Classification using Stationary Transformed Wavelet Features and Moments. A signal feature extraction and generation experiment by sequential employment of the wavelet feature based signal on each frame of a video Signal detector based on wavelet feature has problem to treat large Image classification variations. On the successful transformed features case, a rectangle shows the found signal region
Explorations in efficient reinforcement learning

This thesis describes reinforcement learning (RL) methods which can solve sequential decision making problems by learning from trial and error. Sequential decision making problems are problems in which an artificial agent interacts with a specific environment through its sensors (to get inputs) and effectors (to make actions). To measure the goodness of some agent's behavior, a reward function is used which determines how much an agent is rewarded or penalized for performing particular actions in particular environmental states. The goal is to find an action selection policy for the agent which maximizes the cumulative reward collected in the future. In RL, an agent's policy maps sensorbased inputs to actions. To evaluate a policy, a value function is learned which returns for each possible state the future cumulative reward collected by following the current policy. Given a value function, we can simply select the action with the largest value. In order to learn a value function for a specific problem, reinforcement learning methods simulate a policy and use the resulting agent's experiences consisting of quadruples. There are different RL problems and different RL methods for solving them. We describe different categories of problems and introduce new methods for solving them.
Распространенность нарушения функции почек при артериальной гипертонии (по данным эпидемиологического исследования ЭССЕ-РФ)

Objective. To study the prevalence of renal dysfunction, its relation with arterial hypertension and metabolic risk factors. Materials and methods. Data from the ESSE-RF study from 10 regions of the Russian Federation are presented. Renal dysfunction was assessed on the basis of the calculation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). GFR calculation was conducted on the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (GFR-EPI). Results. The study reveals a high prevalence of GFR decline in the population studied (76.8% in women and 23.2% in men). More unfavorable situation was found among the patients with hypertensionand in patients with hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism or diabetes mellitus, in which the prevalence of decrease GFR was higher than in patients without hypertension and without impaired glucose metabolism or diabetes mellitus. Conclusion. Prevalence of renal dysfunction among the Russian population is defined. Associations of reduction in glomerular filtration rate with cardiometabolic risk factors are revealed.
Antimicrobial Peptides and Cancer: Potential Use of Antimicrobial-Like Peptides in Chemotherapy

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) constitute host defense peptides found among insects, fish, amphibians, and mammals including man. The targets of AMPs are gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, fungi, enveloped viruses, and transformed/cancerous cells. The AMPs are broad spectrum antibiotics which display the propensity to serve as therapeutic agents not only in infectious disease, but also in human cancer. AMPs demonstrate unique properties which include cell membrane penetration, destabilization of biological membranes, ability to form and/or interact with membrane channels, and the capability to modulate host immune responses. The three types of AMPs consists a) naturally-occurring; b) artificially synthesized; and c) cleaved peptide fragments from blood and extracellular matrix proteins. The present treatise presents one such example of an AMP-like peptide derived from a naturally-occurring human protein as a potential candidate for future cancer therapy. The biological activities of human AMP-like peptides as cancer therapeutic agents are reviewed and reported in multiple in vitro and in vivo cancer assays. The possibility of using such human protein-derived peptides as primary and adjunct cancer therapeutic agents is addressed.
Linguistische Informationsmodellierung mit XML

Die linguistische Informationsmodellierung ist in zunehmendem Maße mit dem Gebrauch von SGML-basierten Auszeichnungssprachen verknüpft. Aufgrund der stetig wachsenden Verbreitung von XML wird oft vergessen, dass das Konzept der Auszeichnungssprachen (oder im Englischen ,Markup Languages’) keineswegs auf die Sprachen der SGML-Familie beschränkt ist, da es grundsätzlich natürlich möglich ist, unterschiedlichste Formate zu definieren, die es erlauben, textuelle Daten mit zusätzlichen Informationen zu versehen bzw. auszuzeichnen. Die Verwendung von Auszeichnungssprachen kann aus verschiedenen Perspektiven heraus betrachtet werden. Eine anwendungsorientierte Sicht fokussiert die Informationsanreicherung, die den Austausch und die Wiederverwendbarkeit der Daten vereinfacht. Für diese Zwecke stellt die Extensible Markup Language eine sehr gut geeignete Grundlage dar, und in dieser Anwendung liegt auch die große Popularität von XML begründet. Hiervon ist eine theoretischere Sichtweise auf die Anwendung von XML zu unterscheiden: Die Informationsanreicherung mit Auszeichnungssprachen dient der Informationsmodellierung (vgl. Lobin 2000). Bei der theoretisch fundierten Modellierung komplexer Strukturen kann es sich ergeben, dass einige davon nicht direkt in XML oder auch in deren allgemeineren Obermenge SGML abbildbar sind. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag sollen insbesondere die Aspekte der Informationsmodellierung diskutiert werden, die in den Grenzbereich der Möglichkeiten von XML hineinreichen. Für die Modellierung linguistischer Informationen werden die SGML-basierten Auszeichnungssprachen immer häufiger als außerordentlich gut geeignet angesehen.1 Allerdings zeigen sich gerade bei dieser Art von Information auch die Grenzen von XML. Dies ist nicht notwendigerweise ein Widerspruch, da beides damit zusammenhängt, dass linguistische Information äußert komplex sein kann.
Muscle strength and muscle mass in elderly women after cholecalciferol supplementation in Southern Brazil

AimS: Vitamin D is known to be vital in sustaining musculoskeletal functions, with its deficiency may cause muscle weakness and decreased bone mineral density. Vitamin D inadequacy is highly prevalent and its deficiency or insufficiency estimated to affect one billion people worldwide. It causes secondary hyperparathyroidism, bone loss, fractures and it has been associated with a number of other conditions, such as impaired muscle function (1), we decided to verify if there is an association between 25(OH)D status and handgrip strength and with lean muscle mass after cholecalciferol supplementation in elderly women.Methods : We studied fifty-four postmenopausal women with serum 25(OH)D below 30 ng/mL during three months. Cholecalciferol supplementation was divided into two levels according to classification: deficient (10000 units/day) and insufficient (2000 units/day). Changes in biochemical response and in body composition were assessed using dual-x-ray energy absormetry, handgrip strength and blood tests before and after supplementation.Results: The majority of the sample were vitamin D deficient. There was no difference in the deficient group for handgrip strength after the supplementation (p=0,489), but PTH had a statistically significant reduction (p=0.001). Besides, the deficient group had a decrease in lean mass even after the intervention (p=0.006). The results were similar when comparing within results of the insufficient group, however lean mass remained stable (p=0.423). Conclusion: Three-month cholecalciferol supplementation alone in elderly women with doses according to 25(OH)D serum was insufficient to change handgrip strength and total lean muscle mass, however secondary hyperparathyroidism was corrected.
Software and hardware methods for phase shift cancellation in ECT recordings

Analog filtering of ECG signals to remove low-frequency drift and prevent aliasing errors is usually mandatory before more complex digital processing of the signal is possible. Phase shifts introduced by analog filters result in distortion of the ECG signal and artifactual ST segment abnormalities. Present filter designs cannot provide linear-phase, rapid-rolloff, high attenuation in the stop band and zero ripple in the passband without compromise of either the phase or magnitude response. A software solution is proposed for phase distortion at low frequencies, by approximating the analog high-pass filter with a first-order digital filter and passing the digitized ECG signal through it with time reversal. A ninth-order analog low-pass antialiasing filter is introduced, with nearly ideal characteristics of constant group delay and 60-db/octave rolloff at the corner frequency. <<ETX>>
Prevalence of dyslipidemia and prediction of 10-year CVD risk among older adults living in southeast coastal regions in China: a cross-sectional study

Objective: This study aims to analyze the prevalence of dyslipidemia and identify the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification among older adults living in Quanzhou, China’s southeast coastal region, where the ancient Maritime Silk Road starts. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional survey of 2,018 adults was conducted in 60–98-year-old residents in Quanzhou from September 2016 to March 2018 using multistage stratified cluster random sampling. The 10-year CVD risk was also estimated by applying the Chinese model recommended by the Chinese Guidelines for Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases. Results: The overall prevalence of dyslipidemia among older adults was 56.8%. The prevalence of high total cholesterol (TC), high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and high triglyceride (TG) were 8.4%, 13.9%, 23.1% and 11.4%, respectively. The mean levels of TC, LDL-C, HDL-C and TG were 5.12±1.18, 3.37±0.81, 1.03±0.27 and 1.65±0.76 mmol/L, respectively. Older adults had low risk, moderate risk and high risk for CVD, which were 49.7%, 36.8% and 13.5%, respectively. Age, body mass index and abdominal obesity were significantly associated with the risk of increasing LDL-C levels and were positively correlated to CVD risk. Conclusion: The prevalence of high TC, high LDL-C, low HDL-C and high TG was relatively low among older adults in Quanzhou, but their lipid levels were high. Approximately half of the elderly adults had moderate or high CVD risk. The personalized primary prevention and control of CVD are recommended for elderly people to identify high-risk individuals.
Modeling and Measurement of Microwave Emission and Backscattering from Bare Soil Surfaces

A multi-frequency ground based radiometer-scatterometer system working at frequencies between 3.0 GHz and 11.0 GHz has been used to study the effect of soil moisture and roughness on microwave emission and backscattering. In this study two problems are of particular interest, the freezing and thawing effect of the soil surface and the changes of the surface roughness due to rain and erosion. To analyze the combined active and passive data a scattering model based on physical optics approximation for the low frequency and geomemcal optics approximation for high frequency has been developed. The model is used to calculate the bistatic scattering coefficients from the surface. Then, by considering the conservation of energy, the result has been integrated over a hemisphere above the surface to calculate the emissivity. The model simulations compares with the measured data. The backscattering and emission model has been coupled in conjunction with the observed data in order to extract soil moisture and surface roughness.
Factors involved in the persistence of stress urinary incontinence from postpartum to 12 years after first delivery

The aim of this study was to investigate constitutional‐, pregnancy‐, labor‐, and delivery‐related factors involved in the long‐term persistence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) from 6 months postpartum to 12 years after first delivery. We also evaluated severity and impact on quality of life of persistent SUI.
Overweight, Allostatic Load and Neuroimaging

21 Resum . 22 Resumen . 23 Glossary of abbreviations . 25 List of figures . 27 Foreword . 29 Chapter 1 – Introduction . 31 1.1. Overweight and obesity . 33 1.2. Neural basis of eating behaviour and body-weight control . 35 1.3. Physiological adaptations to weight-gain . 38 1.4. Overweight and brain morphology changes . 40 1.5. Overweight and executive functions . 44 1.6. Allostatic load model . 45 1.7. Allostatic load and brain morphology changes . 47 1.8. Allostatic load and changes in executive functions . 48 Chapter 2 – Objectives and hypothesis . 51 Chapter 3 – Methods . 55 3.1. Participants . 57 3.2. Procedure.60 3.2. 1. Allostatic Load Index . 60 3.2. 2. Neuroimaging . 60 3.2. 3. Neuropsychological Assessment . 62 3.3. Statistical analyses . 63 Chapter 4 – Results . 65 Study 1 . 67 Study 2 . 95 Study 3 . 129 Chapter 5 – Discussion . 153 5.1. Summary of findings . 155 5.2. Overweight, allostatic load and brain morphology changes . 156 5.2. 1. Structural alterations in cognitive-control areas . 156 5.2. 2. Structural changes in reward-related territories . 158 5.2. 3. Structural alterations in homeostasis-related regions . 159 5.2. 4. Structural changes in the precuneus . 160 5.3. Overweight, allostatic load and executive functions . 161 5.4. General discussion . 163 5.5. Strengths and limitations . 167 5.6. Further research proposals . 169 Chapter 6 – Conclusions . 173 References . 177 Supplementary material . 219
Stability analysis of double EWMA run-to-run control with metrology delay

The double exponentially weighted moving average (d-EWMA) feedback controller is a popular algorithm for controlling semiconductor manufacturing processes which have a deterministic drift. Like all controllers, a poorly tuned d-EWMA controller can result in system instabilities. This paper examines stability bounds for the tuning parameters of both single input-single output (SISO) and multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) d-EWMA controllers when there is plant-model mismatch and delay between product manufacturing and product metrology. In addition, a simulation of chemical mechanical planarization run-to-run (R2R) control is included to illustrate the importance of performing stability analysis in choosing d-EWMA tuning parameters.
Towards establishing a unknown virus detection technique using SOM

A non-signature-based virus detection approach using Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) is pre- sented in this paper. Unlike classical virus detection techniques using virus signatures, this SOM-based ap- proach can detect virus-infected files without any prior knowledge of virus signatures. Exploiting the fact that virus code is inserted into a complete file which was built using a certain compiler, an untrained SOM can be trained in one go with a single virus-infected file and will then present an area of high density data, iden- tifying the virus code through SOM projection. The virus detection approach presented in this paper has been tested on 790 different virus-infected files, includ- ingpolymorphicandencryptedviruses.Itdetectsviruses without any prior knowledge - e.g. without knowledge of virus signatures or similar features - and is there- fore assumed to be highly applicable to the detection of new, unknown viruses. This non-signature-based virus detection approach was capable of detecting 84% of the virus-infected files in the sample set which included, as already mentioned, polymorphic and encrypted viruses. The false positive rate was 30%. The combination of the classicalvirusdetectiontechniqueforknownvirusesand thisSOM-basedtechniqueforunknownvirusescanhelp systems be even more secure.
A generic model for compositional approaches to audiovisual media

The challenge of composing both sound and moving image within a coherent computer-mediated framework is addressed, and some of the aesthetic issues highlighted. A conceptual model for an audiovisual delivery system is proposed, and this model acts as a guide for detailed discussion of some illustrative examples of audiovisual composition. Options for types of score generated as graphical output of the system are outlined. The need for extensive algorithmic control of compositional decisions within an interactive framework is proposed. The combination of Tabula Vigilans Audio Interactive (TVAI), an algorithmic composition language for electroacoustic music and realtime image generation, with MIDAS, a multiprocessor audiovisual system platform, is shown to have the features desired for the conceptual outline given earlier, and examples are given of work achieved using these resources. It is shown that ultimately delivery of new work may be efficiently distributed via the World Wide Web, with composers' interactive scripts delivered remotely but rendered locally by means of a user's ‘rendering black box’.
Hepatitis B vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in a referral hospital, Accra

Introduction Hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Ghana has not been actively pursued despite the endemicity of the infection. This study measures the hepatitis B vaccine uptake among HCWs at the University of Ghana Hospital, Legon (UGHL) and identifies the factors associated with vaccination. Methods An analytical cross-sectional study involving all staff who have direct contact with patients was conducted. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data on vaccination status, age, sex, type of staff, duration of work in the facility, exposure to blood or blood products, blood stained linens/waste, sharp instruments and performance of invasive procedures. Data was analysed using STATA 14. Continuous variables were described using median values and interquartile ranges (IQR) and categorical variables as proportions. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were conducted to identify the factors associated with hepatitis B vaccination status. Results Of the 161 participants interviewed, 63.4% were females with median age 35 years (IQR: 27-45). Eighty-six (53.4%) of the respondents had taken the hepatitis B vaccine with 79.1% of them having completed the vaccination schedule. Factors associated with vaccination were working for more than 16 years (OR: 3.8, CI: 1.02-12.72), daily exposure to blood/blood products (OR: 4.1, CI: 1.43-11.81) and sharp instruments (OR: 4.45, CI: 1.39- 14.24), performing invasive procedures daily (OR: 3.0, CI: 1.07-8.45) and frequent exposure to blood stained linens/waste (OR: 6.1, CI: 1.41-26.51). Conclusion The lack of hepatitis B vaccination among some HCWs at UGHL puts them at risk of contracting hepatitis B infection.